{"id":197,"date":"2026-05-23T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepipetool.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:35:15","slug":"may-2026-update-smoking-log-view-by-mode-multi-photo-pipes-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepipetool.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/may-2026-update-smoking-log-view-by-mode-multi-photo-pipes-more\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2026 Update \u2014 Smoking Log, View By Mode, Multi-Photo Pipes & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been about six weeks since the Spring update and we have been heads-down shipping. Six version bumps later (v2.4.6 → v2.4.12), the smoking log has grown into something you can actually live in, your pipes can finally have more than one photo, and there is a lot of new polish across the cellar. Let us dig in.<\/p>\n

The Smoking Log Grew Up<\/h2>\n

The Smoking Log got the most attention this cycle — new ways to log a bowl, two whole panels of analytics, and finer control over session times.<\/p>\n

Smoke a Bowl Right from the Smoke Log<\/h3>\n

You no longer have to bounce over to your cellar just to log a session. The Smoke Log page now has a Smoke a Bowl<\/em> button right at the top: pick a tobacco, set the grams, optionally pick a pipe, and it logs immediately. The dialog also has optional Started<\/strong> and Ended<\/strong> fields so you can capture session times the moment you log a bowl instead of going back to edit the row afterwards. Leave them blank and it’s tap-and-go like before. Fill them in and your session feeds straight into the Time Insights charts below.<\/p>\n

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The Smoke a Bowl dialog with the new optional Started \/ Ended fields.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Smoking Stats Dashboard<\/h3>\n

A new panel on the Smoke Log page sums up your smoking activity for whatever window you pick. Switch between Today, This Week, This Month, This Year,<\/em> and All Time<\/em> to see total grams, total sessions, average per session, a bar chart of grams over time, and your top 5 blends and pipes for the period — the whole panel swaps instantly when you change windows.<\/p>\n

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Smoking Stats — pick a window and the whole panel swaps instantly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Time Insights Panel<\/h3>\n

A second, brand new collapsible panel shows four charts derived from your session start and end times: Avg Duration by Blend<\/em>, Avg Duration by Pipe<\/em>, Time of Day<\/em> (a 24-hour histogram of when you start sessions — find out if you really are<\/em> a morning smoker), and Total Time Smoked Over Time<\/em>. Mini-stats above the grid track total time, average per session, and how many sessions have end times. Pair it with the new Started \/ Ended fields in the Smoke a Bowl dialog above and the charts fill in naturally as you log.<\/p>\n

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Time Insights — four charts derived from the start and end times you record on each session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Filter Pipes to Ready To Smoke Only” Preference<\/h3>\n

If your cellar has dozens of pipes, the Smoke a Bowl dialog’s pipe dropdown can get long. Flip this toggle on under Profile → Preferences<\/em> and the dropdown narrows to just pipes whose status is Ready To Smoke. There’s an inline “Show all” link in the modal for the rare bowl that needs an out-of-rotation pipe.<\/p>\n

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The “Ready To Smoke” preference, for those of us who collect faster than we smoke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plus…<\/h3>\n