Wildbook 10.5.3 Release Notes - January 2025

Release notes for January 2025
This release is focused on further stabilizing OpenSearch and resolving dependency updates.

Wildbook DOI for January release
DOI

Wildbook updates:

  • Restore Encounter Search pathing while legacy Encounter Search is temporarily supported #964

Tech Debt

  • Remove an unnecessary and functional blocker indexing line #966
  • Fix React favIcon inconsistency issue #953
  • Add meta description in React #960
  • Close shepherds that were being left open #968
  • Remove redundant database closure #965
  • Streamline background encounter indexing so it no longer references itself #976
  • Simplify Shepherd closures #969

Dependencies

  • Combine bump express and dependencies #946
  • Bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.6 in /frontend #904
  • Bump rollup from 2.79.1 to 2.79.2 in /frontend #807
  • Bump nanoid from 3.3.7 to 3.3.8 in /frontend #944

The following Wildbooks are on version 10.5.3 as of January 17, 2025: