- Requirement 1: Status indicator light next to each task
- Red light display when a task freezes
- Green light display upon successful completion
- Requirement 2: STOP button to instantly close windows of running tasks
- Immediate browser shutdown
- Terminate ongoing task execution
- Requirement 3: Pause function to suspend execution
- Pause subsequent workflows after the current task finishes
- Resume button to continue pending tasks
Location: To the left of each task checkbox
Color Definition:
🟤 Grey → Task idle / pending execution
🟡 Yellow → Task in progress
🟢 Green → ✅ Task completed successfully
🔴 Red → ❌ Task failed or manually aborted
Covered Tasks (Total 12):
- Group
- Context
- Permission Group
- SIP Trunk
- Outbound Routing (New indicator added)
- Custom Outbound (New indicator added)
- Inbound Routing
- Caller ID
- ACL Group
- User Profile
- User
- ACL User
Original Behaviour:
- Only mark a stop flag
- Wait for the active task to finish naturally
- Risk of prolonged freezing
Optimized Behaviour ✨:
- ⚡ Instant browser termination with no waiting delay
- 🛑 Terminate all tasks; mark interrupted tasks with red lights
- ⏱️ Millisecond-level fast response
- 💾 Execution logs & User Records remain fully saved
Pause Function:
- Suspends workflow after finishing the current running task
- Will not cut off a task mid-execution
- Ideal for step-by-step debugging
Resume Function:
- Resume execution from the next pending task
- Preserve the complete workflow sequence
- Modified File Count: 1 (
main.py) - Newly Added Functions: 2 (
_draw_indicator,_update_indicator_ui) - Revised Functions: 3 (
create_gui,execute_pipeline,stop_task) - Newly Added Class Attributes: 4 (
browser,page,task_status,task_canvas) - New Code Lines Added: ~80 lines
main.py:
├── __init__ → Added status tracking attributes
├── create_gui → Embedded status indicators to GUI layout
├── _draw_indicator → New function for rendering status lights
├── _update_indicator_ui → New function for real-time light refresh
├── stop_task → Logic updated to close browser instantly
└── execute_pipeline → Integrated task status tracking & browser instance binding
Start ▶️
↓
[All indicators reset to Grey]
↓
Group: 🟡 → 🟢
↓
Context: 🟡 → 🟢
↓
...Subsequent tasks run sequentially...
↓
All tasks finished! All indicators turn 🟢
Group: 🟢 (Completed successfully)
Context: 🟡 (Currently running)
...
↓ [Click ⏹ Stop]
Group: 🟢 (Completed successfully)
Context: 🔴 (Manually aborted)
Perms: 🟤 (Not started)
...
[Browser closed immediately]
Group: 🟢 (Completed successfully)
Context: 🟡 (Running in progress)
↓ [Click ⏸ Pause]
Group: 🟢 (Completed successfully)
Context: 🟢 (Execution suspended)
↓ [Click ▶ Resume]
Perms: 🟡 (Start execution)
✅ Launch task pipeline 👀 Track real-time status via colour indicators 🔡 Persistent yellow light = Task frozen 🛑 Click STOP for instant termination
✅ Start pipeline execution
⏸️ Hit Pause after the first task completes
🔍 Verify data output correctness
✅ Complete all parameter configurations
| Function Area | Previous Version | Optimized Version |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time Execution Visibility | Only text logs available | Colour-coded status lights for instant visual feedback |
| STOP Button Response | Slow response, forced to wait for task completion | ⚡ Millisecond instant browser shutdown |
| Freeze Troubleshooting | Require log analysis to identify stuck tasks | Persistent yellow light directly signals frozen tasks |
| Multi-task Progress Overview | Hard to track individual task progress | Clear visual status for all 12 tasks at a glance |
| Emergency Termination Efficiency | Slow interruption | Direct browser kill with zero waiting time |
Three dedicated documents are included with this release:
- FEATURES_UPDATE.md – Full feature introduction & operation guide
- QUICK_REFERENCE.md – Cheat sheet for fast lookup
- IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md – Deep dive into technical development details
# Navigate to project folder
cd "c:\\Users\\chinshing\\Downloads\\Deltapath Automation - v2.0"
# Activate virtual environment
venv\\Scripts\\activate
# Launch application
python main.pyAll new features are fully integrated; no additional packages installation required!
Release Version: v2.1 (UI Enhancement Update) Release Date: 21 June 2025 Key Updates:
- ✨ Brand-new task status indicator system
- 🚑 Dramatically optimized STOP button response speed
- 📊 Overall visual monitoring & user experience upgraded
💡 Quick Reference Hints:
- Judge task status instantly via indicator colours without checking logs
- The upgraded STOP button enables fast emergency termination to avoid freezing
- Use Pause for detailed debugging; Resume restores full workflow continuity
- All green lights confirm 100% successful task execution 🎉
- Any red light indicates task failure – check logs for root cause analysis
- Indicator light no colour change → Confirm the pipeline has been started
- Indicator stuck at yellow → Task likely frozen; use STOP button to abort
- Flickering/unclear indicator display → Refresh window or restart the application