BREAKING: Reservations have been completely rebuilt. Existing place-level
reservations are no longer used. All reservations must be re-created via
the Bookings tab. Your trips, places, and other data are unaffected.
Reservation System (rebuilt from scratch):
- Reservations now link to specific day assignments instead of places
- Same place on different days can have independent reservations
- New assignment picker in booking modal (grouped by day, searchable)
- Removed day/place dropdowns from booking form
- Reservation badges in day plan sidebar with type-specific icons
- Reservation details in place inspector (only for selected assignment)
- Reservation summary in day detail panel
Day Detail Panel (new):
- Opens on day click in the sidebar
- Detailed weather: hourly forecast, precipitation, wind, sunrise/sunset
- Historical climate averages for dates beyond 16 days
- Accommodation management with check-in/check-out, confirmation number
- Hotel assignment across multiple days with day range picker
- Reservation overview for the day
Places:
- Places can now be assigned to the same day multiple times
- Start time + end time fields (replaces single time field)
- Map badges show multiple position numbers (e.g. "1 · 4")
- Route optimization fixed for duplicate places
- File attachments during place editing (not just creation)
- Cover image upload during trip creation (not just editing)
- Paste support (Ctrl+V) for images in trip, place, and file forms
Internationalization:
- 200+ hardcoded German strings translated to i18n (EN + DE)
- Server error messages in English
- Category seeds in English for new installations
- All planner, register, photo, packing components translated
UI/UX:
- Auto dark mode (follows system preference, configurable in settings)
- Navbar toggle switches light/dark (overrides auto)
- Sidebar minimize buttons z-index fixed
- Transport mode selector removed from day plan
- CustomSelect supports grouped headers (isHeader option)
- Optimistic updates for day notes (instant feedback)
- Booking cards redesigned with type-colored headers and structured details
Weather:
- Wind speed in mph when using Fahrenheit setting
- Weather description language matches app language
Admin:
- Weather info panel replaces OpenWeatherMap key input
- "Recommended" badge styling updated
- Replace OpenWeatherMap with Open-Meteo (no API key needed)
- 16-day forecast (up from 5 days)
- Historical climate averages as fallback beyond 16 days
- Auto-upgrade from climate to real forecast when available
- Fix Vacay WebSocket sync across devices (socket-ID exclusion instead of user-ID)
- Add GitHub release history tab in admin panel
- Show cluster count "1" for single map markers when zoomed out
- Add weather info panel in admin settings (replaces OpenWeatherMap key input)
- Update i18n translations (DE + EN)
- Vacay: click-and-drag to paint/erase vacation days across calendar
- Vacay: "Everyone" button sets days for all persons (2+ only)
- Budget: live currency conversion via frankfurter.app (cached 1h)
- Budget: conversion widget in total card with selectable target currency
- Day planner: remove transport mode buttons from day view
- Detect Docker environment (/.dockerenv) on server
- Version check returns is_docker flag
- Docker: show terminal commands for docker pull/restart
- Git installs: keep one-click update button
- Data safety hint shown in both modes
- Map auto-fits to day places when selecting a day or place
- Dynamic padding accounts for sidebars and place inspector overlay
- Place-based reservations now show linked files in the bookings tab
- Increased max zoom to 16 for closer detail on nearby places
- Add version check against GitHub releases in admin dashboard
- Show amber banner when a newer version is available
- One-click update: git pull + npm install + auto-restart
- Confirmation dialog with backup recommendation and data safety info
- Dark mode support for update banner
- Fix fresh DB migration: initial schema now includes all columns
- i18n: English + German translations for all update UI
Progressive Web App:
- Service worker with Workbox caching (map tiles, API, uploads, CDN)
- Web app manifest with standalone display mode
- Custom app icon with PNG generation from SVG
- Apple meta tags, dynamic theme-color for dark/light mode
- iOS safe area handling
New Branding:
- Custom NOMAD logo (icon + text variants for light/dark mode)
- Logo used in navbar, login page, demo banner, admin, PDF export
- MuseoModerno font for login tagline
- Plane takeoff animation on login
- Liquid glass hover effect on dashboard spotlight & widgets
- Brand images protected from save/copy/drag
- "made with NOMAD" footer on PDF exports
Bug Fixes:
- Fix mobile note reorder (missing tripId prop)
- Fix Atlas city counting (strip postal codes, normalize case)
- Fix Atlas country detection (add Japanese/Korean/Thai names)
- Fix PDF note positioning (use order_index instead of sort_order)
- Fix PDF note icons (render actual icon instead of hardcoded notepad)
- Fix file source badge overflow on mobile (text truncation)
- Fix navbar dropdown z-index overlap with mobile plan/places buttons
- Fix dashboard trip card hover contrast in dark mode
- Fix day header hover color matching place background in dark mode
- Shorten settings button labels on mobile
UI Improvements:
- Mobile navbar shows icon only, desktop shows full logo
- NOMAD version badge in profile dropdown
- Top padding before first item in day planner
- Improved drag & drop stability (larger drop zones, less flickering)
- Route line auto-updates on day select, reorder, assign, remove (no manual button)
- Remove manual route calculation button (keep optimize + Google Maps)
- Lock places at their position during route optimization (click avatar to toggle)
- Locked places shown with red background, border and lock overlay
- Custom tooltip for lock feature (DE/EN, dark mode)
- Fix map zoom: panTo instead of setView keeps current zoom level
- Fix fitBounds only on actual day change, not on place click
- Missing translations: needTwoPlaces, routeOptimized, noGeoPlaces
- Fix backup restore: try/finally ensures DB always reopens after closeDb
- Fix EBUSY on uploads during restore (in-place overwrite instead of rmSync)
- Add DB proxy null guard for clearer errors during restore window
- Add red warning modal before backup restore (DE/EN, dark mode support)
- JWT secret: empty docker-compose default so auto-generation kicks in
- OIDC: pass token via URL fragment instead of query param (no server logs)
- Block SVG uploads on photos, files and covers (stored XSS prevention)
- Add helmet for security headers (HSTS, X-Frame, nosniff, etc.)
- Explicit express.json body size limit (100kb)
- Fix XSS in Leaflet map markers (escape image_url in HTML)
- Remove verbose WebSocket debug logging from client
The biggest NOMAD update yet. Introduces a modular addon architecture and three major new features.
Addon System:
- Admin panel addon management with enable/disable toggles
- Trip addons (Packing List, Budget, Documents) dynamically show/hide in trip tabs
- Global addons appear in the main navigation for all users
Vacay — Vacation Day Planner (Global Addon):
- Monthly calendar view with international public holidays (100+ countries via Nager.Date API)
- Company holidays with auto-cleanup of conflicting entries
- User-based system: each NOMAD user is a person in the calendar
- Fusion system: invite other users to share a combined calendar with real-time WebSocket sync
- Vacation entitlement tracking with automatic carry-over to next year
- Full settings: block weekends, public holidays, company holidays, carry-over toggle
- Invite/accept/decline flow with forced confirmation modal
- Color management per user with collision detection on fusion
- Dissolve fusion with preserved entries
Atlas — Travel World Map (Global Addon):
- Fullscreen Leaflet world map with colored country polygons (GeoJSON)
- Glass-effect bottom panel with stats, continent breakdown, streak tracking
- Country tooltips with trip count, places visited, first/last visit dates
- Liquid glass hover effect on the stats panel
- Canvas renderer with tile preloading for maximum performance
- Responsive: mobile stats bars, no zoom controls on touch
Dashboard Widgets:
- Currency converter with 50 currencies, CustomSelect dropdowns, localStorage persistence
- Timezone widget with customizable city list, live updating clock
- Per-user toggle via settings button, bottom sheet on mobile
Admin Panel:
- Consistent dark mode across all tabs (CSS variable overrides)
- Online/offline status badges on user list via WebSocket
- Unified heading sizes and subtitles across all sections
- Responsive tab grid on mobile
Mobile Improvements:
- Vacay: slide-in sidebar drawer, floating toolbar, responsive calendar grid
- Atlas: top/bottom glass stat bars, no popups
- Trip Planner: fixed position content container prevents overscroll, portal-based sidebar buttons
- Dashboard: fixed viewport container, mobile widget bottom sheet
- Admin: responsive tab grid, compact buttons
- Global: overscroll-behavior fixes, modal scroll containment
Other:
- Trip tab labels: Planung→Karte, Packliste→Liste, Buchungen→Buchung (DE mobile)
- Reservation form responsive layout
- Backup panel responsive buttons
Features:
- Single Sign-On (OIDC) — login with Google, Apple, Authentik, Keycloak
- OpenStreetMap place search as free fallback when no Google API key
- Change password in user settings
- Delete own account (with last-admin protection)
- Last login column in admin user management
- SSO badge and provider info in user settings
- Google API key "Recommended" badge in admin panel
Improvements:
- API keys load correctly after page reload
- Validate auto-saves keys before testing
- Time format respects 12h/24h setting everywhere
- Dark mode fixes for popups and backup buttons
- Admin stats: removed photos, 4-column layout
- Profile picture upload button on avatar overlay
- TravelStats duplicate key fix
- Backup panel dark mode support
- Admin panel now loads API keys from /me/settings endpoint (not /me)
- Validate buttons auto-save keys first so validation uses current values
- Keys persist and display correctly after page reload
- Date picker dropdown stays within viewport on mobile (no more overflow)
- Opens above if not enough space below
- Centers on very small screens (<360px)
- End date auto-adjusts when start date changes:
- If no end date or end < start → end = start
- If both set → preserves trip duration (shifts end by same delta)
Hourly reset now restores entire DB from baseline snapshot instead of
just deleting demo trips. This reverts ALL demo user changes including
modifications to shared admin trips. Admin credentials (password, API
keys) are preserved across resets. Admin can save new baseline via
Admin Panel button. Removed demoWriteBlock middleware.
- Popup now shows every time user visits dashboard (not session-cached)
- Only shows on dashboard, not other pages
- Added upload disabled notice with amber highlight
- Upload listed as first full-version feature
- Demo user gets 403 on all upload endpoints (files, photos, cover, avatar)
- Admin uploads still work normally
- PDF export back in modal popup using srcdoc iframe
- Zero behavior change when DEMO_MODE is not set
DEMO_MODE=true enables: auto-seeded admin + demo user, 3 example trips
(Tokyo, Barcelona, Wien), hourly reset of demo user data, one-click
demo login, visible banner with feature info. Zero behavior change
when DEMO_MODE is not set.
Real-Time Collaboration (WebSocket):
- WebSocket server with JWT auth and trip-based rooms
- Live sync for all CRUD operations (places, assignments, days, notes, budget, packing, reservations, files)
- Socket-based exclusion to prevent duplicate updates
- Auto-reconnect with exponential backoff
- Assignment move sync between days
Performance:
- 16 database indexes on all foreign key columns
- N+1 query fix in places, assignments and days endpoints
- Marker clustering (react-leaflet-cluster) with configurable radius
- List virtualization (react-window) for places sidebar
- useMemo for filtered places
- SQLite WAL mode + busy_timeout for concurrent writes
- Weather API: server-side cache (1h forecast, 15min current) + client sessionStorage
- Google Places photos: persisted to DB after first fetch
- Google Details: 3-tier cache (memory → sessionStorage → API)
Security:
- CORS auto-configuration (production: same-origin, dev: open)
- API keys removed from /auth/me response
- Admin-only endpoint for reading API keys
- Path traversal prevention in cover image deletion
- JWT secret persisted to file (survives restarts)
- Avatar upload file extension whitelist
- API key fallback: normal users use admin's key without exposure
- Case-insensitive email login
Dark Mode:
- Fixed hardcoded colors across PackingList, Budget, ReservationModal, ReservationsPanel
- Mobile map buttons and sidebar sheets respect dark mode
- Cluster markers always dark
UI/UX:
- Redesigned login page with animated planes, stars and feature cards
- Admin: create user functionality with CustomSelect
- Mobile: day-picker popup for assigning places to days
- Mobile: touch-friendly reorder buttons (32px targets)
- Mobile: responsive text (shorter labels on small screens)
- Packing list: index-based category colors
- i18n: translated date picker placeholder, fixed German labels
- Default map tile: CartoDB Light
