Changelog
Overview
This page tracks all updates, new features, bug fixes, and changes to Defense Catalyst. Check back regularly to stay informed about what’s new.
Latest Update: January 2026
January 2026
🎉 New Features
AI Copilot (Beta)
- ChatGPT-style flow building assistance
- Natural language flow creation
- Intelligent error diagnosis
- Flow modification suggestions
- Documentation-grounded answers
- Available in flow builder sidebar
Bulk Flow Operations
- Edit multiple flows at once
- Bulk enable/disable
- Bulk delete with confirmation
- Bulk export
- Improved workflow management
Enhanced Run History
- Advanced filtering options
- Export run data to CSV
- Bulk retry failed runs
- Performance metrics dashboard
- Run comparison tool
🔌 New Integrations
Cloud Services
- AWS S3 - File storage and retrieval
- Azure Blob Storage - Cloud file management
- Google Cloud Storage - Object storage
AI & ML
- Anthropic Claude - Advanced AI capabilities
- Hugging Face - ML model integration
- Cohere - Natural language processing
Communication
- Microsoft Teams - Team collaboration
- Discord - Community management
- Telegram - Messaging automation
Development
- GitLab - Repository management
- Bitbucket - Code hosting
- Jira - Issue tracking
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed webhook signature validation for special characters
- Resolved data mapping issue with nested arrays
- Corrected timezone handling in schedule triggers
- Fixed connection refresh for expired OAuth tokens
- Improved error messages for rate limit errors
- Resolved UI rendering issue in flow builder on Safari
⚡ Performance Improvements
- 40% faster flow execution for simple workflows
- Reduced API response time by 30%
- Optimized database queries for run history
- Improved caching for frequently accessed data
- Faster flow builder loading time
🔒 Security Updates
- Enhanced encryption for connection credentials
- Improved audit logging detail
- Added IP whitelisting for Enterprise
- Strengthened webhook signature verification
- Updated TLS configuration to TLS 1.3
📚 Documentation Updates
- Complete user documentation overhaul
- New integration setup guides
- Enhanced troubleshooting hub
- Video tutorials for common tasks
- Updated API documentation
December 2024
🎉 New Features
Defense Catalyst Branding
- Custom military-inspired theme
- Defense Catalyst logo and colors
- Optimized UI for defense operations
- Mission-focused terminology
Enhanced Security
- Air-gapped deployment support
- DoD compliance features
- Advanced audit logging
- Role-based access control improvements
Flow Templates
- Pre-built defense workflow templates
- Industry-specific examples
- Quick-start templates
- Template marketplace
🔌 New Integrations
Defense-Specific
- DoD system connectors (Enterprise)
- Classified data handling (Enterprise)
- Government authentication systems
General
- PostgreSQL - Database integration
- MongoDB - NoSQL database
- Redis - Caching and queuing
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed schedule trigger timezone conversion
- Resolved Google Sheets rate limit handling
- Corrected email attachment encoding
- Fixed flow version control issues
⚡ Performance Improvements
- 25% reduction in cold start time
- Improved webhook processing speed
- Optimized connection pooling
- Better resource utilization
November 2024
🎉 New Features
Workspace Collaboration
- Real-time collaboration on flows
- Comment system for flows
- Activity feed
- @mentions for team members
Advanced Data Transformation
- JSON path expressions
- Data filtering and mapping
- Array operations
- Custom JavaScript transformations
Monitoring & Alerts
- Custom alert rules
- Slack/email notifications
- Performance dashboards
- Error rate tracking
🔌 New Integrations
Productivity
- Notion - Knowledge management
- Airtable - Flexible databases
- Trello - Project management
Data
- Snowflake - Data warehouse
- BigQuery - Analytics database
- Elasticsearch - Search and analytics
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed data mapping with special characters
- Resolved connection timeout issues
- Corrected run history pagination
- Fixed flow export/import edge cases
⚡ Performance Improvements
- Improved flow builder responsiveness
- Faster connection testing
- Optimized run history queries
- Better error handling
October 2024
🎉 New Features
Flow Versioning
- Automatic version history
- Compare versions
- Rollback to previous versions
- Version notes and tags
Conditional Logic
- If/else branches
- Switch statements
- Complex conditions
- Multiple condition groups
Loop Support
- Iterate over arrays
- Batch processing
- Loop controls (break, continue)
- Nested loops
🔌 New Integrations
Marketing
- Mailchimp - Email marketing
- HubSpot - CRM and marketing
- Salesforce - Customer relationship management
Finance
- Stripe - Payment processing
- PayPal - Online payments
- QuickBooks - Accounting
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed webhook retry logic
- Resolved OAuth token refresh issues
- Corrected schedule trigger DST handling
- Fixed data type conversion edge cases
September 2024
🎉 New Features
Initial Release
- Visual flow builder
- 280+ integrations
- Webhook triggers
- Schedule triggers
- Basic data mapping
- Run history
- Connection management
Core Integrations
- Slack
- Google Sheets
- GitHub
- OpenAI
- Email (SMTP)
- HTTP Request
- Webhook
🔒 Security
- End-to-end encryption
- OAuth 2.0 support
- API key management
- Role-based access control
- Audit logging
Upcoming Features
Q1 2025 (Planned)
AI Enhancements
- AI-powered flow optimization suggestions
- Automatic error recovery
- Intelligent data mapping
- Natural language flow search
Enterprise Features
- Advanced SSO options
- Custom branding
- Dedicated infrastructure
- Priority support
Integrations
- 50+ new integrations
- Custom piece framework improvements
- Integration marketplace
Developer Tools
- GraphQL API
- Webhooks for platform events
- CLI tool enhancements
- Local development environment
Q2 2025 (Planned)
Collaboration
- Flow sharing and permissions
- Team workspaces
- Approval workflows
- Change management
Analytics
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Custom reports
- Usage insights
- Cost optimization recommendations
Performance
- Parallel execution
- Streaming data support
- Edge computing
- Global deployment
Breaking Changes
January 2026
None - All changes backward compatible
December 2024
None - All changes backward compatible
November 2024
None - All changes backward compatible
Deprecation Notices
Upcoming Deprecations
None currently planned
Past Deprecations
None yet - Platform is new
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What’s Included:
- New features
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
- Security updates
- Breaking changes
Feedback
Share Your Thoughts
We value your feedback on new features and changes!
How to Provide Feedback:
- Email: feedback@defensecatalyst.com
- In-app feedback button
- Community forum
- Support tickets
What We Want to Hear:
- Feature requests
- Bug reports
- Usability feedback
- Integration requests
- Documentation improvements
Version History
| Version | Release Date | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2.0 | January 2026 | AI Copilot, Bulk operations |
| 1.1.0 | December 2024 | Defense branding, Templates |
| 1.0.0 | September 2024 | Initial release |
Related Documentation
- Getting Started - Learn the basics
- Integrations Directory - Browse integrations
- Contact Support - Get help
- FAQ - Common questions
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Last Updated: January 18, 2025