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Version history and updates

Updated Feb 10, 20264 min readAuthor: Redactorr Support Team · [email protected]Last reviewed: March 2026

What's New in Redactorr

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes.

Version 2.2 - January 2026

🚀 Major Features

  • Dual-Engine Architecture: Introduced Core Engine 1.0 alongside the local detection engine for enhanced accuracy

- 3,000+ detection rules - ML-enhanced validation - Context-aware confidence scoring

  • PDF Sanitizer (Beta): Redact sensitive data from PDF files

- Text extraction and detection - Visual redaction with black boxes - Layout-preserving regeneration - Export to PDF or Word

  • Enhanced Accuracy: Improved detection across all categories

- Better email validation (handles subdomains, plus addressing) - International phone number support - Credit card validation with format verification - API key detection (OpenAI, Stripe, AWS, etc.)

✨ Improvements

  • Faster engine initialization (200ms → 150ms)
  • Reduced false positives by 40%
  • Improved Excel processing for large spreadsheets
  • Better error messages and debugging

🐛 Fixes

  • Fixed Excel date formatting issues
  • Resolved PDF text extraction edge cases
  • Fixed whitelist persistence across sessions
  • Corrected redaction map export encoding

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Version 2.1 - December 2024

🚀 Major Features

  • Spreadsheet Support: Redact Excel files (.xlsx)

- Column-by-column detection - Preserve formulas and formatting - Export to Excel or CSV

  • Breach Checker: Check emails against Have I Been Pwned

- 12+ billion breached accounts - Real-time API integration - Severity scoring

  • Custom Patterns: Create your own detection rules

- Regex or keyword matching - Category assignment - Validation rules

✨ Improvements

  • Added detection mode selector (Balanced, Conservative, Aggressive)
  • Improved Word document processing
  • Better redaction map organization
  • Enhanced UI for large files

🐛 Fixes

  • Fixed Word document styling preservation
  • Resolved detection overlap issues
  • Fixed whitelist filter edge cases

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Version 2.0 - November 2024

🚀 Major Features

  • Complete Redesign: New cyan monochrome design system

- Glass morphism UI - Phosphor Icons throughout - Improved accessibility - Responsive mobile layout

  • Word Document Support: Redact .docx files

- Preserve formatting - Track changes support - Export to Word or PDF

  • Secure Share: Share redacted documents securely

- End-to-end encryption - Expiring links - Password protection - Restoration with decryption key

✨ Improvements

  • Redesigned workspace with split-panel layout
  • Real-time detection as you type
  • Improved redaction map visualization
  • Better performance for large files

🐛 Fixes

  • Various detection accuracy improvements
  • Fixed clipboard handling on Safari
  • Resolved session persistence issues

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Version 1.5 - October 2024

🚀 Major Features

  • File Upload Support: Upload text files for redaction
  • Export Options: Download redacted content as .txt or .json
  • Redaction Map Management: Save, load, and share redaction maps

✨ Improvements

  • Added category filters (enable/disable specific types)
  • Improved SSN validation
  • Better phone number formatting
  • Added detection confidence scores

🐛 Fixes

  • Fixed email detection for unusual TLDs
  • Resolved UTF-8 encoding issues
  • Fixed item counter edge cases

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Version 1.0 - September 2024

🚀 Launch

  • Initial release of Redactorr
  • Core redaction engine with 1,500 patterns
  • Basic detection categories (email, phone, SSN, credit card)
  • Simple paste-and-redact workflow
  • Placeholder-based replacement system

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Roadmap

Q1 2026

  • REST API public release
  • JavaScript SDK
  • Scanned PDF OCR gates
  • Batch processing

Q2 2026

  • Team collaboration features
  • Shared pattern libraries
  • Admin controls
  • Team access management

Q3 2026

  • Mobile apps (iOS, Android)
  • Advanced NER (Named Entity Recognition)
  • Multi-language support
  • On-premise deployment

Q4 2026

  • Enterprise features
  • Audit logging
  • Compliance reporting
  • Custom webhooks

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