fix: bug when deleting an award reference which was not saved.

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -1007,11 +1007,15 @@ export default function App() {
   // list once, then compute each shown QSO's reference per award and attach it
   // to the rows (the grids render one hideable column per award).
   const [awardCols, setAwardCols] = useState<{ code: string; name: string }[]>([]);
+  // Bumped whenever award definitions are saved so the grid columns AND the
+  // per-QSO refs re-fetch — the ref/name display choice is computed live, so
+  // changing it updates ALL contacts (old included) with no restart.
+  const [awardsVersion, setAwardsVersion] = useState(0);
   useEffect(() => {
     GetAwardDefs().then((defs: any[]) =>
       setAwardCols(((defs ?? []) as any[]).map((d) => ({ code: d.code, name: d.name })).sort((a, b) => a.code.localeCompare(b.code))),
     ).catch(() => {});
-  }, []);
+  }, [awardsVersion]);
   const [qsoAwardRefs, setQsoAwardRefs] = useState<Record<string, Record<string, string>>>({});
   useEffect(() => {
     const ids = (qsos as any[]).map((q) => q.id).filter(Boolean);
@@ -1019,7 +1023,7 @@ export default function App() {
     let alive = true;
     AwardRefsForQSOs(ids as any).then((m: any) => { if (alive) setQsoAwardRefs(m ?? {}); }).catch(() => {});
     return () => { alive = false; };
-  }, [qsos, awardCols.length]);
+  }, [qsos, awardCols.length, awardsVersion]);
   const qsosWithAwards = useMemo(
     () => (qsos as any[]).map((q) => ({ ...q, award_refs: qsoAwardRefs[String(q.id)] })),
     [qsos, qsoAwardRefs],
@@ -1031,7 +1035,7 @@ export default function App() {
     let alive = true;
     AwardRefsForQSOs(ids as any).then((m: any) => { if (alive) setWbAwardRefs(m ?? {}); }).catch(() => {});
     return () => { alive = false; };
-  }, [wb, awardCols.length]);
+  }, [wb, awardCols.length, awardsVersion]);
   const wbWithAwards = useMemo(
     () => (wb ? { ...wb, entries: ((wb.entries ?? []) as any[]).map((e) => ({ ...e, award_refs: wbAwardRefs[String(e.id)] })) } : null),
     [wb, wbAwardRefs],
@@ -4169,7 +4173,7 @@ export default function App() {
             </TabsContent>
 
             <TabsContent value="awards" className="flex-1 min-h-0 p-0">
-              <AwardsPanel onEditQSO={openEdit} />
+              <AwardsPanel onEditQSO={openEdit} onAwardsChanged={() => setAwardsVersion((v) => v + 1)} />
             </TabsContent>
 
             {contestTabEnabled && (

frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function ProgressBar({ worked, confirmed, total }: { worked: number; confirmed:
 
 type AwardListItem = { code: string; name: string; valid?: boolean; bands?: string[]; emission?: string[] };
 
-export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO }: { onEditQSO?: (id: number) => void } = {}) {
+export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO, onAwardsChanged }: { onEditQSO?: (id: number) => void; onAwardsChanged?: () => void } = {}) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [awardList, setAwardList] = useState<AwardListItem[]>([]);
   // Computed results are cached per award code — each award is scanned only the
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO }: { onEditQSO?: (id: number) => void }
             {t('awp.rescan')}
           </Button>
         </div>
-        <AwardEditor open={editing} onClose={() => setEditing(false)} onSaved={() => { setByCode({}); loadList(); }} />
+        <AwardEditor open={editing} onClose={() => setEditing(false)} onSaved={() => { setByCode({}); loadList(); onAwardsChanged?.(); }} />
         {/* Quick selector — scales when there are many awards. */}
         {awardList.length > 0 && (
           <div className="px-2 py-2 border-b border-border/40">

frontend/src/components/QSOEditModal.tsx

@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ export function QSOEditModal({ qso, onSave, onDelete, onClose, countries = [], b
   // WPX, …) are derived from the QSO by the backend and shown read-only.
   const awardFieldRef = useRef<Record<string, string>>({});
   const [awardRefs, setAwardRefs] = useState('');
+  // The refs present when the editor opened, so on save we can tell which ones
+  // were REMOVED and strip their in-field tokens (see applyAwardRefs).
+  const seedAwardRefsRef = useRef('');
   const [computedRefs, setComputedRefs] = useState<Array<{ code: string; ref: string; name?: string }>>([]);
 
   // Load award definitions once, then seed the editable manual refs from the QSO.
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ export function QSOEditModal({ qso, onSave, onDelete, onClose, countries = [], b
             .filter((r: any) => r.pickable)
             .map((r: any) => `${String(r.code).toUpperCase()}@${String(r.ref).toUpperCase()}`)
             .join(';');
+          seedAwardRefsRef.current = seed;
           setAwardRefs(seed);
         } catch { /* leave manual refs empty on failure */ }
       })
@@ -327,7 +331,7 @@ export function QSOEditModal({ qso, onSave, onDelete, onClose, countries = [], b
     // the dedicated columns, then route the picked refs back onto the payload
     // (POTA/SOTA/IOTA → columns, WWFF/custom → extras).
     out.iota = ''; out.sota_ref = ''; out.pota_ref = '';
-    applyAwardRefs(out, awardRefs, awardFieldRef.current);
+    applyAwardRefs(out, awardRefs, awardFieldRef.current, seedAwardRefsRef.current);
     onSave(out);
   }
 

frontend/src/lib/awardRefs.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ function appendTokens(existing: string | undefined, refs: string): string {
   return out;
 }
 
+// removeTokens strips space/word-delimited tokens (a "A,B" ref string) from a
+// text field — the inverse of appendTokens. Used when a picked reference is
+// REMOVED so an in-field award (DDFM finds "D72" in the note) stops matching it;
+// otherwise the ref is re-derived from the field and reappears on reopen.
+function removeTokens(existing: string | undefined, refs: string): string {
+  let out = existing ?? '';
+  for (const tok of refs.split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)) {
+    const re = new RegExp(`\\b${tok.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')}\\b`, 'ig');
+    out = out.replace(re, ' ');
+  }
+  return out.replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ').trim();
+}
+
 // MANUAL_REFS_KEY mirrors award.ManualRefsKey (Go): the ADIF extras key holding
 // the operator's per-QSO award-reference assignments as "CODE@REF;CODE@REF".
 // The award engine honours these regardless of how the award matches, so a
@@ -47,8 +60,24 @@ const MANUAL_REFS_KEY = 'APP_OPSLOG_AWARDREFS';
 // data lives in its conventional place and exports correctly. Awards that match
 // a free-text field by description/pattern (address/qth/name/custom) rely solely
 // on the override — we don't pollute the text field with a code.
-export function applyAwardRefs(payload: any, awardRefs: string, fieldOf: Record<string, string>) {
+export function applyAwardRefs(payload: any, awardRefs: string, fieldOf: Record<string, string>, prevAwardRefs?: string) {
   const byCode = parseAwardRefs(awardRefs);
+  // References the operator REMOVED since the editor opened: for in-field awards
+  // (note/comment) strip the token from the field too, so a deleted DDFM/etc.
+  // ref doesn't get re-derived from the leftover token and reappear on reopen.
+  if (prevAwardRefs != null) {
+    const prev = parseAwardRefs(prevAwardRefs);
+    for (const [code, prevRef] of Object.entries(prev)) {
+      const field = fieldOf[code] || code.toLowerCase();
+      if (field !== 'note' && field !== 'notes' && field !== 'comment') continue;
+      const now = new Set((byCode[code] ?? '').split(',').map((s) => s.trim().toUpperCase()).filter(Boolean));
+      const removed = prevRef.split(',').map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean).filter((r) => !now.has(r.toUpperCase()));
+      if (removed.length === 0) continue;
+      const rm = removed.join(',');
+      if (field === 'comment') payload.comment = removeTokens(payload.comment, rm);
+      else payload.notes = removeTokens(payload.notes, rm);
+    }
+  }
   const extras: Record<string, string> = { ...(payload.extras ?? {}) };
   const overrides: string[] = [];
   for (const [code, ref] of Object.entries(byCode)) {