Release notes

last updated 1.29.2026

January 2026

Deployed January 29th

New “Type” Column
- A dedicated column has been added to display the application type: Transfer, New Permit, etc. (**Because this is a newly introduced feature, the column may initially appear blank for some applications)

Two filters added to the My Applications Grid
- Location and Form Type (**Previously, you could only filter by status and program)

Accessibility Enhancements
- Added descriptive text to images
- Improved color contrast for better visibility
- Enhanced screen reader compatibility

October 2025

Deployed October 1st

Pay an invoice without logging in
- Added ability to pay an invoice without having to log into the portal or even have a portal account. To pay an invoice, go to the login page and click on the "Make Payment" link at the top right of the screen. You will then need to enter the invoice number and invoice amount in order to retrieve your invoice and pay it. See gif below.

Map Control
- Added a map widget to the location control in the permit applications locations pages. So now you can click on a map and the system will copy address and geolocation (lat/long) details into the form for you. It will also copy the county of the location. This is supported within the "Add New" and the "View/Edit" screens. See gif below.

August 2025

Deployed August 27^th

Improved UX to select, add, and edit locations

June 2025

Deployed June 30^th

Improved Invitation Redemption Flow
- Pending invitations associated with a user's account will now be automatically redeemed upon login. Previously, users were required to manually click a link received via email to complete the redemption. This enhancement streamlines the user experience by reducing the number of steps needed to gain access to applications or permits.
Add messaging upon login if the user's account hasn't been activated to instruct them to activate their account by clicking the link they received via email.

March 2025

Deployed March 31^st

Updated user profile requirements to make phone number, address, and company required fields
Added preview for the password page via eyeball interface

February 2025

Deployed on February 27^th

Change to my invoices page to direct the user to the standard invoice receipt page, instead of the custom one used for pre-submission payments
Fixed issue with popup forms where the validation of textboxes was visually shifting the submit button
Withdraw action feature on the applications grid
UX improvements to
- Visual status tracker in the application grid
- Permit details section header, grid ellipsis removal, and layout changed to a single column
- My Documents changes to show original file name, document type, and filtering by program type

January 2025

Deployed on January 23^rd

Added document download action to the documents grid

Documents page highlighting new Download Document menu item under the actions dropdown

Added withdraw action to the applications grid

Applications page highlighting new Withdraw Application menu item under the actions dropdown

Additional Updates

Fixed address auto complete so it shows all related addresses
Fixed textbox vertical shifting on validation
Fixed form not scrolling to the invalid field on submit
Fixed form not scrolling to loading indicator on form submission
UX improvements to
- Accordion feature in forms
- Sign application improvements

November 2024

Deployed on November 21^st

Added subtitle to content authoring of the section header
Now the help menu is displayed on the login screen (when user is not logged in)

Demontrates new help menu on the login screen

Fixed a bug when new records are added to a subgrid (table) and then don't automatically display in the target grid.
Added the ability to show list content in forms.
Updated the invoice payment flow so that users are redirected back to the invoice screen after payment.
Various UX improvements, including:
- Payment receipt process improvements
- Left alignment of permit application forms. Now instead of centering the header title, subtitle, and text, it's all aligned to the left, which is more in line with how user's eyes navigate along a page in view

Demonstrates page section header text is left-aligned

The form page stepper has been moved from the top-center of the page to a left-aligned vertical layout. This change allows the display of contextual text for each page, making it easier to understand what each page of the form is for.

Demonstrates form stepper changed from horizontal to vertical left-aligned

Added a document viewer. Now a popup window (modal) appears when you click on a document, which then loads the document itself in view mode. This works for several document types including PDF, XLS, and DOC.

Demonstrates new document viewer on Documents page to preview certain file types

Added filters to the invoice table grid screen, so that a user can quickly view only active invoices, overdue invoices, refunded invoices, etc

Displays the invoices page with new filters to the invoice table grid screen, so that a user can quickly view only active invoices, overdue invoices, refunded invoices, etc

October 2024

Deployed on October 17^th

The menu navigation has been moved from dropdowns on the top right of the screen to a vertical left pane menu navigation.

Demonstrates menu navigation has been moved from dropdowns on the top right of the screen to a vertical left pane menu navigation

Sometimes a required field was out of view on screen. This has been resolved.
On the Brownfields solution, the "Applications Details" links from the Invoices screen wasn't working. This has been fixed.
Lookups were not auto-refreshing the contents of listboxes. This has been resolved.
The tour button has been moved to the left navigation pane. So now you can initiate a tour of a page inline (if tour widgets are present on the page you are looking at).

Demonstrates tour button has been moved to the left navigation pane

Improvements have been made to the location search to make it easier to use
Filters have been added to the Applications table grid

Demonstrates filters have been added to the Applications table grid

Password Reset improvements have been made
Invitation codes which have expired (48 hours after creation) can now be re-activated by internal staff. This will allow a user to try activating the invite again.

September 2024

Deployed on September 5^th

Increased security to verify if a user is identity proofed
Changes to the form upload control to provide a better user experience
Change to allow embedded YouTube videos
Tour feature enhancements so the user can see it more than once and reinitiate it on demand

Fixed ESA page not loading correctly on Safari
UX improvements to
- Upload control
- Permit directory filters
- Informational grids
- Wait icon
- Location search page

July 2024

Deployed on July 23^rd

Changes to the form upload control to delete files after they've been uploaded
Enable back button widget so the user doesn't have to fill out required fields to go back
Improvement to the document display widget so it doesn't have to load the document again on subsequent views
Header section widget was updated to set the formatting instead of allowing the content author to change it
A new dashboard widget to show that status of permits, applications, invoices and tasks
URL encoding for Payit so its return URL isn't trimmed
UX improvements to
- Form layouts
- Page layouts
- Informational grids
- Grid filtering
Improved login security handling
Application sharing enhancements