Change Log

Introduction

This documents aims to detail all the changes that have been made across the Arranmore Ferry platform.

Changes

App Error Reporting and API Update | 2026-07-25

• App:
  • Moved error reporting off GlitchTip onto Bugsink using sentry_flutter
    • package:sentry had no Flutter bindings, so nothing was hooking FlutterError.onError or the isolate handler - only explicit captures were being reported
    • runApp was running outside the error zone, so startup errors were missed
    • All 55 call sites now send the caught object and a stack trace with a context description, instead of an interpolated string
    • Turned off print breadcrumbs so debug output can't ship secrets in release, and removed an auth token debug print
    • Release and build number now come from package_info rather than hand-maintained constants
  • Added a Maestro end to end test suite (5 flows)
    • Smoke navigation, dashboard live data, timetable date pick, My Ferry account options and a vehicle booking flow
    • A shared common_launch subflow handles the notification alert and the first run intro carousel
  • Fixed the prod version file drifting behind the shipped 4.5.5+350, which was making every store upload get rejected
• API:
  • Stripe PaymentIntents are now tagged with the ticket id, ticket ref, user id and payment method
    • Payments are traceable back to a ticket from the Stripe dashboard for every ticket, not just ones that complete payment
  • Fixed admin authorisation 500ing when the uid maps to no account (a deleted admin, or a valid token with no account row) - now answers as unauthorised
  • Admin authorisation now fails closed if the account lookup itself errors, rather than letting the error propagate and take down every admin route behind it

API and Booking Fixes | 2026-07-24

• API - fixed three v2 crashes reported in Bugsink:
  • Payments webhook: a Stripe webhook whose payment intent matched no ticket threw when logging the ticket id (10.7k events)
  • Get ticket: a malformed ticket id threw and was re-reported on every call, now answered cleanly (1.6k events)
  • Remove block: findOneAndUpdate on the mongodb v7 driver returns the document, not a .result wrapper - reading it on a stale block id threw and then tried to send a second response
  • Added a regression test for the malformed ticket id path
• Booking:
  • Fixed foot passenger bookings being refused on sailings where the cars were full
    • The availability API returns -1 as a sentinel for a car-full sailing, not a count, and checkout was treating it as capacity - a live scan found 10 of 159 sailings over 8 days refusing foot passengers this way
    • The time picker hid the problem, so the sailing looked bookable right up until payment
  • The time picker now adds up passenger capacity when two boats sail the same time, instead of taking the larger of the two

Admin Check In Update | 2026-07-21

• Added a check in toggle to tickets (ticket-checkin-toggle.tsx)
  • Not Checked In / Waiting / Checked In [Outward] / Checked In [Return]
  • Updates optimistically and rolls back with a toast if the server rejects it
  • A dashboard reload wins over the optimistic value
• Car Details panel on the dashboard now has a Check In column and reloads the dashboard after a change
  • Passenger icons stacked vertically and rows aligned to the top
  • Widened the panel
• Removed the unused arranmore-timetables.png and tidied the prettier config

Ticket Status Update | 2026-07-08

• Added a redeemed ticket status
  • Shows a purple badge with a check icon on the ticket

Checkout Update | 2026-07-07

• Replaced the plain phone input at checkout with a new PhoneField component
  • Country dial-code picker with search and flags, Ireland selected by default
  • Ireland, UK and US pinned to the top of the list
  • Emits the full international number, and stays empty until a number is entered so a bare dial code doesn't pass the required check
  • Used in both the account and guest checkout flows
• Fixed the guest validation reading the wrong field for the phone number

App and Kiosk Update | 2026-07-04

• Booking:
  • Ahead of the new website launch - mirrored the payments to https://live.thearranmoreferry.com
  • Improved links to the booking page from the timetable with params
  • Checked all existing flows (account v guest) for data leaks
    • See admin messages from 4th July 2026
  • Added test cases
  • Deployed to coolify
  • Added links to existing website
• Web & API:
  • Added a guard to stop tickets being purchased without car details
    • Checked at checkout (account, guest and reservation flows) and again in the payments API

API and Admin Update | 2026-06-13

• API:
  • Fixed the kiosk date resolution
    • Added test cases
  • Improved the payments logging
  • Updated the email strings
• Admin:
  • Ticket history now shows who made the change
  • Fixed the ticket history sort order

Receipt Printer Update | 2026-06-04

• Added Receipt Printer routes and controllers to the API
  • Tickets can now be printed from admin

Email Update | 2026-05-08

• Updated react-email to v6
  • All email templates and components updated

App Update | 2026-05-01

• Updated to the latest stripe_flutter
  • iOS entitlements and pods updated

App and Kiosk Update | 2026-04-29

• App:
  • Updated Firebase Auth for reCAPTCHA 6.5.0
  • Improved profile editing
• Kiosk:
  • Updated to the latest Next.js version

Revenue Export | 2026-03-26

• Admin Ticket Buttons updated to show highlights
• Added ability to remove passengers from ticket from ticket sections
• Added better dark mode functionality

Revenue Export | 2026-03-22

• Kiosk software updated dependancies
  • Stripe terminal JS updated

Revenue Export | 2026-01

• Updated ticket filtering
• Full date in the title (dashboard) EEEE do MMMM yyyy

Revenue Export | 2025-12

• All dependancies updated - tailwind v4
• NextJS CVE Update closed

Revenue Export | 2025-10-07

• App Financial Features Declaration Completed

Revenue Export | 2025-09-27

• Script added to API repo for pulling data directly from the database.
• Sent the data onto padraic@thearranmoreferry.com

Revenue Export | 2025-08-27

• Updated admin definitions

Web Updates | 2025-07-27

• Fixed the incompatible time picker on admin

Web Updates | 2025-07-27

• Fixed the incompatible time picker on admin

Web Updates | 2025-07-30

• Updated with Arranmore Blu page

Web Updates | 2025-07-04

• Added an availability check before the user finally purchases a ticket, if there's no availabilty, the ticket is cancelled.

Web and Admin Updates | 2025-06-28

• Changed the availability so that ferries can now carry 10 cars.

Web and Admin Updates | 2025-06-18

• Server Updates:
  • Moved servers from Heineken to Rex (Hetzner)
  • Deployed using CI/CD pipeline
  • Moved from bitbucket to GitHub
• POS Devices:
  • Added login functionality to the POS devices
    • Each device has a device_id registered in POS Devices tables
    • Always included in the POS headers
  • Improved the Revenue APIs
    • POS devices can now print out the full data
• Admin Panel:
  • Updated the admin panel update functionality
    • Only makes changes to specific fields in the ticket
  • Added the "Push To Device"
    • Tickets can be push from admin
    • Tickets can be picked up on the admin till
• Web:
  • Translated website to Gaeilge
  • Full translations can be accessed: Hexa Translations
• Kiosk Updates:
  • Removed all references to snow in the kiosk
  • Added a preferred payment method when selecting the payment device from Stripe

Web and Admin Updates | 2025-05-31

• Website updated to use the DRDC logo.
• App updated to show a thank you page on the "MyFerry" screen.

Web and Admin Updates | 2024-12-20

Admin

• Admin refreshes the dashboard data every 60 seconds.

Web

• Website redirect added for /blog

API

• Device IDs added to the Ticket object
  • Device IDs added for the POS APIs request, in the headers.
  • Device IDs added for the kiosk request.
• Device revenue created.

Web and Admin Updates | 2024-12-16

• Updated the admin app to accept non accounts to be added to the send notification list.
  • Note: Admin can save accounts, without emails.

Web and Admin Updates | 2024-11-28

Admin

• Admin Users can now log in / out on mobile
• Loading Spinner removed
• Database ready for new Contact import

Web

• New page names applied (/about > /about-arranmore-ferry)
  • Updated the redirects in next.config.js
• Updated JSON+LD for all pages
• Resubmitted to Google Search Console

App Update (4.0.3) | 2024-11-03

• Golden Tickets improvement to the API for better error handling.
• Share button on the Golden Tickets screen with an image.
• Red floating Snack bar for errors.

Website | 2024-10-24

Admin & API

• SMS can be sent directly to numbers now.
• Ticket View Panel now has an option for Editing Tickets Built In.
• Recurring Tickets (end date) and Editing are resolved.
  • Regenerates tickets automatically
• Hidden refund button
• Redeemed Ticket Support

App (v4.0.2)

• Fixed the carousel clicking
• App Banner - now fixed
• Redeemed Ticket Status Button & Icon

TODO:

• Default ticket types for people
• Create an editable Custom Ticket Price
• Share Image From Golden Ticket Screen

Website | 2024-10-14

• Updated team page

App Update (iOS 18 and Android 15) | 2024-10-09

• Support for iOS Dark and Tinted Icons and iOS 18.0
• Support for Themed Icons on Android
• Updated Apple Pay certificates
• All Flutter plugins up to date

Recurring Tickets | 2024-10-08

• Added recurring tickets to the admin panel - these are new and improved:
  • Recurring Tickets can be added with improved selection
    • Open Ended - tickets will be generated forever
    • Fixed End Date - tickets won't be generated past this date
  • Tickets are checked overnight and generate tickets 60 days in advance
  • All "child" tickets can be viewed and edited

Promo Codes | 2024-09-17

Admin

• Updated the admin panel for promo tickets:
  • Promos can have
    • x% off a ticket
    • €x off a ticket and;
    • a fixed price for per ticket
  • Promos can be limited by:
    • Ticket type (discount is only applied to adults for example)
    • Quantity (This is the total number of tickets that can use this code)
    • Date and Time of Booking
    • Price Limits (like Golden Tickets, minimum and maximum prices that can apply the code)
    • Limit Per Customer (one customer can only buy 2 tickets for example)
  • Admin can see which all the tickets that have used the code
  • Viewing Tickets now shows if a promo code was applied

App

• The mobile app now accepts promo codes before buying the ticket:
  • When applied the colour of the price turns pink
  • Promo codes each have a message which will be displayed when applied.
• The "Can't Book Tickets?" button has been extended to clear old price and ticket formats.
• TikTok Link Included on the socials card!
• News / Update carousel updated to use native Flutter carousel - removed library.
• Updated to the latest Flutter Version 3.24.2

Video Guide

App (Name Collection) | 2024-08-18

• Corrected apps to always request names when they're not included in the User Account.

Admin (Return Tickets Keys) | 2024-07-27

• Corrected the admin panel to prevent the count of return tickets for time keys on the dashboard.

Website | 2024-07-17

• Updated the website to include a check for accounts to ensure their name and number are included, even if they have an account.

App, Admin & API | Up to 2024-07-10

• Updated App
  • Show names on Customer Tickets
  • Updated styles for Stripe
  • Target Android Version 34
  • Configured a dev and prod app
  • Improved Toggle Switches for Settings
• Updated POS Ticket / Machine
  • Updated so that tickets with vehicles appear at the top
  • Updated to use a new version of Shorebird
  • Configured a dev and prod flavor
  • Updated to Flutter 3.22.0
• Chrome Extension
  • Released the Chrome Extension
  • Chrome Extension Link
  • Blog Post Link
  • Promo Materials
• Admin
  • Added Promo Code Controls
  • Tickets show vehicles at the top of the tables now
  • Tables are not restricted to 20 rows for manual pagination tables.
• API
  • Added Promo Codes CRUD. Not implemented in API Calls.
  • Corrections for updating tickets using the new admin panel.

Admin Dashboard & API | 2024-06-20

• Updated the /tickets page to include a filter for name and email.

Admin Dashboard & API | 2024-06-11

A couple of corrections and quick updates were made:

• The SMS messages now have defaults, English, Gaeilge and Both
• The SMS messages correct numbers that start with 0044 and 00353
• Updated Car Printer Label to remove the icon.
• Corrected the emails - now sent to admin at all times too.
• Switched off the colours on the timekeys if the ferry has sailed NEXT_PUBLIC_TIMEKEYS_GRAYOUT_PAST.
• Updated the new ticket search to use old tickets information, see video
  • Required an admin.accounts.controller API change
• Fixed typo on the cards

Admin Dashboard & API | 2024-06-10

This video is a quick summary of all the changes.

Admin Dashboard

Link to Dashboard

• 🎟️ Tickets
  • 🔍 Ticket Search Bar on all screens. Ticket ref or full ID.
• ⏱️Ticket History
  • All changes made to new tickets are saved in ticket history, can be viewed for all tickets.
• 🔔 Notifications
  • 📦 SMS Messages now work
    • Search a user, select the account, confirm the number and click send.
  • 📱 App Notifications send directly to the user's device
• Statistics - new stats
• Updated printer car label format
• Time picker is now hours and minutes
• ID's can be copied everywhere
• Faster account search
• Adding times is now faster
• New Ticket now has populates the date and time
• All tickets can now be checked in, if they're not checked in it doesn't show.
• Notes display across the entire dashboard
• Timekeys are now more compact
• Dark Theme and Light Theme
• Full rewrite using shadcn libraries

API

Link to API

• Tickets updated with a ticketRef
• Ticket history added
• Emails updated for Cancellation Changes
• All API routes moved from v1 to v2