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Aerion Release Notes - Early Access
Release notes for Aerion Early Access - the pre-release track of Aerion, accessible at *.aerion.dev. These builds ship ahead of the stable release, so features below may still change or be removed before they reach general availability.
v1.98.22 — 2026-09-10
- Overhauled every search dropdown throughout the app with a new design, recently used items, and clearer instructions about what you can search for
- Recently used items are now shared across the app, so a project you picked on the Project Board also shows up first in similar dropdowns in the Planner and Approval
- Standardized how search terms interact with related items (like project → sub-project, or team → staff member) as well as codes and labels
- Redesigned the time entry, break and validation modals with a clearer layout and a new budget progress bar
- Added quick access to the time entry review modal via the Tracking view for users with approval permissions
- Updated the Planner assignment modal's hour inputs and adjusted the duration ranges to explain how many hours aren't plannable because of absences, public holidays and non-working days
- Improved the loading experience when switching months in the Approval monthly overview
- Adjusted the task, project and reference pickers on mobile
- Fixed Time Entry Analytics KPIs briefly showing the previous period's numbers while loading a new period
- Added tooltips to the "+" buttons for overtime balance, employment entries, vacation entries and labels
- Improved visual contrast and spacing across Tracking, side panels and dropdowns
v1.98.21 — 2026-08-25
- Redesigned staffing in the single-project Planner: search runs straight from the search bar with a live result count, and assignments save as you make them without the separate save step
- Improved performance in large search dropdowns
- Added an option on fixed-price projects to cap effort at the budget, so profitability, contribution margin and effort reflect the fixed price rather than overstating it when a project runs over budget — set per project, with an account-wide default for new projects
- Added corresponding Capped effort, Capped effort incl. forecast, Costs incl. forecast and Contribution margin incl. forecast KPIs and columns to the Project Board
- Restored default breaks to Profile settings
- Added the ability to remove a staff member from a project directly in the Planner, and to restore them by giving them a new planning assignment
- Updated the display of archived items across the boards, Planners, and side panels, and blocked new planning assignments on archived staff members in the UI
- Added "Show time entries" to the invoice menu, jumping straight to Time Entry Analytics filtered to that invoice
- Clicking a filter chip in Time Entry Analytics now opens the filter modal for editing rather than removing it
- Time inputs now accept both decimal and HH
entry, regardless of display settings - Improved usability of the Skill filter's level selector in the Planner
- Made search behave the same in the Team Planner and the single-project Planner — adding teams or users to the search includes them alongside staff members filtered by skills
- Adjusted the skill-matching formula in the Planner to be more permissive when matching
- Fixed moving or resizing a planning assignment sometimes opening the edit modal mid-drag
- Improved modal ordering behavior when repeatedly digging deeper between Planner and project panels
- Fixed the invoice filter sticking in Time Entry Analytics after the invoice was deleted, along with the false "delete failed" message
- Fixed the Reference toggle in the PDF export options not being remembered between openings
- All views now default to the "Comfortable" row label width
- Adjusted the Tracking view with larger day controls and clearer submit and resolve buttons
v1.98.20 — 2026-08-18
- Fixes a soft-lock that could occur when refreshing login sessions and re-subscribing to server-side updates
v1.98.19 - 2026-08-12
- Server-side Overtime and Project Cost calculations are now more accurate, resolving several long-standing edge cases. Various analytics feeds and exports are also faster. See the API release notes for full details, including affected feeds and calculations.
- Standardizes front-end required permissions for creating Projects and Super Projects with existing backend permissions. Super Projects can now be created by users with basic project creation permissions, rather than needing "Project Relation" permissions, and fixes a couple of spots in the UI where Project creation options appeared without the appropriate permissions.
v1.98.18 - 2026-08-11
- Added a clear ("x") button to dropdowns with a deselectable state, primarily affecting the reference field in the time entry form
- Added hover tooltips to custom field columns so long values stay readable when the column is narrow
- Clarified the Remaining Budget value shown when creating an invoice - it is the "Uninvoiced budget after invoicing" rather than effort remaining
- Adjusted pagination behavior for a more consistent experience when changing the page size
v1.98.17 - 2026-08-06
- Added new display options for row labels in most tables to allow for the choice between longer project names or more efficient space
- When several absences fall on the same day, the Planner and Dashboard now show the most relevant one - non-working absences like vacations or illnesses take priority over working absences like home office or travel
- Our Claude MCP connector was approved and is now linked up from the Integrations page
- Fixed an issue on the Tracking view when showing weekends and using a narrow window size
- Corrected the calculation of capacity and utilization in the Planner. As part of the visibility adjustments made in v1.98.16, archived/completed projects and archived users with planned hours are now displayed, and their respective planned hours are taken into account for all calculations. Previously, these values were discarded.
v1.98.16 - 2026-07-31
- Added a "Latest changes" indicator in the navigation that flags new releases and links to the full changelog. You likely arrived here from that link!
- Redesigned the search bar on the Project Board, Team Board and Planner
- Added budget and profitability figures to Planner project panels and the planning modal
- Reworked completing and archiving projects and clients: the modal now shows the impact on sub-projects and future planning assignments
- Removing a staff member from a project now explains what happens to their future planning assignments - past assignments stay, upcoming ones are removed, and tracked time is untouched
- Updated display and behavior of removed users and archived/completed projects in the Planner
- Added a toggle to the single-project Planner to show assignment details rather than the capacity display
- Improved behavior of the escape key when multiple dialog modals are open
- Searching for tags on the Project, Planner, Approval and Team boards now respects any active filters and triggers a revised "hidden by filters" display
- Increased flexibility of the "Group By" dropdown when exporting or invoicing time entries. Previously this required at least two "groups" in order to group by a specific category.
- Staff members can no longer attempt to submit work time for dates before their employment start
- Client and project codes now auto-generate from the name, as they did in previous versions of Aerion
- When tabbing between dropdowns, especially in the time entry form, typing in a dropdown now filters the options straight away, as it did in previous versions of Aerion
v1.98.15 - 2026-07-21
- Added the Team Lead designation. This grants no additional privileges, but clarifies internal structure and can be seen on the Team Board and in exports.
- Minor adjustments to the layout of the Project Invoicing tab; renamed "Scheduled Invoices" to "Planned Invoices" in English.
- Improved completing super projects, with clearer guidance when a super project's sub-project(s) can't be deleted.
v1.98.14 - 2026-07-20
- Fixed an issue where certain menu options in more options dropdowns were causing the app to reload
v1.98.13 - 2026-07-17
- Improved Planner rendering performance on large boards
- Added row-visibility controls to the Planner for choosing which project and staff rows are shown, by viewport, scope, or all
- Added an unsaved-changes guard prompt when leaving the Find Users mode of the planner without saving
- Fixed a couple locations where milestones should have appeared, but did not
- Adjusted the find users list to re-sort by available capacity when the scope changes
- Added view management to the Team Board, bringing the view in line with other experiences
- Adjusted filter modals across the Project Board, Team Board, Planner, Approval, and Analytics for a more consistent experience
- Added CSV export to the Team Board
- Modernized the Absence view and related vacation budget views (for accounts not connected to an HRIS system)
- Loosened time-entry locking rules, allowing the creation of time entries on already submitted projects
- Various English and German wording standardization
v1.98.12 - 2026-07-14
- Links to LLM connectors / MCP server usage instructions added to Integrations page
- Detail panels now open as a centered dialog when viewed outside their home area
- The Approval review modal no longer cuts off entries in very busy week periods
v1.98.11 - 2026-07-09
- Standardized the toolbar across Analytics, Approval, Planner, Project Board, Dashboard, Team, and Tracking, with export actions now shown as buttons
- Added display options to the Approval view, with clearer staff-visibility filter labels
- Clearer worktime tooltips and validation status in the Approval view
- Adds a new display option on the tracking view to allow short time entries to grow vertically to fit their comment
- Improved consistency of confirm deletion modals
- Added quick links to manage custom fields, expense types, tags, and more from the project and staff panels, for users with appropriate permissions
- Added week separator lines in the Planner
- Adjusted initial loading animation
v1.98.10 - 2026-07-08
- Added success notifications when updating or creating items in places where they were not formerly present
- Add time entry and break buttons now sit in each day's column in the tracking view, instead of a split between the small buttons in the header and footer, which also resolves an issue where the break button was missing if an account was not using work time tracking
- Fixes an issue where new employment entries could not be created with the "Former" status.
- The edit time entry modal now focuses the first field on open and supports tab-key navigation between fields
- Graphical updates to the focus outline on form fields, buttons, and dropdowns to make the above change more obvious
- Clearer labels on approval view bulk actions
v1.98.9 - 2026-07-06
- The "Show total row" option is back for Excel exports of time entries
- Fixes an issue where the absence request count was not showing in the nav (for accounts without a native HR integration)
- New absence types can no longer be created while an HR integration is active
- Fixes a couple issues with milestones and tooltips in the Team Activity and My Week dashboard modules
- Projects in the Project Billing dashboard are now sorted alphabetically
v1.98.8 - 2026-07-01
- Fixed an issue where the project board could load blank right after signing in for users with limited PM access
- Updated the tracking view for accounts that opt out of the approval system
v1.98.7 - 2026-06-30
- Improved performance and added loading animations when manipulating Project Board views
- Fixes a missing hint in project dropdowns when results are limited due to too many results
- Improved amount, duration, and time-of-day inputs: corrections apply when you leave the field, and disabled steppers no longer respond to the +/- buttons
- Expense percentage is now shown and locked to the selected category when that category doesn't allow editing
- Improved edit time-entry modal on mobile
- Revised the HRIS integration settings to an updated display
- Fixed an issue where changing beta settings in Early Access could affect beta settings in production
- Improved Team Planner performance when many users are visible
v1.98.6 - 2026-06-18
- Updated page transitions on most routes
- Update in-page transitions when changing setttings/weeks/options in Project Board and Time Tracking
- Modernized SevDesk and HubSpot integration settings
- Added ability to reoder saved views on Project Board, Planner, and Dashboard.
- Revised Approval view filters so they now add query parameters to the URL
- Fixed an issue where sub-projects did not always pick up color changes from their parent
- Revised the flow and messaging when attempting to delete a project with depentent relations, this will now prompt to complete and archive the project instead
- The rows of archived items now have a clearer visual archived treatment in tables
- Added Archived indicator to side-panel headers
- Errors that were previously displayed directly from the backend have been localized, with additional descriptions of the problem
- Renamed the "Freelancer" user employment type to "External".
- Increased display resolution of uploaded company logos
- Fixed a display issue in the Edit Time Entry modal when the user is not assigned to any active projects
- Various tweaks to localization of buttons and section headers for consistency
v1.98.5 - 2026-06-10
- Your user profile is now accesible from the top of the navigation bar, allowing for access to analytics, editing, and skills (with the required permissions) without needing to visit the team board
- Fixed a loading issue in the Planner for a corner case where assignments from deleted projects were not cleaned up correctly
v1.98.4 - 2026-06-02
- Updated easybill integration settings design
- Improved Jira integration messaging during sync
- Refreshed Time Entry Analytics: new row design and updated date column
- Time Entry review modal no longer applies a confusing "no status" color
- Dashboard charts now respect your color settings; tooltips have a visible border; chart date range handling improved
- Project, Client, and User panels now open to the Edit view by default (previously Analytics)
- First input on an edit panel is autofocused, with the name field pre-selected
- Restored unsaved change confirm modal on side-panels that don't auto-save
- Team filtering now supports skill filters, with improved empty-state messaging
- Locked expense modal now explains why it's locked
- Improved messaging in the invoicing modal when the "Link time entries to invoice" is disabled because no entries exist to link
- Pressing Escape in the Project edit panel in the name / code fields now resets the value as intended
- The sub-projects budget summary in the Project panel now reflects the active filtered view rather than all sub-projects
v1.98.3 - 2026-06-01
- Internal/external designation of a planned invoice is now editable after it's been billed (a comment is required).
- Performance improvements on the project board and project/client side-panels, especially when dealing with large amounts of projects
- Improved browse behavior in the quick-change dropdowns in the header of the Project/Client/User/Team side panels
v1.98.2 - 2026-05-19
- Improved display of long external-billing-platform mapping options
- Fixed an issue that prevented toggling certain Project Board columns off
- Improved reactivity of Project Board totals when creating/editing/deleting an invoice, when the scope is set to a period other than All Time
- Added the ability to set Invoices and Planned Invoices as internal
- Added the ability to set an Effective Date for Invoices
- Added new KPIs and columns to show total values for Invoices and Planned Invoices, with a breakdown of internal vs external
- Fixed a display issue on the Tracking view when hovering an absence with unknown details due to permissions level
- Fixed an issue where a newly created expense from a recurring source was given an incorrect day
- Fixed an issue preventing the overriding of default Task Hourly rates at the Task Assignment level
- Fixed a couple instances of Budget related items not updating in the Project Board and Edit panel after making changes to hourly budget settings
v1.98.1 - 2026-05-13
- Added project and client tags into Project Board search dropdown
- Revised filtering/searching behavior in Planner to allow tag and skill searches to respect currently active filter
- Overhauled Jira issue sync/import experience
- Overhauled Team Board view experience to more closely match Project Board
- Added several preset Project Board filter views for new users
- Overhauled display of lock reasons in the Time Entry modal
- Updated design of success/info/warning/error toast messages
- Added global permission for accessing and managing own skill assignments
- Split team permissions for access/managing skill assignments
- Improved display of long project names in Planner
- Added a prompt to modify active filters in the Planner when searching for projects or users by tags or skills
- Prevented stale/cached/outdated employment hours from affecting available hours display in Planner
- Updated Project Board default board view to be broader / show more projects
- Removed a number of unnecessary “Success” banners from appearing when adjusting auto-save settings
- Added locked/invoiced display to time entry rows in Approval Review modal
- Revised appearance of “Unlocked” time entry icon to make it more clearly unlocked
- Added logic to prevent double submit actions in certain modals
- Fixed an issue preventing the display of the history log for Breaks
- Fixed several places there “h” was not included after durations
- Removed warnings about non-compliant daily break durations when work time tracking is turned off
- Fixed a UX issue when dragging/selecting text in modals that could cause the modal to unexpectedly close
- Standardized several translation issues in German about billed amounts
- Fixed some issues where duration formats were hardcoded rather than respecting user preferences
v1.98.0 - 2026-04-15
Initial Release of Aerion v2.0
Key features
- New, modern design including Dark Mode support
- Detail panels for Projects, Users, Clients, and Teams now openable from any page
- Customizable view management improved on project board, and brough to Planner and Approval experiences
- New planning experience, with single-project planning openable from any page
- Improved flows in Project and Team approval to speed up the approval process and improve unlocking flexibility
- Skill Management added, with tracking of skill development, new filtering options in the planner, and setup for future skill-based planning