v8.0.0

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Breaking Change for JAR Users

Version 8.0 introduced an unintended breaking change for third-party applications that use the gtfs-validator as a JAR library. This can lead to a compiling error against v8.0.0.

Who is affected: Projects integrating the gtfs-validator JAR directly.

The minor release of v8.0.1 restores backward compatibility.

Highlights

Rules for New GTFS Features: Three new features have been added to GTFS in the past year. We’ve added validation rules for each, as well as a feature in the summary report so they are easy to track:

• 💳 Contactless EMV Support allows data producers to indicate whether riders can access a transit service using contactless cards or devices (for example, in tap-to-pay systems).

• 🚘 Cars Allowed indicates if vehicles serving specific trips (such as car ferries or trains capable of transporting cars) are able to accommodate cars or not on the vehicle.

• 🚏Stop Access indicates if the stop or platform can be directly accessed from the street network or not. This feature allows trip planners to generate more accurate directions to reach the stop or platform.

📅 Better Validation for Service Windows: Seven notices have been created to more thoroughly test service windows. Check to see if a service is out of date or in the future, if there are big gaps in service, or if there are large discrepancies between the feed info and calendar files.

Notice changes

🔴 fare_transfer_rule_missing_transfer_count changed to -> fare_transfer_rule_without_transfer_count to align with naming conventions
🔴 unexpected_enum_value: Triggers when

• cars_allowed is a value other than 0, empty, 1 or 2.
• cemv_support is a value other than 0, empty, 1 or 2.
• stop_access is a value other than 0, empty or 1.

New notices

🔴 missing_required_agency_id: agency_id is required when there are multiple agencies.
🔴 stop_access_specified_for_incorrect_location: A location that is not a stop has stop_access specified. stops.stop_access is forbidden for locations that are stations, entrances, generic nodes or boarding areas. It can only be specific when a stop is associated with a parent station.
🔴 stop_access_specified_for_stop_with_no_parent_station: A stop without a value for parent station has stop_access specified. stops.stop_access is forbidden for stops that are not associated with a parent station.
🔴 pathway_to_stop_with_access_outside_of_station_pathways: A pathway has an endpoint that is a stop with stop_access=1, which should be accessible outside of the station’s pathways.
🟡 inconsistent_route_type_for_block_id: A block should have the same route mode.
🟡 inconsistent_route_type_for_in_seat_transfer: An in-seat transfer should occur in the same route mode.
🟡 service_has_no_active_day_of_the_week: A service is not valid for any day of the week.
⬜ big_gap_in_service: A service has a gap of more than 13 days between active service dates.
⬜ feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window: The feed is valid 14 days beyond its total service window.
⬜ future_calendar: All services in the feed start in the future; no service covers today's date.
⬜ future_feed: The minimum start_date in feed_info.txt is greater than today's date, indicating the feed covers the future only.
⬜ service_extends_far_in_the_future: A service end date is more than 2 years in the future.
⬜ service_window_extends_past_feed_period: A service window is not covered by the feed's validity period.
⬜ trip_headsign_matches_intermediate_stop: Trip headsign matches the name of an intermediate stop, not the last stop.
⬜ trip_with_shape_dist_traveled_but_no_shape_distances: A trip has shape_dist_traveled values in stop_times.txt but the shape referenced by the trip's shape_id does not have shape_dist_traveled values on all of its points in shapes.txt.
⬜ unsorted_stop_times: Stop times are not sorted by trip_id and stop_sequence. stop_times.txt entries for a given trip are not sorted by stop_sequence, or are not contiguous in the file.

Impacts on existing data

You can see how the new release affects real world data in the Mobility Database here.

Other notable improvements

• Bug fixed by @sylvanson where fast_travel_between_far_stops was incorrectly calculating distance when Flex location was between two stops
• Bug fixed by @sylvanson: Incorrect service window calculation
• Bug fix for Missing validatorVersion value from GTFS validation report
• Enhancement by @drewda: Add command-line parameter to silence non-error log messages
• Enhancement by @przemekwrona and @jcpitre: Changed 7 and 30 day notices so the feedEndDate and suggestedEndDate are different

What's Changed

• feat: migrate maven repository and enable snapshots by @jcpitre in feat: migrate maven repository and enable snapshots #2032
• fix: prevent html validation reports from being indexed by search engines by @Alessandro100 in fix: prevent html validation reports from being indexed by search engines #2041
• docs: remove unused suppress/anchor lines from NEW_RULES by @PatrickSteil in docs: remove unused suppress/anchor lines from NEW_RULES #2049
• chore: update gradle action to v4 by @tqpcharlie in chore: update gradle action to v4 #2076
• feat: cemv_support - update schema by @qcdyx in feat: cemv_support - update schema #2081
• feat: cars_allowed - update schema by @qcdyx in feat: cars_allowed - update schema #2083
• chore: Modified acceptance tests to use fewer feeds by @jcpitre in chore: Modified acceptance tests to use fewer feeds #2085
• fix: Fixed the description for "overlapping_frequency" and "timeframe_overlap" by @qcdyx in fix: Fixed the description for "overlapping_frequency" and "timeframe_overlap" #2084
• chore: Modified acceptance test list to increase notice coverage by @jcpitre in chore: Modified acceptance test list to increase notice coverage  #2090
• feat: 2051 stop access update schema and add notice for forbidden by @qcdyx in feat: 2051 stop access update schema and add notice for forbidden #2087
• fix: false positives for features by @davidgamez in fix: false positives for features #2096
• feat: 2056 adding a info notice related to unsorted stop times by @qcdyx in feat: 2056 adding a info notice related to unsorted stop times #2095
• feat: service id with no active day validator by @cka-y in feat: service id with no active day validator #2094
• fix: Added a shared in-progress VersionInfo returned to concurrent callers by @qcdyx in fix: Added a shared in-progress VersionInfo returned to concurrent callers #2086
• fix: handle GeoJSON locations when computing distance between stops by @sylvansson in fix: handle GeoJSON locations when computing distance between stops #2040
• feat: route type consistency validators by @cka-y in feat: route type consistency validators #2093
• feat: added cars allowed feature by @cka-y in feat: added cars allowed feature #2091
• feat: added Stop Access feature by @qcdyx in feat: added Stop Access feature #2097
• docs: fix broken README links by @davidgamez in docs: fix broken README links #2100
• chore: remove Python Validator URLRef in rules.html by @cswilson252 in chore: remove Python Validator URLRef in rules.html #2101
• feat: 2050 add notice for pathways to stop with stop access1 by @qcdyx in feat: 2050 add notice for pathways to stop with stop access1 #2104
• feat: added FeedValidTodayValidator and test by @qcdyx in feat: added FeedValidTodayValidator and test #2109
• feat: Added MissingRequiredAgencyIdValidator by @jcpitre in feat: Added MissingRequiredAgencyIdValidator #2108
• feat: adding all missing file references by @cka-y in feat: adding all missing file references #2114
• doc: 2098 update features documentation by @qcdyx in doc: 2098 update features documentation #2113
• feat: renamed fare_transfer_rule_missing_transfer_count --> fare_transfer_rule_without_transfer_count by @cka-y in feat: renamed fare_transfer_rule_missing_transfer_count --> fare_transfer_rule_without_transfer_count #2115
• feat: Replaced some missing_required_field notices by missing_required_agency_id by @jcpitre in feat: Replaced some missing_required_field notices by missing_required_agency_id #2117
• docs: Link to shapes guide from gtfs.org in shapes related notices by @davidgamez in docs: Link to shapes guide from gtfs.org in shapes related notices #2103
• fix: 2112 update cemv to contactless emv support and feature documentation by @qcdyx in fix: 2112 update cemv to contactless emv support and feature documentation #2118
• feat: Rename GtfsPickupDropOff.ALLOWED to GtfsPickupDropOff.REGULAR by @cswilson252 in feat: Rename GtfsPickupDropOff.ALLOWED to GtfsPickupDropOff.REGULAR #2102
• chore: remove redundant gradle workflows and make setup-gradle@v4 default by @cswilson252 in chore: remove redundant gradle workflows and make setup-gradle@v4 default #2107
• ci: acceptance test corrupted files info by @davidgamez in ci: acceptance test corrupted files info #2122
• feat: big_gap_in_service INFO notice by @cka-y in feat: big_gap_in_service INFO notice #2116
• fix: fix logic to compute service window by @sylvansson in fix: fix logic to compute service window #2029
• fix: Changed 7 and 30 day notices so the feedEndDate and suggestedEndDate are different by @jcpitre in fix: Changed 7 and 30 day notices so the feedEndDate and suggestedEndDate are different #2125
• feat: Added ServiceExtendsFarInTheFutureNotice by @jcpitre in feat: Added ServiceExtendsFarInTheFutureNotice #2127
• fix: using ServiceIntervalCache to compute the service window by @cka-y in fix: using ServiceIntervalCache to compute the service window #2130
• feat: feed service window validator by @cka-y in feat: feed service window validator #2126
• feat: added contactless emv support feature and updated features doc by @qcdyx in feat: added contactless emv support feature and updated features doc #2119
• feat: future_calendar notice by @cka-y in feat: future_calendar notice #2133
• chore: Release asset by @jcpitre in chore: Release asset #2134
• fix: ServiceSpreadValidator with no active date interval by @davidgamez in fix: ServiceSpreadValidator with no active date interval #2137
• feat: 1194 json stdout by @jcpitre in feat: 1194 json stdout #2132
• chore: run periodic GitHub Actions workflow only upstream, not in forks by @derhuerst in chore: run periodic GitHub Actions workflow only upstream, not in forks #2140
• checked the stop access column not just values by @qcdyx in checked the stop access column not just values #2143
• chore: build & publish multi-platform image(linux/arm64, linux/adm64) Docker images by @davidgamez in chore: build & publish multi-platform image(linux/arm64, linux/adm64) Docker images #1528
• fix: rename service_window_extends_past_feed_period to service_window_outside_feed_period by @davidgamez in fix: rename service_window_extends_past_feed_period to service_window_outside_feed_period #2146
• feat: warn when trip_headsign matches intermediate stop name by @PatrickSteil in feat: warn when trip_headsign matches intermediate stop name #2139
• feat: add safe_duration_factor and safe_duration_offset fields to trip schema by @davidgamez in feat: add safe_duration_factor and safe_duration_offset fields to trip schema #2147
• ci: Add INFO level notices to acceptance tests by @davidgamez in ci: Add INFO level notices to acceptance tests #2148
• fix: discard circular trips when trip_headsign matches intermediate stop name by @davidgamez in fix: discard circular trips when trip_headsign matches intermediate stop name #2150
• add new warning by @PatrickSteil in add new warning #2154

New Contributors

• @Alessandro100 made their first contribution in fix: prevent html validation reports from being indexed by search engines #2041
• @PatrickSteil made their first contribution in docs: remove unused suppress/anchor lines from NEW_RULES #2049
• @tqpcharlie made their first contribution in chore: update gradle action to v4 #2076
• @cswilson252 made their first contribution in chore: remove Python Validator URLRef in rules.html #2101
• @derhuerst made their first contribution in chore: run periodic GitHub Actions workflow only upstream, not in forks #2140
• @drewda made their first contribution in Json stdout #2044 and feat: 1194 json stdout #2132
• @przemekwrona made their first contribution in fix: hide the note if the expiration date is equal to the expected date. #2039 and fix: Changed 7 and 30 day notices so the feedEndDate and suggestedEndDate are different #2125

Full Changelog: v7.1.0...v8.0.0