# 23-Feb-2026 — add configurable walk validation and config admin UI, enable editing of Walks Manager-sourced walks [#161](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/161)

## [build 489](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/22330250079) — [commit ff6fa48](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/ff6fa4866e2a5b3652076e7610aec1c2bfc6d7e9)

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## What Changed for Users

### 1. Walk Editing for Walk Manager Sync Events (closes #161)

Walk administrators can now edit walks imported from Walk Manager, not just
locally created walks. This was the primary gap blocking corrections to
imported data such as incorrect map locations.

- Editing is available for Walk Manager-sourced walks without triggering
automatic email notifications.
- Fixes, including location corrections, can be applied without re-importing.
As part of this, the correct Meetup event ID URLs are now resolved so that
related links to individual Meetup event pages are populated accurately.

### 2. Smarter Walk Leader Matching (secondary improvement)

Leader matching now uses stronger rules across prior mappings, email, phone, full
name, and abbreviated-name patterns. When a leader is matched, contact email, phone,
and display values are populated from member admin data automatically.
Match confidence and source are shown clearly in the rematch banner.

### 3. Correct Email-vs-URL Contact Link Behaviour

Leader contact links now resolve by type:

- Plain email addresses open native email compose via mailto:.
- Valid web URLs open as links.
- Invalid values are displayed as text rather than broken routes.

### 4. Save Robustness for Null Parent Objects

Fixed save failures where nested fields (e.g. venue/image config subfields) had
null parent objects, preventing backend errors such as:
Cannot create field ... in element ... null.
Normalisation now runs in one pass, reducing save, reopen, save again loops.

### 5. Walk Configuration Admin UI with Configurable Validation

A new multi-tab Walk Configuration page is available at /walks/admin/config,
replacing the previous Meetup Settings panel in the walks admin panel.

- General tab: configure default miles per hour and toggle three validation
rules (require risk assessment, require finish time, require walk leader
display name) that gate walk approval.
- Meetup tab: maintain description prefix content text items.
- Publishing Defaults tab: configure Meetup publishing defaults.
Risk assessment enforcement is set automatically on first run based on whether
any risk assessment data already exists in the database.

## Verification

Targeted tests and compile checks were run for updated editing paths, leader
matching, contact action correctness, save consistency, and walk config UI.