CRATEAPI

Changelog

Real, dated updates to the API and the site — new formats, new endpoints, fixes and redesigns. Newest first.

August 2026

New

Sample e-invoice files. Added a free samples page with one validated example file per format — UBL/Peppol, CII, XRechnung, Factur-X, RO_CIUS, FatturaPA, Facturae, KSeF — no account required.

Improved

Dark mode. Added a full dark theme with a light/dark toggle, applied across the entire site.

Improved

Site-wide redesign. Rebuilt spacing, typography and page alignment on a shared design-token system for a more consistent look on every page.

New

Products menu. Replaced the old navigation with a menu linking directly to every API operation — Generate, Validate, Convert, Render.

Compliance

Poland: KSeF / FA_VAT. Added support for Poland's FA_VAT schema (KSeF pre-flight) and a Polish version of the site.

Compliance

Spain: Facturae. Added support for Spain's Facturae schema and a Spanish version of the site.

Compliance

Italy: FatturaPA. Extended FatturaPA support to full production scope — TD01, TD04 and TD05 document types, Natura N2.2, ritenuta and bollo/cassa fields.

New

Order-X. Added support for Order-X Basic, a purchase-order counterpart to the invoice formats.

New

MCP server. Launched a self-hosted MCP server so AI agents and assistants can call the API directly.

New

Auto-repair. Added endpoints that automatically fix common validation errors in UBL and CII documents.

New

PDF/XML consistency check. Added an endpoint that verifies a hybrid document's human-readable PDF matches its embedded XML.

New

SDKs. Published official Python and TypeScript SDKs.

New

Mandate tracker. Added a page tracking e-invoicing mandate deadlines across EU countries.

Improved

API reference. Published a full API reference covering every endpoint.

New

Italian. Added Italian as a fully translated site language.

New

Pricing & status. Published public pricing, a signup waitlist and a live status page.

Compliance

France: BR-FR rules. Added the French e-invoicing profile (fr and fr-extended), covering the BR-FR business rules.

Improved

Compact PDF rendering. Switched PDF rendering to a compact, single-page layout, available in English, French, German and Romanian.

New

CrateAPI launches. Live demos for e-invoicing, PDF tools, screenshots, email validation and article extraction, plus a free error-code reference.

New

PDF/A-3 & viewer. Added PDF/A-3 conversion and validation, plus a viewer that renders XML invoices as HTML or PDF.

New

Convert & embed. Added document conversion, XML embedding and usage metering to the e-invoicing engine.

July 2026

Compliance

Romania: RO_CIUS. Added support for Romania's RO_CIUS profile, verified against two independent reference sources.

New

CII & Factur-X. Added support for the CII (Cross Industry Invoice) format and hybrid Factur-X / PDF/A-3 documents.

Want details on any of these?

Every change above shipped through the same API you can call today — read the docs or try the free validator.