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Team-level secrets

Secrets can now be scoped to a team, so shared credentials stay accessible to the right people without being exposed across the whole workspace. Any team member can create a team secret, and all writes are audit-logged.

Reply to Autobuild feedback

You can now reply directly to an Autobuild feedback request from inside the dashboard. Your reply goes back to the issue and moves it to triage so work can continue without leaving the tool.

Inbox tasks from templates

When an agent creates an Inbox task, it can now choose a workspace template to open the right project type automatically. Reduces setup for recurring workflows.

Sidebar navigation split

Workspace actions and account actions are now in separate menus. Account settings are always accessible from their own dedicated spot at the bottom of the sidebar.

Improvements

  • Autobuild settings are reorganized into four focused sections — governance, model configuration, permissions, and integrations — so the most important controls are easier to find and act on.
  • The plan view now leads with progress and current state. Planning and approval content moves below the fold after a plan is approved, so active work is easier to track at a glance.
  • Autobuild initiative tracking is now consolidated. The plan artifact is the single tracking surface — no separate initiative artifact is created alongside it.
  • Clicking a comment card in the artifact comments sidebar now scrolls the canvas to the corresponding comment pin.

Fixes

  • Events created directly through Obvious (Quick Meeting or New Event) are now evaluated for auto-join recording, the same way calendar-synced events are.
  • Creating or updating meetings with video conferencing now works correctly on migrated Google Calendar accounts.
  • MCP providers that require per-account URLs now have a proper connect form that builds the URL from your account details.
  • Your old Google Calendar connection no longer appears as a duplicate in Settings → Connectors.
  • Comments that spanned prose and links no longer render as split highlights after a save. Comments are also no longer invisible after a page reload.
  • Files larger than 2 GB can now be uploaded reliably.
  • @mentions in document comments no longer fail silently when a duplicate webhook event is delivered.
  • The Changelog option in the user menu now links to the correct page.

Schedule Inbox tasks for a specific time

Inbox tasks can now be scheduled to run once at a chosen future time, making one-off reminders and follow-ups easier to set up.

Invite teams and workspaces to meetings

The meeting attendee picker now supports teams and workspaces, so you can invite the right group without adding people one at a time.

Improvements

  • Workbook selections now highlight the active row and column headers.
  • Projects are easier to navigate: the search label is clearer, the team filter stays in place, and compact stats now live in Activity.
  • Personalization now includes one-minute countdown options for plans and questions.
  • The meetings calendar date picker has a cleaner, easier-to-scan layout.

Fixes

  • Canvas comments now open above the placement overlay and close cleanly when clicked again.
  • Chat now returns to the right conversation after a reload, keeps attachment placeholders inside their preview cards, and labels Obvious-created threads more clearly.
  • Dragging items into nested folders now uses the expected destination.
  • Embedded hosted apps now retain signed-in sessions.
  • Quick meetings now refresh without stale calendar results.
  • Open Inbox tasks now keep their selected-row highlight.
  • Existing live dashboard charts now update in place.

Clearer reminders for work that needs your attention

Reminders for work that needs your attention now include clear controls and a collapsible view, making it easier to keep the list focused on work that still needs attention.

Meeting lifecycle alerts

Meeting owners now receive in-app alerts when a meeting starts and when notes are ready, with actions to join the meeting or open the notes.

Improvements

  • Buttons have a more subtle press treatment, and buttons that open menus stay in place when clicked.

Fixes

  • Chat tool-call messages now stay in the correct turn order after a refresh.
  • Hosted apps now handle live streamed responses more reliably and support experiences that depend on cross-origin isolation.

Live meeting transcripts

Follow meeting conversations as they happen with real-time transcript streaming.

Autobuild review for pull requests

Autobuild pull requests now receive code review, with a clearer two-phase evidence flow to support validation and review.

Skill overrides that follow your context

Skills can now use repository-level overrides before user and platform defaults, so teams can tailor guidance closer to the work.

Improvements

  • Meetings now support exact time entry when creating or editing a meeting, and completed meetings open with available actions ready to use.
  • Autobuild task plans are easier to review in a side-by-side view.
  • Team-shared projects can now be filtered in list view.
  • Skill cards now show author and availability details, while repo-managed skills no longer offer an editing action that doesn't apply.
  • Inbox task details are presented more consistently.
  • Context Viewer has clearer visual hierarchy and improved readability.

Fixes

  • Meetings load more reliably when date-based queries are used.
  • The dashboard keeps the artifact you're reading focused when an agent navigates, and tool-call durations now reflect time spent running the tool.
  • Product Atlas update actions and product-memory cards now behave as expected.
  • Repository skills are selected for the target computer and continue to fall back correctly during multi-step runs.
  • Copied workbooks no longer restore sheets that were deleted.
  • Public template actions now complete correctly when opened from legacy or embedded links.

Pinned dashboards

Pin dashboard artifacts to the sidebar and open them full screen when you need a focused view.

Scheduling for Autobuild tasks

Autobuild tasks can now be scheduled directly from the dashboard.

Editable saved skill instructions

Edit the instructions for saved skills directly in the skill viewer.

Improvements

  • Task plans present the plan overview and approval prompt before their subtasks.
  • Project label menus are searchable, making labels easier to find and apply.
  • Thread switching uses clearer labels and a visible dropdown cue.
  • Task activity and task views now update as agent workflows create, update, or remove work items.

Fixes

  • The workspace icon now opens the workspace menu, with the selector aligned correctly.
  • Hosted app previews recover more reliably after sandbox pauses and first launches.
  • Deleting an Inbox task preserves the active filter and avoids visual overlap in the details view.
  • Visual highlights stay contained within artifact content.
  • Streaming chat messages complete cleanly after reconnecting.
  • Document comments can be anchored inside code blocks.
  • Fixed an issue where an approved request to use a secret could fail to continue into the requested tool action.

Evidence in more formats for pull-request review

Pull-request evidence now displays videos, JSON, HTML and text files alongside images, so reviewers can inspect the evidence that was submitted.

Image previews when creating tasks

Image attachments now appear as previews while you create a task in Inbox.

Improvements

  • Meeting default providers are easier to identify and select, with provider icons and account-aware options.
  • Pull-request review offers clearer evidence navigation and a more usable code-viewing experience.
  • Inbox restores scope filtering for Mine, Subscriptions and Everyone, while Autobuild improvement filtering uses the standard selection control.
  • Skill cards identify repository-sourced skills with a GitHub badge.
  • Chat gives clearer guidance when a run cannot continue and can be recovered.

Fixes

  • Thread-list legends explain the Waiting state shown for work that needs input.
  • Inbox project menus and saved view settings no longer disappear after a related update.
  • File uploads and question cards no longer appear twice in chat.
  • Stale Loading tabs are removed instead of remaining in the workspace.
  • Drag-and-drop attachments work reliably when creating Inbox tasks.
  • Fixed an issue where the Slack integration could mishandle channel access when a command or connection uses a private or archived Slack channel.

Quick meetings with saved preferences

With a connected calendar account, you can start a quick meeting using saved meeting preferences.

An Inbox panel inside each project

Projects with associated tasks now provide an Inbox panel in the project sidebar, making it easier to open related work without leaving the project.

Skills in the custom-agent editor

Custom-agent editors can now add and manage agent-scoped skills from a Skills tab.

Improvements

  • Plans populate their overview during creation and stay synchronized when edited.
  • Calendar account selection now identifies Google and Microsoft accounts with their provider logos.
  • You can now provide a custom agent with scoped Knowledge Base reference material for its work.

Fixes

  • Paused tasks appear in the Paused section of Inbox as expected.
  • Quick meetings update their renamed title without requiring a refresh.
  • Scheduled human-assigned runs keep their parent task in progress rather than incorrectly requesting action from every viewer.

Run an active scheduled task you own or are assigned

When an active scheduled task is neither paused nor already in a final state, its owner or assignee can use Run now to start a run immediately.

Configurable sheet date formats

Date and date-filter columns can now use preset or custom display formats, with a live preview while you choose a format.

More expressive custom-agent questions

Custom-agent setup questions now support multi-select answers and user-defined options.

Improvements

  • Cancelled tasks appear in a dedicated Inbox group and can be selected consistently from task status menus.
  • Inbox filters are streamlined into Mine, Subscriptions and Everyone views.
  • Workspace search can now return Canvas results based on text and structure in a canvas.
  • From a security finding, you can now choose Fix with Autobuild without first setting up Inbox.

Fixes

  • Canvas comment pins stay aligned with their anchors and can be selected to return to the related location.
  • The Canvas comment composer remains usable after focus changes.
  • Workbooks recover correctly when a signed data link has expired.
  • Fixed an issue affecting generated Canvas diagram updates and cleanup, which now behave more predictably.

Model previews with interactive controls

Preview STL, OBJ and glTF/GLB model files directly in Obvious, with view controls for orientation, wireframes and zoom-to-fit.

Collaboration in Canvas

Canvas now supports collaborator presence, comments and shared shapes, so teams can work together on the same drawing.

Scheduling with more control

Scheduled tasks now support minute-level timing, multiple weekly days and timezone selection.

Voice input shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts now make it faster to start, stop and send voice input while working in chat.

Improvements

  • Autobuild tasks can be cancelled from Inbox, and scheduled-task rows make recurrence and next-run information easier to read.
  • Pull-request review provides a clearer timeline, improved visual presentation and full-screen viewing for the Code tab.
  • Workspaces can be opened in a new browser tab directly from the workspace switcher.
  • New tasks can be opened with a global keyboard shortcut.

Fixes

  • Switching workspaces no longer snaps back to the previously selected workspace.
  • Long folder names no longer overlap in context menus.
  • Mark all as read now includes notifications that require action.
  • Inbox project group headings once again show their project names and icons.
  • Chat no longer begins each thread with an unnecessary date separator.
  • Authentication screens respect the system theme.
  • Folio selection and resize handles stay aligned during scrolling and resizing.

Improvements

  • Inbox tasks can be filtered by project and status with filter pills that are easier to use and refine.
  • Focus mode keeps the project top bar visible while hiding surrounding distractions.

Fixes

  • Wide Markdown tables now scroll horizontally instead of truncating content in narrow views.