FEB 2026 Development Report

Reporting Period: February 3 - February 28, 2026

Weeks

Hours

Projects

326

Files Changed

MailTrace App • CloudNow Website • HOWRU • MailTrace App • CloudNow Website • HOWRU • MailTrace App • CloudNow Website • HOWRU•

01.

Execution Log

2026 | Week 123hr

Monday, 03 Feb

3hrPage Builder

CloudNow Website
- Built new page templates for the page builder covering Services, About, and Contact pages

Tuesday, 04 Feb

5hrPage Builder

CloudNow Website
- Built new block templates for the page builder, pulling reusable sections from Services, About, and Contact pages

Thursday, 05 Feb

8hrKickoff

HOWRU
- Created a working prototype site to give the team an early look at the product direction
- Met with the HOWRU team to walk through the prototype and gather initial feedback

Friday, 06 Feb

3hrAccess Control

MailTrace App
- Set up clearer user access levels for different kinds of administrators and readers
- Defined what each access level can view or manage across the platform
- Improved login and access checks so protected areas are handled more consistently

Saturday, 07 Feb

4hrSecurity

MailTrace App
- Expanded security checks across user management, dashboards, and settings areas
- Made sure people only see information related to the domains they are allowed to access
- Strengthened how the system applies access rules behind the scenes

2026 | Week 222hr

Monday, 09 Feb

4hrDashboards

MailTrace App
- Updated dashboards so each user sees data relevant to their assigned domains
- Improved filtering across key reporting views for a clearer and safer experience
- Prepared realistic demo data to test the full reporting flow

Tuesday, 10 Feb

4hrUser Management

MailTrace App
- Built a more complete user management area for invitations, roles, and domain access
- Added tools to assign and remove domain access more easily
- Improved internal account switching for faster admin testing and support

Wednesday, 11 Feb

5hrReporting Data

MailTrace App
- Continued improving dashboard filtering so charts and tables stay aligned with user access
- Expanded demo data to better reflect real reporting scenarios
- Added support tools to inspect raw reporting results and improve reliability

Thursday, 12 Feb

6hrFixes and Live Update

MailTrace App
- Pushed a live update to the test environment and confirmed successful login and user management improvements
- Restored the domain filter on the dashboard that had been hidden due to an earlier error
- Updated default DMARC report emails (RUA and RUF) to the correct CloudNow addresses
- Investigated and resolved a domain deletion error affecting several configurations
- Fixed a role sync bug where role changes in User Assignments were not reflecting in User Invitations
- Clarified invitation deletion behaviour: soft-delete kept to preserve data integrity across related records
- Planned Microsoft Graph integration for sending invitation emails directly from the platform
- Added a temporary dev tools panel to support faster account switching during testing

Friday, 13 Feb

3hrDashboard and UI Fixes

MailTrace App
- Fixed Role column layout in User Management that displayed differently depending on the logged-in role type
- Fixed dashboard data not filtering by domain for Domain Admin, Domain Reader, and Sys Reader accounts
- Fixed SPF vs DKIM chart showing both values as Fail and removed the grey background colour
- Fixed colour inconsistencies in the Reporting Organisations chart and changed date labels to Month-Day format

2026 | Week 321hr

Monday, 16 Feb

4hrEmail Integration

MailTrace App
- Implemented Microsoft Graph email integration for the invitation workflow
- Set up the sender email address using the existing CloudNow tenant credentials
- Completed signup and forgot password email flows and added config to the server environment

Tuesday, 17 Feb

7hrAudit Logs and UI Cleanup

MailTrace App
- Expanded audit log to cover user-related events including invitations, deletions, and permission changes
- Removed deleted domains from filters while keeping their historical activity in the log
- Simplified the invitation copy UI to show only the sign-up link and removed the token-only option
- Updated the invitation UI header to read Invitation Link with a copy function
- Changed footer branding text to by CloudNow
- Started work on root admin role and light/dark mode, found scope larger than expected across the codebase

Wednesday, 18 Feb

5hrRole and Theme Work

MailTrace App
- Continued implementing the new root admin role across the platform
- Worked on light/dark mode implementation which touched many files across the codebase
- Flagged to Michael that the scope needed 2-3 more days to complete properly

Thursday, 19 Feb

2hrRoot Admin and Live Fix

MailTrace App
- Completed root admin role additions and adjustments across the platform
- Finalised theme fix and added seed mock data for testing
- Pushed live, fixed a config page error that appeared post-deploy, and confirmed everything working

Friday, 20 Feb

1hrConfiguration Page

MailTrace App
- Updated configuration page title to Email Deliverability Monitoring Configuration with a matching subtitle
- Added SPF and IP Reputation as placeholder tabs alongside DMARC on the configuration page
- Pushed update live

Saturday, 21 Feb

2hrPlanning

MailTrace App
- Discussed Node.js upgrade path with Michael, agreed to move to v24 LTS
- Aligned on release workflow strategy with separate production, development, and test environments

2026 | Week 427hr

Monday, 23 Feb

3hrEnvironment Setup

MailTrace App
- Set up the release workflow and deployed the test environment to a new Azure resource
- Resolved a DB connection issue caused by a server name typo in the test environment config
- Fixed login credentials sync between dev and test environments
- Fixed dark text colour on notification and login page messages in dark mode

Tuesday, 24 Feb

4hrFixes and Theme

MailTrace App
- Fixed invitation deletion to also remove the user from the users database and User Assignment UI, while keeping the audit log intact
- Fixed a layout alignment issue in the domain assignment panel where the right side appeared shorter for some users
- Added light mode support to the auth page and fixed toast message colour so it is readable across all themes
- Pushed all fixes live

Wednesday, 25 Feb

5hrData and UI Fixes

MailTrace App
- Imported Michael's CSV data into the test deployment
- Fixed DMARC policy config bug where Forensic Report selection was resetting to 0 after saving
- Fixed percentage value not appearing in the DMARC record when set to 100%
- Standardised filter options across all dashboard charts and tables to use the same date range options
- Fixed filter dropdown resizing when selecting Last 6 months
- Added colour coding to UI tables using green, red, and orange for clearer status display
- Pushed all fixes live

Thursday, 26 Feb

5hrDashboard and Threat Review

MailTrace App
- Traced dashboard email count discrepancy to the default per-chart 30-day filter and confirmed the full dataset was intact
- Started planning a dashboard layout redesign on the dev branch, scoping a global time filter to replace the individual per-chart filters
- Reviewed Michael's threat classification and scoring model to plan the Threat Detection table redesign

Friday, 27 Feb

7hrQuality Infrastructure

MailTrace App
- Called with Michael to align on Threat Detection table: replace disposition with classification, add hover tooltips with threat descriptions, and use the scoring and confidence models
- Set up Jest testing infrastructure with 8 test files covering RBAC, auth, API validation, error handling, and database
- Added ESLint and Prettier configuration for consistent code style across the project
- Implemented API request validation using Zod schemas across all endpoints
- Built centralised error handling and structured logging for API routes
- Added CI/CD quality gates: lint, type-check, and test steps now run before every build and deploy

Saturday, 28 Feb

2hrThreat Classification

MailTrace App
- Started implementing the Threat Detection table redesign based on Michael's classification and scoring model
- Began integrating threat scoring and confidence level logic into the table display

02.

Monthly Breakdown

Week	Hours	Focus Areas
Week 1 (Feb 3-7)	23hr	CloudNow page builder templates, HOWRU prototype kickoff, access control setup and security hardening
Week 2 (Feb 9-13)	22hr	Dashboard filtering, user management, reporting data
Week 3 (Feb 16-21)	21hr	Email delivery, account access, audit history, UI polish
Week 4 (Feb 23-28)	27hr	Environment setup, branching, releases, dashboard review, threat detection planning, quality infrastructure

Total reported hours89hr