Changelog

Templates Now Model Real Control Sets

Assurance templates are now multi-control by design. Instead of treating a template as one flat item, each template can hold one or many controls. This makes it practical to represent real control domains while keeping a simple mental model.

• One template, many controls for reusable policy packs
• Control-level severity to highlight what matters most
• Clear mapping from intent to actionable enforcement points

Obligations Become the Unit of Execution

Applying a template to a record creates one obligation per control. This gives teams a concrete queue of work they can execute and review over time.

• Status tracking with met, partial, and missing states
• Ownership and due dates for operational accountability
• Source awareness for manual and automated updates
• Record-scoped execution without losing cross-record visibility

Lifecycle-Aware Revalidation

Assurance is connected directly to record lifecycle. Obligations store the target revision and can be reconciled when records change, helping teams detect when previously verified evidence may no longer be current.

• Revision-linked obligations tied to record change state
• Automatic reopen behavior for controls that need revalidation
• Audit-friendly rationale trail for why a control changed status

Improved UX for Daily Assurance Work

The Assurance experience has been refined for execution speed. It now includes clearer tab structure, stronger filtering and sorting, better status presentation, and smoother run flow behavior.

• Tabbed Assurance views for overview, record status, templates, and obligations
• Better filters and defaults across status, record context, category, and sorting
• Cleaner run interactions with save feedback and next-item progression
• Cross-navigation between Record and Assurance contexts

A New Way to Run Phaset

Self-hosting Phaset gives you complete control and ownership. It's powerful, cost-effective, and keeps your data entirely in your infrastructure. But not every team has the resources, time, or desire to manage hosting infrastructure—even when it's as simple as Phaset.

Managed Phaset removes that friction. We handle everything: infrastructure provisioning, automated backups, security patches, version updates, and monitoring. You get a dedicated Phaset instance with 99.0% uptime SLA, running on secure EU-based infrastructure. Your data stays private and isolated—just like self-hosting, but without the operational overhead.

Why Choose Managed Phaset?

• Start immediately—no infrastructure setup, configuration, or deployment pipelines to build
• Zero maintenance burden—we handle updates, backups, security patches, and monitoring
• 99.0% uptime SLA—guaranteed availability with professional monitoring and incident response
• Predictable costs—$300/month with annual discounts, versus hiring DevOps time to manage self-hosted infrastructure
• Plus license included—get priority support, roadmap influence, and early access to features while you subscribe
• Your data stays private—dedicated instance on EU infrastructure, not a multi-tenant shared platform
• Same privacy guarantees—we never see your operational data, just like self-hosting

Managed vs Self-Hosted: Both Excellent Choices

Self-hosting remains the most cost-effective option long-term. A $249-$499 one-time perpetual license means you own Phaset forever—no recurring costs, complete infrastructure control, and the flexibility to run it anywhere. For teams with existing infrastructure and DevOps capacity, self-hosting is unbeatable value.

Managed Phaset is ideal when you want the power of a self-hosted solution without the operational commitment. Teams that value immediate deployment, guaranteed uptime, and professional maintenance choose Managed Phaset. You get the same feature set, the same data privacy, and the same flexibility—we just handle the infrastructure.

Pricing That Makes Sense

At $300/month (or $3,200/year with annual billing), Managed Phaset costs a fraction of what you'd pay for enterprise SaaS alternatives. Consider the comparison:

• Cortex: ~$78,000/year for 100 developers at $65/user/month
• Swarmia: ~€47,000/year for 100 developers at €39/user/month
• Managed Phaset: $3,200/year flat rate (annual billing), regardless of team size

You get enterprise-grade software catalog, health scores, DORA metrics, and compliance tracking—without per-user costs spiraling as your team grows. No negotiating enterprise contracts, no hidden fees, no surprises.

What's Included

Managed Phaset includes everything from the Plus plan—the full feature set with priority support, roadmap influence, and early access to new capabilities. Plus:

• Dedicated Phaset instance on EU-based infrastructure
• Automated daily backups with point-in-time recovery
• Security monitoring and automated patching
• Version updates managed for you (you control the timing)
• 99.0% uptime SLA with professional incident response
• Email support with 48-hour response time

The Plus license is included while you subscribe—it's valid for running your managed instance and accessing support, but doesn't transfer to self-hosted deployments after subscription ends. If you later want to self-host, you can export your data and purchase a perpetual license separately.

Facets: Freeform Metamodeling

Every organization has its own way of thinking about architecture. Business capabilities, value streams, technology stacks, cost centers—concepts that matter to you but don't fit into traditional catalog taxonomies. Facets change that.

Use simple tag syntax to define any metamodel concept you need. Tag a system with capability:payment-processing or business-area:customer-onboarding, and Phaset automatically recognizes the left side as a Facet—a first-class organizational dimension.

• Zero configuration required—just start tagging with facet_name:value syntax
• Automatic discovery—Facets appear instantly on the dedicated Facets page
• Catalog filtering—use discovered Facets to filter and find related records
• Organization-specific modeling—represent capabilities, business areas, named tech stacks, or any concept that matters to your architecture

Facets let you add the metamodel your organization actually uses without forcing your thinking into predefined boxes. Model what matters, discover what exists, filter by what you need.

Coupling View: Relationship Intelligence

Understanding your architecture means understanding how things connect. The new Coupling view gives you a high-level perspective on relationships between Domains, Systems, and—when you use Facets—any organizational concepts you've defined.

• Domain and System relationships—see how your architectural boundaries interact
• Facet relationships—visualize connections between custom metamodel concepts
• High-level clarity—understand coupling without drowning in implementation details
• Strategic insight—identify architectural patterns, dependencies, and potential concerns

Coupling shows you the relationships that shape your architecture. Which domains are most connected? How do business capabilities map to systems? What dependencies exist between your organizational concepts? Now you can see it at a glance.

Single Sign-On (OIDC)

Enable frictionless authentication through your organization's identity provider. SSO integration lets your teams access Phaset using the same credentials they use everywhere else—no new passwords to remember, no separate accounts to manage.

• Google Workspace and Microsoft Azure AD support—works with your existing setup
• Zero password fatigue—users authenticate once through their familiar login flow
• Enhanced security—leverage your IdP's MFA, conditional access, and audit trails
• Centralized control—manage Phaset access through your identity platform

Whether you're on Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, configuration takes minutes. Point Phaset at your identity provider, and your teams can start signing in immediately.

SCIM User Provisioning

Automate the entire user lifecycle with SCIM 2.0 support. When you add users to Phaset in your identity provider, they're automatically provisioned. When someone leaves or changes roles, access updates instantly—no manual intervention required.

• Automatic user sync—new hires get access without admin action
• Real-time deprovisioning—offboarding revokes access immediately
• Attribute synchronization—names, emails, and status stay current automatically
• Verified with Azure Entra ID—tested with Microsoft's identity platform

SCIM support has been verified with Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) but follows the standard SCIM 2.0 protocol, making it compatible with any compliant identity provider.

Instant Backstage Migration

Moving from Backstage? Phaset makes it trivial. Convert your entire catalog with the new online tool and CLI package—no manual rewriting, no data loss, no waiting.

• Online converter for quick validation and single-file conversions
• CLI & Node.js package for bulk migrations of entire catalogs
• Smart mapping preserves your metadata, tags, links, and dependencies
• Instant feedback with warnings and unmapped field detection

Paste your YAML, get compliant JSON. Convert hundreds of entities in seconds. Start exploring your catalog the same day.

AI-Powered Manifest Generation

No existing catalog? No problem. Point Claude at your codebase and let AI do the heavy lifting. Using the new Phaset Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, Claude analyzes your code, configs, and docs to generate production-ready manifests.

• Zero manual data entry—Claude reads your actual code
• Works with any language—Python, Go, TypeScript, Java, Rust, whatever language that floats your boat and that Claude understands
• Confidence scoring shows which fields need your review
• 100% schema compliant—guaranteed to work with Phaset

Install the MCP server in Claude Desktop, Code, or CLI. Ask Claude to generate a manifest. Review, import, done.

Seamless Record Import in Phaset

Got manifests? Importing them is now effortless. Phaset includes integrated support for uploading and validating records directly in the UI—whether they're fresh from the online converter, AI-generated, or hand-crafted.

• Text-based import for directly populating records from your data
• Real-time validation catches issues before they hit your catalog

Just copy-paste your manifest contents and watch your catalog come to life.

Organization Access Tokens

Enable programmatic access to your Phaset instance without tying integrations to individual user accounts. Organization Access Tokens give you the flexibility to:

• Build CI/CD integrations that makes automation expand beyond just records
• Create custom automation without depending on personal credentials
• Manage access centrally with granular, org-level permissions
• Scale your workflows as your team and integrations grow

Perfect for teams automating their software catalog updates, building custom dashboards, or integrating Phaset into their existing engineering workflows.

Self-Signup for Users

Reduce friction and empower your teams to get started faster. Self-signup lets users join your Phaset instance directly, giving you control over how open or structured onboarding should be:

• Streamline onboarding by letting new team members register themselves
• Reduce admin overhead with automatic user provisioning
• Maintain control with configurable signup policies
• Foster adoption by removing barriers to entry

Ideal for growing engineering organizations that want to democratize access to their software catalog while maintaining security and governance.