Exclude tables from reference index

Classes/EventListener/ExcludeFromReferenceIndex.php

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Daniel Siepmann <daniel.siepmann@codappix.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+namespace DanielSiepmann\Tracking\EventListener;
+
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\DataHandling\Event\IsTableExcludedFromReferenceIndexEvent;
+
+final class ExcludeFromReferenceIndex
+{
+    public function __invoke(
+        IsTableExcludedFromReferenceIndexEvent $event
+    ): void {
+        if (str_starts_with($event->getTable(), 'tx_tracking_')) {
+            $event->markAsExcluded();
+        }
+    }
+}

Configuration/Services.yaml

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ services:
     arguments:
       $rules: []
 
+  DanielSiepmann\Tracking\EventListener\ExcludeFromReferenceIndex:
+    tags:
+      - name: 'event.listener'
+        event: 'TYPO3\CMS\Core\DataHandling\Event\IsTableExcludedFromReferenceIndexEvent'
+
   DanielSiepmann\Tracking\Command\UpdateDataCommand:
     tags:
       - name: 'console.command'

Documentation/Changelog/3.1.1.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+3.1.1
+=====
+
+Breaking
+--------
+
+Nothing
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Nothing
+
+Fixes
+-----
+
+* Exclude tables from reference index.
+
+  The tables can grow very fast depending on the number of visiting.
+  Also some installations keep the records for a long time.
+  That would make it nearly impossible to properly update the reference index.
+  Therefore the extension now excludes their tables by default.
+
+  One can prevent this, by removing the event listener e.g. via custom `Services.*`
+  files.
+
+Tasks
+-----
+
+Nothing
+
+Deprecation
+-----------
+
+Nothing