{"id":"6a6153103007618ae2cf0446","title":"2026 07 22 Issue 280","path":"how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-07-22-issue-280","contentMarkdown":"# 22-Jul-2026 — keep self-allocated walk leaders on save, markdown-rendered descriptions, Display Name... [#280](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/280)\n\n## [build 789](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/29965636738) — [commit e5b83a0](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/e5b83a017d4e514b4fb8cb718db0bb6f4a8b7f83)\n\n_____\n\n## What's new\n\nThree fixes for walk leaders and descriptions. Allocating yourself an empty slot and saving used to silently drop your leader details, leaving the walk read-only to the leader who had just taken it on - self-allocation is now persisted and the walk stays editable. Walks Manager descriptions that contain markdown links render properly everywhere instead of showing raw or escaped brackets. A walk's own leader now sees their Display Name, and change emails show a friendly route-file name instead of a raw storage id.\n\n![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/e6c94f49-c5b8-4081-acf8-708cb8f20ccf.png)\n\n*Walk Configuration includes the required leader display-name setting alongside self-service and approval controls*\n\n## At a glance\n\n- allocating yourself an empty slot and saving keeps you as leader with edit access, instead of dropping the leader details and leaving the walk read-only to you\n- walks already saved with the leader only in the Ramblers walk_leader field stay editable by that leader, with no data repair needed\n- Walks Manager descriptions containing markdown links now render properly in the walk view, edit preview and details, instead of showing raw [text](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/url) or escaped \\[text\\](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/url)\n- a walk's own leader now sees their Display Name on the Leader tab, not just admins\n- route files picked from the existing-routes list show a friendly name in change emails instead of a raw UUID storage name","contentHtml":"

22-Jul-2026 — keep self-allocated walk leaders on save, markdown-rendered descriptions, Display Name... #280

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build 789 — commit e5b83a0

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What's new

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Three fixes for walk leaders and descriptions. Allocating yourself an empty slot and saving used to silently drop your leader details, leaving the walk read-only to the leader who had just taken it on - self-allocation is now persisted and the walk stays editable. Walks Manager descriptions that contain markdown links render properly everywhere instead of showing raw or escaped brackets. A walk's own leader now sees their Display Name, and change emails show a friendly route-file name instead of a raw storage id.

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Walk Configuration includes the required leader display-name setting alongside self-service and approval controls

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At a glance

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