below

Grab app errors asyn instead of first time side bar is opened
Adjust some timeouts before switching to backup server because GitHub is a complete and utter Piece of Shit that is only worthwhile because it's free
Don't hold up displaying sidebar for more than 5 seconds max if auxillary file cannot be downloaded

source/community.applications/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/community.applications/Apps.page

@@ -1078,11 +1078,16 @@ function getContent(init,category,description,newApp,startupDisplay) {
 			updateDisplay(result.display);
 			if ( initialize ) {
 				populateAutoComplete();
+				downloadStatistics();
 			}
 		});
 	}
 }
 
+function downloadStatistics() {
+	postNoSpin({action:'downloadStatistics'});
+}
+
 function populateAutoComplete() {
 	postNoSpin({action:'populateAutoComplete'},function(result) {
 		searchBoxAwesomplete.list = result.autocomplete;

source/community.applications/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/community.applications/ca.md5

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-a984f6fdeb6882f3b644249cde64a49d  ./Apps.page
+6e0fd877fd62e42e17b284d879e4ac0c  ./Apps.page
 4e55f7483b661af21a25b677179baffe  ./CA_notices.page
 42a1658a916a3a3eed2a9f2af80603c4  ./ca_settings.page
 e718d7825dbdc96a17a915079222b098  ./default.cfg
-16ab48796082240784020833b1988a18  ./include/exec.php
-e564b860fa0d5022df83c103922665d7  ./include/helpers.php
+69837040d99db6ace79fa8c995579b52  ./include/exec.php
+081c8e7f0937ef2f7d77d1f746a8a4f4  ./include/helpers.php
 116042a918060278e77379b0dd73482c  ./include/paths.php
 532fffdf939594c143e679da02bd841e  ./javascript/libraries.js
 71f911a818d88d3d567f8a2898094ee2  ./README.md
+ff1fa32f5bc288631673066da4a36ebe  ./scripts/caPostHook.php
+981bc776ea83d2f15387e29870554e3f  ./scripts/caPreHook.php
 d3d8286046cc7d6edf8f596067c163a2  ./scripts/checkForUpdates.php
 99a9d58a49a7f6812f18bd4be2b563b9  ./scripts/checkForUpdates.sh
 677ac9a29993ec57e09ec6a1856f1a11  ./scripts/dockerConvert.php
@@ -22,4 +24,4 @@ da3b4f9b73c5c3bf65be6c42d68b51f9  ./scripts/showStatistics.php
 34554a56611dfe625889c82afd5138de  ./scripts/updatePluginSupport.php
 25bdaed6f62ac73f9ef7c3ce0c125ef7  ./skins/Narrow/css.php
 7eb021a105e2f7a15675ec8a14e6f05e  ./skins/Narrow/skin.html
-a1b3610d2e84841ebfed5f1bf2c5bd46  ./skins/Narrow/skin.php
+360f985a0e0e789a02eb66d7d24a6742  ./skins/Narrow/skin.php

source/community.applications/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/community.applications/include/exec.php

@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ switch ($_POST['action']) {
 	case 'saveMultiPluginPending':
 		saveMultiPluginPending();
 		break;
+	case 'downloadStatistics':
+		downloadStatistics();
+		break;
 	###############################################
 	# Return an error if the action doesn't exist #
 	###############################################
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ function DownloadApplicationFeed() {
 
 	$currentFeed = "Primary Server";
 	$downloadURL = randomFile();
-	$ApplicationFeed = download_json($caPaths['application-feed'],$downloadURL);
+	$ApplicationFeed = download_json($caPaths['application-feed'],$downloadURL,"",20);
 	if ( ! is_array($ApplicationFeed['applist']) ) {
 		$currentFeed = "Backup Server";
 		$ApplicationFeed = download_json($caPaths['application-feedBackup'],$downloadURL);
@@ -903,7 +906,7 @@ function force_update() {
 	$lastUpdatedOld = readJsonFile($caPaths['lastUpdated-old']);
 
 	@unlink($caPaths['lastUpdated']);
-	$latestUpdate = download_json($caPaths['application-feed-last-updated'],$caPaths['lastUpdated']);
+	$latestUpdate = download_json($caPaths['application-feed-last-updated'],$caPaths['lastUpdated'],"",5);
 	if ( ! $latestUpdate['last_updated_timestamp'] )
 		$latestUpdate = download_json($caPaths['application-feed-last-updatedBackup'],$caPaths['lastUpdated']);
 
@@ -2438,6 +2441,15 @@ function saveMultiPluginPending() {
 	postReturn(['status'=>'ok']);
 }
 
+##############################################
+# Downloads the stats file in the background #
+##############################################
+function downloadStatistics() {
+	global $caPaths;
+	
+	download_json($caPaths['statisticsURL'],$caPaths['statistics']);
+}
+
 #######################################
 # Logs Javascript errors being caught #
 #######################################

source/community.applications/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/community.applications/include/helpers.php

@@ -69,11 +69,14 @@ function writeJsonFile($filename,$jsonArray) {
 function download_url($url, $path = "", $bg = false, $timeout = 45) {
 	global $caSettings, $caPaths;
 
+	debug("DOWNLOAD starting $url\n");
+	$startTime = time();
+	
 	$ch = curl_init();
 	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
 	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT,true);
 	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
-	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,30);
+	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,$timeout);
 	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT,$timeout);
 	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_ENCODING,"");
 	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
@@ -90,8 +93,9 @@ function download_url($url, $path = "", $bg = false, $timeout = 45) {
 	curl_close($ch);
 	if ( $path )
 		file_put_contents($path,$out);
-
-	debug("DOWNLOAD URL: $url\nRESULT:\n".var_dump_ret($out));
+	
+	$totalTime = time() - $startTime;
+	debug("DOWNLOAD $url Time: $totalTime  RESULT:\n".var_dump_ret($out));
 	return $out ?: false;
 }
 function download_json($url,$path="") {

source/community.applications/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/community.applications/scripts/caPostHook.php

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?
+###############################################################
+#                                                             #
+# Community Applications copyright 2015-2022, Andrew Zawadzki #
+#                   Licenced under GPLv2                      #
+#                                                             #
+###############################################################
+if ( $argv[1] == "check" || $argv[1] == "checkall" )
+  return;
+echo "Executing Community Applications Post-Plugin Settings\n";
+@unlink("/tmp/community.applications/pluginPending/{$argv[2]}");
+echo "Finished";
+?>

source/community.applications/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/community.applications/scripts/caPreHook.php

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?
+###############################################################
+#                                                             #
+# Community Applications copyright 2015-2022, Andrew Zawadzki #
+#                   Licenced under GPLv2                      #
+#                                                             #
+###############################################################
+if ( $argv[1] == "check" || $argv[1] == "checkall" )
+  return;
+	
+echo "Executing Community Applications Pre-Plugin Settings\n";
+@mkdir("/tmp/community.applications/pluginPending",0777,true);
+touch("/tmp/community.applications/pluginPending/{$argv[2]}");
+if ( $argv[1] == "update" ) {
+	if ( is_file("/var/log/plugins/{$argv[2]}") )
+		passthru("/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin check ".escapeshellarg($argv[2]));
+	return;
+}
+
+?>

source/community.applications/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/community.applications/skins/Narrow/skin.php

@@ -445,8 +445,6 @@ function getPopupDescriptionSkin($appNumber) {
 	$extraDeprecated = readJsonFile($caPaths['extraDeprecated']);
 		
 	$pinnedApps = readJsonFile($caPaths['pinnedV2']);
-	if ( ! is_file($caPaths['statistics']) )
-		download_json($caPaths['statisticsURL'],$caPaths['statistics']);
 
 	if ( is_file("/var/run/dockerd.pid") && is_dir("/proc/".@file_get_contents("/var/run/dockerd.pid")) ) {
 		$caSettings['dockerRunning'] = "true";
@@ -576,15 +574,15 @@ function getPopupDescriptionSkin($appNumber) {
 
 	if ( $template['Plugin'] ) {
 		$templateURL = $template['PluginURL'];
-		download_url($templateURL,$caPaths['pluginTempDownload']);
-		$template['Changes'] = @plugin("changes",$caPaths['pluginTempDownload']);
+		download_url($templateURL."1",$caPaths['pluginTempDownload'],"",5);
+		$template['Changes'] = @plugin("changes",$caPaths['pluginTempDownload']) ?: $template['Changes'];
 
 		$template['pluginVersion'] = @plugin("version",$caPaths['pluginTempDownload']) ?: $template['pluginVersion'];
 
 	} else {
 		if ( ! $template['Changes'] && $template['ChangeLogPresent']) {
 			$templateURL = $template['caTemplateURL'] ?: $template['TemplateURL'];
-			download_url($templateURL,$caPaths['pluginTempDownload']);
+			download_url($templateURL,$caPaths['pluginTempDownload'],"",5);
 			$xml = readXmlFile($caPaths['pluginTempDownload']);
 			$template['Changes'] = $xml['Changes'];
 		}