Changelog

Welcome to the Babelize changelog. Here you'll find a chronological record of all significant changes, new features, and bug fixes.

[v2.0.2] - 2026-07-01

Features

Static Site Framework Support — Full translation pipeline for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript projects, enabling static website localisation through the same robust engine
ZIP Project Upload — Upload entire projects as compressed archives directly through the dashboard, eliminating manual file-by-file imports
Email Notification Overhaul — Complete redesign of email workflows with all triggers wired end-to-end, ensuring reliable delivery for translation completions, invitations, and account events
Admin System Monitoring — New dashboard endpoints for real-time system health checks, performance metrics, and detailed user activity tracking with paginated transaction views
Azure Container Apps Deployment — Production deployment of the translation engine on Azure Container Apps with a fully automated CI/CD pipeline via GitHub Container Registry
Context7 Documentation Integration — Added Context7 configuration to documentation assets for improved developer onboarding and reference accessibility

Bug Fixes

Translator Engine Stability — Resolved six critical defects causing server crashes and incorrect translation outputs, significantly improving engine reliability
OAuth Token Lifecycle — Fixed token expiry handling, refresh logic, deduplication, and cascading failures in the rate limiter and API key authentication middleware
Static Site Parser Compatibility — Added ESM compatibility for node-html-parser and resolved lint errors from unused workspace path variables
Project Details Integrity — Removed references to non-existent database columns, synchronized provider icon rendering across detail and configuration views, and eliminated stale sync-related UI elements
Theme Consistency — Disabled light theme to enforce uniform dark mode across all surfaces, eliminating flash-of-wrong-theme edge cases
Onboarding Reliability — Revamped onboarding flow with deduplicated API calls, corrected chart colour rendering, and improved GitHub connection triggers
Admin Controller Correctness — Fixed TypeScript naming errors and resolved typecheck, build, and test regressions introduced during refactoring

Refactors

Removed theme settings, sync-related code, and unused project detail components
Standardised billing plan filtering logic and authentication display behaviour
Optimised variable declarations and converted mutable query definitions to constants in the admin controller
Simplified project owner resolution with cursor-based pagination for Dodo Payments

Infrastructure

Translator Deployment — Deployed translation engine to Azure Container Apps (consumption plan, Southeast Asia region, 2 CPU / 4 GiB RAM, scale-to-zero)
Container Diagnostics — Added RUST_BACKTRACE and enhanced debug logging for production crash investigation
GitHub Container Registry — Configured GHCR integration for automated image publishing with fine-grained access tokens

[v2.0.1] - 2026-06-27

Features

Production Notification System — Robust real-time notifications with RLS security, missing type coverage, and security audit fixes
API Key Usage Tracking — Dashboard graphs and backend metrics for API request consumption insights
Admin Dashboard — Enhanced admin module with user detail views, role management routes, and dashboard statistics
Project Archiving — Archive/unarchive projects with blocking logic for actions on archived projects
User Settings Page — New settings page with security, preferences, and API key management sections
Automated GitHub PR Creation — CLI can now create PRs automatically from translation runs
Dodo Payments Integration — Transaction and payout management with yearly billing variants
Provider Icon Library — New dashboard UI components for provider icons
Documentation Restructure — New sections, improved navigation, Lucide icons, and feedback mechanisms

Bug Fixes

Double Header UI Bug — Fixed duplicate DashboardLayout wrapping in changelog and other pages causing nested headers and layout duplication
Fixed IDOR vulnerability in API route guards with proper test coverage
Fixed Redis test cleanup and worker process leak in CI
Fixed API key generation CSRF vulnerability
Fixed notification mark-as-read route mismatch
Fixed Docker build failures (package filter, LFS model downloads, Rust image version)
Fixed NLLB engine initialization and tokenizer configuration
Fixed CLI OAuth callback routing through frontend domain
Fixed stale user data on account switch and brand voice gating
Fixed glossary bugs — type duplication, pagination, MCP fallback, CSV overwrite
Fixed rate limiter null handling and circuit breaker failures
Fixed typecheck OOM in MCP build with separate tsconfig
Fixed pre-existing CI failures (test mocks, lint warnings, ESLint config)
Fixed docs link redirect (babelize.io/docs → docs.babelize.co)
Resolved 107 Dependabot vulnerability alerts

Security

Switched to proprietary license with enhanced IP protection
Harden security policies across backend modules
Implemented rate limiting with Redis-backed store
Fixed RLS bypass vulnerabilities using scoped clients
Enhanced CSRF protection with cookie-based token validation

Refactors

Removed dead code, unused imports, and stale lockfile artifacts
Cleaned up dependencies and improved environment configuration
Removed Docker Compose and deploy.sh in favor of Railway deployment
Standardized UTC date handling across API rate limiting
Consolidated Babelize API key prefix to bblz_sk_ across backend, MCP, CLI, and frontend

Performance

Optimized backend engine performance across multiple modules
Improved error handling in middleware
Enhanced database query patterns

[v2.0.0] - 2026-06-06

Features

MCP Server — Release of @babelize/mcp allowing Cursor, Claude Desktop, and opencode to scan, start, and query translations from the IDE
Glossary — Glossary masking with CSV import/export for "Never Translate" and "Always Translate As" terms
Pricing Plan Overhaul — New subscription structure (Free, Starter, Growth, Studio) with expanded credits and API keys
BYOK Credit Bypass — When using your own API key, credit reservation and consumption is skipped entirely
Translation Memory — Reuse approved translations across runs for consistency and cost savings
Brand Voice — Custom brand voice configuration for more contextual translations
RTL Language Support — Full support for RTL languages including Arabic with proper plural handling
System-Wide Notifications — Real-time notifications for translation syncs, repository updates, and engine status
Target Languages Snapshot — Babel runs snapshot languages at run time instead of resolving from config (#95, closes #87)
Invalid Date Fix — Execution Logs panel now correctly displays timestamps from API and WebSocket sources (#96, closes #89)
Strict Environment Validation — Env var validation for Supabase config and auth service failure handling
Translation Engine — New optimized engine for faster, more accurate translations

Security

Improved RLS (Row Level Security) policies across all database tables
Enhanced CSRF protection with cookie-based token validation
Security audit logging for sensitive operations

Bug Fixes

Background translation dialog no longer silently fails when closed (#94)
Checkout flow uses DB-driven UUIDs instead of hardcoded plan IDs (#91)
Fixed null pointer issues in project and comment controllers
Fixed RLS bypass vulnerability in commentController using scoped client
Fixed lockfile corruption when translator service is unavailable
Fixed WebSocket stale closure using proper ref management
Fixed rate limiter null handling and circuit breaker failures
Fixed subscription expiry worker, invitationController, and fileWorker null issues
Fixed syncDigestWorker and orchestrator null checks
Fixed babelController, engineWorker, and resource limits monitoring crashes
Fixed backend startup script entry point mismatch
Fixed billing plan comparison null === null false-positive on isLoading
Stabilized backend test isolation causing CI failures

Performance

Optimized translation engine core for up to 40% faster processing
Improved database query performance with better indexing
Enhanced Redis caching for rate limiting and session management

Refactors

Repository URL validation and improved type safety across backend and CLI
Shift to actual credit consumption tracking with fixed UTC month calculation
Consolidated log merging and babel status synchronization
RBAC membership query optimization with audit logging

Testing

CI now uses Jest runner (bun run test) instead of bun test for proper mock isolation
Enhanced test infrastructure with proper mocking

[v1.3.0] - 2026-02-25

Added

Project Translation Sync — Introduced automatic synchronisation to keep project translations up to date across runs, eliminating manual reconciliation

[v1.2.0] - 2026-02-22

Added

Self-Service Billing — Integrated Razorpay for direct plan upgrades and subscription management within the dashboard, removing manual intervention
Enhanced Diagnostics — Improved backend logging to surface environment-specific issues such as Git dependency resolution failures

Changed

Translation Engine Optimisation — Core engine performance improved by up to 40% for large repository processing
Dashboard Refinements — Updated interface with consistent spacing, alignment, and iconography across all surfaces

Fixed

Resolved an issue where translation runs could stall indefinitely in a "Processing" state during workspace preparation
Fixed CORS errors when prefetching external documentation links from the dashboard

[v1.1.0] - 2026-02-15

Added

Two-Factor Authentication — Mandatory 2FA enforcement for all user accounts, significantly hardening account security

Changed

GitHub OAuth Flow — Streamlined OAuth handshake for faster project onboarding with fewer redirects
Documentation Search — Re-indexed documentation search for more relevant results and faster lookup

[v1.0.0] - 2026-02-01

Official Launch

Babelize launches to general availability — a production-grade localisation platform purpose-built for modern development teams.

Features

50+ Language Support — State-of-the-art AI translation across more than 50 languages with configurable quality tiers
GitHub Integration — Deep repository integration enabling automatic syncing, PR creation, and webhook-driven translation workflows
Resource Bundle Generation — Automatic export to standard formats including .json and .i18n with framework-specific optimisations
Team Collaboration — Role-based access controls, shared projects, and user management for team-scale localisation

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