Changelog
What’s shipping.
Public release notes for ikan Residences. We push to production every week. Bigger architectural shifts get their own write-up; the small wins live here.
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GST corrected — flat 18% service rate on every ikan invoice
ikan bills as a registered service provider, so every ikan-issued invoice carries a flat 18% GST (input-tax-credit eligible for GST-registered clients). Every price display, tooltip, and Aira answer now says so. The 5%/18% hotel-accommodation slab remains only as background about hotel-issued bills and for supplier rate ingestion — it no longer drives any ikan billing or estimate.
Go-live hardening — pricing, accessibility, security, and honest copy
A platform-wide hardening pass ahead of launch: one GST rule (5% up to ₹7,500/night, 18% above) applied everywhere, one fee story across pricing and corporate pages, WCAG AA contrast and form-label fixes through the funnel, per-portal error boundaries, tighter API error handling, and a sweep of the marketing copy so every claim is one we can stand behind.
Demo + lead capture, persona pages, and a “how it works” walkthrough
You can now request a demo or leave a qualified lead from the corporate and contact pages — each records a lead and notifies the team, no scheduler hoops. The homepage gained HR / Mobility / Finance persona cards and a four-step “how it works” section so the workflow is clear before you sign in.
Aira specialist agents — nine of them, one router
Immigration, Schooling, Documents, Concierge, Pricing, Supplier, Search, Holds, Bookings — each a focused expert, each with its own toolset and prompts. The router picks the right specialist per turn; you see who answered via the agent badge.
After-care reminders, Family Hub, Cultural Briefings (11 cities)
Post-arrival reminders for FRRO, school admissions, and lease renewals run on a schedule. The Family Hub keeps spouse and dependent context in one place. Cultural briefings are now live for 11 Indian cities.
Loyalty + Referrals — four tiers, ledger, share links
Bronze, Silver, Gold, Atlas. Every confirmed stay accrues points; the ledger shows the source of each entry. Referral share-links credit both sides on first booking.
Voice — five Indian languages, mid-call mode switch, adaptive tone
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi (plus English). Switch language mid-call, switch from voice to text without losing context, and the tone adapts (more formal first contact, warmer once we know you).
Desktop shell enters private engineering preview
The Tauri shell is being validated privately. There is no public desktop download yet; pilot access will open only after Mac and Windows installers are signed, notarized where required, and the update chain is verified.
Aira talks like a human — voice + text are one surface
The Aira pill is now a single unified surface (no more text/voice tabs). Tap the mic to start a real conversation; type or speak interchangeably; transcripts interleave in one stream. Inspired by ElevenLabs’ talk-to-support pattern.
Agent identity badge on every reply
Each Aira response now shows which specialist agent handled it (Search · Holds · Bookings · Pricing · Concierge…) plus the response latency. Click the badge to see the router’s reason for picking that agent.
Generative-UI cards for property results, pricing, and city guides
Aira now answers with interactive cards instead of plain text wherever possible — search results, pricing breakdowns, city guides, hold status, booking summaries. Each card shows source attribution + freshness + confidence.
⌘K command palette
A keyboard-first navigation surface with Aira prompts baked in. Press ⌘K (or Ctrl+K) anywhere on the site to jump to a city, ask Aira a question, or open any page.
Liquid-glass design system
Adopted Apple Liquid Glass 2026 patterns — translucent surfaces with depth, spring-physics motion, specular highlights. Applied first to the client and ops dashboards.
Trust pages — /security, /status, /careers
Public security stance with vendor list and retention windows; live status page; careers page with two founding roles open.
Strict card-first directive on every Aira agent prompt
Every specialist agent now inherits the same anti-prose-fallback directive. Tool calls also have try/catch wrappers (“safeExecute”) so a single failing tool can never crash a stream — the user sees a recovery card, never a 500.
Homepage Aira demo strip
The first thing visitors see now is a 25-second autoplaying demo of Aira finding a flat — typewriter cursor, live property card, the whole experience. Click “Talk to Aira now” to drop into voice mode.
Homepage polish + SEO baseline
Real city pricing replaces hardcoded placeholders. Image optimisation re-enabled. JSON-LD on every property + Organization. Skip-to-content link. focus-visible rings on every Button. Cookie banner default flipped to “Necessary only.” Brand colours locked.