Manual heat seeding changes each time

Question

We use a manual system to organize the heats for the sprint events in our club championships. However, the heat schedule changes automatically after approximately 24 hours. If there are so many competitors in a category that multiple heats are run, but there are too few competitors to fill those heats completely, then it makes sense to divide the competitors evenly over the heats. For example, 5 athletes in heat 1 and 6 in heat 2 (we have 8 lanes). After completing and saving the chosen heat arrangement, the next day it appears that Athletics.app keeps the athletes in the same order, but that there are 8 in Heat 1 and 3 in Heat 2. That is not the intention. Is this a bug or can the heat schedule only be created just before the competition goes to phase 2? Example: the intended heat schedule is JPB: src="https://www.athletics.app/faq/?qa=blob&qa_blobid=14151983182562619139" style="height:849px; width:315px">

This is what it looks like after 24 hours:

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Comments

A major update is planned for the week of October 11. It should improve this. Currently, a new athlete is always added to the bottom and everyone moves up a place.
After the update, the empty lanes will be filled with new competitors, and the athletes who were manually assigned will retain the same heat+lane.

You can also manually change the heat assignment in Phase 2.

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Answer 1

A major update was implemented in the week of October 11. This should improve things. Previously, a new athlete was always added at the bottom and everyone else moved up a place.
From now on, the empty lanes will be filled with new competitors, and the athletes who have been manually assigned will retain the same heat+lane.

You can also manually change the heat assignment in Phase 2.

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