v2.34.0

[sdetweil]

Version 2.34.0 Jan 1, 2026

Release Notes

Thanks to: @Blackspirits, @Crazylegstoo, @jarnoml, @jboucly, @JHWelch, @khassel, @KristjanESPERANTO, @rejas, @sdetweil, @xsorifc28

⚠️ This release needs nodejs version >=22.21.1 <23 || >=24

Compare to previous Release v2.33.0

[core]

• Merge branch ‘master’ into develop
• Prepare Release 2.34.0 (#3998)
• dependency update + adjust Playwright setup + fix linter issue (#3994)
• demo with gif (#3995)
• [core] fix: allow browser globals in config files (#3992)
• [core] fix: restore --ozone-platform=wayland flag for reliable Wayland support (#3989)
• [core] auto create release notes with every push on develop (#3985)
• [core] chore: simplify Wayland start script (#3974)
• [gitignore] restore the old Git behavior for the default modules (#3968)
• [core] configure cspell to check default modules only and fix typos (#3955)
• [gitignore] restoring the old Git behavior for the CSS directory (#3954)
• feat(core): add server:watch script with automatic restart on file changes (#3920)
• [check_config] refactor: improve error handling (#3927)
• refactor: replace express-ipfilter with lightweight custom middleware (#3917)
• refactor: replace module-alias dependency with internal alias resolver (#3893)
• Release 2.33.0 (#3903)

[dependencies]

• [chore] update dependencies and min. node version (#3986)
• [core] bump dependencies into december (#3982)
• Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 (#3972)
• Update deps, unpin parse5 (#3934)
• [core] Update deps and pin jsdom to v27.0.0 (#3925)
• chore: update dependencies (#3921)
• update deps, exclude node v23 (#3916)
• remove eslint warnings, add npm publish process to Collaboration.md (#3913)
• feat: add ESlint rule no-sparse-arrays for config check (#3911)
• chore: bump dependencies into october (#3909)

[logging]

• logger: add calling filename as prefix on server side (#3926)
• [logger] Add prefixes to most Log messages (#3923)

[modules/alert]

• Add new pt and pt-BR translations for Alert module and update global PT strings (#3965)

[modules/calendar]

• add checksum to test whether calendar event list changed (#3988)
• [calendar] fix: prevent excessive fetching on client reload and refactor calendarfetcherutils.js (#3976)
• [calendar] refactor: migrate CalendarFetcher to ES6 class and improve error handling (#3959)
• [calendar] Show repeatingCountTitle only if yearDiff > 0 (#3949)
• [tests] suppress debug logs in CI environment + improve calendar symbol test stability (#3941)
• [calendar] chore: remove requiresVersion: "2.1.0" (#3932)
• [calendar] test: remove “Recurring event per timezone” test (#3929)

[modules/compliments]

• [compliments] refactor: optimize loadComplimentFile method and add unit tests (#3969)
• fix: set compliments remote file minimum delay to 15 minutes (#3970)
• [compliments] fix: duplicate query param “?” in compliments module refresh url (#3967)

[modules/newsfeed]

• [newsfeed] fix header layout issue (#3946)

[modules/weather]

• [weatherprovider] update subclass language use override (#3914)
• [weather] fix wind-icon not showing in pirateweather (#3957)
• [weather] add error handling to weather fetch functions, including cors (#3791)
• remove deprecated ukmetoffice datapoint provider, cleanup .gitignore (#3952)
• fixes problems with daylight-saving-time in weather provider openmeteo (#3931)
• Fix for envcanada Provider to use updated Env Canada URL (#3919)
• [weather] feat: add configurable forecast date format option (#3918)

[testing]

• testing: update “Enforce Pull-Request Rules” workflow (#3987)
• [core] refactor: replace XMLHttpRequest with fetch and migrate e2e tests to Playwright (#3950)
• [test] replace node-libgpiod with serialport in electron-rebuild workflow (#3945)
• [ci] Add concurrency to automated tests workflow to cancel outdated runs (#3943)
• [tests] migrate from jest to vitest (#3940)