Changelog

Lara Serve updates

Recent user-visible improvements to the restaurant operating system, listed newest first.

May 2026

Multilingual SEO (Sprint 69)

French and Arabic landing pages added at /fr and /ar
Localized comparison stubs for Restolabs, Menu Tiger, and Menubly
hreflang metadata added across English public pages
Sitemap extended with multilingual marketing routes

May 2026

SEO Pages (Sprint 68)

Standalone /pricing page
Comparison pages: Lara Serve vs Restolabs, Menu Tiger, and Menubly
Feature pages for Kitchen Display, Floor Plan, and Waiter Mode
Blog infrastructure with MDX support

May 2026

SEO Foundation (Sprint 67)

robots.txt and sitemap.xml generated automatically
Page-level metadata and Open Graph tags on public pages
Google Analytics 4 integration enabled by environment variable
next/font replacing external Google Fonts stylesheet requests

May 2026

Billing & Plan Enforcement Polish (Sprint 66-Q)

Trial email redesign with Lara Serve brand layout
Floor plan zone limits enforced by plan tier
AI menu features gated for non-Service plans
past_due and canceled subscription states handled in the account guard

May 2026

Super Admin Billing Config (Sprint 66)

Plan editor added to the Super Admin Console
Global billing settings can be updated without database access
MRR, ARR, founding seats, and active-by-plan revenue overview added
Tenant subscription override tools added for support workflows

May 2026

PayPal Integration (Sprint 65)

PayPal subscription checkout flow added alongside Stripe
PayPal webhook handling for subscription activation and cancellation
Billing page gateway selector for Stripe or PayPal
PayPal plan IDs stored on editable plan records

May 2026

Trial Lifecycle & Founding Offer (Sprint 64)

Trial expiry and account locking scheduled commands
Queued trial email sequence for onboarding and expiry reminders
Public founding-seat counter endpoint
Landing page founding offer counter wired to live data

May 2026

Stripe Billing (Sprint 63)

Stripe checkout, billing portal, cancel, and reactivate flows
Webhook handling for subscription lifecycle events
Billing page rebuilt with plan comparison and account status
Checkout success refreshes the user plan state immediately

May 2026

Plan Enforcement (Sprint 62)

Plan feature middleware added to gated backend routes
Staff, branch, and floor-zone limits enforced by plan
Plan and subscription details included in the auth response
Admin plan badge, UpgradeGate, and account status guard added

May 2026

Subscription Foundation (Sprint 61)

Plan, subscription, subscription event, and settings records added
Starter, Service, and Operator plans seeded
Trial creation wired into restaurant registration
Restaurant plan helpers added for feature and limit checks

May 2026

Visit Tracking & Manual Reports (Sprint 60)

Landing-page visit tracking endpoint and session cookie added
Daily platform report now uses live visit data
Super Admin Console can send the platform report on demand
Tracking failures are isolated so they do not break public pages

May 2026

Super Admin Management Suite (Sprint 57)

Tenant suspension and reactivation controls
Scoped tenant data reset tools
Super admin menu and table inspection panels
Per-restaurant AI usage limits and daily usage display

May 2026

AI Menu Suite (Sprint 56)

Magic Scan digitises menu photos into staged menu items
Image Lab generates and saves product images
AI jobs run asynchronously with WebSocket updates and polling fallback
Category matching handles exact, fuzzy, and new category cases

May 2026

Landing Page v4 Completion (Sprint 55)

Mobile customer ordering section added
Kitchen display, analytics, pricing, and final CTA sections completed
Footer added to the public landing page
Landing copy localized for English, French, and Arabic