What's New

SEO, security & feed polish

• Added this What's New page, linked from the footer, with full release history
• Disabled the X-Powered-By header and added X-Robots-Tag on sensitive routes; auth cookies now account for request context for correct security on redirects and sign-out
• Added retry-with-backoff for transient MongoDB connection errors, plus refined Vercel deployment and build docs
• Upgraded Next.js to 16.3.4 and added a vercel-build script to run schema push and seeding before build
• Fixed feed pagination to use proper canonical URLs and permanent redirects, and refreshed metadata across the app
• Added a location-request timeout state with a retry button to the Near You feed widget, and edge-fade scroll indicators to the feed category nav
• Added loading states to budget category archive/restore actions and fixed built-in categories being removable
• Expanded the Playwright end-to-end test suite to cover every tracker plus API contract tests

Offline support & legal pages

• Added a service worker with an offline fallback page for full PWA offline support
• Added Privacy Policy, Terms and Conditions, and a Contact page
• Conditional reCAPTCHA loading on sign-up and the contact form, based on script availability
• Set up Playwright for end-to-end testing
• Fixed a race condition in Workout streak settings for concurrent requests

Feed reliability & performance

• Fixed the News Feed cache never persisting, which was causing slow loads on every request
• Capped concurrent feed-source fetches to fix near-total failures on Home/All
• Streamed the homepage news preview and capped slow-source latency
• Added retries for MongoDB write conflicts during feed source updates
• Refreshed predefined Budget category seed data

News feed, Learning & Work, and Job Applications

• Launched the News Feed with country and category filters, local news, and RSS
• Added the Learning & Work tracking module
• Added the Job Applications tracker with a kanban board
• Timezone-aware day boundaries across the dashboard
• reCAPTCHA and rate limiting on authentication
• Recurring events in Calendar & Events, and a Buy Me a Coffee widget

New public pages & budget upgrades

• Added public pages for Calendar & Events, Planner, Health, Daily Notes, and Workout
• Budget: available balance tracking and year management
• Birthday celebrations across the dashboard and Calendar & Events
• SEO metadata and sitemap improvements

Loading states & analytics

• Loading states across the dashboard, Budget, and Salat & Sawm pages
• Integrated Vercel Analytics
• Improved save flow and future-date handling for Salat & Sawm
• Published a deployment guide

Initial launch

• Routines, Daily Notes, and Planner with drag-and-drop boards
• Exercise library and Workout tracking
• Health tracking with medications and symptoms
• Budget management with categories, monthly entries, and expenses
• Progressive Web App support with offline caching