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    What shipped, and when.

    Customer-visible changes that reached production, newest first. Last entry: Sep 25, 2026. Availability notes say when a plan, permission or setting is involved.

    September 2026

    1. Sep 25

      Choose exactly who receives each reply

      Replies have an editable To field that starts with the requester, plus CC and BCC with suggestions from the people on the ticket. Recipients are saved with drafts, and each sent reply shows who it went to.

      Staff

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    2. Sep 25

      The reply box works on phones

      On small screens the recipient fields, editor and Send button stay reachable, even under a tall ticket header.

      Staff

    3. Sep 24

      Forward a conversation by email

      Preview the customer-visible conversation, add a note, choose the sending mailbox and forward it to any address. Internal notes, attachments and private portal links are left out.

      StaffNeeds permission to read and update the ticket.

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    4. Sep 24

      Unfinished portal requests come back

      A signed-in requester’s unfinished request — answers and current step — is restored in the same browser for up to 30 days. Files and pasted images need to be added again.

      RequestersFor requesters signed in to the portal.

    5. Sep 24

      Merge a duplicate from an open ticket

      Merge Ticket now works from inside an open ticket as well as from the list.

      Staff

    6. Sep 14

      Request approval on any ticket

      Send one person — a client contact or any email address — a saved summary to approve or decline. They confirm with an emailed code and need no account. The decision and their note are recorded, and the ticket’s status is left alone.

      StaffNeeds permission to update the ticket.

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    7. Sep 11

      Excel workbooks with links can be uploaded

      Portal uploads accept standard Excel workbooks that link to other workbooks. The links are kept, not opened.

      Requesters

    8. Sep 9

      Portal settings, reorganized

      Portal settings are grouped into overview, branding and content with a live preview, request experience, schedule and alerts, access, routing, and domain. Saving changes only the fields you edited and warns if someone else changed the same portal.

      Admins

    9. Sep 9

      Scheduling guidance and due-date reminders for portals

      Show a workload calendar when requesters pick a date, warn about busy days or require acknowledgement, notify requesters when a due date changes, and send reminders before, on or after the due date.

      AdminsOff by default for each portal; needs the due-date question turned on.

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    10. Sep 9

      Screenshots in internal notes

      Paste, drop or pick up to ten images in an internal note. They stay with the team and are never sent to customers.

      Staff

    11. Sep 8

      Delete an internal note

      Authors can delete their own notes; teammates who can delete tickets can delete any note.

      Staff

    12. Sep 4

      Larger portal attachments, and PowerPoint files

      Up to 50 MB per file and 10 files per submission or reply. Modern .pptx files are accepted; files are checked before they are attached.

      RequestersA portal can set a lower file count. Older .ppt files are not accepted.

    13. Sep 4

      Desktop notifications

      Opt in per browser to see a notification banner while you work in another tab or app. Banners leave out ticket details.

      StaffOpt-in; an Assist Engine tab must stay open.

    14. Sep 2

      A home for AI in the workspace

      The AI page now gathers the entry to your Copilot workspace, AI-reviewed tickets and suggestions, recent Copilot work and AI automations.

      StaffThe Copilot workspace itself needs Copilot activated.

    15. Sep 2

      Due dates in the ticket list

      Workspaces that track due dates get an editable Due date column and a “Due date (soonest)” sort. Everyone can show or hide the Client column.

      StaffProfiles that track due dates; the IT profile uses SLA targets instead.

    August 2026

    1. Aug 31

      Filter tickets by sender

      Match an exact sender email address. The filter carries into saved filters, exports and bulk actions.

      Staff

    2. Aug 27

      Put the needed-by question first

      Each portal can ask for the requested date first, or after the description.

      Admins

    3. Aug 27

      Signatures on automatic emails

      A workspace default signature is used for automatic acknowledgements, and each confirmation automation can use the default, its own signature, or none.

      Admins

    4. Aug 26

      Rename ticket statuses

      Relabel the five statuses. The new names appear on tickets, filters, the portal, notifications, reports and exports; how each status behaves is unchanged.

      Admins

    5. Aug 26

      Wish List

      Move an active ticket to the Wish List, out of the working views, and bring it back later. Requesters see a Wish List note in the portal.

      EveryoneNeeds the Wish List module, on by default for IT, marketing, product and custom profiles.

    6. Aug 26

      Clearer step-by-step portal forms

      A “Step X of Y” header, a switch to view all sections, and submission only from the final step.

      Requesters

    7. Aug 25

      Forms that add or skip whole steps

      Questions that depend on earlier answers update correctly, and steps appear only when they apply.

      Requesters

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    8. Aug 25

      Build a customer portal with Copilot

      Describe the portal or attach the form you use today. Copilot asks setup questions, shows the complete portal and form, and creates it only after you confirm.

      AdminsCopilot activated; admin role with permission to change settings.

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    9. Aug 22

      More than one workspace

      “Create workspace” in the account menu makes a separate workspace with its own tickets, settings and team, and a switcher appears once you belong to more than one.

      Everyone

    10. Aug 20

      Safer clean-up for request types and portals

      Restore or permanently delete archived request types, and delete unused portals after reviewing an impact summary. Portals with past submissions can be turned off instead.

      Admins

    11. Aug 13

      Several portals for one client

      Give different departments or workflows their own portal, each with its own address and settings.

      Admins

    12. Aug 11

      Copilot acts on tickets after you confirm

      Copilot can propose assignments, status and priority changes, field updates, internal notes, customer replies, tags and folder moves. Nothing happens until someone confirms the exact change.

      StaffCopilot activated; each action needs the matching permission.

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    13. Aug 11

      Live web research in Copilot

      Turn on live web search for a single question and Copilot cites the public sources it used.

      StaffCopilot activated; off by default, one question at a time.

    14. Aug 10

      Portal sign-in on the portal’s own address

      Microsoft and Google sign-in work on a portal’s Assist Engine address and on a verified custom domain.

      RequestersCustom domains need Pro or Enterprise.

    15. Aug 10

      Email alerts for client replies

      A “Client Replies” option in personal email notifications, which respects “Only my tickets”.

      StaffOpt-in.

    16. Aug 3

      One Export dialog

      Export tickets as CSV, JSON or Excel, or download the ticket register, using the current filters.

      StaffPro or Enterprise; needs export permission.

    Earlier capabilities — work profiles, adaptive request types and saved reply drafts among them — predate these notes and are covered in the product tour.

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