Release 2.19.4

Previously it tried to look into 700 directories (e.g. .gnupg) which
breaks running as non-ahriman user

.bandit-test.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-skips:
-  - B101
-  - B104
-  - B105
-  - B106
-  - B404

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
       - '*'
       - '!*rc*'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+
 jobs:
   docker-image:
 
@@ -17,18 +21,18 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Login to docker hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Login to github container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Extract docker metadata
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
           images: |
             arcan1s/ahriman
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
             type=edge
 
       - name: Build an image and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           file: docker/Dockerfile
           push: true

.github/workflows/regress.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: Regress
 
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 1 0 * * 0
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   run-regress-tests:
@@ -31,8 +37,6 @@ jobs:
         - repo:/var/lib/ahriman
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
       - run: pacman -Sy
 
       - name: Init repository

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -5,13 +5,24 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '*'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 jobs:
   make-release:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    container:
+      image: archlinux:base
+      options: -w /build
+      volumes:
+        - ${{ github.workspace }}:/build
+
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: pacman --noconfirm -Syu base-devel git python-tox
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Extract version
         id: version
@@ -24,18 +35,13 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           filter: 'Release \d+\.\d+\.\d+'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        uses: ConorMacBride/install-package@v1.1.0
-        with:
-          apt: tox
-
       - name: Create archive
         run: tox -e archive
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Publish release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           body: |
             ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.compareurl }}

.github/workflows/setup.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   run-setup-minimal:
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         - ${{ github.workspace }}:/build
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup the minimal service in arch linux container
         run: .github/workflows/setup.sh minimal
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       options: --privileged -w /build
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup the service in arch linux container
         run: .github/workflows/setup.sh

.github/workflows/tests.sh

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Install dependencies and run test in container
-
-set -ex
-
-# install dependencies
-pacman --noconfirm -Syyu base-devel python-tox
-
-# run test and check targets
-tox

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
       - master
   schedule:
     - cron: 1 0 * * *
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   run-tests:
@@ -22,7 +26,16 @@ jobs:
         - ${{ github.workspace }}:/build
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: pacman --noconfirm -Syu base-devel git python-tox
 
-      - name: Run check and tests in arch linux container
-        run: .github/workflows/tests.sh
+      - run: git config --global --add safe.directory *
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run check and tests
+        run: tox
+
+      - name: Generate documentation and check if there are untracked changes
+        run: |
+          tox -e docs
+          [ -z "$(git status --porcelain docs/*.rst)" ]

.pylint.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[tool.pylint.main]
+init-hook = "sys.path.append('tools')"
+load-plugins = [
+    "pylint.extensions.docparams",
+    "pylint.extensions.bad_builtin",
+    "pylint_plugins.definition_order",
+    "pylint_plugins.import_order",
+]
+
+[tool.pylint.classes]
+bad-functions = [
+    "print",
+]
+
+[tool.pylint.design]
+max-parents = 15
+
+[tool.pylint."messages control"]
+disable = [
+    "raw-checker-failed",
+    "bad-inline-option",
+    "locally-disabled",
+    "file-ignored",
+    "suppressed-message",
+    "useless-suppression",
+    "deprecated-pragma",
+    "use-symbolic-message-instead",
+    "use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-string",
+    "use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-zero",
+    "missing-module-docstring",
+    "line-too-long",
+    "no-name-in-module",
+    "import-outside-toplevel",
+    "invalid-name",
+    "raise-missing-from",
+    "wrong-import-order",
+    "too-few-public-methods",
+    "too-many-instance-attributes",
+    "broad-exception-caught",
+    "fixme",
+    "too-many-arguments",
+    "duplicate-code",
+    "cyclic-import",
+    "too-many-positional-arguments",
+]

.pylintrc

@@ -1,651 +0,0 @@
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-# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
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-analyse-fallback-blocks=no
-
-# Clear in-memory caches upon conclusion of linting. Useful if running pylint
-# in a server-like mode.
-clear-cache-post-run=no
-
-# Load and enable all available extensions. Use --list-extensions to see a list
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-#enable-all-extensions=
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-# In error mode, messages with a category besides ERROR or FATAL are
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-#errors-only=
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-# Always return a 0 (non-error) status code, even if lint errors are found.
-# This is primarily useful in continuous integration scripts.
-#exit-zero=
-
-# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
-# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
-# run arbitrary code.
-extension-pkg-allow-list=
-
-# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
-# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
-# run arbitrary code. (This is an alternative name to extension-pkg-allow-list
-# for backward compatibility.)
-extension-pkg-whitelist=
-
-# Return non-zero exit code if any of these messages/categories are detected,
-# even if score is above --fail-under value. Syntax same as enable. Messages
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-fail-on=
-
-# Specify a score threshold under which the program will exit with error.
-fail-under=10
-
-# Interpret the stdin as a python script, whose filename needs to be passed as
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-#from-stdin=
-
-# Files or directories to be skipped. They should be base names, not paths.
-ignore=CVS
-
-# Add files or directories matching the regular expressions patterns to the
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-
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-ignored-modules=
-
-# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
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-# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
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-jobs=1
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-
-# Add paths to the list of the source roots. Supports globbing patterns. The
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-
-# In verbose mode, extra non-checker-related info will be displayed.
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-
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-#argument-rgx=
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-# Naming style matching correct attribute names.
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-bad-functions=print,
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-# Bad variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
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-# Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
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-# Naming style matching correct class constant names.
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-
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-#class-const-rgx=
-
-# Naming style matching correct class names.
-class-naming-style=PascalCase
-
-# Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
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-#class-rgx=
-
-# Naming style matching correct constant names.
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-
-# Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
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-
-# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
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-
-# Naming style matching correct function names.
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-
-# Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
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-# Naming style matching correct inline iteration names.
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-
-# Naming style matching correct method names.
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-
-# Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
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-#method-rgx=
-
-# Naming style matching correct module names.
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-
-# Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
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-# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
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-# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
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-# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
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-
-# Regular expression matching correct type alias names. If left empty, type
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-#typealias-rgx=
-
-# Regular expression matching correct type variable names. If left empty, type
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-# Naming style matching correct variable names.
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-# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement (see R0916).
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-# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
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-# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
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-# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
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-# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
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-# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
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-
-[IMPORTS]
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-[REPORTS]
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-# List of comma separated words that should be considered directives if they
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-
-# A path to a file that contains the private dictionary; one word per line.
-spelling-private-dict-file=
-
-# Tells whether to store unknown words to the private dictionary (see the
-# --spelling-private-dict-file option) instead of raising a message.
-spelling-store-unknown-words=no
-
-
-[STRING]
-
-# This flag controls whether inconsistent-quotes generates a warning when the
-# character used as a quote delimiter is used inconsistently within a module.
-check-quote-consistency=no
-
-# This flag controls whether the implicit-str-concat should generate a warning
-# on implicit string concatenation in sequences defined over several lines.
-check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=no
-
-
-[TYPECHECK]
-
-# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
-# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
-# produce valid context managers.
-contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
-
-# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
-# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
-# expressions are accepted.
-generated-members=
-
-# Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
-# is inferred to be None.
-ignore-none=yes
-
-# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
-# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
-# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
-# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
-# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
-# the rest of the inferred objects.
-ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
-
-# List of symbolic message names to ignore for Mixin members.
-ignored-checks-for-mixins=no-member,
-                          not-async-context-manager,
-                          not-context-manager,
-                          attribute-defined-outside-init
-
-# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
-# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
-# qualified names.
-ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local,argparse.Namespace
-
-# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
-# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
-missing-member-hint=yes
-
-# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
-# similar match for a missing member name.
-missing-member-hint-distance=1
-
-# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
-# showing a hint for a missing member.
-missing-member-max-choices=1
-
-# Regex pattern to define which classes are considered mixins.
-mixin-class-rgx=.*[Mm]ixin
-
-# List of decorators that change the signature of a decorated function.
-signature-mutators=
-
-
-[VARIABLES]
-
-# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
-# you should avoid defining new builtins when possible.
-additional-builtins=
-
-# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
-allow-global-unused-variables=yes
-
-# List of names allowed to shadow builtins
-allowed-redefined-builtins=
-
-# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
-# name must start or end with one of those strings.
-callbacks=cb_,
-          _cb
-
-# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
-# not be used).
-dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
-
-# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored.
-ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
-
-# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
-init-import=no
-
-# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
-# builtins.
-redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io

.pytest.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[pytest]
+addopts = --cov=ahriman --cov-report=term-missing:skip-covered --no-cov-on-fail --cov-fail-under=100 --spec
+asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = function
+asyncio_mode = auto
+spec_test_format = {result} {docstring_summary}

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@ build:
 
 python:
   install:
-    - method: pip
-      path: .
-      extra_requirements:
-        - docs
-        - s3
-        - validator
-        - web
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
 
 formats:
   - pdf

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ Again, the most checks can be performed by `tox` command, though some additional
 * It is allowed to change web API to add new fields or remove optional ones. However, in case of model changes, new API version must be introduced.
 * On the other hand, it is allowed to change method signatures, however, it is recommended to add new parameters as optional if possible. Deprecated API can be dropped during major release.
 * Enumerations (`Enum` classes) are allowed and recommended. However, it is recommended to use `StrEnum` class if there are from/to string conversions and `IntEnum` otherwise.
+* `Generator` return type is not allowed. Generator functions must return generic `Iterator` object. Documentation should be described as `Yields`, however, because of pylint checks. Unfortunately, `Iterable` return type is not available for generators also, because of specific `contextlib.contextmanager` case.
 
 ### Other checks
 

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
     pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
         git \
         python-aiohttp \
+        python-aiohttp-openmetrics \
         python-boto3 \
         python-cerberus \
         python-cryptography \
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ RUN pacman -S --noconfirm ahriman
 RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
         python-aioauth-client \
         python-aiohttp-apispec-git \
+        python-aiohttp-openmetrics \
         python-aiohttp-security \
         python-aiohttp-session \
         python-boto3 \

docs/ahriman.web.middlewares.rst

@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ ahriman.web.middlewares.exception\_handler module
    :no-undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance:
 
+ahriman.web.middlewares.metrics\_handler module
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: ahriman.web.middlewares.metrics_handler
+   :members:
+   :no-undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+
 Module contents
 ---------------
 

docs/ahriman.web.schemas.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ ahriman.web.schemas package
 Submodules
 ----------
 
+ahriman.web.schemas.any\_schema module
+--------------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: ahriman.web.schemas.any_schema
+   :members:
+   :no-undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+
 ahriman.web.schemas.aur\_package\_schema module
 -----------------------------------------------
 

docs/ahriman.web.views.v1.status.rst

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ ahriman.web.views.v1.status.info module
    :no-undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance:
 
+ahriman.web.views.v1.status.metrics module
+------------------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: ahriman.web.views.v1.status.metrics
+   :members:
+   :no-undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+
 ahriman.web.views.v1.status.repositories module
 -----------------------------------------------
 

docs/architecture.rst

@@ -413,10 +413,11 @@ Web application
 Web application requires the following python packages to be installed:
 
 * Core part requires ``aiohttp`` (application itself), ``aiohttp_jinja2`` and ``Jinja2`` (HTML generation from templates).
-* Additional web features also require ``aiohttp-apispec`` (autogenerated documentation), ``aiohttp_cors`` (CORS support, required by documentation).
+* Additional web features also require ``aiohttp-apispec`` (autogenerated documentation, optional), ``aiohttp_cors`` (CORS support, required by documentation).
 * In addition, authorization feature requires ``aiohttp_security``, ``aiohttp_session`` and ``cryptography``.
 * In addition to base authorization dependencies, OAuth2 also requires ``aioauth-client`` library.
 * In addition if you would like to disable authorization for local access (recommended way in order to run the application itself with reporting support), the ``requests-unixsocket2`` library is required.
+* Application metrics will be automatically enabled after installing ``aiohttp-openmetrics`` package.
 
 Middlewares
 ^^^^^^^^^^^

docs/conf.py

@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ import sys
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from ahriman import __version__
-
 
+# support package imports
 basedir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "src"
 sys.path.insert(0, str(basedir))
 
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ copyright = f"2021-{datetime.date.today().year}, ahriman team"
 author = "ahriman team"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
+from ahriman import __version__
 release = __version__
 
 
@@ -91,7 +91,13 @@ autoclass_content = "both"
 
 autodoc_member_order = "groupwise"
 
-autodoc_mock_imports = ["cryptography", "pyalpm"]
+autodoc_mock_imports = [
+    "aioauth_client",
+    "aiohttp_security",
+    "aiohttp_session",
+    "cryptography", 
+    "pyalpm",
+]
 
 autodoc_default_options = {
     "no-undoc-members": True,

docs/configuration.rst

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Base configuration settings.
 * ``apply_migrations`` - perform database migrations on the application start, boolean, optional, default ``yes``. Useful if you are using git version. Note, however, that this option must be changed only if you know what to do and going to handle migrations manually.
 * ``database`` - path to the application SQLite database, string, required.
 * ``include`` - path to directory with configuration files overrides, string, optional. Files will be read in alphabetical order.
+* ``keep_last_logs`` - amount of build logs to be kept for each package, integer, optional ,default ``0``. Logs will be cleared at the end of each process.
 * ``logging`` - path to logging configuration, string, required. Check ``logging.ini`` for reference.
 
 ``alpm:*`` groups
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ Build related configuration. Group name can refer to architecture, e.g. ``build:
 
 Base repository settings.
 
+* ``architecture`` - repository architecture, string. This field is read-only and generated automatically from run options if possible.
+* ``name`` - repository name, string. This field is read-only and generated automatically from run options if possible.
 * ``root`` - root path for application, string, required.
 
 ``sign:*`` groups
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ Mirrorlist generator plugin
 ``remote-pull`` group
 ---------------------
 
-Remote git source synchronization settings. Unlike ``Upload`` triggers those triggers are used for PKGBUILD synchronization - fetch from remote repository PKGBUILDs before updating process.
+Remote git source synchronization settings. Unlike ``upload`` triggers those triggers are used for PKGBUILD synchronization - fetch from remote repository PKGBUILDs before updating process.
 
 It supports authorization; to do so you'd need to prefix the URL with authorization part, e.g. ``https://key:token@github.com/arcan1s/ahriman.git``. It is highly recommended to use application tokens instead of your user authorization details. Alternatively, you can use any other option supported by git, e.g.:
 

docs/faq/misc.rst

@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ Though originally I've created ahriman by trying to improve the project, it stil
 
 It is automation tools for ``repoctl`` mentioned above. Except for using shell it looks pretty cool and also offers some additional features like patches, remote synchronization (isn't it?) and reporting.
 
+`AURCache <https://github.com/Lukas-Heiligenbrunner/AURCache>`__
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+That's really cool project if you are looking for simple service to build AUR packages. It provides very informative dashboard and easy to configure and use. However, it doesn't provide direct way to control build process (e.g. it is neither trivial to build packages for architectures which are not supported by default nor to change build flags).
+
+Also this application relies on docker setup (e.g. builders are only available as special docker containers). In addition, it uses ``paru`` to build packages instead of ``devtools``.
+
 How to check service logs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile --group pyproject.toml:docs --extra s3 --extra validator --extra web --output-file docs/requirements.txt pyproject.toml
+aiohappyeyeballs==2.6.1
+    # via aiohttp
+aiohttp==3.11.18
+    # via
+    #   ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+    #   aiohttp-cors
+    #   aiohttp-jinja2
+aiohttp-cors==0.8.1
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+aiohttp-jinja2==1.6
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+aiosignal==1.3.2
+    # via aiohttp
+alabaster==1.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+argparse-manpage==4.6
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml:docs)
+attrs==25.3.0
+    # via aiohttp
+babel==2.17.0
+    # via sphinx
+bcrypt==4.3.0
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+boto3==1.38.11
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+botocore==1.38.11
+    # via
+    #   boto3
+    #   s3transfer
+cerberus==1.3.7
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+certifi==2025.4.26
+    # via requests
+charset-normalizer==3.4.2
+    # via requests
+docutils==0.21.2
+    # via
+    #   sphinx
+    #   sphinx-argparse
+    #   sphinx-rtd-theme
+frozenlist==1.6.0
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   aiosignal
+idna==3.10
+    # via
+    #   requests
+    #   yarl
+imagesize==1.4.1
+    # via sphinx
+inflection==0.5.1
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+jinja2==3.1.6
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp-jinja2
+    #   sphinx
+jmespath==1.0.1
+    # via
+    #   boto3
+    #   botocore
+markupsafe==3.0.2
+    # via jinja2
+multidict==6.4.3
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
+packaging==25.0
+    # via sphinx
+propcache==0.3.1
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
+pydeps==3.0.1
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml:docs)
+pyelftools==0.32
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+pygments==2.19.1
+    # via sphinx
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+    # via botocore
+requests==2.32.3
+    # via
+    #   ahriman (pyproject.toml)
+    #   sphinx
+roman-numerals-py==3.1.0
+    # via sphinx
+s3transfer==0.12.0
+    # via boto3
+shtab==1.7.2
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml:docs)
+six==1.17.0
+    # via python-dateutil
+snowballstemmer==3.0.0.1
+    # via sphinx
+sphinx==8.2.3
+    # via
+    #   ahriman (pyproject.toml:docs)
+    #   sphinx-argparse
+    #   sphinx-rtd-theme
+    #   sphinxcontrib-jquery
+sphinx-argparse==0.5.2
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml:docs)
+sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2
+    # via ahriman (pyproject.toml:docs)
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.1.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-jquery==4.1
+    # via sphinx-rtd-theme
+sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+stdlib-list==0.11.1
+    # via pydeps
+urllib3==2.4.0
+    # via
+    #   botocore
+    #   requests
+yarl==1.20.0
+    # via aiohttp

docs/setup.rst

@@ -12,19 +12,22 @@ Initial setup
 
       sudo ahriman -a x86_64 -r aur service-setup ...
 
-   ``service-setup`` literally does the following steps:
+   .. admonition:: Details
+      :collapsible: closed
 
-   #.
-      Create ``/var/lib/ahriman/.makepkg.conf`` with ``makepkg.conf`` overrides if required (at least you might want to set ``PACKAGER``):
+      ``service-setup`` literally does the following steps:
 
-      .. code-block:: shell
+      #.
+         Create ``/var/lib/ahriman/.makepkg.conf`` with ``makepkg.conf`` overrides if required (at least you might want to set ``PACKAGER``):
 
-          echo 'PACKAGER="ahriman bot <ahriman@example.com>"' | sudo -u ahriman tee -a /var/lib/ahriman/.makepkg.conf
+         .. code-block:: shell
 
-   #.
-      Configure build tools (it is required for correct dependency management system):
+            echo 'PACKAGER="ahriman bot <ahriman@example.com>"' | sudo -u ahriman tee -a /var/lib/ahriman/.makepkg.conf
 
-      #. 
+      #.
+         Configure build tools (it is required for correct dependency management system):
+
+      #.
          Create build command (you can choose any name for command, basically it should be ``{name}-{arch}-build``):
 
          .. code-block:: shell
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ Initial setup
             echo 'ahriman ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:SETENV: CARCHBUILD_CMD' | tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/ahriman
             chmod 400 /etc/sudoers.d/ahriman
 
-      This command supports several arguments, kindly refer to its help message.
+   This command supports several arguments, kindly refer to its help message.
 
 #. 
    Start and enable ``ahriman@.timer`` via ``systemctl``:

package/archlinux/PKGBUILD

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 pkgbase='ahriman'
 pkgname=('ahriman' 'ahriman-core' 'ahriman-triggers' 'ahriman-web')
-pkgver=2.17.1
+pkgver=2.19.4
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="ArcH linux ReposItory MANager"
 arch=('any')
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ package_ahriman-web() {
     depends=("$pkgbase-core=$pkgver" 'python-aiohttp-cors' 'python-aiohttp-jinja2')
     optdepends=('python-aioauth-client: OAuth2 authorization support'
                 'python-aiohttp-apispec>=3.0.0: autogenerated API documentation'
+                'python-aiohttp-openmetrics: HTTP metrics support'
                 'python-aiohttp-security: authorization support'
                 'python-aiohttp-session: authorization support'
                 'python-cryptography: authorization support')

package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status.jinja2

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
                                 <i class="bi bi-play"></i> update
                             </button>
                         </li>
+                        <li>
+                            <button id="update-repositories-button" class="btn dropdown-item" onclick="refreshDatabases()">
+                                <i class="bi bi-arrow-down-circle"></i> update pacman databases
+                            </button>
+                        </li>
                         <li>
                             <button id="package-rebuild-button" class="btn dropdown-item" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#package-rebuild-modal">
                                 <i class="bi bi-arrow-clockwise"></i> rebuild

package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-add-modal.jinja2

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
                             <datalist id="package-add-known-packages-dlist"></datalist>
                         </div>
                     </div>
+                    <div class="form-group row">
+                        <label class="col-3 col-form-label"></label>
+                        <div class="col-9">
+                            <input id="package-add-refresh-input" type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" value="" checked>
+                            <label for="package-add-refresh-input" class="form-check-label">update pacman databases</label>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
                     <div class="form-group row">
                         <div class="col-12">
                             <button id="package-add-variable-button" type="button" class="form-control btn btn-light rounded" onclick="packageAddVariableInputCreate()"><i class="bi bi-plus"></i> add environment variable </button>
@@ -50,6 +57,8 @@
 
     const packageAddVariablesDiv = document.getElementById("package-add-variables-div");
 
+    const packageAddRefreshInput = document.getElementById("package-add-refresh-input");
+
     function packageAddVariableInputCreate() {
         const variableInput = document.createElement("div");
         variableInput.classList.add("input-group");
@@ -99,16 +108,18 @@
         return {patches: patches};
     }
 
-    function packagesAdd(packages, patches, repository) {
+    function packagesAdd(packages, patches, repository, data) {
         packages = packages ?? packageAddInput.value;
         patches = patches ?? patchesParse();
         repository = repository ?? getRepositorySelector(packageAddRepositoryInput);
+        data = data ?? {refresh: packageAddRefreshInput.checked};
 
         if (packages) {
             bootstrap.Modal.getOrCreateInstance(packageAddModal).hide();
             const onSuccess = update => `Packages ${update} have been added`;
             const onFailure = error => `Package addition failed: ${error}`;
-            doPackageAction("/api/v1/service/add", [packages], repository, onSuccess, onFailure, patches);
+            const parameters = Object.assign({}, data, patches);
+            doPackageAction("/api/v1/service/add", [packages], repository, onSuccess, onFailure, parameters);
         }
     }
 

package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-info-modal.jinja2

@@ -60,10 +60,13 @@
                 <div class="tab-content" id="nav-tabContent">
                     <div id="package-info-logs" class="tab-pane fade show active" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="package-info-logs-button" tabindex="0">
                         <div class="row">
-                            <div class="col-2">
-                                <nav id="package-info-logs-versions" class="nav flex-column"></nav>
+                            <div class="col-1 dropend">
+                                <button id="package-info-logs-dropdown" class="btn dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
+                                    <i class="bi bi-list"></i>
+                                </button>
+                                <nav id="package-info-logs-versions" class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="package-info-logs-dropdown"></nav>
                             </div>
-                            <div class="col-10">
+                            <div class="col-11">
                                 <pre class="language-console"><code id="package-info-logs-input" class="pre-scrollable language-console"></code><button id="package-info-logs-copy-button" type="button" class="btn language-console" onclick="copyLogs()"><i class="bi bi-clipboard"></i> copy</button></pre>
                             </div>
                         </div>
@@ -92,6 +95,9 @@
             </div>
             <div class="modal-footer">
                 {% if not auth.enabled or auth.username is not none %}
+                    <input id="package-info-refresh-input" type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" value="" checked>
+                    <label for="package-info-refresh-input" class="form-check-label">update pacman databases</label>
+
                     <button id="package-info-update-button" type="submit" class="btn btn-success" onclick="packageInfoUpdate()" data-bs-dismiss="modal"><i class="bi bi-play"></i><span class="d-none d-sm-inline"> update</span></button>
                     <button id="package-info-remove-button" type="submit" class="btn btn-danger" onclick="packageInfoRemove()" data-bs-dismiss="modal"><i class="bi bi-trash"></i><span class="d-none d-sm-inline"> remove</span></button>
                 {% endif %}
@@ -132,6 +138,8 @@
     const packageInfoVariablesBlock = document.getElementById("package-info-variables-block");
     const packageInfoVariablesDiv = document.getElementById("package-info-variables-div");
 
+    const packageInfoRefreshInput = document.getElementById("package-info-refresh-input");
+
     function clearChart() {
         packageInfoEventsUpdateChartCanvas.hidden = true;
         if (packageInfoEventsUpdateChart) {
@@ -309,9 +317,9 @@
                     )
                     .map(version => {
                         const link = document.createElement("a");
-                        link.classList.add("nav-link");
+                        link.classList.add("dropdown-item");
 
-                        link.textContent = version.version;
+                        link.textContent = new Date(1000 * version.created).toISOStringShort();
                         link.href = "#";
                         link.onclick = _ => {
                             const logs = data
@@ -401,7 +409,7 @@
 
     function packageInfoUpdate() {
         const packageBase = packageInfoModal.package;
-        packagesAdd(packageBase, [], repository);
+        packagesAdd(packageBase, [], repository, {refresh: packageInfoRefreshInput.checked});
     }
 
     function showPackageInfo(packageBase) {

package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/table.jinja2

@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@
         doPackageAction(url, currentSelection, repository, onSuccess, onFailure);
     }
 
+    function refreshDatabases() {
+        const onSuccess = _ => "Pacman database update has been requested";
+        const onFailure = error => `Could not update pacman databases: ${error}`;
+        const parameters = {
+            refresh: true,
+            aur: false,
+            local: false,
+            manual: false,
+        };
+
+        doPackageAction("/api/v1/service/update", [], repository, onSuccess, onFailure, parameters);
+    }
+
     function reload() {
         table.bootstrapTable("showLoading");
 

package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/style.jinja2

@@ -27,10 +27,4 @@
         top: 0;
         right: 5px;
     }
-
-    .nav-link.active {
-        pointer-events: none;
-        cursor: default;
-        color: black !important;
-    }
 </style>

package/share/bash-completion/completions/_ahriman

@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ _set_new_action() {
 #     ${!x} -> ${hello} -> "world"
 _shtab_ahriman() {
   local completing_word="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
+  local previous_word="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
   local completed_positional_actions
   local current_action
   local current_action_args_start_index
@@ -673,6 +674,7 @@ _shtab_ahriman() {
 
       if [[ "$current_action_nargs" != "*" ]] && \
          [[ "$current_action_nargs" != "+" ]] && \
+         [[ "$current_action_nargs" != "?" ]] && \
          [[ "$current_action_nargs" != *"..." ]] && \
          (( $word_index + 1 - $current_action_args_start_index - $pos_only >= \
             $current_action_nargs )); then
@@ -691,6 +693,10 @@ _shtab_ahriman() {
   if [[ $pos_only = 0 && "${completing_word}" == -* ]]; then
     # optional argument started: use option strings
     COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${current_option_strings[*]}" -- "${completing_word}") )
+  elif [[ "${previous_word}" == ">" || "${previous_word}" == ">>" ||
+          "${previous_word}" =~ ^[12]">" || "${previous_word}" =~ ^[12]">>" ]]; then
+    # handle redirection operators
+    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -f -- "${completing_word}") )
   else
     # use choices & compgen
     local IFS=$'\n' # items may contain spaces, so delimit using newline

package/share/man/man1/ahriman.1

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.TH AHRIMAN "1" "2025\-01\-05" "ahriman" "Generated Python Manual"
+.TH AHRIMAN "1" "2026\-02\-02" "ahriman 2.19.4" "ArcH linux ReposItory MANager"
 .SH NAME
-ahriman
+ahriman \- ArcH linux ReposItory MANager
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ahriman
-[-h] [-a ARCHITECTURE] [-c CONFIGURATION] [--force] [-l LOCK] [--log-handler {console,syslog,journald}] [-q] [--report | --no-report] [-r REPOSITORY] [--unsafe] [-V] [--wait-timeout WAIT_TIMEOUT] {add,aur-search,check,clean,config,config-validate,copy,daemon,help,help-commands-unsafe,help-updates,help-version,init,key-import,package-add,package-changes,package-changes-remove,package-copy,package-remove,package-status,package-status-remove,package-status-update,package-update,patch-add,patch-list,patch-remove,patch-set-add,rebuild,remove,remove-unknown,repo-backup,repo-check,repo-clean,repo-config,repo-config-validate,repo-create-keyring,repo-create-mirrorlist,repo-daemon,repo-init,repo-rebuild,repo-remove-unknown,repo-report,repo-restore,repo-setup,repo-sign,repo-statistics,repo-status-update,repo-sync,repo-tree,repo-triggers,repo-update,report,run,search,service-clean,service-config,service-config-validate,service-key-import,service-repositories,service-run,service-setup,service-shell,service-tree-migrate,setup,shell,sign,status,status-update,sync,update,user-add,user-list,user-remove,version,web} ...
+.B ahriman
+[-h] [-a ARCHITECTURE] [-c CONFIGURATION] [--force] [-l LOCK] [--log-handler {console,syslog,journald}] [-q] [--report | --no-report] [-r REPOSITORY] [--unsafe] [-V] [--wait-timeout WAIT_TIMEOUT] {add,aur-search,check,clean,config,config-validate,copy,daemon,help,help-commands-unsafe,help-updates,help-version,init,key-import,package-add,package-changes,package-changes-remove,package-copy,package-remove,package-status,package-status-remove,package-status-update,package-update,patch-add,patch-list,patch-remove,patch-set-add,rebuild,remove,remove-unknown,repo-backup,repo-check,repo-clean,repo-config,repo-config-validate,repo-create-keyring,repo-create-mirrorlist,repo-daemon,repo-init,repo-rebuild,repo-remove-unknown,repo-report,repo-restore,repo-setup,repo-sign,repo-statistics,repo-status-update,repo-sync,repo-tree,repo-triggers,repo-update,report,run,search,service-clean,service-config,service-config-validate,service-key-import,service-repositories,service-run,service-setup,service-shell,service-tree-migrate,setup,shell,sign,status,status-update,sync,update,user-add,user-list,user-remove,version,web} ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 ArcH linux ReposItory MANager
 
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ remove user
 web server
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman aur\-search'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman aur\-search [\-h] [\-e] [\-\-info | \-\-no\-info]
-                          [\-\-sort\-by {description,first_submitted,id,last_modified,maintainer,name,num_votes,out_of_date,package_base,package_base_id,popularity,repository,submitter,url,url_path,version}]
-                          search [search ...]
+usage: ahriman aur\-search [\-h] [\-e] [\-\-info | \-\-no\-info]
+                          [\-\-sort\-by {description,first_submitted,id,last_modified,maintainer,name,num_votes,out_of_date,package_base,package_base_id,popularity,repository,submitter,url,url_path,version}]
+                          search [search ...]
 
 search for package in AUR using API
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ sort field by this field. In case if two packages have the same value of the spe
 by name
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman help'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman help [\-h] [subcommand]
+usage: ahriman help [\-h] [subcommand]
 
 show help message for application or command and exit
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ show help message for application or command and exit
 show help message for specific command
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman help\-commands\-unsafe'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman help\-commands\-unsafe [\-h] [subcommand ...]
+usage: ahriman help\-commands\-unsafe [\-h] [subcommand ...]
 
 list unsafe commands as defined in default args
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ instead of showing commands, just test command line for unsafe subcommand and re
 otherwise
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman help\-updates'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman help\-updates [\-h] [\-e]
+usage: ahriman help\-updates [\-h] [\-e]
 
 request AUR for current version and compare with current service version
 
@@ -249,15 +249,15 @@ request AUR for current version and compare with current service version
 return non\-zero exit code if updates available
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman help\-version'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman help\-version [\-h]
+usage: ahriman help\-version [\-h]
 
 print application and its dependencies versions
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-add'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-add [\-h] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes] [\-\-dependencies | \-\-no\-dependencies] [\-e]
-                           [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment] [\-n] [\-y]
-                           [\-s {auto,archive,aur,directory,local,remote,repository}] [\-u USERNAME] [\-v VARIABLE]
-                           package [package ...]
+usage: ahriman package\-add [\-h] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes] [\-\-dependencies | \-\-no\-dependencies] [\-e]
+                           [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment] [\-n] [\-y]
+                           [\-s {auto,archive,aur,directory,local,remote,repository}] [\-u USERNAME] [\-v VARIABLE]
+                           package [package ...]
 
 add existing or new package to the build queue
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ build as user
 apply specified makepkg variables to the next build
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-changes'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-changes [\-h] [\-e] package
+usage: ahriman package\-changes [\-h] [\-e] package
 
 retrieve package changes stored in database
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ package base
 return non\-zero exit status if result is empty
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-changes\-remove'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-changes\-remove [\-h] package
+usage: ahriman package\-changes\-remove [\-h] package
 
 remove the package changes stored remotely
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ remove the package changes stored remotely
 package base
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-copy'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-copy [\-h] [\-e] [\-\-remove] source package [package ...]
+usage: ahriman package\-copy [\-h] [\-e] [\-\-remove] source package [package ...]
 
 copy package and its metadata from another repository
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ return non\-zero exit status if result is empty
 remove package from the source repository after
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-remove'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-remove [\-h] package [package ...]
+usage: ahriman package\-remove [\-h] package [package ...]
 
 remove package from the repository
 
@@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ remove package from the repository
 package name or base
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-status'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-status [\-h] [\-\-ahriman] [\-e] [\-\-info | \-\-no\-info] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}]
-                              [package ...]
+usage: ahriman package\-status [\-h] [\-\-ahriman] [\-e] [\-\-info | \-\-no\-info] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}]
+                              [package ...]
 
 request status of the package
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ show additional package information
 filter packages by status
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-status\-remove'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-status\-remove [\-h] package [package ...]
+usage: ahriman package\-status\-remove [\-h] package [package ...]
 
 remove the package from the status page
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ remove the package from the status page
 remove specified packages from status page
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman package\-status\-update'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman package\-status\-update [\-h] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}] [package ...]
+usage: ahriman package\-status\-update [\-h] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}] [package ...]
 
 update package status on the status page
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ set status for specified packages. If no packages supplied, service status will
 new package build status
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman patch\-add'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman patch\-add [\-h] package variable [patch]
+usage: ahriman patch\-add [\-h] package variable [patch]
 
 create or update patched PKGBUILD function or variable
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ PKGBUILD variable or function name. If variable is a function, it must end with
 path to file which contains function or variable value. If not set, the value will be read from stdin
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman patch\-list'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman patch\-list [\-h] [\-e] [\-v VARIABLE] package
+usage: ahriman patch\-list [\-h] [\-e] [\-v VARIABLE] package
 
 list available patches for the package
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ return non\-zero exit status if result is empty
 if set, show only patches for specified PKGBUILD variables
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman patch\-remove'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman patch\-remove [\-h] [\-v VARIABLE] package
+usage: ahriman patch\-remove [\-h] [\-v VARIABLE] package
 
 remove patches for the package
 
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ should be used for single\-function patches in case if you wold like to remove o
 if not set, it will remove all patches related to the package
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman patch\-set\-add'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman patch\-set\-add [\-h] [\-t TRACK] package
+usage: ahriman patch\-set\-add [\-h] [\-t TRACK] package
 
 create or update source patches
 
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ path to directory with changed files for patch addition/update
 files which has to be tracked
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-backup'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-backup [\-h] path
+usage: ahriman repo\-backup [\-h] path
 
 backup repository settings and database
 
@@ -480,9 +480,9 @@ backup repository settings and database
 path of the output archive
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-check'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-check [\-h] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes] [\-\-check\-files | \-\-no\-check\-files] [\-e] [\-\-vcs | \-\-no\-vcs]
-                          [\-y]
-                          [package ...]
+usage: ahriman repo\-check [\-h] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes] [\-\-check\-files | \-\-no\-check\-files] [\-e] [\-\-vcs | \-\-no\-vcs]
+                          [\-y]
+                          [package ...]
 
 check for packages updates. Same as repo\-update \-\-dry\-run \-\-no\-manual
 
@@ -512,20 +512,20 @@ fetch actual version of VCS packages
 download fresh package databases from the mirror before actions, \-yy to force refresh even if up to date
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-create\-keyring'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-create\-keyring [\-h]
+usage: ahriman repo\-create\-keyring [\-h]
 
 create package which contains list of trusted keys as set by configuration. Note, that this action will only create package, the package itself has to be built manually
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-create\-mirrorlist'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-create\-mirrorlist [\-h]
+usage: ahriman repo\-create\-mirrorlist [\-h]
 
 create package which contains list of available mirrors as set by configuration. Note, that this action will only create package, the package itself has to be built manually
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-daemon'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-daemon [\-h] [\-i INTERVAL] [\-\-aur | \-\-no\-aur] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes]
-                           [\-\-check\-files | \-\-no\-check\-files] [\-\-dependencies | \-\-no\-dependencies] [\-\-dry\-run]
-                           [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment] [\-\-local | \-\-no\-local] [\-\-manual | \-\-no\-manual]
-                           [\-\-partitions | \-\-no\-partitions] [\-u USERNAME] [\-\-vcs | \-\-no\-vcs] [\-y]
+usage: ahriman repo\-daemon [\-h] [\-i INTERVAL] [\-\-aur | \-\-no\-aur] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes]
+                           [\-\-check\-files | \-\-no\-check\-files] [\-\-dependencies | \-\-no\-dependencies] [\-\-dry\-run]
+                           [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment] [\-\-local | \-\-no\-local] [\-\-manual | \-\-no\-manual]
+                           [\-\-partitions | \-\-no\-partitions] [\-u USERNAME] [\-\-vcs | \-\-no\-vcs] [\-y]
 
 start process which periodically will run update process
 
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ fetch actual version of VCS packages
 download fresh package databases from the mirror before actions, \-yy to force refresh even if up to date
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-rebuild'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-rebuild [\-h] [\-\-depends\-on DEPENDS_ON] [\-\-dry\-run] [\-\-from\-database] [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment]
-                            [\-e] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}] [\-u USERNAME]
+usage: ahriman repo\-rebuild [\-h] [\-\-depends\-on DEPENDS_ON] [\-\-dry\-run] [\-\-from\-database] [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment]
+                            [\-e] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}] [\-u USERNAME]
 
 force rebuild whole repository
 
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ filter packages by status. Requires \-\-from\-database to be set
 build as user
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-remove\-unknown'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-remove\-unknown [\-h] [\-\-dry\-run]
+usage: ahriman repo\-remove\-unknown [\-h] [\-\-dry\-run]
 
 remove packages which are missing in AUR and do not have local PKGBUILDs
 
@@ -630,12 +630,12 @@ remove packages which are missing in AUR and do not have local PKGBUILDs
 just perform check for packages without removal
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-report'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-report [\-h]
+usage: ahriman repo\-report [\-h]
 
 generate repository report according to current settings
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-restore'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-restore [\-h] [\-o OUTPUT] path
+usage: ahriman repo\-restore [\-h] [\-o OUTPUT] path
 
 restore settings and database
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ path of the input archive
 root path of the extracted files
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-sign'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-sign [\-h] [package ...]
+usage: ahriman repo\-sign [\-h] [package ...]
 
 (re\-)sign packages and repository database according to current settings
 
@@ -658,10 +658,10 @@ usage: ahriman repo\-sign [\-h] [package ...]
 sign only specified packages
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-statistics'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-statistics [\-h] [\-\-chart CHART]
-                               [\-e {package\-outdated,package\-removed,package\-update\-failed,package\-updated}]
-                               [\-\-from\-date FROM_DATE] [\-\-limit LIMIT] [\-\-offset OFFSET] [\-\-to\-date TO_DATE]
-                               [package]
+usage: ahriman repo\-statistics [\-h] [\-\-chart CHART]
+                               [\-e {package\-outdated,package\-removed,package\-update\-failed,package\-updated}]
+                               [\-\-from\-date FROM_DATE] [\-\-limit LIMIT] [\-\-offset OFFSET] [\-\-to\-date TO_DATE]
+                               [package]
 
 fetch repository statistics
 
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ skip specified amount of events
 only fetch events which are older than the date
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-status\-update'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-status\-update [\-h] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}]
+usage: ahriman repo\-status\-update [\-h] [\-s {unknown,pending,building,failed,success}]
 
 update repository status on the status page
 
@@ -705,12 +705,12 @@ update repository status on the status page
 new status
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-sync'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-sync [\-h]
+usage: ahriman repo\-sync [\-h]
 
 sync repository files to remote server according to current settings
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-tree'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-tree [\-h] [\-p PARTITIONS]
+usage: ahriman repo\-tree [\-h] [\-p PARTITIONS]
 
 dump repository tree based on packages dependencies
 
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ dump repository tree based on packages dependencies
 also divide packages by independent partitions
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-triggers'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-triggers [\-h] [trigger ...]
+usage: ahriman repo\-triggers [\-h] [trigger ...]
 
 run triggers on empty build result as configured by settings
 
@@ -729,10 +729,10 @@ run triggers on empty build result as configured by settings
 instead of running all triggers as set by configuration, just process specified ones in order of mention
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman repo\-update'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman repo\-update [\-h] [\-\-aur | \-\-no\-aur] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes] [\-\-check\-files | \-\-no\-check\-files]
-                           [\-\-dependencies | \-\-no\-dependencies] [\-\-dry\-run] [\-e] [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment]
-                           [\-\-local | \-\-no\-local] [\-\-manual | \-\-no\-manual] [\-u USERNAME] [\-\-vcs | \-\-no\-vcs] [\-y]
-                           [package ...]
+usage: ahriman repo\-update [\-h] [\-\-aur | \-\-no\-aur] [\-\-changes | \-\-no\-changes] [\-\-check\-files | \-\-no\-check\-files]
+                           [\-\-dependencies | \-\-no\-dependencies] [\-\-dry\-run] [\-e] [\-\-increment | \-\-no\-increment]
+                           [\-\-local | \-\-no\-local] [\-\-manual | \-\-no\-manual] [\-u USERNAME] [\-\-vcs | \-\-no\-vcs] [\-y]
+                           [package ...]
 
 check for packages updates and run build process if requested
 
@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ fetch actual version of VCS packages
 download fresh package databases from the mirror before actions, \-yy to force refresh even if up to date
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-clean'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-clean [\-h] [\-\-cache | \-\-no\-cache] [\-\-chroot | \-\-no\-chroot] [\-\-manual | \-\-no\-manual]
-                             [\-\-packages | \-\-no\-packages] [\-\-pacman | \-\-no\-pacman]
+usage: ahriman service\-clean [\-h] [\-\-cache | \-\-no\-cache] [\-\-chroot | \-\-no\-chroot] [\-\-manual | \-\-no\-manual]
+                             [\-\-packages | \-\-no\-packages] [\-\-pacman | \-\-no\-pacman]
 
 remove local caches
 
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ clear directory with built packages
 clear directory with pacman local database cache
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-config'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-config [\-h] [\-\-info | \-\-no\-info] [\-\-secure | \-\-no\-secure] [section] [key]
+usage: ahriman service\-config [\-h] [\-\-info | \-\-no\-info] [\-\-secure | \-\-no\-secure] [section] [key]
 
 dump configuration for the specified architecture
 
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ show additional information, e.g. configuration files
 hide passwords and secrets from output
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-config\-validate'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-config\-validate [\-h] [\-e]
+usage: ahriman service\-config\-validate [\-h] [\-e]
 
 validate configuration and print found errors
 
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ validate configuration and print found errors
 return non\-zero exit status if configuration is invalid
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-key\-import'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-key\-import [\-h] [\-\-key\-server KEY_SERVER] key
+usage: ahriman service\-key\-import [\-h] [\-\-key\-server KEY_SERVER] key
 
 import PGP key from public sources to the repository user
 
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ PGP key to import from public server
 key server for key import
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-repositories'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-repositories [\-h] [\-\-id\-only | \-\-no\-id\-only]
+usage: ahriman service\-repositories [\-h] [\-\-id\-only | \-\-no\-id\-only]
 
 list all available repositories
 
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ list all available repositories
 show machine readable identifier instead
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-run'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-run [\-h] command [command ...]
+usage: ahriman service\-run [\-h] command [command ...]
 
 run multiple commands on success run of the previous command
 
@@ -882,11 +882,11 @@ run multiple commands on success run of the previous command
 command to be run (quoted) without ``ahriman``
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-setup'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-setup [\-h] [\-\-build\-as\-user BUILD_AS_USER] [\-\-from\-configuration FROM_CONFIGURATION]
-                             [\-\-generate\-salt | \-\-no\-generate\-salt] [\-\-makeflags\-jobs | \-\-no\-makeflags\-jobs]
-                             [\-\-mirror MIRROR] [\-\-multilib | \-\-no\-multilib] \-\-packager PACKAGER [\-\-server SERVER]
-                             [\-\-sign\-key SIGN_KEY] [\-\-sign\-target {disabled,packages,repository}] [\-\-web\-port WEB_PORT]
-                             [\-\-web\-unix\-socket WEB_UNIX_SOCKET]
+usage: ahriman service\-setup [\-h] [\-\-build\-as\-user BUILD_AS_USER] [\-\-from\-configuration FROM_CONFIGURATION]
+                             [\-\-generate\-salt | \-\-no\-generate\-salt] [\-\-makeflags\-jobs | \-\-no\-makeflags\-jobs]
+                             [\-\-mirror MIRROR] [\-\-multilib | \-\-no\-multilib] \-\-packager PACKAGER [\-\-server SERVER]
+                             [\-\-sign\-key SIGN_KEY] [\-\-sign\-target {disabled,packages,repository}] [\-\-web\-port WEB_PORT]
+                             [\-\-web\-unix\-socket WEB_UNIX_SOCKET]
 
 create initial service configuration, requires root
 
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ port of the web service
 path to unix socket used for interprocess communications
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-shell'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-shell [\-h] [\-o OUTPUT] [code]
+usage: ahriman service\-shell [\-h] [\-o OUTPUT] [code]
 
 drop into python shell
 
@@ -954,13 +954,13 @@ instead of dropping into shell, just execute the specified code
 output commands and result to the file
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman service\-tree\-migrate'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman service\-tree\-migrate [\-h]
+usage: ahriman service\-tree\-migrate [\-h]
 
 migrate repository tree between versions
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman user\-add'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman user\-add [\-h] [\-\-key KEY] [\-\-packager PACKAGER] [\-p PASSWORD] [\-R {unauthorized,read,reporter,full}]
-                        username
+usage: ahriman user\-add [\-h] [\-\-key KEY] [\-\-packager PACKAGER] [\-p PASSWORD] [\-R {unauthorized,read,reporter,full}]
+                        username
 
 update user for web services with the given password and role. In case if password was not entered it will be asked interactively
 
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ authorization type.
 user access level
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman user\-list'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman user\-list [\-h] [\-e] [\-R {unauthorized,read,reporter,full}] [username]
+usage: ahriman user\-list [\-h] [\-e] [\-R {unauthorized,read,reporter,full}] [username]
 
 list users from the user mapping and their roles
 
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ return non\-zero exit status if result is empty
 filter users by role
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman user\-remove'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman user\-remove [\-h] username
+usage: ahriman user\-remove [\-h] username
 
 remove user from the user mapping and update the configuration
 
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ remove user from the user mapping and update the configuration
 username for web service
 
 .SH COMMAND \fI\,'ahriman web'\/\fR
-usage: ahriman web [\-h]
+usage: ahriman web [\-h]
 
 start web server
 

package/share/zsh/site-functions/_ahriman

@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_options=(
   "--wait-timeout[wait for lock to be free. Negative value will lead to immediate application run even if there is lock file. In case of zero value, the application will wait infinitely (default\: -1)]:wait_timeout:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_add_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--changes,--no-changes}"[calculate changes from the latest known commit if available (default\: True)]:changes:"
@@ -113,6 +116,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_add_options=(
   "(*):package source (base name, path to local files, remote URL):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_add_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_aur_search_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if result is empty (default\: False)]"
@@ -121,6 +127,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_aur_search_options=(
   "(*):search terms, can be specified multiple times, the result will match all terms:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_aur_search_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_check_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--changes,--no-changes}"[calculate changes from the latest known commit if available (default\: True)]:changes:"
@@ -131,6 +140,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_check_options=(
   "(*)::filter check by package base (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_check_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_clean_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--cache,--no-cache}"[clear directory with package caches (default\: False)]:cache:"
@@ -140,6 +152,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_clean_options=(
   {--pacman,--no-pacman}"[clear directory with pacman local database cache (default\: False)]:pacman:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_clean_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_config_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--info,--no-info}"[show additional information, e.g. configuration files (default\: True)]:info:"
@@ -148,11 +163,17 @@ _shtab_ahriman_config_options=(
   ":filter settings by key (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_config_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_config_validate_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if configuration is invalid (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_config_validate_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_copy_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if result is empty (default\: False)]"
@@ -161,6 +182,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_copy_options=(
   "(*):package base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_copy_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_daemon_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-i,--interval}"[interval between runs in seconds (default\: 43200)]:interval:"
@@ -178,25 +202,40 @@ _shtab_ahriman_daemon_options=(
   "*"{-y,--refresh}"[download fresh package databases from the mirror before actions, -yy to force refresh even if up to date (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_daemon_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_help_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   ":show help message for specific command (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_help_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_help_commands_unsafe_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*)::instead of showing commands, just test command line for unsafe subcommand and return 0 in case if command is safe and 1 otherwise (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_help_commands_unsafe_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_help_updates_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit code if updates available (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_help_updates_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_help_version_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_help_version_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_init_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--build-as-user[force makepkg user to the specific one (default\: None)]:build_as_user:"
@@ -213,12 +252,18 @@ _shtab_ahriman_init_options=(
   "--web-unix-socket[path to unix socket used for interprocess communications (default\: None)]:web_unix_socket:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_init_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_key_import_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--key-server[key server for key import (default\: keyserver.ubuntu.com)]:key_server:"
   ":PGP key to import from public server:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_key_import_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_add_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--changes,--no-changes}"[calculate changes from the latest known commit if available (default\: True)]:changes:"
@@ -233,17 +278,26 @@ _shtab_ahriman_package_add_options=(
   "(*):package source (base name, path to local files, remote URL):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_add_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_changes_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if result is empty (default\: False)]"
   ":package base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_changes_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_changes_remove_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   ":package base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_changes_remove_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_copy_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if result is empty (default\: False)]"
@@ -252,11 +306,17 @@ _shtab_ahriman_package_copy_options=(
   "(*):package base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_copy_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_remove_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*):package name or base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_remove_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_status_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--ahriman[get service status itself (default\: False)]"
@@ -266,17 +326,26 @@ _shtab_ahriman_package_status_options=(
   "(*)::filter status by package base (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_status_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_status_remove_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*):remove specified packages from status page:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_status_remove_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_status_update_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-s,--status}"[new package build status (default\: success)]:status:(unknown pending building failed success)"
   "(*)::set status for specified packages. If no packages supplied, service status will be updated (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_status_update_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_package_update_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--changes,--no-changes}"[calculate changes from the latest known commit if available (default\: True)]:changes:"
@@ -291,6 +360,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_package_update_options=(
   "(*):package source (base name, path to local files, remote URL):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_package_update_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_patch_add_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   ":package base:"
@@ -298,6 +370,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_patch_add_options=(
   ":path to file which contains function or variable value. If not set, the value will be read from stdin (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_patch_add_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_patch_list_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if result is empty (default\: False)]"
@@ -305,18 +380,27 @@ _shtab_ahriman_patch_list_options=(
   ":package base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_patch_list_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_patch_remove_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "*"{-v,--variable}"[should be used for single-function patches in case if you wold like to remove only specified PKGBUILD variables. In case if not set, it will remove all patches related to the package (default\: None)]:variable:"
   ":package base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_patch_remove_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_patch_set_add_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "*"{-t,--track}"[files which has to be tracked (default\: \[\'\*.diff\', \'\*.patch\'\])]:track:"
   ":path to directory with changed files for patch addition\/update:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_patch_set_add_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_rebuild_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "*--depends-on[only rebuild packages that depend on specified packages (default\: None)]:depends_on:"
@@ -328,21 +412,33 @@ _shtab_ahriman_rebuild_options=(
   {-u,--username}"[build as user (default\: None)]:username:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_rebuild_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_remove_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*):package name or base:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_remove_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_remove_unknown_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--dry-run[just perform check for packages without removal (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_remove_unknown_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_backup_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   ":path of the output archive:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_backup_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_check_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--changes,--no-changes}"[calculate changes from the latest known commit if available (default\: True)]:changes:"
@@ -353,6 +449,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_check_options=(
   "(*)::filter check by package base (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_check_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_clean_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--cache,--no-cache}"[clear directory with package caches (default\: False)]:cache:"
@@ -362,6 +461,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_clean_options=(
   {--pacman,--no-pacman}"[clear directory with pacman local database cache (default\: False)]:pacman:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_clean_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_config_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--info,--no-info}"[show additional information, e.g. configuration files (default\: True)]:info:"
@@ -370,19 +472,31 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_config_options=(
   ":filter settings by key (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_config_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_config_validate_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if configuration is invalid (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_config_validate_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_create_keyring_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_create_keyring_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_create_mirrorlist_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_create_mirrorlist_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_daemon_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-i,--interval}"[interval between runs in seconds (default\: 43200)]:interval:"
@@ -400,6 +514,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_daemon_options=(
   "*"{-y,--refresh}"[download fresh package databases from the mirror before actions, -yy to force refresh even if up to date (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_daemon_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_init_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--build-as-user[force makepkg user to the specific one (default\: None)]:build_as_user:"
@@ -416,6 +533,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_init_options=(
   "--web-unix-socket[path to unix socket used for interprocess communications (default\: None)]:web_unix_socket:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_init_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_rebuild_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "*--depends-on[only rebuild packages that depend on specified packages (default\: None)]:depends_on:"
@@ -427,21 +547,33 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_rebuild_options=(
   {-u,--username}"[build as user (default\: None)]:username:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_rebuild_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_remove_unknown_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--dry-run[just perform check for packages without removal (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_remove_unknown_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_report_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_report_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_restore_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-o,--output}"[root path of the extracted files (default\: \/)]:output:"
   ":path of the input archive:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_restore_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_setup_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--build-as-user[force makepkg user to the specific one (default\: None)]:build_as_user:"
@@ -458,11 +590,17 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_setup_options=(
   "--web-unix-socket[path to unix socket used for interprocess communications (default\: None)]:web_unix_socket:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_setup_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_sign_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*)::sign only specified packages (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_sign_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_statistics_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--chart[create updates chart and save it to the specified path (default\: None)]:chart:"
@@ -474,25 +612,40 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_statistics_options=(
   ":fetch only events for the specified package (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_statistics_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_status_update_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-s,--status}"[new status (default\: success)]:status:(unknown pending building failed success)"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_status_update_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_sync_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_sync_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_tree_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-p,--partitions}"[also divide packages by independent partitions (default\: 1)]:partitions:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_tree_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_triggers_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*)::instead of running all triggers as set by configuration, just process specified ones in order of mention (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_triggers_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_repo_update_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--aur,--no-aur}"[enable or disable checking for AUR updates (default\: True)]:aur:"
@@ -510,15 +663,24 @@ _shtab_ahriman_repo_update_options=(
   "(*)::filter check by package base (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_repo_update_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_report_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_report_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_run_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*):command to be run (quoted) without \`\`ahriman\`\`:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_run_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_search_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if result is empty (default\: False)]"
@@ -527,6 +689,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_search_options=(
   "(*):search terms, can be specified multiple times, the result will match all terms:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_search_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_clean_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--cache,--no-cache}"[clear directory with package caches (default\: False)]:cache:"
@@ -536,6 +701,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_service_clean_options=(
   {--pacman,--no-pacman}"[clear directory with pacman local database cache (default\: False)]:pacman:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_clean_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_config_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--info,--no-info}"[show additional information, e.g. configuration files (default\: True)]:info:"
@@ -544,27 +712,42 @@ _shtab_ahriman_service_config_options=(
   ":filter settings by key (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_config_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_config_validate_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if configuration is invalid (default\: False)]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_config_validate_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_key_import_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--key-server[key server for key import (default\: keyserver.ubuntu.com)]:key_server:"
   ":PGP key to import from public server:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_key_import_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_repositories_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--id-only,--no-id-only}"[show machine readable identifier instead (default\: False)]:id_only:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_repositories_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_run_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*):command to be run (quoted) without \`\`ahriman\`\`:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_run_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_setup_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--build-as-user[force makepkg user to the specific one (default\: None)]:build_as_user:"
@@ -581,16 +764,25 @@ _shtab_ahriman_service_setup_options=(
   "--web-unix-socket[path to unix socket used for interprocess communications (default\: None)]:web_unix_socket:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_setup_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_shell_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-o,--output}"[output commands and result to the file (default\: None)]:output:"
   ":instead of dropping into shell, just execute the specified code (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_shell_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_service_tree_migrate_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_service_tree_migrate_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_setup_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--build-as-user[force makepkg user to the specific one (default\: None)]:build_as_user:"
@@ -607,17 +799,26 @@ _shtab_ahriman_setup_options=(
   "--web-unix-socket[path to unix socket used for interprocess communications (default\: None)]:web_unix_socket:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_setup_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_shell_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-o,--output}"[output commands and result to the file (default\: None)]:output:"
   ":instead of dropping into shell, just execute the specified code (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_shell_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_sign_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "(*)::sign only specified packages (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_sign_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_status_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--ahriman[get service status itself (default\: False)]"
@@ -627,16 +828,25 @@ _shtab_ahriman_status_options=(
   "(*)::filter status by package base (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_status_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_status_update_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-s,--status}"[new package build status (default\: success)]:status:(unknown pending building failed success)"
   "(*)::set status for specified packages. If no packages supplied, service status will be updated (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_status_update_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_sync_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_sync_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_update_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {--aur,--no-aur}"[enable or disable checking for AUR updates (default\: True)]:aur:"
@@ -654,6 +864,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_update_options=(
   "(*)::filter check by package base (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_update_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_user_add_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "--key[optional PGP key used by this user. The private key must be imported (default\: None)]:key:"
@@ -663,6 +876,9 @@ _shtab_ahriman_user_add_options=(
   ":username for web service:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_user_add_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_user_list_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   {-e,--exit-code}"[return non-zero exit status if result is empty (default\: False)]"
@@ -670,25 +886,41 @@ _shtab_ahriman_user_list_options=(
   ":filter users by username (default\: None):"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_user_list_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_user_remove_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   ":username for web service:"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_user_remove_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_version_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_version_defaults_added=0
+
 _shtab_ahriman_web_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
 )
 
+# guard to ensure default positional specs are added only once per session
+_shtab_ahriman_web_defaults_added=0
+
 
 _shtab_ahriman() {
-  local context state line curcontext="$curcontext" one_or_more='(-)*' remainder='(*)'
+  local context state line curcontext="$curcontext" one_or_more='(*)' remainder='(-)*' default='*::: :->ahriman'
 
-  if ((${_shtab_ahriman_options[(I)${(q)one_or_more}*]} + ${_shtab_ahriman_options[(I)${(q)remainder}*]} == 0)); then  # noqa: E501
-    _shtab_ahriman_options+=(': :_shtab_ahriman_commands' '*::: :->ahriman')
+  # Add default positional/remainder specs only if none exist, and only once per session
+  if (( ! _shtab_ahriman_defaults_added )); then
+    if (( ${_shtab_ahriman_options[(I)${(q)one_or_more}*]} +          ${_shtab_ahriman_options[(I)${(q)remainder}*]} +          ${_shtab_ahriman_options[(I)${(q)default}]} == 0 )); then
+      _shtab_ahriman_options+=(': :_shtab_ahriman_commands' '*::: :->ahriman')
+    fi
+    _shtab_ahriman_defaults_added=1
   fi
   _arguments -C -s $_shtab_ahriman_options
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -25,15 +25,68 @@ dependencies = [
 
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+journald = [
+    "systemd-python",
+]
+# FIXME technically this dependency is required, but in some cases we do not have access to
+# the libalpm which is required in order to install the package. Thus in case if we do not
+# really need to run the application we can move it to "optional" dependencies
+pacman = [
+    "pyalpm",
+]
+reports = [
+    "Jinja2",
+]
+s3 = [
+    "boto3",
+]
+shell = [
+    "IPython"
+]
+stats = [
+    "matplotlib",
+]
+unixsocket = [
+    "requests-unixsocket2",  # required by unix socket support
+]
+validator = [
+    "cerberus",
+]
+web = [
+    "aiohttp",
+    "aiohttp_cors",
+    "aiohttp_jinja2",
+]
+web-auth = [
+    "ahriman[web]",
+    "aiohttp_session",
+    "aiohttp_security",
+    "cryptography",
+]
+web-docs = [
+    "ahriman[web]",
+    "aiohttp-apispec",
+    "setuptools",  # required by aiohttp-apispec
+]
+web-metrics = [
+    "ahriman[web]",
+    "aiohttp-openmetrics",
+]
+web-oauth2 = [
+    "ahriman[web-auth]",
+    "aioauth-client",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+ahriman = "ahriman.application.ahriman:run"
+
 [project.urls]
 Documentation = "https://ahriman.readthedocs.io/"
 Repository = "https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman"
 Changelog = "https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/releases"
 
-[project.scripts]
-ahriman = "ahriman.application.ahriman:run"
-
-[project.optional-dependencies]
+[dependency-groups]
 check = [
     "autopep8",
     "bandit",
@@ -47,24 +100,6 @@ docs = [
      "shtab",
      "sphinx-argparse",
      "sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.1.1",  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/74355734
- ]
-journald = [
-    "systemd-python",
-]
-# FIXME technically this dependency is required, but in some cases we do not have access to
-# the libalpm which is required in order to install the package. Thus in case if we do not
-# really need to run the application we can move it to "optional" dependencies
-pacman = [
-    "pyalpm",
-]
-s3 = [
-    "boto3",
-]
-shell = [
-    "IPython"
-]
-stats = [
-    "matplotlib",
 ]
 tests = [
     "pytest",
@@ -75,22 +110,6 @@ tests = [
     "pytest-resource-path",
     "pytest-spec",
 ]
-validator = [
-    "cerberus",
-]
-web = [
-    "Jinja2",
-    "aioauth-client",
-    "aiohttp",
-    "aiohttp-apispec",
-    "aiohttp_cors",
-    "aiohttp_jinja2",
-    "aiohttp_session",
-    "aiohttp_security",
-    "cryptography",
-    "requests-unixsocket2",  # required by unix socket support
-    "setuptools",  # required by aiohttp-apispec
-]
 
 [tool.flit.sdist]
 include = [

recipes/check/compose.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
       AHRIMAN_PASSWORD: ${AHRIMAN_PASSWORD}
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_UNIX_SOCKET: /var/lib/ahriman/ahriman/ahriman.sock
 

recipes/distributed-manual/compose.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
       AHRIMAN_PASSWORD: ${AHRIMAN_PASSWORD}
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_UNIX_SOCKET: /var/lib/ahriman/ahriman/ahriman.sock
 

recipes/distributed/compose.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
       AHRIMAN_PASSWORD: ${AHRIMAN_PASSWORD}
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_UNIX_SOCKET: /var/lib/ahriman/ahriman/ahriman.sock
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
       AHRIMAN_PASSWORD: ${AHRIMAN_PASSWORD}
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY_SERVER: http://frontend/repo/$$repo/$$arch
 

recipes/i686/compose.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_PACMAN_MIRROR: https://de.mirror.archlinux32.org/$$arch/$$repo
       AHRIMAN_PASSWORD: ${AHRIMAN_PASSWORD}
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_UNIX_SOCKET: /var/lib/ahriman/ahriman/ahriman.sock
 

recipes/multirepo/compose.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
       AHRIMAN_PASSWORD: ${AHRIMAN_PASSWORD}
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: ahriman --architecture x86_64 --repository another-demo service-setup --build-as-user ahriman --packager 'ahriman bot <ahriman@example.com>'
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: ahriman --architecture x86_64 --repository another-demo service-setup --build-as-user ahriman --packager 'ahriman bot <ahriman@example.com>'
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_UNIX_SOCKET: /var/lib/ahriman/ahriman/ahriman.sock
 

recipes/oauth/compose.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET: ${AHRIMAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add ${AHRIMAN_OAUTH_USER} -R full -p ""
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add ${AHRIMAN_OAUTH_USER} -R full -p ""
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_UNIX_SOCKET: /var/lib/ahriman/ahriman/ahriman.sock
 

recipes/sign/compose.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       AHRIMAN_DEBUG: yes
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: sudo -u ahriman gpg --import /run/secrets/key
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: sudo -u ahriman gpg --import /run/secrets/key
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
 
     configs:

recipes/web/compose.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
       AHRIMAN_OUTPUT: console
       AHRIMAN_PASSWORD: ${AHRIMAN_PASSWORD}
       AHRIMAN_PORT: 8080
-      AHRIMAN_PRESETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
+      AHRIMAN_POSTSETUP_COMMAND: (cat /run/secrets/password; echo; cat /run/secrets/password) | sudo -u ahriman ahriman user-add demo -R full
       AHRIMAN_REPOSITORY: ahriman-demo
       AHRIMAN_UNIX_SOCKET: /var/lib/ahriman/ahriman/ahriman.sock
 

src/ahriman/__init__.py

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-__version__ = "2.17.1"
+__version__ = "2.19.4"

src/ahriman/application/application/application.py

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Application(ApplicationPackages, ApplicationRepository):
 
         Args:
             packages(list[Package]): list of source packages of which dependencies have to be processed
-            process_dependencies(bool): if no set, dependencies will not be processed
+            process_dependencies(bool): if set to ``False``, dependencies will not be processed
 
         Returns:
             list[Package]: updated packages list. Packager for dependencies will be copied from the original package
@@ -130,37 +130,47 @@ class Application(ApplicationPackages, ApplicationRepository):
                 >>> packages = application.with_dependencies(packages, process_dependencies=True)
                 >>> application.print_updates(packages, log_fn=print)
         """
-        def missing_dependencies(source: Iterable[Package]) -> dict[str, str | None]:
-            # append list of known packages with packages which are in current sources
-            satisfied_packages = known_packages | {
-                single
-                for package in source
-                for single in package.packages_full
-            }
-
-            return {
-                dependency: package.packager
-                for package in source
-                for dependency in package.depends_build
-                if dependency not in satisfied_packages
-            }
-
         if not process_dependencies or not packages:
             return packages
 
+        def missing_dependencies(sources: Iterable[Package]) -> dict[str, str | None]:
+            # append list of known packages with packages which are in current sources
+            satisfied_packages = known_packages | {
+                single
+                for source in sources
+                for single in source.packages_full
+            }
+
+            return {
+                dependency: source.packager
+                for source in sources
+                for dependency in source.depends_build
+                if dependency not in satisfied_packages
+            }
+
+        def new_packages(root: Package) -> dict[str, Package]:
+            portion = {root.base: root}
+            while missing := missing_dependencies(portion.values()):
+                for package_name, packager in missing.items():
+                    if (source_dir := self.repository.paths.cache_for(package_name)).is_dir():
+                        # there is local cache, load package from it
+                        leaf = Package.from_build(source_dir, self.repository.architecture, packager)
+                    else:
+                        leaf = Package.from_aur(package_name, packager, include_provides=True)
+                    portion[leaf.base] = leaf
+
+                    # register package in the database
+                    self.repository.reporter.set_unknown(leaf)
+
+            return portion
+
         known_packages = self._known_packages()
-        with_dependencies = {package.base: package for package in packages}
-
-        while missing := missing_dependencies(with_dependencies.values()):
-            for package_name, username in missing.items():
-                if (source_dir := self.repository.paths.cache_for(package_name)).is_dir():
-                    # there is local cache, load package from it
-                    package = Package.from_build(source_dir, self.repository.architecture, username)
-                else:
-                    package = Package.from_aur(package_name, username)
-                with_dependencies[package.base] = package
-
-                # register package in the database
-                self.repository.reporter.set_unknown(package)
+        with_dependencies: dict[str, Package] = {}
+        for package in packages:
+            with self.in_package_context(package.base, package.version):  # use the same context for the logger
+                try:
+                    with_dependencies |= new_packages(package)
+                except Exception:
+                    self.logger.exception("could not process dependencies of %s, skip the package", package.base)
 
         return list(with_dependencies.values())

src/ahriman/application/handlers/handler.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Handler:
         Wrapper for all command line actions, though each derived class implements :func:`run()` method, it usually
         must not be called directly. The recommended way is to call :func:`execute()` class method, e.g.::
 
-            >>> from ahriman.application.handlers import Add
+            >>> from ahriman.application.handlers.add import Add
             >>>
             >>> Add.execute(args)
     """

src/ahriman/application/handlers/setup.py

@@ -72,16 +72,17 @@ class Setup(Handler):
 
         application = Application(repository_id, configuration, report=report)
 
-        Setup.configuration_create_makepkg(args.packager, args.makeflags_jobs, application.repository.paths)
-        Setup.executable_create(application.repository.paths, repository_id)
-        repository_server = f"file://{application.repository.paths.repository}" if args.server is None else args.server
-        Setup.configuration_create_devtools(
-            repository_id, args.from_configuration, args.mirror, args.multilib, repository_server)
-        Setup.configuration_create_sudo(application.repository.paths, repository_id)
+        with application.repository.paths.preserve_owner():
+            Setup.configuration_create_makepkg(args.packager, args.makeflags_jobs, application.repository.paths)
+            Setup.executable_create(application.repository.paths, repository_id)
+            repository_server = f"file://{application.repository.paths.repository}" if args.server is None else args.server
+            Setup.configuration_create_devtools(
+                repository_id, args.from_configuration, args.mirror, args.multilib, repository_server)
+            Setup.configuration_create_sudo(application.repository.paths, repository_id)
 
-        application.repository.repo.init()
-        # lazy database sync
-        application.repository.pacman.handle  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
+            application.repository.repo.init()
+            # lazy database sync
+            application.repository.pacman.handle  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
 
     @staticmethod
     def _set_service_setup_parser(root: SubParserAction) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
@@ -280,6 +281,5 @@ class Setup(Handler):
         command = Setup.build_command(paths.root, repository_id)
         command.unlink(missing_ok=True)
         command.symlink_to(Setup.ARCHBUILD_COMMAND_PATH)
-        paths.chown(command)  # we would like to keep owner inside ahriman's home
 
     arguments = [_set_service_setup_parser]

src/ahriman/application/handlers/validate.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Validate(Handler):
         """
         from ahriman.core.configuration.validator import Validator
 
-        schema = Validate.schema(repository_id, configuration)
+        schema = Validate.schema(configuration)
         validator = Validator(configuration=configuration, schema=schema)
 
         if validator.validate(configuration.dump()):
@@ -83,12 +83,11 @@ class Validate(Handler):
         return parser
 
     @staticmethod
-    def schema(repository_id: RepositoryId, configuration: Configuration) -> ConfigurationSchema:
+    def schema(configuration: Configuration) -> ConfigurationSchema:
         """
         get schema with triggers
 
         Args:
-            repository_id(RepositoryId): repository unique identifier
             configuration(Configuration): configuration instance
 
         Returns:
@@ -107,12 +106,12 @@ class Validate(Handler):
                 continue
 
             # default settings if any
-            for schema_name, schema in trigger_class.configuration_schema(repository_id, None).items():
+            for schema_name, schema in trigger_class.configuration_schema(None).items():
                 erased = Validate.schema_erase_required(copy.deepcopy(schema))
                 root[schema_name] = Validate.schema_merge(root.get(schema_name, {}), erased)
 
             # settings according to enabled triggers
-            for schema_name, schema in trigger_class.configuration_schema(repository_id, configuration).items():
+            for schema_name, schema in trigger_class.configuration_schema(configuration).items():
                 root[schema_name] = Validate.schema_merge(root.get(schema_name, {}), copy.deepcopy(schema))
 
         return root

src/ahriman/application/handlers/versions.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import argparse
 import re
 import sys
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from importlib import metadata
 from typing import ClassVar
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Versions(Handler):
         return parser
 
     @staticmethod
-    def package_dependencies(root: str) -> Generator[tuple[str, str], None, None]:
+    def package_dependencies(root: str) -> Iterator[tuple[str, str]]:
         """
         extract list of ahriman package dependencies installed into system with their versions
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Versions(Handler):
         Yields:
             tuple[str, str]: map of installed dependency to its version
         """
-        def dependencies_by_key(key: str) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        def dependencies_by_key(key: str) -> Iterator[str]:
             # in importlib it returns requires in the following format
             # ["pytest (>=3.0.0) ; extra == 'test'", "pytest-cov ; extra == 'test'"]
             try:

src/ahriman/application/handlers/web.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 import argparse
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from ahriman.application.handlers.handler import Handler, SubParserAction
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Web(Handler):
         return parser
 
     @staticmethod
-    def extract_arguments(args: argparse.Namespace, configuration: Configuration) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+    def extract_arguments(args: argparse.Namespace, configuration: Configuration) -> Iterator[str]:
         """
         extract list of arguments used for current command, except for command specific ones
 

src/ahriman/application/lock.py

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class Lock(LazyLogging):
         """
         check if current user is actually owner of ahriman root
         """
-        check_user(self.paths, unsafe=self.unsafe)
+        check_user(self.paths.root, unsafe=self.unsafe)
         self.paths.tree_create()
 
     def check_version(self) -> None:

src/ahriman/core/alpm/pacman.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import itertools
 import shutil
 import tarfile
 
-from collections.abc import Generator, Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
 from pyalpm import DB, Handle, Package, SIG_DATABASE_OPTIONAL, SIG_PACKAGE_OPTIONAL  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ class Pacman(LazyLogging):
             return  # database for some reason deos not exist
 
         self.logger.info("copy pacman database %s from operating system root to ahriman's home %s", src, dst)
-        shutil.copy(src, dst)
-        self.repository_paths.chown(dst)
+        with self.repository_paths.preserve_owner(dst.parent):
+            shutil.copy(src, dst)
 
     def database_init(self, handle: Handle, repository: str, architecture: str) -> DB:
         """
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class Pacman(LazyLogging):
         Returns:
             dict[str, set[str]]: map of package name to its list of files
         """
-        def extract(tar: tarfile.TarFile, versions: dict[str, str]) -> Generator[tuple[str, set[str]], None, None]:
+        def extract(tar: tarfile.TarFile, versions: dict[str, str]) -> Iterator[tuple[str, set[str]]]:
             for package_name, version in versions.items():
                 path = Path(f"{package_name}-{version}") / "files"
                 try:
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class Pacman(LazyLogging):
 
         return result
 
-    def package(self, package_name: str) -> Generator[Package, None, None]:
+    def package(self, package_name: str) -> Iterator[Package]:
         """
         retrieve list of the packages from the repository by name
 
@@ -255,3 +255,20 @@ class Pacman(LazyLogging):
                 result.update(trim_package(provides) for provides in package.provides)
 
         return result
+
+    def provided_by(self, package_name: str) -> Iterator[Package]:
+        """
+        search through databases and emit packages which provides the ``package_name``
+
+        Args:
+            package_name(str): package name to search
+
+        Yields:
+            Package: list of packages which were returned by the query
+        """
+        def is_package_provided(package: Package) -> bool:
+            provides = [trim_package(name) for name in package.provides]
+            return package_name in provides
+
+        for database in self.handle.get_syncdbs():
+            yield from filter(is_package_provided, database.search(package_name))

src/ahriman/core/alpm/pkgbuild_parser.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import itertools
 import re
 import shlex
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import IO
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class PkgbuildParser(shlex.shlex):
         Raises:
             PkgbuildParserError: if array is not closed
         """
-        def extract() -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        def extract() -> Iterator[str]:
             while token := self.get_token():
                 match token:
                     case _ if self._is_escaped():
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class PkgbuildParser(shlex.shlex):
 
         return content
 
-    def _parse_token(self, token: str) -> Generator[PkgbuildPatch, None, None]:
+    def _parse_token(self, token: str) -> Iterator[PkgbuildPatch]:
         """
         parse single token to the PKGBUILD field
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class PkgbuildParser(shlex.shlex):
 
         raise PkgbuildParserError("reached starting position, no valid symbols found")
 
-    def parse(self) -> Generator[PkgbuildPatch, None, None]:
+    def parse(self) -> Iterator[PkgbuildPatch]:
         """
         parse source stream and yield parsed entries
 

src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/aur.py

@@ -97,20 +97,17 @@ class AUR(Remote):
 
         Returns:
             list[AURPackage]: response parsed to package list
+
+        Raises:
+            PackageInfoError: if multiple arguments are passed
         """
-        query: list[tuple[str, str]] = [
-            ("type", request_type),
-            ("v", self.DEFAULT_RPC_VERSION),
-        ]
+        if len(args) != 1:
+            raise PackageInfoError("AUR API requires exactly one argument to search")
 
-        arg_query = "arg[]" if len(args) > 1 else "arg"
-        for arg in args:
-            query.append((arg_query, arg))
+        url = f"{self.DEFAULT_RPC_URL}/v{self.DEFAULT_RPC_VERSION}/{request_type}/{args[0]}"
+        query = list(kwargs.items())
 
-        for key, value in kwargs.items():
-            query.append((key, value))
-
-        response = self.make_request("GET", self.DEFAULT_RPC_URL, params=query)
+        response = self.make_request("GET", url, params=query)
         return self.parse_response(response.json())
 
     def package_info(self, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman | None) -> AURPackage:
@@ -133,15 +130,36 @@ class AUR(Remote):
         except StopIteration:
             raise UnknownPackageError(package_name) from None
 
-    def package_search(self, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+    def package_provided_by(self, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+        """
+        get package list which provide the specified package name
+
+        Args:
+            package_name(str): package name to search
+            pacman(Pacman | None): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
+
+        Returns:
+            list[AURPackage]: list of packages which match the criteria
+        """
+        return [
+            package
+            # search api provides reduced models
+            for stub in self.package_search(package_name, pacman=pacman, search_by="provides")
+            # verity that found package actually provides it
+            if package_name in (package := self.package_info(stub.name, pacman=pacman)).provides
+        ]
+
+    def package_search(self, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None, search_by: str | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
         """
         search package in AUR web
 
         Args:
             *keywords(str): keywords to search
             pacman(Pacman | None): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
+            search_by(str | None): search by keywords
 
         Returns:
             list[AURPackage]: list of packages which match the criteria
         """
-        return self.aur_request("search", *keywords, by="name-desc")
+        search_by = search_by or "name-desc"
+        return self.aur_request("search", *keywords, by=search_by)

src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/official.py

@@ -127,15 +127,17 @@ class Official(Remote):
         except StopIteration:
             raise UnknownPackageError(package_name) from None
 
-    def package_search(self, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+    def package_search(self, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None, search_by: str | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
         """
         search package in AUR web
 
         Args:
             *keywords(str): keywords to search
             pacman(Pacman | None): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
+            search_by(str | None): search by keywords
 
         Returns:
             list[AURPackage]: list of packages which match the criteria
         """
-        return self.arch_request(*keywords, by="q")
+        search_by = search_by or "q"
+        return self.arch_request(*keywords, by=search_by)

src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/official_syncdb.py

@@ -59,3 +59,22 @@ class OfficialSyncdb(Official):
             return next(AURPackage.from_pacman(package) for package in pacman.package(package_name))
         except StopIteration:
             raise UnknownPackageError(package_name) from None
+
+    def package_provided_by(self, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+        """
+        get package list which provide the specified package name
+
+        Args:
+            package_name(str): package name to search
+            pacman(Pacman | None): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
+
+        Returns:
+            list[AURPackage]: list of packages which match the criteria
+        """
+        if pacman is None:
+            return []
+
+        return [
+            AURPackage.from_pacman(package)
+            for package in pacman.provided_by(package_name)
+        ]

src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 from ahriman.core.alpm.pacman import Pacman
+from ahriman.core.exceptions import UnknownPackageError
 from ahriman.core.http import SyncHttpClient
 from ahriman.models.aur_package import AURPackage
 
@@ -35,28 +36,42 @@ class Remote(SyncHttpClient):
             >>> package = AUR.info("ahriman")
             >>> search_result = Official.multisearch("pacman", "manager", pacman=pacman)
 
-        Differnece between :func:`search()` and :func:`multisearch()` is that :func:`search()` passes all arguments to
+        Difference between :func:`search()` and :func:`multisearch()` is that :func:`search()` passes all arguments to
         underlying wrapper directly, whereas :func:`multisearch()` splits search one by one and finds intersection
         between search results.
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def info(cls, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman | None = None) -> AURPackage:
+    def info(cls, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman | None = None, include_provides: bool = False) -> AURPackage:
         """
-        get package info by its name
+        get package info by its name. If ``include_provides`` is set to ``True``, then, in addition, this method
+        will perform search by :attr:`ahriman.models.aur_package.AURPackage.provides` and return first package found.
+        Note, however, that in this case some implementation might not provide this method and search result will might
+        not be stable
 
         Args:
             package_name(str): package name to search
             pacman(Pacman | None, optional): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
                 (Default value = None)
+            include_provides(bool, optional): search by provides if no exact match found (Default value = False)
 
         Returns:
             AURPackage: package which match the package name
+
+        Raises:
+            UnknownPackageError: if requested package not found
         """
-        return cls().package_info(package_name, pacman=pacman)
+        instance = cls()
+        try:
+            return instance.package_info(package_name, pacman=pacman)
+        except UnknownPackageError:
+            if include_provides and (provided_by := instance.package_provided_by(package_name, pacman=pacman)):
+                return next(iter(provided_by))
+            raise
 
     @classmethod
-    def multisearch(cls, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None = None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+    def multisearch(cls, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None = None,
+                    search_by: str | None = None) -> list[AURPackage]:
         """
         search in remote repository by using API with multiple words. This method is required in order to handle
         https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/49133. In addition, short words will be dropped
@@ -65,6 +80,7 @@ class Remote(SyncHttpClient):
             *keywords(str): search terms, e.g. "ahriman", "is", "cool"
             pacman(Pacman | None, optional): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
                 (Default value = None)
+            search_by(str | None, optional): search by keywords (Default value = None)
 
         Returns:
             list[AURPackage]: list of packages each of them matches all search terms
@@ -72,7 +88,7 @@ class Remote(SyncHttpClient):
         instance = cls()
         packages: dict[str, AURPackage] = {}
         for term in filter(lambda word: len(word) >= 3, keywords):
-            portion = instance.search(term, pacman=pacman)
+            portion = instance.package_search(term, pacman=pacman, search_by=search_by)
             packages = {
                 package.name: package  # not mistake to group them by name
                 for package in portion
@@ -114,7 +130,7 @@ class Remote(SyncHttpClient):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @classmethod
-    def search(cls, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None = None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+    def search(cls, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None = None, search_by: str | None = None) -> list[AURPackage]:
         """
         search package in AUR web
 
@@ -122,11 +138,12 @@ class Remote(SyncHttpClient):
             *keywords(str): search terms, e.g. "ahriman", "is", "cool"
             pacman(Pacman | None, optional): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
                 (Default value = None)
+            search_by(str | None, optional): search by keywords (Default value = None)
 
         Returns:
             list[AURPackage]: list of packages which match the criteria
         """
-        return cls().package_search(*keywords, pacman=pacman)
+        return cls().package_search(*keywords, pacman=pacman, search_by=search_by)
 
     def package_info(self, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman | None) -> AURPackage:
         """
@@ -144,13 +161,28 @@ class Remote(SyncHttpClient):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def package_search(self, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+    def package_provided_by(self, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
+        """
+        get package list which provide the specified package name
+
+        Args:
+            package_name(str): package name to search
+            pacman(Pacman | None): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
+
+        Returns:
+            list[AURPackage]: list of packages which match the criteria
+        """
+        del package_name, pacman
+        return []
+
+    def package_search(self, *keywords: str, pacman: Pacman | None, search_by: str | None) -> list[AURPackage]:
         """
         search package in AUR web
 
         Args:
             *keywords(str): keywords to search
             pacman(Pacman | None): alpm wrapper instance, required for official repositories search
+            search_by(str | None): search by keywords
 
         Returns:
             list[AURPackage]: list of packages which match the criteria

src/ahriman/core/build_tools/sources.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 import shutil
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import ClassVar
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class Sources(LazyLogging):
         """
         gitconfig = gitconfig or {}
 
-        def configuration_flags() -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        def configuration_flags() -> Iterator[str]:
             for option, value in (self.GITCONFIG | gitconfig).items():
                 yield "-c"
                 yield f"{option}=\"{value}\""

src/ahriman/core/build_tools/task.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from ahriman.core.build_tools.sources import Sources
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Task(LazyLogging):
         Returns:
             list[Path]: list of file paths which looks like freshly generated archives
         """
-        def files() -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
+        def files() -> Iterator[Path]:
             for filepath in sources_dir.iterdir():
                 if filepath in source_files:
                     continue  # skip files which were already there

src/ahriman/core/configuration/configuration.py

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class Configuration(configparser.RawConfigParser):
         SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_PATH(Path): (class attribute) default system configuration path distributed by package
         includes(list[Path]): list of includes which were read
         path(Path | None): path to root configuration file
-        repository_id(RepositoryId | None): repository unique identifier
 
     Examples:
         Configuration class provides additional method in order to handle application configuration. Since this class is
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ class Configuration(configparser.RawConfigParser):
             },
         )
 
-        self.repository_id: RepositoryId | None = None
+        self._repository_id: RepositoryId | None = None
         self.path: Path | None = None
         self.includes: list[Path] = []
 
@@ -126,6 +125,32 @@ class Configuration(configparser.RawConfigParser):
         """
         return self.getpath("settings", "logging")
 
+    @property
+    def repository_id(self) -> RepositoryId | None:
+        """
+        repository identifier
+
+        Returns:
+            RepositoryId: repository unique identifier
+        """
+        return self._repository_id
+
+    @repository_id.setter
+    def repository_id(self, repository_id: RepositoryId | None) -> None:
+        """
+        setter for repository identifier
+
+        Args:
+            repository_id(RepositoryId | None): repository unique identifier
+        """
+        self._repository_id = repository_id
+        if repository_id is None or repository_id.is_empty:
+            self.remove_option("repository", "name")
+            self.remove_option("repository", "architecture")
+        else:
+            self.set_option("repository", "name", repository_id.name)
+            self.set_option("repository", "architecture", repository_id.architecture)
+
     @property
     def repository_name(self) -> str:
         """
@@ -210,6 +235,17 @@ class Configuration(configparser.RawConfigParser):
             raise InitializeError("Configuration path and/or repository id are not set")
         return self.path, self.repository_id
 
+    def copy_from(self, configuration: Self) -> None:
+        """
+        copy values from another instance overriding existing
+
+        Args:
+            configuration(Self): configuration instance to merge from
+        """
+        for section in configuration.sections():
+            for key, value in configuration.items(section):
+                self.set_option(section, key, value)
+
     def dump(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, str]]:
         """
         dump configuration to dictionary
@@ -220,6 +256,7 @@ class Configuration(configparser.RawConfigParser):
         return {
             section: dict(self.items(section))
             for section in self.sections()
+            if self[section]
         }
 
     # pylint and mypy are too stupid to find these methods

src/ahriman/core/configuration/configuration_multi_dict.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ConfigurationMultiDict(dict[str, Any]):
             OptionError: if the key already exists in the dictionary, but not a single value list or a string
         """
         match self.get(key):
-            case [current_value] | str(current_value):
+            case [current_value] | (str() as current_value):
                 value = f"{current_value} {value}"
             case None:
                 pass

src/ahriman/core/configuration/schema.py

@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA: ConfigurationSchema = {
                 "path_exists": True,
                 "path_type": "file",
             },
-            "suppress_http_log_errors": {
-                "type": "boolean",
-                "coerce": "boolean",
-            }
         },
     },
     "alpm": {
@@ -258,6 +254,10 @@ CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA: ConfigurationSchema = {
     "repository": {
         "type": "dict",
         "schema": {
+            "architecture": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "empty": False,
+            },
             "name": {
                 "type": "string",
                 "empty": False,
@@ -347,10 +347,6 @@ CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA: ConfigurationSchema = {
                 "coerce": "integer",
                 "min": 0,
             },
-            "password": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "empty": False,
-            },
             "port": {
                 "type": "integer",
                 "coerce": "integer",
@@ -379,11 +375,6 @@ CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA: ConfigurationSchema = {
                 },
                 "empty": False,
             },
-            "timeout": {
-                "type": "integer",
-                "coerce": "integer",
-                "min": 0,
-            },
             "unix_socket": {
                 "type": "path",
                 "coerce": "absolute_path",
@@ -392,10 +383,6 @@ CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA: ConfigurationSchema = {
                 "type": "boolean",
                 "coerce": "boolean",
             },
-            "username": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "empty": False,
-            },
             "wait_timeout": {
                 "type": "integer",
                 "coerce": "integer",

src/ahriman/core/configuration/shell_interpolator.py

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import configparser
 import os
 import sys
 
-from collections.abc import Generator, Mapping, MutableMapping
+from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping, MutableMapping
 from string import Template
-from typing import ClassVar
+from typing import Any, ClassVar
 
 from ahriman.core.configuration.shell_template import ShellTemplate
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ShellInterpolator(configparser.Interpolation):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_variables(parser: MutableMapping[str, Mapping[str, str]], value: str,
-                           defaults: Mapping[str, str]) -> Generator[tuple[str, str], None, None]:
+                           defaults: Mapping[str, str]) -> Iterator[tuple[str, str]]:
         """
         extract keys and values (if available) from the configuration. In case if a key is not available, it will be
         silently skipped from the result
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ShellInterpolator(configparser.Interpolation):
         Yields:
             tuple[str, str]: variable name used for substitution and its value
         """
-        def identifiers() -> Generator[tuple[str | None, str], None, None]:
+        def identifiers() -> Iterator[tuple[str | None, str]]:
             # extract all found identifiers and parse them
             for identifier in ShellTemplate(value).get_identifiers():
                 match identifier.rsplit(":", maxsplit=1):
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ShellInterpolator(configparser.Interpolation):
             "prefix": sys.prefix,
         }
 
-    def before_get(self, parser: MutableMapping[str, Mapping[str, str]], section: str, option: str, value: str,
+    def before_get(self, parser: MutableMapping[str, Mapping[str, str]], section: Any, option: Any, value: str,
                    defaults: Mapping[str, str]) -> str:
         """
         interpolate option value
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ class ShellInterpolator(configparser.Interpolation):
 
         Args:
             parser(MutableMapping[str, Mapping[str, str]]): option parser
-            section(str): section name
-            option(str): option name
+            section(Any): section name
+            option(Any): option name
             value(str): source (not-converted) value
             defaults(Mapping[str, str]): default values
 

src/ahriman/core/configuration/shell_template.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import fnmatch
 import re
 
-from collections.abc import Generator, Mapping
+from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping
 from string import Template
 
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ShellTemplate(Template):
             (self._REPLACE, self._replace, "/"),
         )
 
-        def generator(variables: dict[str, str]) -> Generator[tuple[str, str], None, None]:
+        def generator(variables: dict[str, str]) -> Iterator[tuple[str, str]]:
             for identifier in self.get_identifiers():
                 for regex, function, greediness in substitutions:
                     if m := regex.match(identifier):

src/ahriman/core/database/operations/logs_operations.py

@@ -153,10 +153,13 @@ class LogsOperations(Operations):
                 """
                 delete from logs
                 where (package_base, repository, process_id) in (
-                  select package_base, repository, process_id from logs
-                  where repository = :repository
-                  group by package_base, repository, process_id
-                  order by min(created) desc limit -1 offset :offset
+                  select package_base, repository, process_id from (
+                    select package_base, repository, process_id, row_number() over (partition by package_base order by max(created) desc) as rn
+                    from logs
+                    where repository = :repository
+                    group by package_base, repository, process_id
+                  )
+                  where rn > :offset
                 )
                 """,
                 {

src/ahriman/core/database/operations/operations.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
+import contextlib
 import sqlite3
 
 from collections.abc import Callable
@@ -87,10 +88,12 @@ class Operations(LazyLogging):
         Returns:
             T: result of the ``query`` call
         """
-        with sqlite3.connect(self.path, detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES) as connection:
+        with contextlib.closing(sqlite3.connect(self.path, detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES)) as connection:
             connection.set_trace_callback(self.logger.debug)
             connection.row_factory = self.factory
+
             result = query(connection)
             if commit:
                 connection.commit()
+
         return result

src/ahriman/core/database/operations/package_operations.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-from collections.abc import Generator, Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
 from sqlite3 import Connection
 
 from ahriman.core.database.operations.operations import Operations
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class PackageOperations(Operations):
         """
         repository_id = repository_id or self._repository_id
 
-        def run(connection: Connection) -> Generator[tuple[Package, BuildStatus], None, None]:
+        def run(connection: Connection) -> Iterator[tuple[Package, BuildStatus]]:
             packages = self._packages_get_select_package_bases(connection, repository_id)
             statuses = self._packages_get_select_statuses(connection, repository_id)
             per_package_base = self._packages_get_select_packages(connection, packages, repository_id)

src/ahriman/core/database/sqlite.py

@@ -94,9 +94,13 @@ class SQLite(
         sqlite3.register_adapter(list, json.dumps)
         sqlite3.register_converter("json", json.loads)
 
-        if self._configuration.getboolean("settings", "apply_migrations", fallback=True):
+        if not self._configuration.getboolean("settings", "apply_migrations", fallback=True):
+            return
+        if self._repository_id.is_empty:
+            return  # do not perform migration on empty repository identifier (e.g. multirepo command)
+
+        with self._repository_paths.preserve_owner():
             self.with_connection(lambda connection: Migrations.migrate(connection, self._configuration))
-        self._repository_paths.chown(self.path)
 
     def package_clear(self, package_base: str, repository_id: RepositoryId | None = None) -> None:
         """

src/ahriman/core/exceptions.py

@@ -95,19 +95,6 @@ class DuplicateRunError(RuntimeError):
             self, "Another application instance is run. This error can be suppressed by using --force flag.")
 
 
-class EncodeError(ValueError):
-    """
-    exception used for bytes encoding errors
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, encodings: list[str]) -> None:
-        """
-        Args:
-            encodings(list[str]): list of encodings tried
-        """
-        ValueError.__init__(self, f"Could not encode bytes by using {encodings}")
-
-
 class ExitCode(RuntimeError):
     """
     special exception which has to be thrown to return non-zero status without error message

src/ahriman/core/formatters/validation_printer.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from typing import Any
 
 from ahriman.core.formatters.string_printer import StringPrinter
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ class ValidationPrinter(StringPrinter):
         self.errors = errors
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_error_messages(node: str, errors: list[str | dict[str, Any]],
-                           current_level: int = 1) -> Generator[Property, None, None]:
+    def get_error_messages(node: str, errors: list[str | dict[str, Any]], current_level: int = 1) -> Iterator[Property]:
         """
         extract default error message from cerberus class
 

src/ahriman/core/gitremote/remote_push.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 import shutil
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class RemotePush(LazyLogging):
         # ...and finally return path to the copied directory
         return package.base
 
-    def packages_update(self, result: Result, target_dir: Path) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+    def packages_update(self, result: Result, target_dir: Path) -> Iterator[str]:
         """
         update all packages from the build result
 

src/ahriman/core/http/sync_http_client.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 import requests
+import sys
 
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import Any, IO, Literal
@@ -70,7 +71,10 @@ class SyncHttpClient(LazyLogging):
             request.Session: created session object
         """
         session = requests.Session()
-        session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
+        python_version = ".".join(map(str, sys.version_info[:3]))  # just major.minor.patch
+        session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__} " \
+            f"{requests.utils.default_user_agent()} " \
+            f"python/{python_version}"
 
         return session
 

src/ahriman/core/log/lazy_logging.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import logging
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class LazyLogging:
         logging.setLogRecordFactory(package_record_factory)
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def in_package_context(self, package_base: str, version: str | None) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    def in_package_context(self, package_base: str, version: str | None) -> Iterator[None]:
         """
         execute function while setting package context
 

src/ahriman/core/module_loader.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 import inspect
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from importlib import import_module
 from pathlib import Path
 from pkgutil import ModuleInfo, walk_packages
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ __all__ = ["implementations"]
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
-def _modules(module_root: Path, prefix: str) -> Generator[ModuleInfo, None, None]:
+def _modules(module_root: Path, prefix: str) -> Iterator[ModuleInfo]:
     """
     extract available modules from package
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _modules(module_root: Path, prefix: str) -> Generator[ModuleInfo, None, None
             yield module_info
 
 
-def implementations(root_module: ModuleType, base_class: type[T]) -> Generator[type[T], None, None]:
+def implementations(root_module: ModuleType, base_class: type[T]) -> Iterator[type[T]]:
     """
     extract implementations of the ``base_class`` from the module
 

src/ahriman/core/report/jinja_template.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class JinjaTemplate:
 
         * homepage - link to homepage, string, optional
         * last_update - report generation time, pretty printed datetime, required
-        * link_path - prefix fo packages to download, string, required
+        * link_path - prefix of packages to download, string, required
         * has_package_signed - ``True`` in case if package sign enabled, ``False`` otherwise, required
         * has_repo_signed - ``True`` in case if repository database sign enabled, ``False`` otherwise, required
         * packages - sorted list of packages properties, required
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class JinjaTemplate:
     Attributes:
         default_pgp_key(str | None): default PGP key
         homepage(str | None): homepage link if any (for footer)
-        link_path(str): prefix fo packages to download
+        link_path(str): prefix of packages to download
         name(str): repository name
         rss_url(str | None): link to the RSS feed
         sign_targets(set[SignSettings]): targets to sign enabled in configuration

src/ahriman/core/report/report_trigger.py

@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ class ReportTrigger(Trigger):
                     "type": "string",
                     "allowed": ["email"],
                 },
-                "full_template_path": {
-                    "type": "path",
-                    "coerce": "absolute_path",
-                    "excludes": ["template_full"],
-                    "required": True,
-                    "path_exists": True,
-                    "path_type": "file",
-                },
                 "homepage": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "empty": False,
@@ -132,26 +124,16 @@ class ReportTrigger(Trigger):
                 },
                 "template": {
                     "type": "string",
-                    "excludes": ["template_path"],
                     "dependencies": ["templates"],
                     "required": True,
                     "empty": False,
                 },
                 "template_full": {
                     "type": "string",
-                    "excludes": ["template_path"],
                     "dependencies": ["templates"],
                     "required": True,
                     "empty": False,
                 },
-                "template_path": {
-                    "type": "path",
-                    "coerce": "absolute_path",
-                    "excludes": ["template"],
-                    "required": True,
-                    "path_exists": True,
-                    "path_type": "file",
-                },
                 "templates": {
                     "type": "list",
                     "coerce": "list",
@@ -199,19 +181,10 @@ class ReportTrigger(Trigger):
                 },
                 "template": {
                     "type": "string",
-                    "excludes": ["template_path"],
                     "dependencies": ["templates"],
                     "required": True,
                     "empty": False,
                 },
-                "template_path": {
-                    "type": "path",
-                    "coerce": "absolute_path",
-                    "excludes": ["template"],
-                    "required": True,
-                    "path_exists": True,
-                    "path_type": "file",
-                },
                 "templates": {
                     "type": "list",
                     "coerce": "list",
@@ -225,76 +198,6 @@ class ReportTrigger(Trigger):
                 },
             },
         },
-        "telegram": {
-            "type": "dict",
-            "schema": {
-                "type": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "allowed": ["telegram"],
-                },
-                "api_key": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "required": True,
-                    "empty": False,
-                },
-                "chat_id": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "required": True,
-                    "empty": False,
-                },
-                "homepage": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "empty": False,
-                    "is_url": ["http", "https"],
-                },
-                "link_path": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "required": True,
-                    "empty": False,
-                    "is_url": [],
-                },
-                "rss_url": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "empty": False,
-                    "is_url": ["http", "https"],
-                },
-                "template": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "excludes": ["template_path"],
-                    "dependencies": ["templates"],
-                    "required": True,
-                    "empty": False,
-                },
-                "template_path": {
-                    "type": "path",
-                    "coerce": "absolute_path",
-                    "excludes": ["template"],
-                    "required": True,
-                    "path_exists": True,
-                    "path_type": "file",
-                },
-                "template_type": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "allowed": ["MarkdownV2", "HTML", "Markdown"],
-                },
-                "templates": {
-                    "type": "list",
-                    "coerce": "list",
-                    "schema": {
-                        "type": "path",
-                        "coerce": "absolute_path",
-                        "path_exists": True,
-                        "path_type": "dir",
-                    },
-                    "empty": False,
-                },
-                "timeout": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "coerce": "integer",
-                    "min": 0,
-                },
-            },
-        },
         "remote-call": {
             "type": "dict",
             "schema": {
@@ -354,19 +257,10 @@ class ReportTrigger(Trigger):
                 },
                 "template": {
                     "type": "string",
-                    "excludes": ["template_path"],
                     "dependencies": ["templates"],
                     "required": True,
                     "empty": False,
                 },
-                "template_path": {
-                    "type": "path",
-                    "coerce": "absolute_path",
-                    "excludes": ["template"],
-                    "required": True,
-                    "path_exists": True,
-                    "path_type": "file",
-                },
                 "templates": {
                     "type": "list",
                     "coerce": "list",
@@ -380,6 +274,67 @@ class ReportTrigger(Trigger):
                 },
             },
         },
+        "telegram": {
+            "type": "dict",
+            "schema": {
+                "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "allowed": ["telegram"],
+                },
+                "api_key": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "required": True,
+                    "empty": False,
+                },
+                "chat_id": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "required": True,
+                    "empty": False,
+                },
+                "homepage": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "empty": False,
+                    "is_url": ["http", "https"],
+                },
+                "link_path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "required": True,
+                    "empty": False,
+                    "is_url": [],
+                },
+                "rss_url": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "empty": False,
+                    "is_url": ["http", "https"],
+                },
+                "template": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "dependencies": ["templates"],
+                    "required": True,
+                    "empty": False,
+                },
+                "template_type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "allowed": ["MarkdownV2", "HTML", "Markdown"],
+                },
+                "templates": {
+                    "type": "list",
+                    "coerce": "list",
+                    "schema": {
+                        "type": "path",
+                        "coerce": "absolute_path",
+                        "path_exists": True,
+                        "path_type": "dir",
+                    },
+                    "empty": False,
+                },
+                "timeout": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "coerce": "integer",
+                    "min": 0,
+                },
+            },
+        },
     }
 
     def __init__(self, repository_id: RepositoryId, configuration: Configuration) -> None:

src/ahriman/core/repository/event_logger.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 import contextlib
 
-from typing import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 
 from ahriman.core.status import Client
 from ahriman.models.event import Event, EventType
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class EventLogger:
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def in_event(self, package_base: str, event: EventType, message: str | None = None,
-                 failure: EventType | None = None) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+                 failure: EventType | None = None) -> Iterator[None]:
         """
         perform action in package context and log event with time elapsed
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class EventLogger:
                 >>> with self.in_event(package_base, EventType.PackageUpdated):
                 >>>     do_something()
 
-            Additional parameter ``failure`` can be set in order to emit an event on exception occured. If none set
+            Additional parameter ``failure`` can be set in order to emit an event on exception occurred. If none set
             (default), then no event will be recorded on exception
         """
         with MetricsTimer() as timer:

src/ahriman/core/support/pkgbuild/pkgbuild_generator.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import hashlib
 import itertools
 
-from collections.abc import Callable, Generator
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import ClassVar
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class PkgbuildGenerator:
         Returns:
             list[PkgbuildPatch]: list of patches to be applied to the PKGBUILD
         """
-        def sources_generator() -> Generator[tuple[str, str], None, None]:
+        def sources_generator() -> Iterator[tuple[str, str]]:
             for source, generator in sorted(self.sources().items()):
                 source_path = source_dir / source
                 generator(source_path)

src/ahriman/core/tree.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class Leaf:
 
     Attributes:
         dependencies(set[str]): list of package dependencies
+        items(list[str]): list of packages in this leaf including provides
         package(Package): leaf package properties
     """
 
@@ -42,17 +43,9 @@ class Leaf:
             package(Package): package properties
         """
         self.package = package
+        # store frequently used properties
         self.dependencies = package.depends_build
-
-    @property
-    def items(self) -> Iterable[str]:
-        """
-        extract all packages from the leaf
-
-        Returns:
-            Iterable[str]: packages containing in this leaf
-        """
-        return self.package.packages.keys()
+        self.items = self.package.packages_full
 
     def is_dependency(self, packages: Iterable[Leaf]) -> bool:
         """

src/ahriman/core/triggers/trigger.py

@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ class Trigger(LazyLogging):
         return self.repository_id.architecture
 
     @classmethod
-    def configuration_schema(cls, repository_id: RepositoryId,
-                             configuration: Configuration | None) -> ConfigurationSchema:
+    def configuration_schema(cls, configuration: Configuration | None) -> ConfigurationSchema:
         """
         configuration schema based on supplied service configuration
 
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ class Trigger(LazyLogging):
             Schema must be in cerberus format, for details and examples you can check built-in triggers.
 
         Args:
-            repository_id(str): repository unique identifier
             configuration(Configuration | None): configuration instance. If set to None, the default schema
                 should be returned
 
@@ -101,13 +99,15 @@ class Trigger(LazyLogging):
 
         result: ConfigurationSchema = {}
         for target in cls.configuration_sections(configuration):
-            if not configuration.has_section(target):
-                continue
-            section, schema_name = configuration.gettype(
-                target, repository_id, fallback=cls.CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA_FALLBACK)
-            if schema_name not in cls.CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA:
-                continue
-            result[section] = cls.CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA[schema_name]
+            for section in configuration.sections():
+                if not (section == target or section.startswith(f"{target}:")):
+                    # either repository specific or exact name
+                    continue
+                schema_name = configuration.get(section, "type", fallback=section)
+
+                if schema_name not in cls.CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA:
+                    continue
+                result[section] = cls.CONFIGURATION_SCHEMA[schema_name]
 
         return result
 

src/ahriman/core/triggers/trigger_loader.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import os
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from importlib import import_module, machinery
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import ModuleType
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class TriggerLoader(LazyLogging):
         return configuration.getlist("build", "triggers", fallback=[])
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def __execute_trigger(self, trigger: Trigger) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    def __execute_trigger(self, trigger: Trigger) -> Iterator[None]:
         """
         decorator for calling triggers
 

src/ahriman/core/upload/upload_trigger.py

@@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ class UploadTrigger(Trigger):
                 },
             },
         },
+        "remote-service": {
+            "type": "dict",
+            "schema": {
+                "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "allowed": ["ahriman", "remote-service"],
+                },
+                "timeout": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "coerce": "integer",
+                    "min": 0,
+                },
+            },
+        },
         "rsync": {
             "type": "dict",
             "schema": {
@@ -107,20 +121,6 @@ class UploadTrigger(Trigger):
                 },
             },
         },
-        "remote-service": {
-            "type": "dict",
-            "schema": {
-                "type": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "allowed": ["ahriman", "remote-service"],
-                },
-                "timeout": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "coerce": "integer",
-                    "min": 0,
-                },
-            },
-        },
         "s3": {
             "type": "dict",
             "schema": {

src/ahriman/core/utils.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import re
 import selectors
 import subprocess
 
-from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Iterable, Mapping
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping
 from dataclasses import asdict
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from pwd import getpwuid
 from typing import Any, IO, TypeVar
 
 from ahriman.core.exceptions import CalledProcessError, OptionError, UnsafeRunError
-from ahriman.models.repository_paths import RepositoryPaths
 
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -47,12 +46,14 @@ __all__ = [
     "filter_json",
     "full_version",
     "minmax",
+    "owner",
     "package_like",
     "parse_version",
     "partition",
     "pretty_datetime",
     "pretty_size",
     "safe_filename",
+    "safe_iterdir",
     "srcinfo_property",
     "srcinfo_property_list",
     "trim_package",
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ def check_output(*args: str, exception: Exception | Callable[[int, list[str], st
         return channel if channel is not None else io.StringIO()
 
     # wrapper around selectors polling
-    def poll(sel: selectors.BaseSelector) -> Generator[tuple[str, str], None, None]:
+    def poll(sel: selectors.BaseSelector) -> Iterator[tuple[str, str]]:
         for key, _ in sel.select():  # we don't need to check mask here because we have only subscribed on reading
             line = key.fileobj.readline()  # type: ignore[union-attr]
             if not line:  # in case of empty line we remove selector as there is no data here anymore
@@ -136,7 +137,8 @@ def check_output(*args: str, exception: Exception | Callable[[int, list[str], st
     } | environment
 
     with subprocess.Popen(args, cwd=cwd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                          user=user, env=full_environment, text=True, encoding="utf8", bufsize=1) as process:
+                          user=user, env=full_environment, text=True, encoding="utf8", errors="backslashreplace",
+                          bufsize=1) as process:
         if input_data is not None:
             input_channel = get_io(process, "stdin")
             input_channel.write(input_data)
@@ -168,12 +170,13 @@ def check_output(*args: str, exception: Exception | Callable[[int, list[str], st
         return stdout
 
 
-def check_user(paths: RepositoryPaths, *, unsafe: bool) -> None:
+def check_user(root: Path, *, unsafe: bool) -> None:
     """
     check if current user is the owner of the root
 
     Args:
-        paths(RepositoryPaths): repository paths object
+        root(Path): path to root directory (e.g. repository root
+            :attr:`ahriman.models.repository_paths.RepositoryPaths.root`)
         unsafe(bool): if set no user check will be performed before path creation
 
     Raises:
@@ -182,14 +185,16 @@ def check_user(paths: RepositoryPaths, *, unsafe: bool) -> None:
     Examples:
         Simply run function with arguments::
 
-            >>> check_user(paths, unsafe=False)
+            >>> check_user(root, unsafe=False)
     """
-    if not paths.root.exists():
+    if not root.exists():
         return  # no directory found, skip check
     if unsafe:
         return  # unsafe flag is enabled, no check performed
+
     current_uid = os.getuid()
-    root_uid, _ = paths.root_owner
+    root_uid, _ = owner(root)
+
     if current_uid != root_uid:
         raise UnsafeRunError(current_uid, root_uid)
 
@@ -287,6 +292,20 @@ def minmax(source: Iterable[T], *, key: Callable[[T], Any] | None = None) -> tup
     return min(first_iter, key=key), max(second_iter, key=key)  # type: ignore
 
 
+def owner(path: Path) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    """
+    retrieve owner information by path
+
+    Args:
+        path(Path): path for which extract ids
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple[int, int]: owner user and group ids of the directory
+    """
+    stat = path.stat()
+    return stat.st_uid, stat.st_gid
+
+
 def package_like(filename: Path) -> bool:
     """
     check if file looks like package
@@ -407,6 +426,22 @@ def safe_filename(source: str) -> str:
     return re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z\d\-._~:\[\]@]", "-", source)
 
 
+def safe_iterdir(path: Path) -> Iterator[Path]:
+    """
+    wrapper around :func:`pathlib.Path.iterdir`, which suppresses :exc:`PermissionError`
+
+    Args:
+        path(Path): path to iterate
+
+    Yields:
+        Path: content of the directory
+    """
+    try:
+        yield from path.iterdir()
+    except PermissionError:
+        pass
+
+
 def srcinfo_property(key: str, srcinfo: Mapping[str, Any], package_srcinfo: Mapping[str, Any], *,
                      default: Any = None) -> Any:
     """
@@ -475,7 +510,7 @@ def utcnow() -> datetime.datetime:
     return datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC)
 
 
-def walk(directory_path: Path) -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
+def walk(directory_path: Path) -> Iterator[Path]:
     """
     list all file paths in given directory
 

src/ahriman/models/aur_package.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields
 from pyalpm import Package  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
 from typing import Any, Self
 
-from ahriman.core.utils import filter_json, full_version
+from ahriman.core.utils import filter_json, full_version, trim_package
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True)
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ class AURPackage:
     keywords: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     groups: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        """
+        update packages lists accordingly
+        """
+        object.__setattr__(self, "depends", [trim_package(package) for package in self.depends])
+        object.__setattr__(self, "make_depends", [trim_package(package) for package in self.make_depends])
+        object.__setattr__(self, "opt_depends", [trim_package(package) for package in self.opt_depends])
+        object.__setattr__(self, "check_depends", [trim_package(package) for package in self.check_depends])
+        object.__setattr__(self, "conflicts", [trim_package(package) for package in self.conflicts])
+        object.__setattr__(self, "provides", [trim_package(package) for package in self.provides])
+
     @classmethod
     def from_json(cls, dump: dict[str, Any]) -> Self:
         """

src/ahriman/models/package.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import copy
 
-from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Iterable
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from pyalpm import vercmp  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
         :attr:`ahriman.models.package_source.PackageSource.Archive`,
         :attr:`ahriman.models.package_source.PackageSource.AUR`,
         :attr:`ahriman.models.package_source.PackageSource.Local` and
-        :attr:`ahriman.models.package_source.PackageSource.Repository` repsectively:
+        :attr:`ahriman.models.package_source.PackageSource.Repository` respectively:
 
             >>> ahriman_package = Package.from_aur("ahriman")
             >>> pacman_package = Package.from_official("pacman", pacman)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
         package = pacman.handle.load_pkg(str(path))
         description = PackageDescription.from_package(package, path)
         return cls(
-            base=package.base,
+            base=package.base or package.name,
             version=package.version,
             remote=RemoteSource(source=PackageSource.Archive),
             packages={package.name: description},
@@ -213,18 +213,19 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_aur(cls, name: str, packager: str | None = None) -> Self:
+    def from_aur(cls, name: str, packager: str | None = None, *, include_provides: bool = False) -> Self:
         """
         construct package properties from AUR page
 
         Args:
             name(str): package name (either base or normal name)
             packager(str | None, optional): packager to be used for this build (Default value = None)
+            include_provides(bool, optional): search by provides if no exact match found (Default value = False)
 
         Returns:
             Self: package properties
         """
-        package = AUR.info(name)
+        package = AUR.info(name, include_provides=include_provides)
 
         remote = RemoteSource(
             source=PackageSource.AUR,
@@ -310,7 +311,8 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_official(cls, name: str, pacman: Pacman, packager: str | None = None, *, use_syncdb: bool = True) -> Self:
+    def from_official(cls, name: str, pacman: Pacman, packager: str | None = None, *, use_syncdb: bool = True,
+                      include_provides: bool = False) -> Self:
         """
         construct package properties from official repository page
 
@@ -319,11 +321,13 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
             pacman(Pacman): alpm wrapper instance
             packager(str | None, optional): packager to be used for this build (Default value = None)
             use_syncdb(bool, optional): use pacman databases instead of official repositories RPC (Default value = True)
+            include_provides(bool, optional): search by provides if no exact match found (Default value = False)
 
         Returns:
             Self: package properties
         """
-        package = OfficialSyncdb.info(name, pacman=pacman) if use_syncdb else Official.info(name)
+        impl = OfficialSyncdb if use_syncdb else Official
+        package = impl.info(name, pacman=pacman, include_provides=include_provides)
 
         remote = RemoteSource(
             source=PackageSource.Repository,
@@ -342,7 +346,7 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
         )
 
     @staticmethod
-    def local_files(path: Path) -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
+    def local_files(path: Path) -> Iterator[Path]:
         """
         extract list of local files
 
@@ -403,7 +407,7 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
         Returns:
             list[str]: combined list of unique entries in properties list
         """
-        def generator() -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        def generator() -> Iterator[str]:
             for package in self.packages.values():
                 yield from extractor(package)
 
@@ -566,7 +570,7 @@ class Package(LazyLogging):
         """
         return dataclass_view(self)
 
-    def with_packages(self, packages: list[Path], pacman: Pacman) -> None:
+    def with_packages(self, packages: Iterable[Path], pacman: Pacman) -> None:
         """
         replace packages descriptions with ones from archives
 

src/ahriman/models/package_description.py

@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ class PackageDescription:
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         """
-        update dependencies list accordingly
+        update packages lists accordingly
         """
         self.depends = [trim_package(package) for package in self.depends]
-        self.opt_depends = [trim_package(package) for package in self.opt_depends]
         self.make_depends = [trim_package(package) for package in self.make_depends]
+        self.opt_depends = [trim_package(package) for package in self.opt_depends]
         self.check_depends = [trim_package(package) for package in self.check_depends]
+        self.provides = [trim_package(package) for package in self.provides]
 
     @property
     def filepath(self) -> Path | None:

src/ahriman/models/pkgbuild.py

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, IO, Self
 
 from ahriman.core.alpm.pkgbuild_parser import PkgbuildParser, PkgbuildToken
-from ahriman.core.exceptions import EncodeError
 from ahriman.models.pkgbuild_patch import PkgbuildPatch
 
 
@@ -34,13 +33,13 @@ class Pkgbuild(Mapping[str, Any]):
     model and proxy for PKGBUILD properties
 
     Attributes:
-        DEFAULT_ENCODINGS(list[str]): (class attribute) list of encoding to be applied on the file content
+        DEFAULT_ENCODINGS(str): (class attribute) default encoding to be applied on the file content
         fields(dict[str, PkgbuildPatch]): PKGBUILD fields
     """
 
     fields: dict[str, PkgbuildPatch]
 
-    DEFAULT_ENCODINGS: ClassVar[list[str]] = ["utf8", "latin-1"]
+    DEFAULT_ENCODINGS: ClassVar[str] = "utf8"
 
     @property
     def variables(self) -> dict[str, str]:
@@ -58,13 +57,13 @@ class Pkgbuild(Mapping[str, Any]):
         }
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_file(cls, path: Path, encodings: list[str] | None = None) -> Self:
+    def from_file(cls, path: Path, encoding: str | None = None) -> Self:
         """
         parse PKGBUILD from the file
 
         Args:
             path(Path): path to the PKGBUILD file
-            encodings(list[str] | None, optional): the encoding of the file (Default value = None)
+            encoding(str | None, optional): the encoding of the file (Default value = None)
 
         Returns:
             Self: constructed instance of self
@@ -77,15 +76,10 @@ class Pkgbuild(Mapping[str, Any]):
             content = input_file.read()
 
         # decode bytes content based on either
-        encodings = encodings or cls.DEFAULT_ENCODINGS
-        for encoding in encodings:
-            try:
-                io = StringIO(content.decode(encoding))
-                return cls.from_io(io)
-            except ValueError:
-                pass
+        encoding = encoding or cls.DEFAULT_ENCODINGS
+        io = StringIO(content.decode(encoding, errors="backslashreplace"))
 
-        raise EncodeError(encodings)
+        return cls.from_io(io)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_io(cls, stream: IO[str]) -> Self:

src/ahriman/models/pkgbuild_patch.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import shlex
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Generator, Self
+from typing import Any, Iterator, Self
 
 from ahriman.core.configuration.shell_template import ShellTemplate
 from ahriman.core.utils import dataclass_view, filter_json
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class PkgbuildPatch:
             ValueError: if no closing quotation
         """
 
-        def generator() -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        def generator() -> Iterator[str]:
             token = None
             for char in source:
                 if token is not None:

src/ahriman/models/repository_paths.py

@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
+import contextlib
 import os
 import shutil
 
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ from pwd import getpwuid
 
 from ahriman.core.exceptions import PathError
 from ahriman.core.log import LazyLogging
+from ahriman.core.utils import owner, safe_iterdir
 from ahriman.models.repository_id import RepositoryId
 
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class RepositoryPaths(LazyLogging):
         Returns:
             Path: path to directory in which build process is run
         """
-        uid, _ = self.owner(self.root)
+        uid, _ = owner(self.root)
         return self.chroot / f"{self.repository_id.name}-{self.repository_id.architecture}" / getpwuid(uid).pw_name
 
     @property
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ class RepositoryPaths(LazyLogging):
         Returns:
             tuple[int, int]: owner user and group of the root directory
         """
-        return self.owner(self.root)
+        return owner(self.root)
 
     # pylint: disable=protected-access
     @classmethod
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ class RepositoryPaths(LazyLogging):
         Returns:
             set[str]: list of repository architectures for which there is created tree
         """
-        def walk(repository_dir: Path) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        def walk(repository_dir: Path) -> Iterator[str]:
             for architecture in filter(lambda path: path.is_dir(), repository_dir.iterdir()):
                 yield architecture.name
 
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ class RepositoryPaths(LazyLogging):
             is loaded in legacy mode
         """
         # simply walk through the root. In case if there are subdirectories, emit the name
-        def walk(paths: RepositoryPaths) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        def walk(paths: RepositoryPaths) -> Iterator[str]:
             for repository in filter(lambda path: path.is_dir(), paths._repository_root.iterdir()):
                 if any(path.is_dir() for path in repository.iterdir()):
                     yield repository.name
@@ -207,19 +209,32 @@ class RepositoryPaths(LazyLogging):
 
         return set(walk(instance))
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def owner(path: Path) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    def _chown(self, path: Path) -> None:
         """
-        retrieve owner information by path
+        set owner of path recursively (from root) to root owner
+
+        Notes:
+            More likely you don't want to call this method explicitly, consider using :func:`preserve_owner`
+            as context manager instead
 
         Args:
-            path(Path): path for which extract ids
+            path(Path): path to be chown
 
-        Returns:
-            tuple[int, int]: owner user and group ids of the directory
+        Raises:
+            PathError: if path does not belong to root
         """
-        stat = path.stat()
-        return stat.st_uid, stat.st_gid
+        def set_owner(current: Path) -> None:
+            uid, gid = owner(current)
+            if uid == root_uid and gid == root_gid:
+                return
+            os.chown(current, root_uid, root_gid, follow_symlinks=False)
+
+        if self.root not in path.parents:
+            raise PathError(path, self.root)
+        root_uid, root_gid = self.root_owner
+        while path != self.root:
+            set_owner(path)
+            path = path.parent
 
     def cache_for(self, package_base: str) -> Path:
         """
@@ -233,28 +248,43 @@ class RepositoryPaths(LazyLogging):
         """
         return self.cache / package_base
 
-    def chown(self, path: Path) -> None:
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def preserve_owner(self, path: Path | None = None) -> Iterator[None]:
         """
-        set owner of path recursively (from root) to root owner
+        perform any action preserving owner for any newly created file or directory
 
         Args:
-            path(Path): path to be chown
+            path(Path | None, optional): use this path as root instead of repository root (Default value = None)
 
-        Raises:
-            PathError: if path does not belong to root
+        Examples:
+            This method is designed to use as context manager when you are going to perform operations which might
+            change filesystem, especially if you are doing it under unsafe flag, e.g.::
+
+                >>> with paths.preserve_owner():
+                >>>     paths.tree_create()
+
+            Note, however, that this method doesn't handle any exceptions and will eventually interrupt
+            if there will be any.
         """
-        def set_owner(current: Path) -> None:
-            uid, gid = self.owner(current)
-            if uid == root_uid and gid == root_gid:
-                return
-            os.chown(current, root_uid, root_gid, follow_symlinks=False)
+        path = path or self.root
 
-        if self.root not in path.parents:
-            raise PathError(path, self.root)
-        root_uid, root_gid = self.root_owner
-        while path != self.root:
-            set_owner(path)
-            path = path.parent
+        def walk(root: Path) -> Iterator[Path]:
+            # basically walk, but skipping some content
+            for child in safe_iterdir(root):
+                yield child
+                if child in (self.chroot.parent,):
+                    yield from safe_iterdir(child)  # we only yield top-level in chroot directory
+                elif child.is_dir():
+                    yield from walk(child)
+
+        # get current filesystem and run action
+        previous_snapshot = set(walk(path))
+        yield
+
+        # get newly created files and directories and chown them
+        new_entries = set(walk(path)).difference(previous_snapshot)
+        for entry in new_entries:
+            self._chown(entry)
 
     def tree_clear(self, package_base: str) -> None:
         """
@@ -274,12 +304,13 @@ class RepositoryPaths(LazyLogging):
         """
         if self.repository_id.is_empty:
             return  # do not even try to create tree in case if no repository id set
-        for directory in (
-                self.cache,
-                self.chroot,
-                self.packages,
-                self.pacman,
-                self.repository,
-        ):
-            directory.mkdir(mode=0o755, parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            self.chown(directory)
+
+        with self.preserve_owner():
+            for directory in (
+                    self.cache,
+                    self.chroot,
+                    self.packages,
+                    self.pacman,
+                    self.repository,
+            ):
+                directory.mkdir(mode=0o755, parents=True, exist_ok=True)

src/ahriman/web/cors.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-import aiohttp_cors  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+import aiohttp_cors
 
 from aiohttp.web import Application
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def setup_cors(application: Application) -> aiohttp_cors.CorsConfig:
         aiohttp_cors.CorsConfig: generated CORS configuration
     """
     cors = aiohttp_cors.setup(application, defaults={
-        "*": aiohttp_cors.ResourceOptions(
+        "*": aiohttp_cors.ResourceOptions(  # type: ignore[no-untyped-call]
             expose_headers="*",
             allow_headers="*",
             allow_methods="*",

src/ahriman/web/middlewares/metrics_handler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2025 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+try:
+    import aiohttp_openmetrics
+except ImportError:
+    aiohttp_openmetrics = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
+from aiohttp.typedefs import Middleware
+from aiohttp.web import HTTPNotFound, Request, Response, StreamResponse, middleware
+
+from ahriman.web.middlewares import HandlerType
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "metrics",
+    "metrics_handler",
+]
+
+
+async def metrics(request: Request) -> Response:
+    """
+    handler for returning metrics
+
+    Args:
+        request(Request): request object
+
+    Returns:
+        Response: response object
+
+    Raises:
+        HTTPNotFound: endpoint is disabled
+    """
+    if aiohttp_openmetrics is None:
+        raise HTTPNotFound
+    return await aiohttp_openmetrics.metrics(request)
+
+
+def metrics_handler() -> Middleware:
+    """
+    middleware for metrics support
+
+    Returns:
+        Middleware: middleware function to handle server metrics
+    """
+    if aiohttp_openmetrics is not None:
+        return aiohttp_openmetrics.metrics_middleware
+
+    @middleware
+    async def handle(request: Request, handler: HandlerType) -> StreamResponse:
+        return await handler(request)
+
+    return handle

src/ahriman/web/routes.py

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
+import re
+
 from aiohttp.web import Application, View
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 
 import ahriman.web.views
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ from ahriman.web.views.base import BaseView
 __all__ = ["setup_routes"]
 
 
-def _dynamic_routes(configuration: Configuration) -> Generator[tuple[str, type[View]], None, None]:
+def _dynamic_routes(configuration: Configuration) -> Iterator[tuple[str, type[View]]]:
     """
     extract dynamic routes based on views
 
@@ -45,6 +47,23 @@ def _dynamic_routes(configuration: Configuration) -> Generator[tuple[str, type[V
             yield route, view
 
 
+def _identifier(route: str) -> str:
+    """
+    extract valid route identifier (aka name) for the route. This method replaces curly brackets by single colon
+    and replaces other special symbols (including slashes) by underscore
+
+    Args:
+        route(str): source route
+
+    Returns:
+        str: route with special symbols being replaced
+    """
+    # replace special symbols
+    alphanum = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z\d\-{}]", "_", route)
+    # finally replace curly brackets
+    return alphanum.replace("{", ":").replace("}", "")
+
+
 def setup_routes(application: Application, configuration: Configuration) -> None:
     """
     setup all defined routes
@@ -53,7 +72,8 @@ def setup_routes(application: Application, configuration: Configuration) -> None
         application(Application): web application instance
         configuration(Configuration): configuration instance
     """
-    application.router.add_static("/static", configuration.getpath("web", "static_path"), follow_symlinks=True)
+    application.router.add_static("/static", configuration.getpath("web", "static_path"),
+                                  name="_static", follow_symlinks=True)
 
     for route, view in _dynamic_routes(configuration):
-        application.router.add_view(route, view)
+        application.router.add_view(route, view, name=_identifier(route))

src/ahriman/web/schemas/__init__.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
+from ahriman.web.schemas.any_schema import AnySchema
 from ahriman.web.schemas.aur_package_schema import AURPackageSchema
 from ahriman.web.schemas.auth_schema import AuthSchema
 from ahriman.web.schemas.build_options_schema import BuildOptionsSchema

src/ahriman/web/schemas/any_schema.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2025 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from ahriman.web.apispec import Schema
+
+
+class AnySchema(Schema):
+    """
+    response dummy schema
+    """

src/ahriman/web/schemas/remote_schema.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class RemoteSchema(Schema):
         "example": ".",
     })
     source = fields.Enum(PackageSource, by_value=True, required=True, metadata={
-        "description": "Pacakge source",
+        "description": "Package source",
     })
     web_url = fields.String(metadata={
         "description": "Package repository page",

src/ahriman/web/views/base.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 from aiohttp.web import HTTPBadRequest, HTTPNotFound, Request, StreamResponse, View
-from aiohttp_cors import CorsViewMixin  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+from aiohttp_cors import CorsViewMixin
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from typing import ClassVar, TypeVar
 
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ class BaseView(View, CorsViewMixin):
         """
         HEAD method implementation based on the result of GET method
 
+        Returns:
+            StreamResponse: generated response for the request
+
         Raises:
             HTTPMethodNotAllowed: in case if there is no GET method implemented
         """

src/ahriman/web/views/v1/packages/package.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class PackageView(StatusViewGuard, BaseView):
     @apidocs(
         tags=["Packages"],
         summary="Update package",
-        description="Update package status and set its descriptior optionally",
+        description="Update package status and set its descriptor optionally",
         permission=POST_PERMISSION,
         error_400_enabled=True,
         error_404_description="Repository is unknown",

src/ahriman/web/views/v1/packages/packages.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class PackagesView(StatusViewGuard, BaseView):
     ROUTES = ["/api/v1/packages"]
 
     @apidocs(
-        tags=["packages"],
+        tags=["Packages"],
         summary="Get packages list",
         description="Retrieve packages and their descriptors",
         permission=GET_PERMISSION,

src/ahriman/web/views/v1/status/metrics.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2025 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from aiohttp.web import Response
+from typing import ClassVar
+
+from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
+from ahriman.web.apispec.decorators import apidocs
+from ahriman.web.middlewares.metrics_handler import metrics
+from ahriman.web.schemas import AnySchema
+from ahriman.web.views.base import BaseView
+
+
+class MetricsView(BaseView):
+    """
+    open metrics endpoints
+
+    Attributes:
+        GET_PERMISSION(UserAccess): (class attribute) get permissions of self
+    """
+
+    GET_PERMISSION: ClassVar[UserAccess] = UserAccess.Unauthorized
+    ROUTES = ["/api/v1/metrics"]
+
+    @apidocs(
+        tags=["Status"],
+        summary="OpenMetrics endpoint",
+        description="Get service metrics in OpenMetrics format",
+        permission=GET_PERMISSION,
+        error_404_description="Endpoint is disabled",
+        schema=AnySchema,
+    )
+    async def get(self) -> Response:
+        """
+        get service HTTP metrics
+
+        Returns:
+            Response: 200 with service metrics as generated by the library
+        """
+        return await metrics(self.request)

src/ahriman/web/views/v1/user/login.py

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class LoginView(BaseView):
         login user to service. The authentication session will be passed in ``Set-Cookie`` header.
 
         Raises:
+            HTTPBadRequest: if bad data is supplied
             HTTPFound: on success response
             HTTPUnauthorized: if case of authorization error
         """

src/ahriman/web/web.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from ahriman.web.apispec.info import setup_apispec
 from ahriman.web.cors import setup_cors
 from ahriman.web.keys import AuthKey, ConfigurationKey, SpawnKey, WatcherKey, WorkersKey
 from ahriman.web.middlewares.exception_handler import exception_handler
+from ahriman.web.middlewares.metrics_handler import metrics_handler
 from ahriman.web.routes import setup_routes
 
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ def setup_server(configuration: Configuration, spawner: Spawn, repositories: lis
 
     application.middlewares.append(normalize_path_middleware(append_slash=False, remove_slash=True))
     application.middlewares.append(exception_handler(application.logger))
+    application.middlewares.append(metrics_handler())
 
     application.logger.info("setup routes")
     setup_routes(application, configuration)
@@ -164,11 +166,16 @@ def setup_server(configuration: Configuration, spawner: Spawn, repositories: lis
     # package cache
     if not repositories:
         raise InitializeError("No repositories configured, exiting")
-    database = SQLite.load(configuration)
     watchers: dict[RepositoryId, Watcher] = {}
+    configuration_path, _ = configuration.check_loaded()
     for repository_id in repositories:
         application.logger.info("load repository %s", repository_id)
-        client = Client.load(repository_id, configuration, database, report=False)  # explicitly load local client
+        # load settings explicitly for architecture if any
+        repository_configuration = Configuration.from_path(configuration_path, repository_id)
+        # load database instance, because it holds identifier
+        database = SQLite.load(repository_configuration)
+        # explicitly load local client
+        client = Client.load(repository_id, repository_configuration, database, report=False)
         watchers[repository_id] = Watcher(client)
     application[WatcherKey] = watchers
     # workers cache
@@ -177,6 +184,7 @@ def setup_server(configuration: Configuration, spawner: Spawn, repositories: lis
     application[SpawnKey] = spawner
 
     application.logger.info("setup authorization")
+    database = SQLite.load(configuration)
     validator = application[AuthKey] = Auth.load(configuration, database)
     if validator.enabled:
         from ahriman.web.middlewares.auth_handler import setup_auth

subpackages.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2024 ahriman team.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2025 ahriman team.
 #
 # This file is part of ahriman
 # (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).