Release Notes

Below you can find information regarding Enhancements and Bug Fixes contained within each Paya Connect release. The Paya Connect development and product teams operate in two-week Sprints with a set cadence of releases after each Sprint completes. Sandbox releases occur after every Sprint and are conducted every other Monday between the hours of 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm ET. Production releases occur after every two Sprints and are conducted on Tuesdays between the hours of 12:00 am and 4:00 am ET.

Sandbox releases for 2021 are as follows:

2^nd Quarter	3^rd Quarter	4^th Quarter
April 5^th	July 26^th	October 4^th
April 19^th	August 9^th	October 18^th
May 3^rd	August 23^rd	November 1^st
May 17^th	September 6^th	November 15^th
June 1^st (Tuesday)	September 20^th	November 30^th (Tuesday)
June 14^th		December 13^th
June 28^th		December 28^th (Tuesday)

Production releases for 2021 are as follows:

2^nd Quarter	3^rd Quarter	4^th Quarter
April 13^th	August 11^th	October 6^th
May 11^th	September 8^th	November (TBD)
June 8^th		December (TBD)

2021 Release Notes

Version 21.21.0

Production deployment - 07/21/2021

This deployment updated the API to allow integrators to create new Account Vaults using Cards have have expired. The code change disables a validation rule that rejects expired exp_date fields sent to the v2/accountvaults endpoint.

Version 21.20.1

Sandbox deployment - 06/17/2021

Production deployment - 06/17/2021

Rollback 21.20.0

Version 21.20.0

Sandbox deployment - 06/04/2021

Production deployment - 06/09/2021

ENhancements

Added the ability to configure postbacks for the Account Vault resource via the UI
Added the ability to disable the "Blind Payments" feature within the Customer Portal at the Domain, Location, and Contact level

Bug Fixes

Updated the Quick Invoice payment page to display only approved transactions in the Invoice Details tile
Corrected an issue on the Quick Invoice payment page where the payment date was displaying one day prior to the actual transaction date

Version 21.16.0

Sandbox deployment - 05/03/2021

Production deployment - 05/11/2021

ENhancements

Added the ability to configure postbacks for the Account Vault resource via the API (UI is still pending)
Made updates to the Quick Invoice payment page UI to be more responsive with large amounts of data
Added the "Hide Customer Portal Blind Payments" feature configuration to the UI pages for Domains, Locations, and Contacts

Bug Fixes

Corrected issues causing transmission issues on the TSYS EnsureBill interface for Card Account Updater
Increased the transaction amount upper threshold to $9,999,999.99 for ACH transactions
Corrected issue within PayForm UI causing trailing zeroes after a decimal to be dropped
Updated the Quick Invoice payment page to allow alpha characters in the Driver's License Number field for ACH transactions
Updated the batch settlement processes to include EMV Tag 84 for Discover transactions

Version 21.12.0

Sandbox deployment - 04/05/2021

Production deployment - 04/13/2021

ENhancements

Updated the Card Account Updater interface certificates and transmission encryption type
Implemented the new Quick Invoice payment page UI
- Added the new Quick Invoice payment page link to the invoice notification templates (new format is "https://invoice.payaconnect.com/paymentui/quickinvoice?id={id}")
- Added a function to redirect the existing Quick Invoice payment links to the new Quick Invoice payment page
Added a "hind_blind_payment" attribute to the domains, locations, and contacts endpoints (boolean value)
Updated logging levels and alert content for Batch Close functions

Bug Fixes

Updated the quickinvoices endpoint to return a 422 http response code with response message indicating that the "amount value must be numeric" when item list amounts contain non-numeric characters
Updated the timeout value between the API and zGATE microservices to support locations with large batches

Version 21.09.7

week of march 08, 2021

ENhancements

Security updates to restrict connectivity to TLS 1.2 with defined ciphers (see API Reference section)
Security updates to AWS Amazon Machine Image (AMI) policy
Security updates to third party software packages
New internal endpoint for Quick Invoice payment page
New paymentsui endpoint to facilitate enhancements for Quick Invoice payment page (beta version)

Version 21.03.1

Week of february 23, 2021

ENhancements

Security updates to microservices
Certificate update for Ingenico Tetra devices in Sandbox
Update ALB and NLB for all microservices

2020 Release Notes

Version 20.48.1

week of december 07, 2020

ENhancements

Updated Account Vault Title to 64 characters
Updated the API to accept up to 128 characters in the street address on the transactions endpoint
Updated the billig zip code to accept international postal code formats for the transactions, account vaults, and contact endpoints (between 4 and 12 alphanumeric characters including dashes and spaces)
Removed the email ID from all notifications
Updated the AccountForm to allow for up to a 15 second time mismatch between client and server

Bug Fixes

Corrected issues in PayForm where ACH fields were being added in error
Updated invalid error messages

Version 20.39.0

ENhancements

Updated Tax Settings configuration for Deposit Accounts to be more clear on when Sales Tax rules would be applied

Bug Fixes

Resolved issue in Virtual Terminal where Sales Tax Amount would get deleted after entering a zip code

2019 Release Notes

Version 19.52

Week of December 23, 2019

Enhancements

Can now filter by "Last Four", "Account Holder Name", and "Account Type" on the recurring list view

Version 19.50

Week of December 09, 2019

Enhancements

Cardholders will no longer receive an email notification when a credit card transaction is run as AVS only

Version 19.48

Week of November 25, 2019

Enhancements

BIN information will now be available when viewing a stored credit card and credit card transactions
Billing Account field is now a type ahead for easier and more accurate selection

Bug Fixes

Resolved issue where city field was not updating on account vault when changing billing address

Version 19.47

Week of November 18, 2019

Enhancements

Billing statements are now filterable based on whether or not an item has a cost

Bug Fixes

Upload file links will now work when using IE11
Adjusted installment recurring transaction count based on number of transactions run regardless of approval
Required fields on HPP are now being enforced

Version 19.45

Week of November 4, 2019

Enhancements

Added numerical value to card expiration date drop down menu

Version 19.44

Week of October 28, 2019

Enhancements

When creating a new recurring payment, the payment start day will now be blank by default.

Version 19.42

Week of October 14, 2019

Enhancements

Added ability for cardholder to save a new card when paying from a Declined Recurring email notification
Updated error verbiage when hash key expires to be more clear
Enhanced Location Billing Account logs to show additional fields
Added measure to prevent real-time changes to role privileges; a "save" will now be required for the changes to take effect

Version 19.40

Week of September 30, 2019

Bug fixes

When a card type is disabled, a transaction can longer be run with a saved account vault of that type
When a card type is disabled on a product, an account vault of that type can no longer be saved
Quick Invoice items now display an ending 0 when viewing from the paylink

Version 19.39

Week of September 23, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced user experience by updating field name to "Billing Street Address" on AccountForm and PayForm.

Version 19.38

Week of September 16, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced user experience so that fields requiring specific lengths cannot be saved unless correct when saving an Account Vault

Bug fixes

Enhanced readability of the Authorization Agreement when saving an Account Vault from Cardholder Portal

Version 19.36

Week of September 2, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced Transactions Report with additional "Reason" columns

Version 19.35

Week of August 26, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced user experience with additional action buttons on view and edit screens
Enhanced user experience by adding "Created By" and "Created Date" as filters on Location Accounts list view

Bug fixes

When skipping a payment on an Installment Recurring, the installment total count will be reduced

Version 19.34

Week of August 19, 2019

Enhancements

When viewing file names in the UI, special characters are now displayed as underscores
Enhanced file uploading to allow for drag & drop

Bug fixes

Transaction full details page now displays increment button for authonly transactions
Quick Invoice can now calculate total when data format is not sent as expected

Version 19.33

Week of August 12, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced user experience by adding navigation links when using list view
Updated Cardholder Portal to include file attachments for Quick Invoice
Enhanced notification field names for better user experience

Version 19.32

Week of August 5, 2019

Enhancements

Updated the user interface to make naming more consistent
Additional user levels now visible in the user interface (UI)

Version 19.31

Week of July 29, 2019

Enhancements

Simplified Locations > General Info view by removing unnecessary fields
Enhanced Stored Account page to show "Recent Transactions" and "Recurring Billings"
Removed email notifications when submitting AVS only for an account vault

Version 19.30

Week of July 22, 2019

Enhancements

Updated permissions so recurrings cannot be skipped or deferred by contact user

Version 19.29

Week of July 15, 2019

Bug Fixes

When editing a Contact recurring, the default account vault will now stay the same unless explicitly changed.
Account vault can now be saved from a terminal when running AVS only.

Version 19.26

Week of June 24, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced Billing capabilities, which include:
- Increased flexibility by adding more billing items
- Easier and more accurate pricing updates through the addition of pricing groups
- Added ability to bill one location for a multi-location business through the addition of billing groups

Version 19.25

Week of June 17, 2019

Enhancements

Added ability to upload files to Quick Invoice

Version 19.24

Week of June 10, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced recurring list view with additional filters and links
When setting up a recurring payment, a contact record is no longer required when using a stored account

Version 19.23

Week of June 3, 2019

Bug Fixes

When running AVS only on Virtual Terminal, transaction amount is no longer required
When editing ACH product, MCC can now be entered

Version 19.22

Week of May 27, 2019

Bug Fixes

Visually enhanced "Submit Payment" button on HPP for various browsers
When filtering by Transaction Source on transactions, only exact matches will be returned

Version 19.21

Week of May 20, 2019

Enhancements

Level 3 support now has the ability to see downstream request data to processor
Enforced proper structure when adding a domain
Added ability to deactivate developer id
Added ability to change authorization verbiage on Quick Invoice when paying with ACH

Bug Fixes

Enhanced user interface (UI) to remove actions the user did not have permissions for

Version 19.20

Week of May 13, 2019

Enhancements

Updated menu labels for transaction reporting
Invoice number is now editable in Quick Invoice
Simplified recurring payments view for status

Bug Fixes

Ingenico terminals can now reprint receipts

Version 19.19

Week of May 6, 2019

Bug Fixes

Corrected errors in drop down options when using Mailbox Messaging

Version 19.18

Week of April 29, 2019

Enhancements

Added device connection logs to UI
Enhanced Token Sharing

Version 19.16

Week of April 15, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced HPP to allow for title and logo to be optional

Bug fixes

HPP form will now be responsive on mobile devices

Version 19.15

Week of April 8, 2019

Enhancements

Added ability to see deleted services/products in batch tab under location

Version 19.14

Week of April 1, 2019

Enhancements

Added asterisk on user setup to denote required fields
Can now specify a custom name for a custom field on HPP. This will display in transaction reporting.

Bug fixes

Room number is now visible on a transaction receipt for lodging merchants

Version 19.13

Week of March 25, 2019

Enhancements

Enhance user experience around managing merchant receipt logo

Bug fixes

Users will land on specified default page upon login

Version 19.12

Week of March 18, 2019

BUG fixes

SSO integrations will ignore blank fields when updating a contact

Version 19.11

Week of March 11, 2019

Enhancements

Transaction reporting now displays origin of transaction
Support level users can now remove email addresses from the local blacklist
Enhanced accountForm/payForm to accept fields in payload on POST

BUG fixes

First 6 of card number is now an option in transaction reporting
Contact email address now populates when creating Quick Invoice
Resolved various UI issues

Version 19.09

Week of February 25, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced speed for recurring payments

BUG fixes

Corrected rare instance when trying to save an account vault from the full transaction details page

Version 19.08

Week of February 18, 2019

Enhancements

Enhance Quick Invoice to reopen the invoice if the linked transaction is voided

Version 19.07

Week of February 11, 2019

Enhancements

Added ability to send merchant notification when quick invoice is paid
Enhanced Quick Invoice to include a comments section on invoice

Bug Fixes

Corrected calculation when refunding a transaction with a surcharge
If surcharge is enabled, the surcharge amount is now visible in recurring payment email reminder
When no receipt logo present, added transparent image for receipt logo so image doesn't show as broken
Corrected signature image to display properly, including when printing

Version 19.06

Week of February 4, 2019

Enhancements

Enhanced Transaction endpoint to improve speed
Improved terminal connectivity for Ingenico devices
Enforced signature line being present on receipt when applicable

Version 19.05

Week of January 28, 2019

Enhancements

Modified selection filter list and added "Last 90 Days"
Added batch closure to postback options
Enhanced terminal application to account for card removal at various stages

Bug Fixes

Improved Ingenico terminal response at various stages of card removal
Enforced scaling on signature images
Enhanced landscape receipt view to include only wanted text
Enhanced modal to add tags even if tag drop down is not closed
Enforced location tree view to show properly in IE/Edge

Version 19.04

Week of January 21, 2019

Enhancements

Modified selection filter list and add "Last 90 Days" (UI)

Bug Fixes

Fixed invalid javascript preventing acctForm/payform from work in IE/Edge
Fixed duplication listing of Month/Year for exp date on acctForm/payForm
Removed customer id field from Quick Invoice payment form
Fixed Ingenico terminal prompting and receipt printing

Version 19.03

Week of January 14, 2019

Enhancements

Added bin lookup endpoint to get bin detail from a previously run transaction
Added buttons to top of forms as well as cleaned up title areas
Added fields to set terminal timeouts on terminal pages

Bug Fixes

Fixed bug that counted deleted HPP pages in total HPP allowed count
Fixed event date filter on recurrings to show recurrings set to run the next day
Fixed recurring to not allow mismatch between payment method on product and account vault (UI)
Change text input for zip code to allow letters
Fixed invalid formatting of numbers on dashboard graphs
Fixed bug preventing locations from adding existing users

Version 19.02

Week of January 7, 2019

Enhancements

Minor visual enhancements to the batch tab
Visual enhancements and modernization updates to navigation menu

Bug Fixes

Fixed recurring to not allow mismatch between payment method on product and account vault (API)
Updated validation for forcing proper checkin and checkout dates in lodging
Fixed recurring custom fields so they save properly when creating the record
Added ability for location admins to view location tree

Version 19.01

Week of December 31, 2018

Bug Fixes

Fixed incorrect validation preventing terminal transaction on payForm

2018 Release Notes

Version 18.52

Week of December 24, 2018

Enhancements

Added ACH capabilities to Hosted Payment Page (HPP)
Added ACH capabilities to payForm
Added ACH capabilities to accountForm
Added a "Back to Top" button for tall pages
Added "Full Detail" button to transaction receipt and enhanced layout of full detail page
Removed the words "Virtual Terminal" from every breadcrumb
Added payment facilitator fields to product transaction (transaction service)

Bug Fixes

Fixed user acceptance verbiage from disappearing after page refresh
Fix bug in tags when voiding a transaction
Added validation to gateway to prevent level3 data submitting tax exempt as yes along with tax amount

Version 18.51

Week of December 17, 2018

Enhancements

Added security exception for livechatinc.com chat scripts

Bug Fixes

Fixed logging when update_if_exists is sent in request to update a contact
Fixed bug in transaction when terminal timeouts are not defined
Updated messaging when deleting items on HPP design page
Added validation to prevent duplicate items on Quick Invoice creation
Removed menus when logged in contact users visit recurring declined payment page

Version 18.50

Week of December 10, 2018

Enhancements

Added support for card_present flag
Added debit option to account type filter in transaction listing
Update UI defaults for checkin_date and checkout_date (one day prior)
Added avsonly action to virtual terminal

Bug Fixes

Stripped spaces when present in Canadian postal codes
Fixed change logs from logging blank data on updates to product transactions endpoint
Updated batch close summary notification template to allow easier customization
Fixed erroneous error-logging in UI console

Version 18.49

December 3, 2018

Bug Fixes

Fixed Hosted Payment Page to work better in IE and Edge

Version 18.48

Week of November 26, 2018

Enhancements

Added ability for locations to set default for recurring notification days

Bug Fixes

Added prefill data for accountForm/payForm when provided in request

Version 18.47

Week of November 19, 2018

Enhancements

Added validation to restrict level3 data from being submitted on debit transactions
Added surcharge amounts and data to be available for use in email templates
Added POST method for Hosted Payment Page
Added POST method for accountForm and payForm
Added code to show appropriate contact tabs when viewing/editing contact screens
Added "sticky" headers to grid component for better viewing of long running lists

Bug Fixes

Fix broken links for certain domains on quick invoice payments
Allow ACH to be submitted without MICR data for an SEC of POP
Fixed PO number from not displaying properly on some screens
Fixed header and footer in UI from not displaying properly after browser refresh
Fixed application error on transactions beta when filtering on a hidden column
Fixed ach update script to better handle invalid data when batch processing status updates
Suppress lodging specific data groups in settlement for debit transactions

Version 18.46

Week of November 12, 2018

Bug Fixes

Change validation message on void to specify PUT instead of POST
Updated middleware to allow multiple ACH terminal IDs in Sandbox for testing
Fixed status column on recurring to not show "Unknown" for status
Fixed level3 default calculations to better qualify