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Changelog & Updates

Release notes for Toolzum — new tools, performance work, accessibility passes and security fixes, newest first.

v2.7.0October 31, 2026
major

PDF Editor: Safe Parsing & Reliable Redaction

Documents are validated before they reach the parsers, redaction removes the text underneath rather than drawing over it, and tools that fetch a user-supplied URL route through our own origin.

Change Details

  • security: Hostile-file screening before parsing — malformed and oversized structures are refused instead of fed to the PDF engine.
  • security: Redaction strips the text layer, outline bookmarks and repeated destination names, and flags nested XObjects it cannot clean.
  • security: User-typed-URL tools relay through our own origin, keeping them working under the Content-Security-Policy without exposing the destination to the browser.
  • feature: Annotation list panel — every comment, stamp and signature is reachable without hunting on the canvas.
  • fix: Keyboard control, focus order and screen-reader labels through the editor; signatures announce where they sit on the page.
  • performance: Thumbnails render only for the pages in view, and the editor engines load on demand.
v2.6.0October 16, 2026
major

Full Image Editor: Layers, PSD & Retouching

Layers, masks, PSD round-trips, retouching, curves and animation — the photo editor now covers the everyday desktop editing workflow, entirely in the browser.

Change Details

  • feature: Raster layer engine — add images, blend modes, opacity, drag-reorder, and non-destructive paint-on masks.
  • feature: Photoshop interoperability — import PSDs with text, groups, adjustments and effects, and export a layered PSD back out.
  • feature: Retouch toolkit: healing brush, clone stamp, liquify (push/bloat/pinch), skin smoothing, teeth whitening and reshape.
  • feature: Object removal and content-aware fill, magic wand and lasso selection with feather and edge refinement, plus subject selection.
  • feature: Adjustment layers, curves, levels, per-colour HSL mixer, LUT import, white-balance eyedropper, clarity, denoise and sharpen.
  • feature: Animation timeline with GIF and APNG export, film looks (vignette, grain, bokeh), stickers, curved text, and print-ready DPI/PDF/SVG export.
  • feature: Projects save and reopen as .tzp files with autosave, named checkpoints and batch apply — one look across many photos, delivered as a ZIP.
  • performance: Preview repaints coalesced to one per animation frame, graded base cached, undo depth raised to 80 steps, and lower-end canvases get a size guard.
  • fix: Colour-profile aware import and export — source ICC read, sRGB re-embedded so colours do not shift on the way out.
v2.5.1October 13, 2026
minor

PDF Editor: Forms, Signatures & Editable Export

Fill real AcroForm fields in place, sign with a signature you drew once, and choose whether your annotations stay editable or get flattened into the page. Plus a searchable OCR layer and a local PII pattern scan before you share anything.

Change Details

  • feature: In-place AcroForm filling — existing PDF form fields accept text, checkboxes and dates in the file's own layout.
  • feature: Signature vault parity: draw or save a signature once, then place it with initials and date stamps on any page.
  • feature: Export choice — Editable (annotations stay separate) or Flattened (burned into the page), with links live in both.
  • feature: Searchable OCR text layer added on export, so scanned pages become selectable instead of flat images.
  • feature: Local PII pattern scan with a review list — catches card numbers, IDs and phone numbers without sending the document anywhere.
  • security: Clean-metadata export is the default, drafts expire, and 'wipe local data' removes both editor databases.
  • fix: Pinch-zoom anchors on your fingers, the canvas stays above the mobile keyboard, and budget phones get tighter memory discipline.
  • feature: PWA file handlers and share target — 'Open with Toolzum' sends a PDF straight into the editor.
v2.5.0September 16, 2026
minor

Trust & Resilience Program

Privacy policies rewritten around the current product, a consent banner that disables analytics on decline, instant AI kill-switches, and an offline page for uncached visits.

Change Details

  • feature: Consent banner: Decline disables analytics immediately, with a reset control to revisit your choice anytime.
  • feature: AI features can be paused instantly during an incident, with no rebuild or redeploy.
  • feature: Offline fallback page: uncached visits show a helpful page instead of a browser error.
  • feature: Onboarding tour fixed on mobile; search and dashboard empty states guide you onward.
  • fix: Legal pages audited line-by-line against the live product; subscription, copyright, and children's terms added.
  • fix: AI errors now say you're offline when you are — and never auto-retry paid requests.
  • security: Bot-rate guards on AI endpoints, repaired abuse logging, Next.js security upgrade.
v2.4.0September 11, 2026
minor

Accessibility Pass, Live Credits & Adaptive WASM

Every form field announces its name to screen readers. Credit balances go live instead of day-old snapshots. Low-end devices skip the heavy video engine. Quota copy distinguishes guest, signed-in and Pro states.

Change Details

  • feature: Form labels bound for screen readers across 800+ inputs — fields announce their names instead of silence.
  • feature: Skip link jumps past navigation on every page; dialogs trap focus, close on Escape, and return focus on dismiss.
  • feature: Live credit balances — dashboard and account read true remaining credits from the server ('X remaining of 200/mo').
  • fix: Download badge reads server plan state — Pro users never see quota copy; anonymous users on Pro tools get 'Sign in' instead of 'used up'.
  • performance: Low-end devices skip the multi-threaded video core and get heads-up toasts before large AI and OCR downloads.
  • fix: Contract suites added for credits and downloads endpoints — 1,141 tests green across 196 files.
  • fix: Beyond-plan catches from the same pass: palette Space hijack fixed with focus-return on close; dropzones, indexed rows, and selects named; hidden file inputs keyboard-focusable; 294 controls labeled from nearby text; hover/drag-only containers keyboard-accessible.
v2.3.0September 03, 2026
major

30 New Tools & Platform Hardening

30+ new tools across image, PDF and text workflows, a rebuilt homepage upload box, and account pages tuned for 100k+ users.

50+
tools & counting
Image
165 tools
Video
31 tools
PDF
75 tools
Audio
88 tools
Dev
261 tools
Finance
33 tools
AI
16 tools
India
27 tools

Change Details

  • feature: 30+ new tools: bulk image upscaling, HEIC/AVIF conversion, AI watermark removal (single + batch), bulk PDF operations, and text utilities.
  • feature: Homepage upload box improved — keyboard accessible (Tab + Enter), proper ARIA labels, animated file detection, better Remove button.
  • fix: Sign-in reliability: sessions are detected correctly across client and server after authentication.
  • performance: Account, payment and session queries indexed — dashboard and history pages stay fast at 100k+ users.
  • security: Account suspension now applies consistently across API routes.
v2.2.0August 25, 2026
major

Calculator Renaissance

Every calculator on the platform gets a premium pass — two-column layouts, result history, auto-calculate. A full accessibility audit ensures every tool works for every user.

Change Details

  • feature: Calculators redesigned: two-column layout with result panel, one-click copy/download, calculation history, and presets across 80+ calculators.
  • feature: Auto-calculate across health, finance, and math tools — results appear as you type, no Calculate button needed.
  • fix: Calculation accuracy improved across 20+ tools — edge cases like empty inputs, impossible values, NaN, and overflow handled gracefully.
  • fix: Accessibility pass: screen reader support, keyboard navigation, and proper labels added to all interactive elements across 39 tools.
  • performance: Page loads faster — heavy code removed from initial bundles, images optimized to WebP, tools load on demand.
  • fix: Gas mileage NaN bug, fraction calculator stack overflow, and modulo computation errors all resolved.
v2.1.0August 11, 2026
major

Auth Rebuilt & Account System

Authentication rebuilt on a single session model, alongside a full account system.

Change Details

  • fix: Authentication rebuilt on a single session model — redirect issues, session persistence and cookie conflicts resolved.
  • feature: Account page: edit profile, change password, manage active sessions, export favorites, and delete your account.
  • feature: Favorites system: star any tool, see them on your homepage, and jump to them instantly from search (Cmd+K).
  • security: Bot protection (Turnstile CAPTCHA) added to sign-up, sign-in, and password reset flows.