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What's new in Symbol

Updates, improvements, and fixes from the last 7 days.

August 24, 2026Web

Flood traffic is turned away before it reaches the app

  • ImprovedSign-up, password reset, email verification and public share pages now turn away flood traffic outright, so a burst aimed at one of them no longer slows the site down for everyone else.
August 23, 2026Web

Clearer archive warnings and share-link activity

  • ImprovedArchiving a capsule from a list row or the batch toolbar now asks you to confirm first and tells you when it will disable active share links or take a public capsule offline — the same warning the detail page already showed.
  • ImprovedThe confirmation now says when archiving will un-publish a public capsule and that restoring it later won't put it back online, so nothing is taken off the web by surprise.
  • FixedCreating or revoking a share link now shows up in your activity log, including links that are revoked automatically when you archive a capsule.
  • FixedArchiving or restoring several capsules at once no longer records each one twice in your activity log.

Withdrawn decisions clear out, and teams can start with two seats

  • ImprovedWhen an assistant gives up waiting on a decision it asked you, it can now retract it — the decision drops out of your Inbox's waiting count and shows as withdrawn instead of lingering forever.
  • ImprovedYou can now create an organization with as few as two seats, down from three.

Switch between simple and advanced views from anywhere

  • ImprovedYou can now switch back from the advanced view to the simple one right where you are — on a capsule, or in the create and edit forms — instead of only from Settings, and nothing you have typed is lost either way.

A simpler Symbol by default

  • ImprovedCreating a capsule or a type now shows just the essentials, with a one-tap “Show advanced options” to reveal everything else.
  • ImprovedA capsule’s page keeps its extra controls in the ⋯ menu until you switch on advanced options, so it stays easy to read on a phone.
  • NewA new Interface setting under Appearance switches between Simple and Advanced, and your choice is remembered in this browser.

Cleaner capsule rows for field-based content

  • FixedWhen a capsule's content comes from its Type's fields, its row in a list now shows each field on its own line, with a table summarized by its size and column names instead of raw markdown.

Build and edit table columns in the browser

  • NewYou can now add a table field and design its columns — each column's name, type, required cell, choice list, unit and decimals, and validation rules — entirely in the Type editor, with no API call.
  • ImprovedBefore you rename or remove a table column, the editor now tells you how many entries already have data in that column, so a change never quietly orphans it.

Fill in table fields, and label numbers with a unit and precision

  • NewYou can now add, edit, and remove the rows of a table field on a capsule right in the browser, instead of only through the API.
  • NewA number field can now declare the unit its values carry and how many decimal places they use; the form shows and enforces them, and the value displays with its unit.
August 23, 2026Web + Mobile

Long capsule lists load completely

  • FixedScrolling through a long list of capsules — including the Archive — now reaches every item instead of silently skipping some when many were created or archived at the same moment.
August 22, 2026Web

Agent packaging is readable, and errors say what to do next

  • ImprovedReading a capsule now shows how it is packaged as an agent, so you can change one setting and save without losing the rest.
  • FixedSeveral errors now tell you exactly how to proceed — the values a date filter accepts, how many capsules a schema change would affect, and the up-to-date version to retry with after a conflict.

Choose how each capsule looks when you share it

  • NewEvery capsule now has its own Shared display setting, so you can share a single capsule as a prompt, an article, or an image-forward showcase without changing the whole Type or moving it elsewhere.
  • ImprovedExposing a capsule to AI assistants and choosing how it looks when shared are now separate switches — turning one on no longer forces the other.
  • FixedWhen a chosen shared display can't be shown yet, the capsule now explains why instead of quietly falling back, and the embed error names the real reason a capsule can't be embedded.
August 22, 2026Web + Mobile

Clearer messages when you lack permission in a workspace

  • FixedWhen you try to change something in a shared workspace that your role doesn't allow, you now see a clear "you don't have permission" message instead of a confusing "not found" error about an item that's right in front of you.
  • FixedPermission messages no longer offer a Retry button that could never succeed; retrying is only offered when it might actually help, like after a connection drop.
August 21, 2026Web

Pin your Types

  • NewPin a Type to keep it at the top of your Type lists — on the Types page, in your Library, and inside a project. Your pins are yours alone and stay put across reloads and devices.

Clearer, better-fitting workspace Members panel

  • FixedPending workspace invitations now show which role — Member or Admin — each person will receive.
  • FixedThe workspace Members panel now fits phone-sized screens without text clipping or spilling past its cards.
  • ImprovedA workspace with a single member now reads "1 member", and screen readers announce the "you" marker on your own row as a separate word.

Clearer workspace lockouts, safer leaving, and friendlier sign-in links

  • FixedWhen a workspace requires a managed account you haven't accepted yet, it now explains the lockout and links you straight to where you can accept management, instead of looking like an empty workspace.
  • ImprovedLeaving a workspace now asks you to confirm first, and once you leave it takes you to your Library instead of getting stuck.
  • FixedMistyped or bookmarked sign-in links like /signin or /login now take you to the real sign-in page, so signing in no longer drops you on a “page not found”.

Clearer workspace roles, invites, and seat capacity

  • FixedWorkspace roles now read as Owner, Admin, and Member everywhere, instead of showing internal role names in governance and MCP access lists.
  • FixedThe Invite members button now opens the Members tab directly, and no longer appears in your personal workspace where there is no one to invite.
  • ImprovedThe Activity Log now shows a readable description for every action instead of occasionally displaying a raw event code.
  • NewThe Members tab now shows how many seats are in use against your workspace's total, and flags when it is full.

Clearer workspace roles, accurate statistics, and friendlier errors

  • FixedView-only workspace members are no longer shown edit, delete, share, upload, or packaging controls they cannot use, including the bulk actions on the Types, Type and Archive lists.
  • FixedWorkspace statistics now show the real number of capsules and types in the workspace instead of always reporting zero.
  • FixedOpening a link with a malformed capsule id now returns a clear "not valid" message instead of a server error.
August 20, 2026Web

Accept organization invitations in Symbol

  • NewWhen someone invites you to their organization, a badge on the workspace switcher now flags it and a new Organizations page lets you accept or decline the invitation without leaving Symbol.
  • FixedThe link in an organization invitation email now opens a working page instead of a "page not found" screen.

Open cover images in one click, and fresher capsule summaries

  • FixedClicking a capsule's cover image in a Type list now opens the full image in a lightbox instead of the capsule preview.
  • ImprovedWhen an AI assistant edits a capsule's content, it is now required to refresh the summary, so summaries stay accurate in search and on cards.

The Inbox tells you more, and lets you say more back

  • NewAn agent can attach its own context to a question — what it changed and why — shown beside the Decision so you can see why you are being asked.
  • ImprovedA conversation now names the Decision waiting on you and how much it asks, instead of only counting how many wait.
  • NewThe Inbox tells you whether an agent is still checking for your answer or may have stopped, so a sent answer no longer just sits there unexplained.
  • NewYou can snooze a Decision to deal with it later; it comes back on its own, or the moment you tap Wake now.
  • NewYou can send a free-form message to an agent from the conversation, and it reaches the agent the next time it checks in.
  • NewThe agent panel can now open the agent's profile, mute a conversation so it stops nudging you, and archive one to put it away — with an Archived filter to bring it back.
  • FixedAn answer sent before delivery receipts existed no longer shows as permanently unread.

See who changed your workspace settings

  • NewWorkspace owners and admins can open a new Activity tab in workspace settings to see organization events — such as governance policy changes — showing who made each change, what changed, and when.

Paid team workspaces unlock their features

  • FixedMembers of a paid team organization can now create projects, use version history, and encrypt content in that workspace, instead of being prompted to upgrade to a plan the organization already has.
  • NewOrganization owners can change the number of seats on their subscription directly from billing settings, and the seat count can't be lowered below the seats already in use.

Organization workspaces are actually shared

  • FixedContent created in an organization workspace is now open to teammates — members can read each other's capsules, and members with edit access can change them and file new ones into shared Types, instead of seeing items they could never open.
  • NewYou can share a Type with your whole organization from its share dialog, giving members view-only or edit access.
  • ImprovedA capsule or Type you keep private in an organization workspace no longer shows up in your teammates' lists.

Shared API keys for your workspace

  • NewWorkspace owners can now create, view, and revoke shared organization API keys from Workspace settings, giving CI, scripts, and agents access to the workspace without tying it to one person's account.

Backlinks and the graph now count references written in fields

  • FixedReferences written inside a capsule's fields now appear in its backlinks, the reference graph, and orphan detection, so a capsule that is in fact linked no longer shows up as unreferenced — and its edits no longer warn that nothing points to it.

Transfer workspace ownership

  • NewA workspace owner can now hand ownership to another member from the Members tab of workspace settings. The chosen member becomes the owner and you become an Admin, with a clear note on what happens to billing before you confirm — the plan stays with whoever bought it, and the workspace's payment history moves to its new owner.

Workspace admins can manage members

  • FixedWorkspace admins can now invite teammates, revoke pending invitations, and remove members — actions the Members panel offered but that previously failed.
  • FixedA member action that is refused now shows a visible error instead of failing without any signal.
  • FixedThe pending-invitations count now reflects the real number, and shows a dash instead of a misleading zero when it can't be loaded.