RanchOps updates

Changelog

A plain-English record of what changed in RanchOps. Updates are grouped by type so you can quickly tell the difference between new features, improvements, fixes, and behind-the-scenes maintenance.

New Feature

A new tool, page, workflow, or major capability.

Improvement

A smoother, clearer, faster, or easier version of something already in the app.

Fix

A bug fix or correction to something that was not working as expected.

Maintenance

Infrastructure, reliability, security, or behind-the-scenes cleanup.

Latest pre-launch update

PWA, reminders, updates, and launch polish

May 2026

New Feature

Install RanchOps as a PWA

RanchOps can now be installed to a phone or desktop home screen for a more app-like experience without needing a native app store download.

New Feature

Push reminders for tasks

Users can enable browser push notifications and receive reminders for due RanchOps tasks on supported devices.

New Feature

Suggestions form

Added a public suggestion form so logged-in users and guests can submit ideas, pain points, and feature requests.

Improvement

Cross Predictor image flow

Image previews are optional by default, with a clearer result-page option to generate an image only when wanted.

Improvement

PWA icon and splash polish

Adjusted app icons, splash-screen artwork, and notification badge sizing so RanchOps feels cleaner when installed on a phone.

Maintenance

Google Analytics foundation

Added site-wide Google Analytics support for launch traffic tracking.

Foundation phase

Core flock management and reporting

Earlier work

New Feature

Bird records

Added individual bird records with IDs, sex, breed, status, hatch dates, notes, photos, and related flock information.

New Feature

Flocks and flock groups

Added flock profiles and group-based tracking so users can manage birds as practical farm groups instead of only individual records.

New Feature

Egg logging

Added egg production logging to track collection totals over time.

New Feature

Transactions

Added revenue and expense tracking so users can record feed, sales, supplies, and other financial activity.

New Feature

Incubation tracking

Added incubations, hatch dates, checkpoints, hatch results, and event notes for candling, lockdown, and hatch progress.

New Feature

Growouts

Added growout batch tracking for chicks, meat birds, replacement birds, and hatch groups after incubation.

New Feature

Breeding records

Added breeding record foundations to connect pairings, pens, parent birds, hatch outcomes, and future pedigree tools.

New Feature

Health and weight logs

Added health records and weight logs for birds and groups to support growth tracking, treatments, and flock history.

New Feature

Reports area

Added a central reports page foundation for exports, print views, and record summaries.

Improvement

Dashboard analytics

Expanded dashboard cards and charts to summarize eggs, expenses, revenue, profitability, hatch results, and flock activity.

Public tools phase

Breed Library and Cross Predictor

Earlier work

New Feature

Public Breed Library

Added a public breed library with searchable breed detail pages, traits, thumbnails, and admin-managed breed records.

New Feature

Breed varieties

Added variety support so breeds like Orpington, Plymouth Rock, and Cornish can better organize color/type varieties.

New Feature

Cross Predictor

Added public cross prediction pages with estimated appearance, chick outcomes, egg expectations, growth notes, temperament, risks, and confidence.

New Feature

Saved crosses

Logged-in users can save useful cross predictions to their account library.

Improvement

Known cross pattern support

Added reusable known-cross pattern foundations so repeated breed combinations can become more consistent over time.

Fix

Breed image layout polish

Adjusted breed and variety image handling to reduce awkward cropping and make cards feel more consistent.

Polish and cleanup

Usability, layout, and reliability

Ongoing

Improvement

Mobile button polish

Made key profile, task, and app action buttons easier to tap and read on smaller screens.

Improvement

Public footer updates section

Added footer links for Changelog, Roadmap, and Suggestions so users can find product updates from public pages.

Improvement

Header icon alignment

Adjusted header navigation icons so icons and labels line up more cleanly.

Fix

Mobile dashboard menu scrolling

Adjusted the mobile dashboard menu so lower navigation links are easier to reach on shorter screens.

Maintenance

Scheduled jobs and queue setup

Prepared the scheduler and queue worker flow needed for reliable background task notification delivery.

Maintenance

Launch readiness cleanup

Continued pre-launch cleanup around routes, public pages, PWA assets, and production-friendly configuration.