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

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);
   }