Changelog

What's new in CardBoard, newest first.

June 2026

AI proposal review came together, cards went Markdown-native, and a new dashboard arrived.

New

  • Review AI proposals in context. AI-proposed changes now show up inline in the board’s chat as ghost cards, with a bulk review drawer to accept or dismiss many at once and a collapsed pill to keep things tidy. AI can also propose edits to existing cards, not just new ones.
  • Create boards with AI. The create_map tool lets AI assistants spin up a template-backed board for you.
  • @mentions in cards. Mention collaborators directly in a card’s description and acceptance-criteria editors.
  • New dashboard. A redesigned (“Electric Cobalt”) dashboard with contextual titles and faithful board minimap thumbnails.
  • Billing analytics. An MRR ledger plus import of historical revenue movements from Stripe, for clearer revenue reporting.

Improved

  • Markdown-native cards and comments. Card descriptions, acceptance criteria, and comments are now plain Markdown — cleaner, portable, and ready to sync with external Markdown specs.
  • Jira connection. A modernized, Cloud-only Jira connect flow with the legacy OAuth 1.0a path removed.
  • AI attribution. Agent writes now record the human who invoked them, so you can see who’s behind a proposal.
  • Email. Transactional email moved to Loops for more reliable, on-brand delivery.

Fixed

  • Sign-up no longer fails if a welcome email hiccups.
  • Tree connections and AI ghost cards stay correctly positioned as layouts re-tidy.
  • Bulk card deletes clean up their connections, and the notifications dropdown renders reliably.
  • Clearer billing copy for lapsed subscriptions and accounts without a payment method on file.

Behind the scenes: built the docs section of the new CardBoard website.

Note: this covers the month through late June 2026.

May 2026

A top-to-bottom visual refresh, new tree and sitemap board types, and the first AI-proposed cards.

New

  • AI proposals (early access). AI tools can now propose cards, connections, and outcomes to a board. Proposals appear as “ghost” cards you review and accept, attributed to an agent — your board only changes when you approve.
  • Tree and sitemap boards. New board types with automatic tidy-tree layout, structural parent-child connectors, drag-to-reparent on the canvas, branch color-coding, and subtree dimming to focus on one branch.
  • Canvas zones. Render quadrant zones as tinted regions to group cards visually.
  • Refreshed settings, profile, and workspace pages. A cleaner, more consistent look across settings — including members and boards tables — with a redesigned profile and workspace navigation.
  • Avatar uploads. A modernized avatar experience with image upload.

Improved

  • Design system rollout. A comprehensive visual refresh — consistent spacing, typography, color tokens, icons, borders, and radii — for a more polished, cohesive interface throughout the app.
  • Connection rendering. Tree and card connections now share a single, crisp line style, and connections dim along with their endpoint cards.
  • Card activity timeline. A redesigned event log gives cards a clearer history of what changed and when.
  • Payments. A modernized Stripe checkout using Stripe Elements.

Fixed

  • Image stickers display correctly right after upload and resize reliably.
  • Bulk card moves broadcast to all collaborators.
  • Settings pages no longer flash an unstyled layout while loading.

Behind the scenes: migrated to encrypted credentials, retired legacy test and activity-tracking systems, and built the write/proposal foundation for the CardBoard MCP server.

April 2026

Boards became far more expressive — map archetypes, outcomes, and a Markdown editing drawer all landed.

New

  • Map archetypes. Boards can take on different shapes for different kinds of work, including process-map shapes and diagram creation from a Mermaid-style modal.
  • Outcomes. Group and track outcomes across a board, with a dedicated outcomes drawer and a selection strip that highlights matching cards.
  • Markdown drawer. Edit board content as Markdown in a full editor (powered by CodeMirror) with GitHub-style formatting, an outline view, and create/edit inline.
  • Process-map shapes. Render elements as SVG shapes (including a shape picker) for clearer process and flow diagrams.
  • Drag items onto the map. Drag an item from the sync drawer directly onto the board.
  • Connection hover preview. Hover a connection nub to preview the link before you draw it.

Improved

  • Card connections. Connections are more flexible and update live across all board types, with smoother drawing and accurate preview positioning.
  • Outcome accuracy. Outcome membership stays correct automatically as cards move and change.

Fixed

  • Cloning a board with outcomes bound to dividers works correctly.
  • Reaction picker and emoji selection are reliable.
  • Numerous canvas interaction fixes: edge-pan dragging stays under the cursor, context menus dismiss cleanly, and newly created cards are immediately interactive.

Behind the scenes: completed the removal of legacy JavaScript libraries and an early read-only version of the CardBoard MCP server for AI tools.

March 2026

Reactions replaced voting, two more trackers joined, and the canvas got a major performance overhaul.

New

  • Reactions. React to cards with emoji — replacing the old voting feature with something more expressive, available on every board type.
  • Trello and Shortcut integrations. Connect boards to Trello and Shortcut, joining Azure DevOps and Jira, with assignee mapping across all of them.
  • Default getting-started board. New accounts begin with a starter board so there’s something to explore right away.
  • Combined sync drawer view. See and manage all sync items in one unified drawer view.

Improved

  • Faster, smoother canvas. A significant rearchitecture makes the board render faster and more reliably, including server-rendered cards and crisp SVG connection lines between cards.
  • Assignee sync. Assignees map more accurately to and from connected trackers, with case-insensitive email matching and sensible fallbacks.
  • “Workspace” terminology. Communities are now called workspaces throughout the app for clearer, more consistent language.

Fixed

  • Card connections render in the right place and update live.
  • Sync drawer filtering, Azure DevOps saved-query URLs, and the “Reconnect” flow all work correctly.
  • Security: fixes for several integration-controller vulnerabilities, including a query-injection issue.
  • Work item badges show on the map for Shortcut, Trello, and Azure DevOps.

Behind the scenes: removed legacy JavaScript libraries and reorganized the tracker integrations into dedicated modules for long-term maintainability.

February 2026

A focused month on integration reliability and card editing polish.

Improved

  • More reliable Azure DevOps sync. Inbound webhooks are more dependable (authenticated per tracker and by subscription), and concurrent edits are protected with optimistic locking so changes don’t clobber each other.
  • Card title editing. Card titles auto-save on blur and the title input sizes correctly.
  • Tracker sync drawer. A smoother connect flow and several drawer fixes.
  • Board creation. New boards are created in the workspace you’ve selected rather than defaulting to the first one.

Fixed

  • Renaming a folder no longer crashes when validation fails, and folder/board workspace validation is clearer.
  • The card modal no longer fails silently for read-only users.
  • “Open parent” navigation no longer freezes the page.
  • Billing email validation accepts valid addresses it previously rejected.

Behind the scenes: upgraded to Ruby 3.3.10 and tightened error handling across the tracker integrations.

January 2026

A redesigned card details modal, parent/child card links, and a new canvas toolbar headlined the month.

New

  • Parent card links. Cards can link to a parent, with an “Open parent” action to jump straight there — and parent relationships sync with Azure DevOps.
  • New left toolbar rail and color palette. A redesigned canvas toolbar with an aligned color palette.
  • Unified status UI. A consistent way to view and set status across cards, including status synced from Azure DevOps.

Improved

  • Card details modal. Reworked layout, scrolling, and footer so longer cards are easier to read and edit, with errors surfaced inline and a cleaner title placeholder.
  • Sharing & roles. Tighter role enforcement, smoother collaborator updates in the share modal, and guest links that default to edit access.
  • Divider dragging. Smoother divider drag with less visual jitter.
  • Imports. Imported cards no longer overlap dividers or stickers.

Fixed

  • Azure DevOps: the Effort field maps to size, parent/acceptance-criteria import is corrected, and webhook status metadata refreshes properly.
  • Connection arrows and card connections render correctly on maps.
  • Pricing and toolbar alignment for free workspaces, plus a hardened webhook surface and a read-only Stripe billing portal.

December 2025

Billing got safety rails, Azure DevOps gained shared saved queries, and the canvas picked up several quality-of-life fixes.

New

  • Shared Azure DevOps queries. Use workspace-level (shared) saved queries when importing from Azure DevOps, with query names fetched on demand.
  • Bulk board reassignment. Move many boards to a new owner at once.

Improved

  • Billing guardrails. Plan limits, enterprise invoiced seat limits, and the create-workspace experience are clearer and better protected against edge cases.
  • Canvas polish. Steadier zoom anchoring, smoother scrolling, better toolbar and drawer spacing, and a clearer sync badge.
  • Card comments. Comments live cleanly inside the card modal with simpler conflict detection and no UI flicker on checklist updates.

Fixed

  • Boards page loads reliably while folder data is being migrated.
  • Real-time card updates, grid dragging, and the sync badge are more stable.
  • Inbound Azure DevOps webhook updates and broadcasts are corrected.
  • PDF generation and audit-trail logging no longer error on background jobs.

November 2025

A landmark month for real-time collaboration: live cursors, presence, stickers, checklists, and comments all came together, alongside a clearer roles model.

New

  • Live collaboration. See collaborators’ cursors and presence on the board in real time, with live updates as cards, dividers, and stickers change.
  • Image stickers. Drop images onto the canvas as stickers, alongside the existing text stickers.
  • Comments on cards. Discuss work right on the card with a rich-text comment editor.
  • Checklists. Break a card into checklist items with a progress counter and Basecamp-style behavior.
  • Visual annotation icons. A macOS-style icon picker for annotating the canvas.
  • Clearer roles. Workspace access is organized into guest, member, and admin roles, with owners and admins able to manage member roles.

Improved

  • Text stickers. Reliable font sizing, placeholders, and zoom scaling, with content that saves immediately and survives dragging.
  • Card details. Auto-save and two-way tracker sync in the card modal are smoother, with cleaner conflict handling.
  • Sign-up & guest flow. A simpler sign-up form and a smoother path for invited and guest users.

Fixed

  • Extensive real-time stability work so updates broadcast once, modal and canvas stay in sync, and live cursors work in every environment.
  • Image uploads, sticker creation, and checklist/comment saving are reliable.
  • Security hardening, including webhook authentication and an XSS fix.

Behind the scenes: major interface and real-time infrastructure work to make live collaboration dependable.

October 2025

Guest sharing, folders, and PDF export got real attention, and Azure DevOps sync became dramatically more dependable.

New

  • PDF export. Export a board to PDF.
  • Recover deleted boards. Deleting a board is now reversible — restore it if you change your mind.

Improved

  • Guest sharing. Guest links are more reliable end to end: cleaner access control, a polished access-denied experience, and links that work for people who aren’t signed in.
  • Faster boards page. The boards list loads faster and more reliably, including for large accounts, with an infinite-scroll loading indicator.
  • Card toolbar & annotations. The card toolbar and its dropdowns are more responsive.
  • Real-time updates. Azure DevOps webhook changes now appear live on the board.

Fixed

  • A long list of Azure DevOps sync corrections: Epics import as Epics, selective sync no longer auto-exports new cards, descriptions and inline edits sync correctly, and webhook authentication is hardened.
  • Checklists save when you close the card details modal.
  • Folder creation, board moves, and board deletion all behave correctly, including notifications for archived boards.
  • Numerous crash fixes around boards with removed collaborators and legacy boards without a workspace.

September 2025

Two-way Azure DevOps sync matured, folders arrived for organizing boards, and billing moved to a workspace model.

New

  • Folders for boards. Group related boards into folders to keep your boards page organized.
  • Workspace-based plans. Plans are now organized at the workspace level, laying the groundwork for team billing and shared limits.

Improved

  • Field-level Azure DevOps sync. Edits sync field by field in both directions, so a change on either side updates only what changed.
  • Card details save in place. Saving a card no longer refreshes the page.

Fixed

  • Numerous Azure DevOps sync fixes: correct work item types, no more spurious “Disconnected” notices, and reliable webhook registration.
  • Folder creation and the redirect afterward work correctly.
  • Card modal no longer refreshes unexpectedly on save.

August 2025

Sharing, card details, and live collaboration got more polished and reliable.

New

  • Create cards from the right-click menu. Right-click anywhere on the canvas to drop a new card in place.

Improved

  • Card details. Auto-save and color selection in the card details modal are smoother and more dependable, and the copy-link control is easier to find.
  • Live assignee updates. Changing a card’s assignee now updates for everyone on the board in real time.
  • Sharing. Guest-link sharing and the share modal are more robust.
  • Trackers. Tracker logos and the connect/sign-in drawer render reliably, with consistent spacing and the Inter typeface.
  • Billing. The Stripe customer portal and checkout handle missing configuration gracefully instead of erroring.

Fixed

  • Boards page performance and several interface regressions.
  • A range of stability fixes so position changes no longer trip the sync status, and card creation from the context menu works consistently.

Behind the scenes: a large interface modernization effort to keep the app fast and maintainable.

July 2025

A refresh of everyday board actions, plus a redesigned way to share.

New

  • Slack-style share modal. A cleaner, more familiar way to invite people and manage guest links to a board.
  • CSV export. Export your board’s cards to a CSV file.
  • Duplicate a board from a dialog. Board duplication now opens a proper modal so you can confirm before copying.
  • Instant board actions. Common board operations now happen immediately in the background and confirm with a toast notification instead of a full page reload.

Improved

  • A modernized interface foundation across map and card components for a more consistent, responsive feel.
  • Text stickers resize more predictably when you drag a corner, and URLs you type are automatically formatted as links.

Fixed

  • Guest links, the share modal, and the JIRA sync menu all behave correctly again after the interface refresh.

June 2025

The foundation for connecting CardBoard to your existing trackers landed this month, starting with Azure DevOps.

New

  • Azure DevOps integration (early access). Connect a board to Azure DevOps and keep work in sync. This release added selective sync straight from the card right-click menu, so you can push individual items with the correct work item type instead of syncing everything at once.
  • Real-time Azure DevOps sync. Changes made in Azure DevOps flow back to your board automatically. Real-time sync is rolled out gradually per workspace.

Improved

  • Card color documentation. Clearer guidance on CardBoard’s card color system.

Fixed

  • Azure DevOps reliability: outbound edits now attribute correctly, manual edits sync after a webhook update, and saved queries resolve dependably.
  • Disconnecting a card from a tracker no longer fails.