Latest release notes

2026-08-31 — Onboarding lifecycle: personalized emails and payment reminderslink

• check_circleYour brand on your emails — application, payment, verification, activation, and demo emails now show your company logo alongside Kariant’s in the header. If no logo is available yet, your website’s icon is used; failing that, the Kariant Partner mark appears.
• check_circleVerification-in-progress email — after your payment completes you now get a second confirmation telling you your application has moved into verification, so the quiet period between paying and hearing back is never unexplained.
• check_circlePayment reminders — if you submit an application but don’t complete payment, you receive at most two reminders (around one day and three days after submission) with a link back to where you left off. Completing payment stops them immediately.
• check_circleRejection decisions carry the reviewer’s note — if your application is rejected, the decision email includes the reviewer’s note when one was written, alongside the existing refund handling for paid applications.

2026-07-31 — Platform actions stop paying Koins (badges & XP instead)link

• check_circleThe action grants (+100 profile complete, +50 listing published, +25 review received, +10 review reply, +200 monthly active) are retired. Those actions now award badges and XP — recognition on your gamification profile, never wallet credits.
• check_circleKoins already credited for past actions stay in your wallet and remain Kash-convertible under the earned-Koin policy. Earn History keeps those rows with their amounts; action events from today appear as badge credits with no amount.
• check_circleThe 500-Koin referral bounty is unchanged — it is a commission on a partner you bring in, not an action reward. Affiliate rails (Katalyst, Konsumer) are also unchanged.
• check_circleThe Koins Earning page (/partner/koins/earning) now separates the two clearly: "Ways to Earn" lists referrals (the Koin payout), and "Platform Actions — Badges & XP" lists what each action actually awards.

2026-07-30 — Honesty & attribution wavelink

• check_circleConsole privacy hardening — gated /partner/* paths are now robots-disallowed and noindexed at the SSR layer, and unknown /partner/<something> paths return a real 404 instead of rendering an empty console shell.
• check_circleHonest conversion counts — page-load telemetry (pixel loaded / page viewed) no longer increments ad conversion counters, so conversion numbers may drop to their true level. Pixel conversion events are reporting-only during rollout: no per-event Koin price, no wallet debit.
• check_circleReal click-id verification — outbound clicks mint a server-side click id delivered as ?kclid=out_… (via the redirect host and the in-app interstitial alike); pixel verification now checks for out_-prefixed ids, and hand-typed values are quietly discarded. Organic outbound clicks now appear in Partner Traffic Analytics.
• check_circleAds campaign lifecycle — drafts are submitted for review (they go live once the Kariant team approves them), and campaigns are ended (permanent) rather than archived. Campaign creation offers "All categories (run of network)".
• check_circleSigned listing-card embeds — publisher embed snippets carry a fail-closed server signature; unsigned/tampered embeds render unattributed. Publishers must re-copy signed snippets to keep earning credit. Embeds/KDN are labeled Beta on the public partner site.
• check_circleVersioned partner agreement — acceptance now records agreement v1.1 with its text variant; earlier acceptors are grandfathered on their recorded version (acceptance records are create-once).
• check_circlePayment outcomes — the partner payment-success page finalizes PayPal captures itself (webhook backstop), and the failed page shows the gateway’s sanitized failure reason.
• check_circleDecisions notify you — case-study approvals/rejections arrive in-app (rejections carry the reviewer’s note verbatim), and a rejected PAID onboarding application records a manual-refund obligation with the applicant told the fee will be manually refunded.
• check_circleOutreach honesty — the console states plainly that in-platform campaigns deliver to your own opted-in audience, your ICP text grounds AI drafting only, and email/DM campaigns queue as scheduled until those rails activate.
• check_circleNewsletters deliver in full — published updates deliver their complete body in-app (2,000-character cap) to the unified subscriber book; unmeasured read/click tiles were removed. Forms publish live immediately with share links and an on-page response inbox.
• check_circleROI Reports without modeled dollars — the page now shows review-derived implementation/support scores and verbatim reviewer ROI quotes; the modeled Time Saved / Cost Saved / Payback tiles are gone.
• check_circleDemand signals go live — listing detail pages record real view signals, so Demand Geography analyses populate as activity accrues. And the partner learn hub gained a group index for Agentic AI at /partner/learn/agentic-ai.

2026-07-28 — Enterprise-grade console wavelink

• check_circleAutofill-from-URL restored — the AI listing autofill on the Submit and Add Listing pages runs again through the secure gateway (it had been blocked by a platform security policy on its old transport).
• check_circleListing claims now reach a decision — the Kariant team reviews every claim and records an approve/reject decision with a decision note; approvals transfer ownership atomically. Your claim status chips on /partner/listings reflect real decisions.
• check_circleNotification bell in the console header — unread partner notifications now surface on every console page, not just the left-rail Notifications entry.
• check_circleReal earn history — Koins Earning now lists your actual server-recorded earn events (awarded amounts and cap outcomes) alongside the program catalog.
• check_circlePartner AI usage is attributed — the intelligence suite, growth agents, and Brand Studio AI now meter on a dedicated partner pool instead of the generic chat pool, enabling fair per-vertical limits.
• check_circlePayment returns are environment-safe, and the duplicate /partner/distribution route was removed — the gated console owns the path; the four distribution channel pages remain linked from the public menus.

2026-07-27 — Kurator & Gold Mine: one surface for everyonelink

• check_circleThe old partner-console copies (/partner/goldmine and /partner/kurator/*) now redirect to the user surface. Bookmarks keep working.
• check_circleYour history carries over automatically — the retired partner pages saved to the same account-scoped scan history and saved leads the user surface reads. Past Gold Mine scans appear under Kurator → My Research.
• check_circleTier entitlements are unchanged: Kurator market intelligence (Kariant AI tier) and Gold Mine (Agentic AI tier) meter exactly as before, on the same wallet.

2026-07-20 — Partner-console reliability wavelink

• check_circleFeatured promotion is now a single protected transaction — the 500-Koin charge and the featured flip succeed or fail together, so a failed promotion can never cost Koins. A repeat purchase extends the current 30-day window.
• check_circleOne alert per lead — new demo/quote/inquiry leads now send exactly one partner email (plus the in-app alert), and both deep-link correctly to Kontinue → Leads.
• check_circleKoin earn events notify you — profile-complete, listing-published, review, review-reply, monthly-active grants and the 500-Koin referral bounty now push an in-app notification (and your connected channels) the moment they credit.
• check_circleBoost budget alerts — daily-cap pauses, total-budget depletion, and any governance change to your campaign now notify you immediately.
• check_circlePublic case-studies wall is live — review-approved studies published from your console now list at /partner/resources/case-studies with their outcome metrics, linking to your listing page.
• check_circleTeam messaging opens in-console — chat buttons on Partner Team now open Buyer Messaging inside the partner console instead of bouncing to the dashboard.
• check_circleOnboarding drafts follow your account — drafts started before signing in are claimed automatically at sign-in; submission now asks you to sign in first so payment and status tracking always work.

2026-07-19 — Signal integrity and reach fixeslink

• check_circleHonest comparison win/loss — comparison decisions are now recorded only when a buyer explicitly picks a vendor to demo, and the demo request books that vendor. Loss Analysis no longer receives placeholder decisions.
• check_circleWorkspace-add alerts reach your inbox — when a buyer adds your listing to their workspace, the notification now lands in your partner notification feed (these were previously misrouted).
• check_circleMarketplace listings visible to kariant.app buyers — tenders and auction notices you publish on the Kurator console now render on kariant.app/goldmine/tenders and /goldmine/auctions, not only on the Kurator domain.
• check_circleDiscovery filters and search now shape the grids buyers see, and search impressions are attributed to the listings actually shown — impression counts in your analytics reflect real visibility.
• check_circleReward reviews unlocked — buyers can now request review authorization and submit reviews on reward listings, feeding your review-approval queue like other verticals.

2026-07-08 — Measurement rails close end to endlink

• check_circleAttributed click tracking — listing CTA clicks now record your partner id, placement, and referrer, and carry a kclid click-id across domains; the traffic console reads them live.
• check_circleWorking conversion pixel — the pixel posts to a real server ingest; conversions on your own site attribute back to the originating Kariant click.
• check_circleMeasured AI visibility — real mentions are recorded whenever platform AI answers cite your listing, feeding the AI-visibility dashboard alongside the readiness audit.
• check_circleComparison-recorded loss signals — when buyers decide on a comparison page, win/loss signals are written for every compared listing’s owner.
• check_circleAgent chats → Kontinue CRM — qualifying bot conversations land in your CRM and are scored by the AI lead-qualify engine like any other lead.
• check_circleKlick Chat on every listing format — AI-tools and services detail pages now carry the same grounded chat as software.
• check_circleKontext everywhere — deep research and all six intelligence surfaces now read your Kontext ICP before every run.
• check_circleDemo reminders — buyers and partners get branded reminder emails before confirmed slots.
• check_circleKlick Flash is now correctly listed as free — it runs the same engine as Klick Default and was never actually metered.

2026-07-06 — The agentic suite and reach layer go livelink

• check_circleSales agent — drafted outreach sequences (3 Koins per generation) with a draft → approve/edit/reject → dispatch flow through in-platform outreach, at /partner/agents/sales.
• check_circleAI lead qualification — every new Kontinue lead scored 0–100 (hot/warm/cold) against your Kontext ICP; 1 Koin per scored lead, skipped honestly when the balance is empty.
• check_circleDemo scheduling — set availability at /partner/kontinue/demos; buyers book real slots from your listing.
• check_circleCase-studies builder — create → review → published on your listing, at /partner/solutions/engagement/case-studies.
• check_circleKrome capture suite — lead capture on LinkedIn and X, demand signals, price captures, and competitor visits, reviewed at /partner/krome.
• check_circleKurator market intelligence, Gold Mine, Brand Studio (basic + AI), and hreflang regional clustering — beta labels retired; all live.
• check_circleLLM Network syndication — the /llms-network.txt feed is live and consumed by external generative engines.
• check_circleRewards publishing is free for every partner, forever — unlimited submissions, each reviewed before going live; additional listings are one-time purchases from /partner/listings/add.

2026-07-03 — Engagement suite shipslink

• check_circleBuyer Messaging — a participants-scoped inbox in the console; buyers can now message your team directly from your listing page.
• check_circleDedicated listing forums — every published listing has its own public Q&A board, with private-to-partner threads and a console board manager.
• check_circleKommunity forum — the partner community board at /partners-forum, with categories per partner type and platform feedback.
• check_circlePublish Events — webinars, workshops, and seminars published to the /events feed with live registrant counts.
• check_circleSurveys — publish studies with a shareable response link and read responses in the console.
• check_circleLaunch Builder and Deals — product launches (readiness-gated, +20 Koins on launch) and promotional deals reviewed before going live, both live earlier this month.
• check_circleNew intelligence tools — churn prediction (from your Kontinue CRM) and price optimization (against published category competitors).
• check_circleBrand Studio Asset Library — brand books, campaign concepts, and photoshoot art direction now persist to a private library with view/copy/delete.

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