📋 PRODUCT UPDATES

Changelog & Product Updates

Track all new features, performance improvements, and security enhancements added to PDFCore Studio.

v1.3.0 — Latest Release August 2026

Social Proof, Security Hardening & Live Stats Engine

Added real-time privacy-safe live usage telemetry API endpoint (`/api/stats/live`).
Hardened CORS policies across Platform API routes and moved encryption keys to `.env` vault.
Introduced customer social proof bar with Chrome Web Store star ratings and user testimonials.
Added footer newsletter lead capture with free PDF Cheatsheet downloads.
Added PWA manifest references and expanded FAQ answers for HIPAA/GDPR compliance.

v1.2.2 July 2026

Multi-Gateway Billing & Business Teams Console

Integrated Stripe & PayPal Live Gateways with cryptographic HMAC license key issuance.
Added Business Team management dashboard for multi-seat organization licenses.
Enhanced 300 DPI lossy and lossless PDF to image rasterization engines in RAM.

v1.2.0 June 2026

26 Dedicated Tool Engines & Visual Page Organizer

Added visual drag-and-drop Page Organizer for reordering, rotating, and deleting PDF pages.
Expanded local engines to 26 tools including Bates stamping, form flattening, and metadata sanitization.
Optimized client-side WebAssembly execution speed for multi-hundred page documents.

v1.1.1 May 2026

Chrome Extension Stability & UI Polish

Fixed extension popup rendering issues on Chrome 124+ with updated Manifest V3 service worker.
Improved dark/light theme persistence across popup close and reopen cycles.
Added PWA installable experience with offline service worker caching.

v1.1.0 April 2026

Office Document Converters & Webpage Capture

Added Word to PDF, Excel to PDF, PowerPoint to PDF, and reverse PDF extraction engines.
Introduced Webpage to PDF full-page HD screenshot capture with html2canvas.
Added AES-256 password protection and PDF unlocking engines using pdf-lib.

v1.0.0 March 2026

Initial Release — Core PDF Toolkit

Launched PDFCore Studio Chrome Extension with Manifest V3 compliance.
Core tools: Merge PDF, Split PDF, Compress PDF, Rotate PDF, Watermark PDF.
100% client-side architecture — all processing in browser RAM, zero cloud uploads.
Dark & light theme support with persistent preference storage.