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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Describe the bug**
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+**To Reproduce**
+Steps to reproduce the behavior:
+1. Go to '...'
+2. Click on '....'
+3. Scroll down to '....'
+4. See error
+
+**Expected behavior**
+A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
+
+**Screenshots**
+If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
+
+**Operating System (please complete the following information):**
+ - OS: [e.g. iOS]
+ - Volttron Version [develop, releases/8.2, main]
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context about the problem here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: Feature request
+about: Suggest an idea for this project
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
+A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...]
+
+**Describe the solution you'd like**
+A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
+
+**Describe alternatives you've considered**
+A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

.github/workflows/code_analysis.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
+# to commit it to your repository.
+#
+# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
+# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
+#
+# ******** NOTE ********
+# We have attempted to detect the languages in your repository. Please check
+# the `language` matrix defined below to confirm you have the correct set of
+# supported CodeQL languages.
+#
+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, develop ]
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches: [ main, develop ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '25 18 * * 2'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'javascript', 'python' ]
+        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
+        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://git.io/codeql-language-support
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+        # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
+
+    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
+    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
+
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
+
+    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
+    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
+    #    uses a compiled language
+
+    #- run: |
+    #   make bootstrap
+    #   make release
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2

.github/workflows/pytest-auth.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,21 @@
 name: Testing platform auth
 
 # Determine what events are going to trigger a running of the workflow
-on: [pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - develop
+    - releases/**
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - develop
+      - releases/**
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   # The job named build
@@ -25,8 +39,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Each entry in the os and python-version matrix will be run so for the 3 x 4 there will be 12 jobs run
-        os: [ ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04 ]
-        python-version: [ 3.6, 3.7] # , 3.8, 3.9 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-20.04 ]
+        python-version: [ 3.8 ]
 
     # Run-on determines the operating system available to run on
     # - At the current time there is only ubuntu machines between 16.04 and 20.04 available
@@ -36,17 +50,17 @@ jobs:
     # Each step will be run in order of listing.
     steps:
       # checkout the volttron repository and set current direectory to it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # setup the python environment for the operating system
       - name: Set up Python ${{matrix.os}} ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       # Run the specified tests and save the results to a unique file that can be archived for later analysis.
       - name: Run pytest on ${{ matrix.python-version }}, ${{ matrix.os }}
-        uses: volttron/volttron-build-action@v2
+        uses: volttron/volttron-build-action@v6
         with:
             python_version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
             os: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -55,20 +69,20 @@ jobs:
 
       # Archive the results from the pytest to storage.
       - name: Archive test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
         with:
           name: pytest-report
           path: output/test-auth-${{matrix.os}}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-results.xml
-    
+
 #       - name: Publish Unit Test Results
 #         uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@v1.5
 #         if: always()
 #         with:
 #           github_token: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 #           files: output/test-testutils*.xml
-          
-          
+
+
 #-cov=com --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
 # pytest tests.py --doctest-modules --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov=com --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
 #    - name: Lint with flake8

.github/workflows/pytest-dbutils-backup_db.yml

@@ -15,15 +15,20 @@ name: Testing BackupDatabase
 
 # Determine what events are going to trigger a running of the workflow
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
     - develop
     - releases/**
   pull_request:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - develop
-    - releases/**
+      - main
+      - develop
+      - releases/**
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -36,8 +41,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Each entry in the os and python-version matrix will be run. For example, on a list of 3 os's and 4 python versions, 12 jobs will be run
-        os: [ ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04 ]
-        python-version: [ 3.6, 3.7] # , 3.8, 3.9 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-20.04 ]
+        python-version: [ 3.8 ]
 
     # Run-on determines the operating system available to run on
     # - At the current time there is only ubuntu machines between 16.04 and 20.04 available
@@ -46,11 +51,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       # checkout the volttron repository and set current directory to it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # setup the python environment for the operating system
       - name: Set up Python ${{matrix.os}} ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Run the specified tests and save the results to a unique file that can be archived for later analysis.
       - name: Run pytest on ${{ matrix.python-version }}, ${{ matrix.os }}
-        uses: volttron/volttron-build-action@v1
+        uses: volttron/volttron-build-action@v6
         timeout-minutes: 600
         with:
             python_version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
 #       Archive the results from the pytest to storage.
       - name: Archive test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
         with:
           name: pytest-report

.github/workflows/pytest-dbutils-influxdbfuncts.yml

@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@
 
 name: Testing influxdbutils
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
     - develop
     - releases/**
   pull_request:
     branches:
-    - main
-    - develop
-    - releases/**
+      - main
+      - develop
+      - releases/**
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -28,19 +32,19 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Each entry in the os and python-version matrix will be run so for the 3 x 4 there will be 12 jobs run
-        os: [ ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04 ]
-        python-version: [ 3.6, 3.7] # , 3.8, 3.9 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-20.04 ]
+        python-version: [ 3.8 ]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
       # checkout the volttron repository and set current directory to it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Attempt to restore the cache from the build-dependency-cache workflow if present then
       # the output value steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists will be set (see the next step for usage)
       - name: Set up Python ${{matrix.os}} ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Run the specified tests and save the results to a unique file that can be archived for later analysis.
       - name: Run pytest on ${{ matrix.python-version }}, ${{ matrix.os }}
-        uses: volttron/volttron-build-action@v1
+        uses: volttron/volttron-build-action@v6
         timeout-minutes: 600
         with:
             python_version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
 #       Archive the results from the pytest to storage.
       - name: Archive test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
         with:
           name: pytest-report