Release Date: 2026-07-28
Bug Fixes
- Dashboard save-view modal no longer closes when clicking into inputs (e.g., name or notes fields) – the click handler now distinguishes between clicks inside the modal body and clicks on the backdrop, so filling in a view’s details no longer triggers an accidental save
- Catalog import enrichment fields (image_url, image_credit, description_text, etc.) no longer silently overwrite user-edited values on re-import – catalog data now only fills blank fields, preserving any manual edits or custom metadata the user has added
- Dashboard Properties table: Common Name column is now flexible (min-width 220px) instead of fixed – it absorbs or releases space automatically when other columns (e.g., Nova Rank star column) toggle on/off, eliminating the need for manual rebalancing
- Dashboard Properties table: column widths rebalanced (Constellation split into its own 130px rule, SB/Best Month/Max Altitude reduced to 70px) – header overlap caused by Constellation sharing the Type/Magnitude/Size/SB selector is resolved
- IERS refresh worker removed – a background thread that periodically enabled auto-download of Earth-orientation data could trigger unbounded network fetches during request handling, hanging Gunicorn workers past the 30s timeout and taking down the app on VPS deployments. Nova now relies solely on astropy’s bundled IERS table, which is sufficient for all current features (framing, altitude tracking, log analysis)