Keep structural changes deliberate.
- Finish active store, move, remove, import and audit workflows.
- Create and verify an external backup outside the working device.
- Compare the current cane, box and grid dimensions with the physical hardware.
- Move any occupied vial that would fall outside a smaller proposed layout.
- Read every refusal. CryoIndex leaves the existing layout unchanged when occupied or unresolved records make a change unsafe.
- Use the optional Admin PIN when the lab wants high-impact changes to require deliberate approval.
- After an accepted change, search representative edge positions and create another external backup.
Current product boundary
Adding or retiring independent dewars is not available in CryoIndex 1.0. Do not use a layout change as a substitute for physically moving and recording a vial.
Review the complete dewar-layout guide