Roles, permissions, and a faster Lasso
Yes, we are writing again — this soon after the last update. Sorry, but a few of these changes are important enough that we do not want to wait for the next roundup. The new roles and permissions are especially worth a look.
Roles and permissions
This is our biggest update and the feature you have asked for most often.
Until now, Lasso had two roles — administrator and user. That was not enough for larger teams.
What is new:
You can now configure up to 20 individual permissions for every user, controlling exactly what they can and cannot do. These cover API access, schema access, catalog editing, company settings, and more.
To make setup easier, we have prepared 4 templates that reflect how teams most commonly work: Admin, Content Editor, Catalog Manager, and Developer.
When you invite a new team member or edit an existing one, you can either choose a template or configure their access exactly as needed.
There is also a new Permission change log, where you can see what access was granted or removed, for whom, and when. It gives larger teams better security and oversight.
What this means for you:
We have automatically migrated all existing users so that everyone has exactly the same access as before. Nothing will break. We do recommend reviewing the new settings when you have a moment — open a user profile in Settings and fine-tune their access.
Faster app and a new unified design
As you may already have noticed, we are working through the app and simplifying it wherever we can.
Every list now has new filtering, a clearer design, and more useful information.
Loading is noticeably faster.
The goal is clear: the app must be much more intuitive. We will keep improving it.
Image validation by aspect ratio
There is a new validation option: aspect ratio.
If an image does not match the ratio you need, AI can either crop it automatically or generate the missing space.
Search on a single website only
We have added an optional way to restrict Lasso to a single website.
A typical request might be: “Find product information on the supplier's website.”
Previously, we recommended writing this directly in the instruction, and Lasso usually handled it well. If the URL was entered incorrectly, it could even reason about the address and correct the path itself.
In the new mode, Lasso explicitly blocks every other website from its answers. This may not be ideal for less technical users who might enter an incorrect address. But for advanced users who are certain of the URL, it is an excellent way to gain even more control over the output.
You can find it directly under “Enable web search.”
More updates
Sitemaps — you can now refresh and manage sitemaps used by the internal linking feature.
New statistics page — clearer and easier to read.
Copying and pasting enrichment instructions — copied instructions now find hidden columns too and work reliably across external apps, for example when teammates send instructions to one another.
Email and notification review — we reviewed and polished them throughout the product.
Stronger database security against attacks.
Apple listing schema for new users — we changed how the sample schema and jobs from the trial tutorial are regenerated. Each new user now gets just one private version, keeping your workspace a little cleaner.
Bug fixes
This is by far where most of our work goes. We are steadily fixing every issue we know about, and we are not slowing down.
Thank you for all your feedback. It is what helps us decide what to address first.