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Release Notes

What's new in GroupJaunt.

April 2026

Highlights

  • Ranked-choice voting with deadline countdown
  • Phase confirmation dialogs with 24-hour revert window
  • Undo for destructive actions (30-second recovery)

Voting & Decision-Making

  • Ranked-choice ballot — rank destinations 1st through Nth instead of binary thumbs up/down
  • Decision helper sidebar — shows budget pick, group consensus, and trip-focus match
  • Voting deadline with live countdown timer (configurable or skip)
  • Cost outlier alerts — flags when a family's cost is 2x+ the group average

Trip Management

  • Phase advancement confirmation dialogs with preview of what unlocks
  • Co-organizers can now advance trip phases (previously organizer-only)
  • 24-hour revert window after any phase change
  • Inline quick-add for itinerary blocks — type a title and hit Enter
  • Destination reveal banner when a destination is locked in

Safety & Recovery

  • 30-second undo toast for destination removal, block deletion, and requirement deletion
  • Optimistic UI rollback — failed mutations automatically revert the UI
  • Offline queue recovery — capped retries with Retry/Discard for failed sync
  • Pending changes banner shows when offline mutations need attention

Notifications & Preferences

  • Per-type email notification toggles (phase changes, destination locked, itinerary, etc.)
  • Global email pause toggle in profile settings
  • One-click unsubscribe from any GroupJaunt email (CAN-SPAM compliant)

Onboarding & Accessibility

  • Guided walkthrough for invited participants (3-step contextual intro)
  • Late-joiner banner on the vote page with context about what the group is deciding
  • Skip-to-content link for keyboard navigation
  • Improved alt text on destination images
  • Semantic tablist role on trip navigation
  • Mobile scroll hint on the comparison table
  • Responsive vote buttons and rank pills for smaller screens

Removed

  • In-app chat removed — coordinate with your group text instead