Product status

A clear view of what you can use today.

Runbook is designed as full-service payroll centered on one reviewable record. Today you can explore payroll review, a worker statement with each line beside its recorded sources, and a simulated Payroll Close that carries a late correction from discovery to a simulated refund, all without an account. Authenticated synthetic testing is separate from public availability and live customer service.

Current product status · reviewed October 26, 2026

Available now: explore a payday, its explanation, and what remains open.

The public demo uses fictional records. Compare paydays, inspect cash requirements, open a Payday Statement and the recorded facts behind each of its lines, and try Close scenarios with simulated funding, payment, filing, and late-correction evidence. Previewing a statement does not publish or deliver it to a worker.

Live payroll processing, direct deposit, tax payments, and tax filing are not yet available.

Current product availability.

A practical view of what visitors can explore now and which customer services are still in development.

Current Runbook product availability and customer-service boundaries
CapabilityStatusBoundary
Interactive payroll reviewPublic demoCompare fictional paydays, explain worker pay changes, and inspect cash requirements. Open a paycheck to see each line beside the recorded facts that produced it, with every recorded fact either used or excluded for a stated reason. Read-only; no payroll approval or payment occurs.
Payroll Close rehearsalPublic simulationExplore funding holds, unresolved obligations, and the next action. Choose the late opening-wage correction to follow one late fact from discovery through recorded human answers, a Form 941-X projection, an adjusting journal entry, and a refund settled on a simulated rail. Receipts and outcomes are simulated, not bank or agency confirmations.
Payday Statement employer previewAvailableEmployer users can inspect an employee-facing statement in the Runbook app. The public demo also shows take-home changes and a legal paystub. Previewing does not deliver a document or confirm a deposit.
Payroll proof demoAvailableInspect a sample payroll result, correction, source records, and independent verification.
Guided payroll setupAvailableAnswer non-sensitive questions and find the right path for routine payroll, a switch, notice, correction, or advisor workflow.
Authenticated payroll workflowsSynthetic testingBounded approval, correction, historical replay, and accounting paths have been exercised with fictional employers. Signed-in employer payroll review now lists every blocking reason before approval; the payroll subledger names which approved payrolls its liability balances cover and which Payroll Close checks remain open; a recorded Close can be compared with later evidence; and an owner can record answers to a late tax correction. This is not complete customer onboarding, provider reconciliation, or live payroll acceptance.
Worker workspaceDeployed for invited accountsPay & Documents, Plan Your Money, Work & Tax Help, Retirement & Accounts, and Account & Security are deployed. Synthetic tests and production delivery passed; an authenticated production walkthrough of the redesigned workspace remains unverified. See the workspace.
Worker own-data exportDeployed; acceptance pendingPrepare a contents summary, then download available signed-in account data as JSON. Access is checked again at download; unavailable sections are explicit. This is not a complete retention archive. Authenticated production export acceptance remains unverified.
Private worker access and deliverySynthetic invitation verifiedProduction invitation delivery and worker acceptance were verified for one designated synthetic worker. Worker record reads now require a live sign-in session, so a signed-out or revoked session stops reads before its token expires. Production statement opening remains unverified; an employer preview does not publish or deliver a document. No general worker-delivery service is offered.
Year-end worker documentsDeployed; not yet exercisedAn employer owner can publish a selected-box year-end projection from an approved synthetic payroll to a linked worker’s inbox, which checks the record’s digest before opening or download; the notice email carries no pay values. This is a synthetic projection, not a legally complete Form W-2, an agency filing, or furnishing to a real worker. No production publication, notice, or worker opening has been run.
Delegated accountant accessDeployed; acceptance pendingA granted accountant can open a client’s read-only payroll record and its open Close checks. Each delegated read is audited and commits a receipt before any data is returned. Verified with a stubbed browser fixture and a production catalog readback; no live partner read has been exercised. Runbook does not take on an advisor’s professional responsibility, and paid review work remains paused.
Full-service payrollIn developmentRoutine payroll, approvals, corrections, reports, and support are being brought into one service.
Direct deposit and tax filingNot available yetRunbook is not currently moving customer funds, making tax deposits, or filing returns.
Advisor and correctness reviewsPausedRunbook is not currently accepting paid review work or sensitive evidence packets.
HR, worker, time, benefits, and accounting integrationsPlannedThese connected workflows are part of the intended full-service product.

What full-service Runbook will cover.

The product direction is one payroll service for payday, tax work, records, and the exceptions that happen afterward.

PaydayPay employees and contractorsRegular payroll, off-cycle pay, bonuses, final pay, direct deposit, checks, and contractor payments.
TaxesHandle federal, state, and local workWithholding, employer taxes, deposits, filings, year-end forms, notices, and amendments.
RecordsConnect HR, time, benefits, and booksWorker changes, hours, deductions, payroll journals, reports, and advisor handoffs.
ExceptionsResolve questions and correctionsWorker questions, wrong pay, provider switches, filing issues, notices, and preserved history.

Explore Runbook without sharing payroll data.

Open the interactive demo with fictional payrolls, or start a conversation using non-sensitive company context. Do not send employee records, bank information, or tax documents.

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