Release Notes
Texture regularly releases new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to improve our platform. Below is a month-by-month summary of key platform updates.
2026
March 2026
- Smartcar Vehicle Integration: Full vehicle connectivity support with multi-app webhook routing, compatibility detection, and connection lifecycle management.
- Battery Program Calculator: Interactive economic model calculator on the marketing website for evaluating battery program ROI and savings potential.
- Documentation Site Refresh: Redesigned documentation with full-text search, API reference, and improved navigation.
- Portfolio Reports: Live portfolio-level reporting with real operational data across organizations and programs.
- Command Override Detection: Extended thermostat override detection to all controllable device types including vehicles, chargers, and batteries.
February 2026
- Enrollment Lifecycle Management: Full lifecycle engine for managing enrollment stages, transitions, and automated evaluations across grid services programs.
- Configurable Boards with AI: Customizable dashboard boards with drag-and-drop widgets, smart layout, and an AI assistant for natural language device queries.
- Thermostat Command Support: Pause/resume schedule commands for thermostats across multiple manufacturers including schedule override detection.
- Fleet Health Reports: New reporting tool for monitoring device fleet health across your portfolio.
- Telemetry Schema & Unified Metrics: New standardized telemetry schema enabling consistent signal mapping and ingestion across all device types.
January 2026
- Flows — Schema-Driven Forms Engine: New form framework for building dynamic, schema-driven enrollment and configuration forms with live preview and a visual playground.
- Program Metrics & Reporting: New reporting infrastructure for grid services program performance, including event-level metrics and data export.
- Generac & SMA Integrations: Added Generac device connectivity via OAuth and SMA bulk import support for solar monitoring systems.
- Manufacturer & Device Model Management: Administrative tools for managing the device manufacturer and model catalog.
- Kafka Infrastructure Upgrade: Upgraded messaging cluster for improved throughput and reliability across real-time data pipelines.
2025
December 2025
- Program Discovery & Enrichment: Integrated DSIRE and FEMP program databases with AI-powered taxonomy extraction, giving visibility into 350+ available energy programs.
- PostHog Analytics Integration: Comprehensive product analytics tracking across dashboard and authentication flows for usage insights.
- Redesigned Signup Experience: New signup and onboarding flow with streamlined account creation and invitation acceptance.
- Collections v2: Create, edit, and manage device collections with an improved UI and flexible filtering foundations.
- Global Search: New search components powered by Elasticsearch for fast lookups across devices, sites, and customers.
November 2025
- Grid Topology & Utility Data: New grid element API and hierarchy explorer for visualizing utility service territories, substations, and distribution infrastructure.
- Bulk Upload Tool: Streamlined device and customer onboarding with CSV-based bulk upload, preview validation, and background processing.
- TimescaleDB Continuous Aggregates: Significant performance improvement for device metrics queries through pre-computed time-series aggregations.
- Dashboard Migration Wave: Connect, Destinations, Collections, Reports, and Workspace Settings all migrated to the new dashboard framework.
- Evergreen Connect Links: Persistent, reusable device connection links that simplify ongoing customer onboarding.
October 2025
- Workspace-Based Dashboard Navigation: Redesigned dashboard routing and navigation built around workspaces, with real-time GraphQL data for users and workspace context.
- Interactive Maps Overhaul: Completely rebuilt map experience with vector tiles, clustered device layers, and interactive data visualization controls.
- Advanced Device Filtering: Comprehensive device list filtering and sorting with URL persistence, enabling bookmarkable and shareable views.
- Edges Component Library Expansion: Added infinite scroll, split pane layouts, data controls, overlays (dialogs, drawers, popovers), and chart zoom/brush interactions.
- AI-Powered Development Context: Modular AI context system for automated platform documentation and schema synchronization.
September 2025
- Branded OAuth 2.0 Authentication: Fully branded OAuth 2.0 login experience with OIDC discovery, organization selection, and streamlined authorization flows.
- Edges 1.0 & New Dashboard Architecture: Major milestone — Edges component library hit 1.0, powering a new pack-based dashboard architecture with improved performance and consistency.
- Program Event Scheduling: Automated scheduling and dispatch of grid services program events with batch metrics and queue management.
- Roles & Permissions Configuration: New configuration page for managing roles and permissions across workspaces.
- Settings Migration: Workspace settings reorganized into a cleaner configuration-driven architecture for easier management.
August 2025
- Multi-Factor Authentication: MFA support across the platform including dashboard UI, authentication flows, and security monitoring.
- Workflow Editor: Visual workflow builder integrated into the dashboard with draft mode, validation, and server-side rendering.
- Expanded OEM Coverage: Added Savant as a supported device manufacturer, with continued improvements to battery command handling across integrations.
- Notification System: Email notifications for device connection events with configurable destination integration.
- Event Bus Architecture: New namespace API enabling more granular event routing and improved real-time data pipelines.
July 2025
- Dashboard AI Assistant: Natural language interface for querying device and site data, powered by multi-provider LLM support and schema-aware query generation.
- Expanded Alert System: Alerts now visible in the dashboard with snooze capability and dedicated API endpoints for programmatic alert management.
- Device Metrics from TigerData: Consumption, production, and generation metrics now powered by our next-generation time-series data layer.
- Workflow Engine: New backend service for defining and executing automated operational workflows across the platform.
- Password Reset & Email Verification: Migrated password reset and email verification to Texture-branded templates for a seamless user experience.
June 2025
- Alert Management System: New platform-wide alerting system for monitoring device health, connection issues, and operational anomalies across your fleet.
- Collections v2: Advanced device grouping with complex filter criteria including AND/OR conditions and location-based rules.
- Kafka Data Streaming: Real-time data streaming to external systems via Kafka, enabling seamless integration with your data infrastructure.
- Tesla Grid Services Automation: Automated enrollment status tracking and email notifications for Tesla grid services participants.
- Search & Query Infrastructure: New search capabilities powered by Elasticsearch for faster device, site, and customer lookups.
May 2025
- Three New OEM Integrations: Added support for EG4 batteries, Emporia chargers, and AlsoEnergy monitoring systems, significantly expanding the device ecosystem.
- Program Enrollment Engine: New system for managing grid services enrollments including eligibility determination, enrollment lifecycle, and automated event dispatch.
- Batch Command Operations: Send commands to groups of devices simultaneously with a new batch command interface and program-triggered automation.
- Enhanced Activity Feed: Richer device and command data in the activity feed, plus new connection event tracking for better visibility into device status.
- Grid Services Expansion: Receive market signals and manage enrollments and disenrollments directly through the platform.
April 2025
- New Dashboard Framework: Launched Edges, our next-generation UI component system, enabling faster and more consistent dashboard experiences.
- Enhanced Site & Customer Views: Redesigned site list and customer list pages with powerful backend filtering, sorting, and pagination.
- Grid Services Operations: Batch event handling and automated device meter creation for streamlined enrollment workflows.
- Energy Modeling API: Energy modeling data now accessible through the REST API, enabling programmatic access to site-level energy insights.
- Utility Integration: New integration for automated utility statement generation and billing data.
March 2025
- Device Collections & Smart Grouping: Group and filter devices by location, type, or custom criteria. Collections enable targeted operations across your fleet.
- Workspace Sharing & Invitations: Invite team members to workspaces with streamlined onboarding and cross-organization collaboration support.
- Energy Intelligence Data: New energy modeling capabilities with expanded utility data integration, plus weather data now available directly in site views.
- Expanded OEM Support: New SolarEdge app integration and FranklinWH grid services improvements for battery discharge optimization.
- REST API Expansion: New endpoints for utility statements, permits, and related data, giving API consumers deeper access to site-level information.
February 2025
- Dashboard UI Refresh: Redesigned dashboard with new DataTable, DataViewer, and flexible chart framework for improved data visualization and navigation.
- Tesla Grid Services: Initial Tesla grid services support including battery state management and grid services command infrastructure.
- Programs & Enrollments API: New program management system with enrollment tracking, program resolvers, and API endpoints.
- Enode Integration: Added Enode as a device connectivity platform, expanding the range of supported hardware.
- AI Insights: Early AI-powered insights capability for surfacing patterns and anomalies in device and site data.
January 2025
- My Dashboard: Personalized dashboard homepage with device status overview, integrated API data, and app categorization.
- Smartcar Integration: New Smartcar adapter for connecting a broader range of vehicles with connection management.
- Dark Mode: Dashboard dark mode support with CSS variable-based theming system.
- Collections CRUD: Full create, read, update, and delete operations for device collections via GraphQL API with criteria validation.
- Tag-Based Scheduling: Schedule device operations based on tag criteria with background job processing.
2024
December 2024
- Customer Scheduling: Full customer-facing scheduling application with intuitive controls, email lookup, and configurable client experiences.
- Expanded FranklinWH Commands: First iteration of FranklinWH battery command support including grid services event integration.
- Utility Meter Integration: Enhanced energy usage data with utility API meters integration and improved interval data.
- Dashboard List Views: Customers, sites, and devices list pages migrated to new query patterns with backend filtering and improved performance.
- Tesla Optimization: Reduced vehicle API requests and added intelligent wake management to minimize unnecessary vehicle interactions.
November 2024
- Customer Scheduling App: New application enabling end customers to manage their own device schedules with an intuitive slider-based interface.
- Interactive Map: Redesigned map experience with improved device and site visualization.
- Grid Energy Metrics: Total grid energy charts on both the homepage and site detail pages, powered by new device domain metrics.
- Device Tags & Metadata: New endpoints for managing device tags with CRUD operations and improved device event schemas.
- Platform Quality: Significant improvements with strict TypeScript type checking and expanded test coverage across the dashboard.
October 2024
- Content-Managed Apps Marketplace: Redesigned apps page with CMS-driven content for discovering and managing device integrations.
- Lead Management & Eligibility: New lead creation and eligibility checking endpoints enabling automated prospect qualification.
- Electric Service Territory Data: Ingestion of retail electric service territory boundaries and ISO data for geographic program targeting.
- Site & Device Detail Redesign: New detail pages for sites and devices with metrics visualization, customer resolution, and meter data.
- FranklinWH Deep Link Support: Direct device pairing links for streamlined FranklinWH connection workflows.
September 2024
- OEM Adapter Modernization: Refreshed and updated adapters for Ecobee, Honeywell, Sensibo, FranklinWH, and SolarEdge with standardized dependency management.
- Dashboard Redesign: New list views for customers, sites, and settings with Storybook-driven component development and Playwright testing.
- Energy Storage Dashboard: New energy storage tab on the homepage with total consumption and production metrics.
- Workspace Switcher: Organization and workspace switching built into the new dashboard navigation.
- API Key Management: New data grid for managing API keys with improved developer experience.
August 2024
- Supergraph Federation: Unified GraphQL supergraph gateway federating device, site, identity, and scheduling domains for consistent data access.
- Enphase Data Aggregation: Enhanced Enphase adapter with aggregated battery and micro-inverter system data for improved fleet visibility.
- Site & Customer Management: New list views, detail pages, and lifecycle management for sites and customers with improved search and filtering.
- Demand Response API: OpenADR 3.0-compatible demand response API scaffold for grid services participation.
- Connect Flow Improvements: Enhanced device onboarding with location collection, customer info capture, and mobile SDK navigation.
July 2024
- Next-Generation Dashboard: Began rollout of the completely redesigned dashboard built on a new component architecture with improved navigation, organization switching, and detail pages.
- Destination Domain: New webhook and notification destination framework supporting email, SMS, and programmatic event routing.
- Weather Integration: Real-time weather data now available at the site level, with configurable inclusion in device webhooks and automated refresh.
- Battery Metrics & Charts: New battery charge charts, storage metrics, and power consumption/production analytics.
- Utility Billing Data: Expanded utility data integration with statement downloads, billing metadata, and energy usage visualization on site detail pages.
June 2024
- Improved Device Discovery: Enhanced device auto-discovery capabilities.
- Expanded OEM Integrations: Added support for additional device manufacturers.
- Weather Data Enhancements: More granular and accurate weather forecasting.
- API Performance Improvements: Significant speed improvements for high-volume API users.
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