UmbraCore Development Roadmap¶
This document outlines the development roadmap for UmbraCore, detailing both completed and planned features.
Common Requirements Across Applications¶
UmbraCore serves as the foundation for multiple applications (Rbum, Rbx, ResticBar), sharing these core requirements:
- Core Restic Integration: Repository initialisation, backup operations, restoration
- Security & Credentials: Password management, SSH keys, secure storage
- Configuration Management: Backup sources, exclusions, retention policies
- Progress & Status: Monitoring, metrics, notifications
- Repository Management: Multi-repository support, health checks
- Scheduling System: Timed operations, maintenance
- State Management: History, status tracking, preferences
- Network Operations: Remote repository access, bandwidth control
Implementation Status¶
Tested & Operable¶
- Core Restic Integration
- Command execution system
- Process management
- Output parsing
- Error handling
- Basic repository operations
- Security Layer
- Keychain integration
- XPC service implementation
- Secure data handling
- XPC protocol consolidation
- Repository Management
- Repository initialisation
- Repository health monitoring
- Multi-repository support
- Testing Infrastructure
- Unit testing framework
- Integration test suite
- Performance benchmarks
- Mock services
Current Development Focus¶
- Security Enhancements
- SSH key management
- Cloud provider credentials
- Repository password handling
- Configuration System
- Configuration format design
- Validation system
- Migration framework
- Progress Monitoring
- Progress protocol design
- Status update system
- Metrics collection
Future Development¶
Short-term Goals (3-6 months)¶
- Advanced Repository Management
- Statistics collection
- Space management
- Cache handling
- Scheduling System
- Schedule format design
- Timer implementation
- Queue management
- Conflict resolution
- Network Operations
- Connection management
- Protocol handlers
- Retry logic
- Rate limiting
- State Management
- State persistence design
- History tracking
- Recovery management
- Preference storage
Mid-term Goals (6-12 months)¶
- Statistics & Analytics
- Performance metrics
- Usage statistics
- Trend analysis
- Report generation
- Health Monitoring
- System diagnostics
- Performance monitoring
- Resource tracking
- Alert system
- Event System
- Event dispatching
- Notification management
- Webhook support
- Custom triggers
- Cache Optimisation
- Memory usage optimisation
- Disk cache management
- Network caching
- Cold/warm/hot cache strategies
Long-term Goals (12+ months)¶
- Enhanced User Experience
- Improved error messaging
- Contextual help
- Smart suggestions
- Accessibility features
- Extended Platform Support
- Linux compatibility
- Windows compatibility (where feasible)
- Cross-platform testing
- Enterprise Features
- Advanced logging
- Audit trails
- Team management
- Policy enforcement
- Integration Ecosystem
- Plugin architecture
- Integration with monitoring tools
- Backup verification workflows
- Scripting support
Development Principles¶
1. Security First¶
- Defence in depth approach
- Zero trust architecture
- Regular security reviews
- Secure by default
2. Performance¶
- Minimal resource usage
- Responsive user interface
- Efficient background operations
- Optimised network usage
3. Reliability¶
- Comprehensive error handling
- Graceful degradation
- Automatic recovery where possible
- Thorough logging
4. Maintainability¶
- Clean architecture
- Comprehensive documentation
- Consistent coding standards
- Automated testing
5. User Experience¶
- Intuitive interfaces
- Clear error messages
- Predictable behaviour
- Focus on developer workflows