Neon Core 26.8.3

.github/workflows/setup_tests.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   core_and_skills:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
           pip install wheel
       - name: Test Core Module Installation
         run: |
-          pip install .[core_modules]
+          pip install .[core-modules]
       - name: Test Skills Installation
         run: |
-          pip install .[skills_required,skills_essential,skills_default,skills_extended]
+          pip install .[skills-required,skills-essential,skills-default,skills-extended]
   pi_image_3_10:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 90

.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install -y gcc libfann-dev swig libssl-dev portaudio19-dev git libpulse-dev
           pip install wheel
-          pip install . -r requirements/test.txt
+          pip install .[test]
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.neon_token}}
 

Dockerfile

@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ HEALTHCHECK CMD "/opt/neon/healthcheck.sh"
 CMD ["/root/run.sh"]
 
 FROM base AS default_skills
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir .[skills_required,skills_essential,skills_default,skills_extended]
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir .[skills-required,skills-essential,skills-default,skills-extended]
 # Default skills from configuration are installed at container creation

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Welcome to Neon AI
 Neon AI is an open source voice assistant. Follow these instructions to start 
 using Neon on your computer. If you are using a Mycroft Mark2 or Raspberry Pi, 
-you may use the prebuilt image available [on our website](https://neon.ai/Download).
+you may use the prebuilt image available with the [latest Neon OS release](https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/neon-os/releases/latest).
 
 # Quick Start
 The fastest method for getting started with Neon is to run the modules in Docker containers.

docker_overlay/etc/neon/neon.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 language:
   supported_langs:
     - en
-    - uk
+# secondary_langs defines what languages are loaded in ovos-core intent services
+secondary_langs: [en-us]
+
 skills:
   wait_for_internet: false
   extra_directories:
@@ -45,4 +47,4 @@ ready_settings:
   - skills
 signal:
   use_signal_files: false
-  patch_imports: false
+  patch_imports: false

neon_core/__init__.py

@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
 
 environ["OVOS_DEFAULT_CONFIG"] = join(dirname(__file__),
                                       "configuration", "neon.yaml")
+environ.setdefault('OVOS_CONFIG_BASE_FOLDER', "neon")
+environ.setdefault('OVOS_CONFIG_FILENAME', "neon.yaml")
 
 # Patching deprecation warnings
-# TODO: Deprecate after migration to ovos-workshop 1.0+ and ovos-core 0.1+
+# TODO: Deprecate after migration to ovos-workshop 1.0+ and ovos-core 0.3.0
 import ovos_workshop.resource_files
 import ovos_core.intent_services.stop_service
 from ovos_utils.bracket_expansion import expand_template

neon_core/cli.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from threading import Thread
 from click_default_group import DefaultGroup
 from neon_utils.packaging_utils import get_neon_core_version
+from ovos_utils.log import deprecated
 
 _DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = join(dirname(__file__), "configuration", "neon.yaml")
 environ.setdefault("OVOS_CONFIG_BASE_FOLDER", "neon")
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ def neon_core_cli(version: bool = False):
         click.echo(f"Neon version {get_neon_core_version()}")
 
 
+@deprecated(
+    "start_neon is deprecated; use containers or start services individually",
+    "25.10.0",
+)
 @neon_core_cli.command(help="Start Neon Core")
 def start_neon():
     from neon_core.run_neon import start_neon
@@ -70,6 +75,10 @@ def start_neon():
     click.echo("Neon Started")
 
 
+@deprecated(
+    "stop_neon is deprecated; use containers or start services individually",
+    "25.10.0",
+)
 @neon_core_cli.command(help="Stop Neon Core")
 def stop_neon():
     from neon_core.run_neon import stop_neon

neon_core/configuration/__init__.py

@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@
 from ovos_config.config import Configuration
 from os.path import exists, isdir, dirname
 from os import makedirs
-from ovos_utils.log import LOG
+from ovos_utils.log import LOG, deprecated
 
 """
 Neon modules should import config from this module since module_overrides will
 result in different configurations depending on originating module.
 """
 
 
+@deprecated("get_private_keys is deprecated without replacement", "25.10.0")
 def get_private_keys():
     return Configuration().get("keys", {})
 
@@ -61,4 +62,4 @@ def patch_config(config: dict = None):
     local_config.store()
     Configuration().reload()
     import mycroft.configuration
-    mycroft.configuration.Configuration().reload()
+    mycroft.configuration.Configuration().reload()

neon_core/configuration/mark_2/neon.yaml

@@ -8,68 +8,22 @@ hana:
 # TODO: Patched to prevent resource warnings
 secondary_langs: [en-us]
 
-# TODO Below block patching for 2025.08 Release
-enable_old_audioservice: True
-audio_parsers:
-  blacklist:
-    - gender
-padatious:
-  intent_cache: ~/.local/share/mycroft/intent_cache
-  train_delay: 4
-  single_thread: false
-  regex_only: false
-  conf_high: 0.95
-  conf_med: 0.75
-  conf_low: 0.50
-intents:
-  pipeline:
-    - stop_high
-    - converse
-    - ocp_high
-    - padatious_high
-    - adapt_high
-    - ocp_medium
-    - fallback_high
-    - stop_medium
-    - adapt_medium
-    - padatious_medium
-    - adapt_low
-    - common_qa
-    - fallback_medium
-    - padatious_low
-    - fallback_low
-
 play_wav_cmdline: "play %1"
 play_mp3_cmdline: "play %1"
 play_ogg_cmdline: "play %1"
 g2p:
   module: "dummy"
 tts:
-  # TODO: Patching 2025.08 Release
-  pulse_duck: false
-  preload_fallback: false
-
   module: neon-tts-plugin-coqui-remote
   fallback_module: coqui
-  neon-tts-plugin-larynx-server:
-    host: "https://larynx.2022.us"
-  mozilla_remote:
-    api_url: "https://mtts.2022.us/api/tts"
 Audio:
   backends:
     OCP:
       type: ovos_common_play
       active: true
       dbus_type: system
-  # TODO: Patching 2025.08 Release
-  default-backend: OCP
 stt:
   fallback_module: ovos-stt-plugin-vosk
-  # TODO: Patching 2025.08 Release
-  module: ovos-stt-plugin-server
-  ovos-stt-plugin-server:
-    url: https://whisper.neonaiservices.com/stt
-
 confirm_listening: true
 listener:
   VAD:
@@ -226,6 +180,3 @@ language:
 utterance_transformers:
   neon_utterance_translator_plugin:
     enable_detector: False
-  # TODO: Patching 2025.08 Release
-  neon_utterance_normalizer_plugin:
-    active: True

neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ enable_old_audioservice: True
 # Plugin Configuration
 utterance_transformers:
   neon_utterance_translator_plugin:
-    active: True
+    active: False
     enable_detector: True
   neon_utterance_normalizer_plugin:
     active: True
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ stt:
   ovos-stt-plugin-vosk:
     model: /home/neon/.local/share/neon/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15
   ovos-stt-plugin-server:
-    url: https://whisper.neonaiservices.com/stt
+    urls:
+    - https://whisper.neonaiservices.com/stt
+    - https://stt.smartgic.io/fasterwhisper/stt
 tts:
   pulse_duck: false
   preload_fallback: false
@@ -338,4 +340,4 @@ location:
     code: America/Los_Angeles
     name: Pacific Standard Time
     dstOffset: 3600000
-    offset: -28800000
+    offset: -28800000

neon_core/configuration/opi5/neon.yaml

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ g2p:
 tts:
   module: neon-tts-plugin-coqui-remote
   fallback_module: coqui
-  neon-tts-plugin-larynx-server:
-    host: "https://larynx.2022.us"
-  mozilla_remote:
-    api_url: "https://mtts.2022.us/api/tts"
 Audio:
   backends:
     OCP:
@@ -162,4 +158,4 @@ system:
       - websocket:host
 language:
   detection_module: None
-  translation_module: libretranslate_plug
+  translation_module: libretranslate_plug

neon_core/configuration/rpi4/neon.yaml

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ g2p:
 tts:
   module: neon-tts-plugin-coqui-remote
   fallback_module: coqui
-  neon-tts-plugin-larynx-server:
-    host: "https://larynx.2022.us"
-  mozilla_remote:
-    api_url: "https://mtts.2022.us/api/tts"
 Audio:
   backends:
     OCP:
@@ -166,4 +162,4 @@ language:
   translation_module: libretranslate_plug
 utterance_transformers:
   neon_utterance_translator_plugin:
-    enable_detector: False
+    enable_detector: False

neon_core/language/__init__.py

@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@
 
 import os
 
-from ovos_plugin_manager.language import OVOSLangDetectionFactory as DetectorFactory
-from ovos_plugin_manager.language import OVOSLangTranslationFactory as TranslatorFactory
-
-from neon_core.configuration import Configuration
+from ovos_utils.log import deprecated
+from ovos_config.config import Configuration
 
 
 def get_lang_config():
@@ -44,6 +42,7 @@ def get_lang_config():
     return lang_config
 
 
+@deprecated("get_language_dir is deprecated without replacement", "25.10.0")
 def get_language_dir(base_path, lang="en-us"):
     """ checks for all language variations and returns best path """
     lang_path = os.path.join(base_path, lang)

neon_core/run_neon.py

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 from ovos_utils.gui import is_gui_running
 from neon_utils.log_utils import remove_old_logs, archive_logs, LOG, \
     get_log_file_for_module
+from ovos_utils.log import log_deprecation
+
+log_deprecation("This script is deprecated. Recommended method is to use containers", "25.10.0")
 
 LOG_FILES = {}
 PROCESSES = {}

neon_core/skills/service.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from ovos_bus_client import Message, MessageBusClient
 from ovos_config.locale import set_default_lang, set_default_tz
 from ovos_config.config import Configuration
-from ovos_utils.log import LOG, log_deprecation
+from ovos_utils.log import LOG
 from ovos_plugin_manager.skills import get_plugin_skills, get_skill_directories
 from ovos_utils.process_utils import StatusCallbackMap, ProcessState
 from neon_utils.metrics_utils import announce_connection
@@ -106,14 +106,6 @@ def __init__(self,
             stopping_hook=self.callbacks.on_stopping)
         self.skill_manager.name = "skill_manager"
 
-    @property
-    def status(self):
-        log_deprecation("This reference is deprecated. Use "
-                        "`NeonSkillService.skill_manager.status` directly.",
-                        "24.7.0")
-        return self.skill_manager.status
-
-
     def check_health(self):
         """
         Check the health of the skills service and get an error state if the