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Release Notes

[2026-05-04]

Added

Lead Management

  • Added toggle to switch leads by source module between views (#14131)
  • Added Redbook code lookup to lead cluster vehicle details (#14045)

Customer Communication

  • Added price drop email notification option for customers (#14126)

Stock Management

  • Added per-dealership opt-out for OEM stock rules, giving dealers more control over inventory configuration (#14196)
  • Added original price field to model accessories (#14135)
  • Added colour code column to vehicle listings (#14264)

Finance & Deals

  • Added Xero invoice splitting for improved billing management (#14002)
  • Added ability to download contracts directly from the Xero page (#14223)
  • Added Angle Finance analytics dashboard (#13925)

Appointments

  • Added odometer readings to test drive records (#14140)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Added caravan-specific fields to Autotrader feed including length, tare, GVM, and body category mapping (#14166)
  • Added Titan feed config option to sync comments (#14189)

Website & Content

  • Added AVIF image format support for promotion and banner image uploads (#14188)
  • Added lightbox preview for banner and promotion images (#14235)
  • Added phone verification plugin for websites (#14160)
  • Added admin bulk importer for locations and websites (#14192)

Reports & Analytics

  • Added Cars Needing Price Change report to group accounts with stock type filter (#14115)
  • Added ranking columns to the delivery leaderboard (#14169)
  • Added location filter to test drives and appointments in the performance correlation table (#14142)
  • Added leads tab to Carsales accounts view (#14129)

Settings & Administration

  • Added Item Type filter to Search Sidebar Settings (#14072)
  • Added last-used timestamp to API keys page (#14082)
  • Added page association to in-app notifications (#14148)

Changed

Lead Management

  • Improved AI buying signal detection accuracy (#14193)
  • Improved round robin lead allocation and push notification reliability (#14240)
  • Improved phone call AI to better identify sales reps and customer details from call recordings (#14090)

Customer Communication

  • Improved customer enquiry emails to show the actual stock location for external dealerships (#13961)

Stock Management

  • Improved stock number filtering to correctly handle alphanumeric values (#14165)
  • Improved performance of the cars needing stock images view (#14236)
  • Improved valuation index load speed (#14220)
  • Added global text search to mobile valuations (#14116)

Finance & Deals

  • Improved sales contract delivery date display (#14167)
  • Improved Vic Roads form accuracy (#14110)
  • Improved CLC Redbook integration (#14224)

Appointments

  • Fixed service appointment timezone handling to prevent AM/PM shifts (#14105)

Website & Content

  • Restored page editor access for dealer-group users (#14241)
  • Improved page and blog settings sheet with labelled form sections (#14161)
  • Improved page editor toolbar with a more compact layout (#14157)

Reports & Analytics

  • Improved GMB Profiles and delivery leaderboard display (#14216)
  • Improved OEM dashboard locations page (#14153)
  • Migrated 4 analytics graphs from leads to lead clusters for more accurate reporting (#14043)

Settings & Administration

  • Improved comment template management with role-based access controls (#14119)
  • Improved Angle Finance Analytics visibility with feature flag gating (#14101)

General

  • Improved bulk SMS delivery by prioritising queue processing (#14065)

[2026-04-27]

Added

Lead Management

  • Added ‘between’ operator for stock filters, enabling more precise inventory searches (#13779)
  • Added CFive AI Receptionist as a recognised lead marketing source (#13919)

Customer Communication

  • Added SMS/Web medium selector to the Conversation Simulator for easier AI response testing (#13822)
  • Added dedicated manager assignment to AI SMS Bot for handover notifications (#13869, #13876)

Stock Management

  • Added CSV import wizard for the Model Builder catalog (#13828)
  • Added loading state to the edit vehicle slide-in for clearer feedback during saves (#13808)

Finance & Deals

  • Added Angle Finance analytics dashboard with service-level reporting (#13844, #13908)

Appointments

  • Added badge on test drive forms to identify AI-created bookings (#13875)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Added Google My Business profile rank tracking (#14006)
  • Added Autotrader account picker with preloaded options and freeform fallback (#13924)

Website & Content

  • Added ability to manage header CTA buttons in the Website Menu Editor (#13605)
  • Added manufacturer filter to dealership website stock settings (#13952)

Reports & Analytics

  • Added drive leads count field to Custom Reports car data (#14028)

Settings & Administration

  • Added Dealer Studio Staff Management page for managing internal users (#13880)
  • Added results per page selector to the dealerships index page (#13849)
  • Added per-location pricing support for plugins (#13845, #13846)
  • Added SCIM Groups endpoint to map identity provider groups to dealership roles (#13884)
  • Added Manage Pages permission to user roles (#13954)

Changed

Lead Management

  • Improved lead cluster assignment rule creation with round robin groups (#13920)
  • Improved UNITS contact reuse so a single contact is created across multiple prospects for the same lead (#13931)

Customer Communication

  • Improved SMS payment request reliability, fixing silent failures on rapid-fire sends (#13927)
  • Improved sign-off message detection to prevent ambiguous phrases from triggering full opt-out (#13874)
  • Added JAC Motors as a supported AI mailbox incoming email service (#13866)

Stock Management

  • Improved vehicle save speed after photo uploads (#14024)
  • Improved feed import reliability, including better VIN matching and photo import handling (#13868, #13862, #13864)
  • Improved accessories pricing to support decimal values with two decimal places (#13870)

Finance & Deals

  • Improved sales contract display with better vehicle formatting (#14008)
  • Improved finance payout information to be updatable from the mobile app (#14058)

Appointments

  • Improved Analytics page test drive module to support filtering by location (#14059)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Improved Carsales integration reliability (#14030)
  • Improved Autotrader reconciliation query deduplication to reduce duplicate job runs (#13842)
  • Improved feed logging for better visibility into feed processing (#13992)

Website & Content

  • Improved Search Config UI with clearer layout, preview tile count, and clickable accordions (#13910)

Reports & Analytics

  • Improved Denza analytics report (#14035)
  • Improved dealer activity and delivery leaderboard reports (#13932, #13896)
  • Improved leads analytics to use the correct timezone (#13882)
  • Removed personally identifiable information from manufacturer-level analytics drilldowns (#13928)

Settings & Administration

  • Improved role and permissions structure with a simplified role hierarchy (#13923)
  • Improved Xero invoicing with better contact search and website descriptions (#13926, #13974)
  • Improved special hours configuration (#13972)
  • Improved Team and Permissions menu visibility for Dealership Manager role (#13922)
  • Improved spam and abuse protection on public forms and rate-limited sensitive endpoints (#13982, #13899)

General

  • Integrated new VIC roads registration form (#14000)

[2026-04-20]

Added

Lead Management

  • Added Round Robin lead assignment mode with support for unavailable intervals (#13765)
  • Added EasyCars lead ingestion via AI mailbox (#13815)

Customer Communication

  • Added first_name and last_name merge tags for email templates (#13798)
  • Added MotorOne as an incoming email service option (#13797)

Stock Management

  • Added CSV export for the Inventory Pricing page (#13761)
  • Added background blur plugin for vehicle photos with per-location configuration (#13759, #13801)
  • Added trade-in photo visibility within lead clusters (#13799)

Finance & Deals

  • Added Snowy River Caravans as a new finance provider (#13780)
  • Added configurable deposit percentage for Toyota Finance Australia (#13775)
  • Added mobile valuation PPSR document endpoint (#13824)

Appointments

  • Added end odometer and fuel readings to the loan car return flow (#13730)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Added Google Parts Feed export for Google Shopping (#13766)
  • Added per-website VDP tracking phone numbers (#13810, #13829)

Settings & Administration

  • Added ability to duplicate and manage custom dealership roles (#13812)
  • Added Specs and Options tab to the Model Variant detail page (#13660)
  • Added model-based filtering to stock rules (#13768)
  • Added health check scores and alerts to the All Dealerships view (#13752)
  • Added website-level and location-level plugin installation with tiered pricing (#13728)

Changed

Lead Management

  • Improved Carsales lead location fallback when a stock number match is not found (#13740)
  • Blocked test drive booking for model-only leads without confirmed stock (#13705)

Customer Communication

  • Improved SMS billing accuracy and delivery tracking (#13756)
  • Improved phone verification reliability for non-Avanser dealerships (#13819)

Finance & Deals

  • Moved Angle Finance push to a background job for faster response times (#13713)
  • Improved Finance Calculator stability in the Page Editor (#13763)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Fixed GMB profile removal button (#13817)
  • Improved Marketplace Manager analytics, settings, and dealership switcher (#13802)
  • Aligned Marketplace Manager notifications with role-based access control (#13807)

Website & Content

  • Fixed nested dropdown ordering on website menus (#13707)

Reports & Analytics

  • Improved Google Analytics graph total values (#13825)
  • Fixed calendar timezone handling for daylight saving transitions (#13751, #13826)

Settings & Administration

  • Improved access control page reliability (#13805)
  • Improved spam filtering for inbound requests (#13739)

[2026-04-13]

Added

Lead Management

  • Added a global lead blacklist to block unwanted contacts from creating new leads (#13565)
  • Added staff introductions as a new lead event type (#12856)
  • Added a Leads by Source Breakdown analytics module (#13615)

Customer Communication

  • Added mailbox subscription management to the user edit page (#13613)
  • Added AI SMS improvements with smarter routing and backend updates (#13552)

Stock Management

  • Added a delete car option directly on the car detail page (#13649)
  • Added Badge (model variant) filter panel to the stock page (#13644)
  • Added support for pre-1981 VIN and chassis number formats on inventory vehicles (#13577)

Finance & Deals

  • Added Angle Finance personalised quote integration and finance application listing (#13598)
  • Added audit trail tracking for Finance Provider definitions (#13620)

Appointments

  • Added assignee filtering for appointments on mobile (#13648)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Added Autotrader listing statistics reporting (#13673)
  • Added a Titan feeds management page (#13698)
  • Added a Resync Listings button to the feed detail page (#13567)

Website & Content

  • Added chatbot theme selector to chatbot settings (#13604)
  • Added a certified filter option to car PDF configurations (#13571)
  • Added copyright footer to car PDF exports (#13440)

Settings & Administration

  • Added OEM Manager role with scoped permission override support (#13800)
  • Added service URL and description fields to Location settings (#13704, #13724)

Changed

Lead Management

  • Improved lead cluster page loading speed with caching (#11884, #13583)
  • Improved Next Follow Up date tracking by powering it via lead events (#13647)
  • Improved lead clustering with a new cluster-from-last-event option (#13343)
  • Fixed email links from lead notifications now redirect correctly after login (#13710, #13550)

Customer Communication

  • Improved bulk SMS routing to use each contact’s preferred service department (#13603)
  • Improved AI-generated dealer comments with better regeneration, colour, and feature selection (#13609)
  • Improved Wildjar phone integration reliability (#13553, #13627)
  • Improved email template editor with rego field support and location filtering (#13551)
  • Improved SMS conversations to show only leads assigned to the current user for non-managers (#13543)

Stock Management

  • Improved stock image sorting and photo handling reliability (#13674, #13418)
  • Improved Autograb vehicle valuation accuracy (#13691)
  • Improved car health score rego expiry calculation (#13668)

Finance & Deals

  • Improved Xero invoice creation and corrected invoice titles for used cars (#13558, #13621)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Improved Autotrader account sync reliability and enabled audit trail for sync events (#13580)
  • Improved car photo FTP/SFTP upload handling and logging (#13576)

Website & Content

  • Improved the plugins marketplace with a redesigned UI and layout fixes (#13606, #13690)
  • Renamed Xtime URL to Service iFrame URL on the website plugins page for clarity (#13602)
  • Improved duplicate review filtering on dealer websites (#13594)

Reports & Analytics

  • Improved dealership activity report accuracy (#13587)

Settings & Administration

  • Improved spam filtering for increased platform security (#13625)
  • Improved plugin installation for dealerships via code registry bypass (#13714)
  • Added 2FA enforcement for accessing custom reports on test drives, vehicles, leads, and contacts (#13476)

[2026-04-06]

Added

Lead Management

  • Added a ‘Delivered’ status to lead status options and a ‘Delivered At’ column to lead clusters (#13312, #13384)
  • Added ‘automatic only’ lead status options for automated pipeline workflows (#13357)
  • Added the ability to link an associated item when managing leads in the LMS (#13374)
  • Added mobile Kanban board endpoint for viewing the lead pipeline on the app (#13433)

Customer Communication

  • Added Easter long weekend awareness to the AI SMS responder to handle holiday enquiries appropriately (#13429)
  • Added setting to restrict AI chatbot stock suggestions to the contact’s assigned location (#13409)
  • Added AI SMS bot feedback view with the ability to apply feedback to improve response prompts (#13198)
  • Added WildJar text message endpoint support (#13364)

Stock Management

  • Added price drop buttons to the vehicle price editor for quicker price reductions (#13494)
  • Added an NVIC details slide-in panel for viewing detailed vehicle specification data (#13451)
  • Added a stock transfer tab to simplify moving vehicles between locations (#13365)
  • Added multiple stock filter rules support for more granular inventory filtering (#11697)
  • Added photos as a mappable attribute in feed column configuration (#13437)
  • Added batch photo upload endpoints for the mobile app (#13435)

Finance & Deals

  • Added automated invoicing columns for improved invoice tracking (#13506)
  • Added a time range selector to invoices (#13403)
  • Added ‘Tax Invoice Issued At’ timestamp to sales contracts (#13359)
  • Added postcode to the deal log export (#13386)

Appointments

  • Improved appointment notification reliability by processing notifications in the background (#13486)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Improved Autotrader listing match detection (#13391)
  • Added stale feed alert to notify when a data feed has not updated as expected (#13295)
  • Improved feed row duplicate detection to reduce erroneous re-imports (#13032)
  • Added Carsales accepted services configuration (#13350)
  • Photos uploaded via the app now automatically re-sync to Autotrader listings (#13355)

Website & Content

  • Added a website launches report with drilldown capability (#13497, #13266)
  • Added postcode as a configurable core field in website form builder (#13338)
  • Added launch date column to the websites table (#13477)
  • Improved QR code generation and management (#13505)

Reports & Analytics

  • Added Denza manufacturer report (#13525)
  • Added a delivery leaderboard for tracking vehicle delivery performance (#13493)
  • Added a dealer health check score leaderboard and automated health check email (#13527, #13469)
  • Added Days Online column to the Autograb report (#13297)
  • Improved team analytics page data loading speed (#13368)

Settings & Administration

  • Added Custom Permissions tab with config-driven permission management (#13412)
  • Added manufacturer-level accessories configuration (#13471)
  • Auto-syncs manufacturer API key dealership lists with published websites (#13442)
  • Added HubSpot lead creation webhook support for flat lead__ parameter format (#13356)
  • Improved spam filtering for incoming requests (#13512)
  • Allowed non-admin users to access Search Page Config (#13406)

Changed

Lead Management

  • Improved the lead status option form UI (#13327)
  • Improved marketing source retention on lead updates (#13348)

Customer Communication

  • Improved SMS accuracy for commercial contacts by using the contact’s first name (#13401)
  • Improved landline number search handling (#13396)
  • Improved SMS daily send throttle accuracy (#13423)

Stock Management

  • Improved vehicle price editing with a streamlined modal (#13438)
  • Improved stock image set management with additional validations (#13389, #13481)
  • Improved catalogue matching accuracy (#13490)
  • Improved car search visibility in dark mode (#13483)
  • Used Redbook transmission data for Motormall vehicle listings (#13446)

Finance & Deals

  • Improved the expected invoice view (#13482)
  • Improved the accounting page layout (#13380)

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Improved FTP accounts and feed configuration forms (#13326)

Reports & Analytics

  • Improved sorting in the pricing table (#13392)
  • Improved website analytics timezone accuracy (#13311)

Settings & Administration

  • Improved OEM colours UI/UX (#13366)
  • Improved valuation settings UI/UX (#13416)
  • Improved PDF config index page (#13450)

[2026-03-31]

Added

Marketplace Listings

  • Autotrader listings force resync (#13300)

Reports & Analytics

  • Download CSV button to feed run view (#13301)
  • New filtering to dashboard analytics (#13276)

Vehicle Stock

  • Tooltip on sold status (#13272)

Appointments & Test Drives

  • PDF download for test drive records (#13259)
  • Default notify customer for appointments (#13284)

Finance & Deals

  • Paywall to AI auto responder (#13286)
  • Audit trail to expected invoice (#13270)

Settings & Administration

  • Partnership Programs plugin (#13222, #13282)
  • Locations setting to plugins (#13279)

General

  • Slide animation to tabs (#13274)

Changed

Finance & Deals

  • Improved deal log filtering (#13299)

Reports & Analytics

  • Improved email reports form with validation (#13291)

Vehicle Stock

  • Improved stock image reports and URL filters (#13220)
  • Improved validation of colour options (#13212)

Settings & Administration

  • Improved plugin emails (#13285)

Customer Communication

  • Lead creation for all messages when sending bulk SMS (#13255)

[2026-03-30]

Added

Leads & Enquiries

  • CRM 360 slide-in view for dealership management (#13213)

Finance & Deals

  • Unpaid bills to dealer directory (#13251)

Changed

Vehicle Stock

  • Persisted make in add car form (#13278)
  • Improved similar cars algorithm scoring (#12371)

Marketplace Listings

  • Improved webhook documentation (#13271)

Customer Communication

  • Minor improvements to dealer emails (#13263)

General

  • Improved AI search embeddings (#13232)

[2026-03-26]

Added

Vehicle Stock

  • Scheduled tagging for units during sale months (#12997)
  • Full catalogue details (#13187)

Leads & Enquiries

  • Source field to lead reports form (#13207)

Customer Communication

  • Fuel and body type to sold cars email (#13203)

Appointments & Test Drives

  • Test drive reports (#13178)

Website & Marketing

  • Extra timeline options to website analytics (#13194)

Settings & Administration

  • Search input to plugins library (#13193)

Changed

Reports & Analytics

  • Improved sold car graph (#13208)

Marketplace Listings

  • Improved GMB auto response settings (#13201)

Website & Marketing

  • Improved website stock page (#13190)
  • Improved website search age (#13192)

[2026-03-25]

Added

Finance & Deals

  • Configurable deposit for Angle finance provider (#13133)
  • Quotation to sales contract (#13161)
  • Contract generation from car (#13160)

Leads & Enquiries

  • Source validation in new lead form before submission (#13170)

Customer Communication

  • Copy to clipboard button on phone call summaries (#13141)

Vehicle Stock

  • Default car location setting (#13077)

Website & Marketing

  • Special website access toggle to shortlink form (#13183)

Changed

Customer Communication

  • Improved dealership email templates (#13168)

Website & Marketing

  • Removed deprecated gtm_load_in_head website setting (#13157)