Release 0.8.1

Simulation Engine

• 🔄 Added support for municipality merges with 2025 data, ensuring accurate tax rate calculations when municipalities merge during a simulation period.
• 🔄 Property tax calculations now included for all supported cantons (Grundsteuer in SG; Impot Foncier in VD, VS; Impot Immobilier in GE; Contribution Immobiliere in FR).
• Improved bankruptcy error messages to provide clearer guidance when simulations encounter financial issues.
• 🔄 Simulation mode ‘65’ now correctly inserts a stop working event at age 65, making retirement scenarios more accurate.
• Non-recurring revenues and expenses are now explicitly shown in simulation results for better transparency.

Webapp

• Standardized branding to ‘FI Planner’ across all email messages.
• Date input now handles 2 and 3 digit years gracefully, preventing error messages when saving occurs while typing.
• Sessions are automatically restored on page reload, so you can pick up where you left off.
• Scenario names now appear in the results summary card for easier identification.
• 🔄 Fixed calculation error: non-recurring expenses are now correctly subtracted instead of added.
• Simulation results cache is cleared on startup when needed to ensure fresh data.
• Added links to terms and conditions pages directly in the webapp.
• Added link to release notes for easy access to what’s new.
• Session expiration is now handled more gracefully with a clear message and automatic return to the splash screen.
• Event groups in scenarios are now sorted by date for better organization.
• Simulation progress modal now includes a progress bar and estimated completion time for better feedback.
• Shortened amount widget labels to prevent text overflow and improve layout.

Production and Tooling

• Session is now properly closed when switching users.
• Fixed permissions issue when storing user preferences (no role required).
• Simplified package initialization by using initializer functions for cleaner code organization.
• Created JSON (webapp) version of all regression tests for better test coverage.
• Removed redundant code in the webapp API call to improve maintainability.