ConnectOnion 1.9.0a23 (preview)

Reader and contact provenance

Alpha 1.9.0a23 clarifies the origin of last-contact dates on mapped person pages and fixes mobile table header visibility during horizontal scroll:

• Map-derived contact dates: The reader uses the mail map date when the census date is empty, labels it as map-derived in the person view and People table, and explains why the uninvestigated note has no corresponding fact.
• Mobile table header visibility: On 375px phones, scrolling horizontally to the Last contact column in the People table keeps the column heading fully legible beside the sticky Name column, preventing sticky column overlap (#2205).
• Mapped-page investigation flow: The investigation command appears earlier on phones with an accessible 44px primary action button.

Verified fixes

• Resolves #2199: Clarify mapped contact dates in the reader.
• Resolves #2205: Keep the Last contact header visible in the mobile People table.

What is in this preview

• connectonion/rem/reader.html: data fallback for mapped dates, sticky header padding fix on mobile.
• tests/e2e/cli/test_rem_reader_design_browser.py: browser regression coverage for mapped date display and 375px sticky table header visibility.
• docs/blog/2026-10-03-the-date-was-in-the-map.md: Design Journal record of the change.