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Changelog

Track customer-facing product improvements, security outcomes, and compliance reporting updates across VAT Engine.

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Latest release
3.6.506
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Releases tracked
392
Since January 2026
Logged changes
1225
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SecurityFeatureImprovementFix
3.6.370August 20, 2026

Shopify Historical Imports Recover from Temporary Interruptions

2 changes
Fix2 items
  • Historical Shopify imports now retry when Shopify is temporarily unavailable or throttles the final buyer-classification access check.
  • If the store installation or permissions no longer qualify, the import still stops before protected buyer evidence is downloaded.
3.6.369August 20, 2026

Shopify Buyer Classification Rechecks Current Access

3 changes
Improvement3 items
  • Shopify-native buyer classification now rechecks the current store installation before showing eligible settings or processing historical import results.
  • Expired credentials can be refreshed before the Settings check, reducing unnecessary reconnect prompts.
  • If Shopify access changes while an import is running, protected buyer evidence remains unavailable instead of being processed from an older access state.
3.6.368August 20, 2026

Search Verification Covers Every Public Page

2 changes
Improvement2 items
  • Production checks now verify every canonical public page through the same public edge visitors and search crawlers use.
  • Crawler rules are evaluated for general crawlers, Google, and Bing so a page-specific block cannot leave part of the public site undiscoverable.
3.6.367August 18, 2026

Public Pages Stay Available in Search

2 changes
Improvement2 items
  • Public marketing, documentation, and company pages remain open to search engines, while account, administration, and other private areas remain excluded.
  • Search engines can continue discovering canonical public pages through the published site map.
3.6.366August 18, 2026

VAT Engine Icons Stay Consistent Across Devices

1 change
Improvement1 item
  • VAT Engine now uses one crisp, consistent icon family in browser tabs, bookmarks, search results, Apple home-screen shortcuts, and installed web apps.
3.6.365August 16, 2026

Development Stores Can Test Shopify Buyer Classification

3 changes
Improvement3 items
  • Eligible Shopify development stores can select native or hybrid buyer classification for controlled testing after protected customer data access is enabled for the development app.
  • Production stores remain protected by Shopify's separate public-app approval requirement.
  • Missing app identity, unknown deployment profiles, and inconsistent access states keep native choices unavailable.
3.6.364August 16, 2026

Same-Day Shopify Orders Appear in OSS Totals

4 changes
Fix4 items
  • Eligible committed Shopify orders dated today now appear immediately in OSS threshold totals and supporting evidence.
  • Transaction-ledger and compliance report date ranges now apply the same UTC reporting boundary.
  • Date-filtered OSS and compliance reports remain responsive as supply history grows.
  • Orders still need to satisfy the existing B2C, cross-border, classification, and filing-evidence rules before increasing the €10,000 threshold counter.
3.6.363August 15, 2026

OSS Overview Shows Domestic Shopify Supplies Clearly

3 changes
Fix3 items
  • The OSS Overview supporting evidence now includes committed, classified B2C Shopify supplies made within one EU country.
  • Domestic supplies remain outside the €10,000 EU cross-border distance-selling counter, and the page now explains the difference between visible supporting events and threshold-eligible events.
  • Orders that still need classification review remain outside both filing-ready totals and the threshold counter until resolved.
3.6.362August 15, 2026

Addressless Shopify Orders Stay Available for Review

3 changes
Fix3 items
  • Shopify order updates no longer fail repeatedly when Shopify provides neither a shipping country nor a billing country.
  • Affected order events enter the review queue with an unresolved tax destination and remain outside filing-ready totals until resolved.
  • Order preview now shows the unresolved destination and review status instead of rejecting the valid Shopify response.
3.6.361August 15, 2026

Shopify Preview Details Follow the Selected Classification Method

2 changes
Fix2 items
  • Order-metafield previews no longer describe intentionally unused Shopify buyer attribution as unavailable.
  • Native and hybrid classification methods continue to distinguish a missing buyer attribution from Shopify being unable to return the field.
3.6.360August 14, 2026

Shopify-Native Classification Remains Safely Gated

3 changes
Improvement3 items
  • Shopify-native customer-classification choices remain unavailable until their required access approval and store behavior checks are complete.
  • The existing Order metafield classification method remains available during that verification period.
  • Missing, unavailable, or legally insufficient buyer evidence continues to enter review instead of being guessed as B2B or B2C.
3.6.359August 14, 2026

Shopify Classification Stays Consistent Across Imports and Reports

5 changes
Improvement5 items
  • Direct order imports, historical imports, completed webhook updates, and order previews now follow the same customer-classification outcomes.
  • When Shopify returns an incomplete direct order response, VAT Engine stops the background import and keeps the unresolved buyer evidence available for review instead of importing partial data.
  • Orders with incomplete or conflicting buyer evidence now appear consistently in the store-specific review queue and App Home blocker count, while resolved orders stay out of that queue.
  • Incomplete buyer evidence remains outside filing-ready totals until the merchant resolves it.
  • Refunds and cancellations preserve the customer classification of their related order without duplicating standalone sale totals.