Dersiva Release Notes

Track Dersiva improvements release by release.

New capabilities, timetable-quality improvements, fixes and technical changes are collected here chronologically. Product versions and website package versions are kept separate.

Active development lineDersiva 2.55.x

Current development focusing on Fluent UI closure, teacher-assignment visibility and school-wide timetable fairness.

Development / testAugust 2026
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How should version numbers be read?

The 2.x numbers on this page are development versions of the Dersiva desktop product. The website uses a separate 3.x version line; this package is v3.26. The stable downloadable product version is shown separately on the Download page.

Development history

Review important changes in chronological order.

As this page is updated, newer development versions will be added at the top while older entries remain available.

August 2026

School-wide Fairness Policy

NewImprovedTechnical

Optimization work that evaluates timetable quality through school-wide balance rather than only individual teacher outcomes.

New

  • Combine teacher-specific daily lesson maximums with school-wide quality evaluation.

Improved

  • More meaningful priorities for short working-day evaluation.
  • Optimization aimed at reducing large quality differences among teachers.

Technical

  • Layered CP-SAT evaluation of quality and fairness objectives.
August 2026

Teacher Lesson Assignment View

NewImprovedFixed

A teacher data-management view that brings lesson assignments and applied-timetable information together.

New

  • Lesson-assignment tab in the teacher screen.
  • Class, lesson and applied timetable day/period information in one view.

Improved

  • More compact data layout and stronger Fluent UI consistency.

Fixed

  • Version number standardized as 2.55.6.
August 2026

Duty Optimization

NewImprovedTechnical

Optimization work for evaluating duty day together with real teaching load and teacher capacity.

New

  • Consider teaching intensity and teacher capacity when selecting an automatic duty day.

Improved

  • Administrative duty days participate in the same workload logic.

Technical

  • Flexible target evaluation when teacher capacity makes the nominal target impossible.
August 2026

OR-Tools Native Crash Diagnostics

NewImprovedTechnical

A safe diagnostic option for separating native solver failures during timetable generation.

New

  • 1-worker safe diagnostic mode on the Generate Timetable screen.

Improved

  • Clear separation between normal multi-worker solving and diagnostic solving.

Technical

  • Diagnostic mode for OR-Tools native runtime issues.
August 2026

Teacher Publishing System and PWA

NewTechnical

Core publishing architecture for delivering the applied timetable to teachers through a web portal.

New

  • Teacher account creation.
  • Publishing the applied timetable to the Teacher Portal.
  • Personal timetable view through mobile/PWA.

Technical

  • Publishing flow between the desktop application and teacher portal.
August 2026

Secure Installer and Portable Backup

NewImprovedTechnical

Installer security controls and a portable full-backup flow based on .ddbackup.

New

  • Portable full backup (.ddbackup).
  • Secure installer package.

Improved

  • Restore choices structured for portable use.

Technical

  • win-x64 self-contained distribution and integrity-verification infrastructure.
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