diff --git a/apps/web/data/feed-status.json b/apps/web/data/feed-status.json
index 35877c4..f339c8f 100644
--- a/apps/web/data/feed-status.json
+++ b/apps/web/data/feed-status.json
@@ -72,21 +72,21 @@
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-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/observed-solar-cycle-indices.json",
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-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/solar_regions.json",
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       "local_path": ".cache/solar-data/solar_regions.json",
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       "file": "sunspot_report.json",
-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/sunspot_report.json",
+      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-18/sunspot_report.json",
       "layer_kind": "observed",
       "local_path": ".cache/solar-data/sunspot_report.json",
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-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/planetary_k_index_1m.json",
+      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-18/planetary_k_index_1m.json",
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       "file": "f107_cm_flux.json",
-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/f107_cm_flux.json",
+      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-18/f107_cm_flux.json",
       "layer_kind": "observed",
       "local_path": ".cache/solar-data/f107_cm_flux.json",
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-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/goes_xrays_1_day.json",
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       "layer_kind": "observed",
       "local_path": ".cache/solar-data/goes_xrays_1_day.json",
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       "file": "goes_xray_flares_7_day.json",
-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/goes_xray_flares_7_day.json",
+      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-18/goes_xray_flares_7_day.json",
       "layer_kind": "observed",
       "local_path": ".cache/solar-data/goes_xray_flares_7_day.json",
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@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@
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       "file": "helioviewer_datasources.json",
-      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-17/helioviewer_datasources.json",
+      "history_path": ".cache/solar-data/history/2026-08-18/helioviewer_datasources.json",
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       "local_path": ".cache/solar-data/helioviewer_datasources.json",
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diff --git a/apps/web/data/latest-observations.json b/apps/web/data/latest-observations.json
index 6ae462d..2797529 100644
--- a/apps/web/data/latest-observations.json
+++ b/apps/web/data/latest-observations.json
@@ -4,21 +4,21 @@
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+          "source": "SOLAR1"
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diff --git a/apps/web/data/latest-state.json b/apps/web/data/latest-state.json
index 31a5ac6..05b21f6 100644
--- a/apps/web/data/latest-state.json
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@@ -10851,7 +10851,7 @@
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