Fountain Product Release Notes

February 19, 2026

This month’s updates improve access control, onboarding compliance, scheduling accuracy, sourcing budget automation, and system visibility across products.

Now Available

Unified Brand Synchronization (Platform)

Tier 3 – Change Management
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What it is:
Brand configuration is now unified across products, keeping brand data automatically aligned between Hire and WX.

Operational impact:

• Brand changes in Hire or WX automatically sync

• No more maintaining brand configuration in two places

• Activation coordinated with CS

Clearer Roles & Permissions (Platform)

Tier 2 – New Feature
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Improved clarity in role configuration.

What it is:
The Roles & Permissions page has been rewritten for clarity, with improved labeling and in-product explanations.

Operational impact:

• Clearer permission labels

• In-product tooltips explain access behavior

• No change to permission logic

Compliance Task (Onboard)

Tier 2 – New Feature

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What it is:
Compliance can now be added directly as a task within Onboard flows.

Operational impact:

• Add Compliance as a task in Onboard

• Centralize document collection during onboarding

• Requires both Onboard + Compliance products

Automatic Break Deductions (Shift)

Tier 2 – New Feature
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What it is:
Managers can configure rule-based break deductions that automatically apply to qualifying timesheets.

Operational impact:

• Configure rules once

• Breaks automatically apply when conditions are met

• Reduce manual payroll edits

• Review rule logic if workers log their own breaks

Break Countdown Improvements (Shift)

Tier 1 – Continuous Deployment
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What it is:
Managers can configure rule-based break deductions that automatically apply to qualifying timesheets.

Operational impact:

• Countdown now reflects scheduled duration

• No configuration required

Improved Address Visibility & Editing (Hire)

Tier 2 – New Feature
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What it is:
Structured Google-derived address components are now visible and editable.

Operational impact:

• View parsed address components

• Correct mismatches directly

• Coordinates update automatically

Shared Applicant Notes (Hire)

Tier 2 – New Feature
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What it is:
Applicant-level notes can now be shared across multiple applications within the same account.

Operational impact:

• Use “Share Across Application” when creating notes

• Improves cross-opening visibility

• Reduces inconsistent hiring decisions

Budget Automation & Campaign Improvements (Source & Pool)

Tier 1 – Continuous Deployment
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What it is:
New automation controls help manage campaign budgets, hiring goals, and candidate outreach more efficiently.

Operational impact:

• Integrated campaigns auto-pause at 100% budget

• Early warning at 80%

• Clear Actual vs. Committed spend

• Lock indicator for non-pausable channels

• Quick-copy audience/messages in Pool

• Merge keys for personalized outreach

Review non-integrated channels manually when prompted.

Coming Soon

Streamlined Navigation (Platform)

Tier 2 – New Feature
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What it is:
The left navigation is being simplified to surface commonly used areas and remove clutter.
Operational impact:

• Rarely used items move to Settings

• Unused items removed

• Review internal documentation if you reference removed areas

Unified Access Management (Platform)

Tier 3 – Change Management
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What it is:
Access management is being unified across products for Fountain One accounts.

Operational impact:

• Location, opening, and access alignment across products

• Opening-level access support

• Access configuration moves to a single interface

• Migration coordinated with CS

How our release tiers work

• Tier 1 – Continuous Deployment
  Small UI or low-risk updates released directly to Production.

• Tier 2 – New Feature
  For Enterprise customers, released to Sandbox first with a two-week review window before Production.

• Tier 3 – Change Management
  Coordinated migrations or activations managed with your Customer Success team.

For more detail, refer to your account's Release Management Expectations documentation.

Additional Questions?

Contact your Customer Success Manager or reach out to Support for product-specific guidance.