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Release Date: 07 August 2026
Version: 1.13.4
Status: Security Enhancements, Advanced Reporting, UI Modernization, API Improvements & Platform Stability Release

Horilla CRM v1.13.4

Horilla CRM v1.13.4 is a major platform enhancement release focused on strengthening security, expanding reporting capabilities, modernizing the user interface, and improving the developer experience.

This release introduces 16 new default CRM reports, advanced reporting capabilities with virtual fields and improved exports, enhanced image upload previews, Persian language support, and significant improvements to the shared Generics framework.

Security has been significantly strengthened with multiple permission fixes affecting bulk operations, cross-company access, REST APIs, and company data isolation. Alongside these enhancements, the release also delivers cleaner layouts, smarter navigation, improved filtering, reusable utility modules, API architecture improvements, and numerous fixes across Core, CRM, Calls, Reports, Forecast, Activity, Settings, and Generics.

Together, these improvements make Horilla CRM more secure, easier to use, more customizable, and better prepared for enterprise deployments.

This release focuses on:

🔒 Security Hardening & Permission Enforcement

📊 Advanced Reporting & Analytics

🎨 Modern User Interface Improvements

🌍 Localization & Internationalization

⚙️ API & Developer Experience

⚡ Platform Reliability & Stability

The result is a more secure, modern, and enterprise-ready CRM platform.

Highlights

🔒 Security Improvements

Security continues to be a major focus in this release.

Stronger Permission Enforcement

Multiple permission validation improvements have been introduced across the platform.

  • Prevented unauthorized bulk update operations
  • Prevented unauthorized bulk delete operations
  • Restricted cross-company visibility to authorized users
  • Improved company-level isolation for API requests
  • Secured Calls API using permission-aware access controls
  • Enhanced company filtering for REST API endpoints

These changes significantly improve tenant isolation and prevent unauthorized data access.

📊 Advanced Reporting Enhancements

Reporting has become significantly more powerful.

New Default CRM Reports

Horilla now includes a comprehensive collection of built-in CRM reports.

  • Added 16 default CRM reports
  • Opportunity Performance
  • Sales Velocity
  • Win/Loss Analysis
  • Revenue by Month
  • Campaign ROI
  • Aging Reports
  • Team Performance
  • Customer analytics
  • Additional CRM insights

Smarter Reporting Engine

The reporting framework has received major improvements.

  • Virtual report fields
  • Related model grouping
  • Improved pivot tables
  • Correct aggregate calculations
  • Better sorting
  • Enhanced drill-down navigation
  • Rich Excel and CSV exports
  • Improved currency formatting

Organizations can now generate richer reports with significantly less manual configuration.

🎨 User Interface Modernization

The platform interface has been refined throughout the application.

Improved Detail Views

Numerous pages now provide a cleaner and more consistent experience.

  • Refined User Detail layout
  • Improved My Profile sections
  • Updated Branch detail pages
  • Improved Company detail pages
  • Cleaner Fiscal Year pages
  • Better Recycle Bin interface
  • Improved generic tab views

Navigation Improvements

Navigation now provides more context throughout the application.

  • Descriptive page subtitles
  • Navigation descriptions
  • Cleaner navbar layouts
  • Improved action button spacing
  • Better responsive behavior

Image Upload Preview

Uploading profile images is now much easier.

  • Live avatar preview
  • Image replacement preview
  • Remove photo action
  • Placeholder support
  • Multi-step form compatibility

🌍 Localization Improvements

Internationalization continues to expand.

Persian Language Support

Horilla now includes complete Persian (fa) translations.

  • Full module translations
  • Improved multilingual support
  • Better localization experience

⚙️ Generics Framework Improvements

The shared platform framework has been enhanced significantly.

Improved Filtering

Filtering continues to become more powerful.

  • Multi-select choice filters
  • Multi-select foreign key filters
  • Better applied filter restoration
  • Improved filter usability

Navigation Framework

The generic navigation system has been modernized.

  • Navigation descriptions
  • Cleaner layouts
  • Simplified configuration
  • Removed deprecated options
  • Better responsive behavior

User Display Components

User references are now more informative.

  • Avatar chips for User fields
  • Permission-aware rendering
  • Improved detail view presentation

🧩 Developer Experience

Internal architecture continues to evolve.

New Utility Modules

Horilla introduces reusable framework utilities.

  • horilla.utils.html
  • horilla.utils.text
  • horilla.utils.functional

These wrappers standardize framework imports and simplify future maintenance.

API Improvements

Internal APIs have been reorganized.

  • Shared API components moved to horilla.api
  • Improved permission architecture
  • Cleaner imports
  • Better maintainability

Template Engine Improvements

Template configuration has been modernized.

  • Extracted template builtins
  • Explicit template loaders
  • Cleaner Django template configuration

📈 Forecast & CRM Improvements

Several CRM workflows have been refined.

Forecast Improvements

  • Improved trend calculations
  • Better aggregation accuracy
  • Correct chronological ordering
  • Better formatted metrics

CRM Enhancements

  • Improved duplicate actions
  • Better navigation behavior
  • Improved referer handling
  • Enhanced record interactions

🛠️ Major Fixes

Security

  • Fixed bulk delete permission bypass
  • Fixed bulk update permission bypass
  • Fixed cross-company visibility permissions
  • Secured Calls API access
  • Improved API company filtering

Reports

  • Added default CRM reports
  • Improved pivot calculations
  • Better exports
  • Enhanced virtual fields
  • Improved grouping and filtering

User Interface

  • Improved detail page layouts
  • Added page descriptions
  • Improved navbar consistency
  • Better image upload experience
  • Enhanced responsive layouts

Generics

  • Added multi-select filtering
  • Improved navigation framework
  • Better user chips
  • Cleaner tab layouts
  • Simplified framework configuration

API & Developer Experience

  • Introduced reusable utility modules
  • Refactored API architecture
  • Improved template configuration
  • Standardized imports
  • Better internal maintainability

Platform

  • Improved Forecast calculations
  • Fixed Calls template rendering
  • Improved theme hover behavior
  • Better referer navigation
  • Numerous UI consistency improvements
  • Multiple stability and maintenance fixes

📜 Changelog Summary

v1.13.4 (07 August 2026)

Added

  • 16 default CRM reports
  • Image upload preview
  • Persian language support
  • Multi-select report filters
  • Navigation descriptions
  • Utility wrapper modules
  • Avatar user chips

Improved

  • Reporting engine
  • Pivot tables
  • Report exports
  • Forecast calculations
  • Detail page layouts
  • Navigation system
  • API architecture
  • Template configuration
  • Filtering framework
  • Developer utilities

Fixed

  • Bulk delete permissions
  • Bulk update permissions
  • Calls API security
  • Company visibility permissions
  • Forecast aggregation
  • Calls template rendering
  • Theme hover states
  • Referer navigation
  • UI consistency issues
  • Multiple platform stability improvements

🎯 Impact

Horilla CRM v1.13.4 delivers one of the most comprehensive platform updates to date, strengthening security while significantly improving reporting, usability, and maintainability.

This release:

  • Strengthens platform security with comprehensive permission enforcement
  • Introduces powerful built-in CRM reports and enhanced analytics
  • Modernizes user interfaces across settings, profile, and detail pages
  • Improves filtering, navigation, and reporting workflows
  • Adds Persian language support
  • Simplifies API architecture and developer utilities
  • Enhances Forecast accuracy and CRM workflows
  • Improves responsiveness, consistency, and platform stability
  • Continues evolving the shared Generics framework for future scalability

Overall

v1.13.4 is a security, reporting, and platform enhancement release that significantly improves permission enforcement, reporting capabilities, user experience, localization, developer architecture, and overall system reliability—making Horilla CRM more secure, powerful, and enterprise-ready than ever before. 🚀.

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