Hi Everyone 
We hope you’re all doing great.
We’ve just launched a new version of WME v2.352 
Below you can find a summary of the release.
Community Suggestions:
We’re happy to announce that we implemented these highly upvoted community suggestions:
- Selection requirement for permanent hazards and cameras: we have introduced an enhancement to prevent accidental position changes for hazards.
- From now on, a hazard must be selected before it can be relocated, making panning around the map safer.
- Community suggestion: Ensure that permanent hazards and cameras are selected before they can be relocated
- Thank you @Keith_KJ for submitting it and everyone for upvoting!
- Add “Above number of days since last comment” filter to the Issue Tracker: in this version, we are pleased to introduce an enhancement to the Issue Tracker filters.
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You can now filter issues using the ‘Older than’ filter, allowing you to refine results based on the number of days that have passed since the latest comment.
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Known issue: if you save a specific value for the “Days since last comment” parameter in a Saved Search, this value is currently not saved when sharing the filter with another editor, after logging in again or refreshing the page.
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Community suggestion: Add “above” number of days since last comment filter to Issue Tracker
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Thank you @Keith_KJ for submitting it and everyone for upvoting!
New features/enhancements:
- New Super-Resolution Sentinel 2 Imagery layer
With this release, we are introducing a new layer developed by Geo that enhances satellite imagery resolution from 10m to 0.5m. This makes identifying roads and buildings much easier. The grayscale imagery is updated frequently and provides a detailed recent view of infrastructure globally.
- Updated ‘Turn Locks’ logic: the team has updated the behavior for Turn Locks (soft turns/purple question marks). Connecting existing segments will now behave the same as drawing new ones:
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Turns will be enabled by default.
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No Turn Lock (purple question mark) will be generated.
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You will remain in full control to restrict turns manually as needed.
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Alongside this update, we’ve added a new preference in Settings: ‘Allow turns on new segments’. Enabling it ensures all turns are allowed by default when drawing new segments.
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Please note that this does not affect U-turn arrows, which continue to be handled by a separate logic.
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Known issue: in some cases when pulling segment’s nodes to another existing segment, the U-turn icon is shown as allowed (colored green); however, the arrow is displayed correctly (colored red, “not allowed”) after saving.
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This change has been previously announced in this heads-up post (available for Global Champs and Coordinators).
- Project Biggs: added a legal disclaimer, the user’s email, and a modal linking to the “How your edits are used” article in the Google Place editor footer.
- Performance:
Over the last couple of weeks, the team has been implementing some infrastructure changes and, starting this week, we are upgrading our backend feature logic on the Production Environment.
This is part of a larger project to rebuild our backend system for better efficiency and stability.
While this is a backend-only update, please keep an eye out for any unexpected behavior and report it here.
The update was shared in this post.
- Allow venue editing permissions based on a partner’s managed area:
The team updated editing permissions for partners. They are now able to suggest edits, create, and modify venues (such as event parking lots) directly within their managed areas, without needing to be physically nearby. We expect this change to streamline the event management process. The heads-up post was shared here (accessible to Waze Partners only).
- SDK improvements: please refer to the change log to check the SDK additions.
Bug fixes:
We released 9 bug fixes:
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Update Requests: We fixed an issue where “Wrong Route” reports submitted from the app were incorrectly displayed as “Wrong Address” in WME.
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Events: Fixed an issue where editors received global event lists when filtering by Managed Area.
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Suggest an Edit:
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Resolved the error “Container has no generated ID for property streetIDs” which occurred when higher-level editors applied specific edits.
- Community bug ID: 384513
- It is challenging to verify if the fix resolves all possible scenarios; we ask that you monitor the flow and let us know if you encounter any new examples of problems.
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Addressed the problem where turns were displayed on disconnected parts of segments from suggestions.
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Login Screen: resolved the problem where the animation was not displayed on the welcome pop-up in the Beta environment.
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Project Biggs:
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Fixed an issue where the ‘Unlink button’ remained in settings after canceling the opt-in flow.
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Addressed a bug where category icons were not applied to the Google Places tab, making it difficult to distinguish between different place types.
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Solved UI inconsistencies in the Settings tab when displaying long email addresses.
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Updated the selection flow for Google Places: selected places are no longer deselected when filters are applied, but are now displayed in a separate list at the top of the Search tab.
We look forward to hearing your feedback! 
Thank you,
Kasia
