# iNaturalist Updates for October 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** News and Updates\ **Tags:** web, android-app, ios-classic-app, seek, monthly-update\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599 "2021-11-01T21:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/1 "2021-11-01T21:24:16Z")
Here’s a list of iNat updates for October 2021. Thank you, [@forum\_moderators](https://forum.inaturalist.org/groups/forum_moderators), for compiling them! ### General - Fixed a bug where photos flagged for copyright infringement were getting permanently deleted - Removed EOL as external name provider due to continuing import errors - More timezone bug fixes - Continued work on API v2 - [Posted an update](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-mobile-app-development-news/27157) regarding development plans for iNaturalist mobile apps - Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps - [you can help](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/translate) ### Website - Significant progress toward resolving the issue that was [logging people out of the website](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/im-being-automatically-logged-out-of-inaturalist/20332) - Fixed the bug preventing batch add to traditional projects ### Android [View all release notes](https://github.com/inaturalist/iNaturalistAndroid/releases) - Bugfix for editing observation fields ### iOS - No updates this month. ### Seek [View all release notes](https://github.com/inaturalist/SeekReactNative/releases) - Released October challenge - Now supported in Indonesian - Additional Android 11 support ### [iNat Blog](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog) - October 4th: [Identifier Profile: @michelledelaloye](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/57729-identifier-profile-michelledelaloye) - October 5th: [Tiny Tiny Choanoflagellates](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/57800-tiny-tiny-choanoflagellates-observation-of-the-week-10-5-21) - October 12th: [A Jumping Spider Takes Down a Spotted Lanternfly](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/58344-a-jumping-spider-takes-down-a-spotted-lanternfly-observation-of-the-week-10-12-21) - October 19th: [A Cross-Country Cicada Fungus Collaboration!](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/58828-a-cross-country-cicada-fungus-collaboration-observation-of-the-week-10-19-21) - October 21st: [New Vision Model Training Started](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/59122-new-vision-model-training-started) (and [associated forum post](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-vision-model-training-started/27378/11)) - October 26th: [A Bone-Chilling Stream in China Leads to a Torrent Frog Photo](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/59280-a-bone-chilling-stream-in-china-leads-to-a-torrent-frog-photo-observation-of-the-week-10-26-21) For even more bug fixes and updates, check out [iNaturalist on github](https://github.com/inaturalist) and see [previous monthly updates](https://forum.inaturalist.org/tag/monthly-update). ---
**Author:** ![arboretum\_amy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/arboretum_amy/32/2328_2.png) [@arboretum\_amy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/arboretum_amy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/2 "2021-11-01T22:42:25Z")
> [@tiwane](#): > > [Posted an update](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-mobile-app-development-news/27157) regarding development plants for iNaturalist mobile apps Plans ;) ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/3 "2021-11-01T22:50:56Z")
Whoops, thanks! Although in this forum, that _could_ have been intentional… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![egordon88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/egordon88/32/29204_2.png) [@egordon88](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/egordon88)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/4 "2021-11-02T00:38:05Z")
> [@tiwane](#): > > Significant progress toward resolving the issue that was [logging people out of the website](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/im-being-automatically-logged-out-of-inaturalist/20332) I can confirm it hasn’t happened in quite a while (\>=2 weeks?). Thanks staff! ---
**Author:** ![paul\_luap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/paul_luap/32/17343_2.png) [@paul\_luap](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/paul_luap)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/6 "2021-11-02T07:16:02Z")
Catalogue of Life was the second possibility to import taxa, now the only one: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/0/2/02e8391c74ed1cd263ffc0464d6a3ba34b8958f5.png) ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/7 "2021-11-02T10:24:51Z")
> [@tiwane](#): > > Removed EOL as external name provider due to continuing import errors What about EOL as photo source? I still never saw a single taxon it has photos for. ---
**Author:** ![charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@charlie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/8 "2021-11-02T11:04:55Z")
Aren’t most photos on there just from Inaturalist ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/9 "2021-11-02T11:13:39Z")
I really don’t know, but I think it just a waste of time to check it and never see any photos, even for big common groups. ---
**Author:** ![charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@charlie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/10 "2021-11-02T11:18:34Z")
Oh oops I misread your comment. You were saying remove it not add it. I shouldn’t post before I have coffee :) ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/13 "2021-11-02T18:08:51Z")
> [@brian\_d](#): > > Was EOL the only name provider or were multiple used? What will replace it, and any pros and cons of removing it? Catalogue of Life’s 2012 was also being used, and it’s now the only remaining one. No plans to add more. We decided there were too many issues caused by using it (ungrafted taxa, authors being included in names, etc), which curators had to clean up, and that it was creating more issues than it solved. > [@marina\_gorbunova](#): > > What about EOL as photo source? I still never saw a single taxon it has photos for. It’s still an option. As far as I know it’s not causing any problems so we let it be. ---
**Author:** ![upupa-epops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/upupa-epops/32/1972_2.png) [@upupa-epops](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/upupa-epops)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/14 "2021-11-02T22:12:09Z")
That option hasn’t shown photos for any taxon since the connection broke from the EOL facelift in spring 2018, as far as I know. [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/eol-content-error-on-guides/4857/2](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/eol-content-error-on-guides/4857/2) ---
**Author:** ![yasmir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ce73a5/32.png) [@yasmir](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/yasmir)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/15 "2021-11-15T18:17:28Z")
Hi, did you make changes in the api? i have an application connected and the images are broken ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/a/5/a592672e465c6ad1d18f8eafe092f4d8416b6dea.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![astra\_the\_dragon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/astra_the_dragon/32/37251_2.png) [@astra\_the\_dragon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/astra_the_dragon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/16 "2021-11-15T19:06:46Z")
more likely related to the fact that many images were migrated to a new server with Amazon and thus have new urls ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-updates-for-october-2021/27599/17 "2022-01-14T19:07:13Z")
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