COMDOX-939: Add a What's New section to the Commerce Admin documentation

_helper/.gitignore

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+include-relationships.yml
+.env
+.bundle/
+vendor/
+_site/
+Gemfile.lock

_helper/.whatsup.yml

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+# Parameters for a GitHub search query
+---
+base_branch: main
+
+# The list of repositories to scan for pull requests
+repos:
+  - AdobeDocs/commerce-services
+
+# Labels also will be used as a 'type' value in the output file
+labels:
+  required:
+    - new-topic
+    - major-update
+  optional:
+    - technical
+    - feedback
+    - release-notes
+
+# Format of output file
+output_format:
+  - yaml
+#  - markdown
+
+# The phrase that is used as a separator in the pull request description.
+# All the lines that follows this phrase are captured as 'description' for this PR's entry in the resulted data file.
+magic_word: whatsnew
+
+# An organization to check a contributor for membership.
+# Values: 'true', 'false', empty if not configured.
+# membership: AdobeDocs

_helper/Gemfile

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+# Copyright 2024 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See license.md for details.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'adobe-comdox-exl-rake-tasks', git: 'https://github.com/commerce-docs/adobe-comdox-exl-rake-tasks', tag: 'v0.6.0'
+gem 'whatsup_github', git: 'https://github.com/commerce-docs/whatsup_github', tag: 'v2.1.1'

_helper/Rakefile

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'dotenv/load'
+
+# Load the Adobe Comdox EXL Rake Tasks gem
+require 'adobe-comdox-exl-rake-tasks'

_helper/_config.yml

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+---
+repo: AdobeDocs/commerce-admin-developer
+url: https://developer.adobe.com/commerce/admin-developer
+exclude:
+  - Rakefile
+  - tmp
+  - Gemfile
+  - Gemfile.lock
+kramdown:
+  smart_quotes: ["apos", "apos", "quot", "quot"]
+  syntax_highlighter: none

_helper/_data/whats-new.yml

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+---
+title: What's new
+description: This section contains the changes made in the last 60 days. We exclude
+  all minor updates, such as copy editing, from this list.
+updated: Wed Nov 4 13:16:00 2026
+entries: []

_helper/templated/whats-new.html

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+---
+---
+{%- assign whatsnew = site.data.whats-new %}
+{{ whatsnew.description }}
+
+{%- assign this_days_ago = 60 | times: 86400 %}
+{%- assign date_this_days_ago = "now" | date: "%s" | minus: this_days_ago %}
+{%- assign entries = whatsnew.entries | sort: "date" | reverse %}
+{%- assign has_recent_entries = false %}
+
+{%- for entry in entries %}
+{%- assign entry_date_int = entry.date | date: "%s" | abs %}
+{%- if entry_date_int > date_this_days_ago %}
+{%- unless has_recent_entries %}
+
+| Description | Type |  Date |
+|---|---|---|
+{%- endunless %}
+{%- assign has_recent_entries = true %}
+| {{ entry.description }} | {{ entry.type | replace: "-", " " | capitalize }} | [{{ entry.date | date: '%B %-e, %Y'}}]({{ entry.link }}) |
+{%- endif %}
+{%- endfor %}
+
+{%- unless has_recent_entries %}
+
+**No significant documentation updates so far.**
+{%- endunless %}

package.json

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     "url": "https://github.com/AdobeDocs/commerce-admin-developer"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "helper:render": "cd _helper && bundle exec rake render",
+    "helper:whatsnew": "cd _helper && bundle exec rake whatsnew",
     "dev": "npx --yes --prefer-online github:AdobeDocs/adp-devsite-utils dev",
     "buildNavigation": "npx --yes --prefer-online github:AdobeDocs/adp-devsite-utils buildNavigation -v",
     "buildRedirections": "npx --yes --prefer-online github:AdobeDocs/adp-devsite-utils buildRedirections -v",
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     "test": "npx --yes jest",
     "test:config": "npx --yes jest tests/config.test.js"
   },
+  "lint": {
+    "skipRules": {
+      "check-frontmatter": {
+        "paths": [
+          "src/pages/_includes"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^24.11.0"
   }

src/pages/_includes/templated/whats-new.md

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+
+This section contains the changes made in the last 60 days. We exclude all minor updates, such as copy editing, from this list.
+
+**No significant documentation updates so far.**

src/pages/index.md

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 ## Contributing to this documentation
 
 We encourage you to participate in our open documentation initiative. If you have suggestions, corrections, additions, or deletions for this documentation, check out the source on [GitHub](https://github.com/adobedocs/commerce-admin-developer), and open a pull request.
+
+## What's new
+
+<Fragment src="/_includes/templated/whats-new.md" />