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Product changelog

The latest product updates.

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Version v26092017

Release date: September 20, 2026

Major features

  • Deploy to IT's own infrastructure: publish a version to an IT-owned Git branch and let their pipeline take over, even after their teams push fixes.

  • Specifications resynced from code: an agent updates the specifications from the project repository and opens a merge request.

Minor features

  • Deployments: create and edit external targets in settings, with a clear message when a publish needs action.
  • Chat: ZIP files accepted, and a mockup sent on its own starts a build.
  • Projects: the list shows each project's owner and last activity, and audit log filters can be shared as a link.
  • App security: generated apps handle roles, groups and access scopes, down to row-level rules.
  • App data: apps handle geographic and vector data, and stream large Excel imports.
  • Help center: same structure as the public documentation, plus seven new articles including a getting-started path.
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Version v26090209

Release date: September 2, 2026

Major features

  • GitLab integration: admins connect GitLab to the organization, and each new project can create or import its repository.

  • Guided project start: a new project opens straight into a kickoff workshop that explains each step and each deliverable.

  • Workshops that need you: each workshop shows whether it is waiting on you or the agent is working, with clearer notifications.

Minor features

  • Workshops: complete and reopen workshops, restore deleted ones from a trash, and let the agent name them automatically.
  • Agent questions: question cards are on by default, answers can be dictated by voice, and questions come before integration proposals.
  • App feedback: send any number of selected feedback items to the agent directly from the project page.
  • Deployments: page rebuilt around environments, with overview, monitoring and activity history tabs.
  • Chat: the thread follows new messages without interrupting your reading.
  • Specifications: the assistant sits in a resizable column to the right of the specification.
  • Documents: plain-language labels (requirements, technical specifications), and the right tab shows on open.
  • Support: every error message shows a copyable reference to share with support.
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Version v26081409

Release date: August 14, 2026

Major features

  • Integrations suggested in workshops: the agent suggests connecting an integration, and you enter its secrets right in the conversation.

  • Maleus in French: the Studio and the widget are available in French, and agents reply in the language chosen for the project.

  • Groups and project access: admins create groups, add members and decide which groups can access each project.

Minor features

  • Chat: older messages load as you scroll up, and every agent reply is timestamped.
  • Workshops: an integration opens right in the workshop panel.
  • App feedback: sharper titles that name the page and element, and voice recordings kept while the panel is closed.
  • Projects and documents: edit a project's description after creation, upload larger documents and any image format.
  • Deployments: Maleus pulls your team's commits before pushing, and apps can be served under a sub-path.
  • Security: stronger isolation between projects, and connector secrets revealed on demand to admins, with an audit trail.
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Version v26080209

Release date: August 2, 2026

Major features

  • Voice notes and annotated screenshots: review an app by speaking or with annotated screenshots, which go straight to the agent.

  • Preview page: test your development app full screen, signed in as a test account in one click.

  • App help center: write a project's help articles in the Studio and show them directly inside the app.

Minor features

  • Chat: work steps fold away, results become clickable cards, and Auto mode picks Build or Ask for you.
  • Workshops: workshops open on the chat, the list is grouped by date, and auto-run pauses before the last version for review.
  • App feedback: redesigned list with filters and auto-summarized titles.
  • Preview: the preview stays usable while you ask a question, and offers a guided fix when a server crashes.
  • Development environments: stop and start from the Studio, paginated logs, and a more capable database viewer.
  • Security and audit: secrets are revealed only on request and logged, and the audit trail is more complete and easier to read.
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Version v26071907

Release date: July 19, 2026

Minor features

  • Specifications: each entity states the sensitive data it holds, and the external services that data flows to are documented.
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Version v26071814

Release date: July 18, 2026

Major features

  • Workshop auto-run: start several workshop versions in one click and let them run back to back up to your chosen version.

  • Maleus widget settings: turn the widget on for each deployed environment and choose which roles can give feedback or chat.

  • Deployed app credentials: find the initial accounts' password for each deployed app right on the Deployments page.

Minor features

  • Chat: every message shows its author with avatar and a copy button, and activity reads as a day-by-day timeline.
  • Preview and logs: auto-pilot available from the specifications step, a new Logs tab, and the preview follows the page being built.
  • Workshops: send images, stop a turn cleanly, and agents end by listing what you should review, test or decide.
  • Deployments: the version picker opens instantly and the environment list is up to date on every visit.
  • Navigation: the project name shows in the browser tab, and the sidebar names your workspace and project.
  • Administration: settings reorganized into Agents, Workshop and Settings, readable by every member, editable by admins.
  • Security: stronger password protection, and the audit trail records who creates, starts, completes or cancels a version.
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Version v26070615

Release date: July 6, 2026

Major features

  • Auto-pilot: turn it on for a version and the agent chains design, specifications and code, then pauses for your review.

  • Live deployment monitoring: track CPU, memory, response time and logs of your deployed apps in real time.

  • Sample data on demand: data you enter in the preview survives each iteration, and one button loads or resets sample data.

Minor features

  • Specifications: a richer format (domains, use cases, personas, glossary, events, scheduled jobs) with a redesigned display.
  • Chat: the exact error message is shown, and tables fit the width of their content.
  • Deployments: the feedback and chat widget works in deployed apps.
  • Workshops: the API Integration workshop guides service exploration and produces an integration guide.
  • Generated apps: server-side scheduled jobs, paginated tables with sorting and filters, and sessions that stay signed in.
  • Security: strong passwords with a live checklist, protection against repeated sign-in attempts, hardened sessions and SSO.
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Version v26062210

Release date: June 22, 2026

Major features

  • Redesigned Product workshop: a guided five-step journey produces the requirements, technical specifications, roadmap and versions ready to be costed.

  • Secrets in production: the project's integration and user secrets are passed automatically to the deployed app.

Minor features

  • Workshops: the Product workshop writes every deliverable in the language of the conversation's first message.
  • Secrets: a secret name reserved by the platform is rejected at save time, with a clear message.
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Version v26061711

Release date: June 17, 2026

Minor features

  • Workshops: download any workshop deliverable as a Markdown file straight from its menu.
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Version v26061614

Release date: June 16, 2026

Major features

  • Put an environment on standby: stop the infrastructure of an unused deployed environment, with its data backed up and a redeploy available at any time.

Minor features

  • Versions: version finalization shows live progress to everyone and can only be started once.
  • Security: development environment access keys are regenerated on every start and never stored.
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Version v26061416

Release date: June 14, 2026

Major features

  • Ask mode: ask the agent a question about your app without changing anything. The answer comes back quickly and takes the whole conversation into account.

  • Batch app feedback: select several feedback items and send them to the agent in one go, and it handles them together.

  • Audit trail: admins can review the history of actions across the organization, for each user and for each project.

Minor features

  • Workshops: an "All artifacts" button shows when new artifacts arrive, and the list keeps them in creation order.
  • Chat: the conversation header shows who took part.
  • Documents: you can now upload PowerPoint presentations (.pptx) to your projects.
  • Session security: sessions are shorter and renew automatically. A role change takes effect within minutes, in the studio and in generated apps.
  • Deployments: data in deployed apps is kept between deployments and backed up daily.
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Version v26060521

Release date: June 5, 2026

Minor features

  • Interface: the browser tab icon adapts to light or dark theme, in the Studio and in generated apps.
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Version v26060507

Release date: June 5, 2026

Major features

  • Documents in the chat: attach files or insert project documents straight from the chat bar.

  • Redesigned app feedback: new feedback panel, on-screen element picker, editable and copyable annotations, clear send confirmation.

Minor features

  • Documents: one unified viewer for CSV and Excel files, cleaner Word rendering, visible file extensions.
  • Chat: messages load page by page, and attachments show in history.
  • Deployments: deployed apps are served over HTTPS, with a certificate and automatic redirect.
  • Performance: the project opens without waiting for its environment, with a visible checking state while loading.
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Version v26052701

Release date: May 27, 2026

Minor features

  • Workshops: changes to a deliverable appear immediately, without reloading the page.
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Version v26052700

Release date: May 27, 2026

Minor features

  • Documents: agents analyze CSV files too.
  • Workshops: versions are numbered automatically, and new chat attachments show up in documents right away.
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Version v26052614

Release date: May 26, 2026

Major features

  • Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents: agents read and analyze your Word, PowerPoint and PDF files.

  • AI Agent workshop: a new workshop template to design an AI agent, with its role, tools and guardrails.

Minor features

  • Chat: voice dictation is available in the main workshop message box.
  • Documents: add several files to a project at once.
  • Workshops: deliverables grouped into Page (blank, ADR, test plan) and Project (epics, stories, sprints), shown directly in the workshop panel.
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Version v26052521

Release date: May 25, 2026

Major features

  • Comments on deliverables: select a passage in a specification or workshop deliverable, comment, reply, then send it to the agent to refine.

  • Deployments page: deploy the version you choose, promote or roll back, and follow every step live.

Minor features

  • Deployments: failure banner with retry, deploy author shown, one deployment at a time per environment, and clear guidance when a Git repository or a first deployment is needed.
  • Comments: general comments without a selection, Open, Sent and Resolved tabs, and bulk send to the agent.
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Version v26052212

Release date: May 22, 2026

Major features

  • Workshop templates: pick a template (product, integration…) when you start a workshop, and admins create and manage these templates.

  • Code audit: a new Audit page scans the project's code for quality, security and dependency issues, and keeps a history of past scans.

Minor features

  • Specifications: to refine a specification, select a passage and comment on it right in the text.
  • Documents: preview Excel, PDF, Word, JSON and text files, upload more formats, and download or delete a file from the toolbar.
  • Chat: search for documents to attach, permanent file links, attached screenshots that show up right away, and clear error messages.
  • App feedback: a clearer Ask / Feedback button in apps, more precise element picking, markers that stay in place, and sensitive inputs masked.
  • Help and preview: a help center with articles for each page, guided tours and search (press "?"), and an editable address bar in the preview.
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Version v26042810

Release date: April 28, 2026

Major features

  • Jira sync: push workshop epics to Jira and pull their updates back into Maleus.

  • Project-level app feedback: a new page lists, filters and details all user feedback on a project, across every version.

Minor features

  • Workshops: artifacts are grouped into Pages, Tickets, Sprints and Versions, and you can attach them directly to your message.
  • App feedback: generate or rotate the widget API key from settings and get a snippet ready to paste.
  • Projects: rename a project directly from its settings.
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Version v26041916

Release date: April 19, 2026

Major features

  • Feedback widget for existing apps: install the Maleus widget in an existing app to collect user feedback and traces.

  • Documents from artifacts: select workshop artifacts and turn them into a project document in one click.

Minor features

  • Workshops: the workshop agent reads the existing project code and can draft free-form documents, and a guided tour introduces workshops.
  • Preview: copy the test password from the preview and see the status of each app service.
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Version v26041523

Release date: April 15, 2026

Minor features

  • Guided mode: the preview automatically uses simulated data in the Design step and real data in Development.
  • Steps: while the agent works, a tooltip asks you to wait before switching steps.
  • Workshops: better rendering of artifact content and a clearer menu to jump between sibling artifacts.
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Version v26041511

Release date: April 15, 2026

Major features

  • Redesigned artifact panel: grid view of epics and sprints, drag and drop epics into sprints, and a detail view to read, edit and copy any artifact.

Minor features

  • Environments: redesigned Environments settings tab, with one consistent status across navbar, settings and chat.
  • Preview: a "starting servers" state shows while the app boots.
  • Generated apps: each new app uses the project name as its app name and browser tab title.
  • App feedback: technical logs on a feedback item get to the point and show a clear empty state.
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Version v26041421

Release date: April 14, 2026

Minor features

  • Test accounts: generate or regenerate the app's test user credentials in one click from project settings.
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Version v26041320

Release date: April 13, 2026

Major features

  • Workshops: describe your need to an agent that produces structured deliverables: epics, stories, sprints, architecture decisions, user flows.

  • Confluence import and documents in chat: connect Confluence, import pages as project documents, and attach them to your messages.

Minor features

  • Administration: admins customize the deliverable templates that workshops use, in a reorganized admin area.
  • Projects: create a project without a development environment, dedicated to workshops and documents.
  • Development environment: view, copy and reset the password of the app's default users.
  • Project settings: redesigned, clearer Git repository, deployments and documents sections.
  • Session: an expired session is detected as soon as you return to the tab.
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Version v26040815

Release date: April 8, 2026

Major features

  • Project documents: create a document or import a .md or .txt file, then organize it by category within your project.

  • Live preview: changes show up live in the preview without interruption, and the preview opens the page that changed.

Minor features

  • Preview: shows each step while switching versions, reloads automatically once servers recover, and starts faster.
  • App feedback: annotations are interactive, a badge counts pending feedback, and a notification confirms each submission.
  • Specifications: domains are shown as tabs, and a banner and legend make changes under review easier to read.
  • Git repository: Azure DevOps is available as a remote, and you can choose the development branch.
  • Authentication: the SAML issuer ID can be customized, and sessions expire after 8 hours with a notification.
  • Navigation and projects: notifications grouped in a per-project inbox, and guided tours you can replay.
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Version v26032515

Release date: March 25, 2026

Major features

  • SSO sign-in: connect your workspace to your identity provider (OIDC or SAML), with a dedicated sign-in page.

  • Team management: invite members by email, change roles and manage access in bulk.

  • SSO in apps: generated apps offer SSO sign-in and bulk user invitations.

Minor features

  • App widget: ask the widget questions about the app and get answers with links to the right pages.
  • Versions: compact breadcrumb with status badges and quick version switching.
  • Workspace: each tab turns on as soon as the app's environment is running.
  • Database explorer: exact row counts for every table.
  • Privacy: Studio fonts hosted by Maleus, with no calls to third-party services.
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Version v26032213

Release date: March 22, 2026

Major features

  • Voice dictation: dictate requests in the chat, with a live waveform and automatic transcription.

  • Database explorer: browse your app's tables and data right from the workspace.

Minor features

  • Navigation: a "more" menu in the project header, with pinnable items.
  • Integrations: each integration's documentation available from its detail panel.
  • Preview: a clear state while the agent works and smoother preview loading.
  • App feedback: more readable feedback list and summary, with better contrast and layout.
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Version v26031712

Release date: March 17, 2026

Major features

  • Environment deployments: promote a finished version to staging or production, with full history and rollback.

  • Design step: describe the interface you want and get a mockup on sample data before specifications.

  • Annotated app feedback: annotate several areas of your app in one piece of feedback, then edit title and annotations inline.

Minor features

  • Chat: new compact chat bar, image carousel and a chronological activity log with full dates.
  • Preview: synced address bar, current page kept on refresh and a clear banner while servers restart.
  • Commands: grouped command panel with argument input and one-click test runs.
  • Notifications: set the alert sound volume from the notification panel.
  • Settings: reorganized settings page and remembered theme.
  • Generated apps: redesigned user administration with role filter and navigation grouped into sections.