Release notes

2026-05-15

The daily email now leads with live crude, Brent, and shipping benchmarks before disruption stories, and operators can see send history in admin.

• Market pulse hero shows WTI, Brent, and Baltic Dry (plus bunker when available) at the top of every brief.
• Branded masthead with the compass mark and NauticGrid wordmark; colors match the product (sky accent, no off-palette gold).
• Editorial layout refresh: clearer story numbering, severity cues, and a link to the live dashboard.
• Worker and cron share one send path; production worker must keep AUTO_SEND_BRIEFING enabled for weekday auto-send (11:30 UTC).
• Admin shows confirmed subscriber count, recent sends, and whether each issue was staged or delivered.

2026-05-14

A dedicated Monitor area ties together port and lane signals, optional email when your watchlist changes, and more honest context on how fresh data is and why disruption scores move.

• Monitor pulls ports, lanes, and account settings into one place with short guidance on daily email versus watchlist alerts.
• You can star ports into a watchlist and turn on email alerts on Account; we send a digest when stored snapshots change (typically on an eight- to twelve-hour cadence in production).
• The dashboard lists data freshness and primary sources so you know how current each widget is.
• Disruption index rows explain the main drivers behind the headline score.
• Kinetic story cards show when a score was last computed when that metadata exists.
• Lane detail can compare the latest seven-day endpoint index to the prior seven days when history is available.

2026-05-14

Release notes stay easy to find from the footer, and the public status experience reflects more up-to-date health information for anyone monitoring uptime.

• Main navigation stays focused on the product; full release history lives under Release notes in the footer (and in the mobile menu).
• If you follow our public status page, published snapshots pick up timelier “last checked” information.

2026-05-13

The home dashboard does less work before the first screen paints, persona tips load after you are signed in, and routine deploys no longer repeat heavy database setup on every restart.

• One-time data migrations run when we ship, instead of slowing every server restart.
• Role-based tips on the dashboard load in the background so they do not block your first view of the feed.
• Macro and crisis charts load when you scroll to them, which speeds up the initial load.
• Session and home data load in a safer order to avoid a rare glitch right after startup.

2026-05-13

Fewer duplicate session checks, analytics that wait until the page is usable, leaner icons, and short-lived caching for the daily intel strip so repeat visits stay quick.

• One session check per visit for the header and home page.
• Home waits for your session before loading personalized data, which avoids odd edge-case delays.
• Analytics load after the page is interactive so they do not compete with first paint.
• Smaller icon payloads on server and client.
• Daily intel can be reused briefly on busy views so you see answers faster.

2026-05-13

Phones get a bottom tab bar for core routes, a clearer menu for the rest, and a single public page that lists what shipped, what is in progress, and earlier milestones.

• Bottom navigation on small screens: Home, Lanes, Ports, and More (guide, pricing, about, account).
• More menu uses a bottom sheet with a drag handle, grouped sections, and larger tap targets.
• Extra padding when the tab bar is visible so content is not hidden behind it.
• One release-notes page for shipped and in-progress work, newest first.

2026-05-13

Fixed a timing issue on the dashboard that could leave widgets feeling “stuck” after load, and aligned the signed-in header with the rest of the site.

• Story timestamps show a stable clock time first, then switch to relative time after the page is ready.
• Home reflects your current session so the header matches pricing and account.
• Primary navigation scrolls on tight desktop widths so Sign in stays reachable.

2026-05-13

Focused review of small-screen layouts, overflow, touch targets, and sign-up or pricing flows so the product feels intentional on a phone.

• Tighter handling of safe areas, taps, the slide-up menu, and reduced-motion preferences.
• Larger tap targets on pricing, login, and account; fewer horizontal scroll surprises on narrow screens.

2025-12-01

First public dashboard with a live disruption feed, global ports and lanes, and the weekday email brief.

• Home widgets for disruption, congestion, macro context, chokepoints, and crisis signals.
• Tracked ports and trade lanes with live health at a glance.
• Operator guide, legal pages, and email capture for the daily brief.