Steven ZahmRE: you do not you do not have permission to access this page – … while I’m an administrator. If I go to manage an entry and then return to categories, it is unlocked
This can happen if you have the Connections : Categories admin page opened in the browser longer than a 24h period and then click an Edit Category link. If this is what is occuring, simply refreshing the page before clicking the Edit link will address these issue because WP will apply a new security token (called nonce) to the Edit link.
RE: The combo with the year 2019 is partly hidden by the arrow of the combo.
It looks like the theme or perhaps a plugin is interfering with the calendar styles. Applying to much padding. If you can share a link for me to view the issue, I should be able to give you some custom CSS to fix it on your site.
RE: sorting is as follows: 1, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
This is definitely a bug. I have found the issue and corrected it for the next update. I’ll try to get it released this week.