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April '25 Updates

30 days ago by Morales, Jennifer

This Changelog post details the updates made to the Newline Platform in April, 2025.

What We Improved

  • Authorization Pending Transactions in Pending Auth CSV: Only transactions with authorization_pending status are included in the pending auth CSV report, ensuring timely delivery.
  • Special Auto Approve Settlement Transaction: Introduced a flag to auto-approve manually generated settlement transactions to avoid client rejection, used for resolving incidents and edge cases.
  • Rescue Block Around Perform Async in API Requests: Added a rescue block around perform_async in API requests to handle catastrophic failures like Redis downtime, ensuring records are created and responding with success even if Redis is down.
  • Remove Prenote GL Event Type: Updated GL event types to use ach with prenote: true instead of prenote. Removed prenote GL event type from the database and API documentation.
  • Update Account Number Viewable Permissions: Made account_number, account_number_last_four, and routing_number fields viewable to ServiceUser.
  • Performance Improvements: Reviewed and optimized chain of operations for GL events, refactored synthetic transfer code, and optimized queries to improve API performance.

What We Fixed

  • Include Authorization Pending Transactions in Pending Auth CSV: Fixed an issue where pending auth reports were not generated first, causing delays.
  • Verify ACH Return Code Storage: Fixed storage of ACH return codes to use ach_return_code key instead of return_code.
  • Clean Up Book Journaler: Removed old logic for finding instructions by tag and ensured instructions are found by association.
  • Mock Manual ACH Reversal + Integration Specs: Added functionality to mock manual ACH reversal transactions and updated integration specs.
  • Duplicate Transaction Remediation: Scripted remediation for duplicated transactions during journaling.
  • Remove N+1 Queries from JSON in GET /transactions: Fixed N+1 queries related to address details in ACH and wire transactions.
  • Remove SJE Balance Fetching from Synthetic Account Endpoint Bug: Removed unnecessary balance fetching from the synthetic account endpoint.
  • Silence SonarQube Bug: Optimized balance calculation for synthetic accounts, GL accounts, and program customers to improve performance.

Why It Matters

Keeping our API documentation clear and comprehensive is essential for empowering our clients to make the most of Newline’s services. These updates provide clients with:

  • Improved Control and Flexibility: Enhanced transaction approvals and management.
  • Enhanced Insights and Reporting: Deeper visibility into authorization workflows.
  • More Robust Troubleshooting Support: Updated error codes and detailed descriptions.

We are committed to continuously improving our documentation to help clients create seamless financial experiences. For questions or further details, please contact [Jennifer Morales]