Release on August 14, 2026

Release

Areas Affected

Bids, Subcontracts, Notifications

Highlights

• Updated the bid contract so it better reflects the terms customers need when a bid is issued
• Removed empty buyout entries that were showing up with no content, keeping the buyout list clean
• Fixed a broken link that could prevent users from creating a new bid

What Changed

• Updated the content of the bid contract, and fixed a link on the bid creation page that wasn't working correctly. (Ticket)
• Removed blank buyout entries that had no information in them, so they no longer clutter the buyout list. (Ticket)

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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 13, 2026

• Fixed an issue where the system's internal reporting on outgoing emails didn't accurately reflect whether the email had actually been sent. (PR)
• Fixed an issue where certain outgoing emails could fail to send if the recipient information wasn't formatted as expected. (PR)

August 12, 2026

• Improved the reliability of an internal safeguard that keeps automated data syncs from running incorrectly. (PR)
• Fixed an issue where cost codes for a buyout weren't fully set up before line items were suggested, which could lead to mismatched suggestions. (PR)

August 11, 2026

• Fixed an issue where outgoing emails could fail to send if the recipient list wasn't formatted as expected. (PR)

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Chores

• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• Stop guessing why a scope-sheet division number is unknown (#438) (PR)
• Allow PRs opened by a bot to be reviewd by Claude (#440) (PR)
• Gate API contract validation on new drift with a debt baseline (#417) (PR)