b8657fad9bac3c8148a6c942a60ef8a6f919e0db
jcasper
  Sun Aug 23 01:11:18 2026 -0700
Installing updated hg.conf files from UCSC servers

diff --git confs/hgwdev.hg.conf confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
index 3df87807fa5..268eebdfcfa 100644
--- confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
+++ confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
@@ -486,30 +486,35 @@
 # refs #37893 (new hgBlat results page): show the invitation banner on the CLASSIC BLAT results
 # page so users can opt in to the new interactive results table. The new page itself is reached
 # via that banner or a blatNewPage=1 link and remembered per-user in the cart; this flag only
 # controls whether the invite banner appears. Off by default while the page is being tested.
 blatNewPageBanner=on
 
 # refs #37893: when hgBlat builds a new BLAT results custom track, decide what happens to the
 # user's PREVIOUS BLAT results tracks so they don't pile up in the browser. Values:
 #   keep   (default) leave earlier BLAT tracks visible
 #   hide   set earlier BLAT tracks to hidden so only the newest result shows
 #   delete remove earlier BLAT tracks entirely
 # Only affects tracks tagged as BLAT results (trackDb setting blatResult=on), and only at track
 # creation time - never when the user follows the result links.
 blatOldTracks=hide
 
+# refs #38086: put BLAT result custom tracks in their own "BLAT Results" track group (with a
+# "Delete all" button) instead of Custom Tracks, and name headerless queries by size + top-hit
+# gene (e.g. "360bp SOD1") instead of "blat YourSeq". Off by default while in QA.
+blatResultsGroup=on
+
 # Enables genark hubs to appear in assembly dropdowns for hgConvert/hgLiftOver
 genarkLiftOver=on
 
 # Enables the gear and x icon for hgTracks
 #greyBarIcons=on
 
 # very experimental, only on hgwdev: support for an embedded IGV track, see #36337
 showIgv=on
 
 # Enables approved hgLogin redirect
 #login.approvedReturn=https://genome-preview.ucsc.edu/
 
 # Enables single path loading for bigBed. Also, affects bigGenePred and bigPsl.
 #bigBedOnePath=on
 
@@ -531,26 +536,26 @@
 doMyVariants=on
 
 # Set a limit on how many IP addresses can use the same hguid before a forced captcha check, see #37494
 hguidIpTracking.enabled=on
 
 bottleneck.host=hgwdev
 bottleneck.port=17776
 
 # Ordered comma-separated list of genePred tables tried when resolving "<symbol> exon <N>" searches.
 # First table with a matching gene symbol wins.  Remove or reorder to suit the assembly.
 geneTracks=ncbiRefSeqSelect,knownGene,ncbiRefSeq,ncbiRefSeqHistorical
 
 # Allow changing of item color via right click
 canColorItems=on
 
-# 2026-07-24 - Hiram - control feature in hgLogin for a password reveal button
-# default on, set to 'off' to disable this feature
+# Enables the password reveal button in hgLogin, refs #37921
 login.pwdEyeIcon=on
 
 # Enable passwordless email-link sign-in and the change-email option (genome-test), ticket 37929
 login.emailLink=on
 
 # Enable new BLAT UI, 37996
 blatNewForm=on
 
+# Enables the redesigned hgc alignment viewer, refs #37893
 modernAlignPage=on