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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: 0.7.1
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# 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.

## v0.7.1 · Current

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.

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## 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.

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## 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/).