Changelog

For upcoming release.

All notable changes for developers or end users will be documented in this file. Please always update this file within every MR, note:

  • use links pointing to your use case and/or issue (See Documentation Guidelines), and
  • use several lines with a sentence for each
    • categories (add sub-categories as needed)
    • person who contributed within an MR

For example, Max Power would write in the documentation section:

- Clarified wording for [shade layer use case](usecases/done/shade_layer.md), fixes [#1873](https://issues.permaplant.net/1873). _(Max Power)_

Highlights

Landing Page

  • various improvements and adjustments according study, office hours, blog entries (Markus Raab)
  • use onboarding.perma.health instead of e-mail for onboarding (Justus Weilguni)
  • fix prize per year and email protection (Elia Wenty)
  • add blog posts (Eszter Stummer)
  • add Alisa to landing page (Ines Schnabl)

Important Changes for Developers

Meetings

  • Meeting Agenda&Notes for 16.03.2026 9:00 (Markus Raab, Hannes Zettl)
  • Meeting Agenda&Notes for 23.03.2026 9:00 (Markus Raab, Vseslav Levchenko)
  • Meeting Agenda&Notes for 30.03.2026 9:00 (Markus Raab, Chris(toph) Kraus)
  • Meeting Agenda&Notes for 30.03.2026 9:00 (Markus Raab, Elizaveta Mokshantseva)

Compatibility

Migrations

  • Added migration to make plant IDs required in the seeds table #991 (Vseslav Levchenko)

Resolution

  • Fix default resolution of base layer images #2574

Scraper Data

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed hybrid detection in scraper with leading multiplication sign #2555. (Christoph Schreiner)
  • Fixed base layer image file path (Markus Raab)
  • Change default from plant markers (Markus Raab)
  • Added Access Control checks to plantings (Justus Weilguni)
  • Added Access Control checks to base layer images, Fixed broken testcase (Justus Weilguni)

Frontend

Features

  • Disabled remembering map planning time #2589 (Vseslav Levchenko)
  • Added life cycle, functions, edible boolean and warning list as shown plant attributes in the Toolbar #476 (Vseslav Levchenko)
  • Added preferred locale to the newsletter subscription #2604 (Justus Weilguni)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed resizing plantings with plant markers #2424 (Maiia Kuzmishyna)
  • Disabled automatic list continuation in Markdown editor #2026 (Vseslav Levchenko)
  • Fix alignment of plant attributes #2609 (Moritz Muth)

Development

Libraries

Backend

Features

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed heatmap breaking for area of plants if the plant spread is Null #2587 (Christoph Schreiner)

Libraries

Tools

  • Fixed the local development setup #2501 (Moritz Adelsberger)

Build System

CI

  • Added Jenkins pipeline for Gitlab triage #2373 (Moritz Adelsberger)
  • Fix Jenkins Pipeline CPS method mismatches and improve formatting #2581 (Patrick Grassl)
  • Implement proper docker image cleanup #2582 (Patrick Grassl)
  • Add cleanup for triage pipeline #2584 (Patrick Grassl)
  • Fix Gitlab-Triage Secret Type mismatch (Moritz Adelsberger)

Documentation

  • Cleaned dev.md changelog for new release cycle #2529 (Paul Bachinger)
  • Fixed release notes URL in release issue template #2529 (Paul Bachinger)
  • Added Peter to contributor docs #2526 (Peter Mrkonjic)
  • Added Ines to contributor docs #2540 (Ines Schnabl)
  • Added Peter to contributor docs #2177 (Peter Mrkonjic)
  • Add Elia to authors as part of onboarding #2525 (Elia Wenty)
  • Replaced permaplant.net URIs with perma.health #2552 (Lukas Oberhauser)
  • Marked known problematic tests in the templates #2549 (Vseslav Levchenko)
  • Fixed typos in meeting docu for 16.03 #2557 (Vseslav Levchenko)
  • Updated frontend architecture decision and created guideline on frontend utilities 2253 (Maiia Kuzmishyna)
  • Frontend utility library decision #2356 (Maiia Kuzmishyna)
  • Created frontend self-assessment onboarding checklist #2543 (Maiia Kuzmishyna)
  • Moved plant markers and highlight searched plants use cases to done #2565 (Maiia Kuzmishyna)

Workflows

  • Add separate file for Zustand guidelines with examples #2339 (Andrei Dinu-Coreth)
  • Move myself and other inactive authors to inactive section in authors.md and landing page #2339 (Andrei Dinu-Coreth)
  • Add workflow for creating manual and e2e test from use case #2463 (Christoph Kraus)

Use Cases

Tests

Unit Tests

Manual Tests

  • Add additional copy & paste test cases #2413 (Moritz Muth)

E2E

  • Added E2E tests to verify selected tab is remembered when reopening map #1726 (Christoph Kraus)

Statistics

Changes Affecting Guided Tour