- Introduced a new error handling system with custom error types for better context and clarity in error reporting.
- Implemented URL validation to prevent invalid requests and enhance security.
- Updated cache key generation functions to return errors, improving robustness in handling invalid inputs.
- Added comprehensive metrics tracking for requests, cache hits, misses, and performance metrics, allowing for better monitoring and analysis of the caching system.
- Enhanced logging to include detailed metrics and error information for improved debugging and operational insights.
- Updated the caching logic to utilize a predictive cache warmer, enhancing content prefetching based on access patterns.
- Replaced the legacy warming system with a more efficient predictive approach, allowing for better performance and resource management.
- Refactored memory management to integrate dynamic cache size adjustments based on system memory usage, improving overall efficiency.
- Simplified the VFS interface and improved concurrency handling with sharded locks for better performance in multi-threaded environments.
- Enhanced tests to validate the new caching and memory management behaviors, ensuring reliability and performance improvements.
- Updated caching logic to support size-based promotion filtering, ensuring that not all files may be promoted based on size constraints.
- Implemented adaptive caching strategies with a new AdaptiveCacheManager to analyze access patterns and adjust caching strategies dynamically.
- Introduced predictive caching features with a PredictiveCacheManager to prefetch content based on access patterns.
- Added a CacheWarmer to preload popular content into the cache, improving access times for frequently requested files.
- Refactored memory management with a DynamicCacheManager to adjust cache sizes based on system memory usage.
- Enhanced VFS interface and file metadata handling to support new features and improve performance.
- Updated tests to validate new caching behaviors and ensure reliability of the caching system.
- Introduced integration tests for SteamCache to validate caching behavior with real Steam URLs.
- Implemented a ServiceManager to manage service configurations, allowing for dynamic detection of services based on User-Agent.
- Updated cache key generation to include service prefixes, enhancing cache organization and retrieval.
- Enhanced the caching logic to support multiple services, starting with Steam and Epic Games.
- Improved .gitignore to exclude test cache files while retaining necessary structure.
- Introduced maxConcurrentRequests and maxRequestsPerClient fields in the Config struct to manage request limits.
- Updated the SteamCache implementation to utilize these new configuration options for controlling concurrent requests.
- Enhanced the ServeHTTP method to enforce global and per-client rate limiting using semaphores.
- Modified the root command to accept new flags for configuring concurrency limits via command-line arguments.
- Updated tests to reflect changes in the SteamCache initialization and request handling logic.
- Replaced SHA1 hash calculations with SHA256 for improved security and consistency in cache key generation.
- Introduced a new TestURLHashing function to validate the new cache key generation logic.
- Removed outdated hash calculation tests and streamlined the caching process to focus on URL-based hashing.
- Implemented lightweight validation methods in ServeHTTP to enhance performance and reliability of cached responses.
- Added batched time updates in VFS implementations for better performance during access time tracking.
- Introduced a YAML-based configuration system, allowing for automatic generation of a default `config.yaml` file.
- Updated the application to load configuration settings from the YAML file, improving flexibility and ease of use.
- Added a Makefile to streamline development tasks, including running the application, testing, and managing dependencies.
- Enhanced `.gitignore` to include build artifacts and configuration files.
- Removed unused Prometheus metrics and related code to simplify the codebase.
- Updated dependencies in `go.mod` and `go.sum` for improved functionality and performance.
- Updated .gitignore to include all .exe files and ensure .smashignore is tracked.
- Expanded README.md with advanced configuration options for garbage collection algorithms, detailing available algorithms and use cases.
- Modified launch.json to include memory and disk garbage collection flags for better configuration.
- Refactored root.go to introduce memoryGC and diskGC flags for garbage collection algorithms.
- Implemented hash extraction and verification in steamcache.go to ensure data integrity during caching.
- Added new tests in steamcache_test.go for hash extraction and verification, ensuring correctness of caching behavior.
- Enhanced garbage collection strategies in gc.go, introducing LFU, FIFO, Largest, Smallest, and Hybrid algorithms with corresponding metrics.
- Updated caching logic to conditionally cache responses based on hash verification results.
- Updated disk_test.go to replace Set and Get with Create and Open methods for better clarity and functionality.
- Modified fileinfo.go to include package comment.
- Refactored gc.go to streamline garbage collection handling and removed unused statistics.
- Updated gc_test.go to comment out large random tests for future implementation.
- Enhanced memory.go to implement LRU caching and metrics for memory usage.
- Updated memory_test.go to replace Set and Get with Create and Open methods.
- Removed sync.go as it was redundant and not utilized.
- Updated vfs.go to reflect changes in the VFS interface, replacing Set and Get with Create and Open.
- Added package comments to vfserror.go for consistency.
- Added Prometheus client library for metrics collection.
- Refactored garbage collection strategy from random deletion to LRU (Least Recently Used) deletion.
- Introduced per-key locking in cache to prevent race conditions.
- Enhanced logging with structured log messages for cache hits and misses.
- Implemented a retry mechanism for upstream requests with exponential backoff.
- Updated Go modules and indirect dependencies for better compatibility and performance.
- Removed unused sync filesystem implementation.
- Added version initialization to ensure a default version string.
