[scrobbles] Big update for notes in tasks and boardgames

PROJECT.org

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fetching and simple saving.
 :LOGBOOK:
 CLOCK: [2025-07-09 Wed 09:55]--[2025-07-09 Wed 10:15] =>  0:20
 :END:
-* Backlog [2/18] :vrobbler:project:personal:
+* Backlog [3/18] :vrobbler:project:personal:
 ** TODO [#C] Add sentiment parsing for Scrobbles with notes :vrobbler:project:scrobbles:sentiment:
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       37781d6a-f3b0-48b2-bf98-33c2c791cf85
@@ -480,15 +480,50 @@ whatever time KoReader reports, we need to know, given the date and the user
 profile's historic timezone, how many hours to adjust the KoReader time to get
 to GMT to save it in the database.
 
-** TODO [#B] When creating org-mode tasks, don't copy comments :vrobbler:bug:scrobbles:tasks:
+** DONE [#B] Clean up org-mode tasks metadata :bug:tasks:metadata:
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       0c762d09-fc69-4e75-be40-7eaaf04f178e
 :END:
 
 *** Description
 
-It would be nice to not duplicate comments that exist on a task when it's first scrobbled.
+Org-mode tasks have a `Description` subheader, which should populate the
+"Description" of a task.
 
+The title should come from the actual TODO content, with tags coming from the
+tags in colons after the task. This behaviour should already work.
+
+Next, any comments should go under a `Comments` subheader. Under these should be a list tag like:
+
+"Note taken on [2026-05-31 Sun 20:03]"
+
+Which declares it's a note with a timestamp like "YYYY-MM-DD d HH:MM".
+
+When scrobbling a task from org-mode, the description should always be copied to
+the scrobble's log["description"].
+
+Any comments that exist on the task when the scrobble is first created, should
+be ignored.
+
+Any comments on a task that is updated (a re-POST'd while the task is in
+progress, should add a comment in the log["notes"], a dictionary, keyed off the
+timestamp the note string. If a note for that datetime already exists, the
+content should be replaced with the new comment.
+
+Additionally, when a task is re-POST'd while the task is in progress, the
+description should also be compared, and if different, the newest description
+should be used.
+
+Note, the biggest change for this flow is making sure comments that already
+exist are not added to any new tasks and that both comments and descriptions are
+added or updated if the new values are different than what is already in the
+currently in-progress task.
+
+If the task is completed, don't touch it.
+
+*** Comments
+- Note taken on [2026-05-31 Sun 20:03]
+  
 ** DONE [#A] Actually push branches up and add a just command to do it :release:justfile:tooling:
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       50aa5daa-a802-6aa9-38a3-218b7a9d4b34

vrobbler/apps/boardgames/models.py

@@ -90,6 +90,26 @@ class BoardGameLogData(BaseLogData, LongPlayLogData):
         "variant",
     }
 
+    @classmethod
+    def override_fields(cls) -> dict:
+        from scrobbles.forms import NotesDictField
+
+        fields = {}
+        for base in cls.mro()[1:]:
+            if hasattr(base, "override_fields"):
+                base_fields = base.override_fields()
+                fields.update(base_fields)
+        custom_fields = {
+            "notes": NotesDictField(required=False),
+            "location_id": forms.ModelChoiceField(
+                queryset=BoardGameLocation.objects.all(),
+                required=False,
+                widget=forms.Select(),
+            ),
+        }
+        fields.update(custom_fields)
+        return fields
+
     @cached_property
     def location(self):
         if not self.location_id:
@@ -133,23 +153,6 @@ class BoardGameLogData(BaseLogData, LongPlayLogData):
 
         return "".join(html_parts)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def override_fields(cls) -> dict:
-        fields = {}
-        for base in cls.mro()[1:]:
-            if hasattr(base, "override_fields"):
-                base_fields = base.override_fields()
-                fields.update(base_fields)
-        custom_fields = {
-            "location_id": forms.ModelChoiceField(
-                queryset=BoardGameLocation.objects.all(),
-                required=False,
-                widget=forms.Select(),
-            )
-        }
-        fields.update(custom_fields)
-        return fields
-
 
 class BoardGamePublisher(TimeStampedModel):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=255)

vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/dataclasses.py

@@ -57,14 +57,28 @@ class BaseLogData(JSONDataclass):
         if not self.notes:
             return ""
 
+        if isinstance(self.notes, dict):
+            lines = []
+            for ts, text in self.notes.items():
+                note_text = " ".join(text.strip().split())
+                lines.append(f"{ts}: {note_text}")
+            return separator.join(lines)
+
         if isinstance(self.notes, str):
             return html.escape(re.sub(r"\s*\[start:\d+\|end:\d+\]$", "", self.notes))
 
         if isinstance(self.notes, list):
             cleaned_notes = []
             for note in self.notes:
-                cleaned = html.escape(re.sub(r"\s*\[start:\d+\|end:\d+\]$", "", note))
+                if isinstance(note, dict):
-                cleaned_notes.append(cleaned)
+                    timestamp, note_text = next(iter(note.items()))
+                    note_text = " ".join(note_text.strip().split())
+                    cleaned_notes.append(f"{timestamp}: {note_text}")
+                elif isinstance(note, str):
+                    cleaned = html.escape(
+                        re.sub(r"\s*\[start:\d+\|end:\d+\]$", "", note)
+                    )
+                    cleaned_notes.append(cleaned)
             return separator.join(cleaned_notes)
 
         return ""
@@ -76,18 +90,35 @@ class BaseLogData(JSONDataclass):
         if not self.notes:
             return ""
 
-        notes_list = []
-        if isinstance(self.notes, str):
-            notes_list = [self.notes]
-        elif isinstance(self.notes, list):
-            notes_list = self.notes
-
         html_notes = []
-        for note in notes_list:
+
-            for line in note.split("\n"):
+        if isinstance(self.notes, dict):
+            for ts, text in self.notes.items():
+                note_text = " ".join(text.strip().split())
+                html_notes.append(
+                    f'<div class="sticky-note">{ts}: {note_text}</div>'
+                )
+        elif isinstance(self.notes, str):
+            for line in self.notes.split("\n"):
                 if line.strip():
                     escaped_line = html.escape(line)
                     html_notes.append(f'<div class="sticky-note">{escaped_line}</div>')
+        elif isinstance(self.notes, list):
+            for note in self.notes:
+                if isinstance(note, dict):
+                    timestamp, note_text = next(iter(note.items()))
+                    note_text = " ".join(note_text.strip().split())
+                    html_notes.append(
+                        f'<div class="sticky-note">{timestamp}: {note_text}</div>'
+                    )
+                elif isinstance(note, str):
+                    for line in note.split("\n"):
+                        if line.strip():
+                            escaped_line = html.escape(line)
+                            html_notes.append(
+                                f'<div class="sticky-note">{escaped_line}</div>'
+                            )
+
         return mark_safe("".join(html_notes))
 
 

vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/forms.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 from dataclasses import fields
 from typing import Union, get_args, get_origin
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ def form_from_dataclass(dataclass):
 
     form_cls = type(f"{dataclass.__name__}Form", (forms.Form,), form_fields)
 
-    if "notes" in form_cls.base_fields:
+    if "notes" in form_cls.base_fields and "notes" not in override_fields:
         form_cls.base_fields["notes"] = forms.CharField(
             required=False,
             widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={"rows": 4}),
@@ -101,3 +102,47 @@ def form_from_dataclass(dataclass):
 
         form_cls.clean_notes = clean_notes
     return form_cls
+
+
+class NotesDictWidget(forms.Widget):
+    template_name = "tasks/task_notes_widget.html"
+
+    class Media:
+        js = ("tasks/task_notes.js",)
+
+    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
+        timestamps = data.getlist(f"{name}_timestamps")
+        contents = data.getlist(f"{name}_contents")
+        return {
+            "timestamps": timestamps,
+            "contents": contents,
+        }
+
+    def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
+        context = super().get_context(name, value, attrs)
+        notes = {}
+        if value:
+            if isinstance(value, str):
+                try:
+                    notes = json.loads(value)
+                except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+                    notes = {}
+            elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                notes = value
+        context["widget"]["notes"] = notes
+        return context
+
+
+class NotesDictField(forms.Field):
+    widget = NotesDictWidget
+
+    def clean(self, value):
+        if not value:
+            return {}
+        result = {}
+        timestamps = value.get("timestamps", [])
+        contents = value.get("contents", [])
+        for i, ts in enumerate(timestamps):
+            if i < len(contents) and ts and contents[i].strip():
+                result[ts] = contents[i].strip()
+        return result if result else {}

vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/management/commands/convert_task_log_data.py

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from vrobbler.apps.tasks.utils import (
-    convert_notes_to_dict,
     convert_old_boardgame_log_to_new,
-    convert_old_orgmode_log_to_new,
+    convert_tasks_notes_list_to_dict,
-    convert_old_todoist_log_to_new,
 )
 
 
@@ -21,7 +19,5 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             commit = True
         else:
             print("No changes will be saved, use --commit to save")
-        convert_old_orgmode_log_to_new(commit)
+        convert_tasks_notes_list_to_dict(commit)
-        convert_old_todoist_log_to_new(commit)
-        convert_notes_to_dict(commit)
         convert_old_boardgame_log_to_new(commit)

vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/scrobblers.py

@@ -450,11 +450,11 @@ def email_scrobble_board_game(
         locations[location_dict.get("id")] = location
 
     scrobbles_created = []
-    second = 0
     for play_dict in bgstat_data.get("plays", []):
         hour = None
         minute = None
         second = None
+        comments = None
         if "comments" in play_dict.keys():
             for line in play_dict.get("comments", "").split("\n"):
                 if "Learning to play" in line:
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def email_scrobble_board_game(
                     except IndexError:
                         second = 0
 
-            log_data["notes"] = [play_dict.get("comments")]
+            comments = play_dict.get("comments")
         log_data["expansion_ids"] = []
         try:
             base_game = base_games[play_dict.get("gameRefId")]
@@ -527,6 +527,9 @@ def email_scrobble_board_game(
             duration_seconds = base_game.run_time_seconds
         stop_timestamp = timestamp + timedelta(seconds=duration_seconds)
 
+        if comments:
+            log_data["notes"] = {str(int(stop_timestamp.timestamp())): comments}
+
         logger.info(f"Creating scrobble for {base_game} at {timestamp}")
         log_data["raw_data"] = bgstat_data
         scrobble_dict = {
@@ -685,9 +688,10 @@ def todoist_scrobble_update_task(
         )
         return
 
+    timestamp = todoist_note.get("posted_at") or str(int(timezone.now().timestamp()))
     if not scrobble.log.get("notes"):
-        scrobble.log["notes"] = []
+        scrobble.log["notes"] = {}
-    scrobble.log["notes"].append(todoist_note.get("notes"))
+    scrobble.log["notes"][timestamp] = todoist_note.get("notes")
     scrobble.save(update_fields=["log"])
     logger.info(
         "[todoist_scrobble_update_task] todoist note added",
@@ -783,7 +787,10 @@ def todoist_scrobble_task(
 
 
 def emacs_scrobble_update_task(
-    emacs_id: str, emacs_notes: dict, user_id: int
+    emacs_id: str,
+    emacs_notes: list,
+    user_id: int,
+    description: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> Optional[Scrobble]:
     scrobble = Scrobble.objects.filter(
         in_progress=True,
@@ -803,27 +810,30 @@ def emacs_scrobble_update_task(
         )
         return
 
-    notes_updated = False
+    log_updated = False
+
+    if not scrobble.log.get("notes"):
+        scrobble.log["notes"] = {}
+
     for note in emacs_notes:
-        try:
+        timestamp = note.get("timestamp")
-            existing_note_ts = [
+        content = note.get("content")
-                n.get("timestamp") for n in scrobble.log.get("notes", [])
+        if timestamp:
-            ]
+            existing = scrobble.log["notes"].get(timestamp)
-        except AttributeError:
+            if existing != content:
-            existing_note_ts = []
+                scrobble.log["notes"][timestamp] = content
-        if not scrobble.log.get('notes"'):
+                log_updated = True
-            scrobble.log["notes"] = []
-        if note.get("timestamp") not in existing_note_ts:
-            scrobble.log["notes"].append({note.get("timestamp"): note.get("content")})
-            notes_updated = True
 
-    if notes_updated:
+    if description is not None and scrobble.log.get("description") != description:
+        scrobble.log["description"] = description
+        log_updated = True
+
+    if log_updated:
         scrobble.save(update_fields=["log"])
-
         logger.info(
-            "[emacs_scrobble_update_task] emacs note added",
+            "[emacs_scrobble_update_task] emacs scrobble updated",
             extra={
-                "emacs_note": emacs_notes,
+                "emacs_id": emacs_id,
                 "user_id": user_id,
                 "media_type": Scrobble.MediaType.TASK,
             },
@@ -865,7 +875,7 @@ def emacs_scrobble_task(
         logger.info(
             "[emacs_scrobble_task] cannot start already started task",
             extra={
-                "ormode_id": orgmode_id,
+                "orgmode_id": orgmode_id,
             },
         )
         return in_progress_scrobble
@@ -884,9 +894,7 @@ def emacs_scrobble_task(
     if in_progress_scrobble:
         return in_progress_scrobble
 
-    notes = task_data.pop("notes")
+    task_data.pop("notes", None)
-    if notes:
-        task_data["notes"] = [note.get("content") for note in notes]
     task_data["title"] = task_data.pop("description")
     task_data["description"] = task_data.pop("body")
     task_data["labels"] = task_data.pop("labels")

vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/views.py

@@ -1024,7 +1024,11 @@ class ScrobbleDetailView(DetailView):
         FormClass = self.get_form_class()
 
         log = self.object.log or {}
-        log["notes"] = self.object.logdata.notes_as_str(separator="\n")
+        notes = log.get("notes")
+        if isinstance(notes, dict):
+            log["notes"] = notes
+        else:
+            log["notes"] = self.object.logdata.notes_as_str(separator="\n")
 
         return FormClass(initial=log)
 

vrobbler/apps/tasks/forms.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import json
+
+from django import forms
+
+
+class TaskNotesWidget(forms.Widget):
+    template_name = "tasks/task_notes_widget.html"
+
+    class Media:
+        js = ("tasks/task_notes.js",)
+
+    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
+        timestamps = data.getlist(f"{name}_timestamps")
+        contents = data.getlist(f"{name}_contents")
+        return {
+            "timestamps": timestamps,
+            "contents": contents,
+        }
+
+    def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
+        context = super().get_context(name, value, attrs)
+        notes = {}
+        if value:
+            if isinstance(value, str):
+                try:
+                    notes = json.loads(value)
+                except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+                    notes = {}
+            elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                notes = value
+        context["widget"]["notes"] = notes
+        return context
+
+
+class TaskNotesField(forms.Field):
+    widget = TaskNotesWidget
+
+    def clean(self, value):
+        if not value:
+            return {}
+        result = {}
+        timestamps = value.get("timestamps", [])
+        contents = value.get("contents", [])
+        for i, ts in enumerate(timestamps):
+            if i < len(contents) and ts and contents[i].strip():
+                result[ts] = contents[i].strip()
+        return result if result else {}

vrobbler/apps/tasks/models.py

@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ class TaskLogData(BaseLogData):
         "todoist_project_id",
     }
 
+    @classmethod
+    def override_fields(cls) -> dict:
+        from scrobbles.forms import NotesDictField
+
+        fields = {}
+        for base in cls.mro()[1:]:
+            if hasattr(base, "override_fields"):
+                base_fields = base.override_fields()
+                fields.update(base_fields)
+        fields["notes"] = NotesDictField(required=False)
+        return fields
+
     def notes_as_str(self, separator: str = " | ") -> str:
         """Return formatted notes with line breaks and no keys"""
         labels_str = ""
@@ -47,13 +59,14 @@ class TaskLogData(BaseLogData):
         lines = []
         if self.notes:
             notes = self.notes
+            if isinstance(notes, dict):
+                notes = [{k: v} for k, v in notes.items()]
             if isinstance(notes, str):
                 notes = [notes]
 
             for note in notes:
                 if isinstance(note, dict):
                     timestamp, note_text = next(iter(note.items()))
-                    # Flatten newlines and clean whitespace
                     note_text = " ".join(note_text.strip().split())
                     lines.append(f"{timestamp}: {note_text}")
                 if isinstance(note, list):
@@ -67,6 +80,8 @@ class TaskLogData(BaseLogData):
             return ""
 
         notes = self.notes
+        if isinstance(notes, dict):
+            notes = [{k: v} for k, v in notes.items()]
         if isinstance(notes, str):
             notes = [notes]
 

vrobbler/apps/tasks/static/tasks/task_notes.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+(function() {
+    function addNoteRow(container, widgetName, timestamp, content) {
+        var row = document.createElement('div');
+        row.className = 'task-note-row row mb-2 align-items-start';
+        row.innerHTML =
+            '<div class="col-md-3">' +
+                '<input type="hidden" name="' + widgetName + '_timestamps" value="' + timestamp + '">' +
+            '</div>' +
+            '<div class="col-md-7">' +
+                '<textarea name="' + widgetName + '_contents" class="form-control" rows="2">' + (content || '') + '</textarea>' +
+            '</div>' +
+            '<div class="col-md-2">' +
+                '<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger remove-note">&times;</button>' +
+            '</div>';
+        container.appendChild(row);
+    }
+
+    document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
+        var addBtn = e.target.closest('.add-note');
+        if (addBtn) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            var container = document.getElementById('task-notes-container');
+            var now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+            var widgetName = addBtn.getAttribute('data-widget-name');
+            addNoteRow(container, widgetName, String(now), '');
+        }
+    });
+
+    document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
+        var removeBtn = e.target.closest('.remove-note');
+        if (removeBtn) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            removeBtn.closest('.task-note-row').remove();
+        }
+    });
+})();

vrobbler/apps/tasks/templates/tasks/task_notes_widget.html

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% load static %}
+<div id="task-notes-container" class="task-notes-widget">
+  {% for timestamp, content in widget.notes.items %}
+  <div class="task-note-row row mb-2 align-items-start">
+    <div class="col-md-3">
+      <input type="hidden" name="{{widget.name}}_timestamps" value="{{timestamp}}">
+    </div>
+    <div class="col-md-7">
+      <textarea name="{{widget.name}}_contents" class="form-control" rows="2">{{content}}</textarea>
+    </div>
+    <div class="col-md-2">
+      <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger remove-note">&times;</button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  {% endfor %}
+</div>
+<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary add-note" data-widget-name="{{widget.name}}">+ Add Note</button>

vrobbler/apps/tasks/utils.py

@@ -83,18 +83,50 @@ def convert_notes_to_dict(commit=False):
                 scrobble.log["notes"] = [
                     value for d in note_list for value in d.values()
                 ]
+            else:
+                scrobble.log["notes"] = note_list
             count += 1
         if commit:
             scrobble.save(update_fields=["log"])
     print(f"Updated {count} todoist tasks scrobbles")
 
 
+def convert_tasks_notes_list_to_dict(commit=False):
+    scrobbles = Scrobble.objects.filter(task__isnull=False, log__notes__isnull=False)
+    count = 0
+    for scrobble in scrobbles:
+        notes = scrobble.log.get("notes")
+        if isinstance(notes, list):
+            key = str(int(scrobble.timestamp.timestamp()) + 10)
+            parts = []
+            for note in notes:
+                if isinstance(note, dict):
+                    parts.append(next(iter(note.values()), ""))
+                elif isinstance(note, list):
+                    parts.extend(str(x) for x in note)
+                else:
+                    parts.append(str(note))
+            scrobble.log["notes"] = {key: "\n".join(parts)}
+            count += 1
+            if commit:
+                scrobble.save(update_fields=["log"])
+    print(f"Updated {count} task scrobbles notes from list to dict")
+
+
 def convert_old_boardgame_log_to_new(commit=False):
     scrobbles = Scrobble.objects.filter(board_game__isnull=False, log__has_key="notes")
+    count = 0
     for scrobble in scrobbles:
-        if isinstance(scrobble.log.get("notes"), str):
+        notes = scrobble.log.get("notes")
-            scrobble.log["notes"] = [scrobble.log.pop("notes")]
+        if isinstance(notes, str):
-
+            scrobble.log["notes"] = [notes]
+            notes = [notes]
+        if isinstance(notes, list):
+            key_ts = scrobble.stop_timestamp or scrobble.timestamp
+            scrobble.log["notes"] = {str(int(key_ts.timestamp())): "\n".join(
+                str(n) for n in notes
+            )}
+            count += 1
         if commit:
             scrobble.save(update_fields=["log"])
-    print(f"Updated {scrobbles.count()} board game scrobbles")
+    print(f"Updated {count} board game scrobbles")

vrobbler/apps/tasks/webhooks.py

@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class TodoistWebhookView(APIView):
                 "todoist_type": todoist_type,
                 "todoist_event": todoist_event,
                 "updated_at": task_data.get("updated_at"),
+                "posted_at": event_data.get("posted_at"),
                 "details": task_data.get("description"),
                 "notes": event_data.get("content"),
                 "is_deleted": (
@@ -231,11 +232,12 @@ class EmacsWebhookView(APIView):
                 status=status.HTTP_304_NOT_MODIFIED,
             )
 
-        if task_in_progress and post_data.get("notes"):
+        if task_in_progress:
             emacs_scrobble_update_task(
                 post_data.get("source_id"),
-                post_data.get("notes"),
+                post_data.get("notes", []),
                 user_id,
+                description=post_data.get("body"),
             )
 
         self.logger.info(