Changelog

What we've shipped

Every site, service, security and content update at JP Sheet — openly logged in reverse-chronological order. 45 entries since January 2026.

June 2026

11 updates
Improved 5 Jun 2026
Faster loading on every page
Web fonts rebuilt in a modern compressed format with smart preloading — about 270KB lighter on first visit, so text appears noticeably sooner, especially on mobile connections.
Security 5 Jun 2026
Production error hardening
Technical errors are no longer displayed in the browser on customer-facing pages — everything is logged privately for our team instead. Less information for attackers, a cleaner experience for you.
New 4 Jun 2026
Auction History — a vehicle's whole auction life on one report
Verified reports now include every time the vehicle appeared at Japanese auctions, not just the latest record: date, auction house, lot number, grade, mileage, prices, sale result, photos and the auction sheet for each appearance — newest first, with your purchased record highlighted.
New 4 Jun 2026
Automatic mileage rollback detection
Reports now compare the odometer across all auction appearances in time order. If the mileage ever goes down between auctions, a clear tampering alert appears at the top of the Auction History — rollback fraud has nowhere to hide.
New 4 Jun 2026
Auction life at a glance
New summary on reports: how many times the vehicle was seen at auction, first and last seen years, sold vs unsold counts and the recorded mileage range — plus an auction-records badge in the report header.
Improved 4 Jun 2026
Reports always show the newest auction record
When a vehicle has been auctioned multiple times, your main report is now built from the most recent auction by date — with every earlier appearance available in the Auction History below it.
Improved 4 Jun 2026
Live tracking for Translation & Deeper Scan
Order status now says exactly what you bought — including Deeper Scan — while it's being prepared. You can upgrade to Deeper Scan while a translation is still in progress, and the moment your order is ready the progress bar becomes a View button that opens it instantly.
Improved 4 Jun 2026
Redesigned search results
Searching a chassis now opens a clean result card — a smooth bottom sheet on mobile and an inline panel on desktop — with the vehicle's key specs and one-tap paths to verification or our agent on WhatsApp.
Improved 3 Jun 2026
New site navigation & header
Redesigned the main menu to match our refreshed look. Tools, Resources and Company are now tidy dropdowns on desktop, with a clean slide-out menu on mobile and a one-tap Verify button.
Fixed 3 Jun 2026
Smoother checkout popup on mobile
Fixed the Translation and Deeper Scan payment popup so it stays inside the screen, scrolls within itself once the card form loads, and no longer lets the page scroll behind it. It now reads as a tidy card on phones instead of a full-screen page.
Content 3 Jun 2026
Refund policy — Manual Search terms added
Added a dedicated Manual Search section spelling out exactly what you receive from USS, standard auction houses, accident stock and private stocks, when a full refund applies, and the $2.50 non-refundable transaction fee. The page was also rebuilt in the new design.

May 2026

19 updates
New 29 May 2026
Annual Transparency Report (2025)
Published our first annual transparency report covering 2025 — verifications processed, refund rates, uptime, fraud caught, and what we promised vs delivered.
New 29 May 2026
Changelog launched
Every site and service update now appears here, reverse-chronological. Backfilled with the major work of the past 12 months.
New 29 May 2026
System Status page
Live operational status for every component — verification, decoder, translation, payments, support, chatbot, email. Incident history published openly.
New 29 May 2026
Trust Centre hub launched
New /trust/ page consolidates all our security, privacy, editorial, compliance and operational documentation. One URL covers everything corporate buyers and journalists need to verify us.
New 29 May 2026
Editorial Policy published
Documented who writes JP Sheet content, how we fact-check, our corrections process, AI policy, and independence commitments — backed by 44+ years of Japanese auction industry experience.
New 29 May 2026
Accessibility Statement (WCAG 2.1 AA target)
New /accessibility/ page documents our conformance level, tested assistive technologies (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver), known issues, and 48-hour response commitment for access reports.
New 29 May 2026
Anti-Fraud Policy + red-flag buyer education
New /anti-fraud/ page explains what we monitor, what we do, and gives buyers a practical red-flag checklist before paying any seller.
New 29 May 2026
Sanctions compliance policy
New /sanctions/ page documents our approach to international sanctions compliance — service availability determined by payment processor screening rather than blanket country lists.
New 29 May 2026
4 standalone privacy pages
Extracted GDPR Rights, California Privacy (CCPA), International Data Transfers, and Children's Privacy from the main privacy policy into dedicated, deeply-detailed pages for easier discoverability.
Security 29 May 2026
Vulnerability Disclosure Policy + security.txt
Published /security/ page documenting our 48-hour acknowledgement and 30-day resolution targets for vulnerability reports. Added /.well-known/security.txt (RFC 9116) for machine-readable security contact.
New 29 May 2026
PCI DSS Compliance Statement
Formal section on /payment-methods/ explaining SAQ A classification — card data never touches our servers. Linked to Stripe's public Attestation of Compliance.
Improved 29 May 2026
Canonical tags on /cl/ and /profile/
Added self-referential canonical tags to the customer-link and profile pages. Both remain noindex but now correctly identify their canonical URL.
Improved 26 May 2026
Site-wide Google 2026 compliance update
25+ pages refreshed to meet Google's May 2026 ranking guidance — removed deprecated FAQPage schema, added question-form H2s with anchor IDs, complete OG and Twitter cards, AggregateRating 4.9 × 16 sitewide.
Improved 22 May 2026
Legal pages batch update (9 pages)
Privacy, Cookie, Terms, Acceptable Use, Refund, Money-Back, Disclaimer, DMCA, Payment Methods — all 9 brought to v4 compliance. 85 H2 anchor IDs added. Content unchanged (legal clauses are verbatim).
New 19 May 2026
Comprehensive support hub launched
/support/ rebuilt with 4 contact channels (Live Chat, WhatsApp, Email, Form), instant-fix accordion for 8 common issues, support FAQ, and clear 24/7 availability commitment.
New 16 May 2026
/about/data-sources/ — methodology transparency
Detailed breakdown of our 500+ data connections: 200+ auction houses (USS, JU, AUCNET, TAA, JAA, HAA), 100+ dealer panels, 50+ salvage networks, 150+ private stocks. With 8-question visible FAQ.
Content 14 May 2026
AutoLog (autolog page rebuild)
About / Authors / History pages rebuilt with white-paper-style design. 16 real reviews (12 Google + 2 Trustpilot + 2 Facebook) consolidated on /reviews/.
Improved 10 May 2026
Sitemap auto-regeneration with IndexNow pinging
Nightly cron now regenerates sitemap.xml from filesystem mtime AND pings IndexNow (Bing, Yandex, Seznam) automatically. 128 URLs indexed.
Security 7 May 2026
Removed deprecated FAQPage schema
Following Google's May 7, 2026 deprecation of FAQPage rich results, removed FAQPage JSON-LD from all pages where it was no longer eligible. Replaced with visible <details> FAQ accordions.

April 2026

5 updates
New 28 Apr 2026
/auction-sheet-reading-videos/ launched
Dedicated video guide section with VideoObject schema for Google rich results. Covers auction sheet reading techniques, grade identification, damage codes.
Improved 20 Apr 2026
Case studies expansion
New real-world case studies showing how JP Sheet verification caught specific frauds and saved buyers thousands. All anonymized but verifiable.
Fixed 14 Apr 2026
Mobile button contrast on red CTA
Fixed an accessibility issue where dark text on red primary buttons could fail WCAG AA contrast on some screens. All .btn--primary now force white text.
Improved 11 Apr 2026
/chassis-decoder/ enriched
Improved JDM chassis-code lookup with 1,227 indexable codes, Vehicle schema on results, faster Gemini-backed inference.
Content 4 Apr 2026
7 v4 blog posts published
Interior/exterior grades · why export certificates matter · risks of buying Japanese imports · how to spot water-damaged cars · verify by model · what is JP Sheet · translation guide. All written by in-house specialists.

March 2026

4 updates
Improved 28 Mar 2026
Granular cookie consent (GDPR/CCPA)
Cookie consent banner upgraded with separate toggles for Necessary, Analytics, and Marketing cookies. Analytics scripts (GA, Pixel, TikTok) only load after explicit consent. Honors Global Privacy Control signal.
Security 22 Mar 2026
AI bot allowlist for content training
Added GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, Claude-Web, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider to robots.txt — explicitly allowed for content training, blocked from admin/api/customer pages.
New 18 Mar 2026
llms.txt and llms-full.txt published
Added the emerging AI-readability standard files at root, summarizing our service, data sources, and editorial standards for large language model context.
Improved 10 Mar 2026
Page speed: 99/100 PageSpeed score
Optimized critical CSS, deferred non-blocking JS (chatbot lazy-loads on first interaction), proper cache headers, versioned assets.

February 2026

3 updates
New 26 Feb 2026
Deeper Scan 9-point audit
Launched the $15 Deeper Scan service — beyond basic verification, includes flood-damage indicators, repair history, repaint detection, mileage tamper signals.
Improved 14 Feb 2026
Brute-force protection on admin login
5-attempt / 15-minute IP lockout on /admin/login.php. Password verification uses bcrypt; session re-checks active status on every protected page.
Content 4 Feb 2026
Import Guide — 66 country pages
Complete import-procedures coverage for 66 destination countries, with country-specific costs, regulations, port information, and chassis-decoder integration.

January 2026

3 updates
New 22 Jan 2026
Manual Search service ($35, refund if not found)
For chassis numbers not in the standard database, our researchers contact the original auction house directly. 100% refund if no record can be located.
Improved 15 Jan 2026
Translation service expanded
Professional translation of Japanese auction sheets — $5 auto, $35 manual with human review. Average delivery: 30 minutes.
Security 8 Jan 2026
Full CSP + security headers
Strict-Transport-Security (1 year, includeSubDomains), Content-Security-Policy with allowlists for Stripe/PayPal/YouTube, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy.

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