# What's new in the core application framework: 3.5.0

**URL:** <https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/whats-new-in-the-core-application-framework-3-5-0/200>\
**Category:** Releases\
**Tags:** release, core-framework\
**Created:** [July 25, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/whats-new-in-the-core-application-framework-3-5-0/200 "2019-07-25T07:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/max/32/112_2.png) [@Max](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Max)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/whats-new-in-the-core-application-framework-3-5-0/200/1 "2019-07-25T07:03:14Z")

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2019-07-01T21:00:00Z

New features include significant performance improvements, sorting muted contacts, and closing the loop with SIH referrals. We’ve also implemented over 100 other improvements and bug fixes.

Read the release notes for full details: [3.5.0 release notes | Community Health Toolkit](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/core/releases/3.5.0/)

Following our support policy, versions 3.0.0 - 3.3.0 are no longer supported and support for 2.x expires in November. Projects running these versions should start planning an upgrade to 3.5.0 in the near future. For more details read our software support documentation: [medic-docs/installation/supported-software.md at master · medic/medic-docs · GitHub](https://github.com/medic/medic-docs/blob/master/installation/supported-software.md#supported-versions)

To see what’s scheduled for the next releases have a read of the product roadmap: [Projects · medic · GitHub](https://github.com/orgs/medic/projects?query=is%3Aopen+sort%3Aname-asc)

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**Author:** ![Max](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/max/32/112_2.png) [@Max](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Max)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/whats-new-in-the-core-application-framework-3-5-0/200/2 "2019-07-25T07:05:08Z")

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Interested in the facility EMR integration happening with our project partner Muso?

Newly released in v3.5, the closed loop for patient referrals creates a scalable bidirectional communication between a CHW and the health facility.

Detailed design and workflows: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hopVcMdSUkKTpLQM2in0rPQbenou-q7ny5P4isBW7pw/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hopVcMdSUkKTpLQM2in0rPQbenou-q7ny5P4isBW7pw/edit?usp=sharing)

Technical detail inbound: [cht-core/api at master · medic/cht-core · GitHub](https://github.com/medic/medic/tree/master/api#post-apiv2records)

Technical detail outbound: [medic-docs/configuration/outbound.md at master · medic/medic-docs · GitHub](https://github.com/medic/medic-docs/blob/master/configuration/outbound.md)