Upcoming Features

Stay current with the roadmap for each Octopus component. Update the sections below as features move from ideation to delivery.

ska-octopus-frontend

These items now live on the suite project for guidance and cross-team visibility.

Short Term

• Export also vars on workspace ➔ DONE (9 October 2025 at 12:21:12 WEST) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/ska-octopus-frontend/-/commit/ac45ba8fb444d0f8e1673956f2477a56b15cc8a0

• Add the close button to the config panel ➔ DONE (10 October 2025 at 14:39:01 WEST) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/ska-octopus-frontend/-/commit/1683240042124e08fdb6914170b8aaa3669450e8

• Move the delete button (on widgets configs) to some other place ➔ DONE (10 October 2025 at 14:39:01 WEST) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/ska-octopus-frontend/-/commit/1683240042124e08fdb6914170b8aaa3669450e8

• Fix vertical spacing property ➔ DONE (20 November 2025 at 09:17:27 WET) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/ska-octopus-frontend/-/commit/d5d9ae8135bd134f99d9f5ce8188dada1bf3bf2e

• EDA status

• tangoMCCS status

• tango status OET status…

• View only mode (can already view widgets individually, but still needs login)

Long Term

• Select timezone to use

• Group and collapse widgets ➔ DONE (27 October 2025 at 08:39:42 WET) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/ska-octopus-frontend/-/commit/703cb27786bfd0bb30dca7278b6ed605db3a45f5

• Implement keyclock capabilities

ska-octopus-backend

Short Term

• check for updated versions on all scopes

Long Term

• Placeholder for backend long-term roadmap items

ska-octopus-sdk

Short Term

• Add scientific color scales (different widgets use different sets; could be ok but needs double-check)

Long Term

• Placeholder for SDK long-term roadmap items

ska-octopus-build-widgets

Short Term

• Placeholder for build-widgets short-term roadmap items

Long Term

• Placeholder for build-widgets long-term roadmap items

ska-octopus-widgets

Short Term

• Label axis on graph widget ➔ DONE (30 September 2025 at 09:29:20 WEST) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/widgets/ska-octopus-graph-widget/-/commit/fd858d65f7b00f9a22819f311864646cd283cc08

• Export screenshot GeoMap ➔ DONE (2 October 2025 at 12:53:07 WEST) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/widgets/ska-octopus-geomap-widget/-/commit/6fd8c993778e662ab6049fd5d674395653c59350

• Timeline legend update ➔ DONE (2 October 2025 at 18:51:51 WEST) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/widgets/ska-octopus-timeline-widget/-/commit/16dc2ad5ad45e069773f80722bc8b7e7736d67ba

• Station sunburst click change STATION_ID? ➔ DONE (6 October 2025 at 13:17:13 WEST) https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-octopus/widgets/ska-octopus-station-sunburst-widget/-/commit/17558411faf557d756d6e1f5eb36a7b358839540

• Light theme: sunburst sectors are not easily distinguishable while in dark mode there is a thin line between them (low priority)

• More widgets should have the title options

• Update tango command table to have example commands

Long Term

• Placeholder for widgets long-term roadmap items