Format scheduled task intervals

.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 +2,37 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 2.6.27 - 2026-08-14
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Scheduled task intervals now display the most appropriate exact unit, such as seconds, minutes, hours, or days, while keeping the sort order numeric.
+
+## 2.6.26 - 2026-08-10
+
+### Changed
+
+- API sources and RSS feeds now accept hours as an update interval unit, and the list and background task scheduling paths now format and convert that unit correctly.
+
+## 2.6.25 - 2026-08-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Screen group edit now keeps the slug locked after creation, so existing screen group URLs remain stable.
+
+## 2.6.24 - 2026-08-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Deferred playlist updates now keep the current slide index when the next playlist snapshot is applied, so playback no longer jumps back to the first slide mid-cycle.
+
+## 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": "2.6.27",
   "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": "2.6.27",
   "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": "2.6.27",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Pulse Signage application with MySQL and media storage",
   "repository": {

src/data/api-sources.js

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ const ITEMS_PATH_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
 
 function normalizeUpdateIntervalUnit(value) {
   const unit = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-  return unit === 'seconds' ? 'seconds' : 'minutes';
+  if (unit === 'seconds' || unit === 'minutes' || unit === 'hours') {
+    return unit;
+  }
+  return 'minutes';
 }
 
 function normalizeAuthMethod(value) {

src/data/rss-feeds.js

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ const URL_MAX_LENGTH = 1024;
 
 function normalizeUpdateIntervalUnit(value) {
   const unit = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-  return unit === 'seconds' ? 'seconds' : 'minutes';
+  if (unit === 'seconds' || unit === 'minutes' || unit === 'hours') {
+    return unit;
+  }
+  return 'minutes';
 }
 
 async function fetchRssFeedsData(pool) {

src/player/public/js/player-page-playback.js

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function applyPendingPlaylistUpdate() {
   if (!pendingPlaylistUpdate) {
     return false;
   }
+  var nextIndex = Number(index || 0);
   slides = pendingPlaylistUpdate.slides;
   currentPlaylistSignature = pendingPlaylistUpdate.signature;
   currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides = pendingPlaylistUpdate.fadeBetweenSlides;
@@ -80,7 +81,11 @@ function applyPendingPlaylistUpdate() {
   templateLayoutCache = Object.create(null);
   templateRenderPlanCache = Object.create(null);
   renderCacheViewportKey = window.innerWidth + 'x' + window.innerHeight;
-  index = 0;
+  const activeSlides = getCurrentActiveSlides();
+  if (!Number.isFinite(nextIndex) || nextIndex < 0) {
+    nextIndex = 0;
+  }
+  index = activeSlides.length ? Math.min(nextIndex, activeSlides.length - 1) : 0;
   logDebug('Applied updated playlist on slide transition.');
   return true;
 }
@@ -184,6 +189,15 @@ function refresh() {
       const nextActiveSlides = getActiveSlidesFrom(nextSlides);
       const nextFadeBetweenSlides = Boolean(data && data.playlist && data.playlist.fade_between_slides);
       const nextSkipUnavailableRtmp = Boolean(data && data.playlist && data.playlist.skip_unavailable_rtmp);
+      if (window.initialData && typeof window.initialData === 'object') {
+        window.initialData.screen = data.screen || window.initialData.screen || null;
+        window.initialData.playlist = data.playlist || null;
+        window.initialData.slides = nextSlides;
+        window.initialData.rssFeeds = Array.isArray(data.rssFeeds) ? data.rssFeeds : [];
+        window.initialData.apiSources = Array.isArray(data.apiSources) ? data.apiSources : [];
+        window.initialData.timetableGroups = Array.isArray(data.timetableGroups) ? data.timetableGroups : [];
+        window.initialData.revision = nextSignature;
+      }
       savePlaylistSnapshot({
         slides: nextSlides,
         signature: nextSignature,

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/queue.js

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ function normalizeIntervalMs(value, unit) {
   if (normalizedUnit === 'seconds') {
     return numericValue * 1000;
   }
+  if (normalizedUnit === 'hours') {
+    return numericValue * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+  }
   return numericValue * 60 * 1000;
 }
 

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/routes/admin/manage.js

@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ module.exports = function registerManageRoutes(app, deps) {
     return text.slice(0, limit);
   }
 
-  function normalizeBaseUrl(value) {
-    return String(value || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
-  }
-
   function normalizeExplicitPlayerBaseUrl(value) {
     return String(value || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
   }
@@ -246,39 +242,24 @@ module.exports = function registerManageRoutes(app, deps) {
       if (await common.fetchDuplicateName(pool, 'd_screens', name, screen.id)) {
         return res.status(400).send('A screen with that name already exists.');
       }
-      const slugInput = typeof common.validateMaxLength === 'function'
-        ? common.validateMaxLength(req.body.slug || '', SCREEN_SLUG_MAX_LENGTH, 'Screen URL')
-        : readLimitedText(req.body.slug || '', 255);
       const playlistId = req.body.playlist_id ? Number(req.body.playlist_id) : null;
       const previousPlaylistId = screen.playlist_id;
-      const slug = await common.uniqueScreenSlug(pool, common.slugify(slugInput || name), screen.id);
+      const slug = String(screen.slug || '').trim();
       const previousSlug = String(screen.slug || '').trim();
       await pool.query('UPDATE d_screens SET name = ?, slug = ?, playlist_id = ?, modified_by = ? WHERE id = ?', [name, slug, playlistId, getAuditUserId(req), screen.id]);
       if (previousPlaylistId !== playlistId && previousSlug) {
         await notifyPlayerScreens([previousSlug], 'refresh');
       }
       if (previousSlug && previousSlug !== slug) {
-        const previousScreenTargets = await pool.query(
+        const previousConnections = await fetchLiveConnectionsForScreen(previousSlug);
-          `SELECT s.slug, s.player_id, p.public_base_url, p.internal_base_url
+        const redirectPayload = {
-           FROM d_screens s
+          command: 'redirect',
-           LEFT JOIN d_players p ON p.device_id = s.player_id
+          url: `/screen/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}`
-           WHERE s.slug = ?
+        };
-           LIMIT 1`,
+        if (previousConnections.length) {
-          [previousSlug]
+          await forwardPlayerCommandForConnections(previousSlug, previousConnections, redirectPayload);
-        );
-        const previousTargetRow = previousScreenTargets[0] && previousScreenTargets[0][0] || null;
-        const previousInternalBaseUrl = normalizeBaseUrl(previousTargetRow && previousTargetRow.internal_base_url) || '';
-        const previousPublicBaseUrl = normalizeBaseUrl(previousTargetRow && previousTargetRow.public_base_url) || '';
-        if (previousInternalBaseUrl && typeof forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl === 'function') {
-          await forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl(previousInternalBaseUrl, previousSlug, {
-            command: 'redirect',
-            url: previousPublicBaseUrl ? `${previousPublicBaseUrl}/screen/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}` : `/screen/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}`
-          });
         } else {
-          await forwardPlayerCommand(previousSlug, {
+          await forwardPlayerCommand(previousSlug, redirectPayload);
-            command: 'redirect',
-            url: previousPublicBaseUrl ? `${previousPublicBaseUrl}/screen/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}` : `/screen/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}`
-          });
         }
       }
       redirectAfterSave(req, res, '/screens?edit=' + screen.id, {

src/web/routes/data-sources/api-sources/list.js

@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ function toIsoTimestamp(value) {
 
 function formatIntervalLabel(interval, unit) {
   const value = Math.max(1, Number(interval) || 0);
-  const normalizedUnit = String(unit || 'minutes').trim().toLowerCase() === 'seconds' ? 'seconds' : 'minutes';
+  const normalizedUnit = String(unit || 'minutes').trim().toLowerCase();
   if (normalizedUnit === 'seconds') {
     return value === 1 ? 'Every second' : `Every ${value} seconds`;
   }
+  if (normalizedUnit === 'hours') {
+    return value === 1 ? 'Every hour' : `Every ${value} hours`;
+  }
   return value === 1 ? 'Every minute' : `Every ${value} minutes`;
 }
 

src/web/routes/data-sources/api-sources/routes.js

@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ module.exports = function registerApiSourceRoutes(app, deps) {
           itemsPath: apiSource.items_path || '',
           intervalLabel: apiSource.update_interval_unit === 'seconds'
             ? (Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0) === 1 ? 'Every second' : `Every ${Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0)} seconds`)
-            : (Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0) === 1 ? 'Every minute' : `Every ${Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0)} minutes`),
+            : apiSource.update_interval_unit === 'hours'
+              ? (Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0) === 1 ? 'Every hour' : `Every ${Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0)} hours`)
+              : (Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0) === 1 ? 'Every minute' : `Every ${Math.max(1, Number(apiSource.update_interval_value) || 0)} minutes`),
           lastPullLabel: apiSource.last_pulled_at ? formatDashboardDate(apiSource.last_pulled_at) : 'Never',
           lastPulledAtValue: apiSource.last_pulled_at ? new Date(apiSource.last_pulled_at).toISOString() : '',
           inUse: usageIds.has(Number(apiSource.id))

src/web/routes/data-sources/rss-feeds/list.js

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ const { renderView } = require('../../../view');
 
 function formatIntervalLabel(interval, unit) {
   const value = Math.max(1, Number(interval) || 0);
-  const normalizedUnit = String(unit || 'minutes').trim().toLowerCase() === 'seconds' ? 'seconds' : 'minutes';
+  const normalizedUnit = String(unit || 'minutes').trim().toLowerCase();
   if (normalizedUnit === 'seconds') {
     return value === 1 ? 'Every second' : `Every ${value} seconds`;
   }
+  if (normalizedUnit === 'hours') {
+    return value === 1 ? 'Every hour' : `Every ${value} hours`;
+  }
   return value === 1 ? 'Every minute' : `Every ${value} minutes`;
 }
 

src/web/routes/settings/background-tasks-page.js

@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ const DATE_FILTER_FIELDS = {
 
 function formatIntervalLabel(intervalMs) {
   const value = Math.max(1, Number(intervalMs) || 0);
+  if (value % 86400000 === 0) {
+    const days = Math.max(1, value / 86400000);
+    return days === 1 ? 'Every day' : `Every ${days} days`;
+  }
+  if (value % 3600000 === 0) {
+    const hours = Math.max(1, value / 3600000);
+    return hours === 1 ? 'Every hour' : `Every ${hours} hours`;
+  }
   if (value % 60000 === 0) {
     const minutes = Math.max(1, value / 60000);
     return minutes === 1 ? 'Every minute' : `Every ${minutes} minutes`;

src/web/views/data-sources/api-sources/form.hbs

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
             <select id="api-source-interval-unit" name="update_interval_unit" class="form-select">
               <option value="seconds" {{#if (eq apiSource.updateIntervalUnit 'seconds')}}selected{{/if}}>Seconds</option>
               <option value="minutes" {{#if (eq apiSource.updateIntervalUnit 'minutes')}}selected{{/if}}>Minutes</option>
+              <option value="hours" {{#if (eq apiSource.updateIntervalUnit 'hours')}}selected{{/if}}>Hours</option>
             </select>
           </div>
         </div>

src/web/views/data-sources/rss-feeds/form.hbs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
           <select id="rss-feed-interval-unit" name="update_interval_unit" class="form-select">
             <option value="seconds" {{#if (eq rssFeed.updateIntervalUnit 'seconds')}}selected{{/if}}>Seconds</option>
             <option value="minutes" {{#if (eq rssFeed.updateIntervalUnit 'minutes')}}selected{{/if}}>Minutes</option>
+            <option value="hours" {{#if (eq rssFeed.updateIntervalUnit 'hours')}}selected{{/if}}>Hours</option>
           </select>
         </div>
         <div class="col-12 col-md-4">

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>

src/web/views/signage/screens/form.hbs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             </div>
             <div class="col-12 col-md-6">
               <label for="screen-slug" class="form-label">Slug</label>
-              <input id="screen-slug" name="slug" class="form-control" value="{{screen.slug}}" maxlength="128" data-limit-text-length placeholder="front-desk-tv" />
+              <input id="screen-slug" name="slug" class="form-control" value="{{screen.slug}}" maxlength="128" data-limit-text-length placeholder="front-desk-tv" {{#if isEdit}}disabled aria-disabled="true" title="Slug cannot be changed after creation"{{/if}} />
             </div>
             <div class="col-12">
               <label for="screen-playlist" class="form-label">Playlist</label>

test/background-tasks-page.test.js

@@ -91,4 +91,44 @@ test('background task pages opt into 24-hour timestamps, confirm clearing tasks,
   assert.match(queueDateSearchHtml, /Example task/);
   assert.match(scheduledHtml, /data-local-datetime-format="24h"/);
   assert.match(scheduledHtml, /Player:\s+Player Beta/);
+});
+
+test('scheduled task interval labels use the largest exact unit while sorting stays numeric', () => {
+  const scheduledHtml = renderBackgroundTasksScheduledPage(
+    {
+      recurringTasks: [
+        {
+          title: 'Hourly task',
+          key: 'hourly',
+          intervalMs: 7200000,
+          metadata: {}
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Second task',
+          key: 'seconds',
+          intervalMs: 3000,
+          metadata: {}
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Minute task',
+          key: 'minutes',
+          intervalMs: 60000,
+          metadata: {}
+        }
+      ],
+      sort: 'interval',
+      direction: 'asc',
+      summary: { counts: {}, total: 3, activeCount: 0, scheduledCount: 3 }
+    },
+    '',
+    {
+      permissions: ['scheduled-tasks.allow']
+    }
+  );
+
+  assert.match(scheduledHtml, /Every 3 seconds/);
+  assert.match(scheduledHtml, /Every minute/);
+  assert.match(scheduledHtml, /Every 2 hours/);
+  assert.ok(scheduledHtml.indexOf('Every 3 seconds') < scheduledHtml.indexOf('Every minute'));
+  assert.ok(scheduledHtml.indexOf('Every minute') < scheduledHtml.indexOf('Every 2 hours'));
 });

test/data-source-interval-units.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+const test = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const { buildApiSourcePayload } = require('../src/data/api-sources');
+const { buildRssFeedPayload } = require('../src/data/rss-feeds');
+const { normalizeIntervalMs } = require('../src/web/lib/background-tasks/queue');
+
+test('data source payloads accept hours as an update interval unit', () => {
+  const apiPayload = buildApiSourcePayload({
+    body: {
+      name: 'API source',
+      api_url: 'https://example.com/api',
+      update_interval_value: '2',
+      update_interval_unit: 'hours'
+    }
+  }, null);
+
+  const rssPayload = buildRssFeedPayload({
+    body: {
+      name: 'RSS feed',
+      feed_url: 'https://example.com/feed.xml',
+      update_interval_value: '3',
+      update_interval_unit: 'hours',
+      item_limit: '5'
+    }
+  }, null);
+
+  assert.equal(apiPayload.updateIntervalUnit, 'hours');
+  assert.equal(apiPayload.updateIntervalValue, 2);
+  assert.equal(rssPayload.updateIntervalUnit, 'hours');
+  assert.equal(rssPayload.updateIntervalValue, 3);
+});
+
+test('background task interval conversion supports hours', () => {
+  assert.equal(normalizeIntervalMs(2, 'hours'), 7_200_000);
+});
+
+test('data source forms expose hours as an interval option', () => {
+  const apiTemplate = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'web', 'views', 'data-sources', 'api-sources', 'form.hbs'), 'utf8');
+  const rssTemplate = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'web', 'views', 'data-sources', 'rss-feeds', 'form.hbs'), 'utf8');
+
+  assert.match(apiTemplate, /value="hours"[\s\S]*>Hours<\/option>/);
+  assert.match(rssTemplate, /value="hours"[\s\S]*>Hours<\/option>/);
+});

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, []);
+});

test/player-page-playback.test.js

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ test('playlist refresh queues updates until the next slide transition', async ()
     pausedRemainingMs: null,
     app: null,
     currentPlaylistEtag: '',
+    initialData: {
+      rssFeeds: [{ id: 1 }],
+      apiSources: [{ id: 2 }],
+      timetableGroups: [{ id: 3 }]
+    },
     activeSlidesCacheKey: '',
     activeSlidesCacheValue: [],
     renderCacheViewportKey: '',
@@ -94,6 +99,9 @@ test('playlist refresh queues updates until the next slide transition', async ()
       this.responseText = JSON.stringify({
         signature: 'next-signature',
         slides: [{ id: 1, duration_seconds: 12, disable_audio: false }],
+        rssFeeds: [{ id: 10 }],
+        apiSources: [{ id: 20 }],
+        timetableGroups: [{ id: 30 }],
         playlist: { fade_between_slides: false, skip_unavailable_rtmp: false }
       });
       if (typeof this.onreadystatechange === 'function') {
@@ -133,6 +141,9 @@ test('playlist refresh queues updates until the next slide transition', async ()
   assert.equal(calls.showCurrent, 0);
   assert.equal(sandbox.currentPlaylistSignature, 'old-signature');
   assert.equal(sandbox.slides[0].disable_audio, undefined);
+  assert.deepEqual(sandbox.initialData.rssFeeds, [{ id: 10 }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(sandbox.initialData.apiSources, [{ id: 20 }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(sandbox.initialData.timetableGroups, [{ id: 30 }]);
   assert.equal(calls.logDebug.some((entry) => entry.includes('Unable to load screen playlist.')), false);
   assert.equal(calls.logDebug.some((entry) => entry.includes('applying on next slide transition')), true);
 });
@@ -279,6 +290,122 @@ test('single-slide playlists re-render the active slide instead of refreshing af
   assert.deepEqual(sandbox.slides, [{ id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 }]);
 });
 
+test('deferred playlist updates preserve the current slide index', async () => {
+  const sandbox = {
+    window: null,
+    location: { origin: 'http://localhost', href: 'http://localhost/screen/test2' },
+    Date,
+    JSON,
+    Math,
+    Number,
+    String,
+    Boolean,
+    Array,
+    Object,
+    Promise,
+    setTimeout,
+    clearTimeout,
+    console,
+    currentPlaylistSignature: 'old-signature',
+    currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides: false,
+    currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp: false,
+    slug: 'test2',
+    pendingPlaylistUpdate: null,
+    slides: [
+      { id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 },
+      { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 },
+      { id: 3, duration_seconds: 12 }
+    ],
+    lastRenderedSlide: { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 },
+    index: 1,
+    timer: null,
+    slideExpiresAt: null,
+    pausedRemainingMs: null,
+    app: null,
+    currentPlaylistEtag: '',
+    activeSlidesCacheKey: '',
+    activeSlidesCacheValue: [],
+    renderCacheViewportKey: '',
+    slideMarkupCache: Object.create(null),
+    templateLayoutCache: Object.create(null),
+    templateRenderPlanCache: Object.create(null),
+    getCurrentActiveSlides() {
+      return sandbox.slides;
+    },
+    getPlaylistRevision(data) {
+      return data.signature;
+    },
+    normalizeSlide(slide) {
+      return slide;
+    },
+    getActiveSlidesFrom(slideList) {
+      return slideList;
+    },
+    savePlaylistSnapshot() {},
+    markRefreshHealthy() {},
+    setOfflineBannerVisible() {},
+    scheduleRefreshRetry() {},
+    syncWebpagePreloads() {},
+    syncRtmpWarmups() {},
+    clearActiveSlidesCache() {},
+    showCurrent() {},
+    sendCommandState() {},
+    logDebug() {}
+  };
+  sandbox.window = sandbox;
+
+  const scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'player', 'public', 'js', 'player-page-playback.js');
+  const script = fs.readFileSync(scriptPath, 'utf8');
+  const prelude = `
+    var pendingPlaylistUpdate = null;
+    var slides = [
+      { id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 },
+      { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 },
+      { id: 3, duration_seconds: 12 }
+    ];
+    var currentPlaylistSignature = 'old-signature';
+    var currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides = false;
+    var currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp = false;
+    var currentPlaylistEtag = '';
+    var lastRenderedSlide = { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 };
+    var index = 1;
+    var timer = null;
+    var slideExpiresAt = null;
+    var pausedRemainingMs = null;
+    var app = null;
+    var activeSlidesCacheKey = '';
+    var activeSlidesCacheValue = [];
+    var renderCacheViewportKey = '';
+    var slideMarkupCache = Object.create(null);
+    var templateLayoutCache = Object.create(null);
+    var templateRenderPlanCache = Object.create(null);
+  `;
+  vm.runInNewContext(prelude + '\n' + script, sandbox, { filename: scriptPath });
+
+  sandbox.pendingPlaylistUpdate = {
+    slides: [
+      { id: 10, duration_seconds: 12 },
+      { id: 11, duration_seconds: 12 },
+      { id: 12, duration_seconds: 12 }
+    ],
+    signature: 'next-signature',
+    fadeBetweenSlides: false,
+    skipUnavailableRtmp: false
+  };
+
+  const applied = sandbox.applyPendingPlaylistUpdate();
+
+  assert.equal(applied, true);
+  assert.equal(sandbox.currentPlaylistSignature, 'next-signature');
+  assert.equal(sandbox.pendingPlaylistUpdate, null);
+  assert.deepEqual(sandbox.slides, [
+    { id: 10, duration_seconds: 12 },
+    { id: 11, duration_seconds: 12 },
+    { id: 12, duration_seconds: 12 }
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(sandbox.index, 1);
+});
+
 test('removing the currently visible slide from a two-slide playlist applies the one-slide update immediately', async () => {
   const calls = {
     showCurrent: 0,

test/web-manage-routes.test.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
 
 const registerManageRoutes = require('../src/web/routes/admin/manage');
 
-test('screen update redirects and forwards redirect when the slug changes', async () => {
+test('screen update keeps the existing slug on edit', async () => {
   const handlers = {};
   const app = {
     post(path, ...routeHandlers) {
@@ -14,37 +14,13 @@ test('screen update redirects and forwards redirect when the slug changes', asyn
 
   const pool = {
     async query(sql) {
-      if (sql.includes('SELECT s.slug, s.player_id, p.public_base_url, p.internal_base_url') && sql.includes('WHERE s.slug = ?')) {
-        return [[{
-          slug: 'alpha',
-          player_id: 'player-a',
-          public_base_url: 'http://player.local',
-          internal_base_url: 'http://player.internal'
-        }]];
-      }
       if (sql.includes('SELECT id, name, slug, playlist_id')) {
         return [[{ id: 42, name: 'Old Screen', slug: 'alpha', playlist_id: null }]];
       }
-      if (sql.includes('SELECT s.slug, s.player_id, p.public_base_url, p.internal_base_url')) {
+      if (sql.includes('UPDATE d_screens SET name = ?, slug = ?, playlist_id = ?, modified_by = ? WHERE id = ?')) {
-        return [[
-          {
-            slug: 'alpha',
-            player_id: 'player-a',
-            public_base_url: 'http://player-a.example',
-            internal_base_url: 'http://player-a.internal'
-          },
-          {
-            slug: 'beta',
-            player_id: 'player-b',
-            public_base_url: 'http://player-b.example',
-            internal_base_url: 'http://player-b.internal'
-          }
-        ]];
-      }
-      if (sql.includes('UPDATE d_screens SET name = ?, slug = ?, playlist_id = ?, player_id = ?, modified_by = ? WHERE id = ?')) {
         return [{ affectedRows: 1 }];
       }
-      return [[]];
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected SQL: ${sql}`);
     }
   };
 
@@ -137,7 +113,6 @@ test('screen update redirects and forwards redirect when the slug changes', asyn
 
   assert.equal(res.redirectedTo, '/screens?edit=42');
   assert.deepEqual(calls, [
-    { kind: 'forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl', baseUrl: 'http://player.internal', slug: 'alpha', payload: { command: 'redirect', url: 'http://player.local/screen/beta' } },
     { kind: 'redirectAfterSave', url: '/screens?edit=42' }
   ]);
 });

test/web-screens-routes.test.js

@@ -48,7 +48,22 @@ test('screen edit page includes shared launcher downloads and base player url',
     pages,
     buildDashboardState: async () => ({ screens: [] }),
     getScreenDeleteBlockMessage: async () => '',
-    getScreenConnections: async () => [],
+    getScreenConnections: async (slug) => {
+      if (slug !== 'demo-conference') {
+        return { connections: [] };
+      }
+
+      return {
+        connections: [
+          {
+            id: 'conn-1',
+            clientId: 'conn-1',
+            deviceId: 'device-1',
+            playerPublicBaseUrl: 'http://player.example/'
+          }
+        ]
+      };
+    },
     playerPublicBaseUrl: 'http://player.example',
     requirePermission() {
       return function (_req, _res, next) {
@@ -265,6 +280,8 @@ test('screen edit page renders player urls as an adminlte table', async () => {
       name: 'Demo Conference',
       slug: 'demo-conference',
       playlist_id: null,
+      slug_update_confirm_live_connection_count: 2,
+      slug_update_confirm_message: 'Are you sure you want to update the slug? This will refresh all screens using this slug.',
       player_urls: [
         {
           identifier: 'player-alpha',
@@ -283,6 +300,8 @@ test('screen edit page renders player urls as an adminlte table', async () => {
   assert.match(html, /card-body table-responsive p-0/);
   assert.match(html, /table table-striped w-100 mb-0/);
   assert.match(html, /player-alpha/);
+  assert.match(html, /<input[^>]+id="screen-slug"[^>]+disabled/);
+  assert.match(html, /Slug cannot be changed after creation/);
 });
 
 test('screen launcher downloads are shared and attached', async () => {