fix: format console sync times locally and refresh catalogs every three hours

frontend/src/components/views/StorageHub.jsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { QRCodeSVG } from 'qrcode.react'
 import { cn, isPS5, isIOS } from '../../utils/helpers'
 import { getPayloadStatus, resolveSourceDisplayName, isRepositoryPayloadVisible } from '../../utils/payloadStatus'
 import { slug } from '../../utils/versions'
+import { formatSyncTime } from '../../utils/syncTime'
 import PayloadName from '../ui/PayloadName'
 import Modal from '../ui/Modal'
 import { useRepository } from '../../contexts/RepositoryContext'
@@ -576,7 +577,7 @@ const StorageHub = ({
                   {!multiSources && src.last_update > 0 && (
                     <p className="px-3 sm:px-4 text-xs uppercase tracking-widest text-zinc-500">
                       {t("storage_hub.last_sync", "Last Sync: {{date}}", {
-                        date: new Date(src.last_update * 1000).toLocaleString(i18n.resolvedLanguage),
+                        date: formatSyncTime(src.last_update, i18n.resolvedLanguage, isPS5),
                       })}
                     </p>
                   )}
@@ -601,7 +602,7 @@ const StorageHub = ({
                           {src.last_update > 0 && (
                             <p className="text-xs text-zinc-500 uppercase tracking-widest mt-1">
                               {t("storage_hub.updated_at", "Updated {{date}}", {
-                                date: new Date(src.last_update * 1000).toLocaleString(i18n.resolvedLanguage),
+                                date: formatSyncTime(src.last_update, i18n.resolvedLanguage, isPS5),
                               })}
                             </p>
                           )}

frontend/src/utils/syncTime.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function formatSyncTime(unixSeconds, locale, useLocalFields = false) {
+  const date = new Date(unixSeconds * 1000)
+  if (!useLocalFields) return date.toLocaleString(locale)
+  // Older console WebKit can format locale dates in UTC. Read local fields directly.
+  const pad = value => String(value).padStart(2, '0')
+  return `${date.getFullYear()}-${pad(date.getMonth() + 1)}-${pad(date.getDate())} ${pad(date.getHours())}:${pad(date.getMinutes())}:${pad(date.getSeconds())}`
+}

frontend/tests/syncTime.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import test from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { formatSyncTime } from '../src/utils/syncTime.js'
+
+test('console sync time uses local fields even when locale formatting is broken', () => {
+  for (const [zone, expected] of [
+    ['Europe/Warsaw', ['2026-10-13 14:00:00', '2026-01-13 13:00:00']],
+    ['America/Los_Angeles', ['2026-10-13 05:00:00', '2026-01-13 04:00:00']],
+    ['Asia/Kathmandu', ['2026-10-13 17:45:00', '2026-01-13 17:45:00']],
+  ]) {
+    const code = `import { formatSyncTime } from './src/utils/syncTime.js';
+      Date.prototype.toLocaleString = function () { throw Error('Broken console formatter'); };
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(['2026-10-13T12:00:00Z','2026-01-13T12:00:00Z'].map(iso => formatSyncTime(Date.parse(iso)/1000,'en-US',true))));`
+    const actual = execFileSync(process.execPath, ['--input-type=module', '-e', code], {
+      cwd: new URL('../', import.meta.url), env: { ...process.env, TZ: zone }, encoding: 'utf8',
+    })
+    assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(actual), expected)
+  }
+})
+
+test('other browsers retain localized local time formatting', () => {
+  const timestamp = Date.parse('2026-10-13T12:00:00Z') / 1000
+  for (const locale of ['en-US', 'pl-PL']) {
+    assert.equal(formatSyncTime(timestamp, locale), new Date(timestamp * 1000).toLocaleString(locale))
+  }
+})

include/pldmgr.h

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #define PAYLOADS_STORAGE_DIR "/data/pldmgr/payloads"
 #define REPOSITORY_SOURCE_URL                                                  \
   "https://itsplk.github.io/ps5-payloads-mirror/payloads.json"
-#define REPOSITORY_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SEC 86400
+#define REPOSITORY_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SEC 10800
 
 /* Logging (implementation in log_server.c) */
 void pldmgr_log(const char *fmt, ...);

tests/run_repository_icons_tests.py

@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='pldmgr-icons-') as temporary:
     catalog.write_text(json.dumps(items));assert revision(force=True)==''  # bare catalogs without icons supported
     catalog_cache=storage/('repo_cache_'+hashlib.sha256(source.encode()).hexdigest()[:8]+'.json')
     manifest();images.write_text(json.dumps({'icons':{'shared':image,'absent':image}}));revision(force=True)
+    catalog_timestamp = Path(str(catalog_cache)+'.ts')
+    before = requests().count(source)
+    icons_before = len(icon_requests())
+    catalog_timestamp.write_text(str(int(time.time())-2*3600))
+    revision();assert requests().count(source)==before  # still fresh before three hours
+    catalog_timestamp.write_text(str(int(time.time())-3*3600-5))
+    revision();assert requests().count(source)==before+1  # expired catalogs refresh on access
+    assert len(icon_requests())==icons_before  # catalog expiry does not expire the weekly icon cache
     Path(str(catalog_cache)+'.ts').write_text('0')
     outage=dict(env,ICON_TEST_FAIL_CATALOG='1',ICON_TEST_FAIL='1')
     cached_listing=json.loads(subprocess.check_output([str(binary),'list'],cwd=ROOT,env=outage,text=True))