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more information. We list some of things in the pipeline <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/features/coming_soon">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="testing-now"><a href="#testing-now" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> Testing now…</h3> <ul> <li>Certificate dependencies: Some certificates are only valid whilst prerequisites remain valid. This new feature checks the validity of a certificate against a defined set of other certificates. If one or more of the dependencies is no longer met, the certificate can be suspended and information will be available indicating the reason.</li> <li>Reinstating blockchain functionality.</li> <li>Certificate misrepresentation and brand management: A new feature to find misused or out-of-date badges and logos from certification schemes on webpages.</li> <li>In-app notifications to inform you about changes to certificates, imminent expiry of certificates, changes to watched items, etc.  Can be set for as approrpiate for your personal account as well as one or more organisation accounts you are associated with.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-20th-november-2024"><a href="#h-20th-november-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 20th November 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Added the option to have a side menu or top menu on issued, received and inspected certificate table / card view pages to suit different preferences</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1589</span></p> <p> </p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-7th-november-2024"><a href="#h-7th-november-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 7th November 2024</h3> <ul> <li>A major refresh of many aspects of the user experience, particularly certificate tables, certificate cards and the digital certificate itself. Some of the functionality should now be more intuitive and consistent, and also more efficient.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1473</span></p> <p> </p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-23rd-august-2024"><a href="#h-23rd-august-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 23rd August 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Some certification schemes are closely related, like a bronze, silver and gold level of membership. A new feature allows similar schemes to be <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/schemes/grouped-schemes">grouped</a> so that issued certificates can then be easily upgraded or downgraded along some preset options as to how the orginal and new certificates are handled.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1381</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-12th-august-2024"><a href="#h-12th-august-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 12th August 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Improved the speed of searching issued certificates by further indexing the database and moving the functionality to search for the issuer to an advanced search option.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1364</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-5th-august-2024"><a href="#h-5th-august-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 5th August 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Rebased the credit system to £1=100 credits rather than £1=10 credits so that <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/overview/pricing">prices</a> are easier to calculate and other new services can be priced with 1p resolution. Added a credit transaction record table on the credits page of both users and organisations. Added a new permission category for organisation users to manage and view credit transactions and credits.</li> <li>Improved the speed and consistency of <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/en/certificates/issuing#manual-issuance">manual certificate issuance</a> with new forms.</li> <li>Added .html and .txt code downloads to further help with embedding <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/displaying/email_smartbadges">smart badges</a> in email footers/signatures.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1314, PR-1316 and PR-1341</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-26th-june-2024"><a href="#h-26th-june-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 26th June 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Email forwarding to improve the onboarding experience after receiving a certificate, particularly if it has been sent to a colleague or IT consultant.</li> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/interact/search">Search</a> facility to find the profiles of individuals, organisations or things, encompassing their certification schemes and product & service card descriptions.</li> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/interact/connections">Connections</a> feature to allow two parties to mutually accept a connection to allow certificate information to be more easily shared in the future.</li> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/interact/watchlists">Watchlists</a> to monitor the certificates of individuals, organisations and/or things. This facilitates staff training and supply chain management.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1246 and PR-1259</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-14th-june-2024"><a href="#h-14th-june-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 14th June 2024</h3> <ul> <li>If a public expired certificate has been superseded by a new active certificate within an account, its <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/settings">status</a> will be marked as ‘superseded’ in the issued certificates entry, received certificates entry, and on the digital certificate page. A link is also provided to view the superseding certificate.</li> <li>The issued and received certificate <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/features/analytics">analytics</a> graph now shows ‘email smart badge clicks’ and ‘web smart badge clicks’ rather than displays, as this is a more useful metric to indicate that a certificate's smart badge has been noticed and acted on.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1229</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-11th-june-2024"><a href="#h-11th-june-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 11th June 2024</h3> <ul> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/issuing/bulk">Bulk issuance</a> of certificates can now be done from an uploaded .csv file as an intermediate option between sequentially issuing certificates manually and using API automation.</li> <li>Data can now be exported from received and inspected certificate tables using a similar facility available for issued certificates.</li> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/settings">Archived</a> certificates are no longer displayed on personal or organisation profile pages.</li> <li>Organisation account users can now be classified as <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/settings/organisation_settings#current-users">staff or assistants</a>. Assistants could be IT support or consultants that have some permissions associated with your account. Schemes relating to their personal certificates, if any are applicable, are not shown on the organisation's profile page.</li> <li>Users can now view (but not change) their assigned <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/settings/user-permissions">permissions</a> relating to an organisation account.</li> <li>Improved organisation domain management for email security, including highlighting which is your home page to facilitate with blue tick applications.</li> <li>The <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/navigation">navigation</a> dropdown for logging out now includes links to switch to personal and linked organisation accounts.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1194 and PR-1211</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-8th-may-2024"><a href="#h-8th-may-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 8th May 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Private certificates can now be <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/inspecting">inspected</a> using a provided share link, enabling the inspector to keep a record of their checks. The inspection area now includes inspection lists made by you and members of your organisation. Inspections by you or your organisation of a particular certificate can also be reached from the digital certificate page.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1146</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-30th-april-2024"><a href="#h-30th-april-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 30th April 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Certification scheme <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/schemes/setting-up#scheme-information">renewal and application links</a> to direct users to appropriate web pages. These new links augment the currently available certification scheme information link to help drive new applications and facilitate renewals from the platform.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1122</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-26th-april-2024"><a href="#h-26th-april-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 26th April 2024</h3> <ul> <li>The issued, received and inspected certificate pages now have improved and consistent menus allowing multiple filters to be applied together to improve searching through larger lists of certificates. The date range selector has also been improved to provide defaults and custom ranges on each of these pages. The inspected certificates page now makes use of the left-hand menu rather than non-standard tabs to display different types of inspections and self-presentations.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1114</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-24th-april-2024"><a href="#h-24th-april-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 24th April 2024</h3> <ul> <li>The certification scheme page now provides a name-on-certificate search facility for publicly viewable certificates issued within the scheme. This facilitiy makes it easier to find out if a particular person, organisation or thing is or has been certified and to click through and view the details.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1103</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-10th-april-2024"><a href="#h-10th-april-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 10th April 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Service accounts page now shows their API keys and activity in a drop-down area rather than having to go to a separate page.</li> <li>Users lists on <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/settings/organisation_settings">organisation settings</a> page improved and made more consistent on each page.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1078</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-27th-march-2024"><a href="#h-27th-march-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 27th March 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Added personal <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/overview/whatsnew">analytics</a> for user profile views and received certificates.</li> <li>Improved the layout of some pages so that menu positions and page urls are more consistent across the platform.</li> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/schemes/bespoke_id">Bespoke ID</a> of issued certificates, where applicable, now shown in the drop-down information on the issued certificates page.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1040</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-18th-march-2024"><a href="#h-18th-march-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 18th March 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Improved <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/overview/whatsnew">organisation settings</a> layout with clearer menus.</li> <li>Improved <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/features/analytics">analytics</a> with custom date filter and a league table for certificate and certification scheme.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-1021</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-1st-february-2024"><a href="#h-1st-february-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 1st February 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Revamped <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/navigation">personal dashboard</a> with personal settings, email addresses, and account security all now reached via one button. Personal analytics button ready for insights about your own profile and certificates along similar lines to that available for organisations. New ‘Interact’ button in place for some exciting features that will be rolled out soon.</li> <li>Additional filters on the Issued Certificates page allow results to be based on the accredited entity (organisation, individual or thing), whether the certificate's visibility is public or private, the ownership and verified status of the organisation, and the email status from when the certificate was sent. Certificates with name-mismatches can also be filtered.</li> <li>Improved organisation <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/features/analytics">analytics</a> now shows the key metrics in each section based on selectable time filters of month to date, last month, year to date, last year, and total.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-988</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-30th-january-2024"><a href="#h-30th-january-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 30th January 2024</h3> <ul> <li>Searching issued certificates now includes the email address that the certificates were issued (sent) to.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-980</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-26th-january-2024"><a href="#h-26th-january-2024" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 26th January 2024</h3> <ul> <li>The next <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/schemes/bespoke_id">Bespoke ID</a> that will be issued is now previewed in the certification scheme settings to help with fine tuning the format.</li> <li>A <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/organisations/widgets">certificate search widget</a> is now available for issuers to add to their website so that visitors can find certificates issued from one or more of their schemes and be directed to the digital certificate page.</li> <li>The pdf version (where applicable) of a digital certificate can now be downloaded as an 'Inspection Copy' by the issuer and recipient to share with those requesting a copy. This pdf ‘Inspection Copy’ also forms part of the formal inspection record when a digital certificate is inspected. This functionality is an option within the certification scheme settings.</li> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/uploading">Self-uploaded</a> certificates now have a clearer ‘View Evidence’ button, displaying the uploaded certificate file as a pdf with the ‘Inspection Copy’ watermark overlaid.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-974</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-14th-december-2023"><a href="#h-14th-december-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 14th December 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Improved <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/features/analytics">analytics</a> for organisations, including headline data about the organisation profile page, product & service cards, received certificates, and issued certificates.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-937</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-5th-december-2023"><a href="#h-5th-december-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 5th December 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Improved certificate inspection records, including tabulation of inspections by you and inspections of your certificates by others.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-907</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-27th-november-2023"><a href="#h-27th-november-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 27th November 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Certificate schemes now have category tags to improve classification and searching.</li> <li>Improvements to the self-uploaded certificate page to help find schemes based on name and category, as well as only showing those relevant to the role of the user (i.e. displaying certification scheme options suitable for an individual or organisation).</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-875</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-14th-november-2023"><a href="#h-14th-november-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 14th November 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Date range search filter added for issued certificates which in turn improves the selection of data that can be downloaded.</li> <li>Improved options for requesting help or reporting an issue via the link in the footer.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-856</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-3rd-november-2023"><a href="#h-3rd-november-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 3rd November 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Improved layout of settings and associated instructions for <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/displaying/smartbadges">smart badges</a>.</li> <li>Added the ability to search your issued certificates based on the name of the (non-service account) issuer within your organisation.</li> <li>Added more choice for the <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/settings/personal_settings">auto-logout time</a>: 1 hour, 10 hours, 1 day, 1 month, or never. 1 month is now the default setting.</li> <li>Included the custom fields and any suspended fields in the record of a certificate inspection.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-827</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-6th-october-2023"><a href="#h-6th-october-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 6th October 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added revised image placeholders for creating docx certificate templates.</li> <li>Improved the caching of pdf certificates so that once created they are quicker to view if there have been no changes since.</li> <li>Enabled the sorting of template schemes by creation date.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-783</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-2nd-october-2023"><a href="#h-2nd-october-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 2nd October 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Improved audit trail records for individuals and those acting on behalf of an organisation.</li> <li>More functionality on the table and card views of certificate schemes making it easier for those with lots of schemes to manage.</li> <li>Introduced a preview of a <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/schemes/bespoke_id">bespoke ID</a> in the set format in pdf certificate templates.</li> <li>Improved default labels for certified things (for supply chain tracking, change of custody and viewing certificates).</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-767 & P32</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-19th-september-2023"><a href="#h-19th-september-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 19th September 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Time zone support for certificate schemes, enabling issue, start and expiry times to be set based on your scheme location rather than being fixed by our London-based server time zone. London (GMT / BST) will remain the default setting.</li> <li>Improved certificate editing options to cope with newly added and suspended custom fields in relation to when the certificate was issued.</li> <li>Improved API activity table for organisation accounts, allowing column ordering.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-746 & P27</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-13th-september-2023"><a href="#h-13th-september-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 13th September 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Improved image placeholders in docx certificate templates for <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/schemes/pdf_certificates">pdf certificates</a>, allowing them to be stretched vertically or horizontally rather than being restricted to being a square. The replaced images retain their original aspect ratio but will fill the space defined by the placeholder, improving the rendering of rectangular images, logos, etc.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-P25</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-1st-september-2023"><a href="#h-1st-september-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 1st September 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added links to what's new (this page) and <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/features/coming_soon">coming soon</a> to the footer of the platform so users can quickly refer to these pages.</li> <li>The ‘<a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/navigation">select an account</a>’ dashboard buttons now support organisation logos optimised for the default black background setting used on the organisation profile pages.</li> <li>Added improved error reports for issues relating to pdf certificate generation processed via an API request.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-724</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-24th-august-2023"><a href="#h-24th-august-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 24th August 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added a facility to download up to 250 issued certificate search results as a csv format for off-platform analysis.</li> <li>Organisation profile pages can now show relevant <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/organisations/staff-schemes">certification schemes that associated staff (users) are accredited to</a>, showcasing personal training and attainment within an organisation.</li> <li>Organisation profile pages can now show <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/organisations/productservicecards">product / service cards</a> to help market what an organisation does alongside its accreditations.</li> <li>Searching issued, received and inspected certificates now supports accents, umlauts, etc.</li> <li>Incorporated links to this knowledge base.</li> <li>Added organisation contact details in <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/guide/settings/organisation_settings">organisation settings</a> for forwarding customer enquiries and billing.</li> <li><a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/displaying/smartbadges">Smart badges</a> on websites and in email signatures now stay visible and link to a replacement / successor certificate issued to the same entity from the same scheme. This means if the renewal process involves issuing a new certificate rather than renewing (extending) an existing certificate, the smart badge code does not need replacing. This feature also works retrospectively for website embedded smart badges, but not for existing email embedded smart badges, so their code will need updating.</li> <li>Added ‘View as yourself / view as visitor’ options to personal profile pages and certification scheme pages. This feature was already available on organisation profile pages and was presented in a different way on the personal profile pages.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-703</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-21st-june-2023"><a href="#h-21st-june-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 21st June 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added links to reach a user's profile page from the organisation accounts list, enabling staff's personal profiles to be easily viewed.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-619</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-23rd-may-2023"><a href="#h-23rd-may-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 23rd May 2023 </h3> <ul> <li>Added the ability to filter for the ‘imminent expiry’ of certificates on the issued, received, inspected and self-presented certificate tables.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-596</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-20th-may-2023"><a href="#h-20th-may-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 20th May 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added an ‘imminent expiry’ warning icon to the issued, received and inspected certificate tables.</li> <li>Added a new optional field in certification schemes for scheme owners to provide a weblink to their external information page.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-590</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-14th-april-2023"><a href="#h-14th-april-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 14th April 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added background transparency option for <a class="is-internal-link is-valid-page" href="/certificates/displaying/smartbadges">smart badges</a> for embedding in websites and email footers</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-576</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-29th-march-2023"><a href="#h-29th-march-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 29th March 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Improved the management of service accounts for API automation. Included highlighting their permissions in the certification scheme overview and providing a warning about editing a scheme if it is likely to be in use by a service account, as this could introduce errors.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-568</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-28th-march-2023"><a href="#h-28th-march-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 28th March 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added the ability to delete ‘Test/Demo’ certificates.</li> <li>Added coloured email status icons to the issued certificates table to indicate if it has been sent, received, opened or rejected/bounced.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-565</span> </p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-21st-march-2023"><a href="#h-21st-march-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 21st March 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Improved the interface for self-uploading legacy certificates with more information about the available schemes and who manages them.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-562</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-28th-february-2023"><a href="#h-28th-february-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 28th February 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added an icon to indicate if an organisation has a registered owner on the platform.  This is visible both on the organisation profile page and the issued certificates table.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-545</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-24th-january-2023"><a href="#h-24th-january-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 24th January 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added some certificate insights for certification scheme owners showing:<ul> <li>the percentage of their issued certificate smart badges that have been embedded on websites and emails.</li> <li>the number of views by date of their issued certificates, inspected certificates, website embedded smart badges and email embedded smart badges.</li> <li>the number of issued certificates by date for each of their certification schemes.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-516</span></p> <h3 class="toc-header" id="h-20th-january-2023"><a href="#h-20th-january-2023" class="toc-anchor">¶</a> 20th January 2023</h3> <ul> <li>Added password reset facility in account settings, rather than only being able to this from the login page.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:right;"><span class="text-small">Our ref: PR-513</span></p> <p>Earlier updates, prior to 2023, are not publicly documented.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div></template><template slot="comments"><div><comments></comments></div></template></page></div></body></html>