2024-10-07 Schedule settings and members

Details of Hotpot release for 2024-10-07

💅 Schedule settings revamp

Setting up an on-call call schedule shouldn't require a whitepaper and a series of blog posts to implement well. We're constantly adjusting the knobs and levers available to you while trying to prevent too much complexity. This week, we've shipped a small UI overhaul of the settings screen to make finding what you need easier and the outcomes clearer.

New schedule settings.

Every option on the screen has been relabeled, a hint added, and rearranged to be more intuitive. Over time, we expect this area to improve greatly as we expose more of Hotpot's powerful scheduler.

👯 Revamped on-call user management

Adding and removing users to a schedule has been revamped with a more compact and informative UI.

All users are now shown, with clear explanation for any that not available for duty.

💼 Other changes

• Coverage: Improvements to date handling in the display of stint coverage have stopped "backdated" coverage from appearing.

• General: Updates to various dependencies. Gotta stay current!

• General: More resilient date handling in stint search.

• Notification: A vCard is now available to help get your phone ready for notifications from Hotpot.

• Scheduler: Only generate as many stints in advance as there are people in the team. Smart!

• Triage: Improvements to bulk actions.

• Triage: Improvements on redirects after group addition or creation.

• UI: The current stint view no longer wraps weirdly with long names or lots of people handling coverage.

• UI: More dark mode improvements!

• UI: Popovers have been refactored across the app for compatibility and to reduce extra elements. One of our engineers really hates extra divs…