allow for manifests to override the caption

apps/dashboard/app/apps/manifest.rb

@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ def new_window
     @manifest_options[:new_window]
   end
 
+  # Return the app's caption
+  #
+  #  @return [String] caption as string
+  def caption
+    @manifest_options[:caption].to_s
+  end
+
   # Manifest objects are valid
   #
   # @return [true] Always return true

apps/dashboard/app/apps/ood_app.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class OodApp
   include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
 
   attr_reader :router
-  delegate :owner, :caption, :type, :path, :name, :token, to: :router
+  delegate :owner, :type, :path, :name, :token, to: :router
 
   def accessible?
     path.executable? && path.readable?
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ def category
     end
   end
 
+  def caption
+    manifest.caption.empty? ? router.caption : manifest.caption
+  end
+
   def subcategory
     manifest.subcategory
   end

apps/dashboard/test/fixtures/files/manifest_valid

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ url: /pun/sys/vncsim/%{app_token}/sessions
 metadata:
   tags: test
   field_of_science: CS
+caption: 'this is the caption from a manifest'

apps/dashboard/test/fixtures/sys_with_gateway_apps/bc_jupyter/manifest.yml

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ role: batch_connect
 metadata:
   machine_learning: 'true'
   languages: python julia R Ruby
+caption: 'A really cool Jupyter app'

apps/dashboard/test/integration/pinned_apps_test.rb

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ def teardown
     assert_select "a.app-card[href='/batch_connect/sys/bc_paraview/session_contexts/new']", 1
     assert_select "a.app-card[href='/apps/show/pseudofun']", 1
     assert_select "a.app-card[href='/batch_connect/sys/bc_desktop/owens/session_contexts/new']", 1
+
+    # pinned apps show captions
+    assert_equal  'A really cool Jupyter app', css_select("a.app-card[href='/batch_connect/sys/bc_jupyter/session_contexts/new'] p.text-muted").text
+    assert_equal  'System Installed App', css_select("a.app-card[href='/batch_connect/sys/bc_paraview/session_contexts/new'] p.text-muted").text
   end
 
   test "does not create pinned apps when no configuration" do

apps/dashboard/test/models/manifest_test.rb

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class ManifestTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal "Virtual Desktop Interface", manifest.subcategory
     assert_equal "/pun/sys/vncsim/%{app_token}/sessions", manifest.url
     assert_equal metadata, manifest.metadata
+    assert_equal 'this is the caption from a manifest', manifest.caption
   end
 
   test "default keys are safe" do