feat: Simplify update process by removing deprecated methods and enhancing README; improve type safety in tests

src/account-creation/AccountCreator.ts

@@ -1007,12 +1007,6 @@ export class AccountCreator {
     if (!suggestionsContainer) {
       log(false, 'CREATOR', 'No suggestions found from Microsoft', 'warn', 'yellow')
       
-      // Debug: check HTML content
-      const pageContent = await this.page.content()
-      const hasDataTestId = pageContent.includes('data-testid="suggestions"')
-      const hasToolbar = pageContent.includes('role="toolbar"')
-      log(false, 'CREATOR', `Debug - suggestions in HTML: ${hasDataTestId}, toolbar: ${hasToolbar}`, 'warn', 'yellow')
-      
       // CRITICAL FIX: Generate a new email automatically instead of freezing
       log(false, 'CREATOR', '🔄 Generating a new email automatically...', 'log', 'cyan')
       

src/index.ts

@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@ export class MicrosoftRewardsBot {
         
         log('main', 'BANNER', `Microsoft Rewards Bot v${version}`)
         log('main', 'BANNER', `PID: ${process.pid} | Workers: ${this.config.clusters}`)
-        
-        const upd = this.config.update || {}
-        const updTargets: string[] = []
-        if (upd.method && upd.method !== 'zip') updTargets.push(`Update: ${upd.method}`)
-        if (upd.docker) updTargets.push('Docker')
-        if (updTargets.length > 0) {
-            log('main', 'BANNER', `Auto-Update: ${updTargets.join(', ')}`)
-        }
     }
 
     private getVersion(): string {
@@ -770,28 +762,12 @@ export class MicrosoftRewardsBot {
             return 0
         }
 
-        const args: string[] = []
-        
-        // Determine update method from config (github-api is default and recommended)
-        const method = upd.method || 'github-api'
-        
-        if (method === 'github-api' || method === 'api' || method === 'zip') {
-            // Use GitHub API method (no Git needed, no conflicts)
-            args.push('--no-git')
-        } else {
-            // Unknown method, default to github-api
-            log('main', 'UPDATE', `Unknown update method "${method}", using github-api`, 'warn')
-            args.push('--no-git')
-        }
-        
-        // Add Docker flag if enabled
-        if (upd.docker) args.push('--docker')
-
+        // New update.mjs uses GitHub API only and takes no CLI arguments
         log('main', 'UPDATE', `Running update script: ${scriptRel}`, 'log')
 
         // Run update script as a child process and capture exit code
         return new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
-            const child = spawn(process.execPath, [scriptAbs, ...args], { stdio: 'inherit' })
+            const child = spawn(process.execPath, [scriptAbs], { stdio: 'inherit' })
             child.on('close', (code) => {
                 log('main', 'UPDATE', `Update script exited with code ${code ?? 0}`, code === 0 ? 'log' : 'warn')
                 resolve(code ?? 0)

src/interface/Config.ts

@@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ export interface ConfigProxy {
 
 export interface ConfigUpdate {
     enabled?: boolean; // Master toggle for auto-updates (default: true)
-    method?: 'github-api' | 'api' | 'zip'; // Update method (default: "github-api")
-    docker?: boolean; // if true, run docker update routine (compose pull/up) after completion
     scriptPath?: string; // optional custom path to update script relative to repo root
     autoUpdateConfig?: boolean; // if true, allow auto-update of config.jsonc when remote changes it (default: false to preserve user settings)
     autoUpdateAccounts?: boolean; // if true, allow auto-update of accounts.json when remote changes it (default: false to preserve credentials)
+    // DEPRECATED (removed in v2.56.2+): method, docker - update.mjs now uses GitHub API only
 }
 
 export interface ConfigVacation {

src/util/Load.ts

@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ function stripJsonComments(input: string): string {
 
 // Normalize both legacy (flat) and new (nested) config schemas into the flat Config interface
 function normalizeConfig(raw: unknown): Config {
-    // TYPE SAFETY NOTE: Using `any` here is necessary for backwards compatibility
-    // JUSTIFIED USE OF `any`: The config format has evolved from flat → nested structure over time
-    // This needs to support BOTH formats for backward compatibility with existing user configs
-    // Runtime validation happens through explicit property checks and the Config interface return type ensures type safety at function boundary
-    // Alternative approaches (discriminated unions, conditional types) would require extensive runtime checks making code significantly more complex
+    // TYPE SAFETY NOTE: Using `any` here is intentional and justified
+    // Reason: Config format evolved from flat → nested structure. This function must support BOTH
+    // for backward compatibility. Runtime validation via explicit checks ensures safety.
+    // Return type (Config interface) provides type safety at function boundary.
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const n = (raw || {}) as any
 

src/util/Logger.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ if (typeof cleanupInterval.unref === 'function') {
     cleanupInterval.unref()
 }
 
+/**
+ * Stop the webhook buffer cleanup interval
+ * Call this during graceful shutdown to prevent memory leaks
+ */
+export function stopWebhookCleanup(): void {
+    clearInterval(cleanupInterval)
+}
+
 /**
  * Get or create a webhook buffer for the given URL
  * Buffers batch log messages to reduce Discord API calls