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Acme Freight ships in five releases. Deploy one, run your tests, deploy the next: the Test Hub records which release every run tested, and its Analytics page compares them. Each release changes something a tester should notice — open “What the Test Hub should notice” for spoilers.

The Test Hub stamps new runs with release 3.0.0.

1. 1.0.0 “Launch”

   2026-03-02

   The first release: public tracking and quotes, plus the staff portal.

   • Track any shipment by its AF- number, on a map
   • Instant quotes, with promo codes
   • Staff portal: dashboard, shipment search, route optimizer, manifest import and monthly reports
   What the Test Hub should notice

   What changed	Where the hub shows it
   Nothing is broken -- this is the baseline	Run the Freight regression group once: every test passes, and every later version is compared against these numbers

   Deploy 1.0.0

2. 1.1.0 “Faster search”

   2026-04-20

   Search, tracking and manifest import got a lot faster.

   • Shipment search is up to 3x faster (new database index)
   • Manifest import processes rows about 50% faster
   What the Test Hub should notice

   What changed	Where the hub shows it
   Search, tracking and imports really are faster	Analytics speed table and the per-step trend charts: durations drop for DEMO-010, DEMO-013 and DEMO-015

   Deploy 1.1.0

3. 2.0.0 “The redesign”

   2026-06-15

   A brand-new look, four new hubs, and customs details for international quotes.

   • A fresh new design across the whole site
   • New hubs: Johannesburg, Lagos, Istanbul and Seoul
   • International quotes now collect customs details up front
   What the Test Hub should notice

   What changed	Where the hub shows it
   Every page looks different	DEMO-017 (visual comparison) fails until you re-bless its baseline -- delete DEMO-017__baseline.png in the tests folder
   The route optimizer quietly got about 2x slower	Analytics speed table + DEMO-014's 'route optimization' step-timing trend
   Saving a note fails every third time (HTTP 503)	DEMO-013 fails some runs but not others: its pass rate drops -- the flaky-test signal on Metrics and Analytics
   The public API renamed 'eta' to 'estimated_delivery' -- a breaking change nobody announced	DEMO-020 (API contract) fails: every client reading 'eta' would break
   Accessibility went backwards: the pages lose their language, the skip link is hidden from screen readers, the map loses its text alternative and the hint text is too faint to read	DEMO-022 (accessibility scan) fails, naming each broken WCAG rule per page; its full report is saved with the run

   Deploy 2.0.0

4. 2.1.0 “Hotfix”

   2026-07-08

   Fixes the slow optimizer and the note errors from 2.0 -- and adds usage analytics.

   • The route optimizer is fast again
   • Notes save reliably again
   • Password-reset emails arrive faster
   • New: usage analytics on every page
   What the Test Hub should notice

   What changed	Where the hub shows it
   Sign-in no longer rotates the session id (session fixation)	DEMO-012's authenticated checks fail; the Security page lists it
   The Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options headers were dropped	Security page: missing-header findings on every page
   The 'usage analytics' script calls analytics.acme-metrics.invalid	Security page: external-request, HIGH -- on an air gap that is both a broken page and a path out of the network
   Promo codes are applied twice (20% off instead of 10%)	DEMO-011 fails, and its message names both amounts -- the API quotes (DEMO-020) are wrong the same way
   The public API's rate limiter was switched off	DEMO-020 lists it with the other API problems: six calls in a row, no HTTP 429
   The faster reset emails skipped a step: a password-reset link keeps working after it has been used	DEMO-023 fails: any old reset email is still a key to the account
   2.0's accessibility problems are all still there	DEMO-022 still fails

   Deploy 2.1.0

5. 3.0.0 “Stable”

   2026-09-01 Live

   Everything from 2.x fixed, and the fastest Acme Freight yet.

   • Security fixes: session handling, headers, no third-party scripts, single-use reset links
   • Accessibility fixes: WCAG 2.1 AA across the site again
   • Correct promo pricing
   • Fastest route optimizer, search and reports so far
   What the Test Hub should notice

   What changed	Where the hub shows it
   Every planted problem is fixed	The whole Freight regression group is green again (after DEMO-017's baseline was re-blessed for the new design)
   The optimizer is ~30% faster than 1.0, search the fastest yet	Analytics speed table: 'faster' across the board
   The API sends BOTH 'eta' and 'estimated_delivery' (eta deprecated)	DEMO-020 green again: old clients keep working, new ones migrate
   Accessibility and single-use reset links are fixed	DEMO-022 and DEMO-023 green again

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