Release Notes

User-visible changes to Doc Holiday, newest first.

2026-08-07

🚀 New Features

• Added file path pattern controls

  • Publication authors can now restrict which files Doc Holiday may edit or create with editable file path patterns.

✨ Enhancements

• Updated onboarding experience

  • The dashboard now uses a Get Started checklist and direct create flows instead of the removed onboarding route.

2026-07-31

🚀 New Features

• Added Cerebras BYOK support

  • Doc Holiday now validates Cerebras keys, routes supported models, and matches the provider request shape for customer-managed credentials.

• Expanded OpenRouter BYOK support

  • Doc Holiday now validates OpenRouter keys and routes matching models through OpenRouter with the same selection behavior used elsewhere.

• Extended Bedrock BYOK support

  • Doc Holiday now accepts structured Bedrock credentials, routes supported requests, backfills missing secrets, and handles native Bedrock URLs.

• Broadened Vertex AI BYOK support

  • Doc Holiday now accepts structured Vertex AI credentials, validates them, routes supported models, and maps profiles for the correct provider settings.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Hardened BYOK rejection handling

  • Failed key checks now return the same fixed allowlisted message instead of provider response text, which makes rejection results clearer and more consistent.

2026-07-24

🚀 New Features

• Allow optional payment collection for trial checkout

  • Trial checkout lets customers start without a payment method and cancels trials that end without one.

• Accept applications for OSS access

  • Applicants can apply in Billing and validate public repositories, while superusers can review, approve or reject applications, filter by customer type, and notify applicants and internal teams.

• Show AI provider options and key guidance

  • The provider key page displays provider icons and explains key formats.

• Use Anthropic keys for supported Claude models

  • Doc Holiday validates Anthropic keys and uses supported Claude models.

• Use Gemini keys for supported models

  • Doc Holiday validates Gemini keys and routes supported models. It prioritizes Anthropic when organizations configure both services.

• Use Groq keys for supported workloads

  • Doc Holiday validates Groq keys and routes supported workloads only when organizations do not configure OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini services.

✨ Enhancements

• Update open documentation changes after files are excluded

  • File exclusions now immediately update the open documentation change.

2026-07-17

🚀 New Features

• Use source-specific triggers

  • Publications now react only to the events configured for each source.

✨ Enhancements

• Link completion comments to Work History

  • When background tasks finish without opening a pull request, completion comments now point to the related Work History entry.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Treat GitLab 404s as not found

  • Downloads and webhook health checks now report missing GitLab resources more accurately instead of surfacing a generic failure.

• Anchor review comment edits within lines

  • Review comment edits now stay pinned to the intended lines instead of deleting surrounding content.

• Skip deleted publications in access lookup

  • Deleted publication records no longer appear when Doc Holiday loads user access.

2026-07-06

🚀 New Features

• Open conversation feedback to authenticated users without roles

  • Authenticated users without roles can now open conversation feedback.

• Allow comments on staged Work History messages

  • Staged Work History messages can now receive comments when they were blocked before.

✨ Enhancements

• Add the required Slack scope

  • Slack installation now asks for the additional groups:read scope.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Clarify instruction link audit logs

  • Instruction link entries now read more clearly in the audit log.

• Delay completion status until background work finishes

  • Completion status no longer appears before work finishes.

2026-06-26

🚀 New Features

• Open files in full-screen review mode

  • The Files tab can now open a single file in a full-screen overlay with previous and next navigation.

• Switch the Files tab to a present-state view

  • The Files tab can now show the current file contents without the diff presentation while keeping comment placement intact.

• Drag the comment marker to select a range

  • The comment anchor now supports drag selection across multiple lines in the Files tab.

• Resolve Linear comment authors

  • Linear comments and issue creators now show profile names, display names, or email addresses instead of UUIDs.

• Create publication sharing notifications

  • Publication sharing now records in-app notifications so recipients can review shared access inside the app.

✨ Enhancements

• Add a Files tab return link for anchored messages

  • Anchored messages in Work History now provide a direct way back to the related file.

• Displayed created and updated comment times

  • Edited comments now show an updated timestamp, and a hover tooltip reveals the original created time.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Update Doc Holiday terminology

  • The dashboard, SDK, and backend APIs now use publication terminology and publication endpoints across the product.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Jump to the selected conversation page

  • Work History now opens deep-linked conversations on the correct page and scrolls the selected row into view.

• Preserve comment mode across rerenders

  • The Work History comment composer now keeps the chosen mode while the same conversation remains open.

• React only to create webhooks

  • Linear issue webhooks now trigger reactions only on create events, which avoids duplicate downstream processing.

• Log successful eyes reactions

  • Doc Holiday now records a clear log line when it successfully adds the eyes acknowledgment reaction.

• Fixed cancelled progress updates

  • Cancelled requests now still update the posted progress comment instead of leaving it stuck.

• Wrapped audit log cells

  • Long audit log values now wrap onto multiple lines, keeping the event, object name, timestamp, and user email columns from overlapping.

2026-06-19

🚀 New Features

• Provide shareable Jira Application installation links

  • The Jira Application install flow now supports link sharing for Site Admins not provisioned within Doc Holiday.

• Select a Linear team during connection setup

  • Linear connections now support team selection during configuration.

✨ Enhancements

• Sort instruction lists by name or last updated

  • Instruction lists now remember the selected sort order.

• Show global instructions in the library list

  • Global instructions now appear in the library list.

• Search doc type dropdowns during bulk attach

  • Doc type dropdowns now support search during bulk attach.

• Style and formatting guidance

  • Style and formatting guidance now appears in publication editors.

• Mark attached instructions as In Use

  • Attached instructions now show an In Use label.

• Display library badges for linked instructions

  • Linked items now show a library badge.

• Keep publication editors open after save

  • Publication editors stay open after save.

• Separate style and formatting edits from output checkboxes

  • Style and formatting edits now appear apart from the output checkboxes in publication editors.

• Require non-empty instruction content

  • Saved instructions now require content before they can be stored.

• Block duplicate global instruction names and types

  • The library now rejects duplicate global instruction name and type combinations.

• Preserve style and formatting context when saving

  • Saving to the library now keeps the correct style and formatting context.

• Rename Atlassian Forge to Atlassian Application

  • Atlassian Forge now appears as Atlassian Application.

• Rename Jira connection labels

  • Jira connections now use Jira Read-Only and Jira Project.

• Clarify connection toast feedback

  • Connection toasts now show clearer setup and validation states.

2026-06-12

🚀 New Features

• Added open pull request interactions

  • Work History now lets users send messages, comments, and file edits while a conversation is tied to an open pull request.

• Released Jira-based issue triggers

  • Atlassian app-based Jira connections can now trigger work in Doc Holiday.

• Introduced "Send to Doc" in Jira comment menus

  • Comment dropdowns in Jira now include a "Send to Doc" action for individual comments.

• Executed background tasks in batches

  • Background tasks now process merge batches asynchronously until the work is complete.

• Display merge metadata in Work History

  • Merged conversations now show who merged the request and when the merge happened.

✨ Enhancements

• Restored type specific placeholders

  • The publication form now shows type specific guidance again and uses the selected instruction type to choose placeholder text.

• Improved scrolling when applying instructions

  • The interface now scrolls newly attached publication cards and the bulk attach form into view automatically.

• Separated style and formatting controls from output options

  • Style and formatting instruction editing now appears apart from the output checkboxes in the publication form.

2026-06-05

🚀 New Features

• New permission levels

  • People provisioned in the Doc Holiday can now be set as admins or users.

• New role types

  • Users can now be set as reviewers (read and make edit suggestions) or writers (full edit permissions), per Publication.

• User permissions set on invite

  • Admins can set invited folks to be either admins or users on invite.

✨ Enhancements

• Expand publication editing for writers

  • Writers with publication access can edit publications, while reviewers have view-only access.

• Alphabetize user and invitation lists

  • User lists are now sorted alphabetically.

• Improve settings page speed

  • Settings pages now load faster.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix sign out routing

  • Sign out now returns people to the sign in page more reliably instead of leaving them on a logout screen.

• Correct documentation URL validation

  • Documentation connections now reject invalid URLs more consistently in both the form and the saved configuration.

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