# Task: Frontend What’s New experience

## Goal

Add the user-facing What’s New experience for published release updates and unread state.

## Feature Spec

- `docs/FEATURES/release-communications.md`

## Scope

- Add feature-owned frontend code under `frontend/src/features/release-communications/`.
- Add `/app/updates`.
- Add an app shell entry or badge for unread release updates.
- Fetch visible published release updates from the backend.
- Show unread state for update entries.
- Mark an update as read when opened.
- Add a mark-all-read action.
- Optionally show a non-blocking login-time What’s New panel when unread updates exist.
- Add English and French locale strings.
- Keep developer authoring UI, commit reconciliation, and email digest out of this task.

## Likely Files

- `frontend/src/router/router.js`
- `frontend/src/layouts/main/**`
- `frontend/src/features/release-communications/**`
- `frontend/src/locales/en.json`
- `frontend/src/locales/fr.json`

## Notes

- The user-facing update feed must be curated and should not show raw commit SHAs, commit subjects, branch names, or internal-only work.
- Keep the UI compact and app-like. This is an operational app surface, not a marketing release notes page.
- Use the shared Axios API client in `frontend/src/plugins/api.js`.

## Validation

```bash
cd frontend
npm run build
```

## Done When

- [x] Authenticated users can open `/app/updates`.
- [x] The app shell shows unread update count.
- [x] Published visible updates are listed newest first.
- [x] Unread updates are visually distinct.
- [x] Opening an update marks it read.
- [x] Users can mark all visible updates read.
- [x] UI strings exist in English and French.
- [x] Frontend build passes.