docs: fix README_NBA_LOGOS and PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_GUIDE

scripts/README_NBA_LOGOS.md
- "python download_nba_logos.py" — wrong on two counts. The script
  is at scripts/download_nba_logos.py (not the project root), and
  "python" is Python 2 on most systems. Replaced all 4 occurrences
  with "python3 scripts/download_nba_logos.py".
- The doc framed itself as the way to set up "the NBA leaderboard".
  The basketball/leaderboard functionality is now in the
  basketball-scoreboard and ledmatrix-leaderboard plugins (in the
  ledmatrix-plugins repo), which auto-download logos on first run.
  Reframed the script as a pre-population utility for offline / dev
  use cases.
- Bumped the documented Python minimum from 3.7 to 3.9 to match
  the rest of the project.

docs/PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_GUIDE.md
- The "Plugin Manifest" example was missing 3 fields the plugin
  loader actually requires: id, entry_point, and class_name. A
  contributor copying this manifest verbatim would get
  PluginError("No class_name in manifest") at load time — the same
  loader bug already found in stock-news. Added all three.
- The same example showed config_schema as an inline object. The
  loader expects config_schema to be a file path string (e.g.
  "config_schema.json") with the actual schema in a separate JSON
  file — verified earlier in this audit. Fixed.
- Added a paragraph explaining the loader's required fields and
  the case-sensitivity rule on class_name (the bug that broke
  hello-world's manifest before this PR fixed it).
- "Plugin Manager Class" example had the wrong constructor
  signature: (config, display_manager, cache_manager, font_manager).
  The real BasePlugin.__init__ at base_plugin.py:53-60 takes
  (plugin_id, config, display_manager, cache_manager, plugin_manager).
  A copy-pasted example would TypeError on instantiation. Fixed,
  including a comment noting which attributes BasePlugin sets up.
- Renamed the example class from MyPluginManager to MyPlugin to
  match the project convention (XxxPlugin / XxxScoreboardPlugin
  in actual plugins).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.codacy.yml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-exclude_paths:
-  - "plugin-repos/**"
-  - "plugins/**"
-  - "assets/**"
-  - "test/**"
-  - "scripts/debug/**"

.cursor/README.md

@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ cp ../../.cursor/plugin_templates/*.template .
 
 ```bash
 # Emulator mode (development, no hardware required)
-python3 run.py --emulator
+EMULATOR=true python3 run.py
-# (equivalent: EMULATOR=true python3 run.py)
 
 # Hardware (production, requires the rpi-rgb-led-matrix submodule built)
 python3 run.py
@@ -66,10 +65,9 @@ sudo systemctl start ledmatrix
 python3 scripts/dev_server.py  # then open http://localhost:5001
 ```
 
-The `-e`/`--emulator` CLI flag is defined in `run.py:19-20` and
+There is no `--emulator` flag — the emulator is selected via the
-sets `os.environ["EMULATOR"] = "true"` before any display imports,
+`EMULATOR=true` environment variable, which `src/display_manager.py:2`
-which `src/display_manager.py:2` then reads to switch between the
+checks at import time.
-hardware and emulator backends.
 
 ### Managing Plugins
 

.cursor/plugins_guide.md

@@ -403,10 +403,7 @@ cd /path/to/LEDMatrix
 2. **Test with the dev preview server**:
    `python3 scripts/dev_server.py` (then open `http://localhost:5001`).
    Or run the full display in emulator mode with
-   `python3 run.py --emulator` (or equivalently
+   `EMULATOR=true python3 run.py`. There is no `--emulator` flag.
-   `EMULATOR=true python3 run.py`). The `-e`/`--emulator` CLI flag is
-   defined in `run.py:19-20` and sets the same `EMULATOR` environment
-   variable internally.
 3. **Check logs** for errors or warnings
 4. **Update configuration** in `config/config.json` if needed
 5. **Iterate** until plugin works correctly

.cursorrules

@@ -6,27 +6,9 @@ The LEDMatrix project uses a plugin-based architecture. All display
 functionality (except core calendar) is implemented as plugins that are
 dynamically loaded from the directory configured by
 `plugin_system.plugins_directory` in `config.json` — the default is
-`plugin-repos/` (per `config/config.template.json:130`).
+`plugin-repos/` (per `config/config.template.json:130`), and the loader
-
+also falls back to `plugins/` (used by `scripts/dev/dev_plugin_setup.sh`
-> **Fallback note (scoped):** `PluginManager.discover_plugins()`
+for symlinks).
-> (`src/plugin_system/plugin_manager.py:154`) only scans the
-> configured directory — there is no fallback to `plugins/` in the
-> main discovery path. A fallback to `plugins/` does exist in two
-> narrower places:
-> - `store_manager.py:1700-1718` — store operations (install/update/
->   uninstall) check `plugins/` if the plugin isn't found in the
->   configured directory, so plugin-store flows work even when your
->   dev symlinks live in `plugins/`.
-> - `schema_manager.py:70-80` — `get_schema_path()` probes both
->   `plugins/` and `plugin-repos/` for `config_schema.json` so the
->   web UI form generation finds the schema regardless of where the
->   plugin lives.
->
-> The dev workflow in `scripts/dev/dev_plugin_setup.sh` creates
-> symlinks under `plugins/`, which is why the store and schema
-> fallbacks exist. For day-to-day development, set
-> `plugin_system.plugins_directory` to `plugins` so the main
-> discovery path picks up your symlinks.
 
 ## Plugin Structure
 
@@ -92,9 +74,8 @@ Plugins are configured in `config/config.json`:
   open `http://localhost:5001`) — renders plugins in the browser
   without running the full display loop
 - Or run the full display in emulator mode:
-  `python3 run.py --emulator` (or equivalently
+  `EMULATOR=true python3 run.py` (or `./scripts/dev/run_emulator.sh`).
-  `EMULATOR=true python3 run.py`, or `./scripts/dev/run_emulator.sh`).
+  There is no `--emulator` flag.
-  The `-e`/`--emulator` CLI flag is defined in `run.py:19-20`.
 - Test plugin loading: Check logs for plugin discovery and loading
 - Validate configuration: Ensure config matches `config_schema.json`
 
@@ -195,9 +176,8 @@ Located in: `src/cache_manager.py`
 **Key Methods:**
 - `get(key, max_age=300)`: Get cached value (returns None if missing/stale)
 - `set(key, value, ttl=None)`: Cache a value
-- `delete(key)` / `clear_cache(key=None)`: Remove a single cache entry,
+- `clear_cache(key=None)`: Remove a cache entry, or all entries if `key`
-  or (for `clear_cache` with no argument) every cached entry. `delete`
+  is omitted. There is no `delete()` method.
-  is an alias for `clear_cache(key)`.
 - `get_cached_data_with_strategy(key, data_type)`: Cache get with
   data-type-aware TTL strategy
 - `get_background_cached_data(key, sport_key)`: Cache get for the

.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: Claude Code Review
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, ready_for_review, reopened]
-    # Optional: Only run on specific file changes
-    # paths:
-    #   - "src/**/*.ts"
-    #   - "src/**/*.tsx"
-    #   - "src/**/*.js"
-    #   - "src/**/*.jsx"
-
-jobs:
-  claude-review:
-    # Optional: Filter by PR author
-    # if: |
-    #   github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'external-contributor' ||
-    #   github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'new-developer' ||
-    #   github.event.pull_request.author_association == 'FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR'
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pull-requests: read
-      issues: read
-      id-token: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Run Claude Code Review
-        id: claude-review
-        uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1
-        with:
-          claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
-          plugin_marketplaces: 'https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code.git'
-          plugins: 'code-review@claude-code-plugins'
-          prompt: '/code-review:code-review ${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}'
-          # See https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/blob/main/docs/usage.md
-          # or https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference for available options
-

.github/workflows/claude.yml

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-name: Claude Code
-
-on:
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [created]
-  pull_request_review_comment:
-    types: [created]
-  issues:
-    types: [opened, assigned]
-  pull_request_review:
-    types: [submitted]
-
-jobs:
-  claude:
-    if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' && contains(github.event.review.body, '@claude')) ||
-      (github.event_name == 'issues' && (contains(github.event.issue.body, '@claude') || contains(github.event.issue.title, '@claude')))
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pull-requests: read
-      issues: read
-      id-token: write
-      actions: read # Required for Claude to read CI results on PRs
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Run Claude Code
-        id: claude
-        uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1
-        with:
-          claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
-
-          # This is an optional setting that allows Claude to read CI results on PRs
-          additional_permissions: |
-            actions: read
-
-          # Optional: Give a custom prompt to Claude. If this is not specified, Claude will perform the instructions specified in the comment that tagged it.
-          # prompt: 'Update the pull request description to include a summary of changes.'
-
-          # Optional: Add claude_args to customize behavior and configuration
-          # See https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/blob/main/docs/usage.md
-          # or https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference for available options
-          # claude_args: '--allowed-tools Bash(gh pr *)'
-

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: Tests
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-
-jobs:
-  plugin-safety:
-    name: Plugin safety harness + unit tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-          cache: pip
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt
-          pip install RGBMatrixEmulator
-
-      - name: Run harness + visual rendering tests
-        run: |
-          pytest --no-cov \
-            test/plugins/test_harness.py \
-            test/plugins/test_visual_rendering.py \
-            test/plugins/test_plugin_matrix.py

.gitignore

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ config/config_secrets.json
 config/config.json
 config/config.json.backup
 config/wifi_config.json
-config/uninstalled_plugins.json
 credentials.json
 token.pickle
 

.gitmodules

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master"]
 	path = rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
 	url = https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git
-	branch = master

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 # LEDMatrix
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--3.0-green)](LICENSE)
-[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-community-5865F2?logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discord.gg/RdrC37rEag)
-[![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ChuckBuilds/ledmatrix?style=flat&color=yellow)](https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/ledmatrix)
-[![Codacy Badge](https://app.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/77fc9b446a5948e5b0aed7a7aaeb1bab)](https://app.codacy.com/gh/ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix/dashboard?utm_source=gh&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Badge_grade)
-
-
 ## Welcome to LEDMatrix! 
 Welcome to the LEDMatrix Project! This open-source project enables you to run an information-rich display on a Raspberry Pi connected to an LED RGB Matrix panel. Whether you want to see your calendar, weather forecasts, sports scores, stock prices, or any other information at a glance, LEDMatrix brings it all together.
 
@@ -132,15 +126,10 @@ The system supports live, recent, and upcoming game information for multiple spo
 | This project can be finnicky! RGB LED Matrix displays are not built the same or to a high-quality standard. We have seen many displays arrive dead or partially working in our discord. Please purchase from a reputable vendor. |
 
 ### Raspberry Pi
-- Raspberry Pi Zero's don't have enough processing power for this project.
+- Raspberry Pi Zero's don't have enough processing power for this project and the Pi 5 is unsupported due to new GPIO output.
-- **Raspberry Pi 3B, 4, or 5**
+- **Raspberry Pi 3B or 4 (NOT RPi 5!)**  
   [Amazon Affiliate Link – Raspberry Pi 4 4GB RAM](https://amzn.to/4dJixuX)
   [Amazon Affiliate Link – Raspberry Pi 4 8GB RAM](https://amzn.to/4qbqY7F)
-  - **Pi 5 users**: the installer automatically detects Pi 5 and builds the `rpi-rgb-led-matrix` library with RP1 support. If you previously installed on a Pi 4 and migrated the SD card, or if you see `mmap` errors in the logs, force a fresh library build:
-    ```bash
-    sudo RPI_RGB_FORCE_REBUILD=1 ./first_time_install.sh
-    ```
-  - Pi 5 config: leave `rp1_rio` at `0` (PIO mode, default) and set `gpio_slowdown` to `1` or `2`.
 
 
 ### RGB Matrix Bonnet / HAT
@@ -592,7 +581,7 @@ These settings control runtime behavior and GPIO timing:
   - **Critical setting**: Must match your Raspberry Pi model for stability
   - **Raspberry Pi 3**: Use 3
   - **Raspberry Pi 4**: Use 4
-  - **Raspberry Pi 5**: Use 1–2 in PIO mode (`rp1_rio: 0`, the default); start with `1` and increase if you see flickering
+  - **Raspberry Pi 5**: Use 5 (or higher if needed)
   - **Raspberry Pi Zero/1**: Use 1-2
   - Incorrect values can cause display corruption, flickering, or system instability
   - If you experience issues, try adjusting this value up or down by 1

config/config.template.json

@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
 {
     "web_display_autostart": true,
     "schedule": {
-        "enabled": false,
+        "enabled": true,
         "mode": "per-day",
         "start_time": "07:00",
         "end_time": "23:00",
         "days": {
             "monday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "07:00",
                 "end_time": "23:00"
             },
             "tuesday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "07:00",
                 "end_time": "23:00"
             },
             "wednesday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "07:00",
                 "end_time": "23:00"
             },
             "thursday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "07:00",
                 "end_time": "23:00"
             },
             "friday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "07:00",
                 "end_time": "23:00"
             },
             "saturday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "07:00",
                 "end_time": "23:00"
             },
             "sunday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "07:00",
                 "end_time": "23:00"
             }
@@ -51,46 +51,46 @@
         "end_time": "07:00",
         "days": {
             "monday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "20:00",
                 "end_time": "07:00"
             },
             "tuesday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "20:00",
                 "end_time": "07:00"
             },
             "wednesday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "20:00",
                 "end_time": "07:00"
             },
             "thursday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "20:00",
                 "end_time": "07:00"
             },
             "friday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "20:00",
                 "end_time": "07:00"
             },
             "saturday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "20:00",
                 "end_time": "07:00"
             },
             "sunday": {
-                "enabled": false,
+                "enabled": true,
                 "start_time": "20:00",
                 "end_time": "07:00"
             }
         }
     },
-    "timezone": "America/New_York",
+    "timezone": "America/Chicago",
     "location": {
-        "city": "Tampa",
+        "city": "Dallas",
-        "state": "Florida",
+        "state": "Texas",
         "country": "US"
     },
     "display": {
@@ -112,13 +112,7 @@
             "limit_refresh_rate_hz": 100
         },
         "runtime": {
-            "gpio_slowdown": 3,
+            "gpio_slowdown": 3
-            "rp1_rio": 0
-        },
-        "double_sided": {
-            "enabled": false,
-            "copies": 2,
-            "axis": "horizontal"
         },
         "display_durations": {},
         "use_short_date_format": true,
@@ -132,11 +126,6 @@
             "buffer_ahead": 2
         }
     },
-    "sync": {
-        "role": "standalone",
-        "port": 5765,
-        "follower_position": "left"
-    },
     "plugin_system": {
         "plugins_directory": "plugin-repos",
         "auto_discover": true,

config/config_secrets.template.json

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 {
+    "ledmatrix-weather": {
+        "api_key": "YOUR_OPENWEATHERMAP_API_KEY"
+    },
     "youtube": {
         "api_key": "YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY",
         "channel_id": "YOUR_YOUTUBE_CHANNEL_ID"
     },
+    "music": {
+        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID_HERE",
+        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET_HERE",
+        "SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI": "http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback"
+    },
     "github": {
         "api_token": "YOUR_GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
     }
-}
+} 

docs/ADVANCED_FEATURES.md

@@ -519,12 +519,7 @@ curl http://localhost:5000/api/v3/display/on-demand/status
 > There is no public Python on-demand API. The display controller's
 > on-demand machinery is internal — drive it through the REST endpoints
 > above (or the web UI buttons), which write a request into the cache
-> manager under the `display_on_demand_request` key
+> manager (`display_on_demand_config` key) that the controller polls.
-> (`web_interface/blueprints/api_v3.py:1622,1687`) that the controller
-> polls at `src/display_controller.py:921`. A separate
-> `display_on_demand_config` key is used by the controller itself
-> during activation to track what's currently running (written at
-> `display_controller.py:1195`, cleared at `:1221`).
 
 ### Duration Modes
 
@@ -800,11 +795,12 @@ Enable background service per plugin in `config/config.json`:
 
 ### Plugins using the background service
 
-The background data service is used by all of the sports scoreboard
+The background data service is now used by all of the sports scoreboard
-plugins (football, hockey, baseball/MLB, basketball, soccer, lacrosse,
+plugins (football, hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, F1,
-F1, UFC), the odds ticker, and the leaderboard plugin. Each plugin's
+UFC), the odds ticker, and the leaderboard plugin. Each plugin's
 `background_service` block (under its own config namespace) follows the
 same shape as the example above.
+- ⏳ MLB (baseball)
 
 ### Error Handling & Fallback
 

docs/DEVELOPER_QUICK_REFERENCE.md

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ display_manager.defer_update(lambda: self.update_cache(), priority=0)
 # Basic caching
 cached = cache_manager.get("key", max_age=3600)
 cache_manager.set("key", data)
-cache_manager.delete("key")       # alias for clear_cache(key)
+cache_manager.clear_cache("key")  # there is no delete() method
 
 # Advanced caching
 data = cache_manager.get_cached_data_with_strategy("key", data_type="weather")

docs/FONT_MANAGER.md

@@ -138,28 +138,21 @@ font = self.font_manager.resolve_font(
 
 ## For Plugin Developers
 
-> **Note**: plugins that ship their own fonts via a `"fonts"` block
+> ⚠️ **Status**: the plugin-font registration described below is
-> in `manifest.json` are registered automatically during plugin load
+> implemented in `src/font_manager.py:150` (`register_plugin_fonts()`)
-> (`src/plugin_system/plugin_manager.py` calls
+> but is **not currently wired into the plugin loader**. Adding a
-> `FontManager.register_plugin_fonts()`). The `plugin://…` source
+> `"fonts"` block to your plugin's `manifest.json` will silently have
-> URIs documented below are resolved relative to the plugin's
+> no effect — the FontManager method exists but nothing calls it.
-> install directory.
 >
-> The **Fonts** tab in the web UI that lists detected
+> Until that's connected, plugin authors should ship custom fonts as
-> manager-registered fonts is still a **placeholder
+> regular files inside the plugin directory (e.g., `assets/myfont.ttf`)
-> implementation** — fonts that managers register through
+> and reference them by relative path from the plugin's `manager.py`
-> `register_manager_font()` do not yet appear there. The
+> via `display_manager.font_manager.resolve_font(...)` or by loading
-> programmatic per-element override workflow described in
+> with PIL directly. The user-facing font override system in the
-> [Manual Font Overrides](#manual-font-overrides) below
+> **Fonts** tab still works for any element that's been registered via
-> (`set_override()` / `remove_override()` / the
+> `register_manager_font()`.
-> `config/font_overrides.json` store) **does** work today and is
-> the supported way to override a font for an element until the
-> Fonts tab is wired up. If you can't wait and need a workaround
-> right now, you can also just load the font directly with PIL
-> (or `freetype-py` for BDF) inside your plugin's `manager.py`
-> and skip the override system entirely.
 
-### Plugin Font Registration
+### Plugin Font Registration (planned)
 
 In your plugin's `manifest.json`:
 
@@ -380,8 +373,5 @@ self.font = self.font_manager.resolve_font(
 
 ## Example: Complete Manager Implementation
 
-For a working example of the font manager API in use, see
+See `test/font_manager_example.py` for a complete working example.
-`src/font_manager.py` itself and the bundled scoreboard base classes
-in `src/base_classes/` (e.g., `hockey.py`, `football.py`) which
-register and resolve fonts via the patterns documented above.
 

docs/GETTING_STARTED.md

@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ You should see:
 1. Open the **Display** tab
 2. Set your matrix configuration:
    - **Rows**: 32 or 64 (match your hardware)
-   - **Columns**: commonly 64 or 96; the web UI accepts any integer
+   - **Columns**: 64 or 96 (match your hardware)
-     in the 16–128 range, but 64 and 96 are the values the bundled
-     panel hardware ships with
    - **Chain Length**: Number of panels chained horizontally
    - **Hardware Mapping**: usually `adafruit-hat-pwm` (with the PWM jumper
      mod) or `adafruit-hat` (without). See the root README for the full list.
@@ -286,11 +284,7 @@ sudo journalctl -u ledmatrix-web -f
 
 > The plugin install location is configurable via
 > `plugin_system.plugins_directory` in `config.json`. The default is
-> `plugin-repos/`. Plugin discovery (`PluginManager.discover_plugins()`)
+> `plugin-repos/`; the loader also searches `plugins/` as a fallback.
-> only scans the configured directory — it does not fall back to
-> `plugins/`. However, the Plugin Store install/update path and the
-> web UI's schema loader do also probe `plugins/` so the dev symlinks
-> created by `scripts/dev/dev_plugin_setup.sh` keep working.
 
 ### Web Interface
 

docs/HOW_TO_RUN_TESTS.md

@@ -336,15 +336,11 @@ pytest --cov=src --cov-report=html
 
 ## Continuous Integration
 
-The repo runs
+Tests are configured to run automatically in CI/CD. The GitHub Actions workflow (`.github/workflows/tests.yml`) runs:
-[`.github/workflows/security-audit.yml`](../.github/workflows/security-audit.yml)
+
-(bandit + semgrep) on every push. A pytest CI workflow at
+- All tests on multiple Python versions (3.10, 3.11, 3.12)
-`.github/workflows/tests.yml` is queued to land alongside this
+- Coverage reporting
-PR ([ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix#307](https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix/pull/307));
+- Uploads coverage to Codecov (if configured)
-the workflow file itself was held back from that PR because the
-push token lacked the GitHub `workflow` scope, so it needs to be
-committed separately by a maintainer. Once it's in, this section
-will be updated to describe what the job runs.
 
 ## Best Practices
 

docs/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md

@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ If you encounter issues during migration:
 
 1. Check the [README.md](README.md) for current installation and usage instructions
 2. Review script README files:
-   - [`scripts/install/README.md`](../scripts/install/README.md) - Installation scripts documentation
+   - `scripts/install/README.md` - Installation scripts documentation
-   - [`scripts/fix_perms/README.md`](../scripts/fix_perms/README.md) - Permission scripts documentation
+   - `scripts/fix_perms/README.md` (if exists) - Permission scripts documentation
 3. Check system logs: `journalctl -u ledmatrix -f` or `journalctl -u ledmatrix-web -f`
 4. Review the troubleshooting section in the main README
 

docs/PLUGIN_ARCHITECTURE_SPEC.md

@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ This document outlines the transformation of the LEDMatrix project into a modula
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
-1. [Current Architecture Analysis](#1-current-architecture-analysis)
+1. [Current Architecture Analysis](#current-architecture-analysis)
-2. [Plugin System Design](#2-plugin-system-design)
+2. [Plugin System Design](#plugin-system-design)
-3. [Plugin Store & Discovery](#3-plugin-store--discovery)
+3. [Plugin Store & Discovery](#plugin-store--discovery)
-4. [Web UI Transformation](#4-web-ui-transformation)
+4. [Web UI Transformation](#web-ui-transformation)
-5. [Migration Strategy](#5-migration-strategy)
+5. [Migration Strategy](#migration-strategy)
-6. [Plugin Developer Guidelines](#6-plugin-developer-guidelines)
+6. [Plugin Developer Guidelines](#plugin-developer-guidelines)
-7. [Technical Implementation Details](#7-technical-implementation-details)
+7. [Technical Implementation Details](#technical-implementation-details)
-8. [Best Practices & Standards](#8-best-practices--standards)
+8. [Best Practices & Standards](#best-practices--standards)
-9. [Security Considerations](#9-security-considerations)
+9. [Security Considerations](#security-considerations)
-10. [Implementation Roadmap](#10-implementation-roadmap)
+10. [Implementation Roadmap](#implementation-roadmap)
 
 ---
 

docs/PLUGIN_CUSTOM_ICONS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Plugin Custom Icons Guide
 
+> ⚠️ **Status:** the `icon` field in `manifest.json` is currently
+> **not honored by the v3 web interface**. Plugin tab icons are
+> hardcoded to `fas fa-puzzle-piece` in
+> `web_interface/templates/v3/base.html:515` and `:774`. The icon
+> field was originally read by a `getPluginIcon()` helper in the v2
+> templates, but that helper wasn't ported to v3. Setting `icon` in a
+> manifest is harmless (it's just ignored) so plugin authors can leave
+> it in place for when this regression is fixed.
+>
+> Tracking issue: see the LEDMatrix repo for the open ticket.
+
 ## Overview
 
 Plugins can specify custom icons that appear next to their name in the web interface tabs. This makes your plugin instantly recognizable and adds visual polish to the UI.

docs/PLUGIN_CUSTOM_ICONS_FEATURE.md

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Plugin Custom Icons Feature
 
-> **Note:** this doc was originally written against the v2 web
+> ⚠️ **Status:** this doc describes the v2 web interface
-> interface. The v3 web interface now honors the same `icon` field
+> implementation of plugin custom icons. The feature **regressed when
-> in `manifest.json` — the API passes it through at
+> the v3 web interface was built** — the `getPluginIcon()` helper
-> `web_interface/blueprints/api_v3.py` and the three plugin-tab
+> referenced below lived in `templates/index_v2.html` (which is now
-> render sites in `web_interface/templates/v3/base.html` read it
+> archived) and was not ported to the v3 templates. Plugin tab icons
-> with a `fas fa-puzzle-piece` fallback. The guidance below still
+> in v3 are hardcoded to `fas fa-puzzle-piece`
-> applies; only the referenced template/helper names differ.
+> (`web_interface/templates/v3/base.html:515` and `:774`). The
+> `icon` field in `manifest.json` is currently silently ignored.
 
 ## What Was Implemented
 

docs/PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md

@@ -15,17 +15,11 @@ The solution uses **symbolic links** to connect plugin repositories to the `plug
 > **Plugin directory note:** the dev workflow described here puts
 > symlinks in `plugins/`. The plugin loader's *production* default is
 > `plugin-repos/` (set by `plugin_system.plugins_directory` in
-> `config.json`). Importantly, the main discovery path
+> `config.json`), but it falls back to `plugins/` so the dev symlinks
-> (`PluginManager.discover_plugins()`) only scans the configured
+> are picked up automatically. The Plugin Store installs to
-> directory — it does **not** fall back to `plugins/`. Two narrower
+> `plugin-repos/`. If you want both your dev symlinks *and* store
-> paths do: the Plugin Store install/update logic in `store_manager.py`,
+> installs to share the same directory, set `plugins_directory` to
-> and `schema_manager.get_schema_path()` (which the web UI form
+> `plugins` in the General tab of the web UI.
-> generator uses to find `config_schema.json`). That's why plugins
-> installed via the Plugin Store still work even with symlinks in
-> `plugins/`, but your own dev plugin won't appear in the rotation
-> until you either move it to `plugin-repos/` or change
-> `plugin_system.plugins_directory` to `plugins` in the General tab
-> of the web UI. The latter is the smoother dev setup.
 
 ## Quick Start
 

docs/WEB_INTERFACE_GUIDE.md

@@ -399,10 +399,7 @@ The web interface uses modern web technologies:
 **Plugins:**
 - Plugin directory: configurable via
   `plugin_system.plugins_directory` in `config.json` (default
-  `plugin-repos/`). Main plugin discovery only scans this directory;
+  `plugin-repos/`); the loader also searches `plugins/` as a fallback
-  the Plugin Store install flow and the schema loader additionally
-  probe `plugins/` so dev symlinks created by
-  `scripts/dev/dev_plugin_setup.sh` keep working.
 - Plugin config: `/config/config.json` (per-plugin sections)
 
 ---

docs/plugin-safety-harness.md

@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-# Plugin Safety Harness
-
-Renders a plugin across **every declared screen (mode)** and **a spread of
-matrix sizes**, and fails if any combination crashes, draws past the panel edge,
-or — for plugins that ship golden images — drifts visually. The goal: change a
-plugin without breaking a size or screen you didn't think to test.
-
-## Sizes: a sample, not a fixed list
-
-There is **no fixed set of supported panel sizes** — an RGB matrix build can be
-any width/height and configuration (square, rectangle, 2×2, 4×4, 8×2, long
-strips, tall stacks). Plugins are expected to read dimensions dynamically
-(`self.display_manager.matrix.width/height`) and lay themselves out
-accordingly, so a hardcoded coordinate or unscaled font shows up as a failure
-here.
-
-The harness therefore renders against a **representative sample** that spans the
-axes of variation (`DEFAULT_TEST_SIZES` in `src/plugin_system/testing/sizes.py`),
-not an authoritative list:
-
-Each module is 64×32; entries are real panel-grid arrangements (cols × rows):
-
-| Size    | Grid | Why it's in the sample                     |
-|---------|------|--------------------------------------------|
-| 64×32   | 1×1  | single panel — tightest common rectangle   |
-| 128×32  | 2×1  | the baseline most plugins are tuned for    |
-| 64×64   | 1×2  | stacked — tall-narrow centering            |
-| 128×64  | 2×2  | block — icon scaling / vertical centering  |
-| 256×32  | 4×1  | long strip — wide horizontal layout        |
-| 128×96  | 2×3  | tall — vertical overflow                   |
-| 256×128 | 4×4  | large block — both dimensions big at once  |
-
-**Override the sizes entirely** to test your actual hardware (or any shape):
-
-```bash
-# CLI — one-off:
-python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin clock-simple --sizes 8x16,64x64,256x32
-
-# pytest — force every plugin onto your panel(s):
-LEDMATRIX_TEST_SIZES="8x16,128x128" pytest test/plugins/test_plugin_matrix.py
-
-# Per-plugin — declare the shapes a plugin targets in its test/harness.json:
-#   { "sizes": [[8, 16], [64, 64]] }
-```
-
-Precedence: `LEDMATRIX_TEST_SIZES` env (global) → per-plugin `harness.json`
-`sizes` → the default sample. Bounds checking adapts to whatever sizes a run
-uses — the backing canvas is padded out to the **largest** panel in the run, so
-a coordinate meant for a big build is still caught when rendering a small one.
-
-## Quick start
-
-```bash
-# Functional + bounds check across all sizes/screens:
-python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin clock-simple
-
-# Every discovered plugin:
-python scripts/check_plugin.py --all
-
-# Dump PNGs to eyeball each size/screen:
-python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin ledmatrix-weather --out-dir /tmp/preview
-```
-
-Exit code is non-zero if any `(plugin, size, screen)` fails. Plugins are
-discovered in `plugin-repos/` and `plugins/` (override with `--plugin-dir`).
-
-## What it checks (Phase 1 — always on)
-
-1. **Loads** and builds its mode list.
-2. **Renders every screen** at every size without raising. `update()` may fail
-   (no network in CI) and is tolerated; a crash in `display()` is a failure —
-   `display()` must handle the no-data state.
-3. **Bounds**: nothing is drawn past the right/bottom edge. Implemented by
-   `BoundsCheckingDisplayManager`, which backs the declared panel with an
-   oversized canvas and flags any pixels that land in the margin. (Left/top
-   overflow at negative coordinates and BDF text are not flagged — golden images
-   cover those.)
-
-## Golden images (Phase 2 — opt-in per plugin)
-
-A plugin opts in by committing reference PNGs and (usually) a small harness spec:
-
-```
-plugins/<id>/test/harness.json          # how to render deterministically
-plugins/<id>/test/fixtures/mock.json     # optional cached data
-plugins/<id>/test/golden/<WxH>/<mode>.png
-```
-
-`test/harness.json` keys (all optional):
-
-```json
-{
-  "config":      { "timezone": "UTC" },
-  "mock_data":   "fixtures/mock.json",
-  "freeze_time": "2025-08-01 15:25:00",
-  "skip_update": false,
-  "sizes":       [[128, 32], [128, 64]]
-}
-```
-
-Generate / refresh goldens after an intentional visual change, then review the
-diff before committing:
-
-```bash
-python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin clock-simple --update-golden \
-  --config '{"timezone":"UTC"}' --freeze-time "2025-08-01 15:25:00"
-```
-
-Comparison is exact by default (`compare_images` in `harness.py` accepts a
-tolerance for known anti-aliasing noise). Determinism requires a pinned Pillow
-and the bundled fonts — keep both stable when regenerating goldens.
-
-## Tests & CI
-
-- `test/plugins/test_harness.py` — unit tests for bounds detection, image
-  comparison, and mode enumeration (run anywhere).
-- `test/plugins/test_plugin_matrix.py` — parametrized over discovered plugins ×
-  sizes × screens; honors each plugin's `test/harness.json` and goldens. Skips
-  when no plugins are present (e.g. a fresh core checkout); set
-  `LEDMATRIX_REQUIRE_PLUGINS=1` in a pipeline where plugins must be present to
-  turn an empty discovery into a hard failure instead. Point it at the monorepo
-  with `LEDMATRIX_PLUGINS_DIR=/path/to/ledmatrix-plugins/plugins`.
-- `.github/workflows/test.yml` — runs the harness + visual tests on every PR.
-
-The plugin monorepo has its own `Plugin Safety` workflow that runs this harness
-against changed plugins on every PR.
-
-## Developer workflow
-
-1. Change the plugin on a branch.
-2. `python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin <id> --out-dir /tmp/preview` and
-   eyeball the PNGs.
-3. Intentional visual change? `--update-golden`, review diffs, commit goldens.
-4. (Monorepo) bump `manifest.json` version and let the pre-commit hook sync
-   `plugins.json`.
-5. Push — CI re-runs the harness across all sizes and gates the PR.

docs/widget-guide.md

@@ -10,98 +10,6 @@ The LEDMatrix Widget Registry system allows plugins to use reusable UI component
 
 ## Available Core Widgets
 
-### Plugin File Manager Widget (`plugin-file-manager`)
-
-Full inline file management UI for plugins that manage files via the `web_ui_actions` system. Renders a card grid, upload zone, create/delete modals, and an entry table editor — entirely inline, no iframe.
-
-`plugin_id` is **automatically injected** from template context. File operations call `/api/v3/plugins/action` immediately on user action; no Save Configuration needed.
-
-**Schema Configuration:**
-```json
-{
-  "file_manager": {
-    "type": "null",
-    "title": "Data Files",
-    "x-widget": "plugin-file-manager",
-    "x-widget-config": {
-      "actions": {
-        "list":   "list-files",
-        "get":    "get-file",
-        "save":   "save-file",
-        "upload": "upload-file",
-        "delete": "delete-file",
-        "create": "create-file",
-        "toggle": "toggle-category"
-      },
-      "upload_hint":      "JSON files with day numbers 1–365 as keys",
-      "directory_label":  "my_data/",
-      "create_fields": [
-        { "key": "category_name", "label": "Category Name",
-          "placeholder": "e.g., my_words", "pattern": "^[a-z0-9_]+$",
-          "hint": "Lowercase letters, numbers, underscores" },
-        { "key": "display_name", "label": "Display Name",
-          "placeholder": "e.g., My Words", "hint": "Optional" }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-
-**`list` is required** — the widget calls it on render to populate the file grid; omitting it leaves the widget stuck in a loading state. All other actions are optional — omit any key to hide its UI element (e.g., no `create` = no New File button, no `toggle` = no enable/disable switch).
-
-The edit view auto-detects whether file content is tabular (object-of-objects with uniform keys) and shows a paginated table editor with inline cells. Otherwise falls back to a JSON textarea.
-
-**Used by:** of-the-day
-
----
-
-### Time Picker Widget (`time-picker`)
-
-Single time selection using the browser's native time input. Returns a string in `HH:MM` (24-hour) format. Generic — works in any plugin without configuration.
-
-**Schema Configuration:**
-```json
-{
-  "target_time": {
-    "type": "string",
-    "x-widget": "time-picker",
-    "default": "00:00",
-    "x-options": {
-      "placeholder": "Select time",
-      "clearable": true
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-
-**Used by:** countdown
-
----
-
-### File Upload Single Widget (`file-upload-single`)
-
-Single-image upload for string fields. Uploads to the plugin's asset folder (`assets/plugins/<plugin_id>/uploads/`) and sets the string field value to the returned relative path. Shows a thumbnail preview and a clear button. The `plugin_id` is **automatically injected** from the template context — no need to specify it in the schema.
-
-**Schema Configuration:**
-```json
-{
-  "image_path": {
-    "type": "string",
-    "x-widget": "file-upload-single",
-    "x-upload-config": {
-      "allowed_types": ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/bmp", "image/gif"],
-      "max_size_mb": 5
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-
-Note: Unlike `file-upload` (array-level), this widget is for a single `string` field. It is ideal for per-item images inside `array-table` rows.
-
-**Used by:** countdown
-
----
-
 ### File Upload Widget (`file-upload`)
 
 Upload and manage image files with drag-and-drop support, preview, delete, and scheduling.

first_time_install.sh

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ on_error() {
     echo "✗ An error occurred during: $CURRENT_STEP (line $line_no, exit $exit_code)" >&2
     if [ -n "${LOG_FILE:-}" ]; then
         echo "See the log for details: $LOG_FILE" >&2
-        echo "-- Last 100 lines from log --" >&2
+        echo "-- Last 50 lines from log --" >&2
-        tail -n 100 "$LOG_FILE" >&2 || true
+        tail -n 50 "$LOG_FILE" >&2 || true
     fi
     echo "\nCommon fixes:" >&2
     echo "- Ensure the Pi is online (try: ping -c1 8.8.8.8)." >&2
@@ -36,17 +36,9 @@ if [ -r /proc/device-tree/model ]; then
     DEVICE_MODEL=$(tr -d '\0' </proc/device-tree/model)
     echo "Detected device: $DEVICE_MODEL"
 else
-    DEVICE_MODEL=""
     echo "⚠ Could not detect Raspberry Pi model (continuing anyway)"
 fi
 
-# Detect Pi 5 for hardware-specific install decisions (RP1 library verification)
-IS_PI5=0
-if echo "${DEVICE_MODEL:-}" | grep -qi "Raspberry Pi 5"; then
-    IS_PI5=1
-    echo "Raspberry Pi 5 detected — will verify RP1 library support."
-fi
-
 # Check OS version - must be Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Trixie)
 echo ""
 echo "Checking operating system requirements..."
@@ -202,33 +194,8 @@ retry() {
     done
 }
 
-# Wait for another apt/dpkg process (commonly unattended-upgrades running
+apt_update() { retry apt update; }
-# shortly after first boot) to release its lock before we try apt ourselves.
+apt_install() { retry apt install -y "$@"; }
-# Without this, apt_update/apt_install can fail outright in the first couple
-# minutes after a fresh Pi OS boot with a generic "Command failed after 3
-# attempts" error.
-wait_for_apt_lock() {
-    command -v flock >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
-    local lock_file="/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend"
-    local max_wait=180
-    local waited=0
-    local printed=0
-    while ! flock -n "$lock_file" -c true 2>/dev/null; do
-        if [ "$printed" -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "⚠ Waiting for another apt/dpkg process to finish (e.g. unattended-upgrades on first boot)..."
-            printed=1
-        fi
-        if [ "$waited" -ge "$max_wait" ]; then
-            echo "⚠ Still waiting after ${max_wait}s; proceeding anyway."
-            break
-        fi
-        sleep 5
-        waited=$((waited+5))
-    done
-}
-
-apt_update() { wait_for_apt_lock; retry apt-get -o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=180 update; }
-apt_install() { wait_for_apt_lock; retry apt-get -o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=180 install -y "$@"; }
 apt_remove() { apt-get remove -y "$@" || true; }
 
 check_network() {
@@ -247,22 +214,6 @@ check_network() {
     exit 1
 }
 
-check_disk_space() {
-    command -v df >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
-    local available_mb
-    available_mb=$(df -m "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR" | awk 'NR==2{print $4}')
-    available_mb=${available_mb:-0}
-    if [ "$available_mb" -lt 500 ]; then
-        echo "✗ ERROR: Insufficient disk space: ${available_mb}MB available (need at least 500MB)"
-        echo "  Free up space first, e.g.: sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove"
-        exit 1
-    elif [ "$available_mb" -lt 1024 ]; then
-        echo "⚠ Limited disk space: ${available_mb}MB available (recommend at least 1GB for the rpi-rgb-led-matrix build in Step 6)"
-    else
-        echo "✓ Disk space sufficient: ${available_mb}MB available"
-    fi
-}
-
 echo ""
 echo "This script will perform the following steps:"
 echo "1. Install system dependencies"
@@ -308,20 +259,21 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo ""
+CLEAR='
+'
 CURRENT_STEP="Install system dependencies"
 echo "Step 1: Installing system dependencies..."
 echo "----------------------------------------"
 
-# Pre-flight checks before APT operations
+# Ensure network is available before APT operations
 check_network
-check_disk_space
 
 # Update package list
 apt_update
 
 # Install required system packages
 echo "Installing Python packages and dependencies..."
-apt_install python3-pip python3-venv python-dev-is-python3 python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk build-essential python3-setuptools python3-wheel cmake ninja-build
+apt_install python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk build-essential python3-setuptools python3-wheel cython3 scons cmake ninja-build
 
 # Install additional system dependencies that might be needed
 echo "Installing additional system dependencies..."
@@ -647,13 +599,9 @@ if [ ! -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/config/config_secrets.json" ]; then
         echo "⚠ Template config/config_secrets.template.json not found; creating a minimal secrets file"
         cat > "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/config/config_secrets.json" <<'EOF'
 {
-    "youtube": {
+  "weather": {
-        "api_key": "YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY",
+    "api_key": "YOUR_OPENWEATHERMAP_API_KEY"
-        "channel_id": "YOUR_YOUTUBE_CHANNEL_ID"
+  }
-    },
-    "github": {
-        "api_token": "YOUR_GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
-    }
 }
 EOF
         # Check if service runs as root and set ownership accordingly
@@ -719,6 +667,8 @@ if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/requirements.txt" ]; then
         echo "[$PACKAGE_NUM/$TOTAL_PACKAGES] Installing: $line"
         
         # Check if package is already installed (basic check - may not catch all cases)
+        PACKAGE_NAME=$(echo "$line" | sed -E 's/[<>=!].*$//' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//')
+        
         # Try installing with verbose output and timeout (if available)
         # Use --no-cache-dir to avoid cache issues, --verbose for diagnostics
         INSTALL_OUTPUT=$(mktemp)
@@ -726,11 +676,7 @@ if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/requirements.txt" ]; then
         
         if command -v timeout >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             # Use timeout if available (10 minutes = 600 seconds)
-            # --ignore-installed: apt-managed packages (e.g. python3-requests)
+            if timeout 600 python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --verbose "$line" > "$INSTALL_OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
-            # ship no pip RECORD file, so upgrading them would otherwise abort
-            # with "uninstall-no-record-file"; this lays the new version down
-            # alongside instead of trying to uninstall the apt copy first.
-            if timeout 600 python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --ignore-installed --verbose "$line" > "$INSTALL_OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
                 INSTALL_SUCCESS=true
             else
                 EXIT_CODE=$?
@@ -738,7 +684,7 @@ if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/requirements.txt" ]; then
                     echo "✗ Timeout (10 minutes) installing: $line"
                     echo "  This package may require building from source, which can be slow on Raspberry Pi."
                     echo "  You can try installing it manually later with:"
-                    echo "    python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --ignore-installed --verbose '$line'"
+                    echo "    python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --verbose '$line'"
                 else
                     echo "✗ Failed to install: $line (exit code: $EXIT_CODE)"
                 fi
@@ -746,7 +692,7 @@ if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/requirements.txt" ]; then
         else
             # No timeout command available, install without timeout
             echo "  Note: timeout command not available, installation may take a while..."
-            if python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --ignore-installed --verbose "$line" > "$INSTALL_OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
+            if python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --verbose "$line" > "$INSTALL_OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
                 INSTALL_SUCCESS=true
             else
                 EXIT_CODE=$?
@@ -798,7 +744,7 @@ if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/requirements.txt" ]; then
         echo "  1. Ensure you have enough disk space: df -h"
         echo "  2. Check available memory: free -h"
         echo "  3. Try installing failed packages individually with verbose output:"
-        echo "     python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --ignore-installed --verbose <package>"
+        echo "     python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --verbose <package>"
         echo "  4. For packages that build from source (like numpy), consider:"
         echo "     - Installing pre-built wheels: python3 -m pip install --only-binary :all: <package>"
         echo "     - Or installing via apt if available: sudo apt install python3-<package>"
@@ -820,10 +766,7 @@ echo ""
 # Install web interface dependencies
 echo "Installing web interface dependencies..."
 if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/web_interface/requirements.txt" ]; then
-    # --ignore-installed: apt-managed packages (e.g. python3-requests) ship no
+    if python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --prefer-binary -r "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/web_interface/requirements.txt"; then
-    # pip RECORD file, so upgrading them to the version pinned here would
-    # otherwise abort the whole install with "uninstall-no-record-file".
-    if python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --prefer-binary --ignore-installed -r "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/web_interface/requirements.txt"; then
         echo "✓ Web interface dependencies installed"
         # Create marker file to indicate dependencies are installed
         touch "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.web_deps_installed"
@@ -840,54 +783,29 @@ CURRENT_STEP="Build and install rpi-rgb-led-matrix"
 echo "Step 6: Building and installing rpi-rgb-led-matrix..."
 echo "-----------------------------------------------------"
 
-# On Pi 5, also check that the installed library has rp1_rio support.
+# If already installed and not forcing rebuild, skip expensive build
-# A library built before Pi 5 support was added imports fine but maps to the
-# Pi 3 peripheral bus address (0x3f000000) instead of the RP1 chip at runtime.
-_HAS_RP1=0
-if python3 -c 'from rgbmatrix import RGBMatrixOptions; assert hasattr(RGBMatrixOptions(), "rp1_rio")' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    _HAS_RP1=1
-fi
-
-_SKIP_BUILD=0
 if python3 -c 'from rgbmatrix import RGBMatrix, RGBMatrixOptions' >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ "${RPI_RGB_FORCE_REBUILD:-0}" != "1" ]; then
-    if [ "$IS_PI5" = "1" ] && [ "$_HAS_RP1" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "rgbmatrix Python package already available; skipping build (set RPI_RGB_FORCE_REBUILD=1 to force rebuild)."
-        echo "⚠ Pi 5 detected: installed rgbmatrix lacks rp1_rio support (older build)."
-        echo "  Forcing rebuild to get Pi 5 RP1 support..."
-    else
-        _SKIP_BUILD=1
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [ "$_SKIP_BUILD" = "1" ]; then
-    _skip_suffix=""
-    if [ "$IS_PI5" = "1" ]; then _skip_suffix=" with Pi 5 RP1 support"; fi
-    echo "rgbmatrix already installed${_skip_suffix}; skipping build (set RPI_RGB_FORCE_REBUILD=1 to force rebuild)."
 else
     # Ensure rpi-rgb-led-matrix submodule is initialized
-    # Wrapper used with retry(): removes any partial clone dir before each attempt
-    # so git clone doesn't fail with "destination path already exists".
-    _clone_rpi_rgb() {
-        rm -rf "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master"
-        git clone https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
-    }
     if [ ! -d "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master" ]; then
         echo "rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master not found. Initializing git submodule..."
         cd "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR"
-
+        
         # Try to initialize submodule if .gitmodules exists
         if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules" ] && grep -q "rpi-rgb-led-matrix" "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules"; then
             echo "Initializing rpi-rgb-led-matrix submodule..."
-            if ! retry git submodule update --init --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master; then
+            if ! git submodule update --init --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master 2>&1; then
                 echo "⚠ Submodule init failed, cloning directly from GitHub..."
-                retry _clone_rpi_rgb
+                git clone https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
             fi
         else
             # Fallback: clone directly if submodule not configured
             echo "Submodule not configured, cloning directly from GitHub..."
-            retry _clone_rpi_rgb
+            git clone https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
         fi
     fi
-
+    
     # Build and install rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python bindings
     if [ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master" ]; then
         # Check if submodule is properly initialized (not empty)
@@ -896,34 +814,30 @@ else
             cd "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR"
             rm -rf rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
             if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules" ] && grep -q "rpi-rgb-led-matrix" "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules"; then
-                retry git submodule update --init --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
+                git submodule update --init --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
             else
-                retry _clone_rpi_rgb
+                git clone https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
             fi
         fi
-
+        
         pushd "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master" >/dev/null
-        echo "Installing rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package (scikit-build-core + cmake)..."
+        echo "Building rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python bindings..."
-        echo "  Build deps required: python-dev-is-python3 cmake"
+        # Build the library first, then Python bindings
-        echo "  This compiles C++ — may take 2-5 minutes on Pi 4/5..."
+        # The build-python target depends on the library being built
-        BUILD_OUTPUT=$(mktemp)
+        if ! make build-python; then
-        BUILD_SUCCESS=false
+            echo "✗ Failed to build rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python bindings"
-        if python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages . > "$BUILD_OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
+            echo "  Make sure you have the required build tools installed:"
-            BUILD_SUCCESS=true
+            echo "  sudo apt install -y build-essential python3-dev cython3 scons"
+            popd >/dev/null
+            exit 1
         fi
-        cat "$BUILD_OUTPUT" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+        cd bindings/python
-        if [ "$BUILD_SUCCESS" != true ]; then
+        echo "Installing rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package via pip..."
+        if ! python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages .; then
             echo "✗ Failed to install rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package"
-            echo "  Ensure build tools are installed:"
-            echo "  sudo apt install -y python-dev-is-python3 cmake build-essential"
-            echo ""
-            echo "-- Last 50 lines of build output --"
-            tail -n 50 "$BUILD_OUTPUT"
-            rm -f "$BUILD_OUTPUT"
             popd >/dev/null
             exit 1
         fi
-        rm -f "$BUILD_OUTPUT"
         popd >/dev/null
     else
         echo "✗ rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master directory not found at $PROJECT_ROOT_DIR"
@@ -945,17 +859,6 @@ except Exception as e:
 PY
     then
         echo "✓ rpi-rgb-led-matrix installed and verified"
-        # Pi 5: confirm the freshly-built library has rp1_rio support
-        if [ "$IS_PI5" = "1" ]; then
-            if python3 -c 'from rgbmatrix import RGBMatrixOptions; assert hasattr(RGBMatrixOptions(), "rp1_rio")' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-                echo "✓ Pi 5 RP1 (rp1_rio) support confirmed"
-            else
-                echo "⚠ rp1_rio not found after rebuild — the submodule may be an older version."
-                echo "  Try updating the submodule and rebuilding:"
-                echo "    git submodule update --remote rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master"
-                echo "    sudo RPI_RGB_FORCE_REBUILD=1 ./first_time_install.sh"
-            fi
-        fi
     else
         echo "✗ rpi-rgb-led-matrix import test failed"
         exit 1
@@ -978,15 +881,11 @@ else
     # Try to install dependencies using the smart installer if available
     if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/scripts/install_dependencies_apt.py" ]; then
         echo "Using smart dependency installer..."
-        # -u: unbuffered stdout/stderr so output is captured in $LOG_FILE in
+        python3 "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/scripts/install_dependencies_apt.py"
-        # real time and in order relative to this script's own echo statements
-        python3 -u "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/scripts/install_dependencies_apt.py"
     else
         echo "Using pip to install dependencies..."
         if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/requirements_web_v2.txt" ]; then
-            # --ignore-installed: see the Step 5 web_interface/requirements.txt
+            python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --prefer-binary -r requirements_web_v2.txt
-            # install above — same apt/pip RECORD-file conflict applies here.
-            python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --prefer-binary --ignore-installed -r requirements_web_v2.txt
         else
             echo "⚠ requirements_web_v2.txt not found; skipping web dependency install"
         fi
@@ -1183,7 +1082,6 @@ SYSTEMCTL_PATH=$(which systemctl)
 REBOOT_PATH=$(which reboot)
 POWEROFF_PATH=$(which poweroff)
 BASH_PATH=$(which bash)
-JOURNALCTL_PATH=$(which journalctl 2>/dev/null || true)
 
 # Create sudoers content
 cat > /tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers << EOF
@@ -1199,23 +1097,10 @@ $ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH restart ledmatrix.service
 $ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH enable ledmatrix.service
 $ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH disable ledmatrix.service
 $ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH status ledmatrix.service
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH is-active ledmatrix
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH is-active ledmatrix.service
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH start ledmatrix-web.service
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH stop ledmatrix-web.service
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH restart ledmatrix-web.service
 $ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $PYTHON_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/display_controller.py
 $ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/start_display.sh
 $ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/stop_display.sh
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/scripts/fix_perms/safe_plugin_rm.sh *
 EOF
-if [ -n "$JOURNALCTL_PATH" ]; then
-    cat >> /tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers << EOF
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $JOURNALCTL_PATH -u ledmatrix.service *
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $JOURNALCTL_PATH -u ledmatrix *
-$ACTUAL_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $JOURNALCTL_PATH -t ledmatrix *
-EOF
-fi
 
 if [ -f "$SUDOERS_FILE" ] && cmp -s /tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers "$SUDOERS_FILE"; then
     echo "Sudoers configuration already up to date"
@@ -1576,7 +1461,7 @@ echo "WiFi Connection Status:"
 if command -v nmcli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     WIFI_STATUS=$(nmcli -t -f DEVICE,TYPE,STATE device status 2>/dev/null | grep -i wifi || echo "")
     if [ -n "$WIFI_STATUS" ]; then
-        echo "$WIFI_STATUS" | while IFS=':' read -r _ _ state; do
+        echo "$WIFI_STATUS" | while IFS=':' read -r device type state; do
             if [ "$state" = "connected" ]; then
                 SSID=$(nmcli -t -f active,ssid device wifi 2>/dev/null | grep "^yes:" | cut -d: -f2 | head -1)
                 if [ -n "$SSID" ]; then

plugin-repos/march-madness/config_schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "March Madness Plugin Configuration",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "enabled": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false,
+      "description": "Enable the March Madness tournament display"
+    },
+    "leagues": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Tournament Leagues",
+      "description": "Which NCAA tournaments to display",
+      "properties": {
+        "ncaam": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Show NCAA Men's Tournament games"
+        },
+        "ncaaw": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Show NCAA Women's Tournament games"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "favorite_teams": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "title": "Favorite Teams",
+      "description": "Team abbreviations to highlight (e.g., DUKE, UNC). Leave empty to show all teams equally.",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "uniqueItems": true,
+      "default": []
+    },
+    "display_options": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Display Options",
+      "x-collapsed": true,
+      "properties": {
+        "show_seeds": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Show tournament seeds (1-16) next to team names"
+        },
+        "show_round_logos": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Show round logo separators between game groups"
+        },
+        "highlight_upsets": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Highlight upset winners (higher seed beating lower seed) in gold"
+        },
+        "show_bracket_progress": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Show which teams are still alive in each region"
+        },
+        "scroll_speed": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "default": 1.0,
+          "minimum": 0.5,
+          "maximum": 5.0,
+          "description": "Scroll speed (pixels per frame)"
+        },
+        "scroll_delay": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "default": 0.02,
+          "minimum": 0.001,
+          "maximum": 0.1,
+          "description": "Delay between scroll frames (seconds)"
+        },
+        "target_fps": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "default": 120,
+          "minimum": 30,
+          "maximum": 200,
+          "description": "Target frames per second"
+        },
+        "loop": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Loop the scroll continuously"
+        },
+        "dynamic_duration": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Automatically adjust display duration based on content width"
+        },
+        "min_duration": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "default": 30,
+          "minimum": 10,
+          "maximum": 300,
+          "description": "Minimum display duration in seconds"
+        },
+        "max_duration": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "default": 300,
+          "minimum": 30,
+          "maximum": 600,
+          "description": "Maximum display duration in seconds"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "data_settings": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Data Settings",
+      "x-collapsed": true,
+      "properties": {
+        "update_interval": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "default": 300,
+          "minimum": 60,
+          "maximum": 3600,
+          "description": "How often to refresh tournament data (seconds). Automatically shortens to 60s when live games are detected."
+        },
+        "request_timeout": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "default": 30,
+          "minimum": 5,
+          "maximum": 60,
+          "description": "API request timeout in seconds"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["enabled"],
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "x-propertyOrder": ["enabled", "leagues", "favorite_teams", "display_options", "data_settings"]
+}

plugin-repos/march-madness/manager.py

@@ -0,0 +1,910 @@
+"""March Madness Plugin — NCAA Tournament bracket tracker for LED Matrix.
+
+Displays a horizontally-scrolling ticker of NCAA Tournament games grouped by
+round, with seeds, round logos, live scores, and upset highlighting.
+"""
+
+import re
+import threading
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytz
+import requests
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
+
+from src.plugin_system.base_plugin import BasePlugin
+
+try:
+    from src.common.scroll_helper import ScrollHelper
+except ImportError:
+    ScrollHelper = None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Constants
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+SCOREBOARD_URLS = {
+    "ncaam": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard",
+    "ncaaw": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/womens-college-basketball/scoreboard",
+}
+
+ROUND_ORDER = {"NCG": 0, "F4": 1, "E8": 2, "S16": 3, "R32": 4, "R64": 5, "": 6}
+
+ROUND_DISPLAY_NAMES = {
+    "NCG": "Championship",
+    "F4": "Final Four",
+    "E8": "Elite Eight",
+    "S16": "Sweet Sixteen",
+    "R32": "Round of 32",
+    "R64": "Round of 64",
+}
+
+ROUND_LOGO_FILES = {
+    "NCG": "CHAMPIONSHIP.png",
+    "F4": "FINAL_4.png",
+    "E8": "ELITE_8.png",
+    "S16": "SWEET_16.png",
+    "R32": "ROUND_32.png",
+    "R64": "ROUND_64.png",
+}
+
+REGION_ORDER = {"E": 0, "W": 1, "S": 2, "MW": 3, "": 4}
+
+# Colors
+COLOR_WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
+COLOR_GOLD = (255, 215, 0)
+COLOR_GRAY = (160, 160, 160)
+COLOR_DIM = (100, 100, 100)
+COLOR_RED = (255, 60, 60)
+COLOR_GREEN = (60, 200, 60)
+COLOR_BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
+COLOR_DARK_BG = (20, 20, 20)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Plugin Class
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class MarchMadnessPlugin(BasePlugin):
+    """NCAA March Madness tournament bracket tracker."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        plugin_id: str,
+        config: Dict[str, Any],
+        display_manager: Any,
+        cache_manager: Any,
+        plugin_manager: Any,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(plugin_id, config, display_manager, cache_manager, plugin_manager)
+
+        # Config
+        leagues_config = config.get("leagues", {})
+        self.show_ncaam: bool = leagues_config.get("ncaam", True)
+        self.show_ncaaw: bool = leagues_config.get("ncaaw", True)
+        self.favorite_teams: List[str] = [t.upper() for t in config.get("favorite_teams", [])]
+
+        display_options = config.get("display_options", {})
+        self.show_seeds: bool = display_options.get("show_seeds", True)
+        self.show_round_logos: bool = display_options.get("show_round_logos", True)
+        self.highlight_upsets: bool = display_options.get("highlight_upsets", True)
+        self.show_bracket_progress: bool = display_options.get("show_bracket_progress", True)
+        self.scroll_speed: float = display_options.get("scroll_speed", 1.0)
+        self.scroll_delay: float = display_options.get("scroll_delay", 0.02)
+        self.target_fps: int = display_options.get("target_fps", 120)
+        self.loop: bool = display_options.get("loop", True)
+        self.dynamic_duration_enabled: bool = display_options.get("dynamic_duration", True)
+        self.min_duration: int = display_options.get("min_duration", 30)
+        self.max_duration: int = display_options.get("max_duration", 300)
+        if self.min_duration > self.max_duration:
+            self.logger.warning(
+                f"min_duration ({self.min_duration}) > max_duration ({self.max_duration}); swapping values"
+            )
+            self.min_duration, self.max_duration = self.max_duration, self.min_duration
+
+        data_settings = config.get("data_settings", {})
+        self.update_interval: int = data_settings.get("update_interval", 300)
+        self.request_timeout: int = data_settings.get("request_timeout", 30)
+
+        # Scrolling flag for display controller
+        self.enable_scrolling = True
+
+        # State
+        self.games_data: List[Dict] = []
+        self.ticker_image: Optional[Image.Image] = None
+        self.last_update: float = 0
+        self.dynamic_duration: float = 60
+        self.total_scroll_width: int = 0
+        self._display_start_time: Optional[float] = None
+        self._end_reached_logged: bool = False
+        self._update_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._has_live_games: bool = False
+        self._cached_dynamic_duration: Optional[float] = None
+        self._duration_cache_time: float = 0
+
+        # Display dimensions
+        self.display_width: int = self.display_manager.matrix.width
+        self.display_height: int = self.display_manager.matrix.height
+
+        # HTTP session with retry
+        self.session = requests.Session()
+        retry = Retry(total=3, backoff_factor=1, status_forcelist=[429, 500, 502, 503, 504])
+        self.session.mount("https://", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry))
+        self.headers = {"User-Agent": "LEDMatrix/2.0"}
+
+        # ScrollHelper
+        if ScrollHelper:
+            self.scroll_helper = ScrollHelper(self.display_width, self.display_height, logger=self.logger)
+            if hasattr(self.scroll_helper, "set_frame_based_scrolling"):
+                self.scroll_helper.set_frame_based_scrolling(True)
+            self.scroll_helper.set_scroll_speed(self.scroll_speed)
+            self.scroll_helper.set_scroll_delay(self.scroll_delay)
+            if hasattr(self.scroll_helper, "set_target_fps"):
+                self.scroll_helper.set_target_fps(self.target_fps)
+            self.scroll_helper.set_dynamic_duration_settings(
+                enabled=self.dynamic_duration_enabled,
+                min_duration=self.min_duration,
+                max_duration=self.max_duration,
+                buffer=0.1,
+            )
+        else:
+            self.scroll_helper = None
+            self.logger.warning("ScrollHelper not available")
+
+        # Fonts
+        self.fonts = self._load_fonts()
+
+        # Logos
+        self._round_logos: Dict[str, Image.Image] = {}
+        self._team_logo_cache: Dict[str, Optional[Image.Image]] = {}
+        self._march_madness_logo: Optional[Image.Image] = None
+        self._load_round_logos()
+
+        self.logger.info(
+            f"MarchMadnessPlugin initialized — NCAAM: {self.show_ncaam}, "
+            f"NCAAW: {self.show_ncaaw}, favorites: {self.favorite_teams}"
+        )
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Fonts
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _load_fonts(self) -> Dict[str, ImageFont.FreeTypeFont]:
+        fonts = {}
+        try:
+            fonts["score"] = ImageFont.truetype("assets/fonts/PressStart2P-Regular.ttf", 10)
+        except IOError:
+            fonts["score"] = ImageFont.load_default()
+        try:
+            fonts["time"] = ImageFont.truetype("assets/fonts/PressStart2P-Regular.ttf", 8)
+        except IOError:
+            fonts["time"] = ImageFont.load_default()
+        try:
+            fonts["detail"] = ImageFont.truetype("assets/fonts/4x6-font.ttf", 6)
+        except IOError:
+            fonts["detail"] = ImageFont.load_default()
+        return fonts
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Logo loading
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _load_round_logos(self) -> None:
+        logo_dir = Path("assets/sports/ncaa_logos")
+        for round_key, filename in ROUND_LOGO_FILES.items():
+            path = logo_dir / filename
+            try:
+                img = Image.open(path).convert("RGBA")
+                # Resize to fit display height
+                target_h = self.display_height - 4
+                ratio = target_h / img.height
+                target_w = int(img.width * ratio)
+                self._round_logos[round_key] = img.resize((target_w, target_h), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+            except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
+                self.logger.warning(f"Could not load round logo {filename}: {e}")
+            except Exception:
+                self.logger.exception(f"Unexpected error loading round logo {filename}")
+
+        # March Madness logo
+        mm_path = logo_dir / "MARCH_MADNESS.png"
+        try:
+            img = Image.open(mm_path).convert("RGBA")
+            target_h = self.display_height - 4
+            ratio = target_h / img.height
+            target_w = int(img.width * ratio)
+            self._march_madness_logo = img.resize((target_w, target_h), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+        except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
+            self.logger.warning(f"Could not load March Madness logo: {e}")
+        except Exception:
+            self.logger.exception("Unexpected error loading March Madness logo")
+
+    def _get_team_logo(self, abbr: str) -> Optional[Image.Image]:
+        if abbr in self._team_logo_cache:
+            return self._team_logo_cache[abbr]
+        logo_dir = Path("assets/sports/ncaa_logos")
+        path = logo_dir / f"{abbr}.png"
+        try:
+            img = Image.open(path).convert("RGBA")
+            target_h = self.display_height - 6
+            ratio = target_h / img.height
+            target_w = int(img.width * ratio)
+            img = img.resize((target_w, target_h), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+            self._team_logo_cache[abbr] = img
+            return img
+        except (FileNotFoundError, OSError, ValueError):
+            self._team_logo_cache[abbr] = None
+            return None
+        except Exception:
+            self.logger.exception(f"Unexpected error loading team logo for {abbr}")
+            self._team_logo_cache[abbr] = None
+            return None
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Data fetching
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _is_tournament_window(self) -> bool:
+        today = datetime.now(pytz.utc)
+        return (3, 10) <= (today.month, today.day) <= (4, 10)
+
+    def _fetch_tournament_data(self) -> List[Dict]:
+        """Fetch tournament games from ESPN scoreboard API."""
+        all_games: List[Dict] = []
+
+        leagues = []
+        if self.show_ncaam:
+            leagues.append("ncaam")
+        if self.show_ncaaw:
+            leagues.append("ncaaw")
+
+        for league_key in leagues:
+            url = SCOREBOARD_URLS.get(league_key)
+            if not url:
+                continue
+
+            cache_key = f"march_madness_{league_key}_scoreboard"
+            cache_max_age = 60 if self._has_live_games else self.update_interval
+            cached = self.cache_manager.get(cache_key, max_age=cache_max_age)
+            if cached:
+                all_games.extend(cached)
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                # NCAA basketball scoreboard without dates param returns current games
+                params = {"limit": 1000, "groups": 100}
+                resp = self.session.get(url, params=params, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.request_timeout)
+                resp.raise_for_status()
+                data = resp.json()
+                events = data.get("events", [])
+
+                league_games = []
+                for event in events:
+                    game = self._parse_event(event, league_key)
+                    if game:
+                        league_games.append(game)
+
+                self.cache_manager.set(cache_key, league_games)
+                self.logger.info(f"Fetched {len(league_games)} {league_key} tournament games")
+                all_games.extend(league_games)
+
+            except Exception:
+                self.logger.exception(f"Error fetching {league_key} tournament data")
+
+        return all_games
+
+    def _parse_event(self, event: Dict, league_key: str) -> Optional[Dict]:
+        """Parse an ESPN event into a game dict."""
+        competitions = event.get("competitions", [])
+        if not competitions:
+            return None
+        comp = competitions[0]
+
+        # Confirm tournament game
+        comp_type = comp.get("type", {})
+        is_tournament = comp_type.get("abbreviation") == "TRNMNT"
+        notes = comp.get("notes", [])
+        headline = ""
+        if notes:
+            headline = notes[0].get("headline", "")
+            if not is_tournament and "Championship" in headline:
+                is_tournament = True
+        if not is_tournament:
+            return None
+
+        # Status
+        status = comp.get("status", {}).get("type", {})
+        state = status.get("state", "pre")
+        status_detail = status.get("shortDetail", "")
+
+        # Teams
+        competitors = comp.get("competitors", [])
+        home_team = next((c for c in competitors if c.get("homeAway") == "home"), None)
+        away_team = next((c for c in competitors if c.get("homeAway") == "away"), None)
+        if not home_team or not away_team:
+            return None
+
+        home_abbr = home_team.get("team", {}).get("abbreviation", "???")
+        away_abbr = away_team.get("team", {}).get("abbreviation", "???")
+        home_score = home_team.get("score", "0")
+        away_score = away_team.get("score", "0")
+
+        # Seeds
+        home_seed = home_team.get("curatedRank", {}).get("current", 0)
+        away_seed = away_team.get("curatedRank", {}).get("current", 0)
+        if home_seed >= 99:
+            home_seed = 0
+        if away_seed >= 99:
+            away_seed = 0
+
+        # Round and region
+        tournament_round = self._parse_round(headline)
+        tournament_region = self._parse_region(headline)
+
+        # Date/time
+        date_str = event.get("date", "")
+        start_time_utc = None
+        game_date = ""
+        game_time = ""
+        try:
+            if date_str.endswith("Z"):
+                date_str = date_str.replace("Z", "+00:00")
+            dt = datetime.fromisoformat(date_str)
+            if dt.tzinfo is None:
+                start_time_utc = dt.replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
+            else:
+                start_time_utc = dt.astimezone(pytz.UTC)
+            local = start_time_utc.astimezone(pytz.timezone("US/Eastern"))
+            game_date = local.strftime("%-m/%-d")
+            game_time = local.strftime("%-I:%M%p").replace("AM", "am").replace("PM", "pm")
+        except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+            pass
+
+        # Period / clock for live games
+        period = 0
+        clock = ""
+        period_text = ""
+        is_halftime = False
+        if state == "in":
+            status_obj = comp.get("status", {})
+            period = status_obj.get("period", 0)
+            clock = status_obj.get("displayClock", "")
+            detail_lower = status_detail.lower()
+            uses_quarters = league_key == "ncaaw" or "quarter" in detail_lower or detail_lower.startswith("q")
+            if period <= (4 if uses_quarters else 2):
+                period_text = f"Q{period}" if uses_quarters else f"H{period}"
+            else:
+                ot_num = period - (4 if uses_quarters else 2)
+                period_text = f"OT{ot_num}" if ot_num > 1 else "OT"
+            if "halftime" in detail_lower:
+                is_halftime = True
+        elif state == "post":
+            period_text = status.get("shortDetail", "Final")
+            if "Final" not in period_text:
+                period_text = "Final"
+
+        # Determine winner and upset
+        is_final = state == "post"
+        is_upset = False
+        winner_side = ""
+        if is_final:
+            try:
+                h = int(float(home_score))
+                a = int(float(away_score))
+                if h > a:
+                    winner_side = "home"
+                    if home_seed > away_seed > 0:
+                        is_upset = True
+                elif a > h:
+                    winner_side = "away"
+                    if away_seed > home_seed > 0:
+                        is_upset = True
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                pass
+
+        return {
+            "id": event.get("id", ""),
+            "league": league_key,
+            "home_abbr": home_abbr,
+            "away_abbr": away_abbr,
+            "home_score": str(home_score),
+            "away_score": str(away_score),
+            "home_seed": home_seed,
+            "away_seed": away_seed,
+            "tournament_round": tournament_round,
+            "tournament_region": tournament_region,
+            "state": state,
+            "is_final": is_final,
+            "is_live": state == "in",
+            "is_upcoming": state == "pre",
+            "is_halftime": is_halftime,
+            "period": period,
+            "period_text": period_text,
+            "clock": clock,
+            "status_detail": status_detail,
+            "game_date": game_date,
+            "game_time": game_time,
+            "start_time_utc": start_time_utc,
+            "is_upset": is_upset,
+            "winner_side": winner_side,
+            "headline": headline,
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_round(headline: str) -> str:
+        hl = headline.lower()
+        if "national championship" in hl:
+            return "NCG"
+        if "final four" in hl:
+            return "F4"
+        if "elite 8" in hl or "elite eight" in hl:
+            return "E8"
+        if "sweet 16" in hl or "sweet sixteen" in hl:
+            return "S16"
+        if "2nd round" in hl or "second round" in hl:
+            return "R32"
+        if "1st round" in hl or "first round" in hl:
+            return "R64"
+        return ""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_region(headline: str) -> str:
+        if "East Region" in headline:
+            return "E"
+        if "West Region" in headline:
+            return "W"
+        if "South Region" in headline:
+            return "S"
+        if "Midwest Region" in headline:
+            return "MW"
+        m = re.search(r"Regional (\d+)", headline)
+        if m:
+            return f"R{m.group(1)}"
+        return ""
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Game processing
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _process_games(self, games: List[Dict]) -> Dict[str, List[Dict]]:
+        """Group games by round, sorted by round significance then region/seed."""
+        grouped: Dict[str, List[Dict]] = {}
+        for game in games:
+            rnd = game.get("tournament_round", "")
+            grouped.setdefault(rnd, []).append(game)
+
+        # Sort each round's games by region then seed matchup
+        for rnd, round_games in grouped.items():
+            round_games.sort(
+                key=lambda g: (
+                    REGION_ORDER.get(g.get("tournament_region", ""), 4),
+                    min(g.get("away_seed", 99), g.get("home_seed", 99)),
+                )
+            )
+
+        return grouped
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Rendering
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _draw_text_with_outline(
+        self,
+        draw: ImageDraw.Draw,
+        text: str,
+        xy: tuple,
+        font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont,
+        fill: tuple = COLOR_WHITE,
+        outline: tuple = COLOR_BLACK,
+    ) -> None:
+        x, y = xy
+        for dx in (-1, 0, 1):
+            for dy in (-1, 0, 1):
+                if dx or dy:
+                    draw.text((x + dx, y + dy), text, font=font, fill=outline)
+        draw.text((x, y), text, font=font, fill=fill)
+
+    def _create_round_separator(self, round_key: str) -> Image.Image:
+        """Create a separator tile for a tournament round."""
+        height = self.display_height
+        name = ROUND_DISPLAY_NAMES.get(round_key, round_key)
+        font = self.fonts["time"]
+
+        # Measure text
+        tmp = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1))
+        tmp_draw = ImageDraw.Draw(tmp)
+        text_width = int(tmp_draw.textlength(name, font=font))
+
+        # Logo on each side
+        logo = self._round_logos.get(round_key, self._march_madness_logo)
+        logo_w = logo.width if logo else 0
+        padding = 6
+
+        total_w = padding + logo_w + padding + text_width + padding + logo_w + padding
+        total_w = max(total_w, 80)
+
+        img = Image.new("RGB", (total_w, height), COLOR_DARK_BG)
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+
+        # Draw logos
+        x = padding
+        if logo:
+            logo_y = (height - logo.height) // 2
+            img.paste(logo, (x, logo_y), logo)
+            x += logo_w + padding
+
+        # Draw round name
+        text_y = (height - 8) // 2  # 8px font
+        self._draw_text_with_outline(draw, name, (x, text_y), font, fill=COLOR_GOLD)
+        x += text_width + padding
+
+        if logo:
+            logo_y = (height - logo.height) // 2
+            img.paste(logo, (x, logo_y), logo)
+
+        return img
+
+    def _create_game_tile(self, game: Dict) -> Image.Image:
+        """Create a single game tile for the scrolling ticker."""
+        height = self.display_height
+        font_score = self.fonts["score"]
+        font_time = self.fonts["time"]
+        font_detail = self.fonts["detail"]
+
+        # Load team logos
+        away_logo = self._get_team_logo(game["away_abbr"])
+        home_logo = self._get_team_logo(game["home_abbr"])
+        logo_w = 0
+        if away_logo:
+            logo_w = max(logo_w, away_logo.width)
+        if home_logo:
+            logo_w = max(logo_w, home_logo.width)
+        if logo_w == 0:
+            logo_w = 24
+
+        # Build text elements
+        away_seed_str = f"({game['away_seed']})" if self.show_seeds and game.get("away_seed", 0) > 0 else ""
+        home_seed_str = f"({game['home_seed']})" if self.show_seeds and game.get("home_seed", 0) > 0 else ""
+        away_text = f"{away_seed_str}{game['away_abbr']}"
+        home_text = f"{game['home_abbr']}{home_seed_str}"
+
+        # Measure text widths
+        tmp = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1))
+        tmp_draw = ImageDraw.Draw(tmp)
+        away_text_w = int(tmp_draw.textlength(away_text, font=font_detail))
+        home_text_w = int(tmp_draw.textlength(home_text, font=font_detail))
+
+        # Center content: status line
+        if game["is_live"]:
+            if game["is_halftime"]:
+                status_text = "Halftime"
+            else:
+                status_text = f"{game['period_text']} {game['clock']}".strip()
+        elif game["is_final"]:
+            status_text = game.get("period_text", "Final")
+        else:
+            status_text = f"{game['game_date']} {game['game_time']}".strip()
+
+        status_w = int(tmp_draw.textlength(status_text, font=font_time))
+
+        # Score line (for live/final)
+        score_text = ""
+        if game["is_live"] or game["is_final"]:
+            score_text = f"{game['away_score']}-{game['home_score']}"
+        score_w = int(tmp_draw.textlength(score_text, font=font_score)) if score_text else 0
+
+        # Calculate tile width
+        h_pad = 4
+        center_w = max(status_w, score_w, 40)
+        tile_w = h_pad + logo_w + h_pad + away_text_w + h_pad + center_w + h_pad + home_text_w + h_pad + logo_w + h_pad
+
+        img = Image.new("RGB", (tile_w, height), COLOR_BLACK)
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+
+        # Paste away logo
+        x = h_pad
+        if away_logo:
+            logo_y = (height - away_logo.height) // 2
+            img.paste(away_logo, (x, logo_y), away_logo)
+        x += logo_w + h_pad
+
+        # Away team text (seed + abbr)
+        is_fav_away = game["away_abbr"] in self.favorite_teams if self.favorite_teams else False
+        away_color = COLOR_GOLD if is_fav_away else COLOR_WHITE
+        if game["is_final"] and game["winner_side"] == "away" and self.highlight_upsets and game["is_upset"]:
+            away_color = COLOR_GOLD
+        team_text_y = (height - 6) // 2 - 5  # Upper half
+        self._draw_text_with_outline(draw, away_text, (x, team_text_y), font_detail, fill=away_color)
+        x += away_text_w + h_pad
+
+        # Center block
+        center_x = x
+        center_mid = center_x + center_w // 2
+
+        # Status text (top center of center block)
+        status_x = center_mid - status_w // 2
+        status_y = 2
+        status_color = COLOR_GREEN if game["is_live"] else COLOR_GRAY
+        self._draw_text_with_outline(draw, status_text, (status_x, status_y), font_time, fill=status_color)
+
+        # Score (bottom center of center block, for live/final)
+        if score_text:
+            score_x = center_mid - score_w // 2
+            score_y = height - 13
+            # Upset highlighting
+            if game["is_final"] and game["is_upset"] and self.highlight_upsets:
+                score_color = COLOR_GOLD
+            elif game["is_live"]:
+                score_color = COLOR_WHITE
+            else:
+                score_color = COLOR_WHITE
+            self._draw_text_with_outline(draw, score_text, (score_x, score_y), font_score, fill=score_color)
+
+        # Date for final games (below score)
+        if game["is_final"] and game.get("game_date"):
+            date_w = int(draw.textlength(game["game_date"], font=font_detail))
+            date_x = center_mid - date_w // 2
+            date_y = height - 6
+            self._draw_text_with_outline(draw, game["game_date"], (date_x, date_y), font_detail, fill=COLOR_DIM)
+
+        x = center_x + center_w + h_pad
+
+        # Home team text
+        is_fav_home = game["home_abbr"] in self.favorite_teams if self.favorite_teams else False
+        home_color = COLOR_GOLD if is_fav_home else COLOR_WHITE
+        if game["is_final"] and game["winner_side"] == "home" and self.highlight_upsets and game["is_upset"]:
+            home_color = COLOR_GOLD
+        self._draw_text_with_outline(draw, home_text, (x, team_text_y), font_detail, fill=home_color)
+        x += home_text_w + h_pad
+
+        # Paste home logo
+        if home_logo:
+            logo_y = (height - home_logo.height) // 2
+            img.paste(home_logo, (x, logo_y), home_logo)
+
+        return img
+
+    def _create_ticker_image(self) -> None:
+        """Build the full scrolling ticker image from game tiles."""
+        if not self.games_data:
+            self.ticker_image = None
+            if self.scroll_helper:
+                self.scroll_helper.clear_cache()
+            return
+
+        grouped = self._process_games(self.games_data)
+        content_items: List[Image.Image] = []
+
+        # Order rounds by significance (most important first)
+        sorted_rounds = sorted(grouped.keys(), key=lambda r: ROUND_ORDER.get(r, 6))
+
+        for rnd in sorted_rounds:
+            games = grouped[rnd]
+            if not games:
+                continue
+
+            # Add round separator
+            if self.show_round_logos and rnd:
+                separator = self._create_round_separator(rnd)
+                content_items.append(separator)
+
+            # Add game tiles
+            for game in games:
+                tile = self._create_game_tile(game)
+                content_items.append(tile)
+
+        if not content_items:
+            self.ticker_image = None
+            if self.scroll_helper:
+                self.scroll_helper.clear_cache()
+            return
+
+        if not self.scroll_helper:
+            self.ticker_image = None
+            return
+
+        gap_width = 16
+
+        # Use ScrollHelper to create the scrolling image
+        self.ticker_image = self.scroll_helper.create_scrolling_image(
+            content_items=content_items,
+            item_gap=gap_width,
+            element_gap=0,
+        )
+
+        self.total_scroll_width = self.scroll_helper.total_scroll_width
+        self.dynamic_duration = self.scroll_helper.get_dynamic_duration()
+
+        self.logger.info(
+            f"Ticker image created: {self.ticker_image.width}px wide, "
+            f"{len(self.games_data)} games, dynamic_duration={self.dynamic_duration:.0f}s"
+        )
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Plugin lifecycle
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def update(self) -> None:
+        """Fetch and process tournament data."""
+        if not self.enabled:
+            return
+
+        current_time = time.time()
+        # Use shorter interval if live games detected
+        interval = 60 if self._has_live_games else self.update_interval
+        if current_time - self.last_update < interval:
+            return
+
+        with self._update_lock:
+            self.last_update = current_time
+
+            if not self._is_tournament_window():
+                self.logger.debug("Outside tournament window, skipping fetch")
+                self.games_data = []
+                self.ticker_image = None
+                if self.scroll_helper:
+                    self.scroll_helper.clear_cache()
+                return
+
+            try:
+                games = self._fetch_tournament_data()
+                self._has_live_games = any(g["is_live"] for g in games)
+                self.games_data = games
+                self._create_ticker_image()
+                self.logger.info(
+                    f"Updated: {len(games)} games, "
+                    f"live={self._has_live_games}"
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.error(f"Update error: {e}", exc_info=True)
+
+    def display(self, force_clear: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Render one scroll frame."""
+        if not self.enabled:
+            return
+
+        if force_clear or self._display_start_time is None:
+            self._display_start_time = time.time()
+            if self.scroll_helper:
+                self.scroll_helper.reset_scroll()
+            self._end_reached_logged = False
+
+        if not self.games_data or self.ticker_image is None:
+            self._display_fallback()
+            return
+
+        if not self.scroll_helper:
+            self._display_fallback()
+            return
+
+        try:
+            if self.loop or not self.scroll_helper.is_scroll_complete():
+                self.scroll_helper.update_scroll_position()
+            elif not self._end_reached_logged:
+                self.logger.info("Scroll complete")
+                self._end_reached_logged = True
+
+            visible = self.scroll_helper.get_visible_portion()
+            if visible is None:
+                self._display_fallback()
+                return
+
+            self.dynamic_duration = self.scroll_helper.get_dynamic_duration()
+
+            matrix_w = self.display_manager.matrix.width
+            matrix_h = self.display_manager.matrix.height
+            if not hasattr(self.display_manager, "image") or self.display_manager.image is None:
+                self.display_manager.image = Image.new("RGB", (matrix_w, matrix_h), COLOR_BLACK)
+            self.display_manager.image.paste(visible, (0, 0))
+            self.display_manager.update_display()
+            self.scroll_helper.log_frame_rate()
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.error(f"Display error: {e}", exc_info=True)
+            self._display_fallback()
+
+    def _display_fallback(self) -> None:
+        w = self.display_manager.matrix.width
+        h = self.display_manager.matrix.height
+        img = Image.new("RGB", (w, h), COLOR_BLACK)
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+
+        if self._is_tournament_window():
+            text = "No games"
+        else:
+            text = "Off-season"
+
+        text_w = int(draw.textlength(text, font=self.fonts["time"]))
+        text_x = (w - text_w) // 2
+        text_y = (h - 8) // 2
+        draw.text((text_x, text_y), text, font=self.fonts["time"], fill=COLOR_GRAY)
+
+        # Show March Madness logo if available
+        if self._march_madness_logo:
+            logo_y = (h - self._march_madness_logo.height) // 2
+            img.paste(self._march_madness_logo, (2, logo_y), self._march_madness_logo)
+
+        self.display_manager.image = img
+        self.display_manager.update_display()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Duration / cycle management
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def get_display_duration(self) -> float:
+        current_time = time.time()
+        if self._cached_dynamic_duration is not None:
+            cache_age = current_time - self._duration_cache_time
+            if cache_age < 5.0:
+                return self._cached_dynamic_duration
+
+        self._cached_dynamic_duration = self.dynamic_duration
+        self._duration_cache_time = current_time
+        return self.dynamic_duration
+
+    def supports_dynamic_duration(self) -> bool:
+        if not self.enabled:
+            return False
+        return self.dynamic_duration_enabled
+
+    def is_cycle_complete(self) -> bool:
+        if not self.supports_dynamic_duration():
+            return True
+        if self._display_start_time is not None and self.dynamic_duration > 0:
+            elapsed = time.time() - self._display_start_time
+            if elapsed >= self.dynamic_duration:
+                return True
+        if not self.loop and self.scroll_helper and self.scroll_helper.is_scroll_complete():
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def reset_cycle_state(self) -> None:
+        super().reset_cycle_state()
+        self._display_start_time = None
+        self._end_reached_logged = False
+        if self.scroll_helper:
+            self.scroll_helper.reset_scroll()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Vegas mode
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def get_vegas_content(self):
+        if not self.games_data:
+            return None
+        tiles = []
+        for game in self.games_data:
+            tiles.append(self._create_game_tile(game))
+        return tiles if tiles else None
+
+    def get_vegas_content_type(self) -> str:
+        return "multi"
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Info / cleanup
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def get_info(self) -> Dict:
+        info = super().get_info()
+        info["total_games"] = len(self.games_data)
+        info["has_live_games"] = self._has_live_games
+        info["dynamic_duration"] = self.dynamic_duration
+        info["tournament_window"] = self._is_tournament_window()
+        return info
+
+    def cleanup(self) -> None:
+        self.games_data = []
+        self.ticker_image = None
+        if self.scroll_helper:
+            self.scroll_helper.clear_cache()
+        self._team_logo_cache.clear()
+        if self.session:
+            self.session.close()
+            self.session = None
+        super().cleanup()

plugin-repos/march-madness/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "id": "march-madness",
+  "name": "March Madness",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "NCAA March Madness tournament bracket tracker with round branding, seeded matchups, live scores, and upset highlighting",
+  "author": "ChuckBuilds",
+  "category": "sports",
+  "tags": [
+    "ncaa",
+    "basketball",
+    "march-madness",
+    "tournament",
+    "bracket",
+    "scrolling"
+  ],
+  "repo": "https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/ledmatrix-plugins",
+  "branch": "main",
+  "plugin_path": "plugins/march-madness",
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "ledmatrix_min": "2.0.0",
+      "released": "2026-02-16"
+    }
+  ],
+  "stars": 0,
+  "downloads": 0,
+  "last_updated": "2026-02-16",
+  "verified": true,
+  "screenshot": "",
+  "display_modes": [
+    "march_madness"
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "entry_point": "manager.py",
+  "class_name": "MarchMadnessPlugin"
+}

plugin-repos/march-madness/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+requests>=2.28.0
+Pillow>=9.1.0
+pytz>=2022.1
+numpy>=1.24.0

plugin-repos/starlark-apps/manifest.json

@@ -22,6 +22,5 @@
     "Pillow>=10.0.0",
     "PyYAML>=6.0",
     "requests>=2.31.0"
-  ],
+  ]
-  "local_only": true
 }

plugin-repos/starlark-apps/requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Pillow>=12.2.0
+Pillow>=10.4.0
 PyYAML>=6.0.2
-requests>=2.33.0
+requests>=2.32.0

plugin-repos/web-ui-info/manager.py

@@ -35,24 +35,24 @@ class WebUIInfoPlugin(BasePlugin):
         """Initialize the Web UI Info plugin."""
         super().__init__(plugin_id, config, display_manager, cache_manager, plugin_manager)
         
-        # AP mode cache (must be initialized before _get_local_ip)
-        self._ap_mode_cached = False
-        self._ap_mode_cache_time = 0.0
-        self._ap_mode_cache_ttl = 60.0
-
         # Get device hostname
         try:
             self.device_id = socket.gethostname()
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.warning(f"Could not get hostname: {e}, using 'localhost'")
             self.device_id = "localhost"
-
+        
         # Get device IP address
         self.device_ip = self._get_local_ip()
-
+        
         # IP refresh tracking
         self.last_ip_refresh = time.time()
-        self.ip_refresh_interval = 300.0
+        self.ip_refresh_interval = 300.0  # Refresh IP every 5 minutes
+
+        # AP mode cache
+        self._ap_mode_cached = False
+        self._ap_mode_cache_time = 0.0
+        self._ap_mode_cache_ttl = 60.0  # Cache AP mode check for 60 seconds
 
         # Rotation state
         self.current_display_mode = "hostname"  # "hostname" or "ip"
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ class WebUIInfoPlugin(BasePlugin):
                                 elif current_interface == "wlan0":
                                     self.logger.debug(f"Found WiFi IP: {ip} on {current_interface}")
                                     return ip
-
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            
             # Last resort: try hostname resolution (often returns 127.0.0.1)
             try:
                 ip = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())

requirements-test.txt

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Test-only dependencies for the plugin safety harness and pytest suite.
-# Install alongside requirements.txt:  pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt
-#
-# pytest, pytest-cov, pytest-mock, and jsonschema are already pinned (with
-# major-version caps) in requirements.txt, so they are intentionally NOT
-# repeated here — re-pinning pytest to <9 collided with requirements.txt's
-# pytest>=9.0.3,<10 and made the two files impossible to install together.
-# Only declare what requirements.txt doesn't already provide.
-freezegun>=1.2,<2        # deterministic time for golden-image tests

requirements.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Tested on Raspbian OS 12 (Bookworm) and 13 (Trixie)
 
 # Image processing
-Pillow>=12.2.0,<13.0.0
+Pillow>=10.4.0,<12.0.0
 numpy>=1.24.0  # For fast array operations in ScrollHelper (compatible with 2.x)
 
 # Timezone handling
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ timezonefinder>=6.5.0,<7.0.0  # Updated for better performance and accuracy
 geopy>=2.4.1,<3.0.0
 
 # HTTP requests
-requests>=2.33.0,<3.0.0
+requests>=2.32.0,<3.0.0
 
 # Google API integration
 google-auth-oauthlib>=1.2.0,<2.0.0
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ google-api-python-client>=2.147.0,<3.0.0
 freetype-py>=2.5.1,<3.0.0
 
 # Spotify integration
-spotipy>=2.25.2,<3.0.0
+spotipy>=2.24.0,<3.0.0
 
 # Flask web framework
-Flask>=3.1.3,<4.0.0
+Flask>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
 
 # Text processing
 unidecode>=1.3.8,<2.0.0
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ unidecode>=1.3.8,<2.0.0
 icalevents>=0.1.27,<1.0.0
 
 # WebSocket support
-python-socketio>=5.14.0,<6.0.0
+python-socketio>=5.11.0,<6.0.0
 python-engineio>=4.9.0,<5.0.0
 websockets>=12.0,<14.0
 websocket-client>=1.8.0,<2.0.0
@@ -43,33 +43,8 @@ websocket-client>=1.8.0,<2.0.0
 # JSON Schema validation
 jsonschema>=4.20.0,<5.0.0
 
-# Requirement specifier parsing (plugin dependency satisfaction checks)
-packaging>=23.0,<27.0
-
 # Testing dependencies
-pytest>=9.0.3,<10.0.0
+pytest>=7.4.0,<8.0.0
 pytest-cov>=4.1.0,<5.0.0
 pytest-mock>=3.11.0,<4.0.0
 mypy>=1.5.0,<2.0.0
-
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Optional dependencies — the code imports these inside try/except
-# blocks and gracefully degrades when missing. Install them for the
-# full feature set, or skip them for a minimal install.
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-#
-# scipy             — sub-pixel interpolation in
-#                     src/common/scroll_helper.py for smoother
-#                     scrolling. Falls back to a simpler shift algorithm.
-#   pip install 'scipy>=1.10.0,<2.0.0'
-#
-# psutil            — per-plugin resource monitoring in
-#                     src/plugin_system/resource_monitor.py. The monitor
-#                     silently no-ops when missing (PSUTIL_AVAILABLE = False).
-#   pip install 'psutil>=5.9.0,<6.0.0'
-#
-# Flask-Limiter     — request rate limiting in web_interface/app.py
-#                     (accidental-abuse protection, not security). The
-#                     web interface starts without rate limiting when
-#                     this is missing.
-#   pip install 'Flask-Limiter>=3.5.0,<4.0.0'

run.py

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ if debug_mode:
 
         # Try to import the plugin system directly to get better error info
         print("DEBUG: Attempting to import src.plugin_system...", flush=True)
+        from src.plugin_system import PluginManager
         print("DEBUG: Plugin system import successful", flush=True)
     except ImportError as e:
         print(f"DEBUG: Plugin system import failed: {e}", flush=True)

scripts/add_defaults_to_schemas.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ and preventing validation errors.
 import json
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 
 def get_default_for_field(prop: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:

scripts/analyze_plugin_schemas.py

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Analyze all plugin config schemas to identify issues:
 """
 
 import json
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Any
+from typing import Dict, List, Set, Any
 import jsonschema
 from jsonschema import Draft7Validator
 

scripts/check_plugin.py

@@ -1,232 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-Plugin safety checker.
-
-Renders a plugin across every declared screen (mode) and every supported matrix
-size, and fails if any screen crashes, overflows the panel, or (for plugins with
-committed golden images) drifts visually.
-
-Usage:
-    # Functional + bounds check across all sizes/modes:
-    python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin clock-simple
-
-    # Every discovered plugin:
-    python scripts/check_plugin.py --all
-
-    # Dump PNGs for each size/mode so you can eyeball them:
-    python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin ledmatrix-weather --out-dir /tmp/preview
-
-    # Refresh committed golden images after an intentional visual change:
-    python scripts/check_plugin.py --plugin clock-simple --update-golden \
-        --mock-data plugins/clock-simple/test/fixtures/mock.json
-
-Exit code is non-zero if any (plugin, size, mode) fails.
-"""
-
-import argparse
-import json
-import os
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional
-
-PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
-sys.path.insert(0, str(PROJECT_ROOT))
-
-os.environ['EMULATOR'] = 'true'
-
-from src.logging_config import get_logger  # noqa: E402
-from src.plugin_system.testing.loading import (  # noqa: E402
-    find_plugin_dir, load_config_defaults, load_harness_spec,
-)
-from src.plugin_system.testing.harness import (  # noqa: E402
-    RenderResult, render_plugin_matrix, compare_to_goldens, write_goldens,
-)
-from src.plugin_system.testing.sizes import (  # noqa: E402
-    parse_size_token, resolve_test_sizes, safe_mode_filename, size_label,
-)
-
-logger = get_logger("[Check Plugin]")
-
-DEFAULT_SEARCH_DIRS = [
-    str(PROJECT_ROOT / 'plugins'),
-    str(PROJECT_ROOT / 'plugin-repos'),
-]
-
-
-def discover_plugins(search_dirs: List[str]) -> List[str]:
-    """All plugin ids found across the search dirs (dirs containing manifest.json)."""
-    found = []
-    for d in search_dirs:
-        base = Path(d)
-        if not base.exists():
-            continue
-        for child in sorted(base.iterdir()):
-            if (child / 'manifest.json').exists() and child.name not in found:
-                found.append(child.name)
-    return found
-
-
-def parse_sizes(spec: Optional[str]):
-    if not spec:
-        return None
-    sizes = []
-    for token in spec.split(','):
-        if not token.strip():
-            continue
-        try:
-            sizes.append(parse_size_token(token))
-        except ValueError as exc:
-            raise SystemExit(str(exc)) from exc
-    return sizes
-
-
-def check_one(plugin_id: str, search_dirs: List[str], sizes, mock_data: Dict,
-              config: Dict, run_update: bool, out_dir: Optional[Path],
-              update_golden: bool, golden_dir_override: Optional[Path],
-              freeze_time: Optional[str]) -> List[RenderResult]:
-    plugin_dir = find_plugin_dir(plugin_id, search_dirs)
-    if not plugin_dir:
-        logger.error("Plugin '%s' not found in: %s", plugin_id, search_dirs)
-        return [RenderResult(plugin_id, 0, 0, "<not-found>", error="plugin directory not found")]
-
-    # Per-plugin test/harness.json holds the deterministic settings the committed
-    # goldens were generated with (config, mock data, frozen time, sizes). Load
-    # them so the CLI/CI render reproduces the golden the same way the pytest
-    # matrix path does; explicit CLI flags still override the file.
-    spec = load_harness_spec(plugin_dir)
-
-    # config_schema defaults (real-install behavior), then harness.json config,
-    # then CLI --config — most specific wins.
-    full_config = {"enabled": True}
-    full_config.update(load_config_defaults(plugin_dir))
-    full_config.update(spec.get("config", {}))
-    full_config.update(config)
-
-    # Precedence: CLI flag > LEDMATRIX_TEST_SIZES env > harness.json > default.
-    effective_sizes = sizes if sizes else resolve_test_sizes(spec.get("sizes"))
-    # CLI value wins when provided, else fall back to the harness.json setting.
-    effective_mock_data = mock_data or spec.get("mock_data_contents", {})
-    effective_freeze = freeze_time or spec.get("freeze_time")
-    effective_run_update = run_update and not spec.get("skip_update", False)
-
-    results = render_plugin_matrix(
-        plugin_id=plugin_id, plugin_dir=plugin_dir, config=full_config,
-        mock_data=effective_mock_data, sizes=effective_sizes,
-        run_update=effective_run_update, freeze_time=effective_freeze,
-    )
-
-    golden_dir = golden_dir_override or (plugin_dir / 'test' / 'golden')
-    if update_golden:
-        written = write_goldens(results, golden_dir)
-        logger.info("Wrote %d golden image(s) for %s to %s", written, plugin_id, golden_dir)
-    else:
-        compare_to_goldens(results, golden_dir)
-
-    if out_dir:
-        for r in results:
-            if r.image is None:
-                continue
-            dest = out_dir / plugin_id / size_label(r.width, r.height)
-            dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            r.image.save(dest / f"{safe_mode_filename(r.mode)}.png", format="PNG")
-
-    return results
-
-
-def print_report(all_results: Dict[str, List[RenderResult]]) -> bool:
-    """Print a per-plugin grid. Returns True if everything passed."""
-    everything_ok = True
-    for plugin_id, results in all_results.items():
-        print(f"\n=== {plugin_id} ===")
-        for r in results:
-            if r.ok:
-                status = "PASS"
-                detail = ""
-                if r.golden_checked:
-                    detail = " (golden ✓)"
-                if r.update_error is not None:
-                    detail += f" (update warn: {r.update_error})"
-            else:
-                everything_ok = False
-                if r.error is not None:
-                    status, detail = "FAIL", f" error={r.error}"
-                elif r.overflow is not None:
-                    status, detail = "FAIL", f" overflow bbox={r.overflow}"
-                elif r.golden_ok is False:
-                    status = "FAIL"
-                    detail = f" golden drift: {r.golden_diff_pixels}px (max Δ={r.golden_max_delta})"
-                else:
-                    status, detail = "FAIL", ""
-            print(f"  [{status}] {r.size_label:>7}  {r.mode}{detail}")
-    print()
-    return everything_ok
-
-
-def main() -> int:
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Check a plugin renders safely across sizes & screens")
-    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
-    group.add_argument('--plugin', '-p', help='Plugin id to check')
-    group.add_argument('--all', action='store_true', help='Check every discovered plugin')
-    parser.add_argument('--plugin-dir', '-d', default=None, help='Directory to search for plugins')
-    parser.add_argument('--sizes', default=None, help='Comma-separated WxH list (default: all supported)')
-    parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', default='{}', help='Plugin config overrides as JSON')
-    parser.add_argument('--mock-data', '-m', default=None, help='Path to JSON file with mock cache data')
-    parser.add_argument('--out-dir', '-o', default=None, help='Also dump rendered PNGs here')
-    parser.add_argument('--skip-update', action='store_true', help='Skip calling update()')
-    parser.add_argument('--update-golden', action='store_true', help='Write/refresh golden images')
-    parser.add_argument('--golden-dir', default=None, help='Override golden dir (default: <plugin>/test/golden)')
-    parser.add_argument('--freeze-time', default=None,
-                        help='Freeze wall clock, e.g. "2025-08-01 15:25:00" (for time-dependent plugins)')
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    search_dirs = [args.plugin_dir] if args.plugin_dir else DEFAULT_SEARCH_DIRS
-    sizes = parse_sizes(args.sizes)
-
-    try:
-        config = json.loads(args.config)
-    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        logger.error("Invalid --config JSON: %s", e)
-        return 2
-    if not isinstance(config, dict):
-        logger.error("--config must be a JSON object, got %s", type(config).__name__)
-        return 2
-
-    mock_data = {}
-    if args.mock_data:
-        mock_path = Path(args.mock_data)
-        if not mock_path.exists():
-            logger.error("Mock data file not found: %s", args.mock_data)
-            return 2
-        with open(mock_path) as f:
-            mock_data = json.load(f)
-        if not isinstance(mock_data, dict):
-            logger.error("--mock-data must be a JSON object (key -> cache value), got %s",
-                         type(mock_data).__name__)
-            return 2
-
-    plugin_ids = discover_plugins(search_dirs) if args.all else [args.plugin]
-    if not plugin_ids:
-        logger.error("No plugins found in: %s", search_dirs)
-        return 2
-
-    out_dir = Path(args.out_dir) if args.out_dir else None
-    golden_dir_override = Path(args.golden_dir) if args.golden_dir else None
-
-    all_results: Dict[str, List[RenderResult]] = {}
-    for plugin_id in plugin_ids:
-        all_results[plugin_id] = check_one(
-            plugin_id=plugin_id, search_dirs=search_dirs, sizes=sizes,
-            mock_data=mock_data, config=config, run_update=not args.skip_update,
-            out_dir=out_dir, update_golden=args.update_golden,
-            golden_dir_override=golden_dir_override, freeze_time=args.freeze_time,
-        )
-
-    # When refreshing goldens we skip drift comparison, but a crash or overflow
-    # still means the plugin is broken — never let --update-golden mask that.
-    ok = print_report(all_results)
-    return 0 if ok else 1
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())

scripts/clear_dependency_markers.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Clear all plugin dependency markers to force fresh dependency check
+# Useful after updating plugins or troubleshooting dependency issues
+
+echo "Clearing plugin dependency markers..."
+
+# Check both possible cache locations
+CACHE_DIRS=(
+    "/var/cache/ledmatrix"
+    "$HOME/.cache/ledmatrix"
+)
+
+for CACHE_DIR in "${CACHE_DIRS[@]}"; do
+    if [ -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
+        echo "Checking $CACHE_DIR..."
+        marker_count=$(find "$CACHE_DIR" -name "plugin_*_deps_installed" 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+        if [ "$marker_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "Found $marker_count dependency marker(s) in $CACHE_DIR"
+            find "$CACHE_DIR" -name "plugin_*_deps_installed" -delete
+            echo "Cleared $marker_count marker(s)"
+        else
+            echo "No dependency markers found in $CACHE_DIR"
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Done! Dependency markers cleared."
+echo "Next startup will check and install dependencies as needed."
+

scripts/debug/check_imports.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Check what imports are actually in the app.py file on the Pi
 """
 
+import sys
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Read the app.py file and check the import lines

scripts/debug/debug_web_manual.py

@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ def main():
         print("   📍 Will run on: http://0.0.0.0:5000")
         print("   ⏹️  Press Ctrl+C to stop")
 
-        # Run the app (debug mode controlled by env var to satisfy security scanners)
+        # Run the app (this should start the server)
-        _debug = os.environ.get('LEDMATRIX_FLASK_DEBUG', '0') == '1'
+        app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000, debug=True)
-        app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000, debug=_debug)
 
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("\n   ⏹️  Server stopped by user")

scripts/dev/dev_plugin_setup.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR"
 PLUGINS_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/plugins"
 CONFIG_FILE="$PROJECT_ROOT/dev_plugins.json"
 DEFAULT_DEV_DIR="$HOME/.ledmatrix-dev-plugins"
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ link_github_plugin() {
         log_info "Repository already exists at $target_dir"
         if [[ -d "$target_dir/.git" ]]; then
             log_info "Updating repository..."
-            (cd "$target_dir" && git pull --rebase) || true
+            (cd "$target_dir" && git pull --rebase || true)
         fi
     else
         # Clone the repository

scripts/dev/plugins/of-the-day

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/chuck/.ledmatrix-dev-plugins/ledmatrix-of-the-day

scripts/dev/test_pillow_compat.py

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-Pillow compatibility smoke test.
-
-Exercises the Pillow APIs used throughout LEDMatrix to verify a new
-Pillow version doesn't break image rendering, font handling, or resize ops.
-
-Run after upgrading Pillow:
-    python3 scripts/dev/test_pillow_compat.py
-"""
-
-import sys
-
-
-def check(label, fn):
-    try:
-        result = fn()
-        print(f"  ✓ {label}" + (f" — {result}" if result is not None else ""))
-        return True
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"  ✗ {label} — {type(e).__name__}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
-        return False
-
-
-def main():
-    from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
-    import PIL
-
-    print(f"Pillow {PIL.__version__} on Python {sys.version.split()[0]}\n")
-
-    failures = 0
-
-    print("Image creation:")
-    failures += not check("Image.new RGB",
-        lambda: Image.new('RGB', (128, 32), (0, 0, 0)).size)
-    failures += not check("Image.new RGBA",
-        lambda: Image.new('RGBA', (64, 64), (255, 0, 0, 128)).size)
-    failures += not check("Image.new 1-bit",
-        lambda: Image.new('1', (16, 16)).size)
-
-    print("\nDraw operations:")
-    img = Image.new('RGB', (128, 32), (0, 0, 0))
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
-    font = ImageFont.load_default()
-    failures += not check("draw.rectangle",
-        lambda: draw.rectangle([0, 0, 127, 31], outline=(255, 0, 0)))
-    failures += not check("draw.text",
-        lambda: draw.text((2, 2), "Hello", fill=(255, 255, 255), font=font))
-    failures += not check("draw.line",
-        lambda: draw.line([0, 0, 127, 31], fill=(0, 255, 0)))
-
-    print("\nFont metrics (used in text_helper, scroll_helper):")
-    failures += not check("draw.textlength",
-        lambda: f"{draw.textlength('Test', font=font):.1f}px")
-    failures += not check("draw.textbbox",
-        lambda: draw.textbbox((0, 0), "Test", font=font))
-
-    print("\nResampling (used in logo_helper, image_utils, sports base):")
-    logo = Image.new('RGBA', (200, 200), (255, 128, 0, 200))
-    failures += not check("Image.Resampling.LANCZOS exists",
-        lambda: str(Image.Resampling.LANCZOS))
-    failures += not check("thumbnail with LANCZOS",
-        lambda: (logo.thumbnail((64, 32), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS), logo.size)[1])
-    big = Image.new('RGB', (300, 300), (0, 128, 255))
-    failures += not check("resize with LANCZOS",
-        lambda: big.resize((128, 32), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS).size)
-
-    print("\nComposite / paste (used in display rendering):")
-    base = Image.new('RGB', (128, 32), (0, 0, 0))
-    overlay = Image.new('RGBA', (32, 32), (255, 0, 0, 128))
-    failures += not check("paste RGBA onto RGB",
-        lambda: (base.paste(overlay.convert('RGB'), (0, 0)), base.size)[1])
-    failures += not check("Image.alpha_composite",
-        lambda: Image.alpha_composite(
-            Image.new('RGBA', (32, 32)), overlay).size)
-
-    print("\nImage I/O:")
-    import io
-    buf = io.BytesIO()
-    img.save(buf, format='PNG')
-    buf.seek(0)
-    failures += not check("save/load PNG roundtrip",
-        lambda: Image.open(buf).size)
-
-    print()
-    if failures == 0:
-        print(f"All checks passed. Pillow {PIL.__version__} is compatible.")
-        return 0
-    else:
-        print(f"{failures} check(s) failed — review output above.", file=sys.stderr)
-        return 1
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())

scripts/dev/validate_python.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Usage: python tools/validate_python.py <python_file>
 import ast
 import sys
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 def validate_file(filepath: str) -> bool:
     """Validate a Python file for common issues."""

scripts/diagnose_plugin_permissions.sh

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ echo ""
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
 NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 
 # Get the actual user

scripts/diagnose_web_interface.sh

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/config/config.json" ]; then
     echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Config file found${NC}"
     
     # Check web_display_autostart setting
-    AUTOSTART=$(grep -o '"web_display_autostart"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*[a-z]*' "$PROJECT_DIR/config/config.json" | grep -o '[a-z]*$')
+    AUTOSTART=$(cat "$PROJECT_DIR/config/config.json" | grep -o '"web_display_autostart"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*[a-z]*' | grep -o '[a-z]*$')
     
     if [ "$AUTOSTART" == "true" ]; then
         echo -e "${GREEN}✓ web_display_autostart: true${NC}"

scripts/diagnose_web_ui.sh

@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 
 # Check if running as root or with sudo
-if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then 
     echo -e "${YELLOW}Warning: Some checks require sudo. Running what we can...${NC}"
+    SUDO=""
+else
+    SUDO=""
 fi
 
 PROJECT_DIR="${HOME}/LEDMatrix"

scripts/download_pixlet.sh

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ total_count=${#ARCHITECTURES[@]}
 
 for arch in "${!ARCHITECTURES[@]}"; do
     if download_binary "$arch" "${ARCHITECTURES[$arch]}"; then
-        success_count=$((success_count + 1))
+        ((success_count++))
     fi
 done
 

scripts/fix_perms/README.md

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Permission Fix Scripts
-
-This directory contains shell scripts for repairing file/directory
-permissions on a LEDMatrix installation. They're typically only needed
-when something has gone wrong — for example, after running parts of the
-install as the wrong user, after a manual file copy that didn't preserve
-ownership, or after a permissions-related error from the display or
-web service.
-
-Most of these scripts require `sudo` since they touch directories
-owned by the `ledmatrix` service user or by `root`.
-
-## Scripts
-
-- **`fix_assets_permissions.sh`** — Fixes ownership and write
-  permissions on the `assets/` tree so plugins can download and cache
-  team logos, fonts, and other static content.
-
-- **`fix_cache_permissions.sh`** — Fixes permissions on every cache
-  directory the project may use (`/var/cache/ledmatrix/`,
-  `~/.cache/ledmatrix/`, `/opt/ledmatrix/cache/`, project-local
-  `cache/`). Also creates placeholder logo subdirectories used by the
-  sports plugins.
-
-- **`fix_plugin_permissions.sh`** — Fixes ownership on the plugins
-  directory so both the root display service and the web service user
-  can read and write plugin files (manifests, configs, requirements
-  installs).
-
-- **`fix_web_permissions.sh`** — Fixes permissions on log files,
-  systemd journal access, and the sudoers entries the web interface
-  needs to control the display service.
-
-- **`fix_nhl_cache.sh`** — Targeted fix for NHL plugin cache issues
-  (clears the NHL cache and restarts the display service).
-
-- **`safe_plugin_rm.sh`** — Validates that a plugin removal path is
-  inside an allowed base directory before deleting it. Used by the web
-  interface (via sudo) when a user clicks **Uninstall** on a plugin —
-  prevents path-traversal abuse from the web UI.
-
-## When to use these
-
-Most users never need to run these directly. The first-time installer
-(`first_time_install.sh`) sets up permissions correctly, and the web
-interface manages plugin install/uninstall through the sudoers entries
-the installer creates.
-
-Run these scripts only when:
-
-- You see "Permission denied" errors in `journalctl -u ledmatrix` or
-  the web UI Logs tab.
-- You manually copied files into the project directory as the wrong
-  user.
-- You restored from a backup that didn't preserve ownership.
-- You moved the LEDMatrix directory and need to re-anchor permissions.
-
-## Usage
-
-```bash
-# Run from the project root
-sudo ./scripts/fix_perms/fix_cache_permissions.sh
-sudo ./scripts/fix_perms/fix_assets_permissions.sh
-sudo ./scripts/fix_perms/fix_plugin_permissions.sh
-sudo ./scripts/fix_perms/fix_web_permissions.sh
-```
-
-If you're not sure which one you need, run `fix_cache_permissions.sh`
-first — it's the most commonly needed and creates several directories
-the other scripts assume exist.

scripts/fix_perms/fix_assets_permissions.sh

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ echo "Fixing LEDMatrix assets directory permissions..."
 
 # Get the real user (not root when running with sudo)
 REAL_USER=${SUDO_USER:-$USER}
+# Resolve the home directory of the real user robustly
+if command -v getent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    REAL_HOME=$(getent passwd "$REAL_USER" | cut -d: -f6)
+else
+    REAL_HOME=$(eval echo ~"$REAL_USER")
+fi
 REAL_GROUP=$(id -gn "$REAL_USER")
 
 # Get the project directory

scripts/fix_perms/safe_pip_install.sh

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# safe_pip_install.sh — Install a requirements.txt as root after validating
-# that the resolved path is the project's own requirements.txt or a plugin's
-# requirements.txt under plugin-repos/ or plugins/.
-#
-# This script is intended to be called via sudo from the web interface, so
-# that packages a plugin declares end up visible to ledmatrix.service (which
-# runs as root) rather than only to whichever non-root user runs the web
-# interface. Plugin code already runs as root once loaded, so installing its
-# declared dependencies as root is not a new trust boundary.
-#
-# Usage: safe_pip_install.sh <requirements_txt_path>
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 <requirements_txt_path>" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-TARGET="$1"
-
-# Determine the project root (parent of scripts/fix_perms/)
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
-
-# Allowed locations (resolved, no trailing slash):
-#   - the project's own requirements.txt
-#   - any requirements.txt under plugin-repos/ or plugins/
-ALLOWED_EXACT="$(realpath --canonicalize-missing "$PROJECT_ROOT/requirements.txt")"
-ALLOWED_BASES=(
-    "$(realpath --canonicalize-missing "$PROJECT_ROOT/plugin-repos")"
-    "$(realpath --canonicalize-missing "$PROJECT_ROOT/plugins")"
-)
-
-# Resolve the target path (follow symlinks); works even if it doesn't exist.
-RESOLVED_TARGET="$(realpath --canonicalize-missing "$TARGET")"
-
-# Must be named requirements.txt — never install from an arbitrary file.
-if [ "$(basename "$RESOLVED_TARGET")" != "requirements.txt" ]; then
-    echo "DENIED: $RESOLVED_TARGET is not a requirements.txt file" >&2
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-ALLOWED=false
-if [ "$RESOLVED_TARGET" = "$ALLOWED_EXACT" ]; then
-    ALLOWED=true
-else
-    for BASE in "${ALLOWED_BASES[@]}"; do
-        if [[ "$RESOLVED_TARGET" == "$BASE/"* ]]; then
-            ALLOWED=true
-            break
-        fi
-    done
-fi
-
-if [ "$ALLOWED" = false ]; then
-    echo "DENIED: $RESOLVED_TARGET is not an allowed requirements.txt location" >&2
-    echo "Allowed: $ALLOWED_EXACT, or any requirements.txt under: ${ALLOWED_BASES[*]}" >&2
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f "$RESOLVED_TARGET" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: $RESOLVED_TARGET does not exist" >&2
-    exit 3
-fi
-
-PYTHON_PATH="$(command -v python3)"
-# --ignore-installed: root's site-packages often has apt/dpkg-managed copies
-# of common libraries (requests, urllib3, ...) with no pip RECORD file, which
-# pip refuses to uninstall in place ("Cannot uninstall: no RECORD file was
-# found"). This tells pip to install the newer version alongside rather than
-# aborting the whole requirements.txt install over one such conflict.
-exec "$PYTHON_PATH" -m pip install --break-system-packages --ignore-installed -r "$RESOLVED_TARGET"

scripts/install/configure_web_sudo.sh

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ POWEROFF_PATH=$(command -v poweroff)  || true
 BASH_PATH=$(command -v bash)        || true
 JOURNALCTL_PATH=$(command -v journalctl) || true
 SAFE_RM_PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/fix_perms/safe_plugin_rm.sh"
-SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/fix_perms/safe_pip_install.sh"
 
 # Validate required commands (systemctl, bash, python3 are essential)
 for CMD_NAME in SYSTEMCTL_PATH BASH_PATH PYTHON_PATH; do
@@ -49,15 +48,11 @@ if [ ${#MISSING_CMDS[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Validate helper scripts exist
+# Validate helper script exists
 if [ ! -f "$SAFE_RM_PATH" ]; then
     echo "Error: Safe plugin removal helper not found: $SAFE_RM_PATH" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
-if [ ! -f "$SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH" ]; then
-    echo "Error: Safe pip install helper not found: $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
 
 echo "Command paths:"
 echo "  Python: $PYTHON_PATH"
@@ -67,7 +62,6 @@ echo "  Poweroff: ${POWEROFF_PATH:-(not found, skipping)}"
 echo "  Bash: $BASH_PATH"
 echo "  Journalctl: ${JOURNALCTL_PATH:-(not found, skipping)}"
 echo "  Safe plugin rm: $SAFE_RM_PATH"
-echo "  Safe pip install: $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"
 
 # Create a temporary sudoers file
 TEMP_SUDOERS="/tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers_$$"
@@ -95,9 +89,9 @@ TEMP_SUDOERS="/tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers_$$"
     echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH status ledmatrix.service"
     echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH is-active ledmatrix"
     echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH is-active ledmatrix.service"
-    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH start ledmatrix-web.service"
+    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH start ledmatrix-web"
-    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH stop ledmatrix-web.service"
+    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH stop ledmatrix-web"
-    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH restart ledmatrix-web.service"
+    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $SYSTEMCTL_PATH restart ledmatrix-web"
 
     # Optional: journalctl (non-critical — skip if not found)
     if [ -n "$JOURNALCTL_PATH" ]; then
@@ -107,22 +101,13 @@ TEMP_SUDOERS="/tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers_$$"
     fi
 
     # Required: python3, bash
-    # NOTE: display_controller.py/start_display.sh/stop_display.sh live at the
+    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $PYTHON_PATH $PROJECT_DIR/display_controller.py"
-    # project root, not under scripts/install/ (where this script lives) —
+    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_DIR/start_display.sh"
-    # must use PROJECT_ROOT here, not PROJECT_DIR.
+    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_DIR/stop_display.sh"
-    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $PYTHON_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT/display_controller.py"
-    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT/start_display.sh"
-    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT/stop_display.sh"
     echo ""
     echo "# Allow web user to remove plugin directories via vetted helper script"
     echo "# The helper validates that the target path resolves inside plugin-repos/ or plugins/"
     echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $SAFE_RM_PATH *"
-    echo ""
-    echo "# Allow web user to install a plugin's requirements.txt as root via vetted"
-    echo "# helper script, so packages are visible to root-run ledmatrix.service"
-    echo "# (not just the web interface's own user). The helper validates the target"
-    echo "# is requirements.txt at the project root or under plugin-repos/ or plugins/."
-    echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH *"
 } > "$TEMP_SUDOERS"
 
 echo ""
@@ -141,7 +126,6 @@ echo "- Run display_controller.py directly"
 echo "- Execute start_display.sh and stop_display.sh"
 echo "- Reboot and shutdown the system"
 echo "- Remove plugin directories (for update/uninstall when root-owned files block deletion)"
-echo "- Install plugin/base requirements.txt as root (so ledmatrix.service can see them)"
 echo ""
 
 # Ask for confirmation
@@ -163,13 +147,6 @@ fi
 if ! sudo chmod 755 "$SAFE_RM_PATH"; then
     echo "Warning: Could not set permissions on $SAFE_RM_PATH"
 fi
-echo "Hardening safe_pip_install.sh ownership..."
-if ! sudo chown root:root "$SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"; then
-    echo "Warning: Could not set ownership on $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"
-fi
-if ! sudo chmod 755 "$SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"; then
-    echo "Warning: Could not set permissions on $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"
-fi
 
 if sudo cp "$TEMP_SUDOERS" /etc/sudoers.d/ledmatrix_web; then
     echo "Configuration applied successfully!"
@@ -183,7 +160,7 @@ if sudo cp "$TEMP_SUDOERS" /etc/sudoers.d/ledmatrix_web; then
         echo "✗ systemctl status ledmatrix.service - Failed"
     fi
     
-    if sudo -n test -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/start_display.sh"; then
+    if sudo -n test -f "$PROJECT_DIR/start_display.sh"; then
         echo "✓ File access test - OK"
     else
         echo "✗ File access test - Failed"

scripts/install/install_web_service.sh

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ else
     ACTUAL_USER=$(whoami)
 fi
 
+# Get the home directory of the actual user
+USER_HOME=$(eval echo ~$ACTUAL_USER)
+
 # Determine the Project Root Directory (parent of scripts/install/)
 PROJECT_ROOT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)
 
@@ -31,8 +34,7 @@ echo "Generating service file with dynamic paths..."
 WEB_SERVICE_FILE_CONTENT=$(cat <<EOF
 [Unit]
 Description=LED Matrix Web Interface Service
-After=network-online.target
+After=network.target
-Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple

scripts/install/one-shot-install.sh

@@ -340,14 +340,9 @@ main() {
     echo ""
     
     # Execute with proper error handling and non-interactive mode
-    # Temporarily disable errexit AND the ERR trap to capture exit code instead of
+    # Temporarily disable errexit to capture exit code instead of exiting immediately
-    # exiting immediately. `set +e` alone does not suppress the ERR trap, so without
-    # `trap '' ERR` a non-zero exit from first_time_install.sh would trigger on_error
-    # here with the generic "Main installation" message instead of the detailed
-    # if/else handling below.
     set +e
-    trap '' ERR
+    
-
     # Check /tmp permissions - only fix if actually wrong (common in automated scenarios)
     # When running manually, /tmp usually has correct permissions (1777)
     TMP_PERMS=$(stat -c '%a' /tmp 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
@@ -375,7 +370,6 @@ main() {
         sudo -E env TMPDIR=/tmp LEDMATRIX_ASSUME_YES=1 bash ./first_time_install.sh -y </dev/null
     fi
     INSTALL_EXIT_CODE=$?
-    trap 'on_error $LINENO' ERR  # Re-enable ERR trap
     set -e  # Re-enable errexit
     
     if [ $INSTALL_EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then

scripts/install_dependencies_apt.py

@@ -6,143 +6,82 @@ then falls back to pip with --break-system-packages
 
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import tempfile
 import warnings
-from collections import deque
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Tuple
 
-# How many trailing lines of a failed command's output to keep for the
+def install_via_apt(package_name):
-# end-of-run failure summary. Keeps the root cause near the end of the log,
+    """Try to install a package via apt."""
-# which is where first_time_install.sh's error handler tails from.
+    try:
-ERROR_TAIL_LINES = 15
+        # Map pip package names to apt package names
-
+        apt_package_map = {
-
+            'flask': 'python3-flask',
-def _run(cmd: List[str]) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
+            'PIL': 'python3-pil',
-    """Run a command, streaming combined stdout/stderr to a temp file.
+            'freetype': 'python3-freetype',
-
+            'psutil': 'python3-psutil',
-    Returns (success, output) instead of raising, so callers can report
+            'werkzeug': 'python3-werkzeug',
-    *why* a command failed rather than just that it failed. `output` is
+            'numpy': 'python3-numpy',
-    bounded to the last ERROR_TAIL_LINES lines so failures from very
+            'requests': 'python3-requests',
-    chatty commands (e.g. pip build logs) don't get buffered in memory.
+            'python-dateutil': 'python3-dateutil',
-    """
+            'pytz': 'python3-tz',
-    with tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode='w+b') as f:
+            'geopy': 'python3-geopy',
-        result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=f, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)  # nosec B603 B607 - hardcoded apt/pip args  # nosemgrep
+            'unidecode': 'python3-unidecode',
-        f.seek(0)
+            'websockets': 'python3-websockets',
-        # Stream line-by-line so only the last ERROR_TAIL_LINES are ever held
+            'websocket-client': 'python3-websocket-client'
-        # in memory, regardless of how much output the command produced.
+        }
-        tail = deque(
+        
-            (line.decode('utf-8', errors='replace').rstrip('\n') for line in f),
+        apt_package = apt_package_map.get(package_name, f'python3-{package_name}')
-            maxlen=ERROR_TAIL_LINES,
+        
-        )
+        print(f"Trying to install {apt_package} via apt...")
-    return result.returncode == 0, '\n'.join(tail)
+        subprocess.check_call([
-
+            'sudo', 'apt', 'update'
-
+        ], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-def install_via_apt(package_name: str) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
+        
-    """Try to install a package via apt. Returns (success, output)."""
+        subprocess.check_call([
-    # Map pip package names to apt package names
+            'sudo', 'apt', 'install', '-y', apt_package
-    apt_package_map = {
+        ], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-        'flask': 'python3-flask',
+        
-        'PIL': 'python3-pil',
-        'freetype': 'python3-freetype',
-        'psutil': 'python3-psutil',
-        'werkzeug': 'python3-werkzeug',
-        'numpy': 'python3-numpy',
-        'requests': 'python3-requests',
-        'python-dateutil': 'python3-dateutil',
-        'pytz': 'python3-tz',
-        'geopy': 'python3-geopy',
-        'unidecode': 'python3-unidecode',
-        'websockets': 'python3-websockets',
-        'websocket-client': 'python3-websocket-client'
-    }
-
-    apt_package = apt_package_map.get(package_name, f'python3-{package_name}')
-
-    print(f"Trying to install {apt_package} via apt...")
-    success, output = _run(['sudo', 'apt-get', '-o', 'DPkg::Lock::Timeout=180', 'install', '-y', apt_package])
-    if success:
         print(f"Successfully installed {apt_package} via apt")
-        return True, ""
+        return True
+        
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print(f"Failed to install {package_name} via apt, will try pip")
+        return False
 
-    print(f"Failed to install {apt_package} via apt, will try pip")
+def install_via_pip(package_name):
-    return False, output
-
-
-def install_via_pip(package_name: str) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
     """Install a package via pip with --break-system-packages and --prefer-binary.
 
     --break-system-packages allows pip to install into the system Python on
     Debian/Ubuntu-based systems without a virtual environment.
     --prefer-binary prefers pre-built wheels over source distributions to avoid
     exhausting /tmp space during compilation.
-    --ignore-installed stops pip from trying to *uninstall* packages that were
-    installed by apt (e.g. python3-requests). Those Debian packages ship no
-    pip RECORD file, so an uninstall attempt fails with "uninstall-no-record-file"
-    and aborts the whole install. With --ignore-installed, pip lays the new
-    version down in /usr/local where it shadows the apt copy instead of removing
-    it. This matters when a pip dependency (google-api-python-client pulls a
-    newer requests) needs to upgrade an apt-managed package.
-
-    Returns (success, output).
     """
-    print(f"Installing {package_name} via pip...")
+    try:
-    success, output = _run([
+        print(f"Installing {package_name} via pip...")
-        sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install',
+        subprocess.check_call([
-        '--break-system-packages', '--prefer-binary', '--ignore-installed', package_name
+            sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--break-system-packages', '--prefer-binary', package_name
-    ])
+        ])
-    if success:
         print(f"Successfully installed {package_name} via pip")
-        return True, ""
+        return True
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Failed to install {package_name} via pip: {e}")
+        return False
 
-    print(f"Failed to install {package_name} via pip (see failure summary at end of log)")
+def check_package_installed(package_name):
-    return False, output
-
-
-# Distribution (pip/apt) names whose importable module name differs.
-IMPORT_NAME_MAP = {
-    'python-dateutil': 'dateutil',
-    'websocket-client': 'websocket',
-}
-
-
-def check_package_installed(package_name: str) -> bool:
     """Check if a package is already installed."""
-    import_name = IMPORT_NAME_MAP.get(package_name, package_name)
     # Suppress deprecation warnings when checking if packages are installed
     # (we're just checking, not using them)
     with warnings.catch_warnings():
         warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=DeprecationWarning)
         try:
-            __import__(import_name)
+            __import__(package_name)
             return True
         except ImportError:
             return False
 
-
-def print_failure_summary(failed_packages: List[str], failure_details: dict) -> None:
-    print("\n" + "=" * 60)
-    print("DEPENDENCY INSTALLATION FAILURES - DETAILS")
-    print("=" * 60)
-    for package in failed_packages:
-        print(f"\nPackage: {package}")
-        print("-" * 40)
-        output = failure_details.get(package, "").strip()
-        if not output:
-            print("  (no output captured)")
-            continue
-        for line in output.splitlines()[-ERROR_TAIL_LINES:]:
-            print(f"  {line}")
-    print("=" * 60)
-
-
 def main():
     """Main installation function."""
     print("Installing dependencies for LED Matrix Web Interface V2...")
-
+    
-    print("Refreshing apt package index...")
-    _run(['sudo', 'apt', 'update'])  # best-effort; individual installs surface their own errors
-
     # List of required packages
     required_packages = [
         'flask',
@@ -159,23 +98,19 @@ def main():
         'websockets',
         'websocket-client'
     ]
-
+    
     failed_packages = []
-    failure_details = {}
+    
-
     for package in required_packages:
         if check_package_installed(package):
             print(f"{package} is already installed")
             continue
-
+            
         # Try apt first, then pip
-        ok, apt_output = install_via_apt(package)
+        if not install_via_apt(package):
-        if not ok:
+            if not install_via_pip(package):
-            ok, pip_output = install_via_pip(package)
-            if not ok:
                 failed_packages.append(package)
-                failure_details[package] = pip_output or apt_output
+    
-
     # Install packages that don't have apt equivalents
     special_packages = [
         'timezonefinder>=6.5.0,<7.0.0',
@@ -187,49 +122,47 @@ def main():
         'python-socketio>=5.11.0,<6.0.0',
         'python-engineio>=4.9.0,<5.0.0'
     ]
-
+    
     for package in special_packages:
-        ok, pip_output = install_via_pip(package)
+        if not install_via_pip(package):
-        if not ok:
             failed_packages.append(package)
-            failure_details[package] = pip_output
+    
-
     # Install rgbmatrix module from local source (optional - may already be installed in Step 6)
     # Check if already installed first
     if check_package_installed('rgbmatrix'):
         print("rgbmatrix module already installed, skipping...")
     else:
         print("Installing rgbmatrix module from local source...")
-        # Get project root (parent of scripts directory)
+        try:
-        PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+            # Get project root (parent of scripts directory)
-        rgbmatrix_path = PROJECT_ROOT / 'rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master' / 'bindings' / 'python'
+            PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-        if rgbmatrix_path.exists():
+            rgbmatrix_path = PROJECT_ROOT / 'rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master' / 'bindings' / 'python'
-            # Check if the module has been built (look for setup.py)
+            if rgbmatrix_path.exists():
-            setup_py = rgbmatrix_path / 'setup.py'
+                # Check if the module has been built (look for setup.py)
-            if setup_py.exists():
+                setup_py = rgbmatrix_path / 'setup.py'
-                # Try installing - use regular install, not editable mode
+                if setup_py.exists():
-                # This is optional for web interface and should already be installed in Step 6
+                    # Try installing - use regular install, not editable mode
-                ok, output = _run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--break-system-packages', str(rgbmatrix_path)])
+                    # This is optional for web interface and should already be installed in Step 6
-                if ok:
+                    subprocess.check_call([
+                        sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--break-system-packages', str(rgbmatrix_path)
+                    ], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
                     print("rgbmatrix module installed successfully")
                 else:
-                    # Don't fail the whole installation - rgbmatrix is optional for web interface
+                    print("Warning: rgbmatrix setup.py not found, module may need to be built first")
-                    # and should be installed in Step 6 of first_time_install.sh
+                    print("  This is normal if Step 6 hasn't completed yet.")
-                    print("Warning: Failed to install rgbmatrix module:")
-                    for line in output.strip().splitlines()[-ERROR_TAIL_LINES:]:
-                        print(f"  {line}")
-                    print("  This is normal if rgbmatrix hasn't been built yet (Step 6).")
-                    print("  The web interface will work without it.")
             else:
-                print("Warning: rgbmatrix setup.py not found, module may need to be built first")
+                print("Warning: rgbmatrix source not found (this is normal if Step 6 hasn't run yet)")
-                print("  This is normal if Step 6 hasn't completed yet.")
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        else:
+            # Don't fail the whole installation - rgbmatrix is optional for web interface
-            print("Warning: rgbmatrix source not found (this is normal if Step 6 hasn't run yet)")
+            # and should be installed in Step 6 of first_time_install.sh
-
+            print(f"Warning: Failed to install rgbmatrix module: {e}")
+            print("  This is normal if rgbmatrix hasn't been built yet (Step 6).")
+            print("  The web interface will work without it.")
+            # Don't add to failed_packages since it's optional
+    
     if failed_packages:
         print(f"\nFailed to install the following packages: {failed_packages}")
         print("You may need to install them manually or check your system configuration.")
-        print_failure_summary(failed_packages, failure_details)
         return False
     else:
         print("\nAll dependencies installed successfully!")

scripts/render_plugin.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import os
 import json
 import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 # Add project root to path
 PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -27,15 +28,49 @@ os.environ['EMULATOR'] = 'true'
 
 # Import logger after path setup so src.logging_config is importable
 from src.logging_config import get_logger  # noqa: E402
-from src.plugin_system.testing.loading import (  # noqa: E402
-    find_plugin_dir, load_manifest, load_config_defaults,
-)
 logger = get_logger("[Render Plugin]")
 
 MIN_DIMENSION = 1
 MAX_DIMENSION = 512
 
 
+def find_plugin_dir(plugin_id: str, search_dirs: Sequence[Union[str, Path]]) -> Optional[Path]:
+    """Find a plugin directory by searching multiple paths."""
+    from src.plugin_system.plugin_loader import PluginLoader
+    loader = PluginLoader()
+    for search_dir in search_dirs:
+        search_path = Path(search_dir)
+        if not search_path.exists():
+            continue
+        result = loader.find_plugin_directory(plugin_id, search_path)
+        if result:
+            return Path(result)
+    return None
+
+
+def load_manifest(plugin_dir: Path) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Load and return manifest.json from plugin directory."""
+    manifest_path = plugin_dir / 'manifest.json'
+    if not manifest_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"No manifest.json in {plugin_dir}")
+    with open(manifest_path, 'r') as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+
+def load_config_defaults(plugin_dir: Path) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Extract default values from config_schema.json."""
+    schema_path = plugin_dir / 'config_schema.json'
+    if not schema_path.exists():
+        return {}
+    with open(schema_path, 'r') as f:
+        schema = json.load(f)
+    defaults: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+    for key, prop in schema.get('properties', {}).items():
+        if 'default' in prop:
+            defaults[key] = prop['default']
+    return defaults
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     """Load a plugin, call update() + display(), and save the result as a PNG image."""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Render a plugin display to a PNG image')
@@ -46,7 +81,7 @@ def main() -> int:
                         help='Plugin config as JSON string')
     parser.add_argument('--mock-data', '-m', default=None,
                         help='Path to JSON file with mock cache data')
-    parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', default='/tmp/plugin_render.png',  # nosec B108 - dev script default; user can override
+    parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', default='/tmp/plugin_render.png',
                         help='Output PNG path (default: /tmp/plugin_render.png)')
     parser.add_argument('--width', type=int, default=128, help='Display width (default: 128)')
     parser.add_argument('--height', type=int, default=32, help='Display height (default: 32)')

scripts/run_plugin_tests.py

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Supports both unittest and pytest.
 """
 
 import sys
+import os
 import argparse
+import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -196,14 +198,17 @@ def main():
     if runner == 'auto':
         # Try pytest first, fall back to unittest
         try:
+            import pytest
             runner = 'pytest'
         except ImportError:
             runner = 'unittest'
     
     # Run tests
     if runner == 'pytest':
+        import importlib.util
         return run_pytest_tests(test_files, args.verbose, args.coverage)
     else:
+        import importlib.util
         return run_unittest_tests(test_files, args.verbose)
 
 

scripts/utils/clear_cache.py

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ This script allows manual clearing of specific cache keys or all cache data.
 
 import os
 import sys
+import json
 import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
 
 # Add the src directory to the path so we can import our modules
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'src'))

scripts/utils/start_web_conditionally.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def main():
             # Ensure PYTHONPATH is set correctly if web_interface.py has relative imports to src
             # The WorkingDirectory in systemd service should handle this for web_interface.py
             print(f"Launching web interface v3: {sys.executable} {WEB_INTERFACE_SCRIPT}")
-            os.execvp(sys.executable, [sys.executable, WEB_INTERFACE_SCRIPT])  # nosec B606 - both args are fixed constants
+            os.execvp(sys.executable, [sys.executable, WEB_INTERFACE_SCRIPT])
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Failed to exec web interface: {e}")
             sys.exit(1) # Failed to start

scripts/utils/wifi_monitor_daemon.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import sys
 import time
 import logging
 import signal
-import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Add project root to path (parent of scripts/utils/)
@@ -44,11 +43,7 @@ class WiFiMonitorDaemon:
         self.wifi_manager = WiFiManager()
         self.running = True
         self.last_state = None
-        # Counts consecutive checks where nmcli says "connected" but internet is unreachable.
+        
-        # After _nm_restart_threshold failures, NetworkManager is restarted as a recovery step.
-        self._consecutive_internet_failures = 0
-        self._nm_restart_threshold = 5  # ~2.5 min at 30s interval
-
         # Register signal handlers for graceful shutdown
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self._signal_handler)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self._signal_handler)
@@ -127,43 +122,6 @@ class WiFiMonitorDaemon:
                     else:
                         logger.debug(f"Status check: WiFi=disconnected, Ethernet={updated_ethernet}, AP={updated_status.ap_mode_active}")
                 
-                # Escalating recovery: if nmcli reports connected but actual internet
-                # is unreachable for several consecutive checks, restart NetworkManager.
-                # This is done HERE (not inside check_and_manage_ap_mode) to keep the
-                # AP-enable trigger clean and avoid false-positive AP enables from
-                # transient packet loss on otherwise working WiFi.
-                if updated_status.connected and not updated_status.ap_mode_active:
-                    if not self.wifi_manager.check_internet_connectivity():
-                        self._consecutive_internet_failures += 1
-                        logger.warning(
-                            f"Internet unreachable despite nmcli connection "
-                            f"({self._consecutive_internet_failures}/{self._nm_restart_threshold})"
-                        )
-                        if self._consecutive_internet_failures >= self._nm_restart_threshold:
-                            logger.warning("Restarting NetworkManager to recover internet connectivity")
-                            try:
-                                subprocess.run(
-                                    ["/usr/bin/systemctl", "restart", "NetworkManager"],
-                                    capture_output=True, timeout=20, check=True
-                                )
-                                self._consecutive_internet_failures = 0
-                                # NM restart causes a brief WiFi drop; reset the AP-mode grace
-                                # counter so that transient disconnect doesn't count toward
-                                # triggering AP mode.
-                                self.wifi_manager._disconnected_checks = 0
-                            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-                                logger.error(f"NetworkManager restart failed (rc={e.returncode}); "
-                                             "resetting failure counter to avoid tight retry loop")
-                                self._consecutive_internet_failures = 0
-                            except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError) as e:
-                                logger.error(f"NetworkManager restart error: {e}; "
-                                             "resetting failure counter to avoid tight retry loop")
-                                self._consecutive_internet_failures = 0
-                    else:
-                        self._consecutive_internet_failures = 0
-                else:
-                    self._consecutive_internet_failures = 0
-
                 # Sleep until next check
                 time.sleep(self.check_interval)
                 

src/background_cache_mixin.py

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ where Recent/Upcoming managers consume data from the background service cache.
 """
 
 import time
+import logging
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Any, Callable
+from datetime import datetime
+import pytz
 
 
 class BackgroundCacheMixin:

src/background_data_service.py

@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@ Key Features:
 - Memory-efficient data storage
 """
 
+import os
 import time
 import logging
 import threading
 import requests
-from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, Callable
+from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, List, Callable, Union
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from enum import Enum
+import json
 import queue
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, Future
+import weakref
 from src.cache_manager import CacheManager
 # Configure logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ class BackgroundDataService:
             self.stats['cache_misses'] += 1
         
         # Submit to executor
-        self.executor.submit(self._fetch_data_worker, request)
+        future = self.executor.submit(self._fetch_data_worker, request)
         
         logger.info(f"Submitted background fetch request {request_id} for {sport} {year}")
         return request_id
@@ -549,12 +553,13 @@ class BackgroundDataService:
             if to_remove:
                 logger.info(f"Cleared {len(to_remove)} old completed requests")
     
-    def shutdown(self, wait: bool = True):
+    def shutdown(self, wait: bool = True, timeout: int = 30):
         """
         Shutdown the background data service.
-
+        
         Args:
             wait: Whether to wait for active requests to complete
+            timeout: Maximum time to wait for shutdown
         """
         logger.info("Shutting down BackgroundDataService...")
         
@@ -565,14 +570,24 @@ class BackgroundDataService:
             for request_id in list(self.active_requests.keys()):
                 self.cancel_request(request_id)
         
-        self.executor.shutdown(wait=wait)
+        # Shutdown executor with compatibility for older Python versions
+        try:
+            # Try with timeout parameter (Python 3.9+)
+            self.executor.shutdown(wait=wait, timeout=timeout)
+        except TypeError:
+            # Fallback for older Python versions that don't support timeout
+            if wait and timeout:
+                # For older versions, we can't specify timeout, so just wait
+                self.executor.shutdown(wait=True)
+            else:
+                self.executor.shutdown(wait=wait)
         
         logger.info("BackgroundDataService shutdown complete")
     
     def __del__(self):
         """Cleanup when service is destroyed."""
         if not self._shutdown:
-            self.shutdown(wait=False)
+            self.shutdown(wait=False, timeout=None)
 
 # Global service instance
 _background_service: Optional[BackgroundDataService] = None

src/backup_manager.py

@@ -1,605 +0,0 @@
-"""
-User configuration backup and restore.
-
-Packages the user's LEDMatrix configuration, secrets, WiFi settings,
-user-uploaded fonts, plugin image uploads, and installed-plugin manifest
-into a single ``.zip`` that can be exported from one installation and
-imported on a fresh install.
-
-This module is intentionally Flask-free so it can be unit-tested and
-used from scripts.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import shutil
-import socket
-import tempfile
-import zipfile
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
-
-# Filenames shipped with the LEDMatrix repository under ``assets/fonts/``.
-# Anything present on disk but NOT in this set is treated as a user upload
-# and included in backups. Keep this snapshot in sync with the repo — regenerate
-# with::
-#
-#     ls assets/fonts/
-#
-# Tests assert the set matches the checked-in fonts.
-BUNDLED_FONTS: frozenset[str] = frozenset({
-    "10x20.bdf",
-    "4x6.bdf",
-    "4x6-font.ttf",
-    "5by7.regular.ttf",
-    "5x7.bdf",
-    "5x8.bdf",
-    "6x9.bdf",
-    "6x10.bdf",
-    "6x12.bdf",
-    "6x13.bdf",
-    "6x13B.bdf",
-    "6x13O.bdf",
-    "7x13.bdf",
-    "7x13B.bdf",
-    "7x13O.bdf",
-    "7x14.bdf",
-    "7x14B.bdf",
-    "8x13.bdf",
-    "8x13B.bdf",
-    "8x13O.bdf",
-    "9x15.bdf",
-    "9x15B.bdf",
-    "9x18.bdf",
-    "9x18B.bdf",
-    "AUTHORS",
-    "bdf_font_guide",
-    "clR6x12.bdf",
-    "helvR12.bdf",
-    "ic8x8u.bdf",
-    "MatrixChunky8.bdf",
-    "MatrixChunky8X.bdf",
-    "MatrixLight6.bdf",
-    "MatrixLight6X.bdf",
-    "MatrixLight8X.bdf",
-    "PressStart2P-Regular.ttf",
-    "README",
-    "README.md",
-    "texgyre-27.bdf",
-    "tom-thumb.bdf",
-})
-
-# Relative paths inside the project that the backup knows how to round-trip.
-_CONFIG_REL = Path("config/config.json")
-_SECRETS_REL = Path("config/config_secrets.json")
-_WIFI_REL = Path("config/wifi_config.json")
-_FONTS_REL = Path("assets/fonts")
-_PLUGIN_UPLOADS_REL = Path("assets/plugins")
-_STATE_REL = Path("data/plugin_state.json")
-
-MANIFEST_NAME = "manifest.json"
-PLUGINS_MANIFEST_NAME = "plugins.json"
-
-# Hard cap on the size of a single file we'll accept inside an uploaded ZIP
-# to limit zip-bomb risk. 50 MB matches the existing plugin-image upload cap.
-_MAX_MEMBER_BYTES = 50 * 1024 * 1024
-# Hard cap on the total uncompressed size of an uploaded ZIP.
-_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES = 200 * 1024 * 1024
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Data classes
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-@dataclass
-class RestoreOptions:
-    """Which sections of a backup should be restored."""
-
-    restore_config: bool = True
-    restore_secrets: bool = True
-    restore_wifi: bool = True
-    restore_fonts: bool = True
-    restore_plugin_uploads: bool = True
-    reinstall_plugins: bool = True
-
-
-@dataclass
-class RestoreResult:
-    """Outcome of a restore operation."""
-
-    success: bool = False
-    restored: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    skipped: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    plugins_to_install: List[Dict[str, Any]] = field(default_factory=list)
-    plugins_installed: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    plugins_failed: List[Dict[str, str]] = field(default_factory=list)
-    errors: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    manifest: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
-
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        return asdict(self)
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Manifest helpers
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _ledmatrix_version(project_root: Path) -> str:
-    """Best-effort version string for the current install."""
-    version_file = project_root / "VERSION"
-    if version_file.exists():
-        try:
-            return version_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip() or "unknown"
-        except OSError:
-            pass
-    head_file = project_root / ".git" / "HEAD"
-    if head_file.exists():
-        try:
-            head = head_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-            if head.startswith("ref: "):
-                ref = head[5:]
-                ref_path = project_root / ".git" / ref
-                if ref_path.exists():
-                    return ref_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()[:12] or "unknown"
-            return head[:12] or "unknown"
-        except OSError:
-            pass
-    return "unknown"
-
-
-def _build_manifest(contents: List[str], project_root: Path) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    return {
-        "schema_version": SCHEMA_VERSION,
-        "created_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z"),
-        "ledmatrix_version": _ledmatrix_version(project_root),
-        "hostname": socket.gethostname(),
-        "contents": contents,
-    }
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Installed-plugin enumeration
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def list_installed_plugins(project_root: Path) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """
-    Return a list of currently-installed plugins suitable for the backup
-    manifest. Each entry has ``plugin_id`` and ``version``.
-
-    Reads ``data/plugin_state.json`` if present; otherwise walks the plugin
-    directory and reads each ``manifest.json``.
-    """
-    plugins: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
-
-    state_file = project_root / _STATE_REL
-    if state_file.exists():
-        try:
-            with state_file.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                state = json.load(f)
-            raw_plugins = state.get("states", {}) if isinstance(state, dict) else {}
-            if isinstance(raw_plugins, dict):
-                for plugin_id, info in raw_plugins.items():
-                    if not isinstance(info, dict):
-                        continue
-                    plugins[plugin_id] = {
-                        "plugin_id": plugin_id,
-                        "version": info.get("version") or "",
-                        "enabled": bool(info.get("enabled", True)),
-                    }
-        except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError) as e:
-            logger.warning("Could not read plugin_state.json: %s", e)
-
-    # Fall back to scanning plugin-repos/ for manifests.
-    plugins_root = project_root / "plugin-repos"
-    if plugins_root.exists():
-        for entry in sorted(plugins_root.iterdir()):
-            if not entry.is_dir():
-                continue
-            manifest = entry / "manifest.json"
-            if not manifest.exists():
-                continue
-            try:
-                with manifest.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                    data = json.load(f)
-            except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-                continue
-            plugin_id = data.get("id") or entry.name
-            if plugin_id not in plugins:
-                plugins[plugin_id] = {
-                    "plugin_id": plugin_id,
-                    "version": data.get("version", ""),
-                    "enabled": True,
-                }
-
-    return sorted(plugins.values(), key=lambda p: p["plugin_id"])
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Font filtering
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def iter_user_fonts(project_root: Path) -> List[Path]:
-    """Return absolute paths to user-uploaded fonts (anything in
-    ``assets/fonts/`` not listed in :data:`BUNDLED_FONTS`)."""
-    fonts_dir = project_root / _FONTS_REL
-    if not fonts_dir.exists():
-        return []
-    user_fonts: List[Path] = []
-    for entry in sorted(fonts_dir.iterdir()):
-        if entry.is_file() and entry.name not in BUNDLED_FONTS:
-            user_fonts.append(entry)
-    return user_fonts
-
-
-def iter_plugin_uploads(project_root: Path) -> List[Path]:
-    """Return every file under ``assets/plugins/*/uploads/`` (recursive)."""
-    plugin_root = project_root / _PLUGIN_UPLOADS_REL
-    if not plugin_root.exists():
-        return []
-    out: List[Path] = []
-    for plugin_dir in sorted(plugin_root.iterdir()):
-        if not plugin_dir.is_dir():
-            continue
-        uploads = plugin_dir / "uploads"
-        if not uploads.exists():
-            continue
-        for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(uploads):
-            for name in sorted(files):
-                out.append(Path(root) / name)
-    return out
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Export
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def create_backup(
-    project_root: Path,
-    output_dir: Optional[Path] = None,
-) -> Path:
-    """
-    Build a backup ZIP and write it into ``output_dir`` (defaults to
-    ``<project_root>/config/backups/exports/``). Returns the path to the
-    created file.
-    """
-    project_root = Path(project_root).resolve()
-    if output_dir is None:
-        output_dir = project_root / "config" / "backups" / "exports"
-    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
-    hostname = socket.gethostname() or "ledmatrix"
-    safe_host = "".join(c for c in hostname if c.isalnum() or c in "-_") or "ledmatrix"
-    zip_name = f"ledmatrix-backup-{safe_host}-{timestamp}.zip"
-    zip_path = output_dir / zip_name
-
-    contents: List[str] = []
-
-    # Stream directly to a temp file so we never hold the whole ZIP in memory.
-    tmp_path = zip_path.with_suffix(".zip.tmp")
-    try:
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(tmp_path, "w", compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf:
-            # Config files.
-            if (project_root / _CONFIG_REL).exists():
-                zf.write(project_root / _CONFIG_REL, _CONFIG_REL.as_posix())
-                contents.append("config")
-            if (project_root / _SECRETS_REL).exists():
-                zf.write(project_root / _SECRETS_REL, _SECRETS_REL.as_posix())
-                contents.append("secrets")
-            if (project_root / _WIFI_REL).exists():
-                zf.write(project_root / _WIFI_REL, _WIFI_REL.as_posix())
-                contents.append("wifi")
-
-            # User-uploaded fonts.
-            user_fonts = iter_user_fonts(project_root)
-            if user_fonts:
-                for font in user_fonts:
-                    arcname = font.relative_to(project_root).as_posix()
-                    zf.write(font, arcname)
-                contents.append("fonts")
-
-            # Plugin uploads.
-            plugin_uploads = iter_plugin_uploads(project_root)
-            if plugin_uploads:
-                for upload in plugin_uploads:
-                    arcname = upload.relative_to(project_root).as_posix()
-                    zf.write(upload, arcname)
-                contents.append("plugin_uploads")
-
-            # Installed plugins manifest.
-            plugins = list_installed_plugins(project_root)
-            if plugins:
-                zf.writestr(
-                    PLUGINS_MANIFEST_NAME,
-                    json.dumps(plugins, indent=2),
-                )
-                contents.append("plugins")
-
-            # Manifest goes last so that `contents` reflects what we actually wrote.
-            manifest = _build_manifest(contents, project_root)
-            zf.writestr(MANIFEST_NAME, json.dumps(manifest, indent=2))
-
-        os.replace(tmp_path, zip_path)
-    except Exception:
-        tmp_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-        raise
-    logger.info("Created backup %s (%d bytes)", zip_path, zip_path.stat().st_size)
-    return zip_path
-
-
-def preview_backup_contents(project_root: Path) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Return a summary of what ``create_backup`` would include."""
-    project_root = Path(project_root).resolve()
-    return {
-        "has_config": (project_root / _CONFIG_REL).exists(),
-        "has_secrets": (project_root / _SECRETS_REL).exists(),
-        "has_wifi": (project_root / _WIFI_REL).exists(),
-        "user_fonts": [p.name for p in iter_user_fonts(project_root)],
-        "plugin_uploads": len(iter_plugin_uploads(project_root)),
-        "plugins": list_installed_plugins(project_root),
-    }
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Validate
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _safe_extract_path(base_dir: Path, member_name: str) -> Optional[Path]:
-    """Resolve a ZIP member name against ``base_dir`` and reject anything
-    that escapes it. Returns the resolved absolute path, or ``None`` if the
-    name is unsafe."""
-    # Reject absolute paths and Windows-style drives outright.
-    if member_name.startswith(("/", "\\")) or (len(member_name) >= 2 and member_name[1] == ":"):
-        return None
-    target = (base_dir / member_name).resolve()
-    try:
-        target.relative_to(base_dir.resolve())
-    except ValueError:
-        return None
-    return target
-
-
-def validate_backup(zip_path: Path) -> Tuple[bool, str, Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """
-    Inspect a backup ZIP without extracting to disk.
-
-    Returns ``(ok, error_message, manifest_dict)``. ``manifest_dict`` contains
-    the parsed manifest plus diagnostic fields:
-      - ``detected_contents``: list of section names present in the archive
-      - ``plugins``: parsed plugins.json if present
-      - ``total_uncompressed``: sum of uncompressed sizes
-    """
-    zip_path = Path(zip_path)
-    if not zip_path.exists():
-        return False, f"Backup file not found: {zip_path}", {}
-
-    try:
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, "r") as zf:
-            names = zf.namelist()
-            if MANIFEST_NAME not in names:
-                return False, "Backup is missing manifest.json", {}
-
-            total = 0
-            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as _sandbox:
-                sandbox = Path(_sandbox)
-                for info in zf.infolist():
-                    if info.file_size > _MAX_MEMBER_BYTES:
-                        return False, f"Member {info.filename} is too large", {}
-                    total += info.file_size
-                    if total > _MAX_TOTAL_BYTES:
-                        return False, "Backup exceeds maximum allowed size", {}
-                    # Safety: reject members with unsafe paths up front.
-                    if _safe_extract_path(sandbox, info.filename) is None:
-                        return False, f"Unsafe path in backup: {info.filename}", {}
-
-            try:
-                manifest_raw = zf.read(MANIFEST_NAME).decode("utf-8")
-                manifest = json.loads(manifest_raw)
-            except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-                return False, "Invalid manifest.json", {}
-
-            if not isinstance(manifest, dict) or "schema_version" not in manifest:
-                return False, "Invalid manifest structure", {}
-            if manifest.get("schema_version") != SCHEMA_VERSION:
-                return (
-                    False,
-                    f"Unsupported backup schema version: {manifest.get('schema_version')}",
-                    {},
-                )
-
-            detected: List[str] = []
-            if _CONFIG_REL.as_posix() in names:
-                detected.append("config")
-            if _SECRETS_REL.as_posix() in names:
-                detected.append("secrets")
-            if _WIFI_REL.as_posix() in names:
-                detected.append("wifi")
-            if any(n.startswith(_FONTS_REL.as_posix() + "/") for n in names):
-                detected.append("fonts")
-            if any(
-                n.startswith(_PLUGIN_UPLOADS_REL.as_posix() + "/") and "/uploads/" in n
-                for n in names
-            ):
-                detected.append("plugin_uploads")
-
-            plugins: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-            if PLUGINS_MANIFEST_NAME in names:
-                try:
-                    plugins = json.loads(zf.read(PLUGINS_MANIFEST_NAME).decode("utf-8"))
-                    if not isinstance(plugins, list):
-                        plugins = []
-                    else:
-                        detected.append("plugins")
-                except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-                    plugins = []
-
-            result_manifest = dict(manifest)
-            result_manifest["detected_contents"] = detected
-            result_manifest["plugins"] = plugins
-            result_manifest["total_uncompressed"] = total
-            result_manifest["file_count"] = len(names)
-            return True, "", result_manifest
-    except zipfile.BadZipFile:
-        return False, "File is not a valid ZIP archive", {}
-    except OSError:
-        return False, "Could not read backup", {}
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Restore
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _extract_zip_safe(zip_path: Path, dest_dir: Path) -> None:
-    """Extract ``zip_path`` into ``dest_dir`` rejecting any unsafe members."""
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, "r") as zf:
-        for info in zf.infolist():
-            target = _safe_extract_path(dest_dir, info.filename)
-            if target is None:
-                raise ValueError(f"Unsafe path in backup: {info.filename}")
-            if info.is_dir():
-                target.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-                continue
-            target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            with zf.open(info, "r") as src, open(target, "wb") as dst:
-                shutil.copyfileobj(src, dst, length=64 * 1024)
-
-
-def _copy_file(src: Path, dst: Path) -> None:
-    dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    shutil.copy2(src, dst)
-
-
-def restore_backup(
-    zip_path: Path,
-    project_root: Path,
-    options: Optional[RestoreOptions] = None,
-) -> RestoreResult:
-    """
-    Restore ``zip_path`` into ``project_root`` according to ``options``.
-
-    Plugin reinstalls are NOT performed here — the caller is responsible for
-    walking ``result.plugins_to_install`` and calling the store manager. This
-    keeps this module Flask-free and side-effect free beyond the filesystem.
-    """
-    if options is None:
-        options = RestoreOptions()
-    project_root = Path(project_root).resolve()
-    result = RestoreResult()
-
-    ok, err, manifest = validate_backup(zip_path)
-    if not ok:
-        result.errors.append(err)
-        return result
-    result.manifest = manifest
-
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="ledmatrix_restore_") as tmp:
-        tmp_dir = Path(tmp)
-        try:
-            _extract_zip_safe(Path(zip_path), tmp_dir)
-        except (ValueError, zipfile.BadZipFile, OSError) as e:
-            result.errors.append(f"Failed to extract backup: {e}")
-            return result
-
-        # Main config.
-        if options.restore_config and (tmp_dir / _CONFIG_REL).exists():
-            try:
-                _copy_file(tmp_dir / _CONFIG_REL, project_root / _CONFIG_REL)
-                result.restored.append("config")
-            except OSError as e:
-                result.errors.append(f"Failed to restore config.json: {e}")
-        elif (tmp_dir / _CONFIG_REL).exists():
-            result.skipped.append("config")
-
-        # Secrets.
-        if options.restore_secrets and (tmp_dir / _SECRETS_REL).exists():
-            try:
-                _copy_file(tmp_dir / _SECRETS_REL, project_root / _SECRETS_REL)
-                result.restored.append("secrets")
-            except OSError as e:
-                result.errors.append(f"Failed to restore config_secrets.json: {e}")
-        elif (tmp_dir / _SECRETS_REL).exists():
-            result.skipped.append("secrets")
-
-        # WiFi.
-        if options.restore_wifi and (tmp_dir / _WIFI_REL).exists():
-            try:
-                _copy_file(tmp_dir / _WIFI_REL, project_root / _WIFI_REL)
-                result.restored.append("wifi")
-            except OSError as e:
-                result.errors.append(f"Failed to restore wifi_config.json: {e}")
-        elif (tmp_dir / _WIFI_REL).exists():
-            result.skipped.append("wifi")
-
-        # User fonts — skip anything that collides with a bundled font.
-        tmp_fonts = tmp_dir / _FONTS_REL
-        if options.restore_fonts and tmp_fonts.exists():
-            restored_count = 0
-            for font in sorted(tmp_fonts.iterdir()):
-                if not font.is_file():
-                    continue
-                if font.name in BUNDLED_FONTS:
-                    result.skipped.append(f"font:{font.name} (bundled)")
-                    continue
-                try:
-                    _copy_file(font, project_root / _FONTS_REL / font.name)
-                    restored_count += 1
-                except OSError as e:
-                    result.errors.append(f"Failed to restore font {font.name}: {e}")
-            if restored_count:
-                result.restored.append(f"fonts ({restored_count})")
-        elif tmp_fonts.exists():
-            result.skipped.append("fonts")
-
-        # Plugin uploads.
-        tmp_uploads = tmp_dir / _PLUGIN_UPLOADS_REL
-        if options.restore_plugin_uploads and tmp_uploads.exists():
-            count = 0
-            for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(tmp_uploads):
-                for name in files:
-                    src = Path(root) / name
-                    rel = src.relative_to(tmp_dir)
-                    if "/uploads/" not in rel.as_posix():
-                        result.errors.append(f"Rejected unexpected plugin path: {rel}")
-                        continue
-                    try:
-                        _copy_file(src, project_root / rel)
-                        count += 1
-                    except OSError as e:
-                        result.errors.append(f"Failed to restore {rel}: {e}")
-            if count:
-                result.restored.append(f"plugin_uploads ({count})")
-        elif tmp_uploads.exists():
-            result.skipped.append("plugin_uploads")
-
-        # Plugins list (for caller to reinstall).
-        if options.reinstall_plugins and (tmp_dir / PLUGINS_MANIFEST_NAME).exists():
-            try:
-                with (tmp_dir / PLUGINS_MANIFEST_NAME).open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                    plugins = json.load(f)
-                if isinstance(plugins, list):
-                    result.plugins_to_install = [
-                        {"plugin_id": p.get("plugin_id"), "version": p.get("version", "")}
-                        for p in plugins
-                        if isinstance(p, dict) and p.get("plugin_id")
-                    ]
-            except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError) as e:
-                result.errors.append(f"Could not read plugins.json: {e}")
-
-    result.success = not result.errors
-    return result

src/base_classes/api_extractors.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ fields and data structures.
 """
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Dict, Optional
+from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, List
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 import pytz
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ class APIDataExtractor(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     def extract_game_details(self, game_event: Dict) -> Optional[Dict]:
         """Extract common game details from raw API data."""
+        pass
     
     @abstractmethod
     def get_sport_specific_fields(self, game_event: Dict) -> Dict:
         """Extract sport-specific fields (downs, innings, periods, etc.)."""
+        pass
     
     def _extract_common_details(self, game_event: Dict) -> tuple[Dict | None, Dict | None, Dict | None, Dict | None, Dict | None]:
         """Extract common game details that work across all sports."""

src/base_classes/baseball.py

@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ class Baseball(SportsCore):
             return
         
         series_summary = game.get("series_summary", "")
+        font = self.fonts.get('detail', ImageFont.load_default())
         bbox = draw_overlay.textbbox((0, 0), series_summary, font=self.fonts['time'])
         height = bbox[3] - bbox[1]
         shots_y = (self.display_height - height) // 2

src/base_classes/basketball.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import logging
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont