update: cache-busted version reload with one-time auto-connect; announce list counts; add apache no-cache html headers

deploy/README.md

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ cd /home/bestmidi/chgrid
 Notes:
 - Replace `yourdomain.com` with your real domain.
 - Script copies `deploy/apache/chgrid-vhost-snippet.conf`, runs `rebuildhttpdconf`, then restarts Apache via WHM restart command.
+- Snippet now includes no-cache headers for `/chgrid/` and `/chgrid/index.html` so client updates are not stuck on stale HTML.
 
 ## 7) Optional HTTPS relay for HTTP radio streams
 

deploy/apache/chgrid-vhost-snippet.conf

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 # Add inside your SSL VirtualHost include for bestmidi.com.
 # Keep your existing main DocumentRoot unchanged when hosting Chat Grid under /chgrid.
 # Required modules: proxy, proxy_http, proxy_wstunnel
+# Optional but recommended modules for client update freshness: headers, setenvif
 
 # Proxy websocket signaling endpoint to local Python service.
 ProxyPass        /ws  ws://127.0.0.1:8765
 ProxyPassReverse /ws  ws://127.0.0.1:8765
+
+# Ensure HTML entrypoint is never cached so version updates are picked up quickly.
+<LocationMatch "^/chgrid/?$|^/chgrid/index\\.html$">
+  Header set Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate"
+  Header set Pragma "no-cache"
+  Header set Expires "0"
+</LocationMatch>