Freika/dawarich 1.3.0-rc.4

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The Storage & Timeline Interaction Release

This release adds a dedicated motion_data column for transportation-relevant fields alongside the existing raw_data. Users can now set their timezone for accurate date/time display across the app. The Timeline feed in Map v2 gains richer map interaction: hovering a journey highlights its track with an animated border, clicking zooms to fit and selects it, and expanding a day shows visit markers even when the Visits layer is off. User data export/import is enhanced with a new v2 format using JSONL files and monthly splitting for large datasets, while remaining backward-compatible with the old format.

Added

• Per-user timezone setting. Users can now select their timezone from Settings > General, and all dates/times across the app (including background jobs and API responses) will respect it. Defaults to the server's TIME_ZONE environment variable for existing users.
• motion_data JSONB column on the points table for storing transportation-relevant fields separately from raw_data.
• Background job (DataMigrations::BackfillMotionDataJob) to backfill motion_data from raw_data for existing points.
• New Timeline feed in Map v2 Tools panel for browsing daily location history. Distances and speeds respect the user's distance unit preference (km/mi).
• Clicking a track point (when "Show Points" is enabled) now displays point info (timestamp, battery, altitude, speed) in the track info panel instead of triggering a position update. Dragging a point still updates its position and triggers track recalculation.
• Timeline-map interaction: hovering a journey entry in the Timeline feed now highlights the matching track on the map with the animated border and flow effect. Clicking a journey entry zooms the map to fit the track and keeps it selected. Expanding a day in the Timeline now temporarily shows visit markers for that day, even if the Visits layer is disabled.
• AES-256-GCM encryption for raw data archives (format version 2). Set ARCHIVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY to use a custom key; otherwise derives from SECRET_KEY_BASE. Existing unencrypted archives (format version 1) are read transparently.
• v2 export/import format with JSONL files and monthly splitting for large entities (points, visits, stats, tracks, digests). The new format streams data to avoid memory issues with large datasets, while remaining backward-compatible with v1 archives (data.json).
• User data export now includes Tags, Taggings, Tracks (with embedded TrackSegments), Digests, and Raw Data Archives — previously missing from export/import, meaning users who exported and re-imported would lose these entities.
• Tracks are exported with their original_path serialized as WKT and track_segments embedded as a nested array, preserving transportation mode detection data across export/import cycles.
• Digests get a fresh sharing_uuid on import for security — old share links from the original user won't work for the importing user.
• Raw Data Archives are exported with their attached gzip files, enabling full data restoration.
• Failed imports now will have an error message shown to the user.

Changed

• Transportation-relevant fields (motion, activity, action) are now stored in a dedicated motion_data column alongside raw_data, enabling efficient transportation mode detection.
• All import sources now write both raw_data (full original payload) and motion_data (transportation-relevant fields).
• The STORE_GEODATA setting now correctly controls whether geodata is written during reverse geocoding.
• Dropped unused idx_points_user_city database index (304 MB) and replaced the full reverse_geocoded_at index (1,149 MB) with a smaller partial index covering only un-geocoded rows.
• Selecting a track on Map v2 now always dims other tracks, regardless of whether the track has transportation mode segments.
• Default map layers for new users changed from Routes + Heatmap to Tracks + Heatmap. Existing users' settings are unaffected.
• Renamed the bottom-panel "Timeline" feature to "Replay" to avoid naming collision with the new Timeline feed sidebar.
• Default value for RAILS_ENV in docker-compose.yml is now production instead of development

Fixed

• Stats queries (daily distance, time of day) now correctly handle timezone conversion without double-converting from UTC.
• Timezone validation in stats queries now properly resolves Rails timezone names to IANA identifiers.
• Clicking on [Map] on Stats page now correctly respects the user's preferred map version (v1 or v2) instead of always linking to Map v1. #2281

Full Changelog: 1.3.0-rc.3...1.3.0-rc.4