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Version [2026-08-24-2]

Added

Marketplace & Feeds

  • Socials index under the Marketing tab, plus a Create Social Post action on Pages and Blogs (#17881, #18066).

Finance & Deals

  • Sales contract release approvals, with an unsigned contract warning on the dealership dashboard (#18032, #18045).
  • Host website payments when the lead belongs to another dealership (#18098).
  • Xero account codes 235–243 for plugin billing (#18097).

Reports & Analytics

  • Thumbnails for every scheduled email report (#18094).
  • Quarter-over-quarter trend indicators on the Industry Conversion Report (#17968).
  • Lead events mirrored to ClickHouse for Team Analytics (#17975).

Customer Communication

  • Coaching alert recipients for call grading, with non-sales calls excluded from grading (#18063).
  • Intro branding taken from the call transcript rather than the LLM (#18073).

Stock Management

  • Mahindra Assist Australia RDA CSV export (#17959).
  • Toyota eQuote URL on the car view endpoint (#18084).

Lead Management

  • Delivery date and time prompt when moving a card to Delivered, pre-filled from the lead (#17948, #17949).

Settings & Administration

  • Manager/read-only permission map for Autotrader account users (#18083).
  • OEM cluster webhooks gated by make and hidden from dealers (#17956).
  • Autograb plugin picker sourced from primary websites (#18072).
  • GA4 pool accounts linked to manufacturers for franchise sites (#18010).
  • Dealership locations shown on partner API key details (#18099).

Website & Content

  • Units lead export documented in Starlight (#18067).

Changed

Lead Management

  • Lead task bell refreshes over ActionCable instead of 30-second polling (#18035).
  • SMS action relabelled as “Mark as reply not needed” (#18071).
  • Trade-in submission date shown on the contact (#18056).
  • VIN allocate/deallocate repoints the sales contract vehicle line item (#17877).

Stock Management

  • Stock image set browsing restored for data entry image editors (#17991).
  • In-stock location counts deferred off the feed edit form (#18100).
  • Saved feed export filters remain visible in the edit form (#17966).

Finance & Deals

  • Accessory catalogue pricing is consistent regardless of option order (#18095).
  • Extra spacing above Send for signature in the Xero e-signature dialog (#18085).

Settings & Administration

  • Role permission groups aligned with the dealership sidemenu (#18101).
  • Scoped plugin settings load for DS staff on first-time activation (#18077).
  • Equifax password already-saved state shown in settings (#17986).
  • Weekly website analytics email skipped when no launches are expected in the next 30 days (#18055).

Appointments

  • Customer portal test drive detail labels aligned with their values (#18076).