Changelog
What's new in Symbol
Updates, improvements, and fixes from the last 7 days.
October 9, 2026Web
Projects follow the managed account rule
- FixedIn a workspace that requires a managed account, projects now follow the same rule as capsules and Types: until you accept management, opening or changing a project asks you to accept it instead of letting you in.
Meet Rose, the AI assistant on the support page
- ImprovedThe chat on the support page now has a name, Rose, and says up front that it is an AI assistant, so you always know when you are talking to software and when you are talking to the team.
October 8, 2026Web + Mobile
Your assistant can do more, and renaming a field keeps its data
- NewYour assistant can describe the blanks in a prompt it writes and mark the ones it needs, so whoever uses the prompt later is asked the right question.
- NewYour assistant can correct or delete a log entry it wrote earlier, and every other entry keeps its number.
- NewYour assistant can duplicate a capsule, and the copy keeps its attached files and pictures, just like Duplicate in the web app.
- ImprovedRenaming a field on a type keeps every capsule's value under the new name, and the text that shows the field keeps showing it, with no confirmation step.
Deleting, moving and reshaping capsules no longer changes what they say
- FixedA deleted capsule's number and alias are never handed to a new capsule, so a mention of it shows as no longer existing instead of quoting something else.
- ImprovedDeleting a capsule that other capsules mention tells you how many, and which, before you confirm.
- ImprovedYou can reuse the alias of a deleted capsule by choosing to reclaim it; older mentions of it stay marked as deleted.
- FixedMoving capsules or merging a Type into another now says when required fields are left unfilled, when a capsule's log is detached, and when a reference rule stops matching, and marks capsules that still need values as incomplete.
- ImprovedChanging how a log rolls over now explains how the current period will be split before you confirm.
- FixedA new Type whose output template names a field it does not have is refused, as editing a Type already was.
- FixedA capsule marked incomplete becomes complete as soon as every required field has a value.
- NewOutput templates can wrap text in a section that appears only when a field has a value, so an empty field no longer leaves a dangling label.
October 8, 2026Web
Search Discover, follow creators and keep track of what you liked
- NewSearch Discover, narrow it by category or tag, and sort it by newest or most popular, on the web and from your AI assistant.
- ImprovedAn item a creator takes private and publishes again keeps its place in Discover instead of jumping to the top.
- NewFollow a creator from their page or profile and get an update in your Inbox when they publish something new.
- NewSee everything you liked in one list, on the web and from your AI assistant, each opening the creator's current version.
- NewReport a shared page, public page, profile or Discover entry to Symbol with a reason, whether or not you are signed in.
- ImprovedDiscover and creator profiles now have sign in, sign up and back-to-library links, and show the creator's name.
Deleting a workspace, removing members and inviting people now work as described
- FixedDeleting a workspace no longer fails when members created Types in it or when your own personal Types share its names. Each person's capsules return to them with the structure they sat in, and links keep pointing where they pointed.
- ImprovedRemoving a member now asks you to confirm, names them, and says what happens to their work before anything changes.
- FixedA capsule handed to the workspace owner when its writer left still shows who wrote it, on its share page and in data exports.
- ImprovedInvitation emails open the invitation directly, say which email address to use, and Admins can see declined invitations and resend pending ones.
- FixedInvitation and member errors now name the real cause: an invitation already pending, seats taken by pending invitations, an owner who must transfer ownership first, and Admin as a role you can choose.
- FixedOn a phone, Invite members opens the invite form, and the pending invitation badge opens the invitation.
- FixedViewers now see that an organization capsule is view only for them, and someone removed from a workspace is told their access ended instead of seeing a page that looks missing.
Versions written before you share stay private
- FixedWhen you share a Private Type with your organization, its version history no longer shows teammates the guidance you wrote and removed before sharing it.
- FixedTeammates who can edit a capsule or Type you shared can no longer delete or restore versions written before you shared it. You still see and manage the full history.
- FixedA capsule or Type created directly in an organization now shows teammates its whole history, including its first version.
See what an assistant's read of a capsule costs
- NewA Read cost section on each capsule shows what an assistant receives when it reads that capsule, with the characters its own text and each inlined capsule add, and which references are left out and why.
- NewRead cost suggests turning large inlined references into pointers, flags text a read returns twice, and measures a set of capsules read together to show any capsule delivered more than once.
Share from wherever a capsule appears
- NewShare a capsule from its row, from the preview, or from a labelled Share button on the capsule page.
- ImprovedThe shareable link has its own label and sits with the access setting it belongs to.
- ImprovedA new collection opens straight away and can be shared from its Type page.
- FixedThe embed hint updates as soon as the Shared display changes.
- FixedChoosing Showcase without a cover image now says the shared page renders as an article, and where to add one.
Share with exactly the people you mean, and bring your work into a team
- NewShare a capsule, Type or Collection with named people at View or Edit, see everything shared with you under Shared with me, and remove anyone's access at any time.
- NewShare a whole project as one link that visitors browse like a library, and add capsules to a project straight from its own page.
- NewMove or copy a personal capsule or project into a team you belong to, with a clear note of who will be able to see it before anything changes, and your existing links to it keep working.
- NewChoose which workspace a saved copy lands in, and make your own editable copy of team content you can only view.
Clearer setup guide, dates and edit notices
- FixedThe getting-started guide stays after your first capsule until you connect an assistant or dismiss it, and its progress updates as soon as you finish a step.
- FixedEvery date shown for a capsule now agrees on the day, in your own time zone, and uses one format.
- FixedNew and ordinary capsules no longer carry a warning mark or a "nothing links here" notice after an edit; you are warned only when another capsule with the same title is the one that is linked.
- FixedThe selection bar shows how many items you selected once, worded correctly for one or many.
- Fixed"Edit guidance" now opens a Type's AI guidance, and a separate "Edit type" opens its name and settings; version history labels the current version once.
Clearer create screen, activity log and pricing
- FixedOn a phone, the New Capsule screen now names both its Details and Content tabs, so the place to write the capsule's text is easy to find.
- FixedA very long word in a capsule title now wraps on the capsule page and its share page instead of pushing the page sideways on a phone.
- FixedThe Activity Log now shows changes to your account and content first, with a switch to include listings and views, and explains why an entry has no address recorded.
- FixedGoing back after signing out now takes you to the sign-in page instead of a half signed-in page with an error.
- FixedThe pricing page now lists the same monthly AI credits for each plan that Billing shows.
October 7, 2026Web
Symbol Bridge opens its sign-in screen once, not every minute
- FixedSymbol Bridge opens its sign-in screen once when it needs you to sign in, instead of a new tab every minute for each open session, and only opens a sign-in that can actually sign it in. If you close that tab, the console link your assistant gives you has an Open the sign-in screen button that opens it again.
- ImprovedOn a computer whose keychain can't be read, one setting in your Symbol config file keeps every Bridge's sign-in in a file instead, and the Bridge tells you how to set it.
API keys without delete permission can no longer erase history
- FixedAn API key created without delete permission can no longer delete capsule or Type version history, or restore a snapshot over your workspace.
- ImprovedA read-only API key can now preview what restoring a snapshot would change.
- ImprovedWhen you create an API key or approve an assistant, the delete permission now says it also covers version history and snapshot restores.
Editing conflicts no longer undo someone else's field changes
- FixedWhen two people edit the same capsule's fields at once, the conflict notice now shows which fields differ and both values, and keeping your edits no longer undoes a field someone else changed.
- FixedKeeping your edits after a conflict also keeps a new title, summary or alias the other person set, as long as you had not changed it yourself.
Reuse, limit and revoke your share links
- NewCopying a capsule, Type or Collection's link gives you the same link every time, even after a reload; make a separate link only when you want one.
- NewSet an expiry date and a view limit on a new link right in the share dialog, see every link with its views and expiry, and revoke any one of them.
- NewSettings has a Share links page listing every link you have made, where you can revoke one, several or all of them.
- NewPublishing a capsule now happens in one go: claim a username if you need one and you come straight back to a published capsule, or turn on your public profile and publish with a single click.
- ImprovedAssistants can now give you an item's existing link, list and revoke your links without the original URL, make a capsule public, and tell you your public profile address.
Editing a long-untouched capsule keeps what you replaced
- FixedEditing a capsule that hadn't changed in over a month now keeps the text you replaced, so you can restore it.
- ImprovedA capsule's current revision is now kept for as long as the capsule exists, and every edit can be undone for at least 30 days.
Each AI app approval keeps its own workspace limit
- FixedApproving an AI app a second time no longer changes the workspace limit of its earlier connections, and each approval now appears as its own entry in Connected Apps that you can revoke on its own.
Snapshots restore after a collection alias was renamed
- FixedSnapshots taken after you renamed a collection's alias now restore, including the automatic safety snapshot, and the old alias keeps pointing at the collection afterwards.
- FixedWhen a restore fails, you are now told that it failed and that nothing in your workspace was changed, instead of seeing a generic error.
October 7, 2026Web + Mobile
Saving from many places at once no longer stalls Symbol
- FixedSaving or restoring the same capsule from many places at once no longer makes Symbol stop responding for everyone.
October 6, 2026Web
Assistants place images that keep working, restore templates, and see prompts filled in
- FixedImages an assistant uploads and places in a capsule now keep working for every reader, instead of breaking after an hour.
- FixedAssistants can now return a capsule to its Type's template, and can no longer leave a templated capsule with an empty body by mistake.
- ImprovedAssistants now see a Type's output template, and see prompts with their values filled in when they browse a Type or a project.
- FixedPrompts loaded through an assistant's prompt menu now carry their images and the capsules they mention, and an argument the prompt does not take is refused instead of silently ignored.
Request limits are reached less often, and say when to try again
- FixedMoving between Settings tabs no longer locks you out of the Billing page.
- FixedReaching a request limit no longer hides your own content: a banner shows which limit was reached and counts down to when it resets.
- ImprovedThe web app and assistants make fewer requests for the same work, so an ordinary session stays well inside your plan's limits.
- ImprovedAssistants and API clients are told which limit was reached and when to retry, and share links or invitations that are refused no longer count toward their limits.
October 5, 2026Web
Owners and Admins can delete Types their teammates use
- NewAn organization owner or Admin can now delete a Type that other members have capsules in: moving takes every member's capsules to the Type you pick, and deleting archives other members' capsules into General, where they can be restored.
- ImprovedA member who cannot delete such a Type now sees why as soon as the delete dialog opens, and teammates' private drafts move unchanged and stay private.
Nothing a teammate made is stranded when they leave
- FixedWhen someone is removed from a workspace or leaves it, their Types, Collections and projects now pass to the workspace owner along with their capsules, so the owner and Admins can manage all of it.
- FixedWhen someone deletes their account, what they shared in a workspace passes to its owner, their private drafts there are deleted and stop using the workspace's storage, and the share links they created stop working.
- FixedDeleting your account while you are the only member of a workspace you own now deletes that workspace too, including its content, files and subscription.
- ImprovedRemoving a member now asks you to confirm first, and says that their content, private drafts included, passes to the workspace owner.
Admins manage organization API keys, and keys end when their holder leaves
- ImprovedWorkspace Admins can now create, review and revoke organization API keys, and turn the workspace marketplace on or off, not only the owner.
- NewEach organization API key shows who it acts as, and an owner or Admin can hand it to another owner or Admin without changing its secret.
- FixedAn organization API key now stops working when the person it acts as leaves the workspace or deletes their account.
- NewOrganization API keys created with the delete or share permission can now delete, or change the visibility of, workspace content that members can see.
Share links say what they do
- FixedImages, covers and file downloads now work on every capsule opened from a shared Type or Collection, and visitors can like those capsules.
- FixedA shared Collection now shows its description to everyone you share it with.
- FixedYour share dialog now says when a link has expired or used its last view, and an item whose links have all stopped working reads as Private again.
- FixedA share link with an expiry date that has already passed is refused instead of being created dead.
- FixedRevoking links can no longer take a Public item off your profile by accident; unpublishing is done from its sharing settings.
- FixedTurning off your public profile now asks first, unpublishes your Public items cleanly, and keeps the links you sent to people working.
- FixedA public address now always reaches the item it was made for: renaming an alias redirects old links, two items can no longer knock each other's address offline, and capital letters in the address no longer matter.
- ImprovedCapsules shared with anyone who has the link now carry their own Link badge, separate from Public.
Signing up from a shared link brings you back to it
- FixedSigning up from a shared page now brings you back to that page after you confirm your email, even when you open the confirmation link on another device.
- FixedLog in and Get started at the top of a shared page, and the heart, now bring you back to the page you were on.
- ImprovedBack on a shared page after signing in to save or like, a note tells you the one step left, including on prompt pages.
- ImprovedShared pages now say what saving to an account gives you.
October 4, 2026Web + Mobile
Archiving pauses sharing instead of ending it
- FixedArchiving a capsule now pauses its share links, public page, published skill and embeds, and restoring it brings the same ones back, instead of breaking every link for good.
- ImprovedOnly someone who can manage a capsule's sharing can bring its links back on restore, so a teammate's archive can no longer end your links.
- ImprovedYou see how many links will pause before archiving, and how many capsules would be archived before changing a Type's automatic archiving, which only its owner or an organization editor can change.
- FixedRestoring a snapshot keeps agents, embeds and safety checks, and the restore dialog lists what a snapshot cannot bring back instead of promising an undo.
- FixedDeleting a capsule that owns a log now tells you about the log and its entries first, and never deletes a log that belongs to someone else.
- FixedRestoring respects the Free plan's capsule limit.
- FixedEditing a Type's fields no longer counts as editing its capsules, so it no longer delays when they go stale or get archived automatically.
- FixedA failed snapshot restore no longer uses up your hourly restore.
- FixedAssistants can open archived capsules instead of reporting them missing.
Attachment links stop working when access ends
- FixedAn attachment link stops working as soon as the file is deleted, the capsule stops being shared or public, someone loses access to it, or the API key or connected app that fetched it is revoked, instead of working for up to an hour afterwards.
New accounts start with their General Type ready
- FixedNew accounts now start with their General Type ready to use, instead of an empty library until the first capsule is saved.
Organization sharing does what it says
- FixedSharing an organization Type by link no longer takes it away from your team: the link adds outside access and your teammates keep theirs.
- FixedIf sharing an organization Type by link took it away from your team before this fix, choose Organization (Edit) in its share settings to give your team access again, then share the link again.
- ImprovedMaking organization content Private now asks first and says how many share links will stop working, and a Private Type's description says which capsules teammates can still see and edit.
- ImprovedSwitching an organization Type to View only says how many capsules by how many people it affects, and switching it back to Edit restores them, except capsules someone changed in the meantime.
- FixedThe share dialogs no longer offer Public on organization content, which could never succeed, and say why instead.
- FixedOnly a collection's creator, or an organization owner or Admin, can rename or delete it or remove other people's capsules from it.
- NewWhen a teammate edits content you shared, the shared page says it was edited by a team member, a log entry shows who edited it, and you get an email at most once a day per teammate.
- FixedTurning off MCP organization access no longer cuts the Symbol mobile app off from your organization; it covers AI assistants, MCP clients and API keys.
- FixedAn organization's require-encryption setting now applies only to Types created in that organization and needs the organization's plan to include encryption; it no longer encrypts Types in your personal workspace.
- FixedA personal Type that the old encryption rule encrypted cannot be decrypted, so if it is empty, delete it and create it again.
Trusted devices keep you signed in through a paused sign-in
- NewMark a device as trusted, and it can still sign in with your correct password while repeated failed attempts from somewhere else have paused password sign-in for your account.
- NewSee the devices you trust, with when each was added and last used, and remove any of them in Settings on the web and in the app.
October 4, 2026Web
Your rules for assistants hold on every connection
- FixedAn assistant that claims to have read a Type's guidance without reading its current version is now refused, on every connection, including Symbol Bridge copies you have not updated yet.
- FixedOnce you update the Symbol Bridge to version 1.1.0, or update the local Symbol server, an assistant connected through it can no longer change the limits or AI permissions you kept for yourself, and must name a workspace exactly when it saves. A name that only resembles one of your workspaces is refused instead of saving there. The hosted Symbol connection works this way already.
- ImprovedAssistants on the hosted Symbol connection, and on the Symbol Bridge and local server once updated, now write a summary whenever they create a capsule, so every new capsule has a description in search and on its card.
Symbol Bridge looks records up by field value from its local copy
- ImprovedSymbol Bridge now answers capsule listings filtered by field value from its local copy, so looking a record up by a field is fast and keeps working offline.
New capsules start in the Type you have open
- ImprovedStarting a new capsule from the top bar, the tab bar or the command palette while a Type is open now selects that Type, and you can still pick another one.
Take back a compromised account
- NewYou can now sign out of all your other sessions from Settings → Security, without changing your password; your API keys and connected apps keep working.
- FixedChanging your password now signs you out in your other browsers instead of leaving them signed in.
- FixedReplacing your authenticator app now requires a code from your current one first, so a signed-in session alone can no longer swap your second factor and backup codes.
- ImprovedYou are now notified by email whenever two-factor authentication is turned on or replaced on your account.
October 4, 2026Mobile
Clearer camera states when linking a new device
- FixedWhen you link a new device and the camera is unavailable or its permission was turned off, the app now explains what happened and how to fix it, with a Try again button, instead of showing a raw error.
- FixedThe QR scanner now pauses the camera while the app is in the background and picks up scanning again when you return.