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Changelog

A running log of what shipped in each release.

0.0.41​

  • Fixed POTA spots not loading for visitors who aren't signed in

0.0.40​

  • Updated link preview image to show the hero slogan and illustration when sharing hamtrax.com

0.0.39​

  • Added Retry button on POTA activations to flag activators for follow-up
  • Added undo actions for Contacted, Tried, and Retry status on activations
  • Improved map loading performance with lazy code splitting
  • Improved startup speed by deferring popular parks data loading
  • Fixed Firestore email not syncing after email address change

0.0.38​

  • Added native iOS and Android app support with unified sign-in flow
  • Added Android hardware back button handling
  • Switched Stripe subscription to live payment processing
  • Improved map and activity feed performance with shared GeoJSON cache
  • Improved data loading by deferring background fetches until needed
  • Improved sidebar styling with rounded borders and selection accent
  • Improved list item tap targets for easier interaction
  • Updated docs for native app availability

0.0.37​

  • Added Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links to the public home page footer

0.0.36​

  • Added PRO badge on the Hamtrax logo for premium subscribers
  • Added QSO cap approaching warnings (10, 5, and 1 contacts remaining) for free users
  • Added activation import from ADIF files to backfill past POTA activations
  • Added drag gesture on the map panel button to expand/collapse the list
  • Added Stripe badge to the upgrade modal
  • Improved folder data healing for folders missing type metadata
  • Improved external profile relay to detect folder types by parent category

0.0.35​

  • Added park state and name display to logbook contact rows for hunted POTA QSOs
  • Added edit and delete actions for individual contacts in the Logbook contact list view
  • Added activation QSO edit warning when editing contacts that belong to a POTA activation
  • Added suppressible "don't show again" option for the activation edit warning
  • Added reusable HamtraxLogo component replacing inline logo markup across all layouts
  • Added external showcase branding ribbon with "Get your free showcase" CTA
  • Added error state for external showcase when relay fails
  • Added default equipment (radio/antenna) to QSOs logged from activity feeds
  • Improved showcase section visibility to use shared defaults across own and external views
  • Improved Plans page layout with billing toggle inside Pro card and monthly-equivalent pricing
  • Improved folder tree with creation rules and hunting category info text
  • Reduced free tier native QSO cap from 300 to 200
  • Updated tagline to "Log it. Keep it. Show it off."
  • Removed tagline strip from external showcase profile layout

0.0.34​

  • Added Stripe premium subscription system with checkout, billing portal, and plan management
  • Added premium gating for advanced features with upgrade prompts
  • Replaced auth landing and layout with native mobile-friendly variants
  • Added ShowcaseTab to profiles replacing the old profile tab
  • Added QSO delete cloud function for proper contact removal
  • Added ADIF export service for cleaner log file generation
  • Added rig manager component with antenna and radio profile forms
  • Improved search with text highlighting in results
  • Added network connectivity toasts for offline/online status
  • Removed filter profiles system (replaced by simpler activity filters)
  • Consolidated solar data queries into a single endpoint
  • Cleaned up dead code across navigation, contexts, and map utilities

0.0.33​

  • Fixed map overlay z-index so panels render above map controls
  • Added network fallback for activity spots when cache is empty
  • Improved POTA activation modal layout for clearer contact actions
  • Removed unused data modules and dead code

0.0.32​

  • Added folder media system with photo uploads and media gallery for contact folders
  • Overhauled activations section on profiles with expanded detail views
  • Improved map components with better tooltips, markers, and panel layout
  • Refreshed all documentation to match current feature set
  • Added attempted activators tracking
  • Simplified folder tree navigation and log page layout
  • Updated home page with new hero imagery

0.0.31​

  • Removed dormant features: recommendation feed, trophies, milestone sharing, and feed eligibility system
  • Improved profile layout with activations section and my shack section
  • Added category folders for automatic QSO organization
  • Enhanced activity tab with streamlined layout
  • Simplified folder tree browser
  • Added FT8 spectrogram visualization utilities
  • Improved location settings UI

0.0.30​

  • Improved external profile layout with read-only equipment cards and branded social icons
  • Added drag-and-drop photo uploads, livestream links, and notes to activation Field tab
  • Capped profile logbook preview to 5 recent contacts for cleaner profiles
  • Reordered profile bento grid for better visual flow

0.0.29​

  • Added Field Notes: attach photos to activation folders and monthly log folders
  • Redesigned activity panel layout for better map/list interaction on all screen sizes
  • Added hamtrax branding to the mobile navigation bar
  • Streamlined activation tabs: Log, Spots, Field Notes, and Finish
  • Removed mandatory "I saved my log" checkbox from activation finish flow
  • Field notes photos are visible on public profiles

0.0.28​

  • Added tappable signal strength picker for faster S-meter input during activations
  • Improved QSO log form layout for smoother activation logging
  • Enhanced activation map with better panel sizing and interactions
  • Fixed floating cards overflowing on narrow screens
  • Improved tooltip positioning to avoid clipping at screen edges

0.0.27​

  • Fixed public profile links (hamtrax.com/s/xxx) requiring login — profiles are now viewable by anyone
  • Added QRT closing spot when ending an activation
  • Improved activation finish tab with clearer end-of-session UX
  • Fixed park detail modal animation glitch when closing

0.0.26​

  • Added GPS auto-detection of nearest POTA park when starting an activation
  • Fixed profile pages showing "own profile" view when navigating by callsign
  • Improved folder display cards with clearer "Saving to" labels
  • Consolidated floating panel heights into a single theme variable

0.0.25​

  • Replaced station page with streamlined external profile relay
  • Improved map performance by extracting clustering, animation, and style transition logic
  • Updated contact folder data layer for consistency

0.0.24​

  • Added activation spot persistence across page refreshes and device switches
  • Added RST signal report stepper for faster QSO logging
  • Added QSO edit and delete within active activation sessions
  • Added equipment profile selectors (radio/antenna) to activation setup
  • Improved auto-spot comments to lead with your hamtrax profile link
  • Added "In Progress" badge on activation folders in the folder browser
  • Improved station page mobile layout with responsive logbook columns
  • Improved station page performance by externalizing CSS
  • Updated home page copy with clearer value descriptions

0.0.23​

  • Improved station page mobile layout (hero, typography, bento grid spacing)
  • Fixed solar dashboard to load data independently when opened as a tool
  • Fixed location mode button sizing on My Station

0.0.22​

  • Added profile bento layout with logbook section and live activation banner
  • Added public logbook display on profiles (opt-out in settings)
  • Added automatic folder organization — activation folders created on start, monthly folders for casual contacts
  • Added FT8 decoder tool (experimental)
  • Added new UI components: equipment card, info tooltips, and default star indicators
  • Fixed remaining broken references from dormant feature cleanup

0.0.21​

  • Removed dormant social features (clubs, friends, messaging, stories, challenges, compete) to simplify the app
  • Removed dormant activity modes (satellites, repeaters, nets, airports, DX spots, contests)
  • Streamlined station page to focus on OG meta tags and SPA redirect
  • Improved activation map with optimistic spot injection, manual spot refresh, and quick-add QSO from spots
  • Added auth gating to activation entry from home page

0.0.20​

  • Rebuilt the activation logger from the ground up — modular setup, QSO logging, and map views replace the old monolithic form
  • Added park-to-park detection during activations
  • Added auth modal — prompts sign-in when accessing features that require an account
  • Redesigned activity tab with improved filtering and list layout
  • Added profile privacy toggle for controlling public visibility
  • Redesigned home page with new hero imagery
  • Improved map markers and station page rendering
  • Removed outdated internal documentation

0.0.19​

  • Improved Safari reliability — app now gracefully recovers from IndexedDB connection drops instead of breaking
  • Added specific error messages for radio and antenna save/delete failures in Rig Manager
  • Simplified trophy unlock notifications

0.0.18​

  • Redesigned profile equipment section with separate radio and antenna rows, drag-to-scroll, and star-based default toggles
  • Added click-to-edit equipment from profile card — opens rig manager directly to the selected item
  • Fixed Firestore crashes on Safari mobile and iPadOS caused by IndexedDB connection drops
  • Added hamtrax.com to allowed origins for DX Cluster and Reverse Beacon cloud functions
  • Migrated satellite API key to Firebase secrets for better security
  • Added challenges system internal documentation

0.0.17​

  • Added club invitation system — admins can invite friends directly to their club
  • Redesigned origami card styling for sharper text rendering and unique per-card skew variation
  • Added folder browser component for navigating log contact folders
  • Improved WWFF and SOTA activation detail modals with better layout and information density
  • Redesigned operator discovery cards in the friends section
  • Overhauled the vertical feed with new layout and interaction patterns
  • Added proper favicons, web manifest, and night owl mascot
  • Added firestore security rules for club invitations
  • Improved club detail page layout with scrollable content and left-aligned header
  • Added competitor analysis research documents

0.0.16​

  • Added @username system for social identity — every account gets a unique @handle for friend discovery
  • Usernames are searchable by callsign or @username across the app
  • Added username display to profiles, search results, friend lists, and callsign detail modals
  • Added editable username field in settings with availability checking and reserved name protection
  • Added welcome modal for new user onboarding
  • Improved club settings with additional configuration options
  • Added log folder filtering and image cropper component
  • Added contest calendar cloud function

0.0.15​

  • Fixed broken images across the app — beaver logo, landing carousel, trophies, satellite art, and feed backgrounds were missing from deployed builds
  • Added adaptive timing to the CW decoder that learns dit/dah boundaries from the operator's actual sending speed
  • Added a real-time decoder event log to the CW decoder showing timing decisions as they happen
  • Narrowed CW bandpass filter to 500–800 Hz for better tone selectivity
  • Improved callsign input validation on the settings page

0.0.14​

  • Added device showcase carousel to landing page showing the app on desktop, tablet, and mobile
  • Improved deep link handling to prevent navigation race conditions on page load
  • Added spacing and navigation tokens to the design system
  • Cleaned up repository by removing unused screenshots and image assets

0.0.13​

  • Hardened production security: disabled React DevTools, stripped console output, anonymized bundle chunk names
  • Tightened Content Security Policy by removing unsafe-eval and dev-only WebSocket origins
  • Fixed UI bugs in navigation service, tool pane, settings page, and activity tabs

0.0.12​

  • Added crash reporting with error boundary and hang detection
  • Added native iOS Crashlytics integration
  • Added activity icon strip to home page for quick navigation
  • Added maxInstances limits to all Cloud Functions to control scaling costs
  • Refreshed trophy images across all award categories
  • Updated documentation site content and removed deprecated 3D globe page

0.0.11​

  • Added SEO meta tags, Open Graph, and Twitter card tags for rich link previews when sharing
  • Added robots.txt for search engine crawling

0.0.10​

  • Added spotter map to activation feed cards showing geographic reach with spot count overlay
  • Migrated all UI components to origami design system with paper-texture and semantic z-index tokens
  • Removed 3D globe in favor of flat map (reduced bundle size)
  • Added new origami mascot illustrations across feed cards and empty states
  • Refactored CW decoder into modular architecture
  • Added DX spot waterfall visualization for hunting workflow
  • Added short code system and club constants

0.0.9​

  • Added browser back/forward button navigation support
  • Darkened overall color palette for deeper charcoal aesthetic
  • Refreshed landing page copy with conversational, benefit-focused messaging
  • Added category labels to feed cards (e.g., "Airport Near You", "Repeater Near You")
  • Improved trends engine to filter out common ham radio terms from word clouds
  • Added activation stories slide to landing carousel

0.0.8​

  • Redesigned landing page feature cards with accent glow effects and service logos
  • Switched home feed to CSS Grid layout with improved live spots sidebar
  • Added staleness filtering to live spots (5-minute max age)
  • Fixed OAuth sign-in popup error handling

0.0.7​

  • Refined dark theme with deeper, more saturated backgrounds
  • Added hard photo filters to Flickr seeder (rejects people, requires nature tags)
  • Added purge-invalid mode to clean non-compliant images from Firestore
  • Added changelog section to documentation site

0.0.6​

  • Simplified profile card header design
  • Added new carousel slides with updated screenshots

0.0.5​

  • Replaced carousel images with self-hosted WebP for faster loading
  • Enabled Google Analytics
  • Fixed toast notifications in Rig Manager

0.0.4​

  • Initial public alpha