What's new in Billda

A new Activity report lists every booked labour item with CSV export, whole folders upload in one drag, and the site burndown chart levels up.

• Booked-work list under Activity: every booked item between two dates with value, % complete, who booked it, site and plot, exportable to CSV
• Drag a whole folder into site files and the structure comes with it
• Burndown chart upgrade: a dedicated unbooked line, variations shown above total labour, and sharper numbers underneath
• Smoother mobile scrolling, with every list row clearing the floating bottom nav
• Under the hood: portal and mobile now share a generated, type-safe API client, so app and backend always agree

Photo evidence, already on variations, now covers labour-item bookings too: proof of work that travels with the booking all the way to approval.

• Attach photos when booking a labour item, just like variations, visible to the approver and in the portal
• Add or swap photos freely right up to approval; after that they're locked in as the record of work
• Missed-verification pots now surface in the mobile app with a built-in help guide walking you through next steps
• Clearer status naming: "Missed Verification Deadline" tells you exactly where a pot stands

Pots now recover from stalls on their own, and labour items can be cancelled straight from approval review.

• Self-recovering pots: if a pot stalls mid-week the platform detects it and moves it on automatically, keeping every week flowing
• Cancel a labour item directly from the approval review screen and resolve issues where you spot them
• Groundwork laid for the next-generation portal

Site files get real folders, and the landing page gets a changelog, contact form, and printable gang-leader handout.

• Full folder system for site files: create nested folders, move and rename files, and restore anything you need back
• Downloads arrive with their proper filenames, special characters included
• Public changelog page (the one you're reading) plus a call button and contact form on the landing site
• Printable gang-leader leaflet to hand out on site

A major codebase reorganisation plus a new persistent upload tray for site files and mobile form modernisation.

• New persistent upload tray — drag-and-drop bulk uploads with live progress, speed, ETA, and retry that stays pinned while you navigate
• Move-to-primary-pot action lets admins promote or merge non-primary carried-over pots so negative or leftover pots don't block the period
• Monorepo reorganised into apps/, backend/, packages/, and tools/ for clearer boundaries and faster builds
• Portal and mobile restructured into strict vertical feature slices
• Mobile forms migrated from Yup to Zod, now aligned with the booking form patterns
• Portal migrated to the new @billda/api v2 client; legacy v1 endpoints removed
• Android heads-up banner notifications and native app version on the profile screen
• Site import flow refactored to FormProvider with extracted hooks and a Zod schema
• Job runner gains App Insights telemetry and timezone/ICU support for reliable scheduled work

Site managers can now attach files directly to sites, admins get an org-wide variations view, and pots gain auto-submit scheduling.

• Upload PDFs, images, spreadsheets, and documents directly to sites; download with live progress feedback; duplicate filenames blocked automatically
• New org-wide variations list page — browse all variation requests, filter by site or status, grouped by payment period week
• Ad-hoc workers can now view pots they're part of, including submitted pots and rejection reasons on the review screen
• Pots can be set to auto-submit on a recurring schedule — no more manual submission each week
• Rejected allocations can now be cancelled; admin cancellations appear in the allocation event timeline
• Contractors see available (unbooked) plot value before booking, reducing back-and-forth with site managers
• Contrast fixes across portal and mobile; variation description field capped to prevent overflow on approval screens

Workers can now be offboarded from gangs, invoices generate as PDFs, and new organisations collect key details at sign-up.

• Offboard gang members with dedicated role and permissions — removes workers from active splits while preserving history
• Generate invoice PDFs for completed payment runs
• Collect organisation details during sign-up and allow login before an org is created
• Consolidate split configuration onto individual gang members for clearer payout management
• Site burndown chart showing progress against planned work
• Simplified pricing page with a unified £2/week everything-included model
• Fixed finance navigation bugs: week selection preserved on back-nav, no more 404 loop on first load
• Cleaner CSV payment exports and reduced auth error noise in observability

New admin dashboard with real-time metrics and charts, a smoother onboarding experience for early adopters, and a major backend upgrade to .NET 10.

• Admin dashboard with metrics cards, pot status donut chart, and weekly allocation trends across multiple periods
• Guided onboarding flow with persistent progress FAB, auto-populated fields, and clearer invite/assignment steps
• Full-screen user detail page for assigning workers to sites
• Streamlined mobile booking — removed part/full drawer and redesigned gang/solo pot selection
• Rich empty states across portal pots, deductions, and payments pages
• Feature switch management for platform admins with categories and flag graduation
• Backend upgraded to .NET 10 with Vite 8 and Vitest 4 on the frontend

Guided onboarding, light theme, and gang management tools ship ahead of our first early-adopter cohort next week.

• Platform admin tools: internal staff can now create and manage organisations from the portal, with welcome emails and invitation tracking, ready for next week's early-adopter onboarding
• Getting-started checklist guides new org owners through site import, team setup, and first booking after accepting their invitation
• Trade-specific CSV templates let new users import a pre-built site for their trade (joinery, plumbing, electrical, bricklaying, timber frame) in one click
• Full light theme: every screen across portal and mobile now has a useable light mode with correct status bar colours
• Gang deletion and role management: admins can soft-delete gangs with no active pots and change any user's role from the portal
• Delete variation images before approval, and view variation photos on the admin approval page
• Rebuilt swipe-to-go-back navigation fixes profile switching, pot details, and allocation view back-gesture bugs

A complete portal mobile-first overhaul, photo uploads on variations, and full back-office deduction management.

• Fully responsive portal — new collapsible sidebar, breadcrumb navigation, and every list view rebuilt for mobile and tablet
• Compact/comfortable density toggle lets users switch between information-dense and spacious layouts
• Upload and view photos on variation allocations with background upload support on iOS and Android
• Back-office admins can now create, edit, and cancel deductions — with push notifications to gang leaders
• Slider mode on the pot split screen for quicker, more intuitive wage adjustments
• Ad-hoc workers now appear correctly on payments, and solo pot owners can edit or remove them before submitting
• Swipe-to-go-back gesture previews on mobile with navigation loop fixes across booking and detail screens

The biggest infrastructure investment since launch — keeping workers informed and the app feeling great.

• Full push notification system: booking reminders, submission deadlines, and pot lifecycle events
• Per-organisation toggle so admins control which notifications their teams receive
• Mobile app v2 visual overhaul — new skin, improved swipe gestures, and a unified skeleton loading system
• Redesigned profile screen with cleaner layout and faster access to details
• Finance portal gains a dedicated deductions tab and admin deduction tools
• New CI/CD pipeline consolidates all deployments behind a single approval gate

More transparency for workers and gang leaders — less chasing supervisors for information.

• Gang leaders can view per-member payment history directly from the gang settings screen
• Workers now have broader visibility into pots on their sites
• Payment breakdowns stay visible after a pot is marked as paid — full audit trail preserved
• Equal split overrides are now honoured correctly when booking new allocations
• Role hierarchy ordering added to the admin portal invite flow

The first version of Billda is live — mobile app, admin portal, and real site data, all talking to each other.

• Mobile app live on iOS and Android: workers can log in, view their sites, and see plot breakdowns
• Admin portal lets supervisors manage sites, assign workers, and track allocations
• Magic-link email authentication — no passwords, no friction
• Real site data wired up end-to-end, replacing all mock data
• Railway deployment pipeline in place with automatic CI builds
• Shared theming across mobile and admin portal from day one