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Version 3.42

✅ Improvements & Fixes

  • App Invite Permissions (Tester & Mobile-User)

    • App access must now be explicitly defined when adding a Tester or Mobile-User to a project.

    • Prevents broken invitations where invitees previously couldn’t access the app.

  • Release Notes Visibility Fix

    • Updated release notes now correctly appear on the download page for distributed builds.

    Guidance After Deleting All Apps

    • When all applications in a project are deleted, users are now redirected or shown a call-to-action to create a new app.

  • Permission Group Validation

    • When creating a custom permission group, selecting no permissions now disables the “Add to project” action, as expected.

  • Invoice History Placeholder

    • A placeholder message (“No invoices available.”) is now displayed if there are no invoices (e.g. on a Free Plan).

  • Developer Settings Access Clarification

    • Admins now see an info message if they try to access Developer Settings.

    • Only Org Owners have edit rights; Admins have read-only visibility with clear messaging.

  • Empty State for Missing Integrations

    • A proper empty state is now shown if no Slack or webhook integrations exist.

  • Build Version Cropping Fixed

    • Improved styling to prevent build version strings from being cropped in some browsers.

  • Tester View When No Builds Exist

    • Invited users with the Tester role now see a clear message when no builds are available in the project.

🛠 Release – July 1th, 2025

Version 3.41

  • Bugfix: Resolved an issue where assigning a permission group to users failed in certain browsers.

  • Improvement: Users with the Tester role can now view the list of organizations they have access to (if assigned to multiple).

  • Logout Redirect: Users are now redirected to the correct page upon logout.

  • User Details View: Organization Owners can now see the user's email address for improved clarity.

  • Email Change Handling: When changing a user’s email, the system will no longer overwrite manually entered first/last names if the API returns empty or no match.

  • UI Update: Long permission group names are now displayed cleanly over two lines.

🛠 Release – June 18, 2025

Version 3.4

  • SSO Login improvements

    • You can now sign in to Updraft via Single Sign-On (SSO) from the main login page. If your organization has SSO configured:

      • New members invited to projects are directed to the organization-specific login.

    • Support for signature enforcement with SSO providers has been added for enhanced security.

    • SSO login is also available in the mobile apps.

  • New Application Domain

    • We’ve transitioned to a new domain for the application:

      • App: app.getupdraft.com

      • API: app.getupdraft.com/api

  • Build History Enhancements

    • Build entries now include file extensions, making artifact identification easier.

  • Private App Distribution

    • You can now distribute ‘private’ apps securely, expanding your deployment options.

  • New Mobile App releases

Improvements and fixes

  • App Store Submission Optimizations

    • Smoother submission workflows for both Google Play Store and Apple TestFlight.

  • Release History Improvements

    • Optimized entry format and performance for faster loading and better readability.

  • Dashboard Performance Optimization

    • Significant backend and frontend improvements to ensure faster loading times and reduced latency across views.

  • Tablet & iPad Compatibility

    • Apps now display correctly again for tablet and iPad users.

    • Optimizations ensure a consistent experience across device types.

  • Stripe Payment Email Handling

    • When the owner of an organization is transferred, the Stripe payment email address is now automatically updated to reflect the new owner.

  • Improved Email Reliability

    • Resolved issues affecting email delivery when using Outlook on Windows, ensuring better compatibility and delivery rates.

  • Member Invitation & Error Feedback

    • Improved error messages when adding new members to a project, helping admins resolve issues quickly and efficiently.

🛠 Release – June 11, 2025

Version 3.37

Bugfixes :)

  • Fixed: Resolved an issue where some apps were not displaying correctly on iPads and Android tablets.

  • Improved compatibility and visibility for larger screen devices across multiple views.

  • Improved performance

🛠 Bugfix Release – May 7, 2025

Version 3.36

We’ve made several improvements and fixes to make your experience even smoother! Here’s what’s new:

🔹 Smoother Play Store & App Store Submissions

  • No more hassle with .plist generation—Updraft now takes care of it for you!

  • Fixed an issue where an error popped up when submitting an app.

  • Cleaned up duplicate requests to make submissions faster and more reliable.

  • Ensured the system properly checks if an app already exists, even when the default selection isn’t changed.

🔹 Better App Distribution

  • You can now distribute non-public apps via the Distribution page to testers and distribution groups.

  • Fixed a bug where the public link wasn’t available—now, it works as expected!

🔹 Improved Build History & Transparency

  • The file extension of uploaded app binaries is now displayed in the build history.

  • If a build was released and later deleted, you’ll now visually see that it was distributed before being removed within the release history.

🔹 Dashboard Search Now Works!

  • We fixed a glitch that prevented the search function from working—now you can find what you need quickly and easily.

Version 3.35

It’s been an exciting time at Updraft! With more and more users making the leap from Microsoft App Center, our platform has been buzzing with activity. (Seriously, we’ve seen logs that made our servers do a double-take. 👀)

This surge in usage brought some unexpected challenges—bugs we had never encountered, edge cases that made us scratch our heads, and a few "Well, that’s new" moments. But fear not! We’ve been hard at work optimizing, fixing, and fine-tuning to make Updraft smoother, faster, and more reliable than ever.

In this release, we’ve tackled performance improvements, squashed pesky issues, and made sure everything runs like a well-oiled CI/CD machine. Thanks for your feedback, your patience, and for pushing Updraft to new heights! 🚀

Now, let’s dive into the updates…

Backend and Frontend Improvements

  • Improved the whole CURL upload for large files

    • Adjusted the response in CURL to get the status of the upload process

  • Improved the CURL upload when custom storage is activated

  • Improved the performance for custom storage

  • Updated the Play Store Submission so that only android apps with corresponding .aab files are shown to select to submit

  • Various backend enhancements have been made to ensure better stability, security, and performance.

SDK

Migration Microsoft App Center

Version 3.34

Enhancements

  1. Permission Groups and Pagination Performance

    • Improved the management and performance of Permission Groups.

    • Enhanced pagination for smoother navigation and faster loading times in large datasets.

    • Notifications are sent to Project Members when they are added via Permission Groups to a project

    • When deleted a project there was a tricky bug, that the user in the list disappeared - it's fixed:)

  2. Custom S3/ Google Cloud Bucket and Code signing

    • Resigning functionality has been optimized when Custom S3 or Google Cloud storage is activated

  3. Notifications

    • Notifications are now reliably sent to project and app members as expected.

    • Notifications are also triggered when free plan limitations are reached, ensuring timely communication about usage thresholds.

  4. Custom SSO Icon and Login Behavior

    • A custom SSO icon is now displayed for a personalized SSO login experience.

    • When SSO is activated, other social login options are automatically removed from the subdomain login page to streamline the authentication process.

  5. App Store Connect Integration

    • The .plist file for App Store Connect is now generated automatically, simplifying the submission process for iOS apps to Testflight.

  6. Play Store Integration

    • Only .aab files can now be sent to the integrated Play Store, adhering to Google’s latest requirements for app distribution.

  7. Microsoft Teams Integration

    • Microsoft Workflows are now supported in the MS Teams integration, enabling seamless automation and enhanced collaboration. Starting August 2024, Microsoft is retiring the Office 365 connectors feature from Microsoft Teams. If you have a Microsoft Teams integration configured for your project, you will have to update the Webhook URL to the new Workflow URL or create a new integration on Updraft. Here you can find the updated documentation:

      Microsoft Teams integration

  8. Chrome

    • With Chrome Version 110 there was an issue that the download-button was not displaying on users mobile device due to fixed value in the User-Agent - fixed:)

Backend Improvements

  • Various backend enhancements have been made to ensure better stability, security, and performance.

Version 3.33

Working on a few improvements and new features :)

Version 3.32

Version 3.31

  • Bugfixes for Permission Groups

    • On the page User & Permission on project level the source how a user was added is now displayed (either direct as a member or via permission group)

    • Permission Group are now available for the mobile-web dashboard

  • Source of project members: newly the source of the membership within the project members list is shown. The source can be either direct or the permission group/s.

  • iOS App Version

Version 3.3

New User Role: Tester

We have introduced a new user role called Tester. This role is specifically designed for users involved in testing and quality assurance processes. Testers have limited permissions and access to areas relevant to testing.

Tester Dashboard

The new Tester Dashboard provides users with the Tester role a centralized view of all their assigned apps, allowing for a more structured and efficient management of test workflows.

Advanced Access Management

The Advanced Access Management has been upgraded, offering more granular control over project and app access. Administrators can now define more detailed app environment permissions for different user roles and permission groups, ensuring users only have access to the apps relevant to them. You can give access for users only e.g. to your staging or test application.

Permission Groups

With the new Features for Permission Groups, administrators can manage app permissions more flexibly. Group-based permissions have been enhanced to allow more complex and flexible access control management. Each user can be added to a permission group. Permission group can be assigned to projects. With SSO, the SSO group mapping is made automatically.

Windows Support

Updraft now offers full support for Windows platform, expanding the software’s compatibility and ensuring smooth usage on Windows operating systems. Following file types are supported: .msix, .msixbundle, .msixupload, .zip, .msi, .appx, .appxbundle and .appxupload.

SSO Support

Microsoft Entra, Google Workspace SSO and Custom SSO (SAML) is available in the Enterprise Plan

Distribution Groups

Newly it's possible to create distribution groups and import a list of testers e-mail address with the help of .csv. The testers e-mail addresses are added to the distribution group.

Bug Fixes and Optimizations

Various minor bug fixes and performance improvements have been made to enhance the stability of the application and system.

Version 3.22

With this release we fixed a few more bugs but also some new features :)

Version 3.21

With this release we fixed a few bugs.

  • If your .aab file is already signed we remove the existing signing before Updraft resign it

  • When .aab is resigned there was a false entry in the build history

  • We updated a bug when releasing a single release

Version 3.2

We are thrilled to announce the release of Updraft Version 3.2, packed with exciting new features to enhance your app development experience. In this release, we are introducing a major new feature: the ability to sign iOS and Android apps directly within Updraft without having XCode or Fastlane installed on your computer.

With Updraft Version 3.2, you now have the power to sign your iOS apps and all app extensions using new certificates and provisioning profiles. This means seamless integration into your iOS development workflow, allowing you to streamline the signing process and deploy your apps with confidence.

But that's not all – Updraft Version 3.2 also empowers you to sign your Android App Bundles (AAB files) using your Play Store Keystore. This simplifies the app signing process for Android developers, ensuring smooth deployments to the Google Play Store.

Released May 2024

Version 3.1

  • Discord Integration is now available - get a notification when a new app version or a new feedback is available

  • Cisco Integration in now available - get a notification when a new app version or a new feedback is available directly to your room

  • Webhook and Microsoft Teams Integration contains now the release notes of your app version

  • Custom Download Page for Desktop (Enterprise Only) - your download app landingpage looks exactly like your wishes

  • We renewed the whole billing-system in the background - newly all invoices could be downloadable directly from the Owners Account within the Invoice History. No worries anymore with your accounting! :)

  • Per default when you create a new app, the app is set as private. Only authorized users of your organization are able to download your app - you can change the setting on the Application Overview

Released November 2023

Android app

With the latest release in September 2023, the time has finally come - the Android app is ready in the Play Store

The android app you find here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getupdraft.app&hl=de&gl=US

iOS app

With the latest release, the time has finally come - the iOS app is ready in the Apple Store.

With the iOS app, enterprise apps can be distributed and installed even faster to your team, your testers or your stakeholders.

The app you find here: https://apps.apple.com/be/app/updraft-app-distribution/id1634613440

Version 3.0

  • Custom Storage S3 (within Enterprise plan)

  • Custom Google Storage (within Enterprise plan)

  • SSO with Okta (within Enterprise plan)

  • Auto-Clean-Up-Builds (within Enterprise plan)

  • Default Key for Android App Bundles

  • Enforce 2FA for single Users

Released 2023

Version 2.9

New

  • Custom app icon

  • Transfer owner account

  • Apple-Authentication

  • Custom SMTP for enterprise plans

  • Allow other bundle ID or package name

  • Release Notes in Notifications

  • GDPR data export

  • App download limitation for free plan users

Released 2022

Version 2.8

New

  • Possibility to update E-Mail of account & E-Mail verification process

  • Possibility to delete account if using social login

  • List of organizations: easy redirection to other organizations (with access)

  • App Download:

    • Updraft shows an information message to your users if the enterprise certificate is expired

    • Updraft shows an information message to your users if the minimum OS of the app doesn't match with the device OS

  • SSO Google Workspace within Enterprise plan

Released December 2021

Version 2.7

New

Released November 2021

Version 2.6

New

Released September 2021

Version 2.5

New

Released August 2021

Version 2.4

New

Released July 2021

Version 2.3

New

  • Security of an App: Possibility to set if an app is public available or not

  • Build History for Mobile-Web-App: User can install previous app versions with the Mobile-Web-App

  • Change an already uploaded app file: An already uploaded app file (.ipa or .apk) can be exchanged by a new file, without changing the chronology of the app version history.

  • E-Mail notification to a new project member as soon he is added to a project.

  • Updated user list for Owner of an organization with the possibility to change the user role of each user per project

Released 22nd of April 2021

Version 2.2

New

  • User list for Owner of an Organization

  • Notifications for Project Members about new uploaded app versions (app builds)

Released 2nd of March 2021

Version 2.1.9

New

  • Beta Releases - one link two apps.

  • One-Time-Link

  • Disable a distributed release

  • Delete a distributed release

  • Detect OS-System of Testers

Released 15th of December 2020

Version 2.1.8

New

  • We updated the Slack App - everything now according to the newest requirements and of course GDPR save.

  • Installation E-Mail: If you send a new release to your testers or groups within the installation e-mail they receive you find not only a button to install the app also newly a QR-Code.

  • We update the Payment workflow and we are supporting now 3D secure payment

  • At the same time, if we were not able to charge your credit card the end of the monty, you can now change or update your credit card easily.

  • We published two new pages: https://getupdraft.com/app-distribution and https://getupdraft.com/beta-testing

Released 28th of October 2020

Version 2.1.7

New

  • Webhook Integration: Easily integrate now your Webhook, to get notified about new uploaded builds or feedbacks.

  • Integration: You can now deactivate or activate your integration.

  • Integration: You can now forward automatically all your received feedbacks or bugs directly to Slack or your prefered Webhook (Zapier, Microsoft Teams, Rocketchat)

  • Build History: We extract and display now the minimum, target and max. API Version from your uploaded .apk

  • Build History: We extract and display the expiry date of your provisioning and distribution profile of your uploaded .ipa

  • Build History: We extract and display now the Minimum supported OS of your uploaded binaries

  • Login & Registration: is now possible with Facebook

  • UDID: Tap to get your UDID in one click

Released 11th of September 2020

Version 2.1.6

New

  • Slack Integration: Every notification now redirects to a specific build, even if there is already a newer build available

  • Build History: Each uploaded build / app version has a separate URL. So you can easily copy & paste the URL and send it to your team.

  • Build History: If you uploading an ad-hoc certified .ipa app, you can now check all added UDID's / devices to check, if you can install the application on them

  • Profile & Account: We improved the UX, so upgrading to a paid plan is now even easier. At the same time you will see an invoice history for the past month & some more statistics about your updraft organization.

Released 7th of May 2020

Version 2.1.5

Released 24th of March 2020

New

  • Tester & Groups: You can now add single testers by their e-mail address or groups of testers to your app. All this testers are not required to register neither creating an account.

  • Tester & Groups: You can now import all your testers with the help of a .csv file.

Version 2.1.4

Released 5th of January 2020

New

  • User & Permission: The whole user management is now on project level. You can invite new members to projects. If new members are not updraft users yet, they will get invited

  • Jenkins Plugin published

Version 2.1.3

Released 9th of January 2020

New

  • The suggestion list of possible names of your environment during the creation of a new app

  • You can now enable & disable e-Mail notifications for new uploaded builds

  • You can now enable & disable if an app should be available for download

  • With the build history you can now find the exact amount of downloads of your builds

Version 2.1.2

Released 16th of December 2019

New

  • Download the latest Build from the App Settings page by Public Link or QR-Code

  • Improvement of the search functionality on the dashboard

  • New Landingpage

Version 2.1.1

Released 16th of October 2019

New

  • SignUp with Google

  • Login with Google

  • New Designs for SignUp & Login

  • Adjusted dropdown to select your app

Changed

  • Bugfixes for account

  • Bugfixes to upgrade account

Version 2.1

Released 4th of September 2019

New

  • Completely new visual information hierarchy

  • Improved way to creating App Projects

  • Separate pages for Releases, Builds and Feedback

  • Possibility to create new Releases

  • Re-Named the Distribution History to Release History

  • Build History

  • Possibility to download each build from the build history by using the public link

  • Possibility to download each build from the build history by using a QR-Code

  • Inform users which are trying to download an application on their desktop to open the installation link on their mobile phone or to scan the QR-Code

Changed

  • Bugfixes for Android Icon

  • Bugfixes for UTC

Version 1.2

Released 5th of July 2018

Added

  • Demo-Tour. Introducing the tool: how to create your first App-Project with the possibility to add a demo .ipa file.

  • Welcome-Screen

  • Instructions: Enable/disable Instructions on each page with hints how to use a specific function.

Changed

  • Bugfixes for Mobile-View

  • Bugfixes for User-Roles

Version 1.1

Released 20th of June 2018

Added

  • Public Link to send your App easily, copy & paste URL

  • New User Roles: Client and Tester

    • Client: Can only install apps he has project access. Can’t distribute app or manage project settings.

    • Tester: Can creates users, give them project access he has access to, can distribute and install builds. Can not upload build or create new app projects

    • Owner has now the possibility to adjust Organzation Name and Subdomain in his profile

  • docs.getupdraft.com

  • Possibility to create empty project to get Environment Key to Upload by CURL, Fastlane or Gradle

Changed

  • Subscription GDPR conformal on Landinpage

  • During Registration reading of Privacy and Terms of Use

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