do not grow too large

analytics.py

@@ -57,11 +57,9 @@ def get_device_type(user_agent):
         return 'Other'
 
 def log_file_access(rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id, cached):
-    """Insert a file access record into the database."""
+    """Insert a file access record into the database and prune entries older than 10 minutes."""
     global file_access_temp
-    timestamp = datetime.now()  # a datetime object
-
-    # Store the ISO timestamp in the database for easy lexical comparison
+    timestamp = datetime.now()
     iso_ts = timestamp.isoformat()
 
     with log_db:
@@ -70,23 +68,22 @@ def log_file_access(rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id,
                 (timestamp, rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id, cached)
             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
         ''', (iso_ts, rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id, cached))
-    file_access_temp.insert(0, [iso_ts, rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id, cached])
     
-    return iso_ts
-
-def return_file_access():
-    """Return recent file access logs from memory (the last 10 minutes)."""
-    global file_access_temp
-    if file_access_temp:
+    # Remove entries older than 10 minutes
     cutoff_time = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=10)
-        # Convert each stored timestamp (ISO string) back to datetime
     file_access_temp[:] = [
         entry for entry in file_access_temp
         if datetime.fromisoformat(entry[0]) >= cutoff_time
     ]
+    
+    # Add the new entry at the beginning of the list
+    file_access_temp.insert(0, [iso_ts, rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id, cached])
+    return True
+
+def return_file_access():
+    """Return recent file access logs from memory."""
+    global file_access_temp
     return file_access_temp
-    else:
-        return []
 
 @require_secret
 def connections():