Release notes

What’s new in SAR21

New features, improvements, and fixes, newest first. The web app and the mobile apps are versioned separately, so each release shows which platforms it covers.

The 1.7.0 app update is rolling out to the App Store and Google Play.

New

  • Sign up for a specific shift role from the app

    Open an event, pick a shift and the role you want, or add another shift later. Who has taken each slot updates live on every device, and a tap shows everyone in a slot with their SAR ID and a call button.

  • Plan an event with shifts from your phone

    The new event form walks through what, when, where, shifts, contact and publish. Each shift is either general volunteers or specific roles, with simple counters for how many you need.

  • Say you can’t make it

    On an event with shifts, one tap marks you not attending and takes you off your shifts. Leaving a single shift is still there for when only one day changes.

  • Members hidden from the roster are no longer paged

    Someone an admin has hidden receives no callouts, reminders or invitations and does not appear in any member list.

Improved

  • The Team roster on the app

    A cleaner, denser list with search, availability filters, and Inactive / On Leave members in their own section. Multi-day events show each day clearly.

  • Roster status colours match between the web and the app

  • The web roster shows team status and search is always visible

Fixed

  • A new event no longer sends two announcement notifications

  • Small fixes on the event page and the Team roster

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