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title: "Release v1.16.0"
url: "https://documentation.gembaa.com/en/article/release-v1160"
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last_updated: "2026-06-02T14:17:01.287Z"
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# Release v1.16.0

Gembaa Release Notes v1.16.0   

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🚀</span></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent last-child"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">More flexibility in the Gantt view, a handful of usability improvements across the platform, and better control over virtual staff management.</span></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b16"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="16"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#d6d6d6;line-height:0;font-size:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlock"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-17"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b17"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:transparent;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:0" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="17" class="mceText" id="d17" style="width:100%"><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="color:#034953;"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">🤵🏻 Deactivate virtual staff</span></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Virtual staff just got better control. Contributors can now </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">deactivate and reactivate virtual staff</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> anytime, keeping records accurate and your workspace clean.<br></span></span></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/24ccaa26ee42b829902f7aa37/images/0cbf81d4-17b3-ecbc-5d90-48e9e6b22309.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="612" height="344" data-proportional="false"></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="color:#034953;"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">👩‍💻 Build and map your own columns in Gantt</span></span></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Add custom columns to your Gantt view and map them across Programs, Projects, Tasks, and Milestones to see a </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">unified view of fields across records</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">, even if it’s named differently in each module.</span></span></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Other improvements in Gantt</span></span></strong></p><ul><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Filter by any field </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">even if it isn’t shown as a column in your current view</span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Milestone legends now display as diamonds</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> to match how they appear on the chart<br></span></span></p></li></ul><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/24ccaa26ee42b829902f7aa37/images/bfa51c46-7242-efa7-6d0e-a9bbe842cc54.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="612" height="344" data-proportional="false"></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="color:#034953;"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">📝 Side panel improvements</span></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">You can now </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">control which columns are visible in any table within the side panel,</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> across all modules. Hide what you don't need and surface what matters most.<br></span></span></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Additionall, </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">side panel inline editing</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> is now available for Tasks, Sub-tasks, Milestones, and RID, just double-click any field to make quick edits directly.</span></span></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/24ccaa26ee42b829902f7aa37/images/16793b2f-9897-c331-c72a-97b1e7b2f739.jpeg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="612" height="344" data-proportional="false"></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="color:rgb(3, 73, 83);"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">💡 Others</span></span></span></span></strong></p><p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Other small updates that make everyday interactions across the platform faster and clearer.</span></span></p><ul><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Download PPT layout options</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> now have shorter, cleaner labels — and your last used template configuration will automatically be saved for the next time</span></span></p></li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">[Admin]</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Boolean field type is now called Yes/No</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> — making it easier for anyone to understand even with no technical background needed</span></span></p></li></ul><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="color:inherit;"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">🐞 </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#034953;"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Bug fixes</span></span></span></span></strong></p><ul class="last-child"><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Activity logs</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> now correctly follow module permissions, users will only see log entries for modules they have access to</span></span></p></li><li><p class="mcePastedContent"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Date picker in the side panel</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> now visually displays correctly within screen size<br></span></span></p></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:10px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceDividerBlockContainer" id="b18"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;width:100%" role="presentation" class="mceDividerContainer" data-block-id="18"><tbody><tr><td 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