New ways Babra helps you choose schools and prepare stronger applications.
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Clearer material tracking and safer essay editing
Material status is visible from the project list, project drawers can be bookmarked or shared, and essay content and status stay reliable during editing, imports, and AI suggestion updates.
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See material status from the project list
Each project now shows the status of its statement of purpose, personal statement, and recommendation letters. You can spot missing materials without opening every project, then drag urgent projects to the top.
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Open project materials without leaving the list
Select a project to open its materials drawer on the same page. The address bar includes the project parameter so you can bookmark or share the drawer, and selecting a material status dot jumps to the matching row.
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Upload an existing essay from any status
The Upload existing action stays in the same place whether the essay is not started, in progress, or complete. Before replacing existing content, Babra asks for confirmation, so the upload stays easy to find and drafts are not overwritten by mistake.
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Keep unsaved edits when the essay changes elsewhere
If the same essay changes elsewhere while you are editing, the page keeps what you have typed but not saved and alerts you that the essay changed. Work in progress is not lost when another tab or an import updates the essay at the same time.
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Keep imported essays intact
Background generation no longer replaces an essay uploaded through import. If another upload starts while an import is running, Babra rejects it with a clear explanation instead of silently discarding the newly selected file.
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Keep AI edit suggestion status accurate
When the same AI edit suggestion is applied in two places at once, an edit that already took effect is no longer marked as invalid. The status shown in the interface now matches the result.
Dashboard counts now reflect real progress, and recommendation letter errors offer retry or return options. AI assistants can connect to Babra after consent and receive read-only access.
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Dashboard counts reflect your progress
The dashboard now shows the actual number of applications in progress and offers instead of leaving both metrics at zero. Submitting an application or receiving an offer is reflected in your overview.
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Recommendation letter errors offer next steps
If the recommendation letter form or editor fails to load, or the recommender no longer exists, the page shows an error with options to retry or go back instead of leaving an unusable blank screen.
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Placeholder version history is hidden
The recommendation letter editor has temporarily removed the version history entry, so it no longer shows placeholder version data or a button that does not work.
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Connect an AI assistant to Babra
You can connect an AI assistant to your Babra account and let it read your profile, program shortlist, and materials checklist. You can then ask about your application progress without copying details out of Babra.
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Review access before approving
Before a connected application gets access, the consent screen shows its name and exactly what it can read. Separate Approve and Deny choices let you confirm the scope before granting access.
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Connected access stays read-only
Connected applications have read-only access. They cannot change your data or spend your AI credits, so connecting an assistant cannot alter your application materials or balance.
Upload a CV and continue while it is parsed, then complete background and preference questions in one flow. Degree levels and full CV context improve school positioning without asking for the same details twice.
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Upload your CV without waiting
New users can upload a PDF or DOCX CV on the first onboarding step and continue answering questions while Babra parses it in the background. Education and experience no longer need to be entered item by item, so your background takes fewer steps to complete.
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Finish background questions in onboarding
Background and preference questions now appear one at a time during onboarding, with a single review on the final step. You can finish the guided flow and start school positioning without returning to fill in missing profile details.
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Degree levels stay distinct
Education entries now record degree level, including bachelor's, master's, and doctorate. The AI no longer mistakes a master's degree for a bachelor's degree, so background summaries and school positioning results are more accurate.
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School positioning reads the full CV
School positioning now uses the full CV when generating recommendations. This includes research and publication details from the CV.
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No duplicate experience overview
After you upload a CV, onboarding no longer asks for an experience overview. The field appears only when there is no CV, so the same experience details do not need to be entered twice.
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Choose program count when positioning
The "How many programs do you plan to apply to?" question has been removed from onboarding and the background form. There is one less question to answer, and you choose the number of programs when you start school positioning.
A scannable experience list makes answers easier to manage, while more reliable saving and cleaner Personal Traits documents keep work intact and results easier to read.
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A scannable experience list
The Personal Traits questionnaire now shows experiences in a list that starts collapsed, allows several sections to stay open, and pins progress plus "Jump to next unfinished section" at the bottom. You can choose what to write first without opening a full screen of fields.
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A clearer representative experience marker
The "Standout / Proud" marker is now "This represents me best." That choice guides material selection for later essays. The question is easier to answer, and the result is closer to your own priorities.
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One-click skipping without deletion
Skipping an experience now takes one click and automatically opens the next unfinished section. The delete option is gone; use Skip for experiences you do not want to write about without risking work you already organized.
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Answers stay saved during rapid changes
Answers no longer get lost when you check or skip immediately after typing, when a save request fails, or when you keep typing while the app saves answers before generation. Entered text stays intact, and generation uses the latest content.
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First clicks register and duplicate adds stop
After you finish typing, the first click on "Skip this experience" or the checkbox now works. Clicking "Add" twice no longer creates duplicate experiences, so one click is enough and no extra undeletable entry appears.
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Cleaner Personal Traits document spacing
Personal Traits documents no longer show full blank lines between points or an extra divider above the first section. The layout is tighter, and the fix also applies when you reopen documents generated before this update.
One Language setting controls the interface and AI output. Admins can reset stale school lists while keeping general essays, uploads, billing, and the background questionnaire. Sign-in and upgrade screens show the right links and language.
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One setting for interface and AI language
Website language and AI output language are now one Language setting. The selection controls the interface, AI assistant, and generated content, so there is no second language switch to miss.
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Keep AI output in the interface language
School positioning and other AI features now follow the interface language. Chinese-interface users no longer receive English output caused by a separate setting that could default to English.
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Reset a stale school list
Admins search by phone or email, preview a reset, then soft-delete candidates, not-interested items, application programs, their materials, essays, and recommenders. General essays, uploads, billing, and the background questionnaire remain. Users with old program data can rerun school positioning for complete details.
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Open terms and privacy links before sign-in
The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links on the sign-in page now open the correct pages, so users can read both before signing in.
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Show verification errors in the interface language
Verification-code error messages now follow the interface language instead of always appearing in Chinese. Users on the English interface can understand why the code failed.
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Localize Pro plan durations
Plan durations in the Pro upgrade dialog now follow the interface language, so the Chinese interface no longer mixes in English duration text.
Admins can review and filter Credits usage without database queries. The school positioning list adds city and language-test comparisons, remembers visible columns, and filters tiers from a single toolbar.
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Review a user's Credits usage
The admin console includes Credits usage history. Search by phone number or email to see a user's AI usage runs, account balance, cumulative Credits recharged, granted, and spent, plus the selected period's spending total and run count. Admins can investigate Credits usage questions without writing database SQL.
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Filter Credits usage history
Credits usage history supports 7, 30, and 90-day presets, all time, or a custom date range, with 20 runs per page. The default view matches the billing page by showing settled runs that charged credits. A checkbox can also include failed, canceled, and unsettled runs when an investigation needs the full history.
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Compare program cities in the list
The school positioning list has a City column. It is hidden by default, but the setting stays saved on the device after you enable it under Display columns. You can compare program cities without opening each program's details.
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Compare language scores by test
The Language requirement column follows the test chosen under Display columns, such as IELTS or TOEFL. The header names the test, and each row shows its required score, including when a program does not accept it or has no minimum. This replaces truncated multi-test text with a direct comparison for the test you take.
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Choose which school columns to show
The school positioning toolbar has a Display columns control on the right. Four information columns can be shown or hidden individually, and the device remembers your choice. Only Deadline and Tuition show by default, so the table fits on a laptop; more columns make it scroll horizontally inside the page.
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Filter school tiers from one toolbar
The toolbar fits on one line. Reach, Match, and Safety are selected by default in a multi-select menu; clearing a tier hides that group. The tier filter sits beside Deadline and Display columns, with guidance on the right, so the controls no longer take a second row.
Pro Pass plans are easier to compare and try, the feedback dialog works across laptop and mobile screens, and existing SOP or PS files can go straight into the editor.
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Clearer Pro Pass plan choices
The school positioning Pro Pass dialog uses the new design system and three single-select cards, with the recommended plan selected by default. One upgrade button follows your choice. Each card lists the AI school positioning features and credits it unlocks, so you can compare plans and reach payment in one step.
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Try one program before upgrading
A fixed "Try first, decide later" option now appears at the bottom of the Pro Pass dialog. It lets you add one program manually from its official website link, so you can try the full product before deciding whether to upgrade.
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Manual program additions start at 20 credits
Adding a program manually from its official website link now requires at least 20 credits instead of 100. You can try the manual add flow even with a low credit balance.
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Feedback dialog matches the product
The feedback dialog now matches the rest of the product. It opens centered on desktop and as a bottom sheet on mobile, with a smaller WeChat QR code as supporting information. This gives the feedback form more prominence.
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Submit stays visible on shorter screens
The feedback dialog no longer extends past the viewport on screens 720 px tall. Its submit button is visible and clickable without scrolling inside the dialog, including on laptop screens.
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Import an existing SOP or PS
On a writing row in Prepare Materials, you can now paste an existing SOP or PS or upload it as a PDF or DOCX. The imported document opens directly in the editor, so you can keep refining it without starting again with AI brainstorming.
Navigation, settings, billing, and sign-out controls are clearer, and De-AI charges now appear in AI credit usage records.
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A clearer left navigation
The left navigation now uses a floating paper panel and a paper-colored active state that matches the school positioning page. This keeps the app visually consistent and makes your current location easy to spot.
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Account shortcut to settings
The account area at the bottom of the sidebar now shows your avatar, name, and a gear icon. Clicking it opens settings instead of appearing unresponsive.
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Cleaner, grouped settings
The settings center no longer repeats the account bar, all-caps label above the title, or extra dividers. On mobile, settings are grouped into cards for a cleaner layout and a more consistent reading flow across subpages.
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Billing details that stand out
The billing balance now uses large monospaced numbers. Plan cards and the top-up amount selector follow the new design system, so key amounts are easier to read and purchase and top-up actions are more consistent.
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Confirmation before sign-out
Signing out now asks for confirmation before it logs you out. This prevents an accidental sign-out and the need to log in again.
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De-AI charges in credit history
De-AI charges now appear in AI credit usage records, so the recorded usage matches the credit balance.
GPA conversions now stay consistent across programs and repeated positioning runs, while the Chinese interface plays the school-positioning demo on Bilibili.
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Consistent GPA conversion
School positioning now uses one authoritative 4.0-scale value for the same non-4.0 GPA across programs and repeated runs. The supporting rationale stays consistent and is easier to trust.
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Bilibili playback for Chinese interface
When the interface is in Chinese, the school-positioning demo now plays on Bilibili, which users can access directly in China. The English interface keeps its existing player.
The school-list page now plays a real product recording inside the demo card, with the correct aspect ratio and no page jump. The Pro upgrade dialog keeps plan details in focus and brings plan cards into view sooner.
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Play the school-list demo inline
The demo card on the school-list page now plays a real product recording when you click its cover. You can see how the product works before building your school list.
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Demo video fills the frame
The demo now uses the recording's original aspect ratio and fills the card without black bars. Starting playback no longer makes the page jump, so the video is cleaner to watch.
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Pro plans appear sooner
The Pro upgrade dialog no longer repeats the demo video, and plan benefits now span the full row. This keeps upgrade details together and brings the plan cards into view sooner.
Deadlines and fees now show their precision and billing basis. Users can also leave school-list feedback, review AI credit use, and find the right Babra AI pages more accurately.
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Deadlines show their actual precision
Candidate lists and program pages now display deadlines at the precision provided. Month-only or year-only dates keep that format, and estimated dates carry a tilde, so an approximate deadline no longer looks exact.
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Fees show their billing period
Program fees billed by term, quarter, or credit now include the matching period suffix, so the amount is less likely to be mistaken for the program's total cost.
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School lists add a feedback survey
After a school list finishes generating, a short survey lets users give feedback on match accuracy and whether the process felt smooth.
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Billing shows AI credit usage
The bottom of the billing page now shows credit usage grouped by AI call, including the actual total credits each call consumed.
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Website metadata matches current positioning
The English and Chinese websites now use search descriptions, language links, and social sharing information that match Babra AI's current positioning. Search results and shared links present more accurate, consistent information.
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Public pages add a sitemap and structured data
Public website pages now include a complete sitemap, canonical links, and structured data. Search engines can direct users more accurately to the correct language version of the home, changelog, and legal pages.
Review and edit your CV on one page, confirm parsed content before completion, and check translations before export. Manual entry has eight sections, evaluations remain until the CV changes, and stopping parsing restores the correct status.
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Review the full CV on one page
The CV editor and form now share one page. Parsed content opens as a complete document, while only the experience you edit switches to a form. You can review the whole CV without opening every section and item.
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Confirm parsed CVs before completion
A parsed CV is marked complete on the materials checklist only after you review it and select Confirm as correct. Manually entered content counts as confirmed and does not need a second review, so completion means you checked the parsed result.
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Review English translations before export
Chinese CVs are translated into English in place and returned for review before confirmation. Downloads no longer translate during export. PDF and DOCX files are available whenever the CV has content, and they always match what appears on screen.
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Manual entry covers all eight sections
If you do not have a CV to upload, manual entry now covers the same eight sections as a parsed CV. AI polishing is available for work, research, and extracurricular descriptions. Manually entered CVs can include the same complete set of information.
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Saved CV evaluations remain visible
Your CV evaluation result is saved and appears as a badge in the page header when you return. If the CV changes, the result expires automatically and requires a new evaluation. Otherwise, you can see the last result without running another evaluation.
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Stopping parsing restores CV statuses
Stopping CV parsing now restores other programs to their correct pre-parsing CV status. They no longer remain stuck in the Parsing state or fail to recover on their own.
School positioning now shows live progress, specific errors, saved results, and current profile data. Login verification uses the latest SMS signature, and expired Pro passes open renewal during CV polishing.
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Live positioning activity stays visible
When the candidate list already contains programs, the positioning card keeps one live activity line visible and lets you expand the full history. You can see what the AI is doing without mistaking a healthy run for a stalled one and stopping it.
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Specific positioning failure details
If positioning fails, the card shows the server's specific reason, such as missing profile fields, with field names in the interface language. You can see what to add before trying again instead of relying on a generic interruption message.
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Confirmation when candidates are saved
When positioning finishes, the card confirms that the candidate list was saved and shows how many programs were saved. You can leave the page knowing the result is already in the list.
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Latest profile data for queued runs
Queued positioning runs read the latest profile data when execution begins, and the start request only needs the target count. Profile updates made while waiting apply to the run instead of leaving it with an outdated snapshot.
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Updated login SMS signature
Login verification texts now use the new valid SMS signature, keeping delivery configuration aligned with Aliyun's latest signature requirements.
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Renewal prompt for expired Pro passes
If a Pro pass has expired during CV polishing, the renewal dialog opens instead of only showing a polishing failure. You can see why polishing stopped and renew without repeatedly retrying a blocked action.
More reliable program research and Chinese support
Restart or fully stop program research, see clearer retry status, add programs in your AI output language, and search for countries or regions by Chinese name.
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Restart canceled program research
After you stop program research, the program details page now shows a clear way to run it again. You can resume from the canceled state instead of staying stuck on a detail page with missing data.
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Stopping research clears its tasks
Stopping program research now removes queued tasks or aborts work already in progress. It also prevents duplicate research for the same program from running at the same time, so stopped tasks cannot keep using credits or overwrite later results.
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Clearer research retry status
A failed research retry now shows an error message. Completed programs no longer show stale failed or stopped states, so you can see the retry result without unrelated status messages getting in the way.
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Website-added programs use your AI language
When you add a program from an official website link, the recognition progress text and saved school and program names now use your AI output language instead of always using English. Chinese users now see both the progress and saved information in Chinese rather than a mix of Chinese and English.
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Search countries and regions by Chinese name
The school positioning background and preferences form and the onboarding target region form now let you search for and add any country or region by its Chinese name. Chinese users can directly find and add countries or regions beyond the common list.
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Region search results save correctly
Selecting a search result after typing part of a Chinese name no longer adds an invalid region that prevents the form from saving. The matching country or region is added correctly, and the form saves successfully.
School list and program details now show deadlines, tuition, recommendation evidence, and direct source links so you can compare programs and verify their information faster.
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More details and filters in the school list
Each program row in the school list now shows the next application deadline, language requirements, and tuition. Sort by deadline or tuition, then filter by recommendation tier or deadline window to compare programs and rule out poor fits without opening each detail page.
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Verifiable recommendation evidence
Recommendation reasons now expand to show the full text, risk warnings, and source links. Select the evidence count to review each source and open it directly, so you can verify the full reasoning behind every recommendation.
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Positioning evidence in program details
Program details now include a positioning evidence section with the recommendation tier, full reason, risk warnings, and source evidence. You can review why the program was recommended to you without leaving the detail page.
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Sources on every program section
Each information section in program details now shows its data source and retrieval time. Official sources open directly, so you can check each section against the original page.
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Official links in the school list
Each program row in the school list now includes a direct link to the official website. You can check program requirements in one click.
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More precise source links
Source links for deadlines, fees, admission requirements, and other program details now open the exact source page instead of the program homepage. For example, a deadline can open its admissions page. Sections that use multiple pages show every source link, so you can verify the information quickly.
Babra Changelog and What's new publish matching English and Chinese updates after every declared product surface reaches production.
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Matching English and Chinese notes
Babra Changelog and What's new now use reviewed release facts from each pull request. English and Chinese notes match and are published only after every declared product surface reaches production.