--- title: Changelog | NZ Accredited Employer Inspector description: A public record of product releases, user-visible improvements and the source changes behind NZ Accredited Employer Inspector. language: en-NZ current_version: 1.0.0 --- # Changelog A plain record of what changed, when it changed, and why it matters to people checking New Zealand employers. Entries are listed newest first. ## v1.0.0 ยท Current Released 19 August 2026. ### A dependable public data foundation. The Inspector now offers a bounded public API alongside reproducible open-data snapshots, while the underlying search, refresh operations and site reading experience have been strengthened for everyday use. - **Read-only public API:** Look up one employer by NZBN or search legal and trading names without an account. The new API is rate-limited, cacheable, documented with OpenAPI, and cannot write data or expose platform/community records. - **Dated open-data releases:** Download immutable, checksummed employer CSV snapshots with field definitions and provenance. The release catalog updates only after a validated scheduled publication succeeds, making bulk analysis reproducible. - **Faster employer-name search:** The Worker now keeps its FTS index aligned with canonical employer rows more efficiently, reducing the work required when official employer data changes. - **More deliberate record maintenance:** The operator refresh workflow and schedule were tightened so records nearing expiry can be refreshed sequentially with clearer safeguards outside the extension request path. - **Clearer public documentation:** A dedicated public API guide, machine-readable references, refined typography and a cleaned-up asset set make the product and its data boundaries easier to understand. --- ## v0.9.0 Released 18 August 2026. ### A wider view, with clearer recovery paths. The Inspector now links to a dedicated accredited-employer insights view, refreshes ageing official records more deliberately and gives LinkedIn users a practical recovery step when the page loads out of order. - **Accredited employer insights:** Explore the official snapshot by region, sector, subsector and scheduled accreditation expiry without querying the live service. - **LinkedIn loading guidance:** The popup now explains that refreshing the page usually restores a missing Inspector button when LinkedIn loads elements unpredictably. - **Expiry-aware refresh controls:** Stale or expired employer records use explicit refresh leases and cooldowns before another user-triggered INZ check. - **Better project navigation:** Insights are linked from the extension popup and the landing site now keeps its full navigation available on mobile. --- ## v0.8.0 Released 17 August 2026. ### A clearer answer, with less guessing. Automatic checks now rely on known associations and exact official names. When names differ, a separate keyword search keeps the user in control without presenting similarity as identity evidence. - **Conservative automatic resolution:** Saved and community associations still resolve immediately, while automatic name matching now requires one exact official employer or trading name. - **Fuzzy candidates removed:** Partial spelling, abbreviations and shared words such as Group or Limited no longer fill automatic results with weak candidates. - **Predictable keyword search:** Manual search requires every entered keyword, supports prefix matching and returns no more than 10 official records for explicit review. - **Compact recovery controls:** Search another name stays collapsed beside the result note until needed, then replaces the current candidate list instead of extending the card. --- ## v0.7.1 Released 16 August 2026. ### A better way back when the first name does not match. The Inspector now lets you search its local employer records by another legal or trading name, without changing the original page identity or making another live INZ request. - **Manual employer search:** Try another name from candidate and no-published-match views, then explicitly choose the right legal employer. - **More useful candidate ranking:** Indexed token, prefix, abbreviation and acronym signals surface plausible official records while keeping fuzzy matches unselected. - **A read-only recovery path:** Searching does not create an association, alter the page name or bypass an existing no-match observation. - **Expiry-aware live refresh:** Expired stored records refresh on the next eligible check, with a per-employer cooldown and an explicit Refresh from INZ action. --- ## v0.6.1 Released 10 August 2026. ### More control, clearer evidence. This release made the extension easier to control and added a plain-language guide for interpreting every result. - **Extension controls:** A new popup shows the current site state, lets you pause or resume the Inspector, and opens a check on supported pages. - **Result interpretation guide:** A dedicated guide separates official accreditation facts from page-to-employer matching evidence and community choices. - **Visible freshness rules:** Positive employer records refresh after 30 days; exact no-result searches expire after seven days. - **LinkedIn layout fix:** The result panel no longer clips inside narrow LinkedIn job detail panes. --- ## v0.6.0 Released 6 August 2026. ### The first public release. The Inspector reached the Chrome Web Store with supported LinkedIn and SEEK coverage, official employer data and public trust documentation. - **LinkedIn and SEEK support:** Check company profiles, direct job pages and common job-search detail panes without leaving the platform. - **Official employer dataset:** Validated Immigration New Zealand snapshots and user-triggered live lookups feed the same canonical employer records. - **Conservative matching:** Only one exact official legal-name candidate may be selected automatically; similar names and multiple candidates require a person. - **Public trust surface:** Source code, the API contract, privacy policy and machine-readable product documentation became publicly reviewable. ## Complete technical history The [public repository](https://github.com/aizhimou/nz-accredited-employer-inspector) is the complete technical record. [View every commit](https://github.com/aizhimou/nz-accredited-employer-inspector/commits/main/).