Adjust dashboard card spacing

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Versioning and releases
 
 - Treat `package.json` as the source of truth for the application version.
+- Keep `package.json`, `build/package.player.json`, and `build/package.web.json` on the same version number.
 - When the app version changes, update `CHANGELOG.md` in the same change.
 - Keep database migration versions aligned with the release they actually belong to.
 - If only part of a migration batch belongs to a newer release, split that batch into a separate migration entry instead of relabeling the earlier release.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 2.6.23 - 2026-08-09
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Dashboard quick-action and kiosk-launcher cards now use row spacing instead of extra card padding, so the layout stays consistent at large widths.
+- API and RSS refresh jobs now notify affected player screens only when the refreshed data actually changes, so unchanged polls no longer trigger redundant player refreshes.
+
 ## 2.6.22 - 2026-08-09
 
 ### Changed

build/package.player.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pulse-signage-player",
-  "version": "2.6.22",
+  "version": "2.6.23",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Pulse Signage player application bundle",
   "main": "src/common.js",

build/package.web.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pulse-signage-web",
-  "version": "2.6.22",
+  "version": "2.6.23",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Pulse Signage web and bridge application bundle",
   "main": "src/common.js",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pulse-signage",
-  "version": "2.6.22",
+  "version": "2.6.23",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Pulse Signage application with MySQL and media storage",
   "repository": {

src/web.js

@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ async function start() {
     mediaDir: webConfig.mediaDir,
     backgroundTaskQueue: backgroundTaskQueue,
     webBootstrap: webBootstrap,
+    notifyPlayerScreens: notifyPlayerScreens,
     loadCurrentUser: loadCurrentUser,
     initializeBackgroundTasks: initializeBackgroundTasks,
     captureSlideThumbnail: captureSlideThumbnail,

src/web/lib/background-tasks/tasks-adhoc/data-source-refresh.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function registerDataSourceRefreshTask(options) {
       if (!apiSource) {
         throw new Error('API source not found.');
       }
-      return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, Number(payload.actorId) || null);
+      return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, Number(payload.actorId) || null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
     }
 
     if (sourceType === 'rss-feed') {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function registerDataSourceRefreshTask(options) {
       if (!rssFeed) {
         throw new Error('RSS feed not found.');
       }
-      return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, Number(payload.actorId) || null);
+      return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, Number(payload.actorId) || null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
     }
 
     throw new Error('Unsupported data source refresh task.');

src/web/lib/background-tasks/tasks-scheduled/data-source-refresh.js

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function registerRecurringDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
           sourceName: apiSource.name
         },
         run: function () {
-          return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, null);
+          return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
         }
       });
     });
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function registerRecurringDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
           sourceName: rssFeed.name
         },
         run: function () {
-          return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, null);
+          return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
         }
       });
     });
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ function createDataSourceTaskService(options) {
   }
 
   async function refreshApiSourceInBackground(apiSourceId, actorId) {
-    return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceId, actorId);
+    return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceId, actorId, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
   }
 
   async function refreshRssFeedInBackground(rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actorId) {
-    return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actorId);
+    return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actorId, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
   }
 
   return {

src/web/lib/background-tasks/tasks-startup/data-source-refresh.js

@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ function scheduleStartupDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
 
     (apiSourcesData.apiSources || []).forEach(function (apiSource) {
       startupSources.push(buildStartupSource('api-source', apiSource.id, apiSource.name, function () {
-        return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, null);
+        return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
       }));
     });
 
     (rssFeedsData.rssFeeds || []).forEach(function (rssFeed) {
       startupSources.push(buildStartupSource('rss-feed', rssFeed.id, rssFeed.name, function () {
-        return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, null);
+        return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
       }));
     });
 

src/web/lib/data-source-refresh.js

@@ -1,4 +1,112 @@
-async function refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceOrId, actorId) {
+async function getAffectedScreenSlugs(connection, common, slideMatchKey, sourceId) {
+  const [slideRows] = await connection.query('SELECT id, content_json FROM c_slides WHERE content_json IS NOT NULL');
+  const slideIds = [];
+  const seenSlideIds = new Set();
+
+  slideRows.forEach(function (row) {
+    const content = typeof common.parseJsonSafe === 'function' ? common.parseJsonSafe(row.content_json) : null;
+    if (!content || typeof content !== 'object') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const stack = [content];
+    while (stack.length) {
+      const value = stack.pop();
+      if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+        value.forEach(function (item) {
+          stack.push(item);
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, slideMatchKey) && Number(value[slideMatchKey]) === Number(sourceId)) {
+        const slideId = Number(row.id);
+        if (Number.isFinite(slideId) && slideId > 0 && !seenSlideIds.has(slideId)) {
+          seenSlideIds.add(slideId);
+          slideIds.push(slideId);
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+
+      Object.keys(value).forEach(function (key) {
+        stack.push(value[key]);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (!slideIds.length) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const [screenRows] = await connection.query(
+    `SELECT DISTINCT s.slug
+     FROM d_screens s
+     JOIN c_playlist_slides ps ON ps.playlist_id = s.playlist_id
+     WHERE ps.slide_id IN (?)
+       AND s.slug IS NOT NULL`,
+    [slideIds]
+  );
+
+  return screenRows.map(function (row) {
+    return String(row.slug || '').trim();
+  }).filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+async function notifyAffectedScreens(connection, common, notifyPlayerScreens, slideMatchKey, sourceId) {
+  if (typeof notifyPlayerScreens !== 'function') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const slugs = await getAffectedScreenSlugs(connection, common, slideMatchKey, sourceId);
+  if (!slugs.length) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await notifyPlayerScreens(slugs, 'refresh');
+}
+
+function normalizeSnapshotValue(value) {
+  return String(value || '').trim();
+}
+
+async function hasRssFeedChanged(connection, rssFeedId, items) {
+  const [rows] = await connection.query(
+    `SELECT item_json
+     FROM i_rss_feed_items
+     WHERE rss_feed_id = ?
+     ORDER BY position ASC, id ASC`,
+    [rssFeedId]
+  );
+
+  const currentSnapshots = (rows || []).map(function (row) {
+    return normalizeSnapshotValue(row && row.item_json);
+  });
+  const nextSnapshots = (Array.isArray(items) ? items : []).map(function (item) {
+    return normalizeSnapshotValue(JSON.stringify(item || {}));
+  });
+
+  if (currentSnapshots.length !== nextSnapshots.length) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < currentSnapshots.length; index += 1) {
+    if (currentSnapshots[index] !== nextSnapshots[index]) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+function hasApiSourceChanged(apiSource, responseDetails) {
+  return normalizeSnapshotValue(apiSource && apiSource.last_response_json) !== normalizeSnapshotValue(responseDetails && responseDetails.responseJson);
+}
+
+async function refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceOrId, actorId, notifyPlayerScreens) {
   const connection = await pool.getConnection();
   try {
     const apiSource = apiSourceOrId && typeof apiSourceOrId === 'object'
@@ -25,6 +133,14 @@ async function refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceOrId, actorId) {
       [new Date(), pullError || null, responseDetails ? responseDetails.responseStatus : null, responseDetails ? responseDetails.responseContentType : null, responseDetails ? responseDetails.responseJson : null, actorId, apiSource.id]
     );
     await connection.commit();
+
+    if (!pullError && hasApiSourceChanged(apiSource, responseDetails)) {
+      try {
+        await notifyAffectedScreens(connection, common, notifyPlayerScreens, 'source_id', apiSource.id);
+      } catch (notifyError) {
+        console.warn('[data-source-refresh] Unable to notify players after API source refresh ' + apiSource.id + ':', notifyError);
+      }
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     try {
       await connection.rollback();
@@ -37,7 +153,7 @@ async function refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceOrId, actorId) {
   }
 }
 
-async function refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actorId) {
+async function refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actorId, notifyPlayerScreens) {
   const connection = await pool.getConnection();
   try {
     let updatedItems = [];
@@ -50,11 +166,20 @@ async function refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actor
     }
 
     await connection.beginTransaction();
+    const rssFeedChanged = await hasRssFeedChanged(connection, rssFeedId, updatedItems);
     if (typeof common.replaceRssFeedItems === 'function') {
       await common.replaceRssFeedItems(connection, rssFeedId, updatedItems);
     }
     await connection.commit();
 
+    if (!pullError && rssFeedChanged) {
+      try {
+        await notifyAffectedScreens(connection, common, notifyPlayerScreens, 'feed_id', rssFeedId);
+      } catch (notifyError) {
+        console.warn('[data-source-refresh] Unable to notify players after RSS feed refresh ' + rssFeedId + ':', notifyError);
+      }
+    }
+
     if (pullError) {
       console.error('[data-source-refresh] RSS feed refresh completed with an error for feed ' + rssFeedId + ': ' + pullError);
     }

src/web/lib/web-startup.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ async function initializeWebServer(options) {
     pool: pool,
     common: common,
     backgroundTaskQueue: backgroundTaskQueue,
+    notifyPlayerScreens: options && options.notifyPlayerScreens ? options.notifyPlayerScreens : null,
     uploadSyncService: webBootstrap.uploadSyncService,
     captureSlideThumbnail: captureSlideThumbnail,
     mediaDir: mediaDir,

src/web/views/signage/dashboard/index.hbs

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 
 {{#if (hasPermission currentUser "dashboard.allow")}}
   <div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12 col-xl-8">
+    <div class="col-12 col-xl-8 mb-4">
-      <div class="card card-outline card-primary dashboard-actions-card pb-4">
+      <div class="card card-outline card-primary dashboard-actions-card">
         <div class="card-header">
           <div class="dashboard-card-heading">
             <h3 class="card-title">Quick actions</h3>
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div class="col-12 col-xl-4">
+    <div class="col-12 col-xl-4 mb-4">
-      <div class="card card-outline card-secondary dashboard-launcher-card h-100 pb-4">
+      <div class="card card-outline card-secondary dashboard-launcher-card">
         <div class="card-header">
           <div class="dashboard-card-heading">
             <h3 class="card-title">Kiosk launchers</h3>

test/data-source-refresh.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+const test = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+
+const { refreshApiSource, refreshRssFeed } = require('../src/web/lib/data-source-refresh');
+
+function createConnection(options) {
+  const state = Object.assign({
+    rssItemSnapshots: [],
+    slideRows: [],
+    screenRows: []
+  }, options || {});
+  const calls = [];
+
+  return {
+    calls,
+    async beginTransaction() {
+      calls.push(['beginTransaction']);
+    },
+    async commit() {
+      calls.push(['commit']);
+    },
+    async rollback() {
+      calls.push(['rollback']);
+    },
+    release() {
+      calls.push(['release']);
+    },
+    async query(sql, params) {
+      calls.push(['query', sql, params]);
+
+      if (sql.includes('SELECT item_json')) {
+        return [state.rssItemSnapshots.map(function (itemJson) {
+          return { item_json: itemJson };
+        })];
+      }
+
+      if (sql.includes('SELECT id, content_json FROM c_slides')) {
+        return [state.slideRows];
+      }
+
+      if (sql.includes('SELECT DISTINCT s.slug')) {
+        return [state.screenRows];
+      }
+
+      return [[]];
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+test('refreshApiSource notifies players only when the API snapshot changes', async () => {
+  const connection = createConnection({
+    slideRows: [{ id: 10, content_json: JSON.stringify({ source_id: 7 }) }],
+    screenRows: [{ slug: 'screen-a' }]
+  });
+  const notifyCalls = [];
+  const pool = {
+    async getConnection() {
+      return connection;
+    }
+  };
+  const common = {
+    async fetchApiSourceResponse() {
+      return {
+        responseJson: JSON.stringify({ value: 'new' }, null, 2),
+        responseStatus: 200,
+        responseContentType: 'application/json'
+      };
+    },
+    parseJsonSafe(value) {
+      return JSON.parse(value);
+    }
+  };
+
+  await refreshApiSource(pool, common, {
+    id: 7,
+    last_response_json: JSON.stringify({ value: 'old' }, null, 2)
+  }, 42, async function (slugs, payload) {
+    notifyCalls.push({ slugs, payload });
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(notifyCalls, [{ slugs: ['screen-a'], payload: 'refresh' }]);
+});
+
+test('refreshApiSource skips notifications when the API snapshot is unchanged', async () => {
+  const connection = createConnection({
+    slideRows: [{ id: 10, content_json: JSON.stringify({ source_id: 7 }) }],
+    screenRows: [{ slug: 'screen-a' }]
+  });
+  const notifyCalls = [];
+  const pool = {
+    async getConnection() {
+      return connection;
+    }
+  };
+  const snapshot = JSON.stringify({ value: 'same' }, null, 2);
+  const common = {
+    async fetchApiSourceResponse() {
+      return {
+        responseJson: snapshot,
+        responseStatus: 200,
+        responseContentType: 'application/json'
+      };
+    },
+    parseJsonSafe(value) {
+      return JSON.parse(value);
+    }
+  };
+
+  await refreshApiSource(pool, common, {
+    id: 7,
+    last_response_json: snapshot
+  }, 42, async function (slugs, payload) {
+    notifyCalls.push({ slugs, payload });
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(notifyCalls, []);
+});
+
+test('refreshRssFeed notifies players only when the RSS items change', async () => {
+  const connection = createConnection({
+    rssItemSnapshots: [JSON.stringify({ title: 'Old item' })],
+    slideRows: [{ id: 11, content_json: JSON.stringify({ feed_id: 9 }) }],
+    screenRows: [{ slug: 'screen-b' }]
+  });
+  const notifyCalls = [];
+  const pool = {
+    async getConnection() {
+      return connection;
+    }
+  };
+  const common = {
+    async fetchRssFeedItems() {
+      return [{ title: 'New item' }];
+    },
+    async replaceRssFeedItems() {
+      return 1;
+    },
+    parseJsonSafe(value) {
+      return JSON.parse(value);
+    }
+  };
+
+  await refreshRssFeed(pool, common, 9, 'https://example.com/feed.xml', 10, 42, async function (slugs, payload) {
+    notifyCalls.push({ slugs, payload });
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(notifyCalls, [{ slugs: ['screen-b'], payload: 'refresh' }]);
+});
+
+test('refreshRssFeed skips notifications when the RSS items are unchanged', async () => {
+  const snapshot = JSON.stringify({ title: 'Same item' });
+  const connection = createConnection({
+    rssItemSnapshots: [snapshot],
+    slideRows: [{ id: 11, content_json: JSON.stringify({ feed_id: 9 }) }],
+    screenRows: [{ slug: 'screen-b' }]
+  });
+  const notifyCalls = [];
+  const pool = {
+    async getConnection() {
+      return connection;
+    }
+  };
+  const common = {
+    async fetchRssFeedItems() {
+      return [{ title: 'Same item' }];
+    },
+    async replaceRssFeedItems() {
+      return 1;
+    },
+    parseJsonSafe(value) {
+      return JSON.parse(value);
+    }
+  };
+
+  await refreshRssFeed(pool, common, 9, 'https://example.com/feed.xml', 10, 42, async function (slugs, payload) {
+    notifyCalls.push({ slugs, payload });
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(notifyCalls, []);
+});