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January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026

v1.591.0

New features

Improvements

  • Production Insights
    • Batch barcode parsing (GS1) from events now extracts production quantity.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an internal error visible after pressing "Update firmware version" on the devices page in the administration section.
  • Made all peripherals show up in the autocomplete dropdown when selecting sensors to attach to a camera.
  • Fixed a bug where Operator View crashed when fixed time selection was applied
  • Fixed an issue where devices could sometimes not be deleted from Administration.
  • Fixed a bug where the OEE card in Operator View displayed the wrong time selection.
  • Cleared the stop analytics filter when navigating to a different Line to reset the Pareto view.

January 19, 2026
January 19, 2026

v1.587.4

New features

Platform

  • The API token management feature is live under administration → system. You will now be able to see, create, and delete your API tokens.

Improvements

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where a Batch Import XML file would get rejected if one of the production lines in the file does not exist. Now non-existent lines are just skipped
  • Time formatting on the "select shifts" tab of the time picker component now follows the user's selected language
  • Fixed a bug where registered stop tooltips didn't disappear after selecting the stop on Operator View.
  • Fixed a bug where if the first shift of the day started before 1 am, then the batch dashboard displayed yesterday's first shift.
  • Fixed an issue causing activities export to timeout for larger time ranges.
  • Fixed a bug where the Submit button on an activity was disabled, when the last field edited was the initials.
  • Restores the infinite scroll functionality of the sensor and lines overview page to see all search results.

January 12, 2026
January 12, 2026

v1.581.7

New features

Connected Operations

  • "No validation" bar in the Activities Reporting bar chart.

Improvements

Connected Operations

  • The line status cause and duration now account for stop time that has been registered.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug where activities passing status would default to failing even though no validation rules were set. Applies to activities table and activities exporting.
  • Andon comment area will display the character limit.
  • Fixed a bug where manual scrap from batches would be too high.
  • Fixed a bug where entering manual scrap on a batch could result in wrong scrap loss and scrap KPI values

January 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

v1.578.24

v1.578.24

New features

Improvements

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where OEE numbers would be wrong if there were batches that were not fully contained in your selected time range.

December 30, 2025
December 30, 2025

v1.575.23

v1.575.23

New features

Improvements

  • Production Insights
    • AI Assistant: Replace the default prompt with help text on howto use the Assistant

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where activities were not being created

December 17, 2025
December 17, 2025

v1.572.4

New features

  • Connected Operations
    • You can now view the version history of your activity templates

Improvements

Bug fixes

December 11, 2025
December 11, 2025

v1.565.0

New features

Improvements

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug where the multi-line view in Operator View was not refreshing.

December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025

v1.559.33-v1.563.31

v1.559.33-v1.563.31

New features

  • Operator View
    • In the Create New Batch dialog in the Operator View, product item numbers are now visible in the product dropdown menu.
  • Connected Operations
    • Batch event triggers in Activities can now be configured using product-specific and packaging-specific conditions.

Improvements

  • Connected Operations
    • A “Product name” column has been added to the Activity export file in Reporting.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug in the shift calendar where scrolling through weeks would cause the calendar to display shifts that should not be there.
  • Fixed a bug in the shift calendar where a shift that spans across two weeks (e.g., from Sunday to Monday) would be incorrectly shown in the second week.

December 4, 2025
December 4, 2025

v1.551.16-v1.559.33

v1.551.16-v1.559.33

New features

  • Production Insights
    • New KPI: "Mean time between stoppages" has been  added.

Improvements

  • Production Insights
    • Translation management for stop cause category names has been added.
  • Connected Operations
    • Users can now enable or disable activity templates. Disabled activities do not fire triggers, but they remain visible in the list, greyed out. They can be re-enabled at any time, which automatically restores all original behavior.
    • The Activity list now includes a Trigger column.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug where bulk editing of products would fail if a control recipe was edited across more than one product at a time.
  • Fixed a bug in Operator View where registering ongoing stops would sometimes result in the stop being split.

November 27, 2025
November 27, 2025

v1.548.13-v1.551.16

v1.548.13-v1.551.16

New features

Improvements

  • Production Insights
    • Reduced input delay when typing a search string in the Line Overview.
    • You can now click on sensor override labels to open the editing dialog in the SENSORS tab of a line.
  • Connected Operations
    • Improved the performance of certain Activities DB queries.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug where closing the Manual Counter dialog in the Multi Line Operator View redirected the user to the Single Line View.
  • Fixed a bug in Operator View where closing the Edit Registration dialog in the Stop Registration view would return the user to the main view.

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