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Reports & Analytics
- Added Hour of Day and Missed Call Rate widgets to the Call Analytics dashboard, with location and source filtering (#16824).
Stock Management
- Added a dialog to preview uploaded trade-in valuation photos (#16796).
Website & Content
- Website Logo field now accepts SVG uploads (#16828).
- Added a commercial/passenger vehicle restriction option for OEM banners (#16785).
Changed
Marketplace & Feeds
- Improved accuracy of the Autotrader reconciliation page for matching listed inventory (#16834).
Stock Management
- Improved accuracy of engine number data imported from Titan feeds (#16811).
Finance & Deals
- Improved formatting of sales contract PDFs (#16835).
Appointments
- Improved appointment status updates within the Lead Cluster slide-out (#16827).
- Clearer error messages when saving an appointment fails (#16822).
Website & Content
- Improved reliability of saving search page template updates (#16825).
Settings & Administration
- Improved loading speed of SMS billing data (#16816).
Lead Management
- Improved accuracy of task filtering (overdue, due next week, assignee) in the mobile app (#16807).
Added
Reports & Analytics
- New Call Analytics dashboard page (#16791).
- New Weekly Call Summary email report, delivered per dealership (#16804).
Settings & Administration
- Added Dealer Principal and Service Manager fields to dealership locations (#16817).
- Added a per-user override for website team visibility restrictions (#16776).
Lead Management
- Added tasks to contacts, so follow-ups can be tracked directly on a contact record (#16762).
Finance & Deals
- Contact names now sync daily with Xero (#16782).
Changed
Lead Management
- Reorganised LMS Settings into General and Tasks & Follow-Ups sections for easier navigation (#16790).
- Improved loading speed of mobile lead cluster statistics (#16814).
Stock Management
- Added a warning when a car’s location can’t be removed without a valid fallback (#16786).
- Updated the Remove Background button to match the new plugin experience (#16808).
Marketplace & Feeds
- Finance opt-in status is now sent to Autoplay as a lead label (#16795).
Customer Communication
- Improved reliability of call delivery status updates from Avanser (#16801).
Website & Content
- Improved handling of nesting, tone, and reverse instructions when cloning or adding content blocks (#16800).
General
- The search bar now automatically focuses when opening filters (#16797).
Added
Reports & Analytics
- Dealership staff now receive twice-daily email digests of overdue and due-today tasks (#16778).
- Account managers now receive a daily summary email of their managed dealerships (#16759).
Stock Management
- Added VIN validation when creating vehicle valuations (#16764).
- Added notifications for new valuation requests (#16760).
Finance & Deals
- Valuation images now appear in the deal log (#16767).
Customer Communication
- Added a warning when a notification recipient’s email is on an external domain (#16719).
Settings & Administration
- Added a “My Dealerships” page for account managers to view their assigned dealerships (#16765).
- Published a new public API endpoint to retrieve a dealership’s active plugins (#16714).
Changed
Stock Management
- Improved vehicle data preview when hovering over cars (#16773).
- Improved search reliability on the valuations page (#16769).
- Improved performance of dealer pricing override lookups (#16763).
Finance & Deals
- Improved deal log performance when filtering by trade-in (#16770).
Marketplace & Feeds
- Improved accuracy of Pentana feed processing status once all vehicle imports complete (#16625).
- Improved reliability when editing feed names (#16766).
Settings & Administration
- Renamed “Trading Name” to “Dealership Name” throughout onboarding forms (#16731).
- Improved reliability of the permissions tree in role configuration (#16761).
Website & Content
- Improved editor UI reliability in Content Legend (#16781).
Added
Lead Management
- Lead view now shows the lead’s originating provider (#16419).
- Leads generated from PPSR document requests are now tagged for easy identification (#16715).
Stock Management
- Vehicle variants now support brochures and an Availability Matrix on the API (#16665).
Finance & Deals
- Payment links can now be copied and pasted (#16725).
Reports & Analytics
- Added UTM source tracking for partnership campaigns (#16692).
- CSV downloads now include business details (#16709).
Settings & Administration
- Added validation for dealership opening hours (#16688).
- Added an LMS premium gating check based on enrollment status (#16685).
Changed
Customer Communication
- SMS templates now use the preferred service department for Google Business Review URLs (#16508).
- Minor UI improvements to the SMS overview page (#16701).
Lead Management
- Improved Kanban board loading animation (#16691).
- Improved reliability of the lead list when changing sort order (#16687).
- Simplified the lead events tab by only showing the rearrange blocks link when relevant (#16705).
- Improved persistence of Kanban filters when switching from Classic view (#16720).
- Improved location filtering in lead search (#16690).
Stock Management
- Manually added vehicles are now protected from being removed during feed sync sold-sweeps (#16704).
- Simplified valuation form settings by removing the deprecated four-step toggle (#16699).
- Manual valuations now use Dealer Studio’s own valuation data source (#16711).
- Improved reliability of stock rules (#16721).
Reports & Analytics
- Improved location filtering in analytics tabs (#16696).
Website & Content
- Editor component settings panel is now taller, with a sticky save/publish bar (#16706).
- Improved reliability of the Column component when deleting slides in the editor (#16717).
Finance & Deals
- Payment dates are now shown as absolute dates, and Default profiles can view receipts (#16672).
- Updated billing to include Wildjar call minutes for numbers purchased through Dealer Studio (#16686).
Settings & Administration
- Restricted plugin activation to Managers, Admins, and DS staff (#16707).
- Adjusted permissions for managing Carsales account acceptance, now visible in the audit trail (#16729).
Marketplace & Feeds
- Improved reliability of Autotrader listing resyncs (#16733).
Added
Stock Management
- Vehicle trade-in valuations can now be disclosed and submitted directly to ACV Auctions (#16611).
- Added the “Redbook Code Age” stock rule filter (#16659).
- Model variant pricing now supports per-state pricing across Australia (#16671).
- Valuations can now be assigned to a team member from the mobile app (#16651).
Customer Communication
- Contact names are now automatically updated from the caller’s name detected in phone call transcriptions (#16683).
- Added SMS delivery status tracking for Avanser messages (#16661).
Appointments
- Marketing source is now a mandatory field on the desktop test drive flow (#16676).
Website & Content
- Added in-progress tracking when cloning Pages and Blogs (#16667).
- Added a model year shortcode for the search card configurator (#16675).
- Manufacturers now support a custom display label shown across dealer websites (#16650).
Reports & Analytics
- Analytics charts can now be split by source (mobile app vs dashboard) (#16657).
Changed
Website & Content
- Improved the AI Helper chat experience with smoother scrolling (#16666, #16654).
- Content Legend draft revisions are now labeled for easier identification (#16594).
Reports & Analytics
- Improved accuracy of finance penetration and average response time metrics (#16674).
Stock Management
- Improved accuracy of motor number matching for vehicle records (#16689).
Added
Lead Management
- Only Cars leads are now captured and added to the LMS automatically (#16638).
Stock Management
- Added an optional interior image field for model variants (#16643).
- Custom section content authored on models and model variants now appears on the dealer website (#16640).
Finance & Deals
- Added the ability to delete a Checkout, with duplicate-prevention for the same contact and vehicle (#16642).
- Valuations created from a contact now automatically link the associated vehicle (#16571).
Reports & Analytics
- Added a Loan Car Analytics admin screen, alongside chart legend improvements on Test Drive Analytics (#16653).
- Added the Active Leads by Salesperson weekly PDF report (#16617).
Changed
Lead Management
- Improved Ford lead import accuracy for postcodes and vehicle model matching (#16629).
- Lead Management filters are now remembered between visits (#16627).
- Improved favicon indicator for unread activity in Lead Management (#16631).
Customer Communication
- Mobile SMS inbox now only shows conversations for your own leads (#16566).
Finance & Deals
- Phone number billing now charges in advance (#16635).
- Improved accuracy of the billing table (#16632).
Marketplace & Feeds
- Improved visibility of marketplace fields for Dealer Studio staff (#16644).
General
- Improved menu tooltip behaviour on page load (#16633).
Added
Lead Management
- Added the ability to lock a start date for LMS notification bell alerts (#16591).
- Added an “only send after assigned” option for Tune notifications (#16619).
Finance & Deals
- Added a secondary finance disclaimer option for the Angle Finance provider (#16605).
Changed
Reports & Analytics
- Improved loading speed for the Active Leads by Salesperson tab (#16600).
Finance & Deals
- Improved loading speed on the finance providers page (#16602).
Stock Management
- Improved reliability of dealer comment templates when editing inline (#16584).
Website & Content
- Improved matching accuracy for related websites (#16592).
Settings & Administration
- Improved audit logging coverage for user login, permission changes, and password resets (#16604).
General
- Improved reliability of AI Helper responses (#16488).
Added
Lead Management
- Staff introductions can now be logged from the mobile app on lead events, including logging several at once (#16565).
Customer Communication
- Unanswered parts messages now automatically fall back to service staff (#16596).
Finance & Deals
- Added a check that catches inconsistent financial figures before a sales contract can be downloaded or sent for signature (#16550).
Appointments
- New weekly email report summarising loan car and test drive activity (#16479).
Settings & Administration
- Added audit trail history for SMS templates (#16582).
Changed
Lead Management
- Leads and lead clusters now retain their original location history after that location is deleted (#16548).
Finance & Deals
- Improved sales contract PDF logo rendering (#16585).
Customer Communication
- Improved AI reply fallback handling for SMS conversations (#16506).
Marketplace & Feeds
- AutoTrader exports now include comment template placeholder images for vehicles without uploaded photos, when enabled (#16569).
Settings & Administration
- Plugin logos are no longer cleared when saving the plugin form (#16577).
- Added further Xero account code options and display of when automated invoicing was enabled (#16578).
- Added loading feedback when resending an invite, and removed duplicate success notifications when updating an API key (#16567).
Changed
Lead Management
- Improved lead cluster webhook update reliability (#16537).
General
- Improved pagination display consistency across the platform (#16540).
Added
Lead Management
- Unactioned leads can now be automatically reassigned after a configurable time window (#16370).
Reports & Analytics
- Call Grading Analytics dashboard added for managers, powered by a ClickHouse data pipeline (#16509).
Appointments
- Scheduled loan car start times are now accessible from the mobile app (#16471).
Changed
Lead Management
- Lead traffic-light outline circle is now coloured by recency and includes a calendar icon; legend simplified (#16475, #16490).
Customer Communication
- AI SMS bot in Safe Mode now saves suggested replies as approvable drafts before sending (#16482).
- AI SMS bot activity legend improved for dark mode display (#16494).
Stock Management
- Tags now display correctly in the bulk upload recent uploads table (#16505).
- Per-location stock filtering improved with index-safe grouping for better performance (#16434).
- Caravan stock exports now fall back to the ‘Caravan’ category when the field is blank (#16507).
Finance & Deals
- Improved reliability when changing sales contract dates (#16501).
- VWF finance rates are now configurable via the Finance Provider Definition (#16388).
Settings & Administration
- Tasks Dashboard improvements including better rollup and display of location and website tasks (#16499).
- Model variant audit trail now captures more detailed change history (#16496).
- Dealership users page improved (#16493).
- Dealership changelog page improved (#16495).
General
- JourneyFlow AI chat upgraded to GPT-5.1 for improved conversational quality (#16503).
- JourneyFlow anchor-node picker interaction improved (#16504).