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HRB-24Retry transport on socket drop#4FerrylinkJul 12
HRB-21Backfill power draw telemetry#7FerrylinkJul 12
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HRB-19Location history is wiped on logoutBugJul 11
HRB-18Catalog returns a spacetime errorBugJul 11
HRB-16Add createGroup mutationFeatureMainframeJul 09
HRB-14Better error handling on uploadMainframeJul 09
HRB-11Syncservice memory optimizationMainframeJul 08
Todo 9
HRB-09Catalog support for new groupsCLUJul 06
HRB-08Login resolver supportCLUJul 06
HRB-07Clean up deprecated fieldsCLUJul 05
HRB-05Authentication actionsCLUJul 05
HRB-03Walkway lighting scheduleCLUJul 04

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Login resolver support

Make the login resolver return the full list of organizations the signed-in account belongs to. Moves backwards-compatibility to the client, which now picks the first entry from the array.

Login resolverforgeline/platform #3 — opened 2 minutes ago
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GraphQL execution failedFirst seen 1 month ago
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Issue linked: HRB-140 GraphQL execution failed: ViewPreferencesCreate
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HRB-534 Add theme-specific status bar to the PWA
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