Restrict plugin lookups and reuse cached chat reads (Refs #98)

2026-10-17 10:31:13 -04:00
parent b9bc897d6e
commit f3b9699317
8 changed files with 311 additions and 10 deletions
@@ -130,8 +130,11 @@ Agent 1.8.5 adds incremental game-log reads for chat collection. After the initi
 tail, the controller requests only appended bytes, handles rotation and truncation,
 and buffers incomplete lines. Unchanged logs need no content transfer or chat
 parsing. Background collection skips offline hosts, stopped servers and known
-empty servers, with one final read after players leave. Opening chat still reads
-on demand. Older agents use tail reads until they update.
+empty servers, with one final read after players leave. Opening chat reuses the
+worker's saved reader state and only starts an on-demand read when the previous
+read completed at least 15 seconds ago. This limit is shared across viewers and also
+applies to missing logs and failed reads. Older agents use tail reads until they
+update.

 ### New game files and cached versions