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

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)) {