v0.5.0-alpha.2

0.5.0-alpha.2 (2026-10-21)

Features

• about: Help › About lists where settings, data, tiles and logs are kept, each with Copy and Open folder (F1.31) (9c603e9), closes #306
• beacons: Mic-E position format with a status, and Emergency (41a1aa8), closes #204
• beacons: saved status texts, grid square or time, and Send status now (f6a17e4), closes #203
• filter: 50 km by default, the map no longer changes the filter, circles on, and the filter said when adding APRS-IS (9eca25d)
• logging: Settings › Logging with a level per area, a daily log file, and OTLP targets (F1.32) (f290360)
• logging: Settings › Logging with a level per area, a daily log file, and OTLP targets (F1.32) (8936a7f), closes #310
• map: extra map views that each follow one station (cfbd5da), closes #207
• messages: answer pings, a remote check that the station is running, hearing and sending (F2.13) (d9f2080)
• messages: answer pings: a remote check that the station is running, hearing and sending (F2.13) (d77b3d9), closes #307
• messaging: auto-reply while away, once per station, after a delay (2196145), closes #202
• messaging: email through the gateway, and asking QRU servers (862fbff), closes #201
• objects: place, move, kill and re-send objects and items (a6cbd71), closes #199

Bug Fixes

• beacons: never send the Mic-E Emergency status (9ef4e46)
• map: Clear stations' Clear button clears again (5fc2dd9)
• messages: group message history saves, and save what's waiting when the engine stops (6ee7162)
• messages: group message history saves, and save what's waiting when the engine stops (01d3ace)
• messages: on stopping, write the history only if a save is waiting; keep hosting tests off the real Data folder (00fc30d)