Addon Expert release notes

Changed

• Update Sources screen now splits the un-configured add-ons by install state: Configured on top, then Installed — available to configure, then Not installed.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Added

• Changelog modal on the Releases screen. The per-row "changelog" link now opens a modal showing the latest release's notes inline — rendered from the release notes we already cache for *any* tracked add-on (GitHub release body or registry notes), so it's not limited to first-party products — with a "Full changelog ↗" link to the complete history. With JavaScript off, the link still navigates straight to the full changelog.

Fixed

• Uninstalls are now recorded in the Audit Log. Removing an add-on through Addon Expert logs an uninstall (REMOVED) event before handing off to EE's native uninstall. (Removals done via EE's own Add-Ons screen still aren't captured — EE provides no hook for it.)

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Changed

• Update Sources screen grouped into two sections — Configured (manifest-declared read-only sources + sources set here) and Available to configure (everything without a source yet) — for clearer separation.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Added

• Safe removal — a pre-uninstall usage check. The Packages remove action now routes through a check that scans (best-effort) for where the add-on is used, and shows what removing it might break, *before* handing off to EE's native uninstall:

- its template tags {exp:<short>:…} in templates (layout templates included) and snippets,

- channel fields whose fieldtype is the add-on,

- extension hooks it registers (informational — removed with the add-on).

If nothing is found it reports "No usage detected — safe to remove"; otherwise it lists the references with a "Remove anyway" confirmation. Heuristic — it can't see tags built dynamically or PHP that calls the add-on, so it's a guard rail, not a guarantee.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Added

• Changelog link on the Releases screen. Each tracked add-on links to its release notes — registry products to the live updates.nivoli.com changelog, GitHub sources to their releases page — so you can see what changed before updating.

Changed

• Releases screen groups updatable add-ons first — an "Updates available (N)" group at the top, then "All tracked add-ons", so pending updates are surfaced rather than buried.
• EE7-fit badge wording now reads as a status rather than an action: "EE7 ready" / "EE7 unverified" / "Pre-EE7" (was "Review for EE7"), and the badges are styled as non-interactive labels.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Added

• EE7 compatibility hint on the Packages screen. Each detected add-on shows a best-effort "EE7 fit" badge — EE7 ready / Review for EE7 / Legacy (pre-EE7) — derived fact-first from its declared requires.ee and whether the package is namespaced (the EE6/7-era structure), plus a small high-signal legacy scan (accessory files, removed in EE3; and the EE2 $plugin_info array). Hover the badge for the underlying signals. It's a heuristic — same "verify before relying on it" caveat as the force-install feature scan.

Changed

• Packages screen segmented into three groups — *Available to install*, *Available to update*, and *Installed* — each shown only when non-empty, for a clearer at-a-glance overview.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Changed

• Packages screen redesigned for scannability. The bulky 3-column card grid (which mixed installed and not-installed add-ons) is replaced by two compact, grouped tables — Installed and Available — each with a count. Every row shows the name + short name + a one-line description, the version (with a → vX badge when a newer release is tracked, or "update pending"), the author, and the same inline actions: install / update-from-release / EE update / settings / remove / download ZIP. Requirement-override and incompatibility flags are shown inline on the row.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Fixed

• Auto-finalize no longer fatals on module-only add-ons. The extension-finalize step called class_exists() on a conventional extension class name (e.g. Content_toc_ext) even for add-ons that ship no ext.<short>.php — which trips EE's autoloader into a bare require() of the missing file and fatals. The extension block is now guarded by an is_file() check on the actual ext file before the class is touched. The add-on's files and module version finalize correctly as before; only the spurious extension step is skipped.

Surfaced when installing a module-only add-on (e.g. Content TOC) through the registry: the file swap and module_version bump both succeeded, only the post-step finalize reported a (harmless, self-retrying) error.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

Update Sources screen

A dedicated screen to choose, per installed add-on, where its updates come from — a GitHub repo or a license-gated registry — for add-ons that don't declare a source in their own addon.setup.php.

Added

• Update Sources (new sidebar entry). For each installed add-on, pick GitHub (owner/repo) or Registry (url + product), or leave it untracked. Add-ons that declare a source in their manifest show it read-only (the manifest always wins). The admin map now stores registry sources alongside GitHub repos (which keep their plain-string, backward-compatible format).

Changed

• Source mapping moved off the Releases screen onto Update Sources. Releases now shows each add-on's source read-only and links to the new screen. This keeps Releases focused on *tracking + installing* updates.
• The Packages install-button copy was generalised from "GitHub" to "release" since it now serves both GitHub and registry sources.

Registry license keys remain on the Settings screen (one key per vendor host).

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.

License-gated registry update source

Private and paid add-ons can now update through Addon Expert without a public GitHub repo. An add-on declares a registry source in its addon.setup.php:

```php

'registry' => [

'url' => 'https://your-vendor/releases/latest',

'product' => 'your_slug',

],

```

Addon Expert then tracks and installs it exactly like a GitHub release — through a vendor endpoint that validates a license key and returns a signed, checksum-verified download.

Added

• Registry license keys (Settings → Registry license keys): one key per vendor host, auto-discovered from installed manifests. The site holds only the key — the vendor holds the GitHub token. Config/env override the UI-saved values: $config['addon_expert_registry_key'], the per-host addon_expert_registry_keys array, or the ADDON_EXPERT_REGISTRY_KEY environment variable. Stored in system/user/config/addon_expert_registry_keys.json.
• Integrity gate — a registry download's sha256 is verified against the manifest before the atomic swap (the registry equivalent of GitHub trust-on-first-use). A mismatch hard-blocks the install and is written to the Audit Log.
• Specific failure reasons surfaced in the CP banner: invalid key, expired, not entitled, unknown product, not configured, unreachable.

Changed

• The Releases screen lists registry add-ons alongside GitHub ones with a license-gated badge and the same one-click install; a missing key links to Settings. The "Source" column and copy were generalised from GitHub-only.

Nothing about the existing GitHub tracking changed — registry and GitHub sources are handled independently.

Install: extract addon_expert/ into system/user/addons/, then Developer → Add-Ons → Addon Expert → Update.