Changelog

Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.

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Manager

Manager 2026.1

This release makes it easier to sort, filter, and search your challenge reports, brings a refreshed Help menu with quick access to support and new features, and squashes a bunch of bugs so things just work better.
New
  • Sort, filter, and search challenge participation and response reports to find exactly what you need
  • A refreshed Help menu gives you quick access to the Help Center, support, feature requests, and the OuterSpatial Shop
  • Organization-level map embeds are now available for your website
Improved
  • Redesigned social cards with a fresh look shared across Manager and Web
  • Show or hide unnamed locations in location tables with a new checkbox
  • See a photo icon in location tables when a location has photos, and filter by "Has Photo"
  • Click on a parent area name directly from point of interest, trail, and outing lists
  • A new challenges option appears in the "Keep Building Momentum" section on the dashboard for self-onboarded organizations
  • Challenge participation reports now show response counts
  • Post card design updated for reports
Fixed
  • Logging out works correctly again
  • Fixed errors when creating or saving a point of interest
  • Fixed errors when creating a new success ticket
  • The "Geospatial Data" tab now links to the correct page
  • The "Open" button in the Success Center sheet displays with the right text color
  • GeoJSON imports no longer create incorrect line features
  • Outings can't be published without a route
  • New outings now show additional tabs and update the URL right after saving
  • Trails display the correct open/closed status
  • Organization social posts with restricted visibility now show up properly
  • You can search for and select outings in the challenge "New Task" form

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Manager

Manager 2025.3

This release brings powerful new tools for managing passes and reservations, the ability to embed OuterSpatial maps in your own website, and tools that allow you to edit area and point of interest geometries. We've also improved the dashboard experience and added AI-powered description writing to help you work faster.
New
  • Manage passes, reservations, and tickets directly in Manager to streamline visitor transactions
  • Edit your maps with new tools for modifying areas and points of interest
  • Embed interactive maps of your organization or locations on your website
  • Generate location descriptions instantly with AI assistance
  • Share your posts directly to social media platforms
  • Add banner images to challenges for better visual appeal
  • View RSVP lists for events to see who's planning to attend
  • Switch to satellite view when working with location maps
  • Add email addresses to areas for better communication
Improved
  • Sort and filter points of interest by type for easier management
  • View child locations and connections between your points of interest
  • Filter location tables by open or closed status
  • Manage event RSVPs with a dedicated panel showing attendee counts
  • See attachment counts before deleting locations
  • Use consistent image upload tools across all forms
  • Navigate pages for social content instead of endless scrolling
  • Experience a redesigned welcome page and smoother onboarding process
  • Start a 30-day trial with enhanced billing notifications
  • Export files only when they're ready with smarter download buttons
  • Create deep links that work with the new social features on Web
Fixed
  • Challenge privacy settings now load correctly in forms
  • Area names stay unique within your organization
  • Search works properly in Bulletin Board and Campaign forms
  • Event dates display fully in week view
  • Organization membership requests process correctly
  • Breadcrumbs show community names on social pages
  • Organization switcher only activates with multiple memberships
  • Social links appear immediately after adding them
  • Tour buttons work after closing the onboarding guide
  • Dashboard button displays consistently
  • Time zone links in settings work correctly
  • New outings appear without refreshing the page
  • Routes import correctly from GeoJSON files

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Manager

Manager 2025.2

This release brings powerful new features for outdoor recreation management, including trail and road snapping for more accurate outing mapping, GPX import capabilities for points of interest and outings, and the ability to create and manage point of interest geometries. Updates to the Manager interface include improved navigation, reorganized organization settings, and numerous fixes that enhance stability and performance.
New
  • Support snapping an outing route to underlying trails and roads for more accurate mapping (#779, #792, #784)
  • Support importing a GPX file to create/update an outing route line (#783)
  • Support creating/deleting points of interest and updating their geometry (#603)
  • Give staff the ability to import a GPX/GeoJSON file to update a point of interest's geometry (#707)
  • Add a new "Settings" tab to organization profile that allows admin and super admin users to toggle on/off new point of interest geometry edit tooling (#804)
  • Surface the star rating on location pages and crosslink to "Social > Reviews" (#729)
  • Submit post and comment events (created, updated, deleted) for better analytics (#732)
Improved
  • Update the sidebar navigation to increase usability and make room for new features (#790)
  • Add a "Geospatial Data" tab to the organization layout and merge the "Imports" and "Exports" tabs as sub-tabs under it (#802)
  • Update image picker control on organization profile form to give super admins the ability to crop the image to a square before uploading (#500 and #810)
  • Update "Allowed Activities", "Accessibility", "Good For", and "Rules & Regulations" selects on location forms to address usability issues (#766)
Fixed
  • Date/times in post cards show up in the organization's time zone rather than the user's time zone (#811)
  • Changing and saving "Location Editing" settings should refresh the nav sidebar (#809)
  • Staff members in organization "Team" section should be sorted alphabetically (#788)
  • Review road layer IDs to improve snapping in outing route editor (#785)
  • Preview maps no longer show the correct extent when loading (#777)
  • Downloading a document sometimes tries to download a .html file in Chrome (#767)
  • When prompted to log in after following a URL, the URL context is lost after authenticating (#749)
  • Do not allow a user to like their own post (#734)
  • Ensure lint is using Biome and not ESLint (#794)

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Manager

Manager 2025.1

This release includes major improvements to search functionality with support for diacritic marks, visual updates to enhance the user interface, and numerous bug fixes that improve stability and user experience across the platform. Notable enhancements include lazy-loading for images, improved media handling, and better support for international characters in search.
New
  • Support for diacritic marks in search functionality to better support international customers (#596, #725)
Improved
  • Update the color of primary CTA buttons from Coral Light to Grass Dark for better visual consistency (#724)
  • Implement lazy-loading for images to improve performance (#687)
  • Deprecate Manager v1 in favor of Manager v2 (#602)
  • Remove Sentry from Manager codebase and deprecate projects in Sentry console (#553)
  • Move edit and delete tools into a separate header section in outing stop cards for better layout (#695)
Fixed
  • Fix issue where clearing the "description" field on challenge tasks persists an empty paragraph (#704)
  • Restore the ability to upload new photos in the media modal (#694)
  • Fix timeout issue when loading /social for organizations with large datasets (#679)
  • Fix blank page issue when clicking "New Outing" button (#667)
  • Implement KVStore for all environments to improve authentication (#665)
  • Fix non-functional "Help" button (#664)
  • Fix duplicate "Latitude" field in "Create Stop from Lat/Lng" modal (#630)
  • Fix disabled checkbox items not showing check marks (#629)
  • Fix null Point type column in Area > Locations > Points of Interest (#610)
  • Fix article list not updating after creating new article without hard refresh (#551)
  • Fix visibility property being set to NULL for some challenges (#548)
  • Fix issues with QR Code challenge task creation (#546)
  • Fix incorrectly linked Manager and Partner selects in import tool (#545)
  • Fix inability to proceed past first step in Manager imports process (#541)
  • Fix analytics counts showing "0" for yesterday despite user activity (#540)
  • Fix logout issue where selecting "No" still logs user out (#539)
  • Fix save issues for organization data changes (#537)
  • Lock down invitation and removal actions for Staff users (#536)
  • Fix analytics charts on dashboard to properly show yesterday's data (#534)
  • Fix broken "Contact Sales About Enterprise Plan" button (#530)
  • Update media modal to use landscape version instead of square version (#529)
  • Fix broken QR code download from Organization > Campaigns (#526)
  • Fix issue preventing trails from being saved with empty "Website" field (#525)