Newsletter nudge — was calling /api/study-account/profile (wrong endpoint, ignored subscription). Now correctly calls /api/study-account/preferences with PATCH.
Security:
Email regex — replaced the permissive [^\s@]+@[^\s@]+ pattern with a proper RFC-compliant regex in contact.js and downloads.js
Avatar magic bytes — server now checks actual PNG/JPEG/GIF/WEBP header bytes, not just the data URL prefix
Certificate rate limit — public /api/public/certificate/:token now has a 30 req/15min limiter
Session absolute TTL — admin sessions now have a 30-day hard cap; a stolen token can no longer be kept alive indefinitely by passive reads
Account lockout — 5 failed logins locks a study account for 1 hour
CSP headers — Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy headers added globally
Data integrity:
Cascade delete — deleting a study account now also removes their certificates, community posts, comments, and progress file
UX / reliability:
Escape key on modals — all 3 modal groups (study index, notes, account) now close on Escape
Display name min-length — empty spaces-only names rejected; if provided, must be ≥2 chars
Note save rate limit — 30 saves/minute per user max
Analytics fetch timeout — 5s AbortController so a hanging server doesn't block the browser indefinitely
Email validation on signup — frontend catches bad email formats before hitting the server
Cleanup:
Deduplicated download forms — StudyDownloadForm and ResourceDownloadForm now share a single DownloadForm base; both are now thin wrappers
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**🐛 Bugs fixed**
- Study hub/lesson pages turned gold — CSS merge error with `.study-index-page` fixed
- Lesson announcements not saving — `announcement` field missing from `sanitizeColossiansStudySections` whitelist
- 2FA email method blocked with "not configured" — guard checked `totpSecret` instead of `twoFaMethod`
- `STUDY_REMINDERS_FILE` constant never defined — server would crash on first reminder write
- `sanitizeStudyUsers` stripped all 2FA fields — data lost on every restart
- `scheduleStudyReminders` missing from refactored modules
**✨ Features added**
- Commentary supports paragraph formatting (double newline = new paragraph)
- Lesson announcement banner — full-width gold stripe at top of lesson page
- "Take the Quiz" renamed to "Discussion Questions" throughout
- Students must complete checkpoint before unlocking next lesson (lesson list + Next Lesson button both gate on it)
- No checkpoint questions → simple Mark as Completed button as fallback
- Truth For Life syndication widget on homepage
- Newsletter welcome email updated to your new HTML template
**🔧 Maintenance**
- `server.js` refactored from 6,013 lines into 12 focused modules
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