New WME v2.305

Hello Everyone :waving_hand:

We hope you’re all doing well.

We’ve just released a new version of WME v2.305 :rocket:

Below you can find a summary of the release.

New features/enhancements:

1. Suggest an Edit on House numbers: We introduced an improvement that ensures all relevant objects in an edit suggestion are visible when panning to it. From now on, we calculate the highest minimum zoom level required to display all entities included in the suggestion.

2. Upcoming A/B Testing Heads up: We are building infrastructure for A/B testing to be able to carefully evaluate how new features perform with various groups of editors. This infrastructure will likely be utilized later on for features, we’ll keep you updated regarding such instances.

3. Performance: We’d like to share that since the end of May, we’ve observed a 10–15% improvement in loading times, following a recent change in the Frontend client code.

4. Alignment of Suggest an edit (SAE) and On Segment suggestions (OSS): We’re introducing a new process to simplify and unify the suggestion submission experience. As our sources and system complexity have grown, the current setup has become inconsistent and difficult to maintain. The new phased approach will start by aligning OSS and SAE workflows to improve clarity and reduce support overhead. As part of the mentioned process, we’ve added some changes in this release. You can read about them in this document.

5. House numbers (HN) revamp: Previously, in both the add and edit flows, clicking the drag handle immediately after entering a number caused the marker to lose focus, interrupting the dragging action. Editors had to click the marker again before they could reposition it. This has been improved so editors can now type a number and immediately drag the marker without any extra clicks.

6. SDK improvements: please refer to the change log to check the SDK additions.

Bug fixes:

We released 10 bug fixes:

1. Suggest an Edit:

  • We resolved an issue that a refresh was required in order to remove the lamp icon after suggestion acceptance.
  • We fixed an issue where the House Number and Segment layers were turned off while reviewing suggestions — both layers will now be automatically enabled to ensure proper visibility. The snackbar will include all layer names that were toggled.
  • Resolved an issue where, after changing a house number, the existing number was still displayed. Now, the suggested number is shown on hover.
  • We made a change in order to prevent confusion: the top info alert ‘You can make changes to your edit…’ will no longer appear for editors who don’t have permission to apply suggestions (i.e., when the Apply button is hidden). This removes guidance that isn’t actionable or relevant.

2. House numbers (HN) revamp: We resolved an issue where house numbers could not be saved if they were added twice and then corrected during editing.

3. Junction nodes: Resolved an issue where segments could not be connected upon dragging nodes.

4. Map Events Filtering / Duplicating: Resolved an issue where the app crashed after undoing the duplication of a ‘Local Driving Advisory’ category event (this category is only visible to Waze Partners).

5. Suggestions on Turns: Addressed the issue where submitting a suggestion to enable a U-turn caused a crash.

6. Permanent hazards: Fixed an issue where moving a segment with a permanent hazard did not activate the Permanent Hazard layer.

7. Segment: Creating a segment from node to node fails with client side error - fixed.

Known issues:

  1. Alignment of Suggest an edit (SAE) and On Segment suggestions (OSS):

    • In case changes already applied to the map both ‘Apply’ and ‘Reject’ buttons are enabled
    • In case the user opens Accepted card from the history the body will be old
  2. Suggest an Edit on House numbers (HN): already added suggestions are added to the save stack.

You can read more here.

We look forward to hearing your feedback! :envelope_with_arrow:

Thank you,
Olesya

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When you open up a UR or MP the window covers up the ruler, streetview and center buttons

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That’s a FUME issue. Those buttons aren’t there in native WME.

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UR window covers up the town name at the top

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Hi @TxAgBQ,

Many thanks for your feedback. This issue was previously reported here: The user request obscures the city name

Please follow the original thread to receive further updates.

Best regards,
Olesya

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Yes, it’s still doing it rather than showing the town.

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10 BUG FIX! It’s nice to see a double-digit number of bug resolutions. :raising_hands:

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Thank you for all the improvements and specially #3 is a great fix, very helpful as it was causing a lot of issues Thank you :+1:

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this is awesome
how about the Something went wrong, Waze is working on it!
pressing F12 willl bring too many request error, A quota or rate limiting error in Google Cloud’s Stackdriver
i still saw this here and there although not too often and hard to duplicate
is it due to backend?

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Hi @AndyLaode,

The “Something went wrong” error could be due to multiple reasons, the error itself is rather generic and in most cases it would be backend related. Previously, it was also found to have been be caused by the “Color Highlights” script.
If you manage to spot any patterns/steps to reproduce/provide any common scenarios which result in this error, please let me know and we will investigate it.

Thank you,
Olesya

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Sorry did not realize FUME shifted that; once removed, it was fine.

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General Question? I would like to use my vehicle as my driving icon. will there be a feather that would allow me to edit the driving icons

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Hi @JuliusCPeaceful,

Thank you for your question. I presume you are referring to your car icon in the Waze app? If so, I’d recommend checking the waze suggestion box; you can vote for an existing suggestion or post your own idea.

All the best,
Olesya

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How can you add on the map a toll area? there is 2 new tolls on the 52 PR highway and the map doesn’t have it recorded. I tried to add it but couldn’t.

If I’m right, you should post in the Puerto Rico section of the forum here.

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Hi, do we have any update for the issue posted in v2.287 for the HNs?

Thanks.

Hi @kid4rm90s,

The house number format issue is still in the works, we will post an update (either me/Natallia) when it’s been solved. :wink:

Best regards,
Olesya

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Hi @Olesya-Staff ,

Thank you for the information. Hope it won’t take a long time.

Regards,

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is there a way to keep the waze app from turning on every time I get into my car, I don’t need it on all the time, let me turn it on when I need it

This isn’t the right thread for the question, but I assume this is on CarPlay or Android Auto?

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