Changelog

What's new in WA-B.

Every shipped change, with no marketing gloss. We deploy almost daily; we round things up here weekly. Subscribe via RSS or on WhatsApp.

v2.0.0 May 5, 2026 New

Custom command grammar & multi-language menus.

Merchants can define their own shortcuts, and the bot answers in Twi, Ga or English. Customers get the version that matches their WhatsApp profile language.

  • New Multi-language menu support (Twi, Ga, Ewe, English).
  • New Customizable command grammar in dashboard → Settings → Commands (e.g. orderbuy, menulist).
  • New Voice-note transcription for orders (auto-falls-back to text).
  • Improved 40% faster bot reply latency (P50 now 1.2s, down from 2.0s).
  • Fixed MoMo prompts occasionally arriving twice for orders >GHS 500.
v1.9.4April 22, 2026

Hubtel webhook hardening.

Signature checks, replay protection and a durable queue that survives the 1st of the month.

  • Improved HMAC signature verification now uses constant-time comparison.
  • Improved Webhook queue retry now uses exponential backoff with jitter (max 8 retries over 3 days).
  • Fixed Race condition in cron renewals when leader changed mid-batch.
v1.9.3April 14, 2026

Inventory v2 + delivery zones.

Stock counts per variant, reorder suggestions, and per-zone delivery fees.

  • New Per-product stock tracking with low-stock WhatsApp alerts.
  • New Delivery zones with per-zone fees (Osu, Cantonments, East Legon, Spintex, Tema, custom polygon).
  • New Bulk CSV product import.
  • Fixed Customer cart sometimes lost between sessions on iOS WhatsApp.
v1.9.2April 1, 2026

Audit log & role-based access.

Every settings change is attributable, and staff only see their own tabs.

  • New Full audit log: who did what, when, from which IP.
  • New Roles: Owner, Manager, Cashier: granular permissions per dashboard area.
  • Improved Dashboard load time on Market plan (8s → 1.4s for 100k orders).
v1.9.0March 11, 2026

Paystack card rails are live.

Card payments sit alongside MoMo at checkout, with VAT now itemised on every receipt.

  • New Card payments via Paystack as alternative to MoMo.
  • New Customers choose payment method during checkout.
  • Improved Receipt PDFs now include VAT breakdown for GRA compliance.
v1.8.0February 19, 2026

Public REST API + webhooks.

Orders, products and customers are now scriptable, with Zapier and Make.com wired up out of the box.

  • New REST API at api.wa-b.com/v1 with full CRUD on orders, products, customers.
  • New Outbound webhooks: order.created, order.paid, customer.churned.
  • New Zapier & Make.com integrations.

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