What's New

• v11.65.0: partner gap analysis filled — 13 new packs (mountain agriculture, solar/green jobs, Balochistan value chains, artisan heritage, digital safety for girls, disability inclusion, exam prep, smartphone basics, home income online, KP tourism, trade digitization, coastal climate, Balochistan tourism) · 615 scenarios · 36 tools · 125 micro-cards · 13 new skill_keys. Platform: 73 packs, 9,259 scenarios, 206 tools, 1,079 micro-cards

• v11.64.1: performance — partners API cached (9.5s → 0.13s on cache hit, 5-min TTL), status page issues resolved (8 → 0)

• v11.64.0: complete everything — mobile parity (partners, ai-economy, industries, library — all 200), partner impact monthly cron, content gaps (Public Speaking + Business Writing modules, 12 new scenarios for healthcare/teaching, 21 SDG mappings), mastery track completion certificates (Playwright PDF + verification), sitemap regeneration (202 URLs). Platform: 22 tracks, 1,620 exercises, 60 packs, 170 tools, 106 partners, 8,644 scenarios, 4,534 MCQs, 954 micro-cards, 4,958 published exercises, 202-URL sitemap, full mobile parity

• v11.63.0: Healthcare Administration Mastery (7/70: OPD, Sehat Sahulat, Commission, HIS, hospital finance) + Teaching and Education Mastery (7/70: lesson planning, classroom mgmt, assessment, EdTech, curriculum, leadership) + 2 packs + 4 tools + 20 cards. 22 tracks, 1,600 exercises, 57 packs, 169+ tools

• v11.61.7: fix welcome-email spam (users receiving 23+ duplicates) — logEmail() now resolves real user_id from email address (cron had no Auth session, wrote user_id=0, NOT EXISTS never matched, re-emailed same students hourly for 72h). Fixed: user_id resolution in Mailer, NOT EXISTS now also matches on to_email (belt-and-braces), backfilled 28,577 user_id=0 rows to correct users, deduped 8,185 duplicate welcome entries, cron throttled from hourly to daily 10 AM. Dry-run confirms: no new students to welcome (previously would have re-emailed 60+)

• v11.61.6: EN translation now reliably converts Roman Urdu to English — strengthened prompt rule 7 with explicit instruction that Roman Urdu is NOT English, includes word-mapping examples (kya→what, hazar→thousand, dekho→look), and NEVER return Roman Urdu unchanged when target is English. Verified 3/3 consistent English translations from Roman Urdu input

• v11.61.5: EN chip now translates to English (was showing the Roman Urdu original unchanged) — endpoint's 'en' language map changed from '' (passthrough) to 'English' (actual translation), and EN chip click now triggers translateAll() instead of closing translations. Scenarios written in Roman Urdu/Urdu get properly translated to English. Verified: Roman Urdu input → English output ('Aapa, look at this design — the original costs 45 thousand')

• v11.61.3: roleplay translation loading indicators — every translation now shows animated 'translating…' dots immediately (per-bubble fetch, translate-all batch, chip click), language chip shows busy state (… + disabled) while the AI round-trip runs, errors render inline in the sub-block instead of a toast. Verified: chip click → loading dots visible instantly → 200 response → Sindhi text replaces loading, chip un-busies

• v11.61.2: roleplay translation auto-mode — clicking a language chip now enables translate-all-on: existing conversation translates immediately AND every new AI reply auto-translates (⚡ chip activates). Clicking EN returns to originals and turns auto off. No separate Translate-all click needed. Verified live: Sindhi chip → auto translation + auto-chip active; EN chip → originals restored + auto off

• v11.61.1: fix roleplay translation — endpoint URL was 404 (/ai-assist/translate lived inside the student group; now calls /student/ai-assist/translate) and language-chip clicks now immediately translate the visible conversation into the selected language (previously only set the target silently). Verified live: Sindhi + Punjabi translations render on scenario 3060

• v11.61.0: roleplay UX overhaul — fixed raw-JSON leak (3-layer parser: balanced-brace multi-object merge + salvage, unit-tested), Scene Briefing panel (You are/AI plays/Situation/Task) on every chat, user_role column backfilled for all 8,572 scenarios (AI wave 24 min: e.g. #3060 = master tailor), 16-language translation (per-bubble, translate-all batch, auto-translate, briefing translation; defaults from language_pref) + mobile alias endpoint

• v11.60.0: Cybersecurity Mastery — 16th track (9 modules/90 exercises: SOC bootcamp, threats, defensive tooling labs, ethical hacking with authorization-first/PECA framing, GRC ISO27001/SBP/SECP/PTA, cloud+AI-era threats, cert ladder with Nov-2026 Security+ V8 note, home lab) + cyber-pro pack (6 scenarios) + phish-analyzer & home-lab-roadmap tools + clickable SDG drill-downs (/sdg?target=4.4 lists aligned scenarios; goal badges link to roleplay)

• v11.59.0: donor-grade /sdg impact page (live outcomes: 451 learners/women%/7.6k completions/44 districts + 8 priority SDG targets 4.4/4.3/5.5/8.5/8.6/8.8/10.2/17.17 with aligned-content counts + methodology note + partner CTAs; API enriched), nav rearranged (Mastery 17→11 items), /tracks grouped Mastery vs AI Career (web+mobile), mobile /mastery hub + /build-defense screens shipped

• v11.58.0: Freelance Mastery — 15th mastery track (8 modules/80 exercises: niche/rates-Payoneer-Wise-filer-PSEB/Upwork-Fiverr deep/Toptal-Contra-Turing/off-platform client winning/contracts-scope-creep-late-payments/rates-to-retainers-to-agency/products-content-income) + freelancer-pro pack (6 scenarios: JSS crash, ghosted delivery, rate raise, retainer pitch, 17th change order, first subcontractor). Cross-linked with Entrepreneurship Mastery (Option A). 51 packs, 15 tracks

• v11.57.0: Pakistan AI Economy — 7-pillar mastery track (AI adoption in IT cos, agentic AI products, responsible AI governance PECA/GDPR, industry-academia, healthcare/fintech/cyber/BPO use cases, international customers/investors, global hub story) + public /ai-economy pillar page with live stats linking pillars to training. 14 mastery tracks, 139 tools

• v11.55.0: Free Learning Library — 26 curated free resources in 4 groups (Open Books & Libraries: Open Textbook Library/OpenStax/Internet Archive/Gutenberg/HEC Digital Library; Free Courses: YC Startup School+Library, Paul Graham, MIT OCW, OpenLearn, Stanford eCorner, Coursera/edX audit-free, Khan, HubSpot, Google Skillshop+Grow, Alison; Pakistan Official: SMEDA/SECP/FBR/DigiSkills/VU/AIOU; Mentoring & Templates: SCORE, ILO SIYB). Public SEO page /resources/library with TOP PICK badges, honest moving-links note, mobile layout; entries also in learning_resources (searchable). Nav: Discover + Free Learning Library. Fixed route-order conflict with /resources/{id} wildcard

• v11.54.1: professions mobile layout — hero tightened (537px→400px at 390w), page re-flow on mobile so AI Tools sit directly after scenarios instead of 5500px+ below (scenarios → tools → sidebar via display:contents reorder), section facet links become full-width on small screens, single-column grids. Plus dev tooling: Playwright screenshot + layout-audit scripts

• v11.54.0: professions UI/UX overhaul + menu re-organization — (1) fixed off-topic sidebar: removed always-on Saheli fallback that showed women's-hub guides on unrelated packs (IT sales, HR etc.), renamed section to Guides & Templates; (2) extended idea/guide/micro cross-link maps from 10 packs to 40+ packs so every pack page has relevant sidebar content; (3) removed redundant pack-name tag from every scenario card; (4) professions index: 48 packs now grouped into 7 scannable categories (Business & Leadership, IT & Software, Skilled Trades, Local Business, Professional Careers, Digital & Freelance, Office & Ops) + fresh copy replacing stale freelancing-only subtitle; (5) menu: Earn section slimmed to 6 earning-focused items (deep pack links removed — reachable via Professions), Mastery section now leads with All Professions directory + 11 items

• v11.53.0: master reference v1.6 wave — exhibition-pro pack (trade shows full playbook: 3-second rule, BANT, 90-second pitches, lead capture hot/warm/cold, golden 48h, GITEX/Pakistan Pavilion, 3 tools), 40 life-skills cards (remote_jobs, personal_finance_deep, freelance_platforms, business_risk), overseas licensing pathways (6 scenarios + 10 cards: USMLE/PLAB/NCLEX/Prometric/attestation/Bureau of Emigration). 48 packs, 132 tools

• v11.52.0: Master Reference wave 1 — Finance/Operations/Entrepreneurship/Data Mastery tracks (10 tracks total, 700 mastery exercises, L1-L5 ladders incl. office-assistant-to-COO social mobility flagship) + Industry Library: 39 verticals across 10 sectors with auto-linked practice content, public SEO pages. +240 exercises, +24 scenarios, +8 tools, +40 cards

• v11.50.0: Software House pack — 12 scenarios (engagement model selection, 2-week MVP reset, sprint demo disaster, change request pricing, dedicated team renewal, SLA severity fights, legacy autopsy, handover continuity), 3 tools (engagement-model-selector, discovery-brief-builder, sla-draft-generator), 10 micro-cards (software_house_ops: 4 engagement models, 7 team roles, 5 phases, rate benchmarks PKR vs offshore, red flags, credibility signals). Grounded in software-house industry research, Pakistan-adapted. 44 packs, 112 tools

• v11.49.1: nav — IT Product Sales + IT Services Sales entries in Earn section with NEW badges (direct links to the new profession packs)

• v11.49.0: IT sales specializations — it-product-sales + it-services-sales packs (24 scenarios, 6 tools, 20 micro-cards: Hafeez Center/PPRA/OEM/AMC/export-services contexts) + Sales Mastery to 10 modules/100 exercises (+IT & Tech Sales, +New Business Hunting 100-account hunt lists/21-day cadence/trigger events, +Industry Playbooks pharma/real-estate/insurance/banking/auto/edtech)

• v11.47.0: HR Mastery extension (gap-researched vs HR body of knowledge) — +2 modules Payroll/Benefits/Compliance (payslips, withholding, EOBI, gratuity, settlements) and Employee Relations/Safety (investigations, unions, grievances, safety, engagement surveys, succession, bias-free hiring), +6 scenarios, +4 micro-cards, +payroll-explainer tool. HR Mastery: 7 modules / 70 exercises

• v11.46.0: Mastery section — 6 profession mastery tracks (300 exercises: HR full lifecycle hiring→salary→appraisal→exit, Sales, Marketing, Social Media, PM, CEO Leadership) + 4 new profession packs Maahir for HR/Marketing/Sales/CEO (48 scenarios, 12 tools, 40 micro-cards) + Mastery hub page with progress tracking + nav section. Platform: 41 packs, 96 tools, 8,380 scenarios

• v11.45.1: status-page sweep — fixed live capstone page fatal (view called CapstoneController without App\Controllers namespace, 4x, page 500d for all users since 29-Sep; verified rendering), resolved all 16 open tickets (14 solved dev-time transients, 6 noise-marked validation messages), verified login-difficulty signal is scattered mistyped passwords (no brute-force). Status page: 0 known issues

• v11.44.0: job-landing features — 6-step Job-Ready Checklist (dashboard strip + page + API, real-activity verified), printable mock-interview reports (per-question scores/strengths/model answers), public /alumni HERO directory with passport links, weekly digest now carries a matched job + next-step tip

• v11.43.1: rollback Chinese for Work — removed 12 micro-cards, 10 roleplay scenarios, 3 ideas; reverted language option, Roshni Chinese persona, CJK detection, zh mapping; CJK-guard exemptions back to cross_cultural only. Platform back to English-first policy

• v11.43.0: Chinese for Work — language support (registration 中文 option, Roshni replies in Simplified Chinese with pinyin+English gloss, CJK input auto-detect, chinese→zh mapping) + 12 chinese_for_work micro-cards (greetings to supplier negotiation + HSK learning path) + 10 CPEC-workplace roleplay scenarios (site manager, WeChat negotiation, client dinner, WeChat group face dynamics) + 3 earning ideas (translator liaison, sourcing agent, two-way tutoring). Chinese characters are intentional teaching content with CJK-guard exemptions; leak sweep still clean

• v11.42.0: English Tutor multi-session chats — new english_tutor_chats table (20 chats/user, auto-titled from first message), ＋New chat button, saved-chats drawer with switch/delete, continue-where-you-left-off, legacy per-mode sessions auto-migrate with zero history loss, mistake patterns preserved per chat. Mobile /tutor shipped same feature set (bottom-sheet sessions). API: GET chats + POST chat/delete, chat accepts/returns chat_id

• v11.41.1: english-only final sweep — repaired roleplay #5386 (Urdu opening → English with Roman-Urdu honorifics), exercises #2256/#2491 (Chinese 隔离/举报 leaks). 21,700+ rows verified clean across 10 content tables; intentional multilingual content preserved (cross-cultural guanxi cards, Urdu AI-prompting exercises)

• v11.41.0: marketing homepage refresh — live DB stats (13,400+ practice items, 100 AI tools, 37 packs), new Real Earnings section (Maahir Works + Skills Passport + verified earnings), 37 Career Paths grid with PM NEW badge, SMM track promo. Mobile: /search + /me/credentials pages live (smoke 153/153)

• v11.40.0: freelancer platforms (45 scenarios: PeoplePerHour/Toptal/99designs intl + Rozee.pk/WorkChest/Mustakbil/HerCareer Pakistani + 15 client-side hiring scenarios) + gig economy (12 scenarios + 10 micro-cards: Careem/foodpanda/InDrive) + overseas pathway (10 scenarios + 8 micro-cards: OEP/Gulf/attestation) + remittances (6 scenarios + 6 micro-cards: Payoneer/Wise/RDA) + 6 idea-library entries. Platform: 8,332 scenarios

• v11.39.0: delivery-role packs (project-manager/qa-tester/business-analyst: 3 packs, 50 scenarios on the client↔PM↔developer triangle, 10 tools, 20 micro-cards) + Social Media Mastery career track (5 modules × 10 exercises, 15 scenarios, 4 tools, 10 micro-cards) + job-seeker AI toolbox (cover-letter, jd-gap-analyzer, salary-benchmark, linkedin-optimizer — toolbox now 16 tools). Platform: 8,259 scenarios, 37 packs, 84 tools, 572+ micro-cards. Manifest consolidated

• v11.38.0: multiplayer duplicate-message fix (optimistic send now registers server id in rendered-set + lastId, poll skips already-shown messages) + Chinese leak cleanup (6 scenarios repaired, cross-cultural cards exempted, ContentGovernance CJK guard flags future leaks for priority review) + mobile Works API (GET /student/works list + POST /works/{id}/propose — mobile page was silently falling back to mock data) + global search now indexes 70 profession tools (was 12 toolbox only)

• v11.37.1: hotfix — multiplayer chat messages only appeared after refresh. Service worker fetch handler was cache-first for ALL non-navigate GETs (poll responses cached and replayed from SW cache forever). Fix: sw.js caches only static assets by extension (cache name bumped to purge stale entries), all JSON responses now send Cache-Control: no-store (json() + jsonOut), poll fetches carry Date.now() cache-buster, nginx serves /sw.js with no-cache for fast propagation. Manifest updated

• v11.37.0: MCQ quiz API for mobile — 3 new api/v1 endpoints (GET /student/scenario/next random unattempted scenario with sanitized options, POST /student/scenario/get, POST /student/scenario/submit with full web-parity flow: attempts, points, streak, feed, SRS, parent safety notifications); PersonalityController getScenario/submitScenario now accept JSON bodies as well as form posts; manifest updated (history + api routes + mobile_actions). Companion mobile commit: /coach/quiz page built (was 404 from Practice hub since launch)

• v11.36.0: government/finance MCQ bridge — 838 roleplay-to-MCQ conversions across 5 new categories (government_protocols 171, financial_literacy 137, business_registration 62, startup_checklist 23, civic_rights 21; MCQ library 3,696→4,534) + micro-learning registry fix: 20 skill_keys/211 cards invisible since v11.29 now visible (53 skills, 542 cards, DB-driven skillProgress with metaFor fallback so future seeded skills auto-appear) + manifest catch-up: history entries v11.28.0–v11.35.0 recorded (were committed to git but missing from platform_manifest.json), platform_version 11.36.0, mobile_actions entry for scenario_bank category refresh

• v11.35.0: government communication protocols (300 scenarios: DC/secretary meetings, SECP/FBR/SMEDA navigation, police rights, patwari/land records, Kamyab Jawan/Ignite schemes, formal letter writing, protocol etiquette) + startup checklist completion (240 scenarios: idea validation, market research, financial projections, business structure, insurance, MVP, first 100 users, financial literacy) + 22 micro-cards (government protocol + financial literacy)

• v11.34.0: Tier 1-4 industry content — 550 scenarios covering banking/finance, import/export/supply chain, textile/garment, healthcare deep, agriculture tech, energy sector, telecom, creative writing, photography business, fitness coaching, restaurant/hotel management, travel, interior design, music education, career counseling, executive coaching, mediation, corporate training, grant writing, data science, cloud, DevOps, blockchain, game development

• v11.33.0: AI advocacy + transformation — 460 roleplay scenarios (fear calming, AI literacy, adoption stages, one-person startup, vibe coding, WhatsApp AI, GEO, freelancer 2.0, women entrepreneurs, AI ethics/bias/privacy/copyright/deepfake) + 20 micro-cards (advocacy mindset + transformation frameworks from HBR research)

• v11.32.0: workplace mastery — 580 scenarios covering phone/email/WhatsApp etiquette, meeting skills, small talk, networking, managing up/down, office politics, body language, dress code, dining, cross-generational dynamics, feedback, difficult conversations, professional boundaries, assertiveness

• v11.31.0: CEO deep — 400 scenarios covering full startup/CEO lifecycle: board management, CEO transitions, joint ventures, cofounder hunting + vetting + risk appetite + exit, risk management (regulatory, currency, cybersecurity, customer concentration, key person), crisis (PR, data breach, supplier bankruptcy, social boycott), strategy (market entry, merger, budget, restructuring), people (star employee resignation, toxic executive, remote culture, C-level hiring), stakeholder management, ESG, DEI, down rounds, founder burnout, dignified shutdown

• v11.30.0: entrepreneurship + operations complete — 300 new roleplay scenarios (idea validation, MVP, fundraising mechanics, exits, SECP/IP, operations/supply chain/quality/inventory), 10 founder AI tools (equity calc, cap table, runway, TAM/SAM/SOM, investor update, term sheet decoder, MVP cutter, pitch builder, accelerator app, shutdown planner), founder profession pack, 40 micro-cards (startup legal, fundraising mechanics, operations basics, exit strategies)

• v11.29.0: micro-learning mega — 260 new cards (200→460, 2 minutes, 130/min). 12 new skills (public speaking, mental health, money conversations, client management, interviews, cross-cultural, Pakistani daily life, women workplace, AI ethics, crisis, parenting, startup) + deepened 16 existing skills to 15+ cards each

• v11.28.0: MCQ mega generation — 825 new MCQ scenarios across 20 new categories (public speaking, confidence, teamwork, mental health, money, legal, leadership, cross-cultural, industry sales, HR, parenting, crisis, startup, interviews, English practice, client management, daily Pakistani life, digital safety, women workplace, AI ethics) — MCQ library 3,696, combined 9,054

• v11.27.0: wave 5 mega — 1,560 scenarios in 18 min (86/min, fastest wave): reverse roleplay 410, public speaking 462, confidence 785, communication 1294 — total library 5,358

• v11.26.0: format innovation — branching stories (10, 74 nodes), timed challenges (20), reverse roleplay (20), scenario chains (5 chains, 25 steps) + 600 wave-4 scenarios — total roleplay 3,798, all formats live

• v11.25.0: content wave 4 — +600 scenarios (teamwork 180, mental health 120, public speaking 60, interview deep 160, industry sales 60, HR 50, legal 40, China/CPEC 30, parenting 20) — total roleplay library 3,733

• v11.24.0: all 8 remaining features — global search (9 types), credentials wallet + public passport, impact analytics dashboard, kid entrepreneurship path (10 scenarios), feedback boards (seeded), multiplayer API (AI-judged), smart assignment matching, Maahir Works recommendations