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All notable changes to the Avala platform.

February 2025

MCP Server v1.0

New Features
  • Launched Avala MCP Server with full support for Claude, Cursor, and VS Code Copilot
  • AI assistants can now query datasets, projects, annotations, and organization data through natural language
  • New SDK documentation pages for both Python (avala) and TypeScript (@avala/sdk)

Integration Guides

New Features
  • Added 6 new integration guides covering popular tools and workflows
  • Step-by-step setup instructions for connecting Avala with external services

Expanded API Reference

New Features
  • New dataset items endpoints for managing individual items within datasets
  • New tasks endpoints for querying and managing annotation tasks
  • New organizations endpoints for member management and invitations
  • New slices endpoints for creating and managing dataset subsets

Documentation Additions

New Features
  • New annotation tools reference covering all supported annotation types
  • Quality control guide with best practices for consensus and review workflows
  • Work batches guide for managing task distribution and annotator assignments

January 2025

Mission Control v2.5.0

New Features
  • Added batch tagging for multiple datasets
  • New keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation
  • Improved 3D point cloud rendering performance
Improvements
  • Search now supports date range filters
  • Reduced memory usage for large datasets
  • Better error messages for upload failures
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed timeline sync issues with multiple cameras
  • Resolved Safari compatibility issues
  • Fixed annotation export including deleted items

December 2024

API v1.3.0

New Features
  • Added webhooks endpoint for event notifications
  • New batch endpoints for bulk operations
  • Support for custom metadata on channels
Improvements
  • Increased rate limits for enterprise accounts
  • Faster response times for list operations
  • Better pagination with cursor support
Deprecations
  • offset pagination deprecated in favor of cursor-based pagination
  • v1/upload endpoint deprecated, use v1/datasets/{id}/upload

Python SDK v0.8.0

New Features
  • Async client support (AsyncClient)
  • Progress callbacks for uploads
  • Automatic retry with exponential backoff
Improvements
  • Full type hints for IDE support
  • Reduced memory usage for large file uploads
  • Better error messages

November 2024

Mission Control v2.4.0

New Features
  • Team-based permissions
  • Project organization
  • Data lifecycle policies
Improvements
  • Faster dataset loading
  • Improved search relevance
  • New dark mode theme

Earlier Releases

For earlier release notes, see our GitHub releases.