Product updates
Changelog
Features, enhancements, and fixes shipping to the KonnecTo community platform.
Private Meetings by Channel
Added
- Meetings can be public to the whole community or limited to selected channels
- Only approved members of those channels see and can join private meetings; admins still see all
Channel Join in Feed Header
Changed
- Join channel control sits in the blog feed header next to the feed tabs
Membership Approval Workflow
Added
- Members-only communities can require admin approval before new signups get access
- Pending members see a clear waiting state until an admin approves them
- Admins can manage the new requested membership status
Organization Members Directory
Added
- Browse and search organization members from the home banner and channel views
Illustrated Empty States
Added
- Theme-aware illustrations when feeds, chats, meetings, courses, events, and challenges have nothing to show yet
Changed
- Clearer empty-state guidance for admins creating the first challenge
Profile Access Scoped to Organization
Security
- Member profile lookups are limited to users in the same organization
Plan Renewal Lifecycle
Added
- Phased plan renewal nudges for admins before and after expiry
- Hard lock after the grace period; non-admins see a suspended state while admins can renew
- Admin reminder emails as the plan approaches and passes expiry
Fixed
- Plan-expired modal no longer animates in from the corner of the screen
Mobile Google Sign-In
Added
- Sign in with Google on the mobile app
Enterprise Support Requests
Added
- Enterprise communities can request plan upgrades or feature enablements from support
Smoother Route Loading
Changed
- A subtle progress bar shows while the next page loads, keeping the current page visible
Login Legal Links
Changed
- Privacy and terms links on the login page use the organization’s custom domain when configured
Online Members Viewer
Added
- Admins can open a list of members who are currently online
DM Requests & User Blocking
Added
- Message requests: a DM from someone you have not talked to lands in a separate Requests inbox instead of your main chats, and you choose to accept or decline it
- Declined requests stay visible to the sender so their side of the thread is preserved, while the recipient no longer sees them
- Silent user blocking: block a member and their messages stop reaching you, without notifying them that they have been blocked
- Blocking a member with a pending request automatically declines that request
Live Header Points
Added
- Your all-time points always show in the header, even if you are not on the public leaderboard
- Points update live as you earn them, with a rolling counter that speeds up for larger awards
Leaderboard Activity Columns
Added
- Leaderboard table shows how points break down by activity type in dedicated columns
Online Members on Home
Added
- Home banner shows how many members are currently online
Best Streak on Streak Card
Added
- Streak card shows your best streak alongside your current streak
Custom Point Labels
Added
- Admins can rename leaderboard points (for example karma, XP, or coins) across the community
Your All-Time Rank
Added
- Signed-in members can see their all-time leaderboard rank on the home experience
Who's Online
Added
- Communities can see a live count of members currently online
Public Blog Sharing
Added
- Share a blog post through a public link that anyone can open and read without signing in
- Admin toggle to allow public blog sharing for the organization
- Copy-link action in the post menu
Blog Comment Likes
Added
- Like and dislike blog comments, with a like count shown on each comment and reply
Onboarding Email Verification
Added
- New communities confirm their email with a short verification code during onboarding, shown alongside the magic link
Mobile Feature Parity
Added
- All-time leaderboard interval on mobile
- Profile bio, metadata, and banner on mobile
- Read-only channels on mobile
- Blog call-to-action buttons, disable-comments, featured carousel, and quizzes on mobile
- Course chapter attachments, completion certificates, and chapter Q&A on mobile
- Challenges module with realtime updates on mobile
Faster Blog & Upload Loading
Changed
- Faster loading of blog feeds and posts
- More efficient file uploads with improved caching
Organization Settings History
Added
- Change history recorded for organization settings and plan updates
Fixed
- Settings edits now merge onto the latest saved values, so two admins changing settings at the same time no longer overwrite each other
- Custom domain changes, leaderboard rules, trial plans, and plan or subscription activation are all captured in the history
Leaderboard Search & Pagination
Added
- Search for a member on the leaderboard
- Load more results beyond the first page
Fixed
- Leaderboard search and load more no longer come back empty
Top Members Widget
Added
- Top contributors widget in the sidebar, linking through to the full leaderboard
Changed
- Widget shows the top five members
All-Time Leaderboard
Added
- All-time interval alongside the existing leaderboard periods
Changed
- Fewer redundant leaderboard refreshes
Fixed
- All-time rankings now generate and refresh correctly
Featured Carousel Drag Fix
Fixed
- Dragging the featured posts carousel no longer opens the post underneath
Custom Themes
Added
- Custom brand theme for enterprise organizations, configured from appearance settings with a live preview
Read-Only Channels
Added
- Channels can be marked read-only so only admins post, covering both channel messages and blog posts
- Composer hidden for members in read-only channels
Blog Post Rate Limiting
Added
- Admins can limit how often members publish posts, with a clear message shown when the limit is reached
Disable Blog Comments
Added
- Option for authors/admins to disable comments on individual blog posts
Channel Auto-Join for New Members
Added
- New organization members automatically join configured public channels
Changed
- Faster auto-join when many members join at once
Organization Onboarding Messages
Added
- Admin-configured onboarding messages shown to members (optional body, YouTube video support, back navigation in the dialog)
Featured Posts Carousel
Added
- Featured posts carousel on the home feed with admin reorder
- Brand-styled image fallbacks when a featured post has no cover
Changed
- Featured carousel card styling and animations improved
Fixed
- Carousel drag behavior and autoplay edge cases
User Bio & Profile Metadata
Added
- User bio and profile metadata fields
Changed
- Profile stats layout refreshed with a clearer card presentation
Login Page Appearance
Added
- Login page appearance settings (organizational brand mark, custom backgrounds per organization, live preview)
Google Workspace Signup
Added
- Google Workspace signup flow for organization creation
Profile Loading Performance
Changed
- Faster loading of member profiles across the app
- Smoother streak and quiz loading on feeds and posts
Course Certificates & Chapter Q&A
Added
- Course completion certificates with public verification pages
- Chapter Q&A (replacing chapter bookmarks) with delete confirmation for replies
Fixed
- Chapter questions and replies correctly scoped per organization
- Certificate issuance edge cases
Blog Post Scheduling
Added
- Schedule blog posts for future publish times (with timezone configuration)
Fixed
- Scrollbar appearance on Windows browsers
Blog Interactive Quizzes
Added
- Interactive quizzes on blog posts (2–4 answer options)
Challenge Submissions & Recurrence
Added
- Challenge submission notifications and recurrence logic
Changed
- Challenge descriptions render as rich text in cards
Challenges Module
Added
- Challenge module with admin review queue
Mobile Localization
Added
- Localization support in the mobile app
- Shared mobile UI components and design system
- Live meetings card in the drawer and automatic locale detection
Course Chapter Quizzes
Added
- Chapter quiz functionality and admin progress reporting
Meeting Recordings
Added
- Automatic processing of meeting recordings when a session ends
Realtime Connection Reliability
Changed
- More reliable realtime connection and reconnection for live updates
Course Membership Notifications
Added
- Notifications when course membership status changes
Course Admin & Soft Delete
Added
- Administrative course member management
- Soft delete for courses
Fixed
- Clearer UI for rejected course access; student progress hidden for administrators
Course Ratings, Categories & Video
Added
- Course ratings, categories, and video support
Changed
- Course cards and duration tracking improved
Course Chapter Attachments
Added
- Resource attachments on course chapters
Changed
- More precise live updates when curriculum chapters change
Courses Module
Added
- Course management with curriculum, chapters, live updates, and “content coming soon” empty states
Join Meeting from Cards
Added
- Join meeting directly from meeting cards
Mobile Push Notifications
Added
- Push notifications for the mobile app
Changed
- App branding renamed to KonnecTo in mobile notifications
Mobile Help & About
Added
- Help and About pages on the mobile app
Changed
- More consistent rendering of rich HTML content
- Live updates when blogs are edited or deleted
Mobile Leaderboard
Added
- Leaderboard feature on the mobile app
Changed
- Members page shows total member count
- Blog detail error handling improved
Email Themes
Added
- Additional email themes for richer branding
Channel Chat (Realtime + Attachments)
Added
- Channel chat with realtime messaging and file attachments
Emoji on Channels, Links & Embeds
Added
- Emoji support for channels, organization links, and embedded sections
Changed
- Sidebar drag-and-drop and Programs/activity navigation reorganized
- Event loading errors and localization improved
- Access-restriction copy for member-only organizations updated
Security
- Safer rendering of rich SVG content
Classic Themes
Added
- Classic theme pack
Long-Running Meetings Admin
Added
- Admin modal for long-running meetings
Payments & Subscriptions
Added
- Payment gateway end-to-end (Razorpay)
- Subscription management and plan-expired popup with inline renewal
Fixed
- Plan expired popup shown whenever the plan is expired (not only when a trial flag is set)
Meetings
Added
- Meeting management with live video sessions and a sidebar Meetings section
Product Analytics
Added
- Product analytics for onboarding and workspace interactions
Embedded Sections
Added
- Custom embedded sections in organization navigation (slug, title, emoji)
Magic Link Login Codes
Added
- Login code verification alongside magic link email authentication
- Clearer session handling on login
Trial Plan Self-Service
Added
- Self-service trial plan switching with member cap enforcement
My Plan Settings
Added
- “My Plan” settings page and sidebar entry
Custom Domains
Added
- Custom domain management for organizations
Japanese Locale
Added
- Japanese locale support
Email Subscribe / Unsubscribe
Added
- Email subscribe/unsubscribe preferences in user settings
Plan-Based Feature Limits
Added
- Plan-based limits for members, admins, email, and gated features
- Usage cards with upgrade prompts and expiry-tier plan notices
- Enterprise orgs show contact-support messaging instead of upgrade nudges
Fixed
- Plan-limit edge cases and usage-card prompts at higher utilization
In-App Notifications Panel
Added
- In-app notifications UI and state management
Welcome Emails
Added
- Welcome emails for new users
Bulk User CSV Import
Added
- Bulk member import via CSV
Dynamic Help & About
Added
- Help & About content driven from organization configuration (dedicated pages)
Saved Blogs
Added
- Save and unsave blog posts
Public Channel Auto-Subscribe
Added
- Public channels can auto-subscribe new members
Settings UX Overhaul
Changed
- Settings pages moved to tabbed layouts (organization, UX, leaderboard, push, reports)
- Leaderboard and reports admin UI overhauled
- Theme switcher organized into tabbed swatch groups
- Avatar and button color swatches for branding
Fixed
- Logo/favicon empty-state handling in organization settings
Organization Onboarding Requests
Added
- Organization onboarding request and verification flow
- Slack lead notification when an onboarding request is submitted
- Magic link enabled by default for newly onboarded communities
Fixed
- Admin views refresh correctly when an organization is onboarded
Organization Page Branding on App Hosts
Added
- Organization-aware title, favicon, and meta on app hosts
Internationalization (Web)
Added
- Internationalization across core web UI
Leaderboard
Added
- Leaderboard functionality and settings UI
Magic Link Login
Added
- Passwordless magic link login via email
Email Digests & Templates
Added
- Transactional email with templates, themes, digests, and usage logging
- Email digests with correct links into the community
Changed
- Notification payloads include actor details and content previews
Conversation Read Tracking
Added
- Conversation read tracking and unread counts
- Block-user confirmation modal
Changed
- More secure session refresh on continued use
Streaks
Added
- Streak management and engagement signals on user profiles
Organization Widgets
Added
- Custom organization widgets in the sidebar
User Profile Updates
Added
- Self-serve user profile update
Changed
- Settings page structure and layout consistency improved
Grove Theme
Added
- Grove theme and refreshed routing/layout structure
Mobile App Foundation
Added
- Mobile app with channels, blogs/feed, live updates, and member counts
Document Upload Management
Added
- Document upload and management improvements
- Channels admin page
- Syntax highlighting for code blocks
Platform Configuration
Added
- Platform configuration for organizations
- Storage usage logging and retrieval
Faster Startup & Integrations
Added
- Faster client startup with a single bootstrap load
- Integrations settings and API key management
- Organization link sort-order controls
Organization Logo
Added
- Organization logo upload and update
- Admin user creation
- Username validation
- Image cropping with swipe-to-close gallery on mobile
User Profiles & Image Gallery
Added
- User profile pages and image gallery
RAW Image Conversion
Added
- RAW image conversion for uploads
Soft Delete (Blogs & Comments)
Added
- Soft delete for blogs and comments
Reporting System
Added
- Content reporting with admin management workflows
User Mentions
Added
- @mentions in blogs and comments
Blog Slugs
Added
- Blog slug support with availability checks
- Automatic cleanup of unused uploaded files
Channel Message Attachments
Added
- File attachments in channel messaging
- Delete confirmation modal for chat messages
Blog Comment Replies
Added
- Nested replies on blog comments with improved notification handling
Cloud File Storage
Added
- Cloud file storage providers with delete support
In-App Notifications
Added
- In-app notifications with create, update, delete, and unread counts
Changed
- Blog detail page driven from shared app state
- Rich text editor improvements
Daily Catch-Up Notifications
Added
- Daily catch-up notifications and scheduled event reminders
Web Push Notifications
Added
- Web push notifications with provider selection
Changed
- User and channel member search improved
Fixed
- Escape key closes the image cropper
Event RSVP
Added
- Event RSVP and attendee listing
Security
- Safer event and blog description rendering to reduce XSS risk
Events
Added
- Event management with realtime updates
Organization Links
Added
- Admin-managed organization links (create, edit, delete) with realtime updates
Changed
- Channel visibility in the sidebar respects roles and membership
- Stronger authorization when deleting blogs and channel messages
Channel Role Matrix
Added
- Channel user role management and role matrix
Access-Restricted Organizations
Added
- Access-restricted popup for member-only organizations
Help & About Popups
Added
- Help and About popups for member support
Changed
- Admin role checks on user widget and banner components
- Channel reordering in the sidebar
Direct Conversations (DMs)
Added
- Direct conversations with create, send, paginate, and delete message flows
User Status Management
Added
- User status management for organization members
Members Admin Page
Added
- Members page and settings sidebar navigation
Changed
- Channel member approval, rejection, and listing UX refined
Session Refresh
Added
- In-app session refresh so members stay signed in securely
Changed
- More resilient realtime reconnection
Channel Soft Delete & Message Delete
Added
- Soft delete for channels and channel messages
- New channel creation from the sidebar
Fixed
- Blog list order preserved when adding a new post
- Image upload bug where a user’s images could overwrite each other
- Blog banner layout height
Organization Favicon & Branding Config
Added
- Organization favicon and richer organization configuration UI
Channel Member Join Requests
Added
- Channel member join requests, listing, and access-control foundations
Web App Rebuild
Added
- Rebuilt web application with modern navigation and layouts
Channel Sort Order
Added
- Channel sort order and bulk reorder for admins
Realtime Updates
Added
- Realtime updates for channel, organization, blog, and comment changes
Channel Messages
Added
- Channel messaging with realtime delivery
Channel Types
Added
- Channel type support on create and edit
Trending Blogs
Added
- Trending blog retrieval and organization blog pagination
Organization Configuration
Added
- Organization configuration with retrieve and update for admins
Blog Delete & Sanitization
Added
- Blog deletion
Security
- Safer blog description input handling
Blog Likes & Comment Editing
Added
- Blog dislike support and richer comment editing
- User-specific like state in blog lists
Initial Platform Foundation
Core platform launch — authentication, realtime, channels, and blogs.
Added
- Organization-scoped authentication and secure session refresh
- Organization-scoped realtime presence and user status
- Channel create/list/edit/delete and membership
- Blog create, edit, like/unlike, comment, and pagination
- Chunked file upload with progress and previews
- Chat foundations: topics, replies, delete, unread counts
- User listing and profile retrieval
- Organization admin vs super-admin access controls
- Health check for uptime monitoring