Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.2.0] - 2026-06-02

Snooze Functionality: Added a "Snooze 30 mins" button directly to Windows toast notifications to temporarily mute battery alerts.
Enhanced Audio Support: Switched to pygame-ce to support playback of .mp3 and .ogg files for custom sounds, while keeping .wav backward compatibility.
Do Not Disturb (DND) / Game Mode: NovaPulse now detects if a fullscreen application (like a game) is active and automatically suppresses audio alerts.
Battery Analytics (Time Remaining): Dynamically estimates the remaining battery time based on recent discharge rates and displays it in the system tray and mini status window.
Battery Analytics (Health): Evaluates long-term battery degradation and displays the estimated maximum runtime of a full charge in the Settings menu.
Improved Live-Status Graph: The mini status graph (Ctrl+Shift+B) now defaults to a more granular 12-hour view.
Modular Architecture: Completely refactored the project structure into core, api, monitor, and ui modules to separate concerns and improve maintainability.
Setup Wizard: Added an initial guided setup wizard (setup_wizard.py) for language selection and verifying the connection to the SteelSeries GG Engine.
Single-Instance Lock: Enforced single-instance application running via a socket-based lock mechanism (utils.py).
Centralized Constants: Moved configurations and paths into a single constants.py file.

Initial public release.
Core battery monitoring loop for SteelSeries Nova Pro Wireless.
2-tier alert system (25% Warning, 12% Critical).
Spare battery charging status monitoring.
GameSense OLED support for base station alerts.
Modern settings GUI built with customtkinter.
Multi-language support (English, German).
SQLite history tracking for battery events.
Update Checker: NovaPulse now automatically checks for new releases on GitHub upon startup (can be disabled in settings).
Sound Player Implementation: Re-implemented the missing sound playing logic. Custom .wav files in the sounds/ directory can now be used for alerts.
GitHub Release URL: Added GITHUB_RELEASES_URL for version checking.

Path Security (Autostart): Added quotes around the executable path in the Windows registry to ensure compatibility with paths containing spaces.
Path Traversal Protection: Added strict validation for sound filenames to prevent potential path traversal vulnerabilities.
Robust Config Validation: Added explicit json.JSONDecodeError handling when loading config.json to prevent crashes due to corrupt configuration files.
Documentation Sanitization: Removed absolute local paths and sanitized CLAUDE.md and STATUS.md.