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September 7, 2023
We're excited to share that our AI Writer is open for testing! Our writer can help you take your copy to the next level — e.g., shortening it, rewriting it with a captivating tone, and more!
Try it out today by enabling it via the Onset Labs page!
(This release note is written with the help of AI 😉 )
| Added | Added support for Vimeo video thumbnail in the email. |
| Added | Added author details to the release create/edit form. |
| Fixed | Fixed the roadmap update bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the roadmap status update bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the subscriber import bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the Vimeo video embed bug. |
May 2, 2023
Subscriber Lists
We’re excited to announce Subscriber Lists is out of beta! A powerful new feature that will give you even more control over your email notifications. You can now organize your subscribers into lists, making it easier than ever to target the exact audience you want to alert.
Open Graph (OG) Images
Get ready to stand out on social media! We’re thrilled to announce that we are now dynamically generating Open Graph (OG) images for all release notes and roadmap items, making them more eye-catching in social media feeds.
Plain Email Template
And finally, we’re introducing our new Plain Email Template. This slim, minimalist design is focused solely on the content of your release notes, ensuring that your subscribers can focus on what’s important without any unnecessary distractions.
| Added | Ability to update the release change item type. |
| Added | Subscriber Lists is out of beta. 👏 |
| Added | Added horizontal line support. |
| Fixed | Fixed the label filter bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the invalid file type upload error handler. |
| Fixed | Fixed the roadmap deletion bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the editor menu dropdown focus bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the shared release project. |
| Fixed | Fixed the roadmap upvote count. |
| Removed | Removed the dark mode image contrast filter. |
January 10, 2023
Happy New Year! 🥳
We are kicking off this year with exciting news. Scheduled Releases is now in public beta and ready for you to try. This new feature allows you to create and schedule release notes to be published up to one month ahead.
When creating a new release, select a future release date and time to publish, set up your notification settings, and we will take care of the rest. You can continue making edits to your release note while it’s in the scheduled state.
In order to use this feature, you must enable Scheduled Release Notes via Onset Labs.
| Added | Added an option to disable Roadmap upvotes and hide upvote count from your public page. |
| Added | New Alerts settings page allows you to customize email alert sender address and name. |
| Added | New Unsubscribed page to view recently unsubscribed recipients. |
| Added | Added new webhook events:
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| Changed | Using |
| Changed | Appending |
| Changed | Hiding noisy buttons from the embedded Loom video player. |
| Fixed | Improved the light/dark application theme. |
| Fixed | Password reset token. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release and roadmap slug field bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the changeset type for publicly shared releases via link. |
December 8, 2022
We made an entire overhaul of our webhook integrations. Initially, when we developed the webhooks feature. It was very minimal and only supported webhook events relating to release notes. While this worked initially, our platform grew and required more comprehensive webhook support.
With the new Webhooks 2.0 release, we have opened up the Onset platform to provide the possibility to develop more extensive integrations. You can subscribe and listen to events from almost all entities, such as releases, roadmaps, projects, etc. Using the emitted notification and data, you could trigger CI builds, perform calculations, or send messages on specific conditions – you name it.
The entire list of supported entities and events is available in our documentation.
November 1, 2022
We are excited to announce that the long waited attachments feature has finally landed! Now you can link external resources to roadmap items and release notes.
In addition to external resources, attachments allow you to associate release notes with roadmap items and vice versa.
Currently, we support three types of attachments:
- Links
- File (10MB limit)
- Roadmap ←→ Release relations
October 31, 2022
We have been working hard and have exciting new features to share!
Application Dark Mode
Our journey to the dark side is complete. You can set your preferred appearance permanently in the User Settings or have it switch based on your system preference.
Emoji Support 👋
Typing : will bring up a list of suggested emojis. The list will filter as you type, so once you find the emoji you're looking for, select it from the list and press Enter to complete the highlighted result.
We are working on automatically converting common emoticons into emojis next.
Customize Release Changeset Status
The default release change types can now be customized to suit your workflow better. This feature is frequently requested, and we are happy to deliver it 🙂. Add, edit or change the color of release changeset types in Settings → Workflow.
Page Visibility Settings
We’ve added new visibility options to give finer control over who can see your page. Previously, to make your page visible publicly, you had to have at least one public release note or a roadmap item, and your page would automatically be available to the public. Going forward, you are required to toggle page visibility manually. All pages are defaulted to hidden, and you choose when you want to share it with the world.
Available Options:
- Hidden: page is hidden from the public.
- Public: page is visible to everyone.
- Password Protected: page is visible only to ones with a password.
Custom Page CSS
We have fully revamped our public page and made it extensible. Business tier users can now insert custom CSS stylesheets under Settings → Appearance and have better control over the look and feel of the page.
| Added | Share-links are now out of beta. |
| Added | Password-protected pages are now out of beta. |
| Added | New Workflow settings that allows you to customize release changeset options. |
| Added | New user Preference settings added to control interface theme option. |
| Added | Showing release reaction count on hover. |
| Changed | Centralized all import functionality under one roof. Migrated Subscriber CSV and Mailchimp import settings into Settings → Import. |
| Changed | Sorting application roadmap items by hotness 🔥 rank (coming soon for the Widget and Page). |
| Changed | Updated the sample data for new organizations. |
| Fixed | Fixed the privacy settings bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the changeset |
| Security | Page visibility now controlled via toggle in Settings → Privacy. |
| Security | Increased member privilege. Organization members now can create, edit, and delete projects. |
August 24, 2022
Major release alert! Over the past few months, we’ve been working on Onset 4.0, a significant update with great new features. We are excited to announce that our new Roadmap feature is now in public beta and ready to go.
Use the new Roadmap feature to give your customers insight into awesome new features you have in plan. The upvote functionality allows you to learn about features your users are most excited about and prioritize accordingly.
The Roadmap is still under beta, and organization admins can enable it via Settings → Labs.
P.S. Check out our roadmap. 😊
| Added | Advanced Filters allows you to apply several filter criteria simultaneously. |
| Added | The new sidebar allows you to manage projects and labels from a single place. |
| Changed | Projects are optional. We understand that not all releases fit into a single project, so we removed the project requirement. You can now create broader general release notes. |
| Changed | Releases are “grouped” by month and year. |
| Changed | Increased the External Header link title character limit to 30. |
| Changed | Public page performance improvements. |
| Removed | Removed the projects page in favor of the new sidebar. |
| Removed | Removed the labels page in favor of the new sidebar. |
| Fixed | Fixed the RSS atom feeds. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release author avatar image. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release pin. |
July 21, 2022
Make your first impression count with the help of a hero image! Or is it gyro 🥙? Don’t matter! With this new feature, you can add a large, flashy image to your release note showing off your cool new feature.
| Added | Added release hero(🥙) image! |
| Added | Displaying release activity log. |
| Changed | New snazzy icon set. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release change drag and remove actions. |
| Fixed | Fixed Google Analytics cookie domain. |
June 3, 2022
We worked on our editor and made various changes that we are proud to share. The main one that we are most excited about is the new image upload functionality.
Previously, we only allowed you to embed images via URL from an external source. We understand that it was somewhat of a frustrating process, so we decided to fix it. You can now upload images directly to the platform without using any other third-party hosting, and it’s completely free.
🤔 Did you know?
While adding changes, you can usecmd/ctrl + returnto add a new change line item.
| Added | Ability to upload images directly in the editor. |
| Added | Option to add ordered list items. |
| Added | Added |
| Fixed | Fixed various billing subscription bugs. |
May 25, 2022
We cooked up another new feature, Labels! Create labels to help organize and filter releases across projects.
| Added | From Address - send release notification from a custom email address. |
| Added | Option to create organizations without a sample data. |
| Changed | Changed the public release indicator to something little fancier. |
| Fixed | Fixed the various integration settings page bugs. |
April 12, 2022
You can now insert Loom videos into your release notes!
Here is an example of a valid Loom video URL:
https://www.loom.com/share/f8e954b12c0446db8dc0df0fba4d5722
| Added | Loom video support. |
| Added | Ability to edit already embedded videos, images and links. |
| Fixed | Disabled the href links while editing, so you can easily update them. |
| Fixed | Fixed the Mailchimp sync and using the original subscriber timestamp as the subscription date. |
April 3, 2022
Our editor now automatically converts certain characters to correct typographic characters. If you want to undo the converted result, just hit Backspace once.
Symbols
(c)to a copyright sign©(r)to registered trademark sign®(tm)to registered trademark sign™
Math
1/2to one half½1/4to one quarter¼3/4to three quarters¾+/-to plus/minus sign±!=to a not equal sign≠2 * 3or2x3to a multiplication sign2×3^2a superscript two²^3a superscript three³
Quotes
“Smart” opening double-quotes- “Smart
”closing double-quotes ‘Smart’ opening single quotes- ‘Smart
’closing single quotes <<to left-pointing double angle quotation mark«>>to right-pointing double angle quotation mark»
Other
--to an emdash—...to an ellipsis character…<‐to an arrow←‐>to an arrow→
March 26, 2022
You can now add links to your website and other important resources in the header of your release notes page.
Just add the URLs you'd like to link to, and they'll appear in the header. If you add social media links, they'll appear as clickable icons on the sidebar.
| Added | Added new Header Links section to the Settings → External Links page. |
| Added | Unsaved release discard notification so you don't accidentally lose your work. |
| Added | Outdated draft release date highlight. |
| Added | Added ability to display release author info. Enable it via the Settings → Privacy page. |
| Fixed | Slack integration settings. |
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March 19, 2022
We made some exciting changes to the editor.
Code Blocks
To add a code block, use the insert menu of the editor or just type three backticks ( ```) at the start and end of your code snippet. Your finished code block will look like this:
Array(13).join('wat' - 1) + ' Batman!'; // Theme song!Quotes
To create a blockquote, start a line with greater than (>) followed by a space or insert it via the menu.
I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying no one has ever seen Batman and me in the same room together.
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| Added | Added image url validation. Supported formats are, |
| Fixed | Disabled the video controls in the editor. |
March 14, 2022
| Added | Ability to drag and sort release changes. |
| Added | New Zapier integration. Onset API must be turned on via the Lab settings. |
| Added | New page privacy settings screen. |
| Added | Password-protected pages are now available for preview. |
| Changed | More prominent pinned release indicator. |
| Changed | Moved the release project selection to the compose screen. |
| Changed | On release update, all integrations and email toggles are disabled by default. |
| Changed | Alphabetically sorting projects in the navigation. |
| Removed | Removed the project list dropdown from the "New Release" button. |
| Fixed | Fixed the public release URL button in the main navigation. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release permalink not updating correctly. |
January 5, 2022
| Added | Release visibility - control who can view your updates on an individual release note basis. |
| Added | Pinned releases - pin the most important releases to the top of the page. |
| Added | Onset Labs - experiment with our latest and greatest features before they're available to everyone. |
| Changed | Webhooks are now relocated under the integrations section of the app. |
| Changed | From now on, subscribers are categorized into two groups, public and private. Public page subscribers are automatically categorized as "Public Subscribers." |
| Removed | Removed the project-level privacy toggle to make way for the new release-level visibility management. |
November 17, 2021
We have been tirelessly working on updating the release creation process. Our goal was to provide a seamless experience that allows you to see precisely how your releases would look without needing to publish them.
| Added | New Editor - rich text editor, markdown is still supported. |
| Added | Permalink- set custom release URL slugs. |
| Added | Author - ability to select and change release author. |
| Removed | Mute toggle replaced with publish window. |
| Fixed | Fixed submitting draft release email notifications. |
| Fixed | Fixed image responsive rendering. |
| Fixed | Fixed YouTube and Vimeo video player responsive rendering. |
| Fixed | Fixed the sample release creation bug. |
May 4, 2020
Our newest, fastest, best-performing, shiniest, most nutritious, and delicious version of Onset is now fully rolled out, so that's the one you're now using. Brilliant.
| Added | All Releases - view all your release notes across your projects under one umbrella. |
| Added | Ability to search across all your projects. |
| Changed | Consistent look and feel between your private and public release notes. |
| Changed | Moved the settings button to the Projects page. |
| Changed | Moved the Privacy settings into Project settings page. |
| Changed | Displaying release reactions percentile. |
| Changed | Increased the Project name maximum limit to 30 characters. |
| Removed | Removed the Project grid view. |
| Removed | Removed the Project search bar. |
March 1, 2020
| Fixed | Fixed subscribers not page reloading. |
| Changed | Improved Project selection type experience. |
| Changed | Updated Slack integration icon. |
August 9, 2019
Migrate the contacts that you have collected in Mailchimp to Onset with ease as there's no need to export them first and import from file later.
To learn how to click here.
| Fixed | Fixed the |
| Changed | Updated the release email templates. |
| Changed | Minor UI tweaks. |
| Fixed | Fixed the CSV Import. |
| Added | New Mailchimp subscriber import. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release not clearing after deletion. |
| Added | New Calendar Versioning support. |
| Added | Displaying social links in the release email footer. |
July 30, 2019
We are excited to announce support for video embeds.
To add a video to your release, simply click on the new film icon in the editor:
Or wrap the video link in a markdown like so:
The code above will result in 🌊:
Video embed support is currently limited to YouTube and Vimeo.
| Changed | Updated the release meta view. |
| Fixed | Fixed the GitHub refrerence link. |
May 20, 2019
After numerous requests and feedback, we are delighted to announce the new version-less projects. We understand that some projects might be composed of multiple technologies, API, UI, and services, etc...
Projects without versioning enables you to compose releases about your product, rather than a single service.
| Added | Release reactions. |
| Added | New project type. |
| Fixed | Fixed the project name not showing up in the email subject. |
April 21, 2019
| Added | Ability to revert published releases back to draft. |
| Added | Sentry Integration |
| Changed | Showing full release dates. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release text overflow bug. |
April 9, 2019
| Fixed | Fixed the datepicker formatting. |
| Fixed | Fixed the past relese dates not being set correctly. |
April 7, 2019
We are excited to introduce a new release creation behavior. From now on, all your new releases are automatically saved as a draft in order to avoid loosing any of your changes.
| Added | Auto-save the draft releases. |
| Added | Alert on closing un-saved drafts. |
| Added | No content message. |
| Added | Tooltip with organization name in the organization switcher icon. |
| Changed | Release drafts are visible on the organization level. |
| Changed | Release notification |
| Fixed | Fixed the release date-picker bug. |
March 21, 2019
| Added | You must cancel a scheduled release in order to edit it. |
| Changed | Rebuilt our API ground up. |
| Fixed | Fixed the signup related issue. |
| Fixed | Fixed the time-zone ampersant bug. |
| Security | Upgraded the Google Authentication. |
December 9, 2018
| Fixed | Fixed the organization deletion bug. |
| Deprecated | Release notification via Mailchimp is no longer available. |
| Removed | Public page button from organization settings. |
| Removed | Integrations page from organization settings. |
| Removed | Integrations page from project settings. |
| Added | Added Public Page access button to the main navigation. |
| Added | Added Integrations page. |
| Changed | Integrations are now Organization based and only required to be enabled once. |
| Added | Added icons to the releases page to indicate the enabled integrations. |
November 3, 2018
| Fixed | Fixed the confirmation page redirect error. |
| Added | Displaying pending invitations in members page. |
| Fixed | Fixed the member invite bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the error notifications. |
| Added | Google Analytics Integration for public pages. |
| Changed | Improved the member invite validation. |
October 25, 2018
| Fixed | Fixed the user signup bug. |
| Changed | Using the custom domain in Slack and Webhooks notifications for public projects. |
| Fixed | Fixed the release on date not being set |
September 19, 2018
| Changed | Moved the page customization under the general settings. |
| Changed | Changed the release log input style. |
| Removed | Removed the changeset icons. |
| Removed | Removed Drift. |
| Added | Integrated with Intercom. |
| Changed | Changed the primary color to match the new look and feel. |
| Changed | New release change log design. |
June 14, 2018
| Added | Custom page projects order sorting. |
| Changed | Changed the Statuspage Integration to just to use the page url rather than API and Page ID. |
June 11, 2018
| Added | Statuspage.io integration to public pages. |
| Deprecated | Weekly digests to subscribers. |
June 7, 2018
| Added | Bitbucket integration. |
| Added | Added qucik "Integration" access button. |
| Added | Added Onset byline to the Github tag body. |
| Changed | Improved the release and project search. |
| Changed | Truncating long project name. |
| Changed | Showing oragnization name in the release email if logo is not set. |
May 17, 2018
| Changed | Changed the user endpoint to accept non JSON API format. |
| Changed | Hiding release public link from draft and schedueld releases. |
April 27, 2018
| Added | Subscibers page, to show all organization and project subscriber in a single place. |
| Added | Added "view" link to all public releases. |
| Changed | Improved the form field styles. |
| Changed | Hiding the search bar in projects by default. |
| Removed | Project level subscribers pages. |
March 24, 2018
| Added | New release title toggle option. |
| Added | Free form toggle. |
| Changed | Public pages with single project, at the root level ( |
| Fixed | Fixed the organization permission bug. |
| Fixed | Fixed the GitHub login. |
March 20, 2018
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| Changed | Public pages are availabe for public beta. 🎉🎉🎉 |
March 6, 2018
Hello there,
We are super excited to introduce our public releases pages. It's still in beta and we are hand picking organizations for testing.
If you would like to be part of the beta, feel free to reach out to us via support@onset.io
Key Features:
- Public projects visible to all your visitors.
- Allow visitors to subscribe to your projects.
- Custom page branding.
- Custom domain.
