fix

src-tauri/src/commands.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ pub async fn release_run(
   launcher.release_run(password, with_api, with_mcp).await
 }
 
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn refresh_run(
+  launcher: State<'_, Launcher>,
+  password: String,
+  pg_password: String,
+  tile_root: String,
+) -> CmdResult<()> {
+  launcher.refresh_run(password, pg_password, tile_root).await
+}
+
 #[tauri::command]
 pub fn release_console(launcher: State<'_, Launcher>, since: usize) -> CmdResult<crate::release::ConsoleTail> {
   Ok(launcher.release_console(since))

src-tauri/src/launcher.rs

@@ -2539,6 +2539,32 @@ impl Launcher {
     .map(|_| ())
   }
 
+  /// Refresh the pack's data payload in its own run. Returns once it has started.
+  pub async fn refresh_run(&self, password: String, pg_password: String, tile_root: String) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if self.release_console.lock().is_ok_and(|c| c.is_running()) {
+      return Err("Something is already running: wait for it to finish.".to_string());
+    }
+    if password.trim().is_empty() {
+      return Err("The node's sudo password is needed: the dump runs there.".to_string());
+    }
+    let (dev_root, install_dir) = {
+      let inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+      (inner.settings.dev_root.trim().to_string(), inner.settings.install_path())
+    };
+    if dev_root.is_empty() {
+      return Err("Dev mode has no checkout folder, so the refresh scripts cannot be found.".to_string());
+    }
+    crate::release::run_refresh(
+      &PathBuf::from(dev_root).join("ODIAN_MCP_Server"),
+      &install_dir.join("state").join("release"),
+      pg_password.trim(),
+      Some(tile_root.as_str()),
+      &password,
+      &self.release_console,
+    )
+    .map(|_| ())
+  }
+
   /// Everything the release has printed since line `since`.
   pub fn release_console(&self, since: usize) -> crate::release::ConsoleTail {
     match self.release_console.lock() {

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub fn run() {
       commands::release_plan,
       commands::release_run,
       commands::release_console,
+      commands::refresh_run,
       commands::get_market,
       commands::apply_market,
       commands::check_market,

src-tauri/src/release.rs

@@ -138,9 +138,14 @@ pub struct ReleaseData {
   pub tile_bytes: u64,
   /// Every distinct dataset the tile sets name.
   pub tile_datasets: Vec<String>,
-  /// The age of the OLDEST dated dataset, which is what decides how stale the maps are. A
-  /// name carrying no date (`planet_heightmap`) is not counted: that one does not move.
-  pub tiles_age_days: Option<i64>,
+  /// The basemap's SOURCE vintage, as `YYYYMMDD`, taken from the dataset name
+  /// (`protomaps_20260423`). This is the date of the upstream extract the maps were drawn
+  /// from - NOT when anyone baked or froze them. Nothing in a tile index or a manifest
+  /// records a bake time, so that age simply does not exist to be shown, and calling this
+  /// one "old" read as if the pack were stale when it only means the world data is from
+  /// April. An undated name (`planet_heightmap`) is skipped: that set does not move.
+  pub basemap_vintage: Option<String>,
+  pub basemap_vintage_days: Option<i64>,
 }
 
 /// Days from 1970-01-01 to y-m-d, proleptic Gregorian. Hinnant's algorithm, which is exact
@@ -201,11 +206,13 @@ pub fn data_from_manifest(m: &serde_json::Value, version: &str, is_live: bool, n
       }
     }
   }
-  let tiles_age_days = tile_datasets
+  // The oldest dated extract, since that is the one that limits what the maps show.
+  let basemap_vintage = tile_datasets
     .iter()
     .filter_map(|d| dataset_stamp(d))
-    .filter_map(|s| age_days(s, now_secs))
-    .max();
+    .filter_map(|s| age_days(s, now_secs).map(|age| (age, s.to_string())))
+    .max_by_key(|(age, _)| *age)
+    .map(|(_, s)| s);
   ReleaseData {
     version: version.to_string(),
     is_live,
@@ -215,7 +222,8 @@ pub fn data_from_manifest(m: &serde_json::Value, version: &str, is_live: bool, n
     tile_sets: sets.map(|s| s.len()).unwrap_or(0),
     tile_bytes,
     tile_datasets,
-    tiles_age_days,
+    basemap_vintage_days: basemap_vintage.as_deref().and_then(|s| age_days(s, now_secs)),
+    basemap_vintage,
   }
 }
 
@@ -441,18 +449,78 @@ pub fn run_release(
   // No `pause` here any more: this runs into the launcher's own panel, where there is no
   // console to press Enter in. The exit code carries the verdict instead - swallowing a
   // failure and exiting 0 would make a failed release look like a finished one.
-  let ps = format!(
+  let ps = console_script(&body, &log, "Release finished.");
+
+  spawn_console(work_dir, "release.ps1", &ps, &[("ODIAN_NODE_SUDO", sudo)], console)
+}
+
+/// Refresh the data a pack carries: the database seed, and optionally the tile indexes.
+///
+/// Deliberately NOT part of a release, and deliberately its own press. The seed is a
+/// per-table dump of a database operators are using, and the tiles are indexed where the
+/// tiles are. Neither should ride along with shipping a code change - but both should be one
+/// click when refreshing the data IS the intent, which is what this is.
+///
+/// It only prepares the inputs. Cutting a version from them stays a separate step, so a
+/// refresh can be looked at before anything is published.
+pub fn run_refresh(
+  mcp_repo: &Path,
+  work_dir: &Path,
+  pg_password: &str,
+  tile_root: Option<&str>,
+  sudo: &str,
+  console: &Shared,
+) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+  let script = mcp_repo.join("scripts").join("refresh_data.ps1");
+  if !script.is_file() {
+    return Err(format!("refresh_data.ps1 is not in {}. Pull ODIAN_MCP_Server on this PC.", mcp_repo.join("scripts").display()));
+  }
+  let log = work_dir.join("refresh.log");
+  let mut body = String::new();
+  if !pg_password.is_empty() {
+    body.push_str(&format!(
+      "Write-Host '=== Database seed ===' -ForegroundColor Cyan
+       & '{}' -Seed -PgPassword $pgpw -NodeSudoPw $pw
+       if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {{ throw 'the seed refresh failed' }}
+",
+      script.display()
+    ));
+  }
+  if let Some(root) = tile_root.filter(|r| !r.trim().is_empty()) {
+    body.push_str(&format!(
+      "Write-Host '=== Tile indexes ===' -ForegroundColor Cyan
+       & '{}' -Tiles -TileRoot '{}' -NodeSudoPw $pw
+       if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {{ throw 'the tile refresh failed' }}
+",
+      script.display(),
+      root.trim()
+    ));
+  }
+  if body.is_empty() {
+    return Err("Nothing to refresh: give the database password, a tile folder, or both.".to_string());
+  }
+  let ps = console_script(&body, &log, "Refresh finished. Nothing is published yet.");
+  spawn_console(work_dir, "refresh.ps1", &ps, &[("ODIAN_NODE_SUDO", sudo), ("ODIAN_PG_PW", pg_password)], console)
+}
+
+/// Wrap a body so a step that throws cannot take the window with it, and everything said is
+/// also on disk. No `pause`: this runs into the launcher's own panel, where there is nothing
+/// to press Enter with, and the exit code carries the verdict instead.
+fn console_script(body: &str, log: &Path, done: &str) -> String {
+  format!(
     "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
      # The pipe gets UTF-8 or Windows' own French messages arrive as mojibake.
      [Console]::OutputEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding $false
      $pw = $env:ODIAN_NODE_SUDO
      $env:ODIAN_NODE_SUDO = $null
+     $pgpw = $env:ODIAN_PG_PW
+     $env:ODIAN_PG_PW = $null
      Start-Transcript -Path '{}' -Force | Out-Null
      $ok = $true
      try {{
 {}
   Write-Host ''
-  Write-Host 'Release finished.'
+  Write-Host '{}'
      }} catch {{
   Write-Host ''
   Write-Host \"FAILED: $_\"
@@ -466,16 +534,31 @@ if (-not $ok) {{ exit 1 }}
 ",
     log.display(),
     body,
+    done,
     log.display()
-  );
+  )
+}
 
+/// Write `ps` and run it with its output going to the console panel.
+///
+/// Secrets go in the ENVIRONMENT, never the command line: arguments are readable by anyone
+/// who can list processes.
+fn spawn_console(
+  work_dir: &Path,
+  name: &str,
+  ps: &str,
+  env: &[(&str, &str)],
+  console: &Shared,
+) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
   std::fs::create_dir_all(work_dir).map_err(|e| format!("cannot use {}: {e}", work_dir.display()))?;
-  let file = work_dir.join("release.ps1");
+  let file = work_dir.join(name);
   std::fs::write(&file, ps).map_err(|e| format!("cannot write {}: {e}", file.display()))?;
 
   let mut cmd = Command::new("powershell");
   cmd.args(["-NoProfile", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass", "-File"]).arg(&file);
-  cmd.env("ODIAN_NODE_SUDO", sudo);
+  for (k, v) in env {
+    cmd.env(k, v);
+  }
   // Nothing can type into this, so stdin is closed: a script that ever asks a question
   // then fails at once instead of hanging forever with no window to answer in.
   cmd.stdin(Stdio::null()).stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped());
@@ -587,7 +670,10 @@ mod tests {
     assert_eq!(d.tile_bytes, 100);
     // Deduplicated, and the undated set does not drag the age to None.
     assert_eq!(d.tile_datasets, vec!["protomaps_20260423".to_string(), "planet_heightmap".to_string()]);
-    assert_eq!(d.tiles_age_days, Some(161));
+    // The dataset name carries the upstream extract's date, not a bake time - there is no
+    // bake time anywhere in a tile index or a manifest, which is why none is shown.
+    assert_eq!(d.basemap_vintage.as_deref(), Some("20260423"));
+    assert_eq!(d.basemap_vintage_days, Some(161));
 
     // A manifest with no tiles at all must not panic or invent numbers.
     let empty = data_from_manifest(&serde_json::json!({}), "0.1.0", false, now);

src/components/ReleasePanel.svelte

@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@
   /** The short version of a row's state, for the column that has room for three words.
       NOT called `state`: that shadows the `$state` rune in this file, and everything
       declared with it silently stops being reactive. */
+  // The refresh is its own press, with its own password: it dumps a database operators are
+  // using, so it must not be reachable by the same click that ships a code change.
+  let refreshOpen = $state(false);
+  let pgPassword = $state("");
+  let tileRoot = $state("");
+  const canRefresh = $derived(
+    password.trim().length > 0 && (pgPassword.trim().length > 0 || tileRoot.trim().length > 0),
+  );
+
+  async function refresh() {
+    if (!canRefresh || busy) return;
+    await launcher.refreshRun(password, pgPassword, tileRoot);
+    pgPassword = "";
+  }
+
   /** `20260921T125618Z` -> `21 Sep 2026`; anything else is shown as it came. */
   function stamped(snapshot: string | null): string {
     if (!snapshot || snapshot.length < 8) return snapshot ?? "unknown";
@@ -36,6 +51,13 @@
     return `${d} ${MONTHS[m - 1] ?? "?"} ${y}`;
   }
 
+  /** `20260423` -> `Apr 2026`. The vintage of the extract, not an age. */
+  function monthOf(stamp: string): string {
+    const MONTHS = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
+    const m = Number(stamp.slice(4, 6));
+    return `${MONTHS[m - 1] ?? "?"} ${stamp.slice(0, 4)}`;
+  }
+
   function aged(days: number | null): string {
     if (days === null) return "";
     if (days <= 0) return "today";
@@ -97,10 +119,55 @@
           <div class="payload-row">
             <span class="payload-name">Map tiles</span>
             <span class="payload-val mono">{d.tile_sets} sets</span>
-            <span class="payload-age" class:stale={(d.tiles_age_days ?? 0) > 90}>{aged(d.tiles_age_days)}</span>
+            <!-- Deliberately NOT an age. Nothing records when tiles were baked, and the only
+                 date available is the upstream extract's, which said "161 days old" about
+                 work that is three weeks old. -->
+            <span class="payload-age" class:stale={(d.basemap_vintage_days ?? 0) > 365}>
+              {d.basemap_vintage ? `map data ${monthOf(d.basemap_vintage)}` : ""}
+            </span>
             <span class="payload-size mono">{formatBytes(d.tile_bytes)}</span>
           </div>
           <span class="payload-foot mono">{d.tile_datasets.join(" · ")}</span>
+          <span class="payload-foot">
+            Tiles record no bake date, so only the source extract's vintage is known.
+          </span>
+          <div class="payload-act">
+            <button class="btn-link" onclick={() => (refreshOpen = !refreshOpen)}>
+              {refreshOpen ? "Never mind" : "Bring up to date…"}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+          {#if refreshOpen}
+            <div class="refresh">
+              <p class="refresh-why">
+                This rebuilds the seed from the live database and re-indexes the tiles. It
+                <strong>publishes nothing</strong> — it prepares the inputs, and the console says how to cut a
+                version from them.
+              </p>
+              <input
+                class="input"
+                type="password"
+                autocomplete="off"
+                placeholder="database password (Data PC) — leave empty to skip the seed"
+                bind:value={pgPassword}
+                disabled={busy}
+              />
+              <input
+                class="input"
+                type="text"
+                autocomplete="off"
+                spellcheck="false"
+                placeholder="tile folder laid out as style\dataset — leave empty to skip the tiles"
+                bind:value={tileRoot}
+                disabled={busy}
+              />
+              <div class="row">
+                <span class="refresh-note">
+                  The seed is minutes of load on a database people are using. Uses the node password above.
+                </span>
+                <button class="btn" disabled={!canRefresh || busy} onclick={refresh}>Refresh</button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          {/if}
           {#if !d.is_live}
             <span class="payload-foot">Read from this PC's {d.version}, which is not what the DHP serves.</span>
           {/if}
@@ -189,6 +256,33 @@
   .payload-age.stale {
     color: var(--warn);
   }
+  .payload-act {
+    margin-top: 6px;
+  }
+  .refresh {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 6px;
+    margin-top: 8px;
+    padding-top: 8px;
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
+  }
+  .refresh-why,
+  .refresh-note {
+    margin: 0;
+    color: var(--muted);
+    font-size: var(--text-xs);
+    line-height: 1.5;
+  }
+  .refresh .row {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 10px;
+  }
+  .refresh .row .refresh-note {
+    flex: 1;
+  }
+
   .payload-foot {
     margin-top: 4px;
     color: var(--muted);

src/lib/backend.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ function createTauriBackend(): Backend {
     releasePlan: () => invoke<ReleasePlan>("release_plan"),
     releaseRun: (password, withApi, withMcp) => invoke<void>("release_run", { password, withApi, withMcp }),
     releaseConsole: (since) => invoke<ReleaseConsoleTail>("release_console", { since }),
+    refreshRun: (password, pgPassword, tileRoot) => invoke<void>("refresh_run", { password, pgPassword, tileRoot }),
     onTileSyncProgress: (handler) => subscribe<TileSyncProgress>("tile-sync-progress", handler),
     onRemoveProgress: (handler) => subscribe<RemoveProgress>("remove-progress", handler),
     onStack: (handler) => subscribe<StackEvent>("stack", handler),

src/lib/launcher.svelte.ts

@@ -469,6 +469,20 @@ class Launcher {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Rebuild the pack's data payload. Streams into the same console as a release. */
+  refreshRun(password: string, pgPassword: string, tileRoot: string) {
+    return this.run("release", async () => {
+      await backend.refreshRun(password, pgPassword, tileRoot);
+      this.releaseOpen = false;
+      this.consoleLines = [];
+      this.consoleTotal = 0;
+      this.consoleExit = null;
+      this.consoleRunning = true;
+      this.consoleOpen = true;
+      this.pollConsole();
+    });
+  }
+
   /** Reopen it after it was closed; a finished release keeps its output to be read. */
   showConsole() {
     this.consoleOpen = true;

src/lib/mock.ts

@@ -825,7 +825,8 @@ class MockBackend implements Backend {
         tile_sets: 8,
         tile_bytes: 102_650_000_000,
         tile_datasets: ["protomaps_20260423", "planet_heightmap"],
-        tiles_age_days: 161,
+        basemap_vintage: "20260423",
+        basemap_vintage_days: 161,
       },
     };
   }
@@ -854,6 +855,25 @@ class MockBackend implements Backend {
     })();
   }
 
+  async refreshRun(password: string, pgPassword: string, tileRoot: string): Promise<void> {
+    await this.wait(300);
+    if (!password.trim()) throw "The node's sudo password is needed: the dump runs there.";
+    if (!pgPassword.trim() && !tileRoot.trim()) throw "Nothing to refresh: give the database password, a tile folder, or both.";
+    this.consoleLines = ["=== Database seed ==="];
+    this.consoleDone = null;
+    const rest = pgPassword.trim()
+      ? ["live version : 0.75.0", "dumping odian from 192.168.1.13 ...", "snapshot : 20261001T090000Z  (was 20260921T125618Z)",
+         "tables   : 302   bytes: 15.40 GB", "Refresh finished. Nothing is published yet."]
+      : ["=== Tile indexes ===", "re-indexing 8 sets...", "Refresh finished. Nothing is published yet."];
+    void (async () => {
+      for (const line of rest) {
+        await this.wait(600);
+        this.consoleLines.push(line);
+      }
+      this.consoleDone = 0;
+    })();
+  }
+
   private consoleLines: string[] = [];
   private consoleDone: number | null = 0;
 

src/lib/types.ts

@@ -314,8 +314,10 @@ export interface ReleaseData {
   tile_sets: number;
   tile_bytes: number;
   tile_datasets: string[];
-  /** Age of the oldest dated dataset; undated sets (heightmap) are not counted. */
-  tiles_age_days: number | null;
+  /** The upstream extract the basemap was drawn from, `YYYYMMDD`. NOT a bake time: tiles
+   *  record none anywhere, so there is no "how old are our tiles" to show. */
+  basemap_vintage: string | null;
+  basemap_vintage_days: number | null;
 }
 
 export interface ReleasePlan {
@@ -412,6 +414,8 @@ export interface Backend {
   releasePlan(): Promise<ReleasePlan>;
   releaseRun(password: string, withApi: boolean, withMcp: boolean): Promise<void>;
   releaseConsole(since: number): Promise<ReleaseConsoleTail>;
+  /** Rebuild the pack's data payload. Prepares inputs only; it publishes nothing. */
+  refreshRun(password: string, pgPassword: string, tileRoot: string): Promise<void>;
   /** What the operator has to decide, oldest first. */
   getSyncConflicts(): Promise<SyncConflict[]>;
   /** Records one decision; resolves with what is left to decide. */