# 7.3.1

**Release Date**: April 30, 2026

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# 🌸 ChurchCRM 7.3.1 — The "Safety & Structure" Release
**Release Date**: April 30, 2026
**Theme**: Protecting Your Conversations & Refining the Core
**Version 7.3.1** focuses on the heart of your ministry: the notes and stories of your congregation. We have completely overhauled how member notes are handled to ensure they are more secure, more organized, and easier to manage across your entire leadership team.
## 📝 A Modernized Notes & Timeline Experience
We’ve completely rebuilt the way you track conversations and history for members and families.
 * **Shared Timeline:** Families and individual members now share a much more intelligent "Timeline." Notes are now synchronized and easier to follow, so you always have the full context of a family’s journey.
 * **Note Security:** Behind the scenes, we’ve added professional-grade security (REST API) to how notes are saved and edited. This ensures that sensitive pastoral notes stay private and are handled with the highest level of digital protection.
 * **Cleaner Interaction:** The process for creating, editing, and deleting notes is now faster and matches the modern, clean look of the rest of the app.
## 🛡️ "Double-Locked" Security
We continue to harden the "Fortress" that is ChurchCRM.
 * **API Safety First:** We’ve restored vital "lockout" and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) checks to our internal data connections. This ensures that even "behind-the-scenes" logins are protected by the same strict rules as your main login screen.
 * **Bootstrap 5 Cleanup:** We’ve finished removing the last remaining bits of old design code. This doesn't just make the app look better; it makes it more stable and less prone to "visual glitches" on modern browsers.
## 🧒 Kiosk: Smarter, Not Harder
Our check-in system just got a bit "quieter" for your network:
 * **Smart-Refresh:** The Kiosk now uses a **60-second smart-refresh cycle** instead of a constant 15-second "pester." This reduces the load on your church’s Wi-Fi while still ensuring your check-in data stays perfectly up to date.
## 🔌 Plugin System Refinements
The community plugin system we introduced in 7.3.0 is already getting its first set of improvements:
 * **Lazy-Fetching:** The plugin page now loads instantly. It only fetches the list of available community plugins when you actually click on the page, keeping your admin dashboard snappier.
 * **Remote Registry:** We’ve moved the plugin catalog to a "remote-only" system, meaning you’ll always see the absolute latest community tools the moment they are released.
## 🛠️ Performance & Maintenance
 * **Modern Profile Views:** We’ve moved the "Person View" page to our most modern tech structure. For you, this means faster loading and a more consistent experience when viewing member profiles.
 * **Unique Identity:** ChurchCRM now generates a unique "System ID" for your installation. This is the first step toward better system health reporting and future cloud-connected features.
 * **Global Refresh:** We’ve updated translations across **29 different languages**, ensuring that even these brand-new security and note-taking features are easy to understand in your local language.
## ⚠️ Important Reminder
 * **Server Requirement:** This version continues to **require PHP 8.4**.
 * **Guided Upgrade:** Use our built-in update wizard to move safely from 7.3.0 to 7.3.1.
**Full Technical Changelog**: Compare 7.3.0...7.3.1
*Thank you for trusting us with your church’s data as we work to make ChurchCRM the safest home for your ministry's records!* 🌿
