v5.6

v5.6

v5.6 release brings:

• a massive overhaul to our Sandbox Environment (including data conflation and export improvements),
• upgrades to the underlying iD Editor to the latest upstream versions,
• improvements to validation workflows with comment caching, and
• fixes key statistics rendering.

iD Editor Major Upgrade & Fixes:

• Replaced the custom HOTOSM iD Editor fork with the upstream OSM iD Editor, upgrading it all the way to v2.41.2(latest) for improved stability.
• Fixed a critical cross-session state bleeding issue between the standard OSM iD editor and the Sandbox editor, alongside subsequent upgrade regressions.

Comprehensive Sandbox Enhancements:

⭐️ Data Conflation: For a sandbox project, users can now download existing OSM data for a specific task area and control its visibility directly within the sandbox, allowing for seamless data comparison and conflation workflows.

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⭐️ Export & Access: Added capabilities for direct sandbox data downloads (covering both project and task areas) and exposed the data download section in the bottom navigation menu.

UI & Discoverability: Added a clear sandbox indicator badge and repositioned it from the main header (next to the logo) closer to the Project Title for better contextual awareness.

Other notable improvements:

• Persistent validation comments: Your mapping and validation comments now persist across page reloads, ensuring you don't lose your work or notes while validating multiple tasks.
• User Statistics Fix: Resolved the rendering bugs for the "users by level" pie chart on the user stats page.

Expand to see detailed codebase changes 🖥️

• chore: Replace HOTOSM iD Editor fork with upstream OSM iD Editor v2.38.0 by @suzit-10 in /pull/7229
• feat: persist mapping and validation comments across page reloads by @sumitdahal7 in /pull/7257
• Add sandbox indicator for Sandbox Project by @sumitdahal7 in /pull/7243
• feat: Remove sandbox projects from active projects list for raw data api by @prabinoid in /pull/7231
• feat: osm features feature collection geojson for sandbox data conflation by @prabinoid in /pull/7234
• Reposition sandbox mode badge from main header by @sumitdahal7 in /pull/7278
• Upgrade @openstreetmap/id 2.38.0 to 2.41.2 by @sumitdahal7 in /pull/7279
• Resolve pie chart rendering for users by level in stat page by @sumitdahal7 in /pull/7267
• Fix cross-session state bleed between OSM iD editor and Sandbox editor by @sumitdahal7 in /pull/7290
• PR to bring latest to staging by @ramyaragupathy in /pull/7289
• Fix regressions from the iD editor upgrade and cross-editor bleed fix (#7279) by @sumitdahal7 in /pull/7291
• iD editor related updates to staging server by @ramyaragupathy in /pull/7298
• v5.6 release to production by @ramyaragupathy in /pull/7299

Full Changelog: v5.5.4...v5.6