Enhancements

• Other team members presence is now shown on documents – you can see when others are viewing or editing!
• We added easily accessible search inputs at the top of the "Home" page and collection screens
• Your own drafts are now visible in collections instead of having to go specifically to the "Drafts" section

Fixes

• Documents returned in search results no longer have an empty context menu
• Invited users no longer appear as an option in "Filter by author"
• Search filter dropdowns no longer have unnecessary scrollbars
• The sidebar in dark mode on mobile is no longer partially transparent
• Creating and revoking API keys now produces events in the audit trail
• Drafts no longer appear as options to insert as links into documents

Enhancements

• Documents with nested sub-documents now display an index view more prominently
• Clicking into a document will preload it's nested documents for faster navigation
• In the API parentDocumentId is now available as a filter for listing documents

Fixes

• The "Invite people" view did not work when accessed from "Collection members", it now works as expected
• Emails are now stored and processed only in lowercase
• Sidebar did not display correctly on mobile when editing a document

New Features

• It's now possible to invite guests to your wiki that can sign-in with their email address.
• We added the "Trash" menu item in the sidebar which shows recently deleted documents and gives you an opportunity to restore them for 30 days.

Enhancements

• Added a new keyboard shortcut (CMD+SHIFT+P) to publish the current document
• Added support for InVision live image links

Fixes

• Selecting "Document history" when the history sidebar is already open now closes the sidebar
• Toggling "Starred" in the document menu now keeps the menu open so that feedback is visible
• Fixed an issue that would prevent moving a document inside another within a private collection
• "Import document" in collection menu now works when triggered from the sidebar
• Fixed an issue that caused regex-like search queries to error
• Fixed unable to embolden hashtags in editor
• Fixed an extra space character in the editor when typing markdown shortcuts
• Fixed a display issues with collaborator avatars not overlapping

New Features

• It is now possible to set a collection membership to be read-only, this is currently only an option in private collections but will soon be extended to all collections.
• "Child documents" are now automatically listed at the bottom of a document

Enhancements

• The people list now shows the time the person was last active instead of when they joined the team.
• Added a button to create a new document when no search results are returned for a query
• Drafts now have a clear badge and show which collection the draft is published in
• Improved the behavior of sidebar collapsing and nesting

Fixes

• Attempting to sign-in to a suspended account now shows a useful message
• It's now possible to use the Slack integration in conjunction with Google sign-in
• Popover menus can no longer open off-screen
• The first auto-save of a document no longer causes the text cursor to become unfocused
• Fixed an issue where the audit log would fail to log if any of the event actors had been deleted
• Importing documents using drag-n-drop no longer causes it to potentially appear under multiple sub-documents
• Attempting to export an empty collection no longer fails
• Removed an orphaned header when there are no archived documents
• Duplicating a draft no longer automatically publishes the duplicate
• Document no longer appears blank if you create a link back to itself

Fixes

• Document title size

Enhancements

• Documents in private collections now show a little padlock next to the collection name in feeds such as Home, Starred, and Drafts.
• The color picker for collections got an upgrade it's now a little less in your face when creating a new collection
• Tooltips now show applicable keyboard shortcuts to make it easier to learn!

Fixes

• Improved accessibility of buttons, added new focus states
• Visiting a doc without permission will now display a "Not found" screen rather than forever loading
• Added missing display of audit log events for user promotion / demotion and suspension
• Fixed some heading alignments
• Improved client side security by adding extensive CSP rules to all html responses
• Slack notifications are now sent on the publish event again
• Infinite loading document lists no longer jump back to the top while scrolling
• Restored selected state for images and horizontal rules
• Headings in the editor now start at level 2 to take into account level 1 title

Enhancements

• Added Open Search support
• The document menu now includes an "Edit" option
• Added a new way to access the keyboard shortcut reference from the bottom right corner of documents
• The API now allows exporting your knowledge base as a zip file directly (reference)
• Links added in the editor now have a protocol added automatically if missing

Fixes

• Minor button alignment and padding issues
• Toolbar no longer shows unavailable options when selecting text in a heading
• Attempting to create a link in a heading no longer causes text to disappear
• Empty headings are no longer misformatted on reload
• Speed of rendering tables was greatly improved
• Loading more data than necessary on first open
• Embeds did not show highlight outline when selected

New Features

• Audit log. Actions taken by team members in your wiki are now recorded in an audit log accessible to admins.

Enhancements

• Exporting a collection now downloads a zip file instantly, rather than emailing
• Added support for additional Mindmeister link formats
• Updated branding of RealtimeBoard to Miro
• Visiting a route / document while signed out will now attempt to redirect back after signing in

Fixes

• Duplicate document menu option works again
• API requests to unknown endpoints no longer echo back request
• No longer possible to double wrap links
• The link toolbar now always saves edits on blur / exit

New Features

This release includes references (or backlinks) – these are automated links that are shown at the bottom of a document telling you which other documents it was linked from. Backlinks have been a feature of wiki software for many years and it's great to have first class support in Outline.

To create a reference you only need to link to another document in your knowledgebase.

Hint: Select some text and hit the CMD+K shortcut to quickly create a link.

Enhancements

• The "..." document menu is now available from the sidebar
• It's now possible to create public share links to your drafts
• Clearer buttons and "New doc" actions
• Improved the first-run onboarding documents to be more helpful and descriptive
• Improved color accessibility
• Tightened up list and link styling

Fixes

• Fixed a UI performance regression introduced by tooltips
• Fixed an issue that would cause Save/Publish buttons to show as disabled for an extended amount of time when creating a new document

New Features

• We've added the ability to send team members invites directly from within the app

Enhancements

• Notification settings now displays your account email address
• Updating your email address in Slack/Google will now update in Outline automatically on next sign-in
• The Slack slash command now responds to /outline help with some useful instructions
• Deeply nested documents now display a vertical breadcrumb in the header
• Improved accessibility of content in modals
• Editor buttons now have descriptive tooltips

Fixes

• The Slack slash command no longer errors if you provide no search term
• Deleting a collection locally or remotely now does a better job of cleaning up data
• It's now possible to use markdown shortcuts inside table cells
• Collapsing headings now respects the heading level correctly

Enhancements

• It's now possible to disable highlighting in code blocks to just display plain, pre-formatted text

Fixes

• Users in search filters are now correctly ordered
• Self hosted installations now support AWS S3 signature version 4

New Features

This release brings support for creating and editing simple Tables in all your documents.

Enhancements

• Added optional append flag to documents.update API endpoint to allow appending content to the end of a document

Fixes

• Block Insert no longer appears on top of formatting toolbar
• Blockquote can now be toggled from the formatting toolbar

Enhancements

• Added support for embedding Abstract public share links
• Added Bash and Powershell formatting options in code blocks

Fixes

• Fixed editor scroll jumping when focusing the bottom of large documents
• Fixed stars and underscores disappearing in code blocks on save
• Updated the loom integration to work with their fancy new loom.com domain name
• Dropdown filters on the search page now close on click
• Fixed some more potential edge-case errors in the editor

New Features

• Outline now utilizes websockets to keep everything in sync without refreshing the tab
• New filtering options when searching. Refine results by collection, author, or date to get to the information you're looking for faster!

Enhancements

• This changelog now has an RSS feed if that's your kind of thing

Fixes

• The M key is correctly mapped to "Move document" again
• The ESC key no longer reverts to editing mode after exiting it
• Creating a horizontal divider after a paragraph without a space would be interpreted as a heading after reload
• Restored missing divider on document header

Enhancements

• The full path to nested documents is now shown in search results
• It's now possible to move documents between collections and to any level of nesting
• Added the ability to optionally include archived documents in search results
• Improved editor performance and memory usage

Fixes

• Fixed Tab key should allow nesting of lists
• Fixed a crash in the editor when deleting links
• Fixed able to open the move document dialog from a draft
• Fixed sub heading beginning with same emoji as title becomes incorrectly inset

New Features

• Document archive, you can now choose to store documents outside of a collection without deleting them.
• A little thing called night mode! Toggle in the settings menu whether you prefer Outline to be daylight white 🌞 or midnight black 🌚.

Enhancements

• CMD+Enter will now publish the current document if it's a draft
• The Esc key now exits editing a document
• The N key is now a shortcut to start a new document in the current collection
• Improved the empty state for user profiles

Fixes

• Fixed list editing functionality in editor
• Fixed a bug that could result in a corrupted session cookie when signing out of one account while signed in to multiple accounts
• Updated to Slack's fancy new icon
• When sharing a link to a heading the page will now scroll to the heading correctly once the document loads
• Fixed adding Outline as a PWA now works correctly
• Fixed keyboard shortcuts now display correctly to non-mac users

Enhancements

• Added support for Mindmeister embeds
• When searching from Slack a "Post to Channel" option is now available so you can share the best search results with your team directly

Fixes

• Lines inside code blocks are no longer individually scrollable
• It's now possible to link to places on the same subdomain that aren't in the wiki
• Insertion marks (++) no longer disappear on save
• Suspended users now see the correct error message when attempting to sign in
• The collections sidebar no longer scrolls to the top when changing documents

New Features

• Headings can now be collapsed

Enhancements

• Updated Slack branding
• Keyboard behavior when editing block quotes has been improved

Fixes

• Lines in code blocks can now be easily deleted
• Code block horizontal scroll behavior has been fixed
• Image captions now wrap to multiple lines
• Multiline block quotes no longer collapse onto a single line on save
• Fixed link in welcome email did not include team subdomain
• Tables in imported documents are no longer removed on save

New Features

• Added user profiles! Click on any avatar to see a brief profile of the user and the documents they've been editing.

Enhancements

• Improved Editor and UI performance
• Improved tooltips on collaborators and viewers to be much clearer

Fixes

• Fixed a number of small Editor bugs
• An issue where triggering multiple toast messages in quick succession would leave some hanging in the UI
• Slack notifications for edited documents now correctly display the author of the update, rather than the original creator of the document
• RealtimeBoard and Vimeo embeds now correctly embed the secure version

New Features

• Added the ability to see which team members have viewed a document, and when

Enhancements

• Added new sort options to collections including "Least recently updated" and alphabetical
• Search now includes partial word matching
• Search now has a local cache to increase the speed – navigating back from a document to search results is now instant.

Welcome to the first release of 2019! We're kicking the year off right with a big new feature – private collections. It's now possible to create a hidden collection that is only visible to team members that you invite, a much requested addition.

New Features

• Private collections
• Google Slides embed support
• Prezi embed support

Enhancements

• Improved the clarity and simplicity of the navigation sidebar
• Improved button styling throughout
• Added a dismissible help tip on the dashboard to help onboarding new teams

Fixes

• Fixed typeface fallback for non-latin languages
• Lucidchart embeds fixed
• Broken links in Slack notifications when team has custom subdomain

Enhancements

• The public content pages got a bit of a facelift, we made the API reference easier to browse, added a sidebar in this here changelog and added pages for all of the integrations that Outline supports.

Fixes

• Errors when authenticating Slack commands from a team subdomain
• The block toolbar now hides automatically when clicking to focus the document
• The block insert menu no longer appears when hovering an embed
• A message is now displayed when copying a link to a heading in a shared document
• "Your Teams" menu item no longer erroneously shows up on content pages when logged into a single non-subdomain team.

New Features

• This release introduces rich document embeds. Pasting share links from supported services will now show an interactive embed inside the document. The following services are support at this time:

  • GitHub
  • Numeracy
  • Mode Analytics
  • Figma
  • Airtable
  • Vimeo
  • Miro
  • Loom
  • Lucidcharts
  • Framer
  • InVision
  • Typeform
  • Marvel
  • Spotify
  • Codepen
  • Trello

Fixes

• Collections not visible in settings after connecting Slack
• Teams with non-latin characters in their names unable to signin
• Several issues with the recent document notifications addition

New Features

• Secure subdomains are now available for your team! Head to the team settings to choose or update your subdomain. Once a subdomain is set new logins will automatically be redirected.

• We added optional notifications for documents published, documents edited, and collections created. Choose your own notification settings here.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that would cause the server to hang on requests to load document revisions
• Fixed collection delete option appearing visible to non admins
• Improved error messaging when offline

New Features

• It is now possible to choose the language for highlighting in code blocks 🙌

Enhancements

• We added some subtle branding to shared documents
• Recently viewed and edited documents are now displayed in a more sensible order
• The name of the documents collection is now visible on the "Starred" screen

Fixes

• Fully deleting an image in the editor no longer requires hitting backspace twice

New Features

We added a rich text area to the top of collections so you can add more details than just a name. This is great for when a collection represents an area of your company and makes it easy to add links to other company resources.

Enhancements

• Added filtering options to the admin "People" listing
• Profile picture is now saved once uploaded
• Optimized images

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where dashes within a hashtag would be escaped on save
• Google Analytics events are now triggered correctly for more than the first page load
• Fixed some UI jank when resizing a large uploaded profile picture
• Fixed a layout issue on keyboard shortcuts dialog on Linux

Fixes

• Document history menu can now be opened again
• It is now possible to underline text in the editor and have that persist

Enhancements

• Upgraded dependencies for improved performance

Enhancements

• Upgrades the editor

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with S3 uploads for self hosted configuration
• Fixed issue when title of a document includes the word "history"
• SSL is now enforced on subdomains