G&M Maintenance Portal - Session Notes

Date: February 5, 2026

What We Worked On

• Added "Other Updates" as a top-level tab in the report editor for general notes (previously buried in System & Technical > Other sub-tab)
• Added icons to all 5 report editor tabs for better visual recognition
• Implemented autosave after SSH/API plugin pulls so data isn't lost
• Built a dirty state indicator on the Save button (turns blue with white dot when unsaved changes exist)
• Wired onDirty callbacks into all child components (PluginSection, RecommendationsSection, BrokenLinksSection) so removes, adds, moves, and edits all trigger the indicator
• Updated dev server log-checking workflow to use grep-filtered error checks instead of reading full output

Key Decisions Made

• "Other Updates" tab placed after Recommendations, before Plan Status — uses existing customNotes DB field (no schema change needed)
• Dirty state indicator style: dot + color change (white default -> blue when dirty)
• Dev server log checks: tail -30 | grep -iE "error|fail|500|..." — skip noise, only surface errors
• Portal view also got its own "Other Updates" section with FileText icon

Changes Made

4 commits pushed to main:

1. 1492299 - Add Other Updates tab and icons to report editor - frontend/components/Admin/ReportForm.tsx — new top-level tab, icons on all 5 tabs, moved customNotes - frontend/app/portal/[token]/reports/[id]/page.tsx — new Other Updates section, FileText icon import

2. ef2df79 - Add autosave after plugin pull actions - frontend/components/Admin/PluginSection.tsx — onPullComplete callback after SSH/API pulls - frontend/components/Admin/ReportForm.tsx — form ref, requestSubmit() on pull complete

3. ca4cae6 - Add dirty state indicator to Save button - frontend/components/Admin/ReportForm.tsx — isDirty state, handleSave wrapper, blue button with dot

4. 7fd5075 - Add onDirty callback to all child components - frontend/components/Admin/PluginSection.tsx — onDirty on add/remove/move/update - frontend/components/Admin/RecommendationsSection.tsx — onDirty on add/remove/move/update - frontend/components/Admin/BrokenLinksSection.tsx — onDirty on add/remove/move/update - frontend/components/Admin/ReportForm.tsx — passes onDirty to all children

Still Pending

• Nothing left unfinished from this session
• All changes deployed to Vercel via git push

Technical Notes

• The autosave uses setTimeout(() => formRef.current?.requestSubmit(), 100) — the 100ms delay lets React state flush to hidden inputs before form submission
• Form onInput and onChange events catch native form field changes; onDirty callbacks catch React state changes (button clicks for add/remove/move) that don't bubble as form events
• handleSave wraps updateAction to reset isDirty after successful save
• Updated MEMORY.md with grep-based dev server log checking pattern

Session saved Feb 5, 2026