June 2026
- Upgraded the alert system to support a more flexible notification system, allowing updates to be sent reliably through multiple channels.
Product updatesLatest: Jun 20, 2026 - June 2026
HostelMate changelog
Every update to HostelMate in one place, new features, channel manager and booking engine improvements, reliability work, and fixes, straight from our product team's release notes.
View source release notesJune 2026
- Simplified how currencies are handled for reservations, made charge breakdowns easier to read, and polished the formatting of booking details.
June 2026
- Added support for managing waitlisted bookings manually.
- Added settings to set custom schedules for changing bedsheets, along with detailed bed cleaning reports for selected dates.
June 2026
- Improved system speed and reliability behind the scenes for smoother background operations.
June 2026
- Improved the accuracy and speed of updating room availability across different room groups and types.
May 2026
- Added simple auditing tools to help staff investigate and understand any overbooking occurrences.
- Improved general system speed and performance during busy periods.
May 2026
- Automated how booking channels block rooms when availability changes, preventing new bookings for already full rooms.
May 2026
- Added OTA Commission tracking to display and track booking website commissions directly within the reservation details.
May 2026
- Launched Self Check-In — guests complete their check-in online before arriving. Staff can share the link via QR code, copy, or email from the check-in popup.
April 2026
- Added OTA distribution and room revenue metrics to the dashboard.
April 2026
- Added payment aggregation summary by method, category, and grand total.
April 2026
- Added inbox messaging with attachment support via API.
March 2026
- Implemented ghost property detection in OTA channels to clean up mappings.
- Added diagnostic scripts to identify and resolve price discrepancies across OTA channels.
March 2026
- Enhanced OTA debugging tools with improved verification logic.
March 2026
- Optimized payment processing workflows.
March 2026
- Refined system logs to reduce noise.
- Updated service logic to return precise amounts.
March 2026
- Integrated Channelhub CRM including automated OTA actions and custom authentication.
- Executed extensive database schema migrations to support advanced property, room, and booking management features.
March 2026
- Added robust handling for database race conditions during concurrent updates.
- Overhauled the OTA channels architecture with new utility scripts and permission controls.
February 2026
- Implemented access restrictions for accounts to improve enforcement.
February 2026
- Added a utility script to repush property data for better synchronization.
February 2026
- Launched a major update to the Pricing Engine featuring nested rate derivation for more flexible rate management.
- Optimized rate pushing performance by preventing N+1 queries.
- Updated the Booking Acknowledgment flow with a new webhook structure and enhanced payload details.
- Added support for
isSharedflags in Channel Manager availability updates. - Improved frontend error handling for Payment Required (402) status, including localized notifications and redirects to billing.
February 2026
- Enhanced Channel Manager logging for booking acknowledgments to improve debugging and state tracking.
February 2026
- Added functionality to update property settings directly via the OTA Bridge.
- Resolved mapping ID issues during channel synchronization.
February 2026
- Updated the frontend to support listing and managing more than one channel.
February 2026
- Introduced new internal scripts for maintenance and patching.
January 2026
- Added Channel Manager booking synchronization for more reliable booking updates.
January 2026
- Added internal email APIs to support booking lookup flows.
- Started retiring legacy WhatsApp endpoints (prep for removal).
January 2026
- Improved booking recency logic (more accurate “latest booking” detection).
January 2026
- Launched a guest email notification system with new templates and sending logic.
January 2026
- Improved bed allocation reliability (better handling when room data is missing).
- Enhanced email delivery quality (plain-text fallback + improved headers).
December 2025
- Better tracking for bookings and payments, with clearer error messages.
- Automatic cleanup of old virtual credit cards after guests check out or payments.
- New controls for managing child rates in rooms.
- Improvements and checks around the booking engine.
- More reliable room availability checks.
- Smarter inventory updates when changing prices or availability by date.
- Cleaner logic for how room capacity and availability are calculated.
- More accurate availability checks overall.
December 2025
- Added waitlist support to payment flow.
- Small fix to update behaviour.
- Added a test to better track modified bookings.
November 2025
- Added credit card handling endpoints.
- Updated booking logic to support guest count.
- Improved price calculation.
- Enhanced room management features.
November 2025
- Added a “Calendar Legend” to explain calendar visuals.
- Fixed a related typo.
November 2025
- Started a new module for cleaning property data.
- Patched multi-language support for channels.
- Updated the login process.
- Informed users when their account is disabled instead of failing silently.
November 2025
- Normalized certain values to lowercase for consistency.
November 2025
- Added
pay_at_propertyconfiguration handling in payment options. - Did some general cleanup and updates around payments.
November 2025
- Normalized the room payload to better handle private room creation.
- Adjusted occupancy counts.
- Further improved room normalization and creation logic for private rooms.
October 2025
- Made available bed counts more accurate.
- Added a basic health check.
- Small cleanups.
October 2025
- Added auto-logout to keep accounts safer.
October 2025
- During property onboarding, new rooms now start with capacity and max available beds set to 0 by default.
October 2025
- Stability fixes.
- Tweaked billing for better accuracy.
October 2025
- Added a Stripe billing page and wired it to our backend.
- Moved auth to
CustomUserfor consistency. - Removed a few outdated checks and flows.
- Added a fallback for missing user IDs.
October 2025
- New endpoints to manage extra services.
- Simplified how services are handled.
October 2025
- New Onboarding endpoint.
- client helper added; connected with Stripe tokenization.
- Wrapped the provider for more reliable calls.
- Better request timing in
RequestLoggerMiddleware.
October 2025
- Update and improve documentation.
September 2025
- Added support for multi-bed reservations.
- Shipped several new pages in the dashboard.
September 2025
- Added a new subdomain to improve routing and separation of concerns.
August 2025
- Restored the workflow to process all CTrip bookings and export them in vCard format.
August 2025
- Fixed a pricing bug affecting certain edge cases.
August 2025
- Fixed currency handling for more accurate totals and conversions.
August 2025
- Updated Stripe integration for improved payment reliability.
July 2025
- API (REST) refinements to improve consistency and performance.
July 2025
- Added CTrip payment support.
July 2025
- Linked rate setup to room creation for a smoother onboarding flow.
Jun 2025
- Merge Room creation with Rate.
May 2025
- BETA Release, Custom Website Builder for Hostels
April 2025
- started on the 2.0 UX dashboard interface.
March 2025
- Enrolling the 2.0 User interface for the Booking Calendar.
March 2025
- Start working on a new Payment Gateway "Nomod".
March 2025
- Added new feature allowing the host to make the user pay for the Stripe fee.
March 2025
- Improved Email Format.
March 2025
- Fixed issues related to retrieving IDs for improved data accuracy.
February 2025
- Restructured Stripe functionality to optimize transaction handling.
- Started adding logic to handle the new email structure.
- Reformatted and updated system notification formats.
February 2025
- Initialized a new function to handle user permissions effectively.
- Started work on mail notifications to enhance communication.
- Added a fallback mechanism to prevent updates from being sent when the app is in safe mode.
January 2025
- Began implementing logic for multi-payment gateway support.
- Updated email structure and introduced new email notifications.
January 2025
- Cleaned application code to remove redundancies.
- Added filtering functionality to allow users to sort by price.
December 2024
- Fixed display issues related to breakfast options for improved guest clarity.
December 2024
- Cleared outdated data to streamline system performance.
- Updated email templates to ensure consistent branding and compliance.
December 2024
- Added new email notifications to enhance communication with guests.
- Implemented wrapping logic to prevent runtime exceptions in system updates.
- Corrected Telegram messaging functionality for reliable notifications.
November 2024
- Finalized a series of refinements to improve overall system stability and user experience.
November 2024
- Cleaned and reorganized initial configuration files for better maintainability.
November 2024
- Enhanced booking notifications to provide clearer reservation updates.
- Reset Google integration values for improved external service performance.
November 2024
- Fixed promotional code issues to ensure proper discount applications.
- Resolved website rendering bugs to deliver a smoother user experience.
- Improved error handling in booking operations for more robust processing.
November 2024
- Introduced a new endpoint to record bookings without immediate payment.
- Updated waiting list titles for clearer guest communication.
November 2024
- Tested inline functionalities to refine the user interface.
- Corrected an email delivery bug for more reliable client communications.
- Enhanced email templates for more informative and engaging content.
November 2024
- Implemented new logic for Telegram integration to improve message reliability.
- Initiated preliminary work on “olt” features to support future enhancements.
November 2024
- Addressed recurring stability issues to maintain platform reliability.
- Cleaned WhatsApp status messages for clearer guest notifications.
October 2024
- Fixed an issue affecting room selection to enhance the user experience.
- Added an option to grant access without requiring specific permissions.
- Introduced a new feature to manage cancellation policies.
October 2024
- Limited validations specifically to virtual credit cards (vCards) for improved accuracy.
- Released a maintenance update to address minor bugs.
- Corrected date-based pricing for bookings linked to our central management system.
- Enhanced text display for better readability across the application.
- Tested a new method for connecting with Online Travel Agencies (OTAs).
- Made refinements to existing features for better stability and performance.
- Developed a new function to retrieve internal IDs more efficiently.
- Added dynamic support for empty fields or placeholders.
- Launched changes in preparation for new features.
- Implemented a timeout setting to ensure server requests don’t hang indefinitely.
October 2024
- Improved endpoint access controls to enhance security and manageability.
October 2024
- Deployed minor updates to improve overall system performance.
October 2024
- Added a new endpoint to fetch all rooms.
- Fixed an issue with fetching the wrong name.
October 2024
- Implemented functionality to log out all users.
- Added an auto-clean task to manage system data.
- Initialized a new task related to data processing.
October 2024
- Released the first patch for handling beds management.
October 2024
- Fixed user-related functionality issues.
- Improved virtual assistant (VA) logic.
- Started implementing a new feature to handle user operations.
October 2024
- Implemented additional improvements for stability.
October 2024
- Tested the logic for blocking the last available bed.
- Handled an update to improve the booking process.
October 2024
- Created an endpoint to manage access permissions.
- Added an endpoint to upload room images.
- Updated system information for better data handling.
- Integrated support for new platform updates.
October 2024
- Fixed password handling issues.
- Tested new credit card processing functionality.
October 2024
- Fixed task management bugs.
- Added new endpoints for data handling.
- Updated the cron jobs for system automation.
- Added a new survey URL and subdomain for system operations.
September 2024
- Improved backend logic.
- Added logic to handle deposit with room ID.
September 2024
- Started view booking feature.
August 2024
- Rebuilt the new menu structure.
- Fixed navigation issues.
August 2024
- Protected notifications rendering.
August 2024
- Added new payment logic.
- Fixed delete functionality.
August 2024
- Started popup implementation.
August 2024
- Added scroll status handling.
July 2024
- Added Airbnb integration.
- Initialized channel manager.
July 2024
- Fixed deposit issues.
- Improved chat UI for better user experience.
July 2024
- Fixed booking move logic.
- Improved check-in functionality to avoid user errors.
July 2024
- Updated logic for discount implementation.
- Corrected price update mechanism.
July 2024
- Updated WhatsApp integration with state management.
July 2024
- add Dynamic Price Updates.
July 2024
- Updated payment system.
- Added logic to handle expenses.
- Added a new endpoint for credit card processing.
July 2024
- Updated date transformation logic.
- Fixed max capacity handling.
- Updated security settings.
- Fixed full name issues.
- Added an endpoint for listing items.
July 2024
- Added capacity handling logic.
- Created a new helper for sub calls.
- Optimized database fetch operations.
- Started using the database for various operations.
June 2024
- Added Telegram fallback.
- Fixed Agoda initialization.
June 2024
- Initialized new code for processing discounts.
- Restructured fetch price logic.
- Added a new endpoint for validating codes.
- Added new models and tables for code management.
June 2024
- Wrapped request updates.
- Fixed float handling issues.
May 2024
- Updated OTA process for Booking.com.
May 2024
- Tested float conversion logic.
May 2024
- Converted to booking bed updates.
- Used float for Stripe transactions.
May 2024
- Fixed auto-cancellation logic.
May 2024
- Updated waitlist logic.
- Altered state management.
May 2024
- Implemented mass logout.
- Patched UID handling.
May 2024
- Initialized new OTA updates.
- Updated module structure.
- Initialized new booking processes.
April 2024
- Implemented POST request handling.
- Added online status feature.
- Updated internal logic.
April 2024
- Fixed date formatting.
- Updated calendar logic.
April 2024
- Updated booking status for Expedia if the guest is paid.
April 2024
- Added phone check endpoint.
April 2024
- Fixed logic issues.
- Updated main page cash flow.
April 2024
- Fixed user-related issues.
April 2024
- Initialized new modules.
- Updated user management.
April 2024
- Added permission access.
- Added new account controller.
April 2024
- Added bid fallback.
- Fixed major errors.
April 2024
- Added state logic.
April 2024
- Implemented hotfix.
- Added bid handling logic.
April 2024
- Updated client name.
- Fixed URL issues.
- Added new template for surveys.
April 2024
- Updated platform name.
- Fixed door key issues.
- Added new endpoint.
- Added door logic.
April 2024
- Updated price logic for next dates.
April 2024
- Updated room closure logic.
April 2024
- Fixed typographical errors.
- Updated cron jobs.
April 2024
- Initialized new cron service.
- Added new route.
April 2024
- Added logic to check for failed messages.
March 2024
- Updated OTA logic.
- Committed price update logic.
- Updated roles.
March 2024
- Cleaned email templates.
- Used new date logic.
- Separated price logic globally.
- Added price increase logic.
March 2024
- Added filter logic.
- Updated new endpoint.
March 2024
- Initialized new price handling.
March 2024
- Added fallback to amount handling.
March 2024
- Added logic to update status.
- Added new helper functions.
March 2024
- Updated OTA.
March 2024
- Added state and order update logic.
March 2024
- Fixed state management.
March 2024
- Updated client name.
March 2024
- Added cancellation logic.
March 2024
- Updated passport logic.
March 2024
- Added notifications.
March 2024
- Fixed bug in inserting new reservations.
March 2024
- Added booking commission logic.
March 2024
- Fixed index range issue.
- Added price handling logic.
March 2024
- Initialized endpoint to get user by ID.
March 2024
- Fixed booking logic.
March 2024
- Added new endpoint for the main page.
March 2024
- Added logic to save data.
February 2024
- Added update state logic.
February 2024
- Restructured backend.
February 2024
- Updated logic.
February 2024
- Restructured helper functions.
February 2024
- Added new email logic.
February 2024
- Added new logic for fallback.
January 2024
- Updated state logic.
January 2024
- Updated template logic.
January 2024
- Updated push notification logic.
January 2024
- Initialized Facebook integration.
January 2024
- Fixed state handling.
- Updated log messages.
- Fixed various typographical errors.
January 2024
- Patched speed issues.
December 2023
- Fixed message sending logic.
- Added loop logic.
December 2023
- Improved Telegram integration.
December 2023
- Updated filter logic.
December 2023
- Added color highlighting logic.
December 2023
- Updated date handling logic.
December 2023
- Removed unnecessary deletions.
- Fixed time management.
December 2023
- Updated database connection logic.
November 2023
- Updated route management.
- Added JavaScript authentication.
November 2023
- Cleared unused packages.
- Added side notes for developers.
November 2023
- Fixed test logic issues.
November 2023
- Added extension logic.
November 2023
- Refactored authentication.
- Updated endpoint verification logic.
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