Updates

Here are the updates to Reciprocal Reviews. Have a defect to report or improvement to suggest?

Added

Invited scholars can now accept or decline an invitation directly from the role card or their task list, with both actions requiring a confirm. Pending invitations also surface in the scholar's task list and the relevant role card auto-expands on the venue page. #128
The submissions filter on a venue's submissions page now matches author and assigned reviewer names in addition to title and external ID, respecting reviewer- and author-anonymity flags. The list also shows authors in a new column (where visible to the viewer) and highlights cells whose content matches the filter. #125
The proposer of a transaction is now emailed when a minter or editor declines it, with the decliner's name (and contact link), the reason, and a link back to follow up. The transactions page also shows the decliner and reason inline on declined rows, and the original purpose is preserved alongside the new audit columns. #114
The submission detail page now shows each candidate scholar's active assignment count against their stated paper-count cap in a new "Assignments / Limit" column (with cross-venue load shown as a secondary indicator), and approving an assignment that would push the scholar over their cap now requires a second click to confirm. #126
Venue editors can now copy ready-to-paste email-template snippets for author submission payment, assignment acknowledgement, and compensation requests from the venue's settings page, with the manuscript-ID variable rendered in the syntax of the chosen reviewing platform (HotCRP, EasyChair, ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, OJS, OpenReview, PCS, or plain text). The deep-link URLs in those snippets pre-fill the manuscript ID on the destination page so recipients land in the right form, ready to submit. #113

Changed

Renamed the "Cancel" action on proposed transactions to Decline throughout the UI (button labels, status badge, error messages), to better match its meaning as an active, accountable decision. #114
Reworked the venue settings page as a numbered setup workflow: a "Decide policies" primer at the top lists the community decisions to make first, then each section is a numbered step (Activate is always the last one). Sections renumber automatically when one is hidden (e.g. Bid preference levels disappears if no role allows bidding), and per-role cards start collapsed so the page stays scannable.
Updated internal tooling for stability.

Fixed

Fixed an issue where scholars who accepted an invitation to a role kept their volunteer status as "invited" instead of advancing to "accepted," so editors filtering for confirmed volunteers wouldn't see them. #127

Added

A submission can now be marked done, finalizing review and compensating its editor(s) in one action.
Submissions list now shows a per-submission Progress column (in review / done). Done submissions sort to the bottom of the list regardless of other sort order, and are hidden from the list after a venue-configurable window.
New venue setting: how long do fininshed submissions remain visible? They remain accessible by direct link.
Made subheaders linkable.
Wrote and wired up terms of service and privacy. Thanks to Andrew Petersen for the writing and research! #13
Added customizable reminder frequency for minting and transaction reminders.
Added preference levels to bidding #122.
Added paper count limits to assignments #129.

Changed

Improved form design.
Updated RLS policies and front end to prevent "self-dealing": scholars who enrich themselves with tokens, without oversight.
Updated internal tooling for stability.

Added

End-to-end tests for venue administration #121, currency minting and transaction approval #120, role configuration and volunteering #118, submission and assignments #119, and venue proposal #117.

Changed

Volunteers can now approve and compensate the work of other volunteers when the are in an approving role. For example, rather than an Associate Editor marking a Reviewer's review approved, and then generating a proposed transaction that a minter must approve, the Associate Editor can directly approve the transfer from the venue. A transaction is still generated for transparency and auditing.
Updated DESIGN.md to be alignment with the current design and technical debt. Also updated CLAUDE.md to maintain DEISGN.md and ARCHITECTURE.md in response to changes in implementation.
Updated ARCHITECTURE.md to be a more complete onboarding document for new contributors.
Gated Vercel deployments behind verifications and Supabase migrations in GitHub Actions workflows for dev and prod.
Cached Supabase Docker for Playwright speed in CI.
Updated internal tooling for stability.
Only generate updates in CI.

Fixed

Locale validation now works instead of silently failing.
Request compensation emails now go to the correct recipients.

Added

Added ability for admins to bulk import submissions without payment, to support pre-launch configuration #97.
Added feedback when emails are sent, so scholars know the effect of their actions.
Added creation date to submissions table and made it sortable.

Changed

Updated internal tooling for stability.
We encourage and account for non-paying authors to be listed #98.
Expanded submission visibility in RLS rule to role approvers.
Improved rendering of emojis in scholar links.
Improved layout of the reviewer table on the submissions page.
Improved volunteer status labeling in submission page.

Fixed

Don't show bid buttons if a scholar already has the role #99.
Hardened SubmissionLink to missing submissions to avoid page crashes.
Consistent visibility of bids on submissions list and submission page.
Improved logic for "bidding closed" note on submissions page.
Bid counts now exclude approved bids.

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End-to-end test for new multi-author submissions.
End-to-end test for volunteering for a reviewing role.
Included unapproved transactions in scholar task list.

Changed

Updated visual design of dashboard to improve navigation and accessibility #84.
Removed edge functions from Playwright tests for speed and less flakiness, as we do not have end-to-end tests for that functionality.
Added caching to Playwright tests for speed.
Added a minimal CLAUDE.md to specifiy architecture and stack for Claude Code use.
Approve new submission transaction for submitting author immediately.
Added another author with tokens in the seed.sql file for testing.

Fixed

Fixed text below volunteer header #90.
Fixed re-ordering of roles in venue settings #91.
Fixed error in inactive venue localization string rendering #92.
Corrected spacing below inactive feedback, before page content.
Fixed issue where transaction approval always mint tokens, instead of only doing so for venue sources.
Fixed bug preventing author submitting on behalf of co-authors.
Reset check balances button when payments change on new submission form.

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The new submission page now looks up scholars by ORCID ID, to help authors verify they have the right ORCID.

Changed

Updated internal tooling for stability.
Removed some unused locale strings.
Improved the visual design of all components for consistency and usability.
Fully localized the new submission page.
Lowercased English labels for consistency.
Fixed invalid HTML caused by markdown wrapped in paragraphs.
Moved the header and details into the nav bar, to persist while scrolling.
Redirect to a submission's page after creating a submission.

Fixed

Prevented non-authors from attempting to create a submission.
Fixed submission type on the submission page.
Submit forms on enter.

Added

Added gentle reminders to new volunteers to update their name and status.

Changed

Updated internal tooling for stability.
Updated SvelteKit auth approach with Supabase to avoid session security vulnerabilities #71.
Removed redundant breadcrumbs to venues and home page.
Improved styling of feedback.
Improved font sizes.
Organized locale files for future translation.
Made volunteers visible without login.
Improved visibility and explanation of role volunteering.

Fixed

Fixed a problem where new volunteer tokens were not minting or transferring correctly to the volunteer.

Changed

Updated internal tooling for stability.
Localized card toggle, tokens component, all paragraph text, and other lingering fallback and default text. Localization should be complete.

Changed

Updated internal tooling for stability.
Localized all buttons, text fields, notes, cards, sliders, drop downs, tables, and page headers.

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Implemented localization support and extracted many strings to a default English locale().

Changed

Updated internal tooling for stability and speed.
Improved page header styling and spacing.
Merged breadcrumbs in page header.
Improved setup instructions.
Allow some sliders to not fire immediately, especially if they hit the database.

Added

Added an updates page to mirror changelog content #81.
We now record transactions when tokens are minted on a currency, for transparency.
Added basic coverage of end-to-end tests for all routes and authentication states #49.

Fixed

Corrected permissions on several table security settings.

Added

Added pagination to transaction pages for scalability #72.
Added emoji icons to page headers for consistency and distinguishability.
Styled debits in transaction for visibility.
More tests of the authenticated scholar profile.

Changed

More consistent rendering and phrasing of transactions.
Better page and header padding.
Improved header styles.
Fixed venue link.
Updated minor versions of Svelte and Supabase.

Fixed

Corrected volunteer count on venue page.

Added

Added a submission type and compensation rate by submission type to allow for compensation rates to vary.

Changed

Updated prod landing page to add a bit more info about the platform.
Updated minor versions of @supabase/supbase-js, @sveltjs/kit, prettier-plugin-svelte, supabase, svelte, svelte-check.

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Added tests for /currency/[id], /curency/[id]/transactions, /scholar/[id]/transactions pages.

Changed

Updated minor versions of @sveltejs/kit, svelte, svelte-check, and supabase.
Updated seed to have more tokens for testing.
Improved display of scholar tokens.
Improved layout of footer.

Fixed

Fixed page margins.

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Added a sticky footer for less frequently used site-wide information and links.
Make staging and deployment runs dependent on test workflows.
Added tests for /, /about, /scholar/[id] pages, as well as some utility functions for logging in and out of seeded scholars.

Changed

Updated minor versions of @playright/test, @sveltejs/kit, supabase, svelte, @supabase/supabase-js

Added

Differentiated between venue admins and editor role, to ensure confidentiality, manage conflicts, and enable compensation #73.
Made volunteering public on a scholar's profile page #76.
Realtime updates on all schoar, currency, venue, submission, and proposals pages #26.

Changed

Updated minor versions of supabase/supabase-js, @playright/test, @sveltejs/adapter-vercel, @svelte/kit, prettier, supabase, svelte, svelte-check, and vitest.

Fixed

Support creating a new currency in a venue proposal #74.
Improved layout of volunteers table #77.
Editable text no longer grows the page unbounded #75.
Fixed submissions update RLS role to allow editors to edit.
Better spacing in page metadata.
Improved spacing of editable text in flex layouts.

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Fixed #54, adding anonymity and conflicts support to venues and roles, to implement double anonymous, single anonymous, and open reviewing.
Added venue active/inactive switch, to allow for venues to be created without being availabe for use yet.
Created editor-guarded settings page to organize venue settings and declutter landing page.

Fixed

Eliminated redundant error Notes, merging them with Feedback.
Narrowed a few RLS policies to prevent unauthenticated inserts and updates.
Fixed logic of assignment approval on submissions page.

Added

Fixed #69, properly filtering submissions based on role bidding status, assignment status, and total desired assignments.
Improved saved feedback.

Changed

Updated minor versions of svelte, @sveltejs/kit, prettier, supabase, vitest.

Fixed

Clarified meaning of invite and bid.

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Fixed #33: Added volunteer export feature.

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Updated minor versions of @sveltejs, supabase, @supabase/superbase-js, vite, vitest and related dependencies.

Added

Added approved, incomplete submission assignments to task list.
Added pending assignment approval task to scholar task list.

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Updated minor versions of @supabase/supabase-js, supabase, @sveltejs/kit, svelte, vite.

Fixed

Fixed submission assignment visibility.
Fixed assignment insertion permissions.
Improved usability of scholar charge interface on submission page.

Added

Added volunteer note to landing page.
Added a theory of change to the about page.
Fixed #68: Request compensation for role.

Changed

Updated minor versions of @playwright/test, @supabase/ssr, @supabase/supabase-js, @sveltejs/adapter-vercel, @sveltejs/kit, prettier, supabase, svelte, vite, vitest.

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Resolved Svelte stale reference warnings.
Improved collapsed state of venue editor view.

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Improved and simplified landing page explanation.
Flipped proposed and active venues on venues page.

Added

Fixed #53: Migrated to declarative schemas for clarity.

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Updated minor versions of Supabase, supabase-js, Svelte, SvelteKit, svelte-check, vitest.

Fixed

Linked error message prompts to log in.
Expand editing roles by default to make volunteering more obvious.
Less intense token color.

Added

Fixed #58: Send reminders to editors and scholars to approve proposed transactions.
Fixed #50: Warning on changing roles with volunteers.

Changed

Updated minor versions of Supabase, Svelte, vite, vitest.

Fixed

Fixed #43: Better feedback about unapproved transactions; better link to transactions.
Improved visual design of forms and text fields.

Changed

Updated minor dependencies: Supabase, Svelte, SvelteKit, vitest.

Fixed

Fixed #63, granting welcome tokens on volunteer assignment or invite accept.
Improved names of venue proposal functions.
Fixed #30, preventing editors from being minters of a venue's currency.
Fixed #66, permit gifting venue.
Made currency visible to venue viewers.

Added

Better tip styling.
Consistent currency link styling.
Better external link styling.
Show minting roles in profile.
Added task list to scholar page to show pending invitations and transactions.

Changed

Sync SvelteKit types before building in Playwright GitHub Action.
Slim Playwright browsers tested.
Updated minor dependencies: supabase, @supabase/supabase-js, @sveltejs/kit, svelte, vite
Upgraded to vite 4

Fixed

Fixed inline padding of lists.
Improved save feedback visual design.

Changed

Updated Vercel adapter to 7.0.
Updated minor dependencies: Playwright, Supabase, SvelteKit, Svelte, Typescirpt, vite

Added

All manual addition and removal of assignments to submission.
Fixed #61, compensating roles for completed assignment. Added manual button and CRUD for other contexts.

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Updated minor versions of Svelte, SvelteKit, vite.

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Updated minor versions of Supabase, Svelte, SvelteKit, Vite.

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Distinguished visual design of feedback component from tags.

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Updated minor versions of Svelte, Supabase.

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Refined visual design based on new dashboard/header/card motif.

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Added a dashboard for high value information on each page, where relevant.
Started a minor visual motif redesign using a dashboard-metaphor on each page.

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Updated minor versions of Supabase, Svelte, Vite.

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Improved editable text ruler sizing.

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Fixed #29, adding volunteer filter.
Fixed #32, supporting ORCID for role invites.

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Updated minor versions of Playwright, Supabase, SvelteKit, vite.

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Wrap token formatted text.
Improved formatting of inline feedback.
Improved layout of login form.
Centered save feedback in header.
Clarified description of minter role.
Max width on drop downs.
Properly style error messages.
Fixed #52, minting welcome tokens before granting them.
Fixed font on non-emoji icons in cards.
Fixed #21, passing session to auth state to prevent page flickering.
Fixed #23, showing editor roles correctly in profile page.
Restructured list of volunteer roles.

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Permit zero submission cost and submissions (also to ease testing of submission creation).
Fixed #45: Sorting and filtering submissions.
Fixed #28: Moved invitations to scholar page.
Send email notification to scholars when invited to a role.

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Updated minor versions of Svelte, vite, Supabase.

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Improved wrapping of editable text widget.
Fixed post-submission behavior, collapsing and resetting form.
Improved padding of cards.
Better spacing on h1 headers in page.
Improved venue landing page layout.
Handle no submissions visible on venue landing page.

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#31: Dynamic steward list.

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Updated minor versions of Playwright, Supabase, Svelte, SvelteKit, Typescript, vite.

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More consistent formatting of currency links.

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Updated minor versions of Playwright, Supabase, Svelte, SvelteKit, eslint.
Updated to vite 7.

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Updated Playwright, Svelte, SvelteKit, Supabase, eslint.

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Type error in error handling.
Fixed #44: Reminding scholars of stale status.

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Fixed #38, notify stewards of new venue proposal.
Fixed #36, notify scholars of when they are added or removed to a submission.
Fixed #39, notify editors of a new venue proposal.

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Updated Supabase, Svelte, SvelteKit, eslint, vitest.

Fixed

Typo in editor compensation.
Resolved all search_path security warnings.
More efficent calls to auth.uid() in RLS policies.
Narrow RLS permissions on submissions delete to authenticated scholars.
Corrected table for email RLS policy.

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Fixed #37, notifying editors and proposers of approved venue.

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Updated Supabase, sveltKit, Svelte, Vitest.
Filtered Chrome log in local development.

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Emails table with trigger that calls Resend edge function to send email.

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Updated Svelte, SvelteKit, Eslint, Prettier, Supabase, Vite, Vitest.

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Created a Supabase Edge Function and client-side API for sending an email via Resend.

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Updated Playwright, Svelte, SveltKit, Vite, eslint.

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Added bidding scholar balance to submission bidding table.
Fixed #51 sticky header.
Saving feedback in sticky header.

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Updated Svelte, SvelteKit, Supabase, Supabase SSR, and other minor versions.

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Updated minor versions of Playwright, Supabase SSR, Svelte, SvelteKit, Eslint, Vitest.

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Better link to issues page.
Supress false positive warning.
Mirrored front and back end submissions visibility.
Improved layout of submissions table.
Deactivate button while completing it's action.
Fixed ordering of roles.
Keep transactions confidential on submissions page.
Handle undefined on new role.
Improved visual design of assignments for submission.
Verified read and write permissions on submission page.

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Added approve field to role, defining what other roles can approve bids for assignments to the role.
Feedback on empty volunteer list.
Better feedback on role invite success.
List the number of volunteers in a role on the venue page.

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Updated minor versions of Supabase, SvelteKit, Svelte, Vite.
Ensure SvelteKit is synced upon build, to clearing warning in Vercel builds.

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Improved error handling on role invite form.
Fixed emoji rendering on Safari.
Made role invitations more visible.
Better layout of commitments.
Improved status tip.
Improved invitation feedback.

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Show expertise in list of bids on paper.
Sortable venue roles, to determine presentation order.
Fixed #24, redesigning venue page to integrate roles.
Split volunteers page by role, in role order.
Improved volunteers breadcrumbs.
Fixed #40, adding editor compensation amount to venue table.

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Updated minor versions of Playright, Svelte, SvelteKit, Vite, Vitest.

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Distinguished between a assignment bid and an approved assignment, to remember buds if someone is unassigned.
Improved design of feedback in flex layouts.
Align table header cells to bottom.
Full width tables.
Improved layout and bidding options in submission row.
Show label on editable text when not editing.
Make volunteers visible to non-authenticated scholars.

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Updated minor versions of Supabase, Svelte, Typescript, Vite.

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Account for empty previous id in submission.
A bit of assignment and volunteering restructuring to better support requirements.

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Show transactions pending on submissions page.
Show transactions status on submission page.
Added a toggleable submission status to each submission, to mark when it is no longer in review.
Show submissions on scholar page.
Transaction approval by giver or minter.
Transaction cancelation by giver, editor, or minter.

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Updated minor versions of Svelte, Vite, Vitest.

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Use Noto Emoji instead of system default to guarantee monochrome, consistent emojis.
Improved tip visual design.
Fixed checkbox label alignment.
Generate proposed transactions for submission.
Account for currency in gifting and transfers.

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More consistent, precise, and type-safe error handling.
Added transaction IDs to submission to keep track of charges.

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Updated all minor versions of Supabase, Svelte, SvelteKit.

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Fixed scholar transactions breadcrumb link.
Collapse new submission form after submitting.

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Added basic bidding interface.

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Updated all minor versions of vite, Typescript, Svelte, Supabase.

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Edit submission title.
Edit titles in place.
Added link to previous manuscript submission.

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Updated minor versions of all dependencies.

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Resolved several defects with the new submission form.

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Implemented manual submission creation form.
Styled submission list.
Added breadcrumbs on all pages to streamline navigation.
Defined a page to display a submission to authors or editors.

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Updated all minor versions of vite, Typescript, Svelte, Supabase.

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Initial progress on submissions schema.

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Updated all minor versions of vite, Typescript, Svelte, Supabase.

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Improved styling of expandable cards.

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Updated all minor versions of dependencies, including Svelte, SvelteKit, and Vite.

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When scholars volunteer for a venue for the first time, create a proposed transaction request for minter to approve, and allow minters to approve it, generating tokens and transferring them to the scholar.

Fixed

Redesigned cards to be collapsible, to simplify initial view, make data salient, and convey purpose.

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Allow scholars to gift tokens.
Added pattern for explicit success feedback.

Changed

Updated all minor releases of dependencies.
Updated to vite 6.

Fixed

Fixed RLS policy for volunteer insertion.

Added

Added number of tokens minted for a currency to the currency page.
Show number of tokens possed by a venue.
Show scholar's token count.
Show scholar's transactions.
Show venue's transactions.
Show currency's transactions.
Added approval status to transactions and updated security rules accordingly.
Minters mint tokens.
Venues can gift tokens to scholars.

Changed

Updated Svelte and Supabase point releases.

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Defined tokens and transactions table and draft security rules.
List venues using a currency.
List minters on a currency.
Add and remove minters from currency.

Changed

Renamed SourceLink to VenueLink for consistency.
Upgraded Svelte, SvelteKit, Supabase dependencies.

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Added ability to volunteer for a role and set expertise.
Added ability to stop volunteering for a role.
Added ability to invite scholars to roles and for scholars to accept and decline roles.
Added list of volunteer roles to profile.
Added list of venue volunteers.

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Upgraded Svelte, eslint, and dependencies.

Fixed

Fixed venues link on home page.

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Venue page: currency link, welcome amount, bidding toggle, role creation, editing, and deletion.

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Upgraded to Svelte 5.0.

Fixed

A few typography improvements.
Deactivated hover feedback on inactive buttons.
Fixed rendering for missing name in venue proposal.

Added

Subtitles for pages, with more consistent display.
Edit and delete support for a venue proposal.
Stewards can edit, delete, and approve a venue proposal.
List active venues.
Display venue title, description, and link.
Edit venue editors, title, and URL.

Fixed

Corrected automatic height on text areas.

Added

Currency name and description display and editing.
Show proposed venues on the venues page.
Render proposed venue content.
Allow additional support to a proposal.

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Visual design polish on components.
Added accessible notifications section.
Create currencies and exchanges.
Create currency route.

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Updated Svelte and Supabase minor versions.
Updated GitHub checkout action dependencies.

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Updated Svelte and Supabase minor revisions.

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Supabase scripts for documentation.
Basic email one-time password authenatication.

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Updated Svelte and Supabase minor revisions
Migrated auth state to Svelte state class.

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Created CHANGELOG.
Custom favicon.
Set up GitHub actions for unit and integration tests.
Configured Supabase, including continuous integration on dev and main branches to reciprocal-staging and reciprocal-production, respectively.
Added basic OTP authentication for dev purposes.
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