What's new
Changelog
Every change that makes CrossBeam better for the cities and builders who use it, written up the night it ships.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
City Record pulls work again in the screener
City Record lookups that failed since Oct 1 now complete. The Laserfiche portal began redirecting searches back to the same page with new cookies; the client now follows those redirects by hand and keeps every cookie, stopping with a clear error on a loop.
Friday, October 2, 2026
One consistent PreCheck time estimate
Every applicant screen and email now says results take 30 to 90 minutes, including the intake page, receipt, live status ticker, FAQ and receipt email. The range comes from completed reviews on real plan sets, which took about 35 to 70 minutes.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
PreCheck states it may miss requirements
Before starting, applicants now confirm that PreCheck may not catch every code requirement and that City staff may find more corrections in plan review. The terms add a matching "Not a Complete Review" section, so every applicant re-accepts the updated terms.
Empty pre-check and corrections runs now fail
A pre-check or corrections analysis that produces no report now ends as failed and releases its hold, instead of completing with a blank result that looked clean. A report with zero findings still completes normally.
Run activity and failure messages show only status
Review progress lines and the failed-run card now show plain status, such as turns completed or that a run reached its limit, including on older runs.
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.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
One fail per City ask on resubmittals
Resubmittal screenings now check only whether each City ask was delivered, across every current file, with one round summary. A delivered item with a defect, such as a missing signature, resolves its ask and shows as a staff note rather than a new applicant fail.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Resubmittals graded against what staff asked for
A screener resubmittal is now graded only against what City staff actually asked for, read from the permit system's communications, review comments and marked-up attachments, and against the whole current application rather than only that round's uploads.
Resubmitted filings return to Incomplete Tasks
When an applicant resubmits a filing staff returned, it now moves back to Incomplete Tasks with its Returned by chip, instead of staying in Completed Tasks where it could be missed.