Release Notes

2025 Release Notes

Release 2025.19 – October 14, 2025

  • Improved system performance and reliability
  • Streamlined outdated features and cleaned up legacy code
  • Enhanced partner integrations and data processing
  • Strengthened data protection and privacy monitoring
  • Fixed minor issues to improve the user experience

Release 2025.18 – October 1, 2025

  • Strengthened monitoring, testing, and performance for core systems.
  • Advanced integrations with partner platforms through secure data warehousing.
  • Improved user controls and experience in Match Direct v2.
  • Completed security remediation and compliance updates.
  • Began decommissioning legacy functionality and cleaning up unused configurations.

Release 2025.17 – September 17, 2025

  • Enhanced Match Direct v2 with improved controls, updated endpoints, and styling refinements
  • Advanced LAMP/Consignment with new endpoints, data processing improvements, and logic to determine sellable/sharable records
  • Improved legacy partner integrations by adding new endpoints and testing connectivity
  • Completed planning for outreach enhancements and continued high school candidate decommissioning
  • Fixed issues with partner APIs, data handling, and record processing

Release 2025.16 – September 10, 2025

  • Expanded Match Direct v2 with profile completion, transcript uploads, real-time updates, and an Accepted Offers carousel
  • Modernized LAMP/Consignment with standardized processes, improved search and visibility, flexible data delivery, and enhanced redaction safeguards
  • Began decommissioning outdated High School Candidate functionality
  • Fixed sensitive data bugs and updated partner targeting
  • Planned modernization of legacy partner integrations

Release 2025.15 – August 20, 2025

  • Continued modernization by retiring unused services and cleaning up backend code
  • Completed Veracode security remediation
  • Advanced Content Services Refactor and Address Autocomplete integration
  • Built new functionality to support Match Direct v2
  • Improved monitoring and fixed bugs including password reset issues

Release 2025.14 – August 5, 2025

  • Advanced backend modernization and removed unused services
  • Built safeguards to detect incomplete data redaction
  • Began backend and frontend work for Address Autocomplete
  • Fixed partner consent issues and updated targeting rules
  • Planned Match Direct v2 updates and enhanced email validation

Release 2025.13 – July 22, 2025

  • Strengthened sensitive data consent tracking across student flows
  • Updated styling for academic pages for a smoother user experience
  • Retired unused services and completed legacy system shutdown review
  • Planned next phases for Match Direct v2 and Address Autocomplete
  • Removed outdated tracking tools for improved privacy

Release 2025.12.1 – July 9, 2025

  • Resolved an issue preventing consent preferences from being saved

Release 2025.12 – July 8, 2025

  • Retired outdated systems and simplified platform infrastructure
  • Improved logging and monitoring for reliability
  • Expanded data fields and updated styling for student profiles
  • Fixed registration and data display issues to improve usability
  • Updated homepage documentation and completed security remediation

Release 2025.11 – June 24, 2025

  • Launched a new homepage with flexible content blocks and additional content types
  • Improved error handling for homepage and college planner tools
  • Enhanced data consent management and security safeguards
  • Removed unused services and documented key features

Release 2025.10 – June 10, 2025

  • Expanded flexibility in visitor flow and inquiry management
  • Enabled pre-fill for quiz questions to simplify onboarding
  • Introduced configurable homepage content blocks
  • Strengthened data redaction and completed security remediation

Release 2025.9 – May 28, 2025

  • Enhanced visitor flow labels and homepage data management
  • Introduced new account processes for clients and partners
  • Improved error handling to prevent system disruptions
  • Retired unused services and documented new features for transparency

Release 2025.8 – May 14, 2025

  • Improved tour inquiry process and college list updates
  • Added alerts and enhanced pre-fill for a smoother user experience
  • Strengthened consent tracking and priority processing lanes
  • Updated financial aid offer content
  • Built architecture to support a redesigned homepage

Release 2025.7 – May 1, 2025

  • Strengthened account creation with consent tracking and visitor-type checks
  • Improved registration experience with pre-populated data and images
  • Enhanced monitoring and logging for security and compliance
  • Introduced sharable queues to support partner workflows
  • Removed legacy components and completed security remediation

Release 2025.6 – April 15, 2025

  • Enabled secure data exchange for virtual tour features
  • Expanded registration options with new citizenship and military fields
  • Improved offer presentation for students
  • Retired outdated functionality to streamline the platform
  • Advanced ongoing technology upgrades

Release 2025.5 – April 1, 2025

  • Retired outdated code to improve system efficiency
  • Launched new services to support future integrations
  • Expanded data fields to better serve students and partners
  • Fixed issues to strengthen account security and privacy controls
  • Enhanced database and system performance for scalability
  • Completed security updates and compliance reviews

Release 2025.4 – March 18, 2025

  • User data enhancements for Appily Auth Project
  • Data updates for Sunset Legacy work
  • Begin work on adding new user fields
  • Tech roadmap
  • Login and registration bug fixes

Release 2025.3 – March 11, 2025

  • User data enhancement architecture
  • User site experience updates
  • Enable one-time passcode setup
  • Sunset Legacy
  • Update Outreach text
     

Release 2025.2 – February 18, 2025

  • User data enhancement architecture for Appily Auth 
  • Email experience updates
  • Add listeners for governance service
  • Data cleanliness
  • Tech roadmap and Veracode remediation

Release 2025.1 – January 29, 2025

  • Backend work for One-time passcode
  • Implement endpoints
  • Update data cleanliness for new LAMP service
  • Governance listeners for consent and suppression
  • Java 17 upgrades

Release 2024.26 – January 22, 2025

  • Frontend work for user enhancements
  • Affiliate Partner implementations
  • Sunset legacy work
  • Monitor for data governance
  • Appily Auth work
  • User data enhancements
  • Configurable consent type

Release 2024.25 – January 22, 2025

  • User experience enhancements
  • Registration path enhancements
  • Update database tokens for Appily Auth
  • Veracode remediation
  • Tech roadmap for multi-use projects

2024 Release Notes

Release 24.24 – December 17, 2024

  • Backend updates for Registration
  • Scale Sharable inquiry batch
  • Update user experience - Outreach pills
  • Tech and support tasks

Release 24.23 – December 3, 2024

  • Data governance implementation
  • User experience enhancements - Appily/VT, Direct Admissions, High school Academics
  • Update data performance
  • Fix Google SSO bug
  • Continue Java 17 transition

Release 24.22 – November 19, 2024

  • Frontend and API enhancements for Advance
  • Backend for data sharing
  • Backpopulate data
  • Add Meta Postback bucket ID
  • Java 17 enhancements

Release 24.21 – November 7, 2024

  • Registration path enhancements
  • Java 17 upgrade
  • Veracode remediation
  • College Data (IPEDS) reload

Release 24.20.1 – October 25, 2024

  • Enable partner file downloads

Release 24.20 – October 23, 2024

  • Affiliate consent updates
  • Collate IPEDS data for 2025 college reload
  • Backend for adult learner fields
  • Remove suppression for consented underage accounts
  • Appily Authorization architecture
  • Java 17 upgrades
  • Veracode remediation

Release 24.19 – October 8, 2024

  • College Planner enhancements
  • Match integration data updates
  • Data performance improvements
  • Update Appily fonts
  • Java 17 upgrades

Release 24.18 – September 24, 2024

  • Consent Updates
  • User experience updates
  • Match Hypercare
  • Veracode remediation
  • Tech roadmap

Release 24.17.1 – September 16, 2024

  • Bug Fix - State Code

Release 24.17 – September 10, 2024

  • Configure consent collection
  • Match Hypercare
  • Backend work for ALR
  • Bug fixes for Outreach
  • Tech roadmap

Release 24.16 – August 28, 2024

  • User architecture for College Planner
  • Backend consent updates
  • Frontend updates for Match Direct
  • Partner offer updates
  • Bug fixes
  • API Updates

Release 24.15 – August 13, 2024

  • Match Direct User Enhancements
  • Consent Updates
  • Tech roadmap development
  • Veracode remediation

Release 24.14 – July 31, 2024

  • Add College Planner to homepage
  • Backend architecture for Match Direct
  • Privacy compliance
  • Database cleanliness
  • Tech roadmap development

Release 24.13 – July 18, 2024

  • College Planner content blocks
  • Registration Path Enhancements
  • Update Governance to comply with new Underage Laws
  • Advance User Enhancements
  • Tech roadmap development

Release 24.12 – July 10, 2024

  • Registration Enhancements
  • User Experience Enhancements
  • Underage Consent Updates
  • Modify Partner Offers
  • Improve Error Logging

Release 24.11 – June 26, 2024

  • Backend work for College Planner
  • Content block development for College Planner
  • Legal Consent Changes - Florida
  • Registration Path Enhancements
  • Veracode remediation

Release 24.10 – June 12, 2024

  • Backend work for College Planner
  • Update flex registration to include Generic TCPA consent and phone number
  • Bug fixes for registration and JIT widget
  • Performance improvements for search

Release 2024.9 – May 28, 2024

  • User data enhancement targeting
  • User site experience architecture
  • User consent integration

Release 2024.8.1 – May 20, 2024

  • Outreach enhancements

Release 2024.8 – May 8, 2024

  • Cleanliness curation
  • User data enhancement targeting
  • User site experience architecture

Release 2024.7 – April 26, 2024

  • User data enhancement targeting
  • Data analytics dashboard enhancements

Release 2024.6 – April 10, 2024

  • Enhanced partner data analytics dashboards
  • API improvements

Release 2024.5 – March 28, 2024

  • Registration attribution enhancements
  • Student experience enhancements

Release 2024.4 – March 13, 2024

  • API enhancements

Release 2024.3 – February 27, 2024

  • Front end enhancements

Release 2024.2 – February 15, 2024

  • Client analytics enhancements

Release 2024.1 – February 6, 2024

  • Client analytics deployed
  • Enhance data cleanliness
  • Transfer credit availability enhancements

Release 24.3 – January 23, 2024

  • Front end enhancements
  • Meta event tracking improvements

Release 24.2 – January 10, 2024

  • New offer partner improvements
  • Error logging enhancements

Release 24.1 – January 3, 2024

  • New registration fields refinement

2023 Release Notes

Release 23.23 – December 6, 2023

  • Operational performance enhancements

Release 23.22 – November 16, 2023

  • Major mapping optimizations

Release 23.21 – November 6, 2023

  • Lead delivery replatform input improvement

Release 23.20 – October 17, 2023

  • Mobile filter display improvements
  • Partner registration field additions
  • Appily rebrand legal language updates

Release 23.19 – October 4, 2023

  • Registration enhancements
  • Forgot password improvement

Release 23.18 – September 19, 2023

  • Appily Rebrand
  • Analytics API enhancements

Release 23.17 – August 29, 2023

  • Lead delivery enhancements
  • Operational enhancements

Release 23.16 – August 1, 2023

  • Site animation enhancements
  • Additional filtering criteria

Appily Release 23.15 – July 31, 2023

  • Data analytics operational enhancements
  • Operational performance enhancements

Appily Release 23.14 – July 19, 2023

  • Lead delivery cadence enhancement
  • School profile enhancements

Appily Release 23.13 – June 29, 2023

  • Data privacy enhancements
  • Transactional email migrations

Release 23.12 – June 15, 2023

  • Content block targeting enhancements
  • Merit Aid release

Appily Release 23.11 – June 8, 2023

  • LGBTQ+ search filter release

Appily Release 23.10 – May 31, 2023

  • Address verification enhancements

Appily Release 23.9 – May 10, 2023

  • Analytics API enhancements
  • Operational enhancements

Appily Release 23.8 – April 19, 2023

  • Ongoing support enhancements

Appily Release 23.7 – April 5, 2023

  • Registration framework migration
  • Search/Browse experience enhancements

Appily Release 23.6.1 - March 23, 2023

  • Fixed an issue with NCSA offers

Appily Release 23.6 – March 22, 2023

  • Graduate program experience enhancements
  • Registration information enhancements

Appily Release 23.5 – March 8, 2023

  • Graduate program experience enhancements
  • College profile data expansions

Appily Release 23.4 – February 23, 2023

  • Graduate program experience enhancements
  • Operational service migrations

Appily Release 23.3 – February 8, 2023

  • Graduate program experience enhancements
  • Registration information enhancements

Appily Release 23.2 – January 24, 2023

  • Minor front end enhancements 

Appily Release 23.1 – January 10, 2023

  • Ongoing support enhancements

2022 Release Notes

Appily Release 22.25 – December 14, 2022

  • Internal tooling

Appily Release 22.24 – November 29, 2022

  • Search and session tracking
  • Minor front end enhancements

Appily Release 22.23 – November 16, 2022

  • Site algoritm enhancements
  • Search/Browse experience enhancements

Appily Release 22.22 – November 1, 2022

  • Google SSO Login and registration enhancements

Appily Release 22.21 – October 19, 2022

  • Ongoing Support

Appily Release 22.20 – October 5, 2022

  • Google single sign-on login and registration enhancements

Appily Release 22.19 – September 19, 2022

  • Front end enhancements

Appily Release 22.18 – September 7, 2022

  • Search and Browse enhancements.

Appily Release 22.17 – August 24, 2022

  • Lead file delivery vertical split

Appily Release 22.16 – August, 10, 2022

  • New Google Tag Manager fields for enhanced tracking

Appily Release 22.2 – February 2, 2022

Release Highlights:

  • Implemented a new solution for Data Cleanliness that verifies Name and Email Address of students

Appily Release 22.3 – February 15, 2022

No updates

Appily Release 22.4 – February 23, 2022

Release Highlights:

  • YouVisit affiliate API integration

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed errors in Outreach matching
  • Performance Advertising update
  • Fixed an issue with lead delivery and lengthy telephone numbers

Appily Release 22.5 – March 9, 2022

Release Highlights: 

  • Marketing analytics tracking enhancements for Adult Learner segment
  • Data Cleanliness scoring enhancements around name and email validation

Appily Release 22.6 – March 29, 2022

Release Highlights: 

  • Partner API updates

Appily Release 22.7 – April 7, 2022

Release Highlights: 

  • Graduate and MBA profile data built into the Appily site experience
  • New preferential data built in the registration experience
  • Enhanced lead delivery to accommodate broader vertical definitions
  • Add single-use authentication link as an alternative login method to password 

Appily Release 22.8 - April 21, 2022

Release Highlights:

·         Enhance flexible registration paths with Greenlight enhancements

·         Data Cleanliness enhancements to accommodate ingestion volume

·         Continue to enhance the Appily Graduate site experience

Appily Release 22.9 – May 04, 2022

  • International compliance enhancements

Appily Release 22.10 – May 23, 2022

  • Configurable indices by registration path
  • Appily Best Colleges lists
  • Continuing GPC and GDPR compliance enhancement

Appily Release 22.11 – June 1, 2022

  • Ongoing security remediation
  • Enhanced field attributes for browse experience

Appily Release 22.11.1 – June 9, 2022

  • New Google Tag Manager fields for enhanced tracking

Appily Release 22.12 – June 22, 2022

  • Additional Google Tag Manager enhancements

Appily Release 22.12.1 – June 23, 2022

  • Appily and YouVisit synergy enhancement

Appily Release 22.12.2 – June 28, 2022

  • Redaction enhancements

Appily Release 22.13 – June 29, 2022

  • Domestic physical address enhancement

Appily Release 22.14 – July 13, 2022

  • Front end enhancements

Appily Release 22.15 – July 27, 2022

  • Recommendation algorithm implementation
  • Registration path optimizations