Product Changelog

Patch Notes

Every improvement, documented.

Current Public Version

Aether v1.7

Live

October 2, 2026

Aether v1.7 Patch Update

Aether Mobile is now publicly available through the Apple App Store and Google Play.

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Public / Organization Update

Aether Mobile — App Store & Google Play Release

Public Mobile Distribution

✓ Aether Mobile is now publicly available on the Apple App Store.
✓ Aether Mobile is now publicly available on Google Play.
✓ Campaign teams can install Aether Mobile through the standard iOS and Android store experience.
✓ Direct Android APK distribution remains available as an alternate installation option.

Aether Mobile Access

✓ Mobile access continues to support campaign contact lookup and organized campaign lists.
✓ Finance, Outreach, and Field workflows remain synchronized with the organization's Aether workspace.
✓ Notes, dispositions, activity, and list progress can be recorded from mobile campaign workflows.

Public Website

✓ Added direct Apple App Store and Google Play download links to the Aether landing page.
✓ Updated mobile download presentation with dedicated App Store and Google Play badges.
✓ Retained the direct Android APK link in the site footer for alternate distribution.

Clarity. Focus. Execution.

— Team Aether

September 25, 2026

Aether v1.6 Patch Update

Dashboard performance, analytics presentation, and campaign reporting improvements.

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Public / Organization Update

Analytics & Dashboard Improvements

Dashboard Performance

✓ Improved Overview Dashboard startup performance and departmental data loading.
✓ Reduced blocking between core campaign information and supplemental analytics.
✓ Improved Dashboard resilience when processing larger campaign datasets.

Analytics & Reporting

✓ Improved Field analytics processing and campaign-list reporting.
✓ Improved Finance trend visibility across campaign-cycle activity.
✓ Refined analytics behavior across Finance, Field, and Digital reporting surfaces.

Chart Experience

✓ Updated Field and Digital trend charts with a cleaner, more consistent visual system.
✓ Improved at-a-glance readability across departmental analytics.
✓ Standardized trend presentation across the Overview, Finance, Field, and Digital experience.

Clarity. Focus. Execution.

— Team Aether

September 20, 2026

Aether v1.5 Patch Update

Training resources, Public Campaign Portal documentation, and demo-request improvements.

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Public / Organization Update

Training, Documentation & Demo Experience

Aether Mobile Training

✓ Added the Aether Mobile training video to the Training Videos library.
✓ Expanded guided training for mobile contact lookup, campaign lists, and field execution workflows.

Public Campaign Portal Training & Documentation

✓ Added a dedicated Public Campaign Portal guide to Aether Academy.
✓ Added Public Campaign Portal documentation to the Aether Comprehensive Guide.
✓ Added the Public Campaign Portal training video to the Training Videos library.
✓ Connected the Academy guide and companion training video for easier navigation between written and video resources.

Demo Request Experience

✓ Updated the Request Demo page with the Welcome to Aether video.
✓ Refined the page layout into a more focused single-screen desktop experience.
✓ Updated demo-request messaging to emphasize education, campaign goals, and product fit rather than a traditional sales pitch.

Clarity. Focus. Execution.

— Team Aether

September 18, 2026

Aether v1.4 Patch Update

Public campaign visibility, organization controls, and account recovery improvements.

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Public / Organization Update

Voter Portal & Account Recovery

Voter-Facing Campaign Portal

✓ Added a public campaign directory for participating organizations.
✓ Added voter-facing campaign pages with organization-selected campaign activity and performance metrics.
✓ Added direct campaign portal links for easier sharing with voters and supporters.
✓ Added optional campaign website and donation links to public campaign profiles.

Organization Administrator Controls

✓ Added administrator controls to enable or disable an organization's public campaign portal.
✓ Added individual visibility controls so organizations choose which supported campaign metrics appear publicly.
✓ Added public directory information controls for state, office, and district.
✓ Organizations with the public portal disabled remain absent from the public campaign directory.

Password Recovery

✓ Improved password-reset link handling and recovery-session verification.
✓ Updated the password recovery flow to route users directly into the secure password update experience.
✓ Improved expired or invalid reset-link messaging.

Clarity. Focus. Execution.

— Team Aether

September 16, 2026

Aether v1.3 Patch Update

Platform stability, mobile field operations, and integration improvements.

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Public / Organization Update

Platform & Mobile Improvements

Potato Gate

✓ Improved authentication and profile-state handling across protected application workflows.
✓ Strengthened access validation and application-state consistency.

System Performance

✓ Resolved elevated CPU usage caused by scheduled background processes.
✓ Improved background scheduling behavior to reduce unnecessary resource consumption.

Routes & Field Operations

✓ Updated Routes functionality across Aether Mobile.
✓ Improved mobile Routes and organized-list workflows.
✓ Completed end-to-end testing across desktop list creation, mobile retrieval, and field execution.
✓ Refined mobile list and route behavior based on end-to-end testing.

X Integration

✓ Resolved an API integration issue affecting X.
✓ Restored expected integration behavior and data flow.

Clarity. Focus. Execution.

— Team Aether

September 11, 2026

Aether v1.2 Patch Update

Interface scale and density normalization.

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Public / Organization Update

The 75% Zoom Incident

The Architect developed much of Aether while his browser was set to 75% zoom.

Normal people, reasonably, do not change their browser zoom to use software.

Interface Scale & Density

✓ Normalized desktop interface scale for standard 100% browser zoom.
✓ Reduced oversized spacing, typography, cards, and navigation across Aether.
✓ Preserved mobile sizing and mobile-first execution workflows.
✓ No campaign logic, data behavior, permissions, or operational workflows were changed as part of this visual pass.

Clarity. Focus. Execution.

— Team Aether

September 10, 2026

Aether v1.1 Patch Update

Organization-facing and internal updates.

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Public / Organization Updates

Organization-facing changes

Honest Abe

✓ Added Early Campaign, Mid Campaign, and Late Campaign stage documentation.
✓ Clarified campaign-wide operational interpretation and shifting priorities.
✓ Clarified Organization Administrator stage control and human decision authority.
✓ Defined the public boundary around Abe's proprietary internal logic.

Integrations & Imports

✓ Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Routes live.
✓ ActBlue and WinRed live.
✓ YouTube, Meta, Instagram, TikTok, and Campaign Websites live.
✓ CSV import workflows available.

Security, Governance & Data Ownership

✓ Expanded organization separation and administrative-access documentation.
✓ Clarified connected-service permissions and campaign data ownership.
✓ Expanded Full Data Export and retention documentation.
✓ Clarified shared security responsibilities between organizations and Team Aether.

Pricing & Account Management

✓ Standard public pricing now active.
✓ Unlimited users across all tiers.
✓ No setup or implementation fees.
✓ Aether Mobile and supported Google Routes functionality included.
✓ Dedicated Team Aether account manager included.
✓ Account-management continuity clarified: dedicated does not mean dependent.

Aether Academy & Training

✓ Expanded Honest Abe documentation.
✓ Updated integration documentation.
✓ Expanded security, governance, and data-portability documentation.
✓ Updated post-launch platform status language.
✓ Continued expansion of the companion training library.

Aether Mobile

✓ Android APK available.
✓ Contact lookup and campaign lists available on mobile.
✓ Call Time and Field execution workflows available.
✓ Notes, dispositions, and synchronized campaign updates supported.

Internal / Team Aether Updates

Team Aether internal changes

Why share internal updates?

Aether believes transparency should extend beyond customer-facing features. This section documents meaningful internal work across infrastructure, operations, support, security, tooling, and company processes that may not immediately change what organizations see inside the platform—but helps explain how Aether is being maintained and strengthened behind the scenes.

Not every internal change will be published, particularly where doing so would expose sensitive security information, proprietary systems, customer data, or internal access procedures.

Operations & Provisioning

✓ Standardized organization provisioning workflow.
✓ Clarified account-management responsibilities.
✓ Established repeatable post-provisioning support process.

Internal SOPs

✓ SOP-001 — Provisioning & Account Management.
✓ SOP-002 — Sales Pipeline & Outreach.
✓ SOP-003 — Content Management & Approval.

Infrastructure & Access

✓ Decommissioned previous development environment.
✓ Invested in and configured an updated development environment.
✓ Administrative access reorganized.
✓ Authentication records cleaned up.

Sales Operations

✓ Production sales infrastructure established.
✓ Campaign prospecting and outreach workflows operational.
✓ Internal sales reporting connected to Team Aether operations.

Continuity & Support

✓ Cross-training and operational redundancy incorporated into the support model.
✓ Emergency continuity procedures established for critical technical and administrative situations.
✓ Authorized alternate support paths established when a primary point of contact is unavailable.
✓ Sensitive continuity mechanisms remain internal.

Clarity. Focus. Execution.

— Team Aether