Site-wide changes to the Macrostrat website, by release. Changes that belong to a single interface are recorded in that interface's own changelog, such as the map interface changelog; the map's 4.x releases predate this file and are recorded only there.

5.5.1

Added to worker display to admin interface.

Site

  • The admin page's Services table lists each Celery worker's build, from api-v3's /workers/version, and links API v2 to its tags and changelog in the macrostrat repository.

5.5.0

October 2026

Site

  • /dashboard/admin/tasks runs management tasks (topology updates first) on the worker, unattended, with their terminal output streamed live and a cancel that ends a run like Ctrl-C. Each task has its own page at /dashboard/admin/tasks/<task>, with its runs beneath it. Admin only; needs an api_v3 with /tasks.
  • On column pages, the selected unit takes the accent color, matching the navigation map, and a second click deselects it.
  • On column pages, the "Unit details" setting chooses between the sidebar panel and a popover beside the unit.
  • On column pages, the column's status shows in the sidebar, and the project and in-process filters sit on the navigation map.
  • Column references use the lexicon's compact format, with verbs and locators ("Compiled in …: Cenoz11").
  • The map ingestion list no longer re-requests endlessly after a load error, and offers "Try again".
  • A map camera move mid-drag no longer ends the drag as a click.

5.4.1

October 2026

Site

  • The homepage's map-polygon count no longer multiplies the total by the number of projects.
  • Client-side navigation to the homepage no longer loads megabytes of unused column data.

5.4.0

October 2026

Site

  • Community pages at /community/apps, /community/integrations and /community/providers, and a contact page at /contact.
  • Apps, people and supporters each appear in one list, ordered by tier; grants show as cards with title, program and PI, newest first.
  • Site pages use the collapsing page header.
  • Layouts for small screens on the map, column and map pages.
  • Reworked homepage hero.

Lexicon

  • Sift is retired: its links (/sift/#/strat_name/1, /sift/unit/1, …) redirect to the matching lexicon, column or project page.
  • The lexicon index links the legacy Sift app at v1.macrostrat.org/sift/ and no longer shows an Updates dialog.

Access

  • Creating a column (/columns/new) requires an authorized account.
  • Integration pages and the globe preview appear only outside production, as set by MACROSTRAT_ENV.

Operations

  • Built on Vite 8, with the server defined in Vike's +server.ts; vike-photon is removed.
  • Redirects behind the HTTPS proxy point at https:// addresses instead of http://.

5.3.0

October 2026

Site

  • New homepage: a live map and column, entry points to the map, columns, lexicon and projects, and recent news.
  • Site search (⌘K) on the homepage, the lexicon and the About pages.
  • One page header across the site, with breadcrumbs, sticky on scroll.
  • About, Community and Publications pages, written in the documentation vault; Publications lists Macrostrat's Zotero library.
  • /about/people, /about/apps, /about/support and /about/version-2.
  • Documentation at /docs, built from the Macrostrat documentation vault.
  • The map's usage guide and changelog are documentation pages.
  • Old addresses redirect: /people, /support, /map/usage, /map/changelog, the v1 homepage anchors (/#people, /#api, …) and Sift's /sift/#/… links.

Accounts

  • Sign in with ORCID; the dashboard shows your profile, role and session.
  • Expired sessions refresh without signing in again.
  • Admin tools at /dashboard/admin: users and roles, API tokens, the build each service runs, and tile-cache management.

Map

  • Reworked info drawer: geologic map and stratigraphy sections, links to the map's own page and the tile inspector.
  • Map pages (/maps/<id>) with a legend table; /maps/diff compares two map tilesets side by side.
  • Compilation selector (beta) for maps other than the default compilation.
  • Fewer queries while panning; the info panel no longer reloads on zoom.
  • Map search environment filters fixed.
  • Map ingestion rebuilt as a table at /maps/ingestion; the old interface is gone.

Columns

  • Column pages draw the column beside its map, in a layout shared with the lexicon.
  • A time filter on column and correlation pages.
  • Column editor at /columns/<id>/edit and /columns/new: metadata, location, units, facies and grain size.
  • Upload a column file from /columns/new, with a dry-run preview in the editor.

Lexicon

  • Reworked lexicon pages with hierarchy navigation and a map that persists between pages.
  • Lithology and stratigraphic-name matching at /lex/match.

Knowledge graph

  • Knowledge-graph pages moved to /ext/kg, with paper summaries; feedback can be edited and deleted.

Operations

  • The web server answers /_version and /_health.

Macrostrat

Data

Platform

Links

Actions