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October 2, 2026

Editor & Drafts

• BUGFIX: The Bcc: Me and Bcc: All Moderators checkboxes on the Send Message page, and the BCC Me checkbox when replying to the sender or the moderators of a topic, still had the old look. They now match the site's other checkboxes, and clicking the Bcc: Me and Bcc: All Moderators labels on the Send Message page now toggles their checkboxes. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41339

September 25, 2026

Editor & Drafts

• CHANGE: Pasting a plain-text URL into the online editor automatically made it clickable, which complicated editing the URL before linking it. Restored the previous behavior: pasted plain-text URLs remain editable text until you press Space or Enter, or use Insert Link. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41228
• BUGFIX: The Insert Images dialog in the online editor accepted any type of file, including videos. A video inserted this way could look like a working inline image in Safari, but the posted message contained a broken image that pointed to a link that stopped working once the message was sent. The dialog now accepts only images, and the site no longer inserts non-image files into the body of a message. To share a video, add it as an attachment.
• BUGFIX: When replying to a message, the Discard button sat right next to Send. It is back on the right side of the reply form. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41276
• BUGFIX: On the new topic and reply forms, the Send As Special Notice checkbox still had the old style. It now matches the site's other checkboxes. The checkboxes in the Add Hashtags dialog (on the new topic, edit topic, add event, and edit pending message pages) also now have the current style, clicking a hashtag's name now checks it, and the dialog's add button now has a + icon. Your profile photo in the sender menu on the new topic page is round again. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41276
• BUGFIX: In the Insert Images dialog in the online editor, the Add button stayed greyed out after choosing a single image, so it could only be inserted by dragging it into the message. Also, image files without a file extension, such as by DAYS copy, could no longer be chosen or inserted. The Add button is now enabled as soon as you choose an image, and image files are recognized by their contents, whether or not they have an extension. Files that aren't images are still not inserted into the body of a message. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41288
• BUGFIX: Sending an empty reply took you to your home page. You now stay on the topic, with the message "You must include a message."

September 18, 2026

Editor & Drafts

• BUGFIX: Pasting a standalone HTTP/HTTPS URL into the online editor could leave it unlinked unless followed by Space or Enter. These URLs now become clickable immediately when pasted. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41194

September 4, 2026

Editor & Drafts

• CHANGE: Posting a message with attachments totaling more than the group's maximum message size could take a minute or more to fail, because the size was only checked after the entire message had been assembled, and when it did fail, the draft was deleted along with everything in it. The size is now checked up front: the post is rejected immediately, and the draft is kept and reopened so the oversized attachments can be removed. Attachment uploads larger than the maximum message size are now also rejected at upload time, with an error stating the group's limit.
• API CHANGE: The /uploadattachments endpoint now rejects uploads that exceed the maximum message size with a new "content too large" error, instead of accepting attachments too large to ever be posted. /postdraft now returns its "post too big" error immediately rather than after processing the entire message.

August 29, 2026

Editor & Drafts

• BUGFIX: When composing a message in the web interface on a phone-sized screen, the editor toolbar was missing most of its formatting tools — alignment, lists, indents, blockquote, and the extended formatting menu (fonts, colors, strikethrough, special characters) were gone entirely, with no way to reach them, even by rotating to landscape. The full set of formatting tools is now available on mobile: the most-used buttons stay visible, and the rest are behind a ... overflow at the end of the toolbar. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41021