> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paywise.de/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Release Notes

> The paywise Case Management API is regularly updated with new and improved features.

## May 2026

### May 04

* **Webhooks** are now available. Subscribe to events and receive real-time notifications for changes to your claims, mandates, payments, statements, and requests to client. This allows you to react instantly to updates instead of polling the API:
  * [Overview](/api-docs/case-management-api/webhooks/overview): Introduction, how it works, and a quick example
  * [Event Types](/api-docs/case-management-api/webhooks/event-types): Complete list of available event types
  * [Signature Verification](/api-docs/case-management-api/webhooks/signature-verification): HMAC SHA-256 verification with Python, Node.js, and PHP examples
  * [Manage Endpoints](/api-docs/case-management-api/webhooks/manage-endpoints): API reference for creating, updating, and deleting webhook endpoints, plus test events and delivery inspection
  * [Delivery & Retries](/api-docs/case-management-api/webhooks/delivery-and-retries): Payload format, retry schedule, auto-disable behavior, and best practices

## November 2025

### November 25

* New **Request to Client** endpoints available for handling inquiries from paywise ("Rückfragen"). These endpoints allow you to fully automate the process of receiving and answering questions from paywise during the debt collection process:
  * [List requests to client](/api-docs/case-management-api/mandates/list-requests-to-client-for-a-mandate): Get all requests for a mandate, with optional filtering by answered/unanswered status
  * [Get request details](/api-docs/case-management-api/mandates/get-request-to-client-details): Retrieve full details of a specific request including file attachments
  * [Submit answer](/api-docs/case-management-api/mandates/submit-request-to-client-answer): Submit your response to a request (supports yes/no answers, free text, and file uploads depending on the request type)
  * [Upload documents](/api-docs/case-management-api/mandates/upload-document-to-request-to-client-answer): Attach document files (PDF, JPEG, PNG) to your answer

## August 2025

### August 21

* New field **related\_statements** added to the [Mandate Details endpoint](/api-docs/case-management-api/statements/list-mandate-details-for-statement): Shows all other statements containing the same mandate with their hrefs, mandate\_details\_hrefs, IDs, and clearing numbers. This allows you to track a mandate across multiple statements and see its complete history.

## May 2025

### June 04

* Added **File Download Links** for [Mandate Status Updates](/api-docs/case-management-api/mandates/list-status-updates): Download any file attachements that our status updates may have (our letters to the debtor, court documents, etc.)

### May 22

* Beta access for the new [statements endpoint](/api-docs/case-management-api/statements/overview) available. Use it to get full insight into our periodic client statements ("Abrechnungen") via the API. All the information from our statements which you receive in PDF- and Excel-format is now available. This allows for **end-to-end automation of your entire debt collection process**.

## October 2024

### October 14

* New field **send\_order\_confirmation** available for the **Release Claim for Processing** endpoint. This allows you to specify whether or not you want to receive an order confirmation for the claim you submitted. If you submit multiple claims with the same debtor at the same time it is best to only set this flag to true on the last claim to avoid receiving multiple emails.

### October 10

* New endpoint **info** available. This endpoint allows you to get details on the currently used API key in order to test successful authentication.
* Bugfix: Empty lists on the <b>claims</b> sub objects caused an error on the API. This is fixed now.

## May 2024

### May 06

* New field **legal\_claim\_balances** available for the Mandate object. This gives you information on the Legal Claim Balance of the mandate ("Forderungsstand").
* New field **further\_reference\_numbers** available for Mandate object.

## January 2024

### January 30

* Changing the type of the field **quantity** for a claim's item from Integer to Double.
* New field **unit** available for claim's items object. Use it to specify the unit used to measure the quantity of an item belonging to a claim.

### January 08

* New field **created** available for the Mandate object.
* New field **created** available for mandate's Status Update object.

## November 2023

### November 28

* New field **reference\_number** ("Aktenzeichen") available for the Mandate object.

## June 2023

### June 8

* Adding the new **payments** endpoint. Use it to create, list and retrieve payments which you received directly from your debtors.
* New field **payment** available for the claim object to allow payment object creation along with claim creation.
* New field **payment** available when retrieving Claim and Mandate objects.

## November 2022

### November 28

* Initial release