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Release on October 1, 2026 ​

Version: 82.0.0 · Release

Areas Affected ​

Notifications, Gantt/Schedule, Objectives, Media Library, Subcontractors, Shackleton AI Assistant, Agents, Prime Contracts, Plans, RFIs, Contracts, Finance, Change Orders, Budget & Invoices, Sage 300 Integration, Submittals

Highlights ​

  • Plans can now be bulk downloaded for a project, including by category, so teams can grab many plan sheets at once.
  • The Gantt chart now shows start and end date columns and scrolls to an objective or milestone when you click its name.
  • Prime contracts now support supporting documents, and agents can run on more schedule frequency options.

What Changed ​

  • Improved how user notification preferences are stored and synced, including a fix for cases where a user's notification account was missing. (Ticket)
  • The Gantt chart now includes start date and end date columns so timelines are easier to read at a glance. (Ticket)
  • Clicking an objective or milestone name in the Gantt chart now scrolls the timeline to it. (Ticket)
  • Removed the estimation option from objectives to simplify how they are set up. (Ticket)
  • Fixed the empty state shown for Media Library albums and an issue where change orders could display outdated information. (Ticket)
  • Applied a round of quality review fixes and polish to a recently released feature. (Ticket)
  • Added a notification preference toggle for subcontractor insurance expiry, and renamed 'Subcontract Insurance' to 'Subcontractor Insurance' throughout the product. (Ticket)
  • The Shackleton chat assistant can now display chart responses as pie charts. (Ticket)
  • Agents can now be scheduled with more frequency options, and the agent run description area keeps a consistent height so the layout stays steady. (Ticket)
  • Users can now attach supporting documents to prime contracts. (Ticket)
  • Added the ability to download project plans in bulk, along with a configuration fix needed to make the download work reliably. (Ticket)
  • The AI summary in media reports now also analyzes photos that are not construction-related. (Ticket)
  • Project plans can now be bulk downloaded by category, and the category rows in the download screen are fully clickable. (Ticket)
  • Improved how Contracts, Subcontracts, Finance, and Change Order pages display on different screen sizes, including design refinements. (Ticket)
  • The RFI Past Due monitor now flags RFIs before their expected resolution date, giving teams earlier warning. (Ticket)
  • The horizontal scrollbar on Budget & Invoices now stays visible so wide tables are easier to navigate. (Ticket)
  • The Media Library album download now shows clear, separate messages when a download fails versus when an album is empty. (Ticket)
  • Added Sage 300 support for commitment item change orders, along with other integration improvements. (Ticket)
  • The Overdue RFI Response modal now shows each RFI's actual status instead of a generic one. (Ticket)

Notification Changes ​

The notification matrix was refreshed for this release because notification-related backend files changed.

  • ERNE-10129: fix preference sync when Knock user is missing (#3615) (PR)
  • ERNE-10129: users knock prefs arch (#3577) (PR)
  • ERNE-10150: Bulk project plans download (#3606) (PR)
  • ERNE-10183: Add notification preference toggle for subcontractor insurance expiry (#3605) (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.

October 1, 2026

  • Corrected submittal statuses for one specific client. (PR)
  • Deleting a sheet revision now removes it only from the current plan instead of affecting other plans. (PR)
  • Updated submittal statuses to the correct values. (PR)
  • Repeatedly clicking an attachment download no longer triggers multiple duplicate downloads. (PR)
  • RFI PDF exports now include every official response. (PR)

Chores
  • Update all CI actions to new version (#3611) (PR)
  • handle large API contract change sets (#3613) (PR)
  • Revert claude-code-review change (#3627) (PR)
  • Fix flaky activity_feed FK violation in test cleanup (#3638) (PR)

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