Changelog — Jina Connect

v1.0.0 May 20, 2026

General availability. Voice channel launches with 5 HTTP providers + 12 SIP trunks; click-to-WhatsApp ads backend ships; chat-flow event-trigger subsystem goes GA.

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Voice channel — production ready. Twilio, Plivo, Vonage, Telnyx, Exotel HTTP adapters + 12 SIP trunk profiles (Knowlarity, Servetel, MyOperator, Tata Tele, Airtel + 7 more).
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IVR compiler with DTMF + speech gather, transfer, record. Compiles to TwiML, NCCO, Plivo XML, Exotel XML, Telnyx CC, or Asterisk ARI.
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Pluggable transcription: Deepgram, OpenAI Whisper, or provider-native STT. Async pipelines via Celery.
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Click-to-WhatsApp (CTWA) ads full backend bundle. Track ad clicks → WhatsApp conversations end-to-end.
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Chat-flow event-trigger subsystem — bridge inbound events from WhatsApp / Voice into flow execution.
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S3-backed call recordings with retention sweep + recording-consent log for TCPA compliance.
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Local rate-card + CDR billing for per-call cost attribution.
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SIP wizard hardening (B1–B4): Asterisk health probe, RBAC, mutex on config writes, webhook signature verify.
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Marketing site overhaul: dedicated /for-agencies page, real partner logos, audit-corrected testimonials.

v0.9.5 April 2026

RCS goes live. MCP server ships with 13 tools across WhatsApp / Telegram / SMS.

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RCS channel via Google RBM & Meta RCS. Rich cards, suggested replies, carousels, verified-sender branding.
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MCP server with 13 tools — send_whatsapp, list_broadcasts, get_analytics, search_contacts, send_sms, send_telegram, etc.
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Per-tenant Razorpay wallets with auto top-ups and invoice generation.
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Broadcast queue throughput up 3.2× on Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY pipeline.
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Inbox WebSocket reconnect on TLS renegotiation no longer drops unread state.

v0.9.0 March 2026

Telegram channel launches. Multi-provider WhatsApp routing (Meta Cloud + Gupshup) at the adapter layer.

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Telegram channel: bots, templates, broadcasts, two-way messaging.
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WhatsApp adapter pattern: Meta Cloud API + Gupshup as parallel adapters with automatic failover.
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Team Inbox with PDF export and conversation tags.
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WhatsApp template versioning + Meta approval workflow.
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API path /messages/ moved under per-channel namespace (/wa/v1/messages/, /sms/v1/messages/). Old paths return 308 redirect for 90 days.

v0.8.0 February 2026

SMS channel ships. Multi-tenant from day one.

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SMS channel: Twilio, MSG91, Fast2SMS adapters. DLT-template support, DLR webhooks, multi-provider routing.
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Multi-tenant architecture at the row level — RBAC, scoped API keys, per-tenant data isolation.
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Branding settings: custom domain, custom logo, custom email sender per tenant.
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Audit log on every privileged action.

v0.7.0 January 2026

First public release. WhatsApp broadcast + team inbox + open-source under AGPL v3.

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Open-source release under AGPL v3 on GitHub.
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WhatsApp Business API via Meta Cloud — templates, broadcasts, two-way, media.
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Team Inbox for shared customer conversations.
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Docker-compose self-host quickstart.

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