New Features * Handyman Marketplace: A dedicated hub for finding and hiring skilled handymen for local tasks. * Interactive Job Posting: Customers can now post detailed jobs including categories, budgets, and precise geo-locations. * Handyman Registration & Profiles: Users can register as handymen, showcase their expertise with a professional bio, and define their service radius. * Geo-Location Discovery: Integrated smart search using the Haversine formula to help customers find nearby help and handymen find local "side gigs." * Milestone-Based Quoting: Handymen can submit structured quotes with milestone pricing, providing transparency for complex projects. * Direct Messaging: A built-in chat system enables seamless communication between customers and handymen to discuss logistics and job details. * Admin Verification Center: New tools for administrators to verify handyman credentials and award "Verified" or "Professional" status. Key Improvements * Professional Invoicing Bridge: Accepted job quotes can now automatically generate professional LexiBill quotes and invoices, bridging the gap between hiring and final payment. * Dynamic Sidebar & Role Management: The application UI now automatically adapts to your role, showing relevant tools for Customers, Handymen, or Admins. * Automated Matching Notifications: A specialized notification service alerts handymen of new jobs in their area and notifies customers when they receive new quotes. * Unified Review System: After job completion, a robust rating system automatically recalculates handyman profiles based on customer feedback. Bug Fixes & Refinements * Fixed Location Accuracy: Improved the precision of distance calculations for nearby job discovery. * Messaging Reliability: Resolved an issue where conversation partners were incorrectly labeled in the chat interface. * Pricing Validation: Added strict validation to ensure milestone totals match the overall quote amount, preventing billing errors. * UI Performance: Optimized the Handyman Job Board for faster loading and smoother mobile interactions.

Added Timekeeping Features 1. Real-Time Punch Clock * Punch In/Out: A digital time clock for starting and ending work sessions, capturing precise timestamps. * Break Management: Dedicated controls to start and end breaks (e.g., lunch). The system automatically tracks break duration and adjusts the "Actual Minutes" worked. * Active Session Monitoring: A live dashboard displays the current session status, elapsed time, and any ongoing breaks. * Automatic Cleanup: Punching out automatically closes any active breaks to ensure accurate duration calculations. 2. History & Reporting * Weekly Time Logs: A historical view of all time entries, filtered by week, with detailed breakdowns of punch times and break durations. * Performance Metrics: Automatic calculation of weekly totals, including total hours worked, days worked, and average hours per day. * Excel Export: Users can export their weekly time records and summaries into formatted Excel (.xlsx) files for external reporting or personal record-keeping. 3. Digital Timesheet Workflow * Flexible Generation: * Daily Timesheets: Generate a document for a single work session. * Weekly Batching: Aggregate an entire week's worth of sessions into a single comprehensive timesheet. * Professional PDF Generation: Automatically generates branded PDF timesheets that include work details, notes, and placeholders for signatures. * Digital Signature & Approval: * Supervisor Request: Users can send timesheets directly to a supervisor's email for review. * Public Signing Portal: Supervisors can approve, sign (using a digital signature pad), or reject timesheets via a secure, unique link without requiring a platform account. * Audit Trail: The system records the supervisor’s IP address, timestamp, and signature for compliance and verification. 4. Automated Notifications * Status Alerts: Automated emails notify employees when their timesheets are approved or rejected (including rejection reasons). * Distribution: Upon approval, a finalized, signed PDF is automatically emailed to both the employee and the supervisor for their records.

Stripe API Version Update - Updated Stripe initializations to use the latest API version for TypeScript compatibility Performance: - Optimized invoice and bill loading times - Faster dashboard queries

Security Enhancements: Encrypted token storage 30-min session timeout SSL certificate pinning