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Product updates

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
Across customer-facing categories
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3.6.482September 11, 2026

Clearer Article Callouts

1 change
Improvement1 item
  • Information, note, and warning callouts now use distinct colors and labels in light and dark themes.
3.6.481September 11, 2026

Safer Article Links

1 change
Security1 item
  • Article links now verify their destination during rendering, suppress referrer sharing, and isolate newly opened tabs from the original page.
3.6.480September 11, 2026

Clearer Article Quotations

1 change
Improvement1 item
  • Quotations in articles now have clearer spacing, contrast, and visual emphasis in light and dark themes.
3.6.479September 11, 2026

Reliable Article Data Grids

2 changes
Fix2 items
  • Article tables now save without premature required-field errors while editors add columns and rows in either order.
  • Publishing still requires every heading and value in structured grids to be complete and aligned.
3.6.478September 11, 2026

Smoother Application Updates

2 changes
Improvement2 items
  • Application services now start only after every required preparation step finishes successfully.
  • A failed preparation step keeps the update stopped and reports clear recovery information.
3.6.477September 11, 2026

Consistent Product Coverage Information

2 changes
Improvement2 items
  • Public pages and documentation now display EU coverage and tax-class totals from the same reviewed VAT data.
  • Documentation now uses the same current alpha availability, support, and review guidance as pricing and public search information.
3.6.476September 11, 2026

Immediate Editorial Preview Revocation

2 changes
Security2 items
  • Previously opened editorial previews now stop showing unpublished changes as soon as administrator sign-in protection changes.
  • Published articles remain available normally when an earlier preview is no longer authorized.
3.6.475September 11, 2026

Versioned Signup Acknowledgement

2 changes
Security2 items
  • New accounts now retain when the current Terms of Service were accepted and which Terms and Privacy Policy versions were presented during signup.
  • The signup form now identifies the effective version of each linked legal document before account creation.
3.6.474September 11, 2026

Reliable Sitemap Freshness Checks

2 changes
Fix2 items
  • Release checks now interpret public-page update dates consistently across deployment environments.
  • A release still stops when the sitemap claims a genuinely future update date.
3.6.473September 11, 2026

More Accurate Search Information

3 changes
Improvement3 items
  • Search services can now identify VAT Engine’s official public profiles and current free online alpha availability more accurately.
  • Application updates now verify that search information stays aligned with visible navigation paths, availability details, and homepage answers.
  • Published content intentionally excluded from search can remain available by direct link while staying out of the public sitemap.
3.6.472September 10, 2026

Consistent Search Privacy for Private Pages

2 changes
Security2 items
  • Private account, administration, editorial, and machine-facing responses now use one consistent search exclusion across successful, redirected, unavailable, and error states.
  • Public pages remain discoverable, while missing and error pages explicitly ask search engines not to index them.
3.6.471September 10, 2026

More Reliable Public Links

2 changes
Improvement2 items
  • Application updates now verify that secure public links, including deep links with query details, reach the primary VAT Engine address directly without temporary redirects or redirect chains.
  • Updates also verify the secure www address and its certificate before completing a release.