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
v1.4.0Jan 08, 2026v1.3.0Dec 22, 2025v1.2.0Oct 23, 2025v1.1.0Jun 30, 2025v1.0.0Apr 29, 2025

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.