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 ====== Release Notes ======
-==== Version: 2.3.1.1 ====
+==== Version 2.4.2.0 (October 2026) ====
-==== Version 2.3.0.0 ====
+**Enhancements**
+  * **Approvals:**
+      * Direct shortcut action added to open the daily history directly from a time correction request.
+  * **Time Reports:**
+      * Public and corporate holidays can now be displayed as paid absences in the time report for hourly workers (target hours retrieved from time model).
+  * **Absence Calendar:**
+      * Enhanced area selection UI with clear visual indicators and user guidance for multi-select.
+**Bug Fixes**
+  * **Calculations & Accounts:**
+      * Fixed incorrect vacation balance calculations in time tracking and annual summary reports.
+      * Resolved an issue where deselecting employees during time account recalculations purged them from the selection list.
+      * Backend now validates properly if cancelled bookings occur within the exact same minute.
+  * **Time Models & Workflows:**
+      * Fixed missing break-time dropdown selection in existing weekly time models.
+      * Deactivating "statutory break times" no longer causes UI softlocks or data loss upon reopening.
+      * Added length limitation and validation for the "Break" field (resolving HTTP 500 server errors).
+      * Time Picker: Fixed UX inconsistency where selected hours were not applied without clicking a minute value.
+  * **Absences & Holidays:**
+      * Resolved infinite loading spinner in the absence report.
+      * Added missing input length limits and validation for the "Year" field in holiday management.
+      * Added input validation and field length limits for absence category names.
+  * **UI & Performance:**
+      * Audit Logs: Resolved browser Out-of-Memory crashes on large datasets by implementing server-side pagination.
+      * Fixed localization issues (e.g. English weekdays in German history view, untranslated strings in the icon picker).
+      * Fixed raw JSON output rendered in the anomaly criteria module when French language is active.
+      * UI/Accessibility: Improved color contrast for reference badges ("Absolute" / "Relative") and corrected initial minimum value in numeric inputs.
+      * Fixed an issue where cron jobs were not executing correctly; they now run properly.
+==== Version 2.4.1.0 (September 2026) ====
+**Enhancements**
+  * **Data Export:**
+      * Excel exports now separate employee names into two distinct columns (First Name and Last Name).
+  * **User Management:**
+      * Employee departures can now be scheduled with a future effective date.
+      * Alphabetical sorting by surname improved (always sorts by the actual last name).
+  * **Anomaly Reports:**
+      * Direct link added to jump straight from the anomaly report into the employee's daily overview.
+      * Extended with additional legally relevant violation criteria.
+**Bug Fixes**
+  * Inactive users are no longer displayed during user assignment in project phases.
+  * Resolved an error in the anomaly report when filtering for individual employees with existing data.
+==== Version 2.4.0.0 (August 2026) ====
+**New Features**
+  * **Team Hierarchies:**
+      * Full support for multi-level team structures and hierarchy management.
+  * **Vacation Cancellation Workflow:**
+      * Introduced an end-to-end request and approval workflow to revoke already approved vacation leaves.
+**Enhancements**
+  * **Absence Reports & Overview:**
+      * Support for logging and managing long-term absences.
+      * Days worked (days without absences) can now be explicitly displayed in the absence report.
+  * **Approvals:**
+      * Added a dedicated archive tab to review closed and processed approval requests.
+  * **Anomaly Reports:**
+      * New incident rule detecting completely missing time logs on scheduled work days.
+      * Added evaluation for approved correction requests due to missed clock-outs.
+      * Added "Department" and "Team Lead" columns to the Excel/CSV export.
+  * **History & Audit:**
+      * Introduced visual booking type icons for better clarity in the daily history.
+      * Extended log detail level and event metadata in the Audit Log module.
+**Bug Fixes**
+  * Team Management: Resolved inconsistent saving behavior, improper field dimensions, dropdown overlap, and missing character limits.
+  * Project Stages: Fixed incorrect parsing of planned stage hours.
+  * Compliance / Incidents: Minimum required breaks are now verified against total break duration instead of raw clock events.
+  * Layout & Scrolling: Corrected scroll containers and auto-height issues in user management and working time model dialogs.
+==== Version 2.3.1.1 (July 2026) ====
+**New Features**
+  * **Daily Time Models:**
+      * Daily time models can now be deactivated without being deleted.
+**Enhancements**
+  * **Absence Overview:**
+      * Added the ability to display deactivated employees within the absence overview.
+  * **Time Account Recalculation:**
+      * Extended the functionality for recalculating time accounts.
+  * **Reports:**
+      * Added the column "Planned Vacation" to reporting.
+  * **Weekly Time Model:**
+      * Added a function to display all linked employees directly from a weekly time model.
+**Bug Fixes**
+  * Absence Overview: Non-working days are now correctly displayed within the yearly report.
+  * Holiday Import:
+      * Added preview/information display for already imported holidays.
+      * Improved handling of the "No Entries" message.
+      * Enhanced editing capabilities for imported holidays.
+  * Notifications:
+      * Absence requests are now visually marked according to their approval status.
+  * Project Stages:
+      * Improved the display of activity types.
+      * Fixed an issue causing an empty project stage entry to be displayed.
+==== Version 2.3.0.0 (July 2026) ====
 **New Features**
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 **Bug Fixes**
-  * Improved monthly display within the Absence Overview.
+  * Improved monthly display within the Absence Overview. \\
   * Fixed inconsistent search results in the absence list after using the "Show All" function.
-==== Version 2.2.1.1 ====
+==== Version 2.2.1.1 (June 2026) ====
   * **Highlights & Enhancements:**
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       * Performance and input validation improvements in team management module
-==== Version 2.1.0.7 ====
+==== Version 2.1.0.7 (March 2026) ====
   * **Highlights & Enhancements:**
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       * Absences are now easier to identify in the attendance list.
       * A tooltip displays the full absence period, for example: "Absent (Sick Leave): xx.xx.xxxx to xx.xx.xxxx".
+      * Standard employees only see the neutral status "Absent" with a generic icon for colleagues to comply with data privacy regulations.
+      * Specific sickness icons and detailed absence reasons are strictly restricted to users with HR or managerial permissions.
       * The respective absence reason is now also displayed directly on the employee card.
       * A new option has been added to absence reasons: "Half-day absence allowed: Yes/No".
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       * Corrected user import behavior related to SAP cron job processing.
-==== Version 2.0.1.2 ====
+==== Version 2.0.1.2 (January 2026) ====
   * Highlights & Enhancements: