OpenBcon v5.0
OpenBcon v5.0 brings the latest public content and consultant workflow updates to the GitHub release. The npm package version is 5.0.0.
Changes
- Add public News listing and article pages, with ten articles per page, images, and reading-time estimates.
- Add Case Studies and About Us pages using the shared public header and footer; hide Documents navigation.
- Synchronize Google Sheets news and case studies at API startup and every six hours, with shared MongoDB persistence and admin status/manual run controls.
- Add the configurable Interview Guide document type with seven sections.
- Fix same-origin login/dashboard redirect loops and improve persistence startup and Strategic Reports state refresh.
- Revise the three-year launch forecast assumptions. The forecast remains an operating scenario with simplified financing and requires reconciliation to verified revenue, expenses, loan terms, and start-up budgets before submission.
- Update README and package version metadata. Generated client reports remain local and are excluded from this release.
Validation
npm run check: 92 tests across 16 files passed; server/frontend type checks and production build passed.- Python forecast smoke checks: grant and loan scenarios each reconcile 36 monthly periods and ending cash balances.
git diff --checkpassed. Existing React lint and large-bundle warnings remain.
Updating
Use Admin Console > Updates when the deployment update service is configured, or update the existing checkout and run ./deploy/deploy.sh. The deployment uses the existing production environment file and database volumes. See README for configuration and upgrade instructions.
Publishing this release does not automatically update an existing server.