[PR #4001] [MERGED] Fixes: #738: Automatically check for new versions #12723

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adam · 2025-12-29T22:23:16+01:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/pull/4001
Author: @steffann
Created: 1/24/2020
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 3/4/2020
Merged by: @jeremystretch

Base: 738-detect-new-releases ← Head: 738-automatically-check-for-new-releases

📝 Commits (10+)

2fcdc90 Automatically check for new versions
405d93c Update versions.py
9d66ac4 Refactor the code to be more readable
008fc56 Full URL for API, more consistent naming, only enabled for staff and better configuration validation
3a08496 Rename settings to be more generic, not GitHub-only
8d92089 Improve comments and error message on invalid characters in URL
0de7f47 Fix check for permissions
22ac9f6 Don't overwrite the header block, append to it
8ce106c Move request to background task
28473fa Disable update check by default

📊 Changes

8 files changed (+322 additions, -2 deletions)

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📝 docs/configuration/optional-settings.md (+18 -0)
📝 netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py (+8 -0)
📝 netbox/netbox/settings.py (+29 -0)
➕ netbox/netbox/tests/test_get_releases.py (+160 -0)
📝 netbox/netbox/views.py (+19 -2)
📝 netbox/templates/home.html (+13 -0)
➕ netbox/utilities/background_tasks.py (+51 -0)
➕ netbox/utilities/releases.py (+24 -0)

📄 Description

Fixes: #738

This fetches the latest release from the GitHub API and uses the now mandatory Redis cache to cache the result for 8 hours. Settings to change the URL, change the cache timeout or to disable the feature are provided.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/pull/4001 **Author:** [@steffann](https://github.com/steffann) **Created:** 1/24/2020 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 3/4/2020 **Merged by:** [@jeremystretch](https://github.com/jeremystretch) **Base:** `738-detect-new-releases` ← **Head:** `738-automatically-check-for-new-releases` --- ### 📝 Commits (10+) - [`2fcdc90`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/2fcdc90d3f8addfa05e873b2758560c3b92b9792) Automatically check for new versions - [`405d93c`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/405d93c6f272047c568f984941e09cbfb34fe1f3) Update versions.py - [`9d66ac4`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/9d66ac4a6a8cb6e65ba21549c50a71bc66881ae4) Refactor the code to be more readable - [`008fc56`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/008fc5623e692f57b282a9ee49a3fd2d8c74347e) Full URL for API, more consistent naming, only enabled for staff and better configuration validation - [`3a08496`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/3a0849699fac7003bd5c6b0b232e18c5b5c0c91a) Rename settings to be more generic, not GitHub-only - [`8d92089`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/8d92089487c8116edf4fdfb0aa825ce9c29e308a) Improve comments and error message on invalid characters in URL - [`0de7f47`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/0de7f4712f82ec27ccf48685570b984d1a987fad) Fix check for permissions - [`22ac9f6`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/22ac9f63a122bf16fcb58915a83823855152de27) Don't overwrite the header block, append to it - [`8ce106c`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/8ce106cb4b82eb7cd55c129868aa9e317d65dd16) Move request to background task - [`28473fa`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/28473fa3e0ec9acb3c975582cdeaf538415065bf) Disable update check by default ### 📊 Changes **8 files changed** (+322 additions, -2 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `docs/configuration/optional-settings.md` (+18 -0) 📝 `netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py` (+8 -0) 📝 `netbox/netbox/settings.py` (+29 -0) ➕ `netbox/netbox/tests/test_get_releases.py` (+160 -0) 📝 `netbox/netbox/views.py` (+19 -2) 📝 `netbox/templates/home.html` (+13 -0) ➕ `netbox/utilities/background_tasks.py` (+51 -0) ➕ `netbox/utilities/releases.py` (+24 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description ### Fixes: #738 This fetches the latest release from the GitHub API and uses the now mandatory Redis cache to cache the result for 8 hours. Settings to change the URL, change the cache timeout or to disable the feature are provided. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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