Product Updates

What's new in FlowQuota

A clear view of what has shipped recently, what changed, and where the product is heading next. Newest releases appear first so you can scan quickly and dive deeper only when you want more detail.

Latest Release

Most recent shipped update

Latest v01.43.1 05 June 2026

Scheduler Observability Patch

FlowQuota now logs concise AI Briefing scheduler summaries from the web service.

Added

  • Added safe server-side logging for AI Briefing scheduler outcomes.
  • Logged rejected scheduler calls without exposing scheduler secrets.
  • Kept scheduler generation, notification, billing and entitlement behaviour unchanged.
Release History

Earlier updates

Summary first, with optional detail on demand.

v01.43.0 05 June 2026

Time-Zone-Aware AI Briefing Scheduler

FlowQuota can now generate weekly AI Briefings automatically during each user's local Monday morning window.

Details

Added

  • Added a protected scheduler endpoint for weekly AI Briefing generation.
  • Used user time zones to process eligible AI users during their local Monday morning window.
v01.42.0 04 June 2026

User Time Zone Foundation

FlowQuota now stores user time zones to support future local-week AI Briefing schedules.

Details

Updated

  • Added user time zone storage and validation.
  • Added Settings support for managing a user’s time zone.
  • Prepared local week-boundary helpers for future time-zone-aware AI Briefing automation.
v01.41.0 24 May 2026

AI Tier Operational Readiness

FlowQuota now gives admins better visibility into AI-tier access, briefing status and notification readiness.

Details

Updated

  • Added admin visibility into AI users, access sources and briefing activity.
  • Added operational views for generated, unread, failed and unnotified AI briefings.
  • Added configuration readiness checks to support safer AI-tier operations.
v01.40.2 18 May 2026

Privacy and Terms AI Update

FlowQuota now explains how AI Briefings fit into the product, privacy and subscription terms.

Details

Updated

  • Updated Privacy wording for AI Briefings, notification emails and AI provider processing.
  • Updated Terms wording for AI-generated productivity guidance and AI-tier access.
  • Clarified that AI Briefings depend on enough focus data and are designed as productivity support.
v01.40.1 18 May 2026

AI Briefing Guidance and Email Copy

FlowQuota now explains AI Briefings more clearly and sends a stronger notification when a briefing is ready.

Details

Updated

  • Updated user guidance for AI Briefings on the Instructions page.
  • Improved the AI Briefing ready email to better explain the value of opening the briefing.
  • Clarified that AI Briefings become more useful as users track more focus sessions.
v01.40.0 17 May 2026

AI Tier Stripe Packaging and Invite Setup

FlowQuota AI is now packaged for controlled commercial rollout with pricing, checkout, and invite-trial support.

Details

Updated

  • Added AI tier checkout support.
  • Pricing added for FlowQuota AI at £6.50 per month with a 14-day trial path.
  • Prepared AI invite and billing flows for controlled AI-tier rollout while Pro AI remains Coming Soon.
v01.39.4 17 May 2026

AI Briefing Duplicate Generation Guard

FlowQuota now prevents duplicate generated AI briefings from being created manually for the same user and week.

Details

Fixed

  • Added duplicate protection to manual AI briefing generation.
  • Kept skipped and failed briefing attempts retryable.
  • Improved admin clarity when a generated weekly briefing already exists.
v01.39.3 16 May 2026

AI Entitlement Precedence Fix

FlowQuota AI access grants correctly handled alongside Core and Stripe access.

Details

Fixed

  • Fixed AI and Pro AI access so they include Core timer capabilities.
  • Allowed active AI invite grants to elevate product access without changing Stripe billing state.
  • Improved entitlement handling for controlled AI-tier testing.
v01.39.2 16 May 2026

Admin Invite Grant Replacement

FlowQuota admin update.

Details

Added

  • Added admin replacement flow for invite-based access grants.
  • Improved admin control for controlled AI-tier access management.
v01.39.1 16 May 2026

Admin AI Access Grant

FlowQuota update for Admin Users.

Details

Added

  • Added a new admin workflow.
  • Enabled controlled AI and Pro AI access.
  • Improved admin control for testing.
v01.39.0 16 May 2026

AI Briefing Notification Email

FlowQuota now has the foundation for notifying users when an AI briefing is ready.

Details

Added

  • Added email notification support for newly generated AI briefings.
  • Added notification logging to prevent duplicate briefing alerts.
v01.38.0 16 May 2026

AI Briefing Scheduler Foundation

FlowQuota now has the foundation for automatically preparing weekly AI productivity briefings.

Details

Added

  • Added an admin-triggered weekly AI briefing generation check.
  • Added duplicate prevention for already generated weekly briefings.
  • Improved operational visibility for generated, skipped, and failed briefing outcomes.
v01.37.0 16 May 2026

AI Briefing History and Notification UX

FlowQuota now makes AI briefings easier to revisit and notice inside the product.

Details

Added

  • Added history selection for generated weekly AI briefings.
  • Added read-state foundations for AI briefing notifications.
  • Added an in-product notification badge for new AI briefings.
v01.36.0 16 May 2026

AI Briefing Admin Controls

FlowQuota now has improved internal controls for managing future AI productivity briefings.

Details

Added

  • Added admin controls to trigger weekly AI briefing generation on demand.
  • Added visibility into the status of AI briefing generation attempts.
  • Added safeguards to prevent duplicate briefing generation and manage potential issues.
v01.35.0 12 May 2026

Weekly AI Briefing Generation Foundation

FlowQuota now has the foundation for generating and storing weekly AI productivity briefings.

Details

Added

  • Added the backend foundation for weekly AI briefing generation.
  • Added structured storage for generated productivity briefings.
  • Prepared the AI Briefing area to display generated weekly insights when available.
v01.34.0 12 May 2026

AI Briefing Surface Foundation

FlowQuota now has the first in-app surface for future AI productivity briefings.

Details

Added

  • Added a new AI Briefing area inside the product.
  • Added a coming-soon explanation for weekly and monthly productivity briefings.
  • Prepared the product experience for future AI-assisted focus insights.
v01.33.0 12 May 2026

Weekly Briefing Data Foundation

FlowQuota now has the structured data foundation for future AI productivity briefings.

Details

Added

  • Added deterministic weekly productivity summary data for future AI briefings.
  • Added previous-week comparison metrics.
  • Added data-sufficiency checks to avoid weak or unsupported AI insights.
v01.32.0 12 May 2026

AI Tier Briefing Specification

FlowQuota now has a clearer product foundation for its upcoming AI-assisted productivity tier.

Details

Added

  • Defined the product direction for future AI productivity briefings.
  • Clarified how weekly and monthly briefings should support focus improvement.
  • Set the foundation for future in-app AI productivity insights.
v01.31.1 12 May 2026

Stripe Subscription Sync Hardening

Improved subscription access reliability when Stripe subscription periods update.

Details

Changed

  • Improved handling of Stripe subscription updates so active subscriptions continue to reflect the correct access period.
  • Strengthened billing tests for active discounted subscriptions and renewal-period updates.
v01.31.0 11 May 2026

Signup Quality and Admin Usage Dashboard

FlowQuota now captures clearer signup context and gives admins a better view of activation and usage quality.

Details

Added

  • Added lightweight signup context to help understand what type of users are joining FlowQuota.
  • Added an admin usage dashboard showing registrations, activation, sessions, focus minutes, and invite-code performance.
  • Added visibility into users who register but have not yet started their first focus session.
v01.30.0 11 May 2026

Trial Activation Quality

Improved the trial journey to help new users start their first FlowQuota session sooner.

Details

Changed

  • Updated the public trial journey to use a 14-day FlowQuota Core trial.
  • Improved pricing-page messaging around starting a first focus session.
  • Added a new activation email for users who register but do not start a timer within the first few days.
v01.29.0 9 May 2026

Pricing Page Foundation

FlowQuota now has a clearer pricing page to help new users understand current and upcoming plans.

Details

Added

  • Added a public pricing page showing the live Core plan and upcoming AI tiers.
  • Added pricing navigation to the login and registration journey.
  • Improved pre-signup plan clarity for users considering FlowQuota.
v01.28.0 9th May 2026

Registration and Billing Alerts

FlowQuota now sends founder-facing operational alerts.

Details

Added

  • Admin alerts for new user registrations.
  • Added Stripe alerts.
  • Added an admin alert.
v01.27.0 1st May 2026

Navigation Cleanup

FlowQuota now has a cleaner navigation experience, with admin tools grouped together and secondary links moved into a consistent footer.

Details

Changed

  • Grouped admin-only tools under a single Admin menu.
  • Moved Updates, Terms, and Privacy into a permanent footer across the app.
  • Improved navigation clarity on desktop and mobile.

Improved

  • Reduced top navigation clutter so core workflows are easier to scan.
  • Kept important product, terms, and privacy links available from every page.
v01.26.0 1st May 2026

Lifecycle Email Scheduler

Trial expiry lifecycle emails will now be sent automatically.

Details

Added

  • Added an admin lifecycle email check for upcoming and expired complimentary trial access.
  • Automated trial expiry emails now use the existing Resend templates, delivery path, checkout URL logic, and send logging.
  • Lifecycle email logs now track the access period used for duplicate prevention.

Safeguards

  • Stripe-managed subscribers, cancelled-but-still-active subscribers, perpetual comped users, and users without access expiry are skipped.
  • Missing email configuration fails safely with a skipped lifecycle email log.
v01.25.0 30 April 2026

Transactional Email Consolidation

Welcome and password reset emails now use FlowQuota's Resend transactional email foundation.

Details

Changed

  • Moved welcome and password reset delivery onto Resend.
  • Logged transactional email outcomes with clear template keys and provider message IDs when available.
  • Removed the legacy outbound SMTP configuration surface from Docker and example environment settings.
v01.24.0 28 April 2026

Lifecycle Email Foundation

Added the first lifecycle email capability so key trial and billing messages can be previewed, sent, and logged.

Details

Added

  • Added lifecycle email templates for trial and subscription messages.
  • Added admin preview and manual send controls for lifecycle emails.
  • Added Resend-based email delivery with send logging.
v01.23.0 27th April 2026

Trial Conversion Foundation

FlowQuota now gives complimentary trial users a clearer voluntary path to continue with Core through Stripe Checkout.

Details

Added

  • Active time-limited complimentary users now see a conversion action before access ends.
  • Expired complimentary trial users now see a Core checkout action without needing to re-register.
  • Invite-linked Stripe promotion or coupon identifiers can now be carried into Checkout when configured.

Changed

  • Billing settings now include clearer complimentary access expiry messaging.
  • Stripe remains a voluntary checkout path and no paid subscriptions are created automatically when complimentary access expires.
v01.22.0 26th April 2026

Billing Clarity Pass

FlowQuota now has clearer billing and access messaging.

Details

Changed

  • Improved plan, subscription and access wording.
  • Made complimentary Core access clearer for eligible users.
  • Updated billing actions so active Core users are not prompted to upgrade unnecessarily.
v01.21.0 21st April 2026

GA4 Product Analytics Foundation

FlowQuota now has improved product analytics to help understand key journeys.

Details

Changed

  • Improved visibility into user behaviourto support better future decisions.

Added

  • Product analytics tracking.
v01.20.0 19th April 2026

Operational Controls and Reliability Improvements

This release strengthens some of the systems behind FlowQuota to improve platform reliability, internal control, and day-to-day product operations.

Details

Changed

  • Internal management workflows have been refined to make product operations cleaner and more reliable
  • Some admin-facing interfaces have been improved to support faster handling and reduce friction

Added

  • New internal operational controls to support smoother product administration
  • Improved tracking of key account activity to support future service improvements

Fixed

  • Improved handling for certain invalid internal admin routes so the platform behaves more cleanly in edge cases
v01.19.0 5th April 2026

Login page upgraded for a clearer return experience

The login page has been upgraded to give returning users a stronger reminder of what FlowQuota is for and why it is worth coming back to, while keeping sign-in fast and straightforward. The page now does a better job of reinforcing the brand and the value of structured focus without getting in the way of access.

Details

Changed

  • The login page now includes clearer brand and value messaging designed for returning users rather than first-time visitors.
  • The page layout has been upgraded to feel more polished and commercially intentional while keeping the login form as the main focus.
  • A lightweight supporting panel has been added to reinforce FlowQuota's focus-intelligence positioning and the value of building consistent working patterns over time.
v01.18.0 5th April 2026

Registration page upgraded for clearer commercial onboarding

We've upgraded the registration page to give new users a clearer introduction to FlowQuota while keeping signup fast and straightforward.

Details

Changed

  • Added a more polished registration layout with stronger visual hierarchy
  • Introduced clearer product messaging to explain FlowQuota before signup
  • Added a lightweight insight panel to reflect the product's focus-intelligence positioning
  • Improved desktop layout balance so both sides of the page align more cleanly
v01.17.0 3rd April 2026

Instructions page rewritten for launch readiness

The Instructions page has been fully rewritten and redesigned to make FlowQuota easier to understand and quicker to use. It now includes clear quick-start guidance, better visual structure, and dedicated help for core product areas including History, Reports, and Settings.

Details

Changed

  • Replaced placeholder Instructions copy with real product guidance
  • Redesigned the page into a clearer, easier-to-scan layout
  • Added a support contact route in the “Still need help?” section
v01.16.0 3rd April 2026

Smoother sign-up from the FlowQuota website

New users arriving from the FlowQuota website can now land directly on registration with their invite code already filled in, making sign-up faster and more seamless.

Details

Changed

  • Website registration links can now take users straight to the registration page instead of sign-in
  • Invite codes passed in the registration URL now prefill automatically in the Invite Code field

Fixed

  • Reduced friction in the sign-up flow for website visitors using invite-based access
v01.15.0 3rd April 2026

Billing CTA Logic Improved

The Billing section on Settings now reflects your current plan more clearly. This update prevents misleading upgrade actions for users who already have Core access and prepares the upgrade path for future tiers.

Details

Changed

  • The main Billing CTA on Settings now responds to the user’s current plan
  • Core users no longer see an active 'Upgrade to Core' button
  • The upgrade path has been structured more clearly for future tiers

Fixed

  • Resolved misleading upgrade behaviour in Settings for users who already had Core access
v01.14.0 31st March 2026

Invite-Specific Welcome Onboarding

FlowQuota now supports invite-specific welcome messaging after signup. This means different invite types can deliver tailored onboarding copy, highlight the right coupon code, and guide users into the correct next step more clearly.

Details

Added

  • Invite-specific welcome messaging
  • Prominent coupon code display during onboarding
  • One-time welcome modal tracking

Changed

  • Onboarding can now vary depending on the invite code used
v01.13.0 31st March 2026

Invite-Based Access Foundations

FlowQuota now has a stronger access foundation behind the scenes. This update improves how invite-based access is handled, including support for standard invited access, time-limited comped Core access, and perpetual comped Core access. It lays the groundwork for clearer billing states, smoother onboarding, and future product-tier upgrades.

Details

Added

  • Support for multiple invite-based access types
  • A stronger entitlement model for managing user access
  • New internal logic to support future product-tier controls

Changed

  • Invite-based signup now assigns access more cleanly and consistently
  • Session access now follows a more reliable central access model

Fixed

  • Improved migration handling across different schema states
v01.12.0 30th March 2026

Core Billing and Account Access Updates

FlowQuota now includes a new billing foundation for the Core plan, making it easier to manage access and subscriptions as the product continues to grow.

Details

Added

  • A new account billing area in Settings
  • Clear visibility into your current billing status and plan
  • A simple Upgrade to Core action
  • A Manage Billing option for subscription management
  • You can continue to sign in and access your account as normal
  • If billing access is not active, FlowQuota will preserve your account and previously recorded productivity history
  • When access is restricted, you’ll be prompted to upgrade before starting new timer sessions
  • FlowQuota does not remove your account or erase your historical focus data if your subscription changes or ends
  • You can still review your past work and reporting data even if you need to re-subscribe later
v01.11.0 28th March 2026

Mobile Responsiveness Improvements: Auth and Shared UI

Improved mobile usability across authentication flows and shared UI patterns with cleaner spacing, more consistent touch targets, and better small-screen handling for forms, cards, and modals.

Details

Changed

  • Improved mobile layout and spacing across login, registration, and password recovery flows
  • Standardised shared container, card, form, and button behaviour on smaller screens
  • Improved shared modal sizing and viewport handling for mobile devices
  • Reduced cramped layouts, inconsistent spacing, and small touch targets across auth and shared UI components
  • Reduced modal clipping and shared mobile overflow issues across the app
v01.10.0 28th March 2026

Mobile Responsiveness Improvements: History and Reporting

Improved the History and Reporting pages for mobile devices with cleaner responsive layouts, better handling for filters, tables, charts, and dense data views.

Details

Changed

  • Improved History page filter and session layout behaviour on smaller screens
  • Improved Reporting page controls, summary cards, charts, and heatmap responsiveness
  • Updated dense data views to behave more cleanly on phones and smaller tablets
  • Reduced layout breakage, overflow, and cramped controls on the History page at narrow widths
  • Reduced chart, table, and heatmap overflow issues on the Reporting page on mobile devices
v01.09.1 28th March 2026

Mobile Navigation Improvements

Improved small-screen navigation by replacing the wrapped top menu with a burger menu pattern that is cleaner, more touch-friendly, and easier to use on mobile devices.

Details

Changed

  • Added a burger menu pattern for smaller screens
  • Updated shared header behaviour to prevent crowded or wrapped navigation on mobile
  • Improved touch usability for navigation links on narrow screens
  • Resolved small-screen header wrapping and crowded top navigation behaviour
  • Reduced the risk of horizontal overflow caused by shared navigation on mobile
v01.09.0 28th March 2026

Mobile Responsiveness Improvements

Improved the Timer page experience on mobile devices with cleaner responsive layouts, better spacing, improved tap targets, and more reliable modal behaviour.

Details

Changed

  • Improved Timer page responsiveness for phones and smaller tablets
  • Reduced risk of horizontal overflow on the Timer page at smaller viewport widths
  • Improved modal viewport fit and internal scrolling so actions remain reachable on mobile
  • Resolved oversized mobile toggle rows caused by inherited flex-basis sizing when the toggle group switched to a column layout
v01.08.0 24th March 2026

Updates Page Redesign

FlowQuota’s Updates page has been redesigned into a cleaner, more scalable changelog experience.

Details

Changed

  • FlowQuota’s Updates page has been redesigned into a summary-first changelog with a latest-release spotlight, compact release history, and a separate roadmap section. The page now scales much better as release history grows, while the backend uses a reusable structured release model so adding new updates remains quick and easy.
v01.07.0 24th March 2026

All-Time Reporting View

FlowQuota Reporting now includes an All Time view, giving users a cumulative picture of all recorded focus activity.

Details

Added

  • A new All Time reporting view so users can review their complete focus history in one place.
v01.06.0 23rd March 2026

Locale-Aware Dates

FlowQuota now displays History and Reporting dates using the user's browser locale while preserving canonical backend date values for filtering, grouping logic, and API calls.

Details
v01.05.0 19th March 2026

User Admin v1

Added User Admin v1 with Settings, secure password change and recovery, plus non-destructive Project/Category archive management that preserves historical data.

Details
v01.04.0 17th March 2026

Scoped Alert Libraries

Split Timer and Break alert sound libraries into separate scoped folders, so each Settings dropdown now shows only its relevant sounds plus Silent Alert, with safe fallback to silent when a saved/default file is missing.

Details
v01.03.0 16th March 2026

Custom Alert Sounds

Added per-user selectable alert sounds with dynamic MP3 discovery, Silent Alert support, persisted Timer and Break sound preferences, and a future-ready Settings panel on the Timer page.

Details
v01.02.0 15th March 2026

User Personalisation

FlowQuota now supports user personalisation with first and last names, using a safe rollout path for existing beta users and a lightweight personalised Timer experience.

Details
v01.00.7 15th March 2026

Reporting Clarity

FlowQuota v1.00.7 improves reporting clarity by adding an asterisk to completion-rate totals when one or more sessions in that category are still running and therefore excluded from the denominator.

Details

Changed

  • Completion-rate totals now show an asterisk when running sessions are excluded from the denominator.
  • A short explanatory note appears below the table when that distinction matters.
v01.00.6 15th March 2026

Category Performance by Time of Day

Added a new Category Performance by Time of Day section to Reports, showing when different categories of work perform best.

Details

Added

  • Time-band behavioural insights covering best time band, focus minutes, sessions, and completion rate.
  • Concise summary cards plus a compact supporting table on the Reports page.
v01.00.5 14th March 2026

History and Reports Usability

Improved History and Reports usability with cleaner History row separators, a new Category filter, simpler weekly report selection from a single start date, and better date picker visibility in dark mode.

Details
v01.00.4 14th March 2026

Reporting and History Hardening

Improved reporting and history trust by fixing focus time formatting, aligning heatmap totals with total focus minutes, making system-calculated session fields read-only, renaming Actual seconds to Actual minutes, and correcting the heatmap legend.

Details
v01.00.3 14th March 2026

Behavioural Summary

FlowQuota v1.00.3 introduces a new Behavioural Summary section on the Reports page, marking the first step from timer to productivity insight tool.

Details

Added

  • A Behavioural Summary section showing the most-used category and highest completion category.
  • A category-level breakdown of focus minutes, sessions, and completion rates.
v01.00.2 13th March 2026

Goal Property Refactor

This release improves the Timer page experience by making Category creation work the same way as Project creation.

Details

Changed

  • The inline category editor has been replaced with a cleaner popup modal.
  • The Timer form layout has been tightened so Project, Category, and Note are properly aligned.
v01.00.1 12th March 2026

Session Experience Improvements

FlowQuota 1.00.1 sharpens the session experience, improves the quality of behavioural data captured during focus work, and fixes BUG-007.

Details
vPre-Release 7th March 2026

Pomodoro and Auto-Start

Pomodoro Timer and Auto-Start are now live for back-to-back work and break cycles across a full Pomodoro sequence.

Details

Added

  • A Pomodoro Timer mode covering WORK, SHORT BREAK, WORK, SHORT BREAK, WORK, SHORT BREAK, WORK, then LONG BREAK.
  • An Auto-Start option to repeat the cycle automatically for longer focus sessions.
vPre-Release 1st March 2026

FlowQuota MVP Launch

FlowQuota MVP is now live. Users can create projects, run structured focus sessions, and track weekly and monthly productivity with built-in reporting in one focused workspace.

Details
Roadmap

Coming soon

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