[plugin.video.cbc] v4.0.23

[micahg]

Description

• Add back missing live channels
• Better live event handling
• Better EPG error handling
• Remove dead code and fix match bug

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• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document
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[micahg]

@kodiai review again please

[kodiai]

kodiai response

Decision: APPROVE
Issues: none

[kodiai]

Kodiai Review Summary

What Changed

Version bump to 4.0.23 adding back missing live channels, improving live event handling and EPG error handling, removing dead code and fixing match compatibility bug.

Reviewed: core logic

Strengths

• ✅ Python 3.10+ compatibility fix: replaced match/case with if/elif chains (gemv2.py:224-234)
• ✅ Added request timeout to prevent hanging on slow/unresponsive EPG servers (epg.py:96)
• ✅ Live event timestamp validation prevents attempting to play future streams (gemv2.py:217-220, default.py:188-190)

Observations

Impact

[MAJOR] plugin.video.cbc/resources/lib/epg.py (110-113): Null pointer dereference when HTTP request fails
When call_guide_url() returns None (on HTTP error or timeout), BeautifulSoup(data, ...) and subsequent .find() calls will crash with AttributeError.

[MAJOR] plugin.video.cbc/resources/lib/epg.py (132): Missing null check causes AttributeError
When cell.find('dd') returns None (malformed HTML), calling .get_text() raises AttributeError and crashes EPG update.

[MEDIUM] plugin.video.cbc/resources/lib/gemv2.py (33): Bare except clause masks errors
Bare except: at line 33 silences all exceptions including SystemExit and KeyboardInterrupt, making debugging difficult when JSON parsing fails for unexpected reasons.

Suggestions

• Optional: Add structured exception handling in EPG parser to gracefully skip malformed program entries
• Future consideration: Consider adding retry logic for transient HTTP failures in EPG updates

Verdict

🔴 Address before merging -- 3 blocking issue(s) found

Review Details

• Files reviewed: 7
• Lines changed: +171 -110
• Profile: balanced (auto, lines changed: 281)
• Author: core (adapted tone)
• Findings: 0 critical, 2 major, 1 medium, 0 minor (includes 3 from summary observations)
• Review completed: 2026-02-15T22:10:23.970Z
• Keyword parsing:
  • ignored [plugin.video.cbc]

[micahg]

@kodiai review again pls

[kodiai]

kodiai response

Decision: NOT APPROVED

Issues:

• (1) [critical] plugin.video.cbc/resources/lib/epg.py (67, 118): Null pointer dereference when HTTP request fails. When call_guide_url() returns None at line 67, code continues to line 72 attempting BeautifulSoup(data, ...) on NoneType. Similarly at line 118, when call_guide_url() returns None, execution continues to line 122 with BeautifulSoup(data, ...) causing crash.
• (2) [major] plugin.video.cbc/resources/lib/gemv2.py (33): Bare except: clause catches all exceptions including SystemExit/KeyboardInterrupt. Should specify exception type like except (ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError):.
• (3) [minor] plugin.video.cbc/resources/lib/cbc.py (26): Bare except: clause should specify exception type to avoid catching system exceptions.