- Organized Admin functionality into dedicated tabs: GENERAL, CHALLENGES, BLOG, PLAYERS, and TOOLS
- Integrated "Backup & Restore" and "Danger Zone" into the new Admin TOOLS section
- Fixed page title clipping by adding right-padding to the navigation bar's dynamic title
- Updated Authentication UI: Renamed "New user?" to "NEW PLAYER?", capitalized registration labels, and added "PLAYER ALREADY?" navigation
- Implemented "click-outside-to-close" functionality for both the Challenge Modal and User Dropdown
- Added protocol-specific action buttons for challenges: "Open in new tab" for HTTP and "Copy to clipboard" for NC
- Enhanced Scoreboard rankings with significantly larger, consistent font sizes (text-2xl) for better readability
- Rebranded "TEAM_IDENTIFIER" to "PLAYER" and "TOTAL_POINTS" to "POINTS" across the platform (Scoreboard, Matrix, User Menu)
- Updated navigation: Renamed "SCOREBOARD" to "SCORES" in the nav bar and dynamic page titles
- Modernized User Dropdown menu with a dedicated "PLAYER" header and "LOGOUT" action
- Improved Score Matrix and Score Graph titles for consistency with the new "Player" terminology
- Added CAPTCHA human verification (svg-captcha) to Login and Registration flows for enhanced security
- Optimized frontend assets by migrating Tailwind and JetBrains Mono to local hosting
- Refactored Admin panel: Renamed "Operators" to "Users" and improved layout alignment
- Updated challenge grid to 6 columns on desktop to accommodate the new category
- Alphabetized challenge categories in the main view and Admin panel selection
- Alphabetized operators list in the Admin panel with case-insensitive sorting
- Restricted visibility of Challenges, Scoreboard, and Score Matrix to authenticated users only
- Secured the /state API endpoint to prevent leaking challenges, solves, teams, or internal IP (dockerIp) to guests
- Implemented server-side verification of user profile in the state response to prevent client-side admin spoofing
- Refactored the /state backend endpoint using async/await for better reliability and error handling
- Rebranded the project from "cypherstrike-ctf" to "hipctf" across package.json, index.html, and server defaults
- Synchronized browser page title with the competition name configured in the Admin panel
- Fixed a "black page" issue by resolving a missing React import and adding frontend sanity checks
- Added operator solves list to the Admin panel profile
- Allowed deletion of specific operator solves from the Admin panel
- Enhanced operator solves list with alphabetical sorting, difficulty colors, and point values
- Added rank medal icons to operator solves in the Admin panel
