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@MerlinStacks MerlinStacks released this 14 Jan 10:37
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🚀 Overseek v2.1 — Shiny Fixes & Making Moves

Release Date: January 14, 2026

✨ What's New

🔮 Predictive Inventory Forecasting

Say goodbye to stockouts before they happen! Our new AI-powered inventory forecasting system uses historical sales data, seasonality detection, and market trends to predict demand at the SKU level.

  • Ensemble Demand Prediction — Multiple ML models working together for accurate forecasting
  • Seasonality Detection — Automatically identifies weekly, monthly, and yearly sales patterns
  • Lead-Time Aware Alerts — Proactive stockout warnings based on supplier delivery times
  • Integrated Notifications — Stockout alerts flow through the centralized Notification Engine

🛡️ Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Fine-grained permissions are here! Control exactly who can access what across your team.

  • Custom Roles — Define roles with granular permission sets
  • Permission Matrix — Admin, Manager, Staff role templates out of the box
  • Secure by Default — All routes protected with role verification

📱 Sidebar Navigation Audit

We audited and updated the sidebar to ensure all new features are easily discoverable:

  • All Jan 2026 features now accessible from navigation
  • Inventory Forecast page added to sidebar
  • Cleaner organization of feature groups

🔧 Bug Fixes & Improvements

🔐 Meta Token Expiration Fix

Critical Fix: Meta Ads and Inbox tokens were expiring after 24 hours instead of 60 days.

  • Implemented proper long-lived token exchange protocol
  • Added token expiration tracking and automatic refresh
  • Enhanced debug logging for Meta API calls
  • Credentials now cached for 5 minutes to reduce API overhead

💬 Live Chat Improvements

  • Enhanced WooCommerce integration for seamless customer context
  • Business hours now dictate auto-reply behavior
  • Emails route to agents when business is closed

📊 Reporting & Analytics

  • Metadata Casing — Desktop and PWA now preserve exact letter casing from WooCommerce
  • Visitor Profile — Fixed incorrect visit ordering in visitor timeline
  • Search Relevance — Tuned search scoring so "Golf Bangle" ranks above "9ct Bangles"

📦 Product & Order Fixes

  • Product Variants — Weights and measurements now display correctly for variants
  • Sales History — Total order amount now shows properly in sales history
  • Order Attribution — Attribution data visible in order list, detail pages, and PWA

💼 Inbox Enhancements

  • Multi-Select Conversations — Merge multiple conversations with unified recipient display
  • Interaction History — Navigate to all previous customer conversations from sidebar widget
  • Canned Responses — Rich text support + editable labels replacing static categories

🧹 Housekeeping

Code Quality

  • Comprehensive senior dev code review of AI Marketing Co-Pilot
  • Removed test logs, debug files, and temporary artifacts
  • Pushed all Notification Engine updates to GitHub

Documentation

  • Updated CHANGELOG.md with full v2.0.0 feature list
  • Enhanced README with Meta Ads, AI Co-Pilot, and BI sections
  • New Help Center articles for AI & Marketing Intelligence

📋 Technical Notes

  • Build Status: ✅ Client & Server compile cleanly
  • Dependencies: All up to date
  • Database: Schema migrations applied successfully

🎯 What's Next

Check out our Future Work roadmap for upcoming features including:

  • Amazon/eBay Marketplace Sync
  • Auspost Carrier Integration
  • SMS Marketing Campaigns
  • RFM Customer Segmentation
  • Predictive Churn Scoring

Full Changelog: v2.0.0...v2.1.0