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Changelog

Every change that makes CrossBeam better for the cities and builders who use it, written up the night it ships.

Sunday, October 4, 2026

ImprovedPre-Check

PreCheck re-checks grade only the requested fixes

A round 2 PreCheck grades only the items the applicant was told to fix: fixed, partly fixed, still open, or not in this upload. The counts are computed once, so the email, FastPass and results card agree. Re-dropping the same address offers "Re-check my fixed plans".

Saturday, October 3, 2026

ImprovedPre-Check

Resubmittal briefs keep round 1 comment numbers

On a resubmittal, the brief keeps the first round's comment numbers, marks each comment Still open or New this round, and lists cleared comments under their old numbers. The re-check card reads, for example, "3 of 4 previous comments cleared".

Friday, October 2, 2026

ImprovedPre-Check

Email typo check, round numbers and a Re-check button

The PreCheck form now suggests a fix for near-miss email domains like gmial.com, and the Terms step fits phones with the checkbox in a sticky footer. Receipts, status pages and emails show Round 2 of 3 for this address, and results have a Re-check your revised plans button showing free rounds left.

Thursday, October 1, 2026

ImprovedPre-Check

Usage page opens on PreCheck submittals

City admins in a PreCheck program now land on PreCheck submittals when they open Usage, and each row shows its round, permit kind and date, such as Round 2, ADU, Oct 3.

Free PreCheck rounds count per unit, not per address

Each condo, apartment or suite at one street address now gets its own free PreCheck rounds instead of sharing them. Unit spellings like "#A", "Unit A", "Apt A" and "Suite A" are normalized to the same unit, and addresses without a unit work as before.

Buy another PreCheck round after the free ones

After an address uses its city-paid PreCheck rounds, the applicant can upload the next version and pay by card in the resubmit dialog; payment grants the credits and starts the review. Emails for that round drop the city-sponsored wording.

ImprovedPre-Check

Applicants now see the PreCheck name and new terms

Every applicant-facing email, results page, certificate PDF and terms page now uses the PreCheck name, and the terms move to a new version that applicants accept once on their next submittal.

ImprovedPre-Check

Used-up PreCheck addresses see the next-round option

Once an address has used its free PreCheck rounds, the results page replaces the next-version button with a notice showing the price of the next round, and the resubmit dialog explains the refusal in the same words.

Plain-language PreCheck errors and refreshed terms

Every error the PreCheck intake, retry and resubmit dialogs can return now shows written guidance instead of a raw error code, round-limit messages show the actual limit, and an applicant whose terms page went stale is prompted to read and accept the current version.

Long PreCheck reviews keep their billing hold

A PreCheck review still processing, or paused waiting on applicant answers, past 24 hours now keeps its address hold and billing record, so it completes and is charged correctly. Only submittals that never started are released by the daily cleanup.

One PreCheck receipt for every submittal round

Resubmitting revised plans for round 2 or 3 now sends its own submission receipt email. Each round is tracked separately, so a retry within the same round still never sends a duplicate.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

PermitReady FastPass certificate for strong re-checks

Buena Park pre-check applicants who resolve more than half of the prior round's Fix items on a re-check earn a printable FastPass certificate to attach to their plan check submittal. City staff can confirm it on a public verify page; it does not promise faster review.