Changelog — New

• ✓Short references such as APP-1 or TEC-2 on Fact Cards and Groups
• ✓Curators can click a reference to change it
• ✓Optional Reference column on the Fact Card and Group tables
• ✓Show identifiers on the Views canvas from display settings

Names change and repeat. References do not, which makes them the thing worth putting in a ticket, a spreadsheet or a conversation.

Every Fact Card and Group now carries one, generated when the record is created and shown in the card header. A Group and its Fact Card type draw from the same numbering, so a Group and the cards inside it read as one family rather than two unrelated sequences.

• Curators can click a reference and type their own. Most organisations already have a name for these things, and the point is to match it rather than make people learn a second one.

• References must be unique across your organisation, and can use letters, numbers and the separators hyphen, underscore, dot and slash. If you pick one that is already taken, Colloquial tells you rather than silently renumbering.

• Turn on the Reference column in the Fact Card and Group tables when you want to scan or export them, and Show identifiers in a view's display settings to put them on the canvas.

• Changes are recorded on the Fact Card's history page, so a reference that moved can be traced.

• Import templates read the reference back, which means a spreadsheet round-trip no longer has to rely on internal IDs.

• ✓Link a Fact Card to any product or release on endoflife.date
• ✓Support dates, latest version and LTS status arrive as read-only facts
• ✓Refreshed every day, so the dates never go stale
• ✓Colloquial suggests a match when it spots one

Knowing that a technology is in your estate is only half of it. Knowing how long it is supported for is the half that drives the work.

Search endoflife.date from the Fact Card — products and releases both — and link the one that matches. From then on the card carries five facts drawn straight from that source: Standard Support, Extended Support, Latest Version, Actively Maintained and Long Term Support (LTS).

• Those facts are read-only on purpose. They are marked as linked, and the card points at where the value actually comes from, so nobody has to wonder whether a date was typed in by hand two years ago.

• Colloquial mirrors endoflife.date once a day and re-derives the facts on every linked card from the new data. A version going out of support shows up on your cards without anyone remembering to check.

• When you open Fill in the Facts on an unlinked card, Colloquial looks for a likely match by name and offers it as a suggestion. It is a suggestion, not a guess it acts on — you confirm the data point before anything is linked.

• Linking is a curator-and-above action, and admins can turn the connector off for the whole organisation.

• ✓New Update facts menu in the Fact Cards table bulk action bar
• ✓Updated rows refresh in place so you can check the result

Bulk tags made it easier to update labels. Now you can do the same with the facts themselves.

Select rows in the Fact Cards table and choose Update facts from the bulk bar. Pick the fact you want to change, set its value, and apply it to every selected card without opening them one by one.

Fact types are grouped by Fact Group, with search when you need to find one quickly. Once selected, the editor opens right there in the menu.

• You get the same editors used elsewhere in Colloquial, so choices, dates and other fact types keep their usual rules.

• Multi-step and rich text facts open in their full editor when they need a little more room.

• Calculated, quadrant and external facts stay out of the list because their values come from somewhere else.

• Before anything changes, we show you exactly how many Fact Cards will be updated.

Once saved, the affected rows refresh in place so you can check the result and keep moving.

A product updates view is now available in the navigation bar so you can stay up to date with new features and improvements.

• Added product update panel to the side navigation

• New entries are highlighted with an unread indicator until viewed

• Curator and admin-only entries are scoped to those roles

Added a new Recent Activity page that provides visibility into workspace activities and changes.

What is new

Advanced filtering: multiple filter options for targeted activity review.

• Action Type Filter: Filter by different types of actions performed

• Date Range Filter: Filter activities by specific time periods

• Fact Card Type Filter: Filter by specific Fact Card types (Apps, Technologies, and so on)

• User Filter: Filter activities by specific users

Where you will see this

Enhanced visibility for administrators and users, audit trail support, user accountability, and streamlined activity monitoring.

See the Recent Activity Guide (https://help.colloquial.io/article/61-recent-activity) for further details.

View Collections organise and group related views together with management capabilities.

What is new

• Create Collections: Add new view collections with title and description

• Inline Editing: Edit collection titles and descriptions directly on the page

• Drag-and-Drop Sorting: Reorder collection tabs by dragging and dropping

• Draft/Publish Workflow: Collections start as drafts (curators only) and can be published for all users

Technical details

• Supports drag-and-drop reordering with automatic saving

• Integrates with the existing permission system

• Real-time updates without page reloads

Impact

• Improved content organisation and navigation

• Better workflow management with draft and publish states

• Enhanced user control over view organisation

• Streamlined content management processes

See the View Collections Guide (https://help.colloquial.io/article/63-view-collections) for further details.

A guide wizard helps new users get started with Colloquial quickly and confidently.

What is new

The guide wizard provides step-by-step assistance for:

• Initial setup: Configure your workspace and preferences

• First fact cards: Create your initial applications and technologies

• Team collaboration: Invite colleagues and set up permissions

• Best practices: Learn proven approaches for enterprise architecture documentation

• Integration setup: Connect with your existing tools and workflows

Benefits for new users

• Faster onboarding: Reduce time to value from days to hours

• Confidence building: Clear guidance prevents common setup mistakes

• Structured approach: Follow proven methodologies from day one

• Interactive learning: Hands-on experience with real examples

• Progress tracking: See completion status and next recommended steps

How it works

When you first log in, the guide wizard can appear. You can:

• Use the rocket icon in the bottom left to launch at any time

• Follow the complete guided tour for comprehensive setup

• Skip to specific sections based on immediate needs

• Return to the wizard from the help menu

• Access contextual tips throughout your journey

Perfect for teams

The wizard is especially valuable for new team members, pilot projects, enterprise rollouts, and self-service adoption.

This makes Colloquial more accessible and helps every user get productive from day one.

Search history makes it easier to revisit recent searches. Your last five search requests are displayed for quick access.

What is new

When you click on the search bar, you will see:

• Recent searches: Your last five search queries below the search input

• Quick access: Click any previous search to run it again instantly

• Privacy-focused: History is stored locally

• Keyboard shortcut: Press `/` from anywhere on the page to focus the search bar

Search history makes navigating Colloquial data more efficient.