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Changelog

Keep track of what's new with the API and our Dashboard

March 2021

Dashboard

Changed: Complete rewrite of the authentication flow both in the backend and frontend 25 Mar
Fixed : Update company registration code validation logic for Estonia 19 Mar
Changed: Some more minor improvements to message sending view UX 9 Mar
Changed: Improve message sending view UX 8 Mar
Fixed: System status was not correctly displayed on the Developers page 8 Mar
Changed: Update colouring scheme in statistics so that two colors would not be too similar 5 Mar
Added: In Omnimessage History it is now possible to filter messages by the destination Country 2 Mar
Added: Omnimessage History now also displays Inbound Messages if the Inbound Number has been configured accordingly 2 Mar

Omnichannel API

Added: Implement HMAC signature calculation for DLR callback requests 22 Mar
Fixed: Handle lost connection to database correctly, so that message processing would not be affected 16 Mar
Fixed: Fix internal re-try logic for inbound (MO) messages 10 Mar
Fixed: Make sure statistics is correctly updated for inbound (MO) messages 10 Mar
Added: Allow disabling spam filter for the whole account 4 Mar
Fixed: Fix a bug related to inbound message number formatting 4 Mar

2FA API

Fixed: Fix some more regression that was introduced with previous internal improvements 4 Mar
Fixed: Fix a regression that was introduced with previous internal improvements 4 Mar
Changed: Various minor internal improvements 3 Mar

February 2021

Dashboard

Added: Display Shared Secret and configured API version in Inbound Numbers page under Developers section 23 Feb
Changed: Remove vouchers functionality 23 Feb

Omnichannel API

Added: Add HMAC header for request validation for Inbound Message callback request when Omnichannel API is used 23 Feb
Changed: Add support for mclass and binary data format for SMS 15 Feb
Changed: Update message history asynchronously to speed up internal message processing 15 Feb
Fixed: Fixed a bug where message details were not correctly stored in the archive 3 Feb

SMS API

Fixed: Fixed a race condition in statistics update logic 12 Feb
Fixed: Fixed a bug in statistics generation where the update failed on the first try 2 Feb

HLR API

Fixed: In some edge cases the API returned FAILED for a phone number where it should have returned UNKNOWN status 3 Feb

SMPP server

Fixed: Fixed a bug where a multipart SMS was split internally to two pieces when it should not have 19 Feb

January 2021

Dashboard

Fixed: Fixed a bug when updating Contact in the Phonebook where a checkbox was accidentally pre-checked 26 Jan
Changed: Improve error logging 25 Jan
Fixed: Avoid extra API calls when viewing Message History 22 Jan
Fixed: Allow user with Sender permissions to create Phonebook Groups 20 Jan
Fixed: Multiple minor bugfixes related to Groups list view in Phonebook 19 Jan
Changed: Improved design for phonebook views. Phonebook will get more improvements going forward 19 Jan
Changed: Improved some design elements on Statistics view 11 Jan
Changed: Improved full page loading times. For most pages, the initial content should load about ~2 times as fast as it did before.11 Jan

Omnichannel API

Fixed: Prevent failing statistics update re-tries of getting lost 28 Jan
Fixed: Fix an edge case where incorrect statistics was stored about the message 25 Jan
Fixed: Prevent a potential race condition related to handling delivery reports 25 Jan
Fixed: Fixed a bug in statistics generation 11 Jan

December 2020

Dashboard

Added: Display rejected messages (Omnichannel API, not SMS API) in statistics. Read more 28 Dec
Changed: A failed message error description to be more accurate 28 Dec
Changed: Introduced a new message status to Omnichannel History view - "Rejected". It's a segment of a failed messages that we do not bill for (number in blacklist, account out on credits, ...). Read more 3 Dec

November 2020

Dashboard

Fixed: Fixed a bug in IE11 that prevented users from successfully accepting invitations 20 Nov
Changed: Switch to new account creation logic for new users 19 Nov
Changed: Improved the flow of what happens when a user gets removed from an account 19 Nov
Fixed: Improved contacts importing speed roughly 20x 17 Nov
Added: Started using WebSockets for realtime two-way communication 10 Nov
Added: Added helpful tips for new users, on how to get started 9 Nov
Changed: Minor visual updates to the message sending view 4 Nov
Fixed: Links to SMS length calculator on Omnichannel History page 4 Nov
Fixed: Fixed invoice generation when monthly recurring fees were configured 3 Nov

HLR API

Fixed: Fixed the way statistics were stored when bulk request was made 26 Nov

SMPP server

Fixed: Fixed various bugs related to connectivity and message processing 19-26 Nov

October 2020

Dashboard

Changed: Small design improvements on Send SMS page 30 Oct
Fixed: Recurring fee calculation for postpay invoices 30 Oct
Changed: Ireland VAT calculations after the temporary VAT reduction due to COVID 27 Oct
Updated: Account contacts will now be notified via email if sender name requests have been accepted or declined 23 Oct
Added: Added a better general overview to statistics of sent messages and their delivery statuses 20 Oct

Added

12 Oct

Updated: Upgraded the view for creating new accounts 6 Oct

Omnichannel API

Fixed: Fix a bug in statistics, where statistics would get out of sync in some edge-cases 17 Oct
Changed: Improve statistics by adding separate status "Sending" when Messente is internally processing the message 17 Oct
Changed: Improve statistics performance by clearing cache proactively 17 Oct
Fixed: Reject messages sent to Operators which have been disabled for an Account in a special routing setup 17 Oct
Changed: Improve inbound message (MO) processing by separating the processing logic to a separate worker 2 Oct

September 2020

Dashboard

Changed: Receiver search in history to also search if keyword was search without the '+' sign 17 Sept
Changed: Updated the first day of the month to be Monday across Dashboard features 17 Sept
Changed: Display 'seen' message status for Whatsapp, Telegram and Viber history17 Sept

Omnichannel API

Added: Add support for message priority 21 Sept

August 2020

Dashboard

Fixed: Fixed a minor bug where empty IP address was shown in HTTP API IP address whitelist 14 Aug
Fixed: Removed the (*) that incorrectly indicated required VAT code 13 Aug
Changed: Made sign-up flow a bit easier by removing phone number field 13 Aug

Omnichannel API

Fixed: Improve error message when trying to cancel already delivered Omnimessage 27 Aug

July 2020

Dashboard

Fixed: Fixed message time to show seconds in Omnichannel History 27 Jul
Updated: Upgraded the views for User Profile 27 Jul
Fixed: Show more decimal places for message price in Omnichannel History detailed view 22 Jul
Fixed: Improved signup process with added reCAPTCHA 21 Jul
Fixed: Fixed a bug with navigation menus when switching between accounts with different permissions 21 Jul
Fixed: Fixed a bug in Omnichannel History date picker when only single day was selected 17 Jul
Changed: Upgraded Omnichannel History to brand new layout 15 Jul

Omnichannel API

Fixed: Improve handling of network outages to decrease message processing delays during failover of some internal services 28 Jul
Fixed: Fixed internal monitoring where one internal processing queue was tracked incorrectly 10 Jul
Added: Extend internal scammer protection filter to Omnichannel API 10 Jul
Fixed: Fix an edge case where HTTP 500 was returned when requesting for DLR 7 Jul
Added: Improve internal Omnichannel queue monitoring to detect potential issues sooner 10 Jul

June 2020

Dashboard

Fixed: Fix a bug where account details could not be correctly updated when requesting for Sender Name or updating Company details 19 Jun
Changed: Redesigned pages where you can update your account details 30 Jun

May 2020

Dashboard

Added: Added a feature to copy-paste multiple IPs to the API key whitelist 8 May
Added: Improved design on form elements 8 May
Fixed: Made sender name case sensitive 8 May

April 2020

Dashboard

Added: Redesigned API settings page with a possibility to add and delete API keys 20 Apr
Added: A separate page for managing sender names 6 Apr
Added: Changed statistics date selection to go back 3 years instead of 1 20 Apr
Fixed: An issue where during login you sometimes got stuck on loading screen 21 Apr
Fixed: Minor fixes on statistics view 6 Apr

March 2020

Dashboard

Changed: Select last used account after logging in 12 Mar
Changed: Reordered submenus under "History and Statistics" navigation menu 12 Mar
Fixed: Minor visual fixes to Account selection dropdown 12 Mar
Fixed: Better handling of new release while browsing around in Dashboard 12 Mar

February 2020

Dashboard

Added: Added "Sender name" in the Omnimessage History view 11 Feb
Added: Now you can also export messages from Omnichannel History 10 Feb

Omnichannel API

Added: Added "timestamp" field to delivery report (DLR) callbacks 4 Feb

January 2020

Dashboard

Fixed: Message cost estimation in message sending preview was sometimes incorrect 22 Jan
Fixed: Statistics page date period is now included in the URL (allows sharing a link with selected dates) 21 Jan
Changed: Added a "possible incomplete data" notice to the statistics page if selected date range includes dates over a year ago 21 Jan
Changed: Updated statistics page empty charts to a better-looking design 21 Jan
Added: System status indicator with active incident reports to the Dashboard 21 Jan

December 2019

Dashboard

Fixed: Always use UTC timezone in statistics date range selection 23 Dec
Fixed: Fix warning when exporting message history 20 Dec
Fixed: Fix some typos in Number Lookup view 20 Dec
Changed: New look and feel for Dashboard and Statistics views 20 Dec
Changed: Limit payment functionality for unverified accounts 13 Dec
Changed: Post-pay invoice VAT aggregation logic was updated slightly (VAT calculated and rounded for every row separately) 13 Dec
Added: Help button is easily accessible on the top menu bar 9 Dec

SMS API

Fixed: Fix a configuration error at MO message processing where callback URL was not correctly called 20 Dec
Changed: Upgrade internal setup to be more easily scalable 20 Dec

Omnichannel API

Fixed: Fix a bug where Viber or Whatsapp message price was sometimes not correctly stored 27 Dec

November 2019

Dashboard

Fixed: Fixed counting some messages twice in the Dashboard statistics view 24 Nov
Changed: Limit exporting messages to 1 month 24 Nov
Changed: Post-pay invoices were updated to show data in a more detailed way 12 Nov
Fixed: Fix some rare cases with Alphanumeric SenderID request flow, where phone number was unexpectedly cut shorter 12 Nov

SMS API

Fixed: Fixed handling "text-store" parameter where it was mishandled 8 Nov
Fixed: Add more strict recipient phone number length validation 6 Nov

Omnichannel API

Changed: Upgraded internal Viber message handling 24 Nov
Changed: Internal performance improvements in message processing flow 20 Nov
Fixed: Fixed an issue with synchronous Delivery Reports where it returned incorrect status when SMS was in ACK status 14 Nov
Changed: Internal performance improvements for message decoding 7 Nov
Fixed: Fixed SMS meta-data processing in some rare cases 6 Nov
Fixed: Fixed a bug in auto-convert conversion logic 3 Nov
Changed: Performance improvements by reworking internal message storage 3 Nov

October 2019

Dashboard

Added: Added Help button in Dashboard for easy access to Messnete's support 17 Oct
Changed: Speed up alphanumeric sender name application processing by asking more information upfront 16 Oct
Fixed: Hide 'Add credit' button when account is on post-pay model 14 Oct
Fixed: Merge similar statistics on postpay invoices for Omnichannel messages 2 Oct

SMS API

Fixed: Fixed a bug in account crediting cache 25 Oct
Changed: Improve message processing performance by re-workig internal processing flows 24 Oct

Omnichannel API

Changed: More strict check for message content length - do not allow sending empty message 22 Oct
Changed: Rework internal message processing flows to improve performance and reduce latency 16 Oct
Changed: Add basic OTP code message prioritization logic 15 Oct

September 2019

Dashboard

Fixed: Show delivery status time in the user's timezone 19 Sep

Omnichannel API

Fixed: Improve message processing performance during number lookup process 19 Sep

August 2019

Dashboard

Changed: Rename ACKNOWLEDGED to QUEUED to avoid confusion with ACK for Omnimessages 26 Aug
Changed: Make initial page load faster 12 Aug

Omnichannel API

Added: Add Telegram support 26 Aug

SMPP

Changed: Improved SMPP account creation automation for new SMPP accounts 22 Aug

July 2019

Dashboard

Changed: SMS Autoreplace can now also replace longer texts than just one character 20 Jul
Changed: Unsubscribe tool was renamed to Subscribe 20 Jul
Fixed: Do not allow accidentally sending duplicate campaigns from Dashboard in short timeframe 15 Jul
Fixed: Do not log users unexpectedly out of Dashboard in case invalid response is received from the server 1 Jul

June 2019

Dashboard

Fixed: Fixed a bug that stopped Dashboard from showing message delivery progress in some rare cases 20 Jun
Added: Added Turkey to quick selection under Auto replace settings page 10 Jun

Phonebook API

Changed: Updated API reference and examples for Phonebook API 17 Jun

Omnichannel API

Changed: Updated API reference for Omnichannel API 10 Jun

May 2019

Dashboard

Fixed: A statistics report calculations for previous month 31 May
Added: You can now add a callback URL to unsubscribe links and automate your responses 28 May
Fixed: In some cases the History view was missing "Show more..." button if all messages did not fit on one screen 22 May
Changed: Updated account invitation emails to new layout 16 May

Phonebook API

Fixed: Fixed invalid HTTP response Content-Length headers for HTTP 204 response code 8 May

April 2019

Dashboard

Changed: The password recovery got a complete re-design in the Dashboard 17 Apr
Fixed: Correctly show up to date statistics on Dashboard when SMS were sent with Omnichannel API 15 Apr
Added: Summary of countries in Preview where messages are being sent 13 Apr
Fixed: Use user's timezone to display Omnimessage dates 13 Apr
Fixed: Include Omnichannel API satistics for SMS on main dashboard 13 Apr
Fixed: Compatibility issues with Edge and Internet Explorer 11 during login 5 Apr
Fixed: In some cases searching for messages based on phone number returned empty result 3 Apr

Phonebook API

Fixed: Added endpoints for managing Groups and Contacts in the Phonebook 22 Apr

March 2019

Dashboard

Added: Message export now also supports filtering based on message type 27 Mar
Fixed: Allow æ character in SenderID 27 Mar
Changed: History performance improvements when searching based on specific phone number 27 Mar
Fixed: Improve phonebook importing popup and fix import status view when importing contacts 11 Mar

Omnichannel API

Changed: Improved Omnichannel API documentation 5 Mar

February 2019

Dashboard

Changed: Improved user invitation flow by granting access to existing users right away 21 Feb
Fixed: Credit card payment flow could not be completed with IE11 or older browsers 1 Feb
Fixed: New users could not send Omnichannel messages with verified Sender ID in some edge cases 1 Feb

January 2019

Omnichannel API

Added: Official C# library 21 Jan
Added: Official Ruby library 17 Jan

Phonebook API

Added: New API endpoint to check if specific phone number is in blacklist 10 Jan

Dashboard

Added: A dashboard page where you can manage your Inbound SMS phone numbers 18 Jan
Changed: Increased dashboard sessions timeout period to 14 days. So people wouldn't get logged out so often 10 Jan

December 2018

Dashboard

Changed: Our dashboard general look. 14 Dec
Changed: Improved the password requirements to allow most special characters 14 Dec

November 2018

Phonebook API

Added: New service called Phonebook API to manage blacklisted numbers using API 28 Nov