GoldenCheetah v3.7 SP1 release

[ZajtiM]

Hi Ale,

There is a problem with UI (Activities list). Most likely related to new "Startup view" and "Fix ride navigator asterisk...  PR #4722" 
Activities list either shifts or changes size. And is affected only when you open / close second athlete.
Here are steps how to "trigger" this UI behavior:
1. Open 2nd athlete - not triggered yet
2. Change column order in Activities list for 1st athlete. - Should look good first time
3. Close 2nd athlete  - first time triggers it
4. Change column order in Activities list for 1st athlete.
5. Repeat step 1-4 with different GC window sizes, and shifts / size of items in Activities list can change.

You can fix it by opening Options window, change Startup view and save.

Here are three GIFs.
#1 Maximized GC Window

#2 Half monitor sized GC Window

#3 Fixed with options change and save.

Cheers,
Mitja

[Ale Martinez]

Hi Mitja, are you sure this started with this version, have you tried v3.7?

I mean, considering the effect with a normal window size is so subtle and the workflow to trigger it rather convoluted, this could be present and nobody found it.

[ZajtiM]

Hi Ale,

   

I'm sorry. You're absolutely right. This is old behavior. I tested it with last 3.6 version and it's the same. 

[Ale Martinez]

No problem, curiously or perhaps not, this was the only feedback we received from this release...

May be nobody else has upgraded -which would be a very bad idea for users accessing external services s.t. Strava since this is a security patch released after a vulnerability was detected, o perhaps it works as intended so no comments...

Cheers, Ale.

[Paul J]

How easy would it be to add a version check on start-up for official releases to inform the user they are running an out of date version ?

[Ale Martinez]

El domingo, 7 de diciembre de 2025 a la(s) 4:45:32 a.m. UTC-3, paulj...@gmail.com escribió:

How easy would it be to add a version check on start-up for official releases to inform the user they are running an out of date version ?

Hi Paul, there is a mechanism in place (look for CloudDBVersion) but it is tied to CloudDB server which is running unmanaged from 2020, this is the latest version the server responds:

 

I have no idea how this can be updated, there is a pending issue for replacing the server (https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/issues/4100) but I don't think anyone is working on this.

Cheers, Ale.

[Paul J]

Hi Ale,

  I see there is a mechanism to get the default perspectives from the GC website: https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/blob/6b7e7555dfc0fcb622517e61b345f83f3864669d/src/Gui/AbstractView.cpp#L334-L345 

  Could a file be hosted on the GC website with the latest version (or search in an existing file one) and use that within the GC code to warn the user? I'd be happy to work on this if this is a possible solution.

[Ale Martinez]

El domingo, 7 de diciembre de 2025 a la(s) 2:50:57 p.m. UTC-3, paulj...@gmail.com escribió:

Hi Ale,

  I see there is a mechanism to get the default perspectives from the GC website: https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/blob/6b7e7555dfc0fcb622517e61b345f83f3864669d/src/Gui/AbstractView.cpp#L334-L345 

  Could a file be hosted on the GC website with the latest version (or search in an existing file one) and use that within the GC code to warn the user? I'd be happy to work on this if this is a possible solution.

Agree, to refactor the code in CloudDBVersion to download a GCVersions.json file instead of using CloudDB server seems the right thing to do since it is not related to other CloudDB functionality, similar to FITMetadata.json in https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/blob/master/src/FileIO/FitRideFile.cpp#L136 but from the parent folder since it would be a file common to all GC versions.

[Ale Martinez]

Let's do that for the next release, to inform current users and with Joern help we could update the CloudDB server so existing users with versions 3.5/3.6/3.7 should receive this notice at startup:

 

Thank you and hope it helps, Ale.

[Ale Martinez]

PS: I am not sure if this is clear enough but the vulnerabilities detected are not specific to v3.7 but affect all previous versions having connectivity to external services so, if are still using one of them and you don't want to upgrade, better don't use the connectivity functions. 

[Paul J]

Please see https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/pull/4742 which provides a reminder based upon the GcUpgrade.h file in Github project.