This changelog covers the second half of March. The main thread was Watcher platform operations: faster admin workflows for page management, reliable budget defaults across all site creation flows, and clearer plan-level governance for AI insights.
Admin workflow: pages, budgets, and plan settings
Our work focused on operator speed inside the Watcher admin panel. We added bulk controls for site pages so teams can include or exclude many URLs from scheduled tests in one action, and launch bulk PageSpeed runs directly from the pages table. The bulk run flow queues tests per enabled strategy and links straight to results. This cuts manual steps for agencies validating large batches after deployments.
We also fixed budget provisioning at the model layer: every new site now gets default mobile and desktop budget records automatically. This closes setup gaps where alert thresholds could be missing depending on the creation path (admin UI, signup flow, or seeders), and keeps budget behaviour consistent across tenants.
On plan management, we exposed AI insights clearly in the customer plan form, table, and detail views, and aligned seed/test expectations with the expanded default plan set (including the Free tier). Admins now have clearer control over feature entitlements and less ambiguity when deciding which customers can access AI-generated insight views.
Finally, we refreshed menu configuration fields with explicit icon support and route handling updates so in-panel navigation settings are easier to manage without brittle manual parameter edits.
Beta partner feedback loop
We continued beta testing with partner teams and used those sessions to validate day-to-day workflows in real client portfolios. The focus was not just bug capture, but also where teams lose time when managing many monitored URLs.
Two recurring feature discussions came up in this cycle: auto-grouping pages for clearer management at scale, and better AI insights surfaces that help teams move from raw metrics to prioritised actions. This feedback is feeding directly into roadmap decisions for upcoming iterations.
Free plan rollout during beta
We also rolled out self-serve sign-up on the Free plan ahead of full launch. The Free tier is a real working plan for solo evaluation: one website, 15 PageSpeed tests per month, 14 days of history, monthly schedules, and email alerts, with no credit card required for sign-up.
It intentionally excludes higher-tier capabilities such as AI insights, API access, and client-reporting extras, so it gives new users a low-friction way to validate core monitoring first while keeping plan boundaries clear. As outlined in Free plan announcement, this moved testing beyond closed partner cohorts and brought in practical feedback from real single-site usage, especially around quota limits and scheduling constraints.
Public-site updates
Outside the core platform work, we shipped three audience-focused feature pages for Agencies, Small Teams, and Solo Operators. We also added public Pricing and Legal pages, and tightened navigation plus mobile behaviour so users can reach these pages with less friction.
The practical effect is a cleaner handoff from discovery to evaluation: visitors can find the right page, compare plans, and move to sign-up without jumping between disconnected routes.
What’s next
Next up is platform execution on the core roadmap: completing organisation-level reporting jobs, adding retention cleanup, extending notifications beyond email (Slack and quota-limit flows), and expanding QA coverage across multi-tenant monitoring and alert pipelines. Thanks for following along.
