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Meaningful product improvements for shelters, rescues, and foster networks.

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Continuous Deployment

We ship at least once per day, sometimes more. Zero downtime deployments mean your organization never misses a beat. This list is far from exhaustive. It only focuses on the most impactful changes and only when we think to add them. We release unlogged performance improvements, bug fixes, and new tweaks every day. The dates you see are the weeks during which we released these changes; not the day we released them.

March 8 - 14, 2026

Forms, Invitations, and Faster Record Creation

Prepare forms in a refreshed editor, invite teammates through a clearer joining flow, and start common work from dashboard quick actions.

New Features

A Refreshed Form Editor: Build and edit custom forms with clearer validation and a more familiar experience across field choices and entry screens.
A Clearer Team Invitation Journey: Invite teammates through a streamlined acceptance and onboarding flow that helps them get into the shared workspace.
Dashboard Quick Actions: Access common tasks like adding a pet, starting an adoption, or creating a note with quick action shortcuts right from your dashboard.

Improvements

Smarter Document Naming: Uploaded documents now receive clearer, more descriptive default names so you can find what you need faster.

March 1 - 7, 2026

Pet Details That Travel with the Placement

Show bonded pets together, connect spay and neuter records to profile details, and use custom fields in Petfinder listings. Payment refinements support the adoption workflow.

New Features

Petfinder Custom Fields: A new Petfinder section on pet forms lets you manage custom listing fields directly, keeping your Petfinder profiles accurate without leaving PawPlacer.

Improvements

Simplified Payments: Stripe checkout has been streamlined with a cleaner payment flow and fewer steps to complete a transaction.
Bonded Pets Display: Bonded pet pairs now display more clearly on profiles, making it easy to see which animals should stay together.
Spay and Neuter Status Updates: Recording a spay or neuter procedure also updates the pet’s fixed status, keeping the care record connected to the profile detail.

February 19 - 28, 2026

Email Notifications and Care Status Tracking

Keep fosters and volunteers informed by email and distinguish pets currently in care from those who have left. Related scheduling and status improvements help teams follow the next steps.

New Features

Emails for Fosters and Volunteers: Send automated email notifications for applications, approvals, and status changes so people can follow their next steps.
In/Out Care Status Tracking: Pet statuses now clearly indicate whether an animal is currently in your care or has been placed, giving you an instant read on your shelter's capacity.

Improvements

Clearer Email Templates: Updated email layouts include useful adoption details, with a settings indicator showing the organization’s email configuration.
Dark Mode Polish: Continued improvements to dark mode styling across more pages and components.
Improved Search: Search results now return faster and more relevant matches across all entity types.

February 14 - 18, 2026

Dark Mode and More Languages

Make the workspace feel familiar with a choice of appearance and language. This update brings dark mode, French, and Chinese to more of the everyday experience.

New Features

Dark Mode: Choose a darker workspace appearance from settings for comfortable reading during evening shifts or in low-light spaces.
French and Chinese: Use the workspace in French or Chinese alongside the existing language options, helping more teammates work in their preferred language.

Improvements

Appearance Settings in One Place: Find the theme controls in settings and choose the appearance that suits the way you work.
Language Choices for Your Team: Select your preferred language in settings so everyday navigation and supported product copy feel more familiar.