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• Product name

  For example: Brightwater Reports

• Version

  For example: 4.2.0

• Release date

  For example: 9 March 2027

• One-line summary

  What you would tell a customer in one sentence.

  For example: Faster reports, a new sharing option and 14 fixes.

• What is new

  One item per line, in words a customer would use.

  For example: Share a report with a link that expires after the date you choose. Schedule a report to arrive in your inbox every Monday. New dark theme in settings.

• Improvementsoptional

  One per line.

  For example: Large reports open about three times faster. The date picker now remembers your last range.

• Fixesoptional

  One per line.

  For example: Fixed a problem that sometimes exported empty columns to Excel. Fixed an error when two people edited a filter at the same moment.

• Changes that need actionoptional

  Anything that stops working or must be changed by the user. Write nothing if there is none.

  For example: The old 'v1' export link stops working on 1 June 2027. Switch to the new export button before then.

• Known issuesoptional

  For example: Scheduled reports in the Asia-Pacific region may arrive up to an hour late. A fix is planned for 4.2.1.

• How to updateoptional

  For example: The update is applied automatically. Self-hosted installs: download 4.2.0 from the downloads page, back up first, and run the update tool.

• Where to get helpoptional

  For example: support@brightwater.example or the help centre

• Thanksoptional

  For example: Thank you to everyone who sent feedback in the beta.

1. 1What is new
2. 2Improvements
3. 3Fixes
4. 4Changes that need action
5. 5Known issues
6. 6How to update
7. 7Help

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