Changelog
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v1.4.0
minorAdvanced 3-Tier OCR Fallback System & Enhanced Reliability
Revolutionary OCR processing system with intelligent fallbacks, improved error handling, and enhanced demo security for better conversion reliability
✨New Features
- 3-tier OCR fallback system: Mistral API → OpenRouter Llama Vision → Traditional OCR
- OpenRouter integration with Llama 3.2 11B Vision for superior document understanding
- Intelligent fallback routing with automatic service detection
- Enhanced demo rate limiting: 3 conversions per 24 hours with fair usage policy
- Two-phase rate limiting: only consumes limits on successful processing
- PDF backup storage before processing attempts for debugging
- Comprehensive error tracking and logging for all OCR tiers
🚀Improvements
- 95% accuracy with Mistral API (Tier 1: ~5-10s processing)
- 90-95% accuracy with OpenRouter Llama Vision (Tier 2: ~10-15s processing)
- 60-70% accuracy with Traditional OCR (Tier 3: ~30-60s processing)
- Removed unreliable HuggingFace dependencies and replaced with proven OpenRouter
- Enhanced timeout handling with graceful fallback instead of hard failures
- Improved PostHog analytics tracking for better error visibility
- Streamlined dependencies: removed transformers and torch packages
- Better cost control with page limits per tier (Mistral: 5 pages, OpenRouter: 3 pages)
🐛Bug Fixes
- Fixed demo conversions not saving original PDF files on processing failures
- Resolved rate limiting consuming limits even when processing failed
- Fixed timeout errors now provide helpful fallback responses instead of generic errors
- Eliminated 404 errors from unreliable HuggingFace TrOCR models
- Fixed credit deduction issues on processing failures for all account types
- Improved error logging and categorization for better debugging
v1.3.0
minorEnhanced Export Interface & Bulk Upload Improvements
Major UI improvements for export downloads and better bulk file handling for larger uploads
✨New Features
- New unified download dropdown with all format options (Excel, CSV, QBO, JSON)
- Download All Formats option for complete file packages
- Improved edit page layout with better spacing and bigger description fields
- Enhanced skeleton loading components matching real UI structure
- Sticky footer with save button in transaction editor
🚀Improvements
- Increased bulk upload limits: Professional (250MB), Business (300MB), Scale (400MB)
- Better transaction editor with larger description text areas
- Improved navigation and header styling on edit pages
- Enhanced table layouts with proper column sizing and spacing
- More accurate loading states with realistic skeleton components
🐛Bug Fixes
- Fixed bulk upload file size validation for paid plans
- Resolved edit page navigation and layout issues
- Fixed table indentation and structure in transaction editor
- Improved responsive design for edit interface components
v1.2.0
minorQuickBooks Online Integration & Enhanced JSON Support
New QBO export format and improved JSON structure for better integration capabilities
✨New Features
- QuickBooks Online (QBO) export format support
- Enhanced JSON export with detailed transaction metadata
- QBO import-ready transaction categorization
- Custom field mapping for QBO integration
- Bulk export to QBO format for multiple statements
🚀Improvements
- Improved JSON structure with nested transaction details
- Better handling of international currencies in QBO format
- Enhanced transaction categorization for accounting software
🐛Bug Fixes
- Fixed date formatting issues in JSON exports
- Resolved special character encoding in QBO files
- Fixed transaction amount precision in export formats
v1.1.0
minorCore Functionality Enhancements
Improved core conversion features and reliability
✨New Features
- Support for more bank statement formats
- Enhanced transaction parsing
- Basic transaction categorization
- CSV and Excel export options
🚀Improvements
- More reliable PDF processing
- Better handling of different statement layouts
🐛Bug Fixes
- Fixed issues with certain PDF formats
- Resolved export encoding problems
v1.0.0
majorInitial Release
First public release of Bank Statement Converter
✨New Features
- Basic PDF to Excel conversion
- Support for major bank statement formats
- Simple web interface
- Secure file processing
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