What's new
Changelog
Every change that makes CrossBeam better for the cities and builders who use it, written up the night it ships.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Permit Assistant opens on a centered city-specific prompt
City chat links now open that city's assistant whether or not you're signed in, starting on one centered question, "What are you building?". Suggestions are the city's own curated questions plus "I'm not sure what permit I need", and the page drops the cycling multilingual placeholder and duplicate title.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
PreCheck assistant explains pin colors correctly
Asked what the pins on a sheet mean, the assistant now gives the same answer every time: red is a correction, orange needs review, green passes, coral marks an unreadable result and grey is not applicable. Four help pages that listed a nonexistent purple pin now match the sheet viewer.
PreCheck assistant shows only the answer
Applicants no longer see a stray "I need to look up..." line above an answer. Any text written before a help-page lookup is held back and dropped from the stream, so only the final answer appears; short direct answers now arrive all at once.
PreCheck assistant stops guessing at FastPass timing
The PreCheck page assistant no longer announces that it is looking something up, and no longer invents reasons for FastPass turnaround. It now says FastPass is priority review with no set timeline and sends timing questions to the Building Division.
PreCheck assistant answers questions about the whole flow
Applicants on a city's PreCheck page get real answers about submitting, rounds, re-checks, corrections and FastPass instead of "I don't have information". The assistant draws on a built-in guide to the PreCheck flow and opens the relevant help-library page when it needs more detail.
Friday, October 2, 2026
PreCheck results work on phones
On phones, result tabs scroll on one line, the findings toolbar keeps search and Assistant in reach, and Assistant opens as a bottom sheet. An opened finding shows its full title and a Show on sheet button, the plan sheet drawer opens at 75% of the screen, and wide tables scroll in their own box.
Focused PreCheck accounts and slow-run notices
Applicants with only city-paid PreChecks now see just Projects and their city's Ask AI assistant, without Job Sites or Drive. If a run is still going at 90 minutes, the applicant gets one email saying results are taking longer than usual and will arrive by email.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Abandoned PreCheck uploads are cleaned up
An upload left unfinished for 24 hours, for example after the applicant closed the tab, is now removed along with its stored files. The PreCheck FAQ assistant now says phone photos in JPG, PNG or HEIC are accepted and that a PDF plan set reviews best.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Correct publish dates for Laguna Beach applications
Ask AI now gives the City's own publish dates for the replaced Laguna Beach SB 9, ADU and CUP applications, rather than the date CrossBeam last checked the City website.