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What's new

QA-Board keeps improving. Release notes tell you what changed, in a few lines, without digging into commits.

The "What's new" dialog​

Once a month (or a quarter) is over, the web app shows a What's new in QA-Board dialog once, on whichever page you open next. It shows the highlights of the periods that ended since your last visit.

  • Close it with Got it (or Esc): it won't show again for those notes.
  • See all changes opens the full release notes.
  • Only notes from the last ~60 days pop up: if you're new, or back from a long vacation, you won't get a pile of old news.
The "What's new in QA-Board" dialog over the projects list: the latest release note's summary, its highlights as cards with an icon, an audience tag and a link to the docs, and the See all changes and Got it buttons.
The highlights of the month that ended, each tagged with who it matters to, and a link to learn more.
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What you've seen is remembered by your browser. In another browser, on another computer or in a private window, the dialog shows up again.

Reading the release notes anytime​

Open the What's new side panel from:

  • the What's new button (sparkles icon) in the header of the left sidebar, next to the docs icon. A dot on it means there are notes you haven't read yet;
  • the What's new link in the footer of every page;
  • the What's new button on the projects list (the home page).

The panel lists all the release notes, newest first. Notes you haven't seen yet are tagged New. The current month's notes are a preview, tagged In progress: they are updated as changes land, and pop up once the month is over. Use the search box to find when something changed, e.g. "history", "filter" or "admins".

The What's new panel: a search box, then the release notes newest first. The current month's note is tagged In progress and open on its highlights; the notes not seen yet are tagged New.
Notes you haven't seen are tagged New; the current month's, still being written, is In progress.
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The link https://<your-qaboard>/#whats-new opens the panel directly, from any page. Handy to point colleagues to a new feature in a chat.

What's in a release note​

Each release note covers a month (or a quarter, or a year, for older history):

  • a short summary, for busy readers;
  • highlight cards for the most important changes, each tagged for who it matters to (Users, Project integration or Admins), with a Learn more link to the docs;
  • All changes, the details per area: Web app, CLI and project setup, Server and administration, Documentation, Fixes. In the panel, click All changes to expand them.

The full archive​

All release notes are also on the docs website, at Release notes. Follow them in your feed reader with the RSS or Atom feeds.

Maintainers: see the contributing notes in CLAUDE.md to write release notes.