Release Notes
A record of all notable updates, improvements, and fixes to Sought Software.
Maintained publicly in support of SOC 2 change-management controls · Last updated JAN 08, 2026
v1.4.0Access controls & operational resilience
Jan 08, 2026
ADDED- Account lockout policy introduced to limit repeated failed login attempts and protect against credential-guessing attacks.
FIXED- Bulk file deletion could fail silently on large accounts; the operation now runs as a tracked background job with status reporting.
v1.3.0Reliability & security hardening
Dec 22, 2025
CHANGED- Merge and convert operations now run asynchronously in the background; users receive real-time progress updates rather than waiting for a blocking response.
- Failed background jobs are automatically retried; jobs that cannot be recovered are quarantined for investigation.
- Uploaded PDFs are structurally validated before any merge operation is attempted.
v1.2.0Administration & governance
Oct 23, 2025
ADDED- Admin console: view a paginated list of all registered users.
- Platform usage analytics dashboard for administrators.
- User acceptance of Terms and Conditions enforced on first login.
- Automated email notification to administrators when a new user registers.
v1.1.0Subscriptions & billing
Jun 30, 2025
ADDED- Paid plans (Base and Pro) with a defined monthly operation allowance.
- Metered overage billing for usage beyond plan limits.
- Self-service subscription management portal (upgrade, downgrade, cancel).
- 5 complimentary operations granted to every new account on signup.
- Pricing page with plan comparison.
CHANGED- File operations (save, merge, convert) now verify subscription status and remaining quota before proceeding.
v1.0.0Initial release
Apr 29, 2025
ADDED- User registration and login with email and password.
- Email OTP verification on signup; self-service password reset via OTP.
- Upload, view, and delete PDF and Office documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX).
- Merge multiple PDFs into a single output document.
- Convert Office documents to PDF.
- Personal document library — each user's files are stored in isolated cloud storage.