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+# ISR Roadmap
+
+## notify.py — NTFY Loudness Notifications
+
+### Context
+
+Street ambience recorder. Goal: detect notable audio events (speech, thunder,
+sustained unusual sounds) in hourly recording files and push a notification via
+a self-hosted NTFY server. Generic short events (car horn, passing vehicle)
+should be filtered out by a minimum section duration.
+
+### Design decisions
+
+| Topic | Decision |
+|---|---|
+| Detection | RMS + minimum section duration filter (KISS — no FFT for now) |
+| Timing | Configurable: `immediate` / `daily` / `both` |
+| Config | `[notify]` section in existing `config.ini` |
+| Code structure | `notify.py` imports `analyze_wav` / `analyze_flac` from `web.py` (DRY) |
+| Source name | Included in notification body; configurable display name per source |
+
+---
+
+### Config additions (`config.example.ini`)
+
+Add a `[notify]` section to `config.ini`:
+
+```ini
+[notify]
+enabled              = true
+ntfy_url             = https://ntfy.example.com/mytopic   ; full URL incl. topic
+mode                 = immediate   ; immediate | daily | both
+daily_time           = 08:00       ; HH:MM — used in daily and both modes
+debounce_minutes     = 60          ; immediate mode: suppress repeat notifications within this window
+min_section_duration = 2.0         ; seconds — sections shorter than this are ignored (filters car horns etc.)
+min_sections         = 1           ; number of qualifying sections required to trigger a notification
+loudness_threshold   = 0.05        ; RMS 0–1, same scale as web.py analysis threshold
+```
+
+Per recording source, add an optional `display_name`:
+
+```ini
+[radio1]
+type         = stream
+url          = http://icecast.example.com:8000/live
+display_name = Street mic north   ; shown in notification; defaults to section name [radio1]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Notification format
+
+```
+Title:  ISR — Notable audio · Street mic north
+Body:   radio1_20260427_0300.wav
+        3 notable sections (≥ 2.0 s each)
+        → 00:12 – 00:18
+        → 01:45 – 01:52
+        → 47:03 – 47:11
+        Peak RMS: 0.312
+```
+
+Daily digest example:
+
+```
+Title:  ISR Daily Digest · 2026-04-27
+Body:   Street mic north — 4 files with notable events
+        03:00 file · 3 sections (peak 0.312)
+        07:00 file · 1 section  (peak 0.091)
+        14:00 file · 2 sections (peak 0.204)
+        21:00 file · 1 section  (peak 0.178)
+```
+
+---
+
+### Implementation plan
+
+#### Phase 1 — Core
+
+1. **`config.example.ini`** — add `[notify]` section and `display_name` key to
+   source section examples (as shown above).
+
+2. **`notify.py` — file watcher**
+   - Polls `recordings/status.json` every 30 s.
+   - Tracks which files were in `active` on the previous poll.
+   - When a file disappears from `active` it was just closed → queues it for
+     analysis.
+   - Skips files with extensions that cannot be analysed (anything other than
+     `.wav` / `.flac`).
+
+3. **`notify.py` — analysis + filter**
+   - Imports `analyze_wav` / `analyze_flac` from `web.py`.
+   - Applies `loudness_threshold` from `[notify]` config.
+   - Filters resulting sections to those with duration ≥ `min_section_duration`.
+   - Counts filtered sections against `min_sections` threshold.
+
+4. **`notify.py` — NTFY HTTP POST**
+   - Plain `urllib` POST to `ntfy_url` (no extra dependencies).
+   - Sets `Title` and message body as described above.
+   - Logs success / failure to stdout.
+
+#### Phase 2 — Cadence modes
+
+5. **Immediate mode with debounce**
+   - Fires right after the file closes and analysis passes.
+   - Persists last-notification timestamp per source to a small
+     `notify_state.json` in the recordings directory.
+   - Suppresses sending if last notification for that source was within
+     `debounce_minutes`.
+
+6. **Daily digest mode**
+   - Appends qualifying events to `notify_log.jsonl` in the recordings
+     directory (one JSON line per event: timestamp, source, filename, sections,
+     peak RMS).
+   - On each poll checks whether `daily_time` has passed today and no digest
+     has been sent yet (tracked in `notify_state.json`).
+   - Reads all undigested entries from `notify_log.jsonl`, groups by
+     `display_name`, sends one notification per source with notable activity.
+   - Marks entries as digested.
+
+7. **Both mode**
+   - Immediate path: only fires when peak RMS exceeds a second, higher
+     threshold (`alarm_threshold`, default `0.3`; add to `[notify]` config).
+   - Daily digest path: fires for everything that passes `min_sections`.
+
+#### Phase 3 — Integration
+
+8. **Docker** — optional `notify` service in `docker-compose.yml`:
+   ```yaml
+   notify:
+     build: .
+     command: python notify.py
+     volumes:
+       - ./recordings:/app/recordings
+       - ./config.ini:/app/config.ini:ro
+     restart: unless-stopped
+   ```
+
+9. **README** — new section documenting `notify.py` usage, config keys, and
+   Docker setup.
+
+---
+
+### Open questions (decide before implementing)
+
+- **Log rotation**: `notify_log.jsonl` grows indefinitely. Options: cap at N
+  days (configurable), cap at N MB, or leave cleanup to the user. No decision
+  made yet.
+- **Multiple NTFY topics per source**: current design uses one global topic.
+  If per-source topics are ever needed, `ntfy_url` could be moved to the source
+  section and override the global one.
+- **FFT / frequency analysis** (future): distinguishing thunder (low rumble,
+  50–200 Hz) from speech (300–3000 Hz) from vehicles would reduce false
+  positives further. Deferred — requires `numpy` and adds meaningful complexity.