Changelog
What's new at KeyBS
Coverage expansions, API changes, methodology revisions, and platform updates. Material methodology changes never apply retroactively — historical reports retain the version they were issued under.
- v1.3Coverage
Tier 5 local-agent network expanded to 41 countries
- New on-the-ground agents in Angola, Uzbekistan, Paraguay, and Myanmar.
- Median Tier 5 turnaround now 6.4 business days (was 8.1).
- Photo-evidence requirement raised from 6 to 12 geotagged images per visit.
- v1.2.4API
Webhook signatures and idempotency keys
- All outbound webhooks now carry an HMAC-SHA256 signature header.
- POST /v1/verifications accepts Idempotency-Key for safe retries.
- Added /v1/coverage endpoint returning per-country tier and median turnaround.
- v1.2.3Methodology
Confidence scoring recalibrated for Tier 2 auto-approval
- Tier 2 auto-approval threshold raised from 0.95 to 0.97 after Q3 audit.
- Adverse-media weighting increased for sanctions-adjacent jurisdictions.
- Decisions issued before this date retain their original score; new orders use v1.2.3.
- v1.2.2Platform
Signed report verifier published
- KeyBS public key published at /well-known/keybs-pubkey.pem.
- CLI verifier (open source) released so buyers can validate any report offline.
- Report PDFs now embed an XMP block with signing key fingerprint and analyst IDs.
- v1.2.1Coverage
Registry connectors added: Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Direct registry pull replaces manual analyst lookup for these three countries.
- Tier 2 auto-approval now available for VN and KZ at qualifying confidence.
- CI remains Tier 3 pending document-intelligence partner integration.
- v1.2Methodology
Honest tier disclosure published per country
- Every coverage page now states the exact depth available and what is not checked.
- Replaces the previous 'global verification' language that obscured per-country limits.
- Refusal policy formalised: non-cooperative suppliers receive a Cannot-Verify decision with partial evidence.