Release Note

Major Version Update: Collaboration, Sharing, and Export Reliability

Version 2026.1 · published 2/8/2026

This major release expands SeatingChartBuilder from a layout-focused tool into a complete seating operations platform for modern event teams.

Highlights

Massive landing and SEO documentation expansion for product discoverability.

Project member management with owner/admin/viewer role controls.

Enhanced sharing with guest lookup, QR support, and direct email delivery.

Seat-level editing improvements and direct table transform workflows.

Stronger export, CSV, and autosave reliability across operational flows.

New members API with role update and removal endpoints.

Share-link email endpoint integrated with the email delivery abstraction.

Expanded marketing route system for features, use-cases, and release notes.

Improved schema metadata and crawl support via sitemap and robots routes.

Refined editor interactions for seat-level and table-level transformations.

Apply the latest data migration and regenerate the database client.

Set NEXTAUTH_URL and NEXTAUTH_SECRET for authenticated routes.

Configure email delivery settings if direct share-link email is required.

Review project member permissions before inviting new collaborators.

Run lint, tests, and production build in your deployment pipeline.

Create an account, apply the new workflow updates, and keep planning operations current.