* mkdocs plugins: add plugin for social cards and plugin that allow to exclude a folder
* docs: fix hyperlinks
* mkdocs: social cards (descriptions) for 'contributions' and 'deployment' guides
* mkdocs: social cards (descriptions) for all 'index.md'
* mkdocs: social cards (descriptions) for 'features' and 'plugins'
* mkdocs: social cards (descriptions) for 'general_info'
* mkdocs: social cards (descriptions) for 'configuration'
* mkdocs: social cards (descriptions) for 'installation'
* mkdocs: minor fixes
* update librechat.svg
* update how_to_contribute.md
add reference to the official GitHub documentation
* refactor: require Auth middleware in route index files
* feat: concurrent message limiter
* feat: complete concurrent message limiter with caching
* refactor: SSE response methods separated from handleText
* fix(abortMiddleware): fix req and res order to standard, use endpointOption in req.body
* chore: minor name changes
* refactor: add isUUID condition to saveMessage
* fix(concurrentLimiter): logic correctly handles the max number of concurrent messages and res closing/finalization
* chore: bump keyv and remove console.log from Message
* fix(concurrentLimiter): ensure messages are only saved in later message children
* refactor(concurrentLimiter): use KeyvFile instead, could make other stores configurable in the future
* feat: add denyRequest function for error responses
* feat(utils): add isStringTruthy function
Introduce the isStringTruthy function to the utilities module to check if a string value is a case-insensitive match for 'true'
* feat: add optional message rate limiters by IP and userId
* feat: add optional message rate limiters by IP and userId to edit route
* refactor: rename isStringTruthy to isTrue for brevity
* refactor(getError): use map to make code cleaner
* refactor: use memory for concurrent rate limiter to prevent clearing on startup/exit, add multiple log files, fix error message for concurrent violation
* feat: check if errorMessage is object, stringify if so
* chore: send object to denyRequest which will stringify it
* feat: log excessive requests
* fix(getError): correctly pluralize messages
* refactor(limiters): make type consistent between logs and errorMessage
* refactor(cache): move files out of lib/db into separate cache dir
>> feat: add getLogStores function so Keyv instance is not redundantly created on every violation
feat: separate violation logging to own function with logViolation
* fix: cache/index.js export, properly record userViolations
* refactor(messageLimiters): use new logging method, add logging to registrations
* refactor(logViolation): make userLogs an array of logs per user
* feat: add logging to login limiter
* refactor: pass req as first param to logViolation and record offending IP
* refactor: rename isTrue helper fn to isEnabled
* feat: add simple non_browser check and log violation
* fix: open handles in unit tests, remove KeyvMongo as not used and properly mock global fetch
* chore: adjust nodemon ignore paths to properly ignore logs
* feat: add math helper function for safe use of eval
* refactor(api/convos): use middleware at top of file to avoid redundancy
* feat: add delete all static method for Sessions
* fix: redirect to login on refresh if user is not found, or the session is not found but hasn't expired (ban case)
* refactor(getLogStores): adjust return type
* feat: add ban violation and check ban logic
refactor(logViolation): pass both req and res objects
* feat: add removePorts helper function
* refactor: rename getError to getMessageError and add getLoginError for displaying different login errors
* fix(AuthContext): fix type issue and remove unused code
* refactor(bans): ban by ip and user id, send response based on origin
* chore: add frontend ban messages
* refactor(routes/oauth): add ban check to handler, also consolidate logic to avoid redundancy
* feat: add ban check to AI messaging routes
* feat: add ban check to login/registration
* fix(ci/api): mock KeyvMongo to avoid tests hanging
* docs: update .env.example
> refactor(banViolation): calculate interval rate crossover, early return if duration is invalid
ci(banViolation): add tests to ensure users are only banned when expected
* docs: improve wording for mod system
* feat: add configurable env variables for violation scores
* chore: add jsdoc for uaParser.js
* chore: improve ban text log
* chore: update bun test scripts
* refactor(math.js): add fallback values
* fix(KeyvMongo/banLogs): refactor keyv instances to top of files to avoid memory leaks, refactor ban logic to use getLogStores instead
refactor(getLogStores): get a single log store by type
* fix(ci): refactor tests due to banLogs changes, also make sure to clear and revoke sessions even if ban duration is 0
* fix(banViolation.js): getLogStores import
* feat: handle 500 code error at login
* fix(middleware): handle case where user.id is _id and not just id
* ci: add ban secrets for backend unit tests
* refactor: logout user upon ban
* chore: log session delete message only if deletedCount > 0
* refactor: change default ban duration (2h) and make logic more clear in JSDOC
* fix: login and registration limiters will now return rate limiting error
* fix: userId not parsable as non ObjectId string
* feat: add useTimeout hook to properly clear timeouts when invoking functions within them
refactor(AuthContext): cleanup code by using new hook and defining types in ~/common
* fix: login error message for rate limits
* docs: add info for automated mod system and rate limiters, update other docs accordingly
* chore: bump data-provider version
