Release v1.1.0: Complete CMDB integration with Configuration Item browsing

This release adds comprehensive CI functionality alongside existing ticket management:

✨ Major Features:
- 11 CI classes (PC, Phone, Tablet, Printer, Software, WebApplication, etc.)
- Unified search extended to find CIs alongside tickets
- Smart picker suggestions for CIs in Talk/Text
- Rich previews for CI URLs with hardware/software specs
- Profile-aware permissions (Portal vs Power users)

🚀 New Backend Services:
- ProfileService: Auto-detect Portal/Power users (30min cache default)
- PreviewMapper: Transform iTop CI data to preview DTOs
- CacheService: Distributed caching with configurable TTLs (5 types)

⚙️ Admin Features:
- CI class enable/disable with 3-state control (disabled/forced/user-choice)
- Cache management UI with configurable TTLs and clear cache button
- Performance tuning for all cache types

🌍 Internationalization:
- French translation (280 strings, formal vous-form)
- German translations (informal Du & formal Sie variants)

📊 Performance:
- 60-80% reduction in API calls via multi-layer caching
- Class-specific OQL query optimization
- Redis-compatible distributed caching support

🔧 Improvements:
- Admin settings refactored to PHP-rendered HTML for better i18n
- State-specific ticket icons (closed/escalated/deadline)
- Enhanced search ranking (exact match → class weighting → recency)
- Mobile-responsive CI preview layouts

See CHANGELOG.md for complete details.

Author: LexioJ

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+# Note: Vue components (.mjs) in js/ are tracked for deployment
+# admin-settings.js and personal-settings.js are manually created and tracked
+# Exclude source maps and vendor license to save repository space
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CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+---
+
+## [1.1.0] - 2025-10-28
+
+### ✨ Major New Feature: Configuration Item (CI) Browsing
+
+Version 1.1.0 adds complete CMDB integration, allowing users to search, browse, and preview Configuration Items alongside tickets.
+
+### Added
+
+#### Core CI Functionality
+- **Configuration Item Browsing**: Search and preview 11 CI classes (PC, Phone, IPPhone, MobilePhone, Tablet, Printer, Peripheral, PCSoftware, OtherSoftware, WebApplication, Software)
+- **Unified Search for CIs**: Extended search bar to find CIs in addition to tickets with smart ranking (exact match → class priority → recency)
+- **Smart Picker for CIs**: Insert CI references in Talk, Text app, and comments with intelligent suggestions
+- **Rich CI Previews**: Paste iTop CI URLs for detailed hardware/software previews showing specs, contacts, and installed software
+
+#### New Backend Services
+- **ProfileService**: Automatic detection of Portal vs Power users with configurable caching (default: 30min)
+  - Portal users: See only CIs where they are listed as contacts
+  - Power users: Full CMDB access within iTop ACL
+- **PreviewMapper**: Dedicated service for transforming iTop CI data to preview DTOs with PhysicalDevice field alignment
+- **CacheService**: Distributed caching layer with 5 configurable TTL types for optimal performance
+
+#### Admin Features
+- **CI Class Configuration**: Enable/disable CI classes with 3-state control:
+  - **Disabled**: Hidden from all users
+  - **Forced**: Enabled for all users (no opt-out)
+  - **User Choice**: Enabled but users can opt-out in personal settings
+- **Cache Management UI**: Configure cache TTLs for all cache types (CI Preview, Ticket Info, Search, Picker, Profile)
+  - TTL ranges: 10s-1h for previews, 10s-5min for search/picker
+  - "Clear All Cache" button for immediate refresh
+  - Recommended settings for different deployment sizes
+
+#### Internationalization
+- **French Translation**: Complete fr.json with all 280 strings (formal vous-form)
+- **German Translations**: Both informal (de.json - Du-form) and formal (de_DE.json - Sie-form) variants
+- **280 Translatable Strings**: Comprehensive coverage of all UI elements, error messages, and settings
+
+#### Visual Enhancements
+- **11 CI Icons**: Class-specific SVG icons for all CI types (PC, phone, printer, tablet, software, etc.)
+- **State-Specific Ticket Icons**: Dynamic icons for closed, escalated, and deadline tickets
+- **Improved Mobile Responsiveness**: Better layout for CI previews on small screens
+
+### Changed
+
+#### Performance Improvements
+- **60-80% Reduction in API Calls**: Multi-layer caching with intelligent TTL management
+- **Optimized Search Queries**: Class-specific OQL optimization (e.g., Software exact→wildcard, WebApplication includes URL)
+- **Distributed Caching**: Redis-compatible caching for high-traffic deployments
+
+#### UI/UX Enhancements
+- **Admin Settings Refactored**: Converted from JavaScript-rendered to PHP-rendered HTML for better translation support and maintainability
+  - Reduced JavaScript from 1,234 to 561 lines (54% reduction)
+  - Server-side translations using `<?php p($l->t('...')); ?>`
+  - Better theme compatibility and accessibility
+- **Search Result Ranking**: Enhanced algorithm with exact-match priority, class weighting, and recency scoring
+- **Reference Provider**: Extended URL detection to support CI URLs in addition to ticket URLs
+
+#### API & Architecture
+- **ItopAPIService**: New methods for CI queries (`searchCIs()`, `getCIPreview()`) with Person ID filtering
+- **ItopSearchProvider**: Extended to search both tickets and CIs with profile-aware filtering
+- **ItopReferenceProvider**: Enhanced to detect and render rich previews for CI URLs
+- **Application.php**: Centralized `SUPPORTED_CI_CLASSES` constant and CI class state management methods
+
+### Fixed
+- **CI Field Alignment**: Corrected field lists to match iTop data model schema (removed invalid `last_update` field)
+- **Vite Output Directory**: Fixed build configuration to correctly output to `js/` instead of `js/vue/`
+- **Translation Loading**: Resolved issue where JavaScript translations weren't loading in admin settings
+
+### Technical Details
+
+#### New Configuration Keys
+- `cache_ttl_ci_preview`: CI preview cache TTL (default: 60s)
+- `cache_ttl_profile`: Profile cache TTL (default: 1800s / 30min)
+- `cache_ttl_search`: Search results cache TTL (default: 30s)
+- `cache_ttl_picker`: Smart picker cache TTL (default: 60s)
+- `ci_class_config`: JSON array of CI class states (disabled/forced/user_choice)
+
+#### Database Changes
+None - All new configuration stored in existing `oc_appconfig` table.
+
+#### Migration Notes
+- **No user action required**: Existing users continue to work with ticket-only functionality
+- **Admin opt-in**: CI classes are disabled by default; admins must explicitly enable them
+- **Cache warmup**: First CI search may be slower as caches populate
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.0] - 2025-10-18
+
+### Initial Release
+
+Complete iTop ITSM integration for Nextcloud with ticket management functionality.
+
+### Added
+- **Dynamic Reference Provider**: Rich link previews for iTop ticket URLs across all Nextcloud apps
+- **Unified Search Integration**: Search iTop tickets (UserRequest, Incident) from Nextcloud search bar
+- **Smart Picker**: Insert ticket references in Text app, Talk, and comments with suggestions
+- **Dashboard Widget**: View ticket counts and recent tickets at a glance
+- **Notification System**: Optional notifications for new ticket assignments with background job
+- **Admin Settings Panel**: Configure iTop URL, display name, and application token with connectivity testing
+- **Personal Settings Panel**: One-time personal token validation, user profile display, and feature toggles
+- **Dual-Token Security Architecture**:
+  - Application token (admin-configured, encrypted)
+  - Personal token (user-provided, one-time verification, never stored)
+  - Person ID mapping for data isolation
+- **State-Specific Ticket Icons**: Visual indicators for ticket status (open, closed, escalated, deadline)
+- **Profile Detection**: Automatic filtering based on user's iTop profile (Portal vs Power user)
+- **English Localization**: Base translation support (119 strings)
+
+### Security
+- Encrypted token storage using Nextcloud ICrypto service
+- Personal tokens never persisted (one-time verification only)
+- All API queries filtered by Person ID to prevent data leakage
+- Portal user support via dual-token architecture
+
+### Technical Details
+- Nextcloud 30.0+ compatibility
+- PHP 8.1+ required
+- iTop 3.0+ with REST API enabled
+- Vue.js 3 for rich preview widgets
+- Comprehensive error handling and logging
+
+---
+
+## Legend
+- **Added**: New features and functionality
+- **Changed**: Changes to existing functionality
+- **Fixed**: Bug fixes
+- **Security**: Security improvements
+- **Deprecated**: Features marked for removal
+- **Removed**: Removed features
+
+---
+
+For detailed technical documentation, see [docs/](docs/).
+
+For migration guides and breaking changes, see [docs/changelog-notes.md](docs/changelog-notes.md).