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Release on August 7, 2026
Version: 71.0.0 · Release
Areas Affected
Action Items, AI Assistant, Activity Feed, Organization Settings, Subcontracts, Daily Logs, Email Sync, Workstreams, RFIs
Highlights
- Added a new, streamlined way to create companies directly within Organization Settings.
- Subcontractors now automatically receive a notification as soon as their invoice is paid.
- Rolled out another round of enhancements to Shackleton, Ernest's AI assistant, along with design refinements.
What Changed
- Fixed an issue where special characters in linked action item titles could become corrupted or cut off. (Ticket)
- Delivered a new round of improvements to Shackleton, Ernest's AI assistant, including design refinements based on user feedback. (Ticket)
- Updated the Activity feed with visual and functional improvements for reviewing project activity. (Ticket)
- Updated the AI avatar icon shown throughout the platform to reflect Shackleton's new look. (Ticket)
- Introduced a new, streamlined flow for creating companies directly within Organization Settings. (Ticket)
- Subcontractors now automatically receive a notification when their invoice has been paid. (Ticket)
- Updated how attachments appear in GCL notes, switching from a grid of thumbnails to a cleaner list view. (Ticket)
- Completed a behind-the-scenes update so all remaining record types generate consistent, automatic sequential numbers. (Ticket)
- Improved the reliability of Gmail syncing by automatically retrying temporary connection issues, reducing sync failures. (Ticket)
- Applied visual design refinements to Workstreams based on user feedback, including updated styling. (Ticket)
- Fixed a visual issue where side panel content could become misaligned when a scrollbar appeared. (Ticket)
Notification Changes
The notification matrix was refreshed for this release because notification-related backend files changed.
- ERNE-9644: [Office->Subcontracts->Invoice->Notifications] Implement paid notification to subs (#3161) (PR)
- Release PR notification-related changes (PR)
Hotfixes Since Last Release
These fixes were deployed to production independently before this release — they are listed here for a complete record of what changed since the previous release.
August 6, 2026
- Improved reliability of the AI documentation sync feature by automatically retrying and self-correcting invalid updates. (PR)
- Fixed an issue where photo and media reports weren't showing up for objectives that weren't linked to a project phase. (PR)
August 5, 2026
- Fixed an issue where section names could incorrectly inherit formatting from unrelated headings. (PR)
August 4, 2026
- Added supporting notes to clarify how the feature documentation sync system creates new entries. (PR)
- Fixed an issue that could allow an invoice to be submitted before its phases or schedule of values had fully loaded, which could result in incomplete data being submitted. (PR)
August 3, 2026
- Made a behind-the-scenes update to improve the reliability of the AI documentation sync feature. (PR)
- Made a behind-the-scenes update to how feature documentation is indexed and organized. (PR)
- Fixed an issue with uploading files to RFIs. (PR)