This page lists, in plain words, what changed in SolaProjects between 5 and 12 October 2026, newest first, and which guide page explains it. Read it when something looks different from what you remember, or to tell your team what to expect. The guide pages themselves are always written for the current version.
Where to find it
You are on it: Documentation → SolaProjects → What's new. It is updated whenever a visible change ships.
Who it is for: everyone who uses SolaProjects. Items that only matter to organization owners or administrators say so.
12 October 2026
| Change | What it means for you | More |
|---|---|---|
| First sign-in fixed | A brand-new person opening SolaProjects for the first time from the Solavel portal could be stopped on some workspaces. That is fixed. Returning users were never affected. | Getting started |
| Documentation in the account menu | The account menu has a Documentation tile, with the black Solavel logo, after your other apps. It opens these SolaProjects guides in a new tab, and it is shown even when you have no other apps. | Top bar and account menu |
10 October 2026
| Change | What it means for you | More |
|---|---|---|
| New top bar, same as SolaHR | The top bar now has the organization pill, search with Ctrl K, Quick add, the notifications bell with an unread count, a language button, the light/dark button and an account menu. | Top bar and account menu |
| Account menu lists your other apps | The account menu has a Solavel portal card and tiles for SolaCount, SolaStock and SolaHR (the ones you can open). They open in a new tab. | Top bar and account menu |
| Organization switcher moved to the top bar | It is no longer at the top of the sidebar. Choosing the organization you are already in now only closes the menu; it no longer reloads and sends you to the Dashboard. | Top bar and account menu |
| A missing or expired plan takes you to the portal | Instead of an error page you land on the right Solavel portal page: plans (owners and administrators) or Access unavailable (everyone else, and everyone when the plan has expired). A feature your plan does not include now offers View plans. | Plan access and upgrade links |
| "Manage apps and plans" opens the right page | On SolaCount connection cards the button opens the organization's Apps page in the portal in a new tab. | Dashboard |
| No more 30-second refresh | The Dashboard, the Tasks board and Notifications no longer reload every 30 seconds. They refresh quietly when you return to the tab (after a minute away), and what you were typing or dragging is not disturbed. | Dashboard, Tasks, Notifications |
| Much faster pages | Opening the Dashboard, a project or the Integrations status is several times faster, because the app now asks the database for one table at a time instead of listing all of them. Nothing to do on your side. | |
| My Tasks is a normal page | It has a title (My Tasks), a row of five status buttons (All, To do, In progress, Review, Done) in place of the filter box, and task titles and project names are links. It was wrongly drawn as a full-screen board before. | My Tasks |
| Dashboard has a title | A Dashboard heading now sits beside the Widgets button. | Dashboard |
| Breadcrumbs only inside a project | Workspace pages no longer show a "SolaProjects › Dashboard" trail that repeated the page title. | Overview of the app |
| Top bar fits every screen | The bar shrinks step by step on narrow windows and phones; menus open as a full-width panel on phones. | Top bar and account menu |
| Sidebar drawer closes on resize | Turning a tablet or changing the window width closes a drawer you left open. A height-only change (the phone keyboard) does not. | Top bar and account menu |
5 October 2026 (afternoon fixes)
These fixes landed just after the guide was last published and are now written into the pages.
| Change | What it means for you | More |
|---|---|---|
| Top-bar bell opens Notifications | The bell used to do nothing when clicked. | Notifications |
| Dashboard "due" counter looks seven days ahead | It used to stop at the end of the calendar week. | Dashboard |
| Dashboard follows your saved widget order | Reordering in Widgets now moves the cards. | Dashboard |
| Health agrees everywhere | Project health shown on the Dashboard, Project Groups, Reports portfolio and the Overview is now recalculated from the tasks, so a project is no longer "On track" on one screen and "At risk" on another. | Projects |
| Rejection reason is shown | A member sees the approver's reason under Rejected on the Time tab and My Time. Rejecting needs a reason. | Time approval |
| Time approval has pages | More than 20 waiting entries are reached with Previous and Next. | Time approval |
| Time invoice quantity is exact | A 2h 30m entry now becomes Qty 2.5 on the draft invoice instead of 3. | Billing |
| Default hourly rate and customer approval are editable | Both are now fields in Settings → General. | Settings, Customer approval |
| Planning and Timeline controls only for editors | Others see them read-only. Cleared dates and capacities are now saved; editing an epic keeps its milestone; a second active sprint explains why it was refused. | Planning, Timeline |
| Divisions form gives feedback | Division created. / Division updated. and field errors; hidden from people who cannot edit. | Divisions |
| Calendar protects guests | Client viewers no longer see internal or private tasks on the Calendar. | Calendar |
| Automation conditions and bulk block | In / Not In accept comma lists; a bulk block fires Task Blocked rules. | Automations |
| Documents say "Archive" | The Archive button no longer claims the document is permanently deleted. | Files |
| Project status filter | The On hold option was removed; the project limit message shows in the New project dialog. | Projects |
How it connects
Most of this page is explained in more depth on the linked guide pages. For changes to the Solavel portal that you may also notice (apps opening in a new tab, language list, Sales and Purchasing roles), see What's new in the Solavel Portal.
Tips and common problems
| Problem | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The page looks like the old version. | Your browser kept an older copy. | Reload with Ctrl+F5 (Cmd+Shift+R on Mac). |
| I cannot find the organization switcher. | It is now the organization pill in the top bar. | See Top bar and account menu. |
| The Dashboard does not update by itself. | The 30-second reload was removed on purpose. | Switch away from the tab for a minute and back, or press G D. |
| A link in an old email points to a page that moved. | Some guide addresses changed. | The legacy "Time approval and billing" address still opens Time approval. |