Release Note
Appointment Date Rules Can Catch Late Bookings
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An Appointment Date rule timed "5 days before" only ran for appointments dated exactly 5 days out. Anything booked closer than that never got the action. Rules can now opt in to catch those bookings.
What's New
• A new tick box in "Timing relative to appointment": Also run for appointments booked after this point (within the next N days). It shows for the Appointment Date trigger, timed Before, 1 to 31 days.
• The Rule Summary reads "5 days before appointment, or at the next overnight run if booked later".
• Each late-booked appointment is picked up once, at the next overnight run (5am Melbourne for AU, 2am London for UK).
• Appointments that have already started or are cancelled are skipped. Generate Invoice and Take Payment rules skip appointments that are already billed.
Good to Know
• Ticking it also runs the rule once for appointments already booked inside the window.
• If you stacked rules as a workaround (5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 days), delete the extra rules when you tick this, or the action runs more than once.
• Off by default. Existing rules are unchanged.
