Changelog

What shipped, when. Newest first.
5.78.0
August 31, 2026alpha
  • Legislator PDF briefs print the official photo again — the export had been requesting it from an address that no longer existed, so every brief fell back to a plain initials tile.
  • The landing page is rewritten in plain language: feature names as headings, one or two sentences each, and a single call to action.
  • Landing page figures now match the database — 3,400+ bills this session, 147 legislator profiles, 113 committees.
  • The roadmap no longer names a public launch date. Every date on the page is quarter-grain.
5.77.0
July 10, 2026alpha
  • Bill and committee pages load about a second faster, and the welcome page is 1.3 MB lighter after converting its screenshots to WebP.
  • Accessibility pass: real heading structure across 16 screens, AA text contrast, a visible keyboard focus ring, and working pinch-zoom on Android.
  • Security: the web framework and supporting libraries updated to patched versions, plus standard protective response headers.
  • Every bill and committee page now carries its own title, description, and canonical address, so shared links preview correctly.
  • Failed data loads show a retry card instead of an endless loading screen, and news sources were repaired after a live feed audit.
5.57.0
June 30, 2026alpha
  • Vector | WA is now open source under an MIT license, with a public welcome page and a methodology written in plain English.
  • Radar is complete: a term can match the full text of a bill, and alerts fire when a watched bill is amended or substituted, quoting the new language.
  • Bill data, Radar matches, and alert emails refresh several times a day, year-round, with an automated check that flags a stalled feed within a day.
  • Watchlists work without an account — bills save on the device and move into the account at first sign-in, keeping their tags and notes.
  • All three PDF exports print neutral black and white with plain file names, and a statewide news feed now reads 14 Washington newsrooms.
5.11.0
May 31, 2026alpha
  • Radar launched: save a term and get an email the day a new bill matches it, from the search page or its own screen.
  • The three PDF briefs — bill, legislator, and watchlist — were rebuilt as one-page documents with a consistent layout.
  • The search page was rewritten with working filters, live category counts, and a watch toggle on every result.
  • Bill and member pages reorganized to lead with decision-relevant information, and the score breakdown now shows its own math.
  • The members list loads about three times faster, the app caches itself for repeat visits, and animations respect reduce-motion settings.
Go deeper
For the scoring formula and live calibration table, see the methodology page. For data sources, model uncertainty, and corrections, see the disclaimers page.