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## What's new

- **The automation log.** `Settings > Automations` has a `Log` tab listing every time an automation
  fired: when, which automation, the record, whether the conditions were met, and each action's
  outcome (`Done`, `Skipped`, `Waiting`, `Failed` or `Cancelled`) with the reason and any error.
  Filter it by automation, record, outcome or dates, and `Export CSV` downloads what the filters
  show. Select `Retry` on a failed action or `Cancel` on a waiting one. See
  [Automations](/administrator/communications/automations).
- **Automations on each record.** An application's, milestone's and contract's `Details` tab ends
  with an `Automations` panel: the last ten times an automation fired for it, and `Show all` for
  the rest in the log.