New smarter termination, model build insights, and model improvements (v0.50.1)

Today, we’re announcing version v0.50.0 of the Timefold Platform and v1.8.0 of the Timefold models.

This new version of the Timefold Platform comes with these platform improvements:

Model build information in tenant settings
: You can now view detailed build info for your models directly in tenant settings, including: Solver version, SDK version, Build commit, Build time. This helps you verify the version that is being used. (Especially useful for customers that run custom versions of models.)
New smart termination: “After initial solution”
: This option stops a run immediately after the construction heuristic produces the first solution. It’s useful when you want a quick look at the initial plan before further optimization.

Additionally, we’ve made several under-the-hood improvements for a smoother experience, and updated the platform documentation on inviting tenant members for clarity.

Next to that, this new version of the Timefold Platform comes with updates to these Timefold Models:

Field Service Routing (v1 | Stable)

Improved scalability of movable visit handling
: The performance of the custom move has been further optimized. Additionally, it now only activates for datasets where it brings measurable value, reducing unnecessary overhead.

Employee Shift Scheduling (v1 | Stable)

Disruption KPI bugfix
: Fixed a bug where the Disruption KPI could behave incorrectly when running a score analysis on an existing run.

Please let us know if you have feedback.