What's new in BriefFlow, newest first.
Reporting & Export
v0.7.0Operational reporting and CSV/XLSX export, filterable and grounded in real workflow data.
New- A reporting workspace covering Overview, Delivery, Workflow timing, Understanding, QA, Releases, and Team Workload.
- Shared filters across reports: date range, project, assignee, owner, type, priority, and release.
- CSV and XLSX task export, with presets for common exports and the same filters as reporting.
Improved- Cycle time and first-pass QA rate are now calculated consistently and explained in the product itself.
Notifications
v0.6.0In-app and email notifications for the events that actually need your attention.
New- In-app notifications with an unread count, a notification center, and deep links straight to the relevant task, understanding, QA, or release section.
- Branded email notifications mirroring in-app events, for assignment, understanding, QA, release, and comment activity.
- A personal preference to turn off notification emails without affecting in-app notifications.
- A workspace-wide switch to disable notification emails entirely, independent of account-lifecycle emails like invitations.
Delivery: QA & Releases
v0.5.0A full QA cycle and project-scoped releases, so delivery is tracked end to end.
New- QA workflow: Ready for QA, testing with recorded environment and evidence, and Changes Requested / Passed outcomes.
- QA history is permanent — every cycle a task went through stays on its record, even after it eventually passes.
- Releases, scoped per project, with their own status lifecycle (Planned, In Development, QA, Released, Cancelled).
- Tasks can be linked to a release, and a release shows real-time progress across its linked tasks.
- Tasks can require QA and/or a release before reaching Done, enforced automatically.
Improved- Team Board and My Board now surface QA and release state alongside status and understanding.
Boards
v0.4.0A personal Kanban board for every user, and a team-wide board for managers.
New- My Board — a personal Kanban view of your own work, with drag-to-move status changes.
- Team Board — a manager's view across the whole team's tasks: assignees, status, understanding, priority, and due state in one place.
- Recording a reason when a task is marked blocked.
Understanding
v0.3.0BriefFlow's core differentiator: assignees confirm they understand a task before starting it.
New- Assignees submit their own written understanding of a task, including their proposed approach, before moving it into progress.
- Managers review submitted understanding — approving it, or requesting clarification with specific feedback.
- Full revision history: every submission and resubmission is preserved, not overwritten.
- A task's understanding is automatically marked outdated if its brief changes materially after approval.
- Multi-assignee tasks track each person's understanding independently.
Task Management
v0.2.0Projects, tasks, assignment, comments, and activity history.
New- Projects, to organize related tasks.
- Tasks with owners, multiple assignees, priority, type, and due dates.
- Comment threads on every task.
- An automatic activity timeline recording status, assignment, and detail changes.
- Administrators can invite new users by email with a chosen role.
Foundation
v0.1.0The first release: sign-in, roles, and BriefFlow's brand foundation.
New- Sign-in and password reset.
- Role-based access control with an Administrator role.
- BriefFlow's brand system: logo, color palette, and typography, applied consistently across the product.