Release notes

What's New in Daktela 2026.1

A redesigned ticket experience, unified activity tracking, and a new AI Hub — everything your team needs to deliver faster, smarter customer care.

A Modernised Ticket Experience

Redesigned from the ground up — cleaner layouts, unified time tracking, and improved visibility across every channel.

Project Neo

Ticket Redesign

We've completely redesigned the ticket detail to deliver a more modern, comfortable workspace. The new two-column layout keeps the most important information visible at all times, while a fixed header and footer provide consistent access to key actions.

Each column scrolls independently, allowing agents to review long ticket content, internal notes, and related information — without losing context.

New ticket detail layout with two-column design
New Feature

Tickets as Timed Activities

Working with tickets is now handled as a timed activity. Opening a ticket automatically creates an activity tab — so ticket handling can finally be time-tracked, just like calls and chats.

This closes a long-standing gap for customers who need full visibility into agent workload, including time spent outside of real-time channels.

Ticket activity tab showing timed tracking
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Ticket History & Context View

The ticket history has been completely rebuilt. Updates are displayed chronologically and can be expanded to show exactly what changed — with visual highlights on affected fields.

A new Context view combines ticket updates and activities into a single chronological timeline, creating a full-picture overview of the ticket's lifecycle.

Rebuilt ticket history showing field changes
Rework

Emails Inside Tickets

Outbound emails no longer open in a separate tab. Emails can now be composed directly inside the ticket detail — everything stays in one place while agents draft their response.

A ticket can now run both a ticket activity and an email activity simultaneously, each measured independently for granular workload insights.

Email composition within the ticket detail
Improved

Comments as Timed Activities

Writing comments is now a timed activity, letting teams capture how much time agents spend composing notes — completing the unified activity model.

Timed comment activity
New Feature

Antivirus for Attachments

All uploaded attachments are now automatically scanned. Each file shows a clear status icon — safe, threat detected, or unscannable — directly in the ticket detail.

Antivirus status icons on attachments
Improved

Custom Field Options

Deactivated options remain visible in historical forms but are no longer selectable. Renaming an option updates the value across all previously submitted forms.

Custom field options management
Improved

Realtime Panel

Each widget now lives in its own tab — no more endless scrolling. A dedicated AI Coworker tab separates automated activity from real agent workload.

Realtime panel with tab-based widgets
Improved

WhatsApp Read & Delivery States

Agents can now see whether a WhatsApp message was successfully delivered and when it was read — matching the native messaging experience.

Improved

STT Only When Needed

A new queue-level option generates Speech-to-Text only when required by AI QA, reducing unnecessary processing and optimising consumption.

Smarter AI, Everywhere

A centralised AI Hub, more capable coworkers, and deeper integrations across every communication channel.

New Module

AI Hub

Your central place for everything related to Daktela AI. The AI Hub provides a clear overview of all available AI features — what they do, how to enable them, and where to find documentation.

Features are displayed as cards with activation status, descriptions, and practical tags. A dedicated Usage tab tracks consumption and key statistics to support self-service decisions.

AI Hub module showing feature cards and filters
New Feature

AI Coworker Email Drafts

Mailbots can now draft an email reply and save it directly into the ticket. Agents review the suggestion and send in one click, edit before sending, or discard entirely.

The result is fed back to the AI Coworker — providing feedback on what was used and improving future handling.

AI-drafted email recommendation in ticket
Improved

Copilot Email Translations

Email translation now matches the speed of chat translations. A new Translate button appears directly in the email body — select a language and the subject and body are replaced instantly, preserving HTML formatting and inline images.

A clear indicator shows when content is translated, and users can revert to the original at any time.

Email translation with one-click translate button
Rework

AI Coworker Management

Managing AI Coworkers now mirrors live user management. Create dedicated AI Coworkers per scenario (Voicebot, Mailbot, Chatbot) with direct access to their conversation builder.

Improved

AI Coworker Listings

Improved visual presentation of AI chat dialogues and enhanced handover context when an AI Coworker transfers a conversation to a live operator.

New Feature

Outbound Voicebot Queue

A new queue type combining Daktela's dialing and record management with AI Coworker voicebot execution — including working hours, dialer behaviour, and voicemail detection.

Improved

Builder Add-ons

AI Coworkers can now work with the Knowledge Base, understand routing targets, and create tickets directly from conversation flows — all without custom API requests.

Improved

Chatbot for All Channels

AI Coworker Chatbots are now available across WhatsApp, Viber, Instagram, and SMS — deploy the same conversational flows on every messaging channel.

And Much More

Dozens of further improvements across tickets, the agent workspace, administration, integrations, and AI.

Tickets & Communication

New Feature

Safe Simultaneous Editing

Tickets now handle concurrent work gracefully. Clear banners show who else is editing and what changed, in-progress emails and comments are protected, and actions like delete or merge are blocked while others work on the ticket.

New Feature

Scheduled Email Sending

Compose an email now and have it sent automatically later — ideal for replying outside a customer's business hours. Scheduled emails live in the new Pending activities section, where you can send now, edit, reschedule, or cancel.

Improved

Smarter Email Threading

Incoming emails are matched to existing tickets using email headers, so conversations stay together even when subjects change. When a thread splits across tickets, Daktela suggests the related tickets and offers a one-click merge.

New Feature

WhatsApp Replies

Replying to a specific message now works in both directions — agents see exactly which message a customer replied to, and can reply to a specific message themselves, displayed natively in WhatsApp.

New Feature

Ticket Columns per View

Each ticket view can now have its own column configuration, so every workflow shows exactly the fields it needs — with rights-level columns as the fallback.

New Feature

User-Defined Ticket Views

Users can now create and organise their own ticket views. Personal views live in a My views section below team views, with drag & drop into folders and subviews.

Improved

Email Routing Rules

Admins can now define the evaluation order of routing rules, switch rules on or off, and stop further evaluation once a rule matches — making email routing predictable and easier to manage.

New Feature

Comment Templates

A new template type for ticket comments. Admins prepare rich-text templates with attachments per ticket category, and agents insert them at the cursor position in one click.

New Feature

Edit Your Own Comments

Fix a typo or update information without deleting and re-posting. Edited comments carry a visible edited timestamp and a full edit history, with a dedicated permission to control who can edit.

Improved

Automatic Ticket Opening

The rules for when a waiting or closed ticket automatically reopens have been refined — external comments always reopen the ticket, internal actions no longer cause surprise state changes, and archived tickets stay archived.

New Feature

Mandatory Reopen for Waiting

A new category setting can require a reopen date and time whenever a ticket is moved to the waiting stage — so no ticket waits forever.

New Feature

Ticket Merge Permission

Merging tickets is now governed by a dedicated access right. Users without it don't see the merge action at all, and API merge calls are rejected.

New Feature

Total Time on Ticket

A new hourglass icon in the ticket header shows the total time all users have collectively spent on the ticket, updating live — effort at a glance.

Improved

Ticket Mentions in History

When a ticket is tagged from another ticket, the mention now appears in the tagged ticket's history and triggers a notification — cross-references are visible to everyone.

New Feature

Copy Activity Link

A one-click button in call, chat, email, and comment activities copies the activity link to the clipboard — handy for pasting into internal systems.

Improved

Ticket Activity Detail

Ticket activities now have a proper detail view — user, timestamps, duration, focus time, and a direct link to the ticket — plus clearer, linkable rows in the Activities grid.

Agent Workspace & UX

Improved

Flexible Ticket Layout

Drag to resize the ticket detail columns and swap widgets to arrange the workspace exactly the way you like.

Improved

Highlighted Form Changes

Forms now highlight the fields you have changed before saving, so it's always clear what is about to be updated.

New Feature

Code Blocks in Editor

The rich-text editor now supports code blocks — share snippets, logs, and configuration in a clean, readable monospaced format.

Improved

Reorder Pinned Items

Pinned items can now be reordered, letting you keep your most important shortcuts exactly where you want them.

Improved

Keyboard Shortcuts

An extended set of keyboard shortcuts plus a new overview modal that lists them all — work faster without touching the mouse.

New Feature

Product Switcher

Jump between Daktela products — Contact Centre, AI, WFM, and the Apps ecosystem — from a single switcher, no separate logins or bookmarks needed.

Improved

UI & Performance Refinements

More compact tabs and buttons, reordered activity actions, improved URL and browser-tab workflows, and frontend performance tuning for a noticeably snappier experience.

Administration & Security

New Feature

Custom Field Default Values

Admins can pre-fill any custom field with a default value per form context — ticket category, CRM database, or contact form — applied both in the UI and via the API.

Improved

Numeric Custom Fields

Number custom fields are now stored as true numbers, so they sort correctly (1, 2, 10 instead of 1, 10, 2) and range filters stay fast even on large datasets.

New Feature

User Detail Custom Fields

Custom fields are now available on the user detail, letting you store organisation-specific information directly on user profiles.

Improved

Two-Factor Authentication

2FA can now be enforced at login with a guided authenticator-app setup, and a new email one-time-code option offers a low-friction alternative. Every user now carries an authentication email for security workflows.

New Feature

CSAT Surveys

A new CSAT survey entity with a configurable scale and form fields. Surveys can be linked to activities and tickets and are fully manageable via the API.

Integrations & API

New Feature

Salesforce Integration

A new ready-made integration connecting Daktela with Salesforce.

New Feature

Pipedrive Integration

A new ready-made integration connecting Daktela with Pipedrive CRM.

New Feature

Webex Presence Integration

See Webex presence directly in Daktela with the new Webex Presence integration box.

New Feature

Newton Speech-to-Text Integration

A new ready-made Newton Analytics integration hands call recordings over to the Newton speech-to-text platform — configured in minutes with a token, datasource, and queue selection.

New Feature

API Response Depth Control

A new depth parameter lets API consumers limit how deeply related objects are expanded — smaller payloads, faster integrations, and lower token costs for AI use cases.

New Feature

Silent API Updates

Trusted API users can flag updates as silent to skip notifications and event triggers while keeping a full, clearly marked audit trail — ideal for bulk syncs.

New Feature

Bypass Mandatory Fields via API

Trusted API users can create or update records without filling mandatory custom fields — unblocking integrations and data migrations, opt-in per request.

AI & Automation

New Feature

Daktela MCP Server

Connect AI assistants to Daktela through the new MCP Server — work with tickets, contacts, and activities conversationally. Sign-in is handled through secure OAuth, and write access is governed by a dedicated MCP Write permission.

Improved

Emoji Icons for AI Coworkers

AI Coworkers can now have emoji avatars, making automated users instantly recognisable across listings and realtime views.