- Introduced `enforce_companion_contact_capacity` to manage contact limits during companion loading, with an option to trim non-favourite contacts when exceeding capacity.
- Updated `SQLiteHandler` to support message retention limits, allowing for automatic trimming of older messages based on `offline_queue_size`.
- Enhanced API endpoints to handle contact trimming on overflow, providing feedback on trimmed contacts during updates.
- Added utility functions for selecting and trimming contacts while preserving favourites.
- Improved logging for contact management actions and errors related to capacity.
- Introduced `CompanionContactCapacityError` to handle cases where persisted contacts exceed configured limits.
- Added utility functions for parsing companion bridge settings and validating contact capacity.
- Updated `RepeaterDaemon` to check contact capacity during companion loading and initialization.
- Enhanced API endpoints to validate companion settings and manage contact limits effectively.
- Implemented logging for bridge limits and errors related to contact capacity.
- Introduced `normalize_companion_identity_key` function to standardize identity key formatting by stripping whitespace and removing the optional 0x prefix.
- Updated `RepeaterDaemon` to utilize the new normalization function when processing identity keys, improving consistency and error handling.
- Added a `stop` method in `CompanionFrameServer` to persist contacts and channels before stopping, ensuring data survives daemon restarts.
- Added backup functionality for config.yaml during save operations.
- Improved YAML saving to support Unicode characters and increased line width.
- Introduced a mechanism to sync companion node names to the configuration upon updates.
- Updated API endpoints to validate companion node names and persist changes to the configuration.
- Enhanced the RepeaterCompanionBridge to load and save preferences, ensuring consistent state management.
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