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You can now publish entries in Contentstack with greater confidence and control with enhanced reference validation and preview workflows. The updated publishing experience helps you review, validate, and selectively publish referenced content before it enters the Publish Queue, reducing errors and rework.

What's New?

  • Review referenced content before publishing
    Use the Publish Review modal to review the parent entry and all associated references to understand what is published before content enters the Publish Queue.
  • Validate references before publishing
    Validate referenced entries and assets using the Validate Items modal to catch issues early and prevent publish failures.
  • Filter and select references precisely
    Choose to publish only the parent entry, specific references, first-level references, or all references to gain greater control over what goes live.
  • Monitor validation and publish progress
    Track validation tasks and publishing status through task windows to maintain visibility and confidence throughout the publishing process.

For more details, visit our documentation or contact our support team.

New Feature:

  • Asset Management 2.0 (AM2.0) Support: Added AM2.0 support to the import setup flow across the following plugins:
    • cli-cm-import-setup (v2.0.0-beta.12)
    • cli-asset-management (v1.0.0-beta.2)
    • cli-cm-import (v2.0.0-beta.18)

Enhancement:

  • Performed dependency upgrades to improve stability and performance for:
    • cli-cm-export (v2.0.0-beta.18)
    • cli-cm-export-query (v2.0.0-beta.2)
    • cli-cm-seed (v2.0.0-beta.18)

Bug fixes:

  • cli-cm-bootstrap (v2.0.0-beta.18):
    • Cleaned up the plugin by removing deprecated sample and starter apps.
  • cli-cm-clone (v2.0.0-beta.19):
    • Fixed an issue to ensure the correct path is resolved in the clone plugin while running imports.
  • cli-config (v2.0.0-beta.10):
    • Fixed a bug where the get region command failed to display the AM endpoint for custom regions.

Enhancement:

  • Performed dependency upgrades to improve stability and performance for the following plugins:
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v1.19.4)
    • cli-cm-clone (v1.21.5)
    • types-generator (v3.10.1)

Bug fixes:

  • cli-cm-import (v1.33.1):
    • Fixed an issue with the incorrect mapping of asset URLs inside text fields during import.
  • cli-cm-export-query (v1.0.2):
    • Fixed management token support to ensure proper authentication during query exports.

Enhancement:

  • Upgraded project dependencies to improve security, performance, and overall stability.

Enhancement:

  • Upgraded project dependencies to improve security, performance, and overall stability.

Security fix:

  • Updated the Axios dependency to version ^1.15.2 to address security vulnerabilities introduced in version 1.15.0.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed an issue to ensure retryCondition evaluates transient network-level errors (such as ETIMEDOUT, ECONNRESET, and EPIPE) that lack an HTTP response, allowing configured retry policies to apply without requiring external Axios interceptors.
  • Fixed the retry delay path within the delivery SDK (covering network retries, retryCondition retries, and 429/401 retries) to properly honor configured retryDelayOptions.customBackoff settings.

We are expanding the power of Automations by introducing real-time triggers for our most popular connectors. This update transforms your static workflows into reactive, event-driven systems that respond instantly to external actions.

New Connector Triggers

Our existing connectors for Cloudinary and Netlify have been updated with new trigger options to help you automate your media, deployment, and communication pipelines.

  • Cloudinary: Automate your digital asset management by triggering workflows based on any changes within your Cloudinary environment. Supported events include asset uploads, metadata modifications, folder creation, access control shifts, etc. Learn more about Cloudinary Trigger.
  • Netlify: Keep your development and content teams in sync with your deployment pipeline. You can now trigger automations when builds start, deployments are created, or when environments are locked or unlocked due to permission or configuration issues. Learn more about Netlify Trigger.

Navigation Updates

To support the continued expansion of our platform, we’ve streamlined the project navigation for a more scalable and organized experience.

Settings-related options are now consolidated within the Settings panel in the top navigation, making configuration and operational controls easier to access and manage.

You can now find the following under Settings:

  • Connected Apps
  • Audit Log
  • Execution Log
  • Project Variables

Enhancement:

  • Scoped the DVR dependency strictly to the test target, preventing it from being bundled into production builds.

Platform Discovery is your new dashboard for exploring everything Contentstack has to offer. Get a unified view of every capability available to your organization, and spot the ones you are missing out on.

With this release you can:

  • Audit your stack: See a complete inventory of your features in one glance.
  • Find hidden value: Instantly identify features marked No Recent Activity, powerful tools you already have access to but aren’t leveraging.
  • Scale intelligently: See clear pathways to advanced capabilities (like Personalization or AI) that align with your growth goals.

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Where to find it: Open the "App Switcher" in the top navigation bar and select Platform Discovery.

Read our documentation for more information.

New Feature:

  • cli-cm-export-query (v2.0.0-beta.1):
    • Added support for nested global fields, enabling more granular data extraction for complex content models.

Enhancement:

  • Performed dependency upgrades across the following plugins to ensure compatibility and stability:
    • cli-asset-management (v1.0.0-beta.1)
    • cli-audit (v2.0.0-beta.12)
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v2.0.0-beta.17)
    • cli-cm-clone (v2.0.0-beta.18)
    • cli-cm-export (v2.0.0-beta.17)
    • cli-cm-import (v2.0.0-beta.17)
    • cli-cm-seed (v2.0.0-beta.17)

Bug fix:

  • types-generator (v3.10.0) and contentstack-cli-tsgen (v4.9.0):
    • Fixed a bug that incorrectly handled or affected numeric IDs in generated types.

Security fix:

  • Resolved Snyk security vulnerabilities by updating affected dependencies in:
    • contentstack-cli-content-type (v1.4.5)
    • cli-cm-migrate-rte (v2.0.0-beta.6)

We’ve introduced new taxonomy enhancements in Contentstack that improve how teams manage, publish, release, and govern taxonomy, making it easier to manage taxonomy structures across environments and locales.

Publish Taxonomies Independently

You can now publish taxonomies independently, similar to entries. This allows you to manage taxonomy structures separately from content publishing workflows.

With Taxonomy Publishing, you can:

  • Publish an entire taxonomy and its complete term hierarchy
  • Publish to specific environments and locales
  • Select a branch and apply locale fallback hierarchies
  • Schedule publishing jobs (if enabled)
  • Automate taxonomy publishing through APIs

Learn more about publishing a taxonomy.

Nested Reference Publishing Now Supports Taxonomies

Nested Reference Publishing now includes taxonomy support. When you publish an entry using Send with References, any referenced taxonomies:

  • Appear in the Publish References modal
  • Are included in the publish job
  • Publish their complete hierarchy to the selected environments and locales

This helps maintain consistency between published entries and their associated taxonomy structures across environments.

Learn more about working with Nested Reference Publishing.

Add Taxonomies to Releases

You can now add taxonomies directly to releases and deploy taxonomy structures alongside related content changes.

You can add taxonomies to a release from:

  • The Taxonomy Details page
  • The Taxonomy List page
  • Entry references, where associated taxonomy terms are automatically included when references are added

This helps teams schedule taxonomy deployments, streamline localization workflows, and reduce publishing inconsistencies.

Learn more about adding a taxonomy to a release.

Granular Taxonomy Permissions for Custom Roles (Early Access)

You can now assign taxonomy management permissions to custom roles without granting full administrative access to the stack.

Custom role users can manage taxonomy structures using permissions such as:

  • Create
  • Read
  • Update
  • Publish/Unpublish
  • Delete

You can also apply exceptions to restrict access to specific taxonomies or actions.

This enhancement separates taxonomy structure management from entry-level taxonomy permissions, giving teams more precise access control and governance flexibility.

To learn more, refer to the Permissions on Taxonomies documentation.

We are excited to announce the new Agent OS framework, featuring Agents and Polaris, and the launch of AI Credits. This update provides a more flexible and scalable way to manage and deploy artificial intelligence capabilities across your organization.

What’s New?

  • Agent OS (Agents & Polaris): Step into the next generation of automation with Agent OS.
    • Agents: Deploy autonomous, task-oriented AI agents designed to handle complex workflows with minimal oversight.
    • Polaris: Meet your new platform-wide chat assistant. Polaris is integrated across the entire ecosystem to provide instant support, answer queries, and help you perform AI tasks across your content.
  • AI Credits: We’re introducing a unified credit system to power your AI operations. This simplified consumption model provides greater visibility and control over your AI usage, ensuring your teams monitor and manage credits more effectively.
  • Analytics: To help monitor usage and performance trends, dedicated analytics dashboards are now available for Agents, Polaris, and AI Credits.

This release transforms how organizations access, manage, and scale AI capabilities with centralized controls, intelligent automation, and enterprise-ready experiences.

To learn more, refer to the Agent OS and AI Credits documentation.

We’re excited to introduce Contentstack Assets, a modern, AI-powered digital asset management experience built for teams that need to organize, govern, and reuse assets at scale.

This upgrade moves beyond stack-based asset management to deliver a centralized, structured, and reusable asset system across your organization. With support for shared asset spaces, custom metadata modeling, localization, AI-powered enrichment, and advanced governance controls, Contentstack Assets helps teams streamline operations and deliver consistent digital experiences faster.

Key Features

  • Centralized Asset Management Across Stacks: Manage assets in dedicated spaces and reuse them seamlessly across multiple CMS stacks, reducing duplication and improving consistency.
  • Spaces and Workspaces for Better Organization: Organize assets by brand, team, campaign, or region using independent spaces and isolated workspaces for experimentation and campaign workflows.
  • Custom Asset Modeling: Create custom asset types and user-defined metadata fields to structure assets around your business needs, from campaign information to licensing and compliance data.
  • Native Asset Localization: Manage multilingual versions of assets within a unified workflow, including localized metadata and asset variants with fallback language support.
  • AI-Powered Asset Enrichment: Automatically generate alt text and tags for images to improve discoverability, accessibility, and SEO while reducing manual effort.
  • Visual Markups for Interactive Experiences: Add hotspots and bounding boxes to images to power shoppable content and richer visual experiences.
  • Advanced Search and Filtering: Find assets faster using metadata-driven filters, saved views, color-based filtering, and intelligent search capabilities.
  • Asset Versioning and Governance: Track changes to both metadata and binaries with built-in version history and rollback support.
  • Enterprise-Ready Access Control: Manage permissions using predefined and custom roles with support for SSO and SCIM-based user provisioning.

Contentstack Assets lays the foundation for a more intelligent, scalable, and future-ready asset strategy. We’re excited to see how your teams use it to create faster workflows, stronger governance, and richer digital experiences.

Check our documentation for full details, or contact support to get started immediately.

New Feature:

  • Added support for publishing rules, enabling the inclusion of governance and workflow settings during content export and import processes in the following plugins:
    • cli-cm-export (v1.25.0)
    • cli-cm-import (v1.33.0):

Enhancement:

  • Performed dependency upgrades to improve stability and performance for the following plugins:
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v1.19.3)
    • cli-cm-export-query (v1.0.1)
    • cli-cm-clone (v1.21.4)
    • cli-cm-seed (v1.15.3)
    • cli-variants (v1.5.0)

Security fix:

  • Resolved Snyk security vulnerabilities by updating affected dependencies in:
    • contentstack-apps-cli (v1.6.7)
    • cli-cm-regex-validate (v1.2.9)
    • cli-bulk-operations (v1.1.0)
    • contentstack-cli-content-type (v1.4.4)

New Features:

  • Live Preview Editable Tags: Added support for generating editable tags through addEditableTags and addTags.
  • Variant-Aware CSLP Tags: Introduced CSLP tag generation that recognizes variants using _applied_variants or system.applied_variants.
  • Enhanced Tag Generation: Added support for generating editable tags within nested fields, arrays, and references, and included null-safe handling.
  • Configurable Locale Casing: Added AddEditableTagsOptions.UseLowerCaseLocale to allow for configurable locale casing in tags.

Enhancement:

  • Added comprehensive unit tests for Live Preview editable tags to ensure consistent behavior across content models.

We are excited to introduce Clearwinner, a new Marketplace app designed to automate the post-test cleanup process for finished A/B test experiences.

Traditionally, concluding an A/B test requires manually identifying variant changes, merging them into baseline entries, publishing updates, and archiving the test. Clearwinner eliminates this time-consuming workflow with a single-click solution.

Key Features:

  • Automated Winner Identification: Easily view tests where Personalize has identified a winning variant based on statistical confidence levels (Has_Won, Leading_significantly, or Leading).
  • One-Click Merge & Publish: Automatically merge winning variant content into your baseline entries and publish the updates to your live environment in one background process.
  • Integrated Cleanup: Automatically archive concluded tests in Personalize and permanently delete redundant variant data to maintain a clean CMS stack.
  • Bulk Operations: Select and process multiple winning tests simultaneously to streamline large-scale experimentation cycles.

To learn more, refer to the Clearwinner App Installation Guide.

New Feature:

  • cli-cm-export-query (v1.0.0):
    • Official General Availability (GA) release of the plugin.

Enhancement:

  • cli-cm-migrate-rte (v2.0.0-beta.5):
    • Upgraded Chalk to v5 to improve terminal string styling and resolve dependency-related issues.
  • Performed dependency upgrades across all listed plugins to ensure improved stability.

Security fix:

  • Resolved Snyk security vulnerabilities by upgrading dependencies in the following plugins:
    • cli-audit (v1.19.3)
    • cli-cm-export (v1.24.3)
    • cli-cm-import (v1.32.3)
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v1.19.2)
    • cli-cm-branches (v1.8.1)
    • cli-cm-bulk-publish (v1.11.3)
    • cli-cm-clone (v1.21.3)
    • cli-cm-export-to-csv (v1.12.2)
    • cli-cm-import-setup (v1.8.2)
    • cli-cm-seed (v1.15.2)
    • cli-migration (v1.12.2)
    • cli-variants (v1.4.3)

Bug fix:

  • Improved exception handling across the BaseModel and service layers to provide more descriptive error responses and improved stability.

Security fix:

  • Updated the Axios dependency to version 1.15.2 to address potential vulnerabilities and ensure secure network requests.

Security fix:

  • Fixed security issues to improve overall system safety and data protection.

Enhancement:

  • Migrated the JSON processing library from Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json to improve performance and alignment with modern .NET standards.

New Feature:

  • Added support for .NET 10.x, ensuring compatibility with the latest framework version.

Enhancement:

  • Migrated the JSON processing library from Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json to improve performance and alignment with modern .NET standards.

New Feature:

  • Added support for .NET 10.x, ensuring compatibility with the latest framework version.

We’re improving the Mappings feature in Advanced Settings to make it clearer how values are resolved and how to work with nested configuration data. It now includes a dedicated Template Substitution section and better examples for nested values.

Dynamic values can already be used in request headers and body, and now they also work in URLs and query strings.

With a single syntax, {{ var.NAME }}, you can apply dynamic values across the entire outbound request. This enables API versioning, multi-tenant routing, pagination, and more, all driven from your configuration without hardcoding.

Learn more about Introduction to Advanced Settings in Developer Hub.

Here’s an overview of the latest updates in Contentstack Launch:

  • User-Agent Support in Cache Priming:

    Cache priming requests now include a dedicated User-Agent header, allowing you to easily identify and filter them from regular traffic in your logs.

    Learn more in Identifying Cache Priming Traffic.

  • Cancel Active Deployments:

    You can now cancel an ongoing deployment in Launch, allowing you to stop unintended updates before they are applied.

    Learn more in Cancel Deployment.

  • Support for Node.js 24.x:

    We've added support for the Node.js 24.x runtime, ensuring compatibility with the latest Node.js features and improvements.

    Refer to the Supported Node.js Versions.

  • Build Machines for Launch Builds:

    Launch now offers multiple build machine tiers, enabling you to allocate appropriate CPU, memory, and disk resources for faster and more reliable builds.

    To learn more, refer to Build Machines on Launch.

  • Server Machine Tiers for Launch Functions:

    With new server machine tiers in Launch, you can control CPU and memory allocation for your functions, ensuring better performance and scalability based on workload needs.

    For more details, refer to Server Machines on Launch.

  • Launch “Warming Up” Screen for Idle Environments:

    Launch now supports an automated warm-up state for inactive environments, where sites briefly scale down and quickly reinitialize on the next request to ensure efficient resource usage without impacting availability.

Publishing now validates required fields across all publish actions, including single entry, bulk, and release deployments. If you mark fields as mandatory in a content type or global field, the system validates all existing entries against the updated rules at publish time.

If an entry does not meet the updated requirements, it cannot be published until the required fields are completed. This ensures that all published entries align with the current content model.

Managing entries just got faster. You can now switch between Publish Status, Release Status, and Publish Rules directly from the Entry Status panel using a dropdown. You can also apply filters to refine the displayed data. Selected filters remain applied across all views.

This update helps you focus on specific entry details without navigating multiple sections. For example, you can filter by environment and quickly switch views to check publishing status, release progress, or approval rules in the same context.

Refer to the view entry status documentation for more details.

We’re adding enhancements to the Algolia app:

  • Stack Delivery Token Support: Added a new section in app configuration to fetch published data via the Content Delivery API for improved data synchronization.
  • Bulk Field Mapping: You can now add up to 30 field paths at once in the Mapping section by pasting values separated by commas, spaces, or semicolons, or by pressing the enter key.
  • Enhanced Search: Introduced a search function to find entries by Entry UID and Title in the Algolia Full Page app.

To learn more, refer to the Algolia App Installation Guide.

New Feature:

  • Variant Group Support:
    • Added support for Variant Groups, enabling the management of grouped entry variations through the SDK.

New Feature:

  • Timeline Support:
    • Added support for the Timeline feature to programmatically access and manage scheduled content releases and historical events.

Enhancements:

  • Dependency Upgrades: Updated dependencies for the following plugins:
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v2.0.0-beta.16)
    • cli-cm-clone (v2.0.0-beta.17)
    • cli-cm-seed (v2.0.0-beta.16)

Enhancements:

  • cli-cm-export (v2.0.0-beta.15):
    • Introduced Single-branch layout support: Content is now written directly under the export directory. The branchDir is set to exportDir, eliminating per-branch subfolders for a flatter structure.
  • cli-variants (v2.0.0-beta.12):
    • Standardized all variant export modules (attributes, audiences, events, experiences, projects, and variant-entries) to use the exportDir.
  • Updated the following plugins to ensure compatibility and stability:
    • cli-auth (v2.0.0-beta.11)
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v2.0.0-beta.15)
    • cli-cm-branches (v2.0.0-beta.6)
    • cli-cm-export-to-csv (v2.0.0-beta.6)
    • cli-cm-import-setup (v2.0.0-beta.10)
    • cli-command (v2.0.0-beta.6)
    • cli-config (v2.0.0-beta.8)
    • cli-migration (v2.0.0-beta.11)
    • cli-audit (v2.0.0-beta.10)
    • cli-cm-seed (v2.0.0-beta.14)

Bug & Security Fixes:

  • cli-cm-import (v2.0.0-beta.15):
    • Fixed taxonomy mapping during import by correctly utilizing the backup directory.
    • Simplified path resolution: The plugin no longer reads branches.json or triggers branch selection. It now defaults to the user-provided content directory (export root).
  • cli-cm-clone (v2.0.0-beta.16):
    • Fixed issues with test report generation.
  • Resolved Snyk security vulnerabilities by updating dependencies in the following plugins:
    • cli-utilities (v2.0.0-beta.6)
    • cli-cm-export-query (v1.0.0-beta.11)

Bug & Security Fixes:

  • Resolved Snyk security vulnerabilities and performed dependency upgrades for the following plugins:
    • cli-cm-import (v1.32.2)
    • cli-auth (v1.8.0)
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v1.19.1)
    • cli-cm-clone (v1.21.2)
    • cli-cm-export-to-csv (v1.12.1)
    • cli-cm-import-setup (v1.8.2)
    • cli-command (v1.8.0)
    • cli-config (v1.20.1)
    • cli-migration (v1.12.1)
    • cli-variants (v1.4.2)
    • cli-audit (v1.19.2)
    • cli-cm-seed (v1.15.1)
    • cli-cm-export (v1.24.2)
  • Fixed security vulnerabilities identified by Snyk by updating affected dependencies in:
    • types-generator (v3.9.4)
    • apps-cli (v1.6.6)
    • cli-cm-regex-validate (v1.2.8)
    • contentstack-cli-content-type (v1.4.3)
    • cli-tsgen (v4.8.4)

We’ve added enhancements to the XTM app:

  • Unified Field Management: Replaced separate inclusions or exclusions settings with a single Manage Fields section for easier control.
  • Multi-Branch Support: You can now translate entries in non-main branches.

    Note Existing users must update the app to activate this feature.

  • Unlimited Bulk Translation: Removed the entry translation limit for faster, high-volume processing.
  • Global Exclusions: Added a dropdown to exclude specific fields across all content types.
  • Automatic Filtering: Non-localizable fields are now automatically excluded from translation by default.

To learn more, refer to the XTM App Installation Guide.

Managing user access just got more powerful. Admins and organization owners can now take immediate action to secure their organization by logging out multiple users at once.

Select users in bulk from Administration > Users and immediately terminate their active sessions. Once triggered, all active sessions for the selected users are invalidated, ensuring they are logged out across all devices without delay. Take control of your organization’s security with faster, more efficient session management.

Check our documentation for full details, or contact support to get started immediately.

We’ve enhanced the Bulk Operations app to support larger datasets and smoother workflows:

  • Release Version 2.0: Supports references, higher selection limits, and improved API behavior. The release version available for the stack depends on your organization plan.
  • Revamped Tables with Pagination: All modules (Entries, Assets, Releases, and Find and Replace) now use a paginated table for improved performance and usability, along with upgraded item limits.
  • Configurable Asset Upload Limits: You can now upload assets based on your organization’s configured upload limit to better manage bulk assets operations.

To learn more, refer to the Bulk Operations App Installation Guide.

You can now use English - Uzbekistan (en-uz) as a locale in Contentstack to manage English-language content scoped to the Uzbekistan region.

Use this locale to manage region-specific variations, such as pricing, date formats, currency and localized messaging, without duplicating content or approximating wi.

To get started, add English - Uzbekistan (en-uz) from your stack’s Languages settings and create localized entries.

We’re introducing new enhancements to the Healthcheck app:

  • Version Outdated Notifications: A new notification system on the Overview page alerts if the app version is updated, displaying the current and minimum required version to ensure compatibility.
  • Unused Contentstack Features Display: The Overview page now lists unused Contentstack products (such as Launch, Personalize, etc.) to help users identify potential areas for integration.
  • New Unreferenced Assets Check: A dedicated check has been added to identify assets that have been created but are not currently referenced in any entries.
  • Enhanced Content Model Checks: Added 20+ content model checks.

To learn more, refer to the Healthcheck App Installation Guide.

Enhancements

  • Implemented per-module CMA header management with addHeader, addHeaderDict, and removeHeader methods on stack resources and query builders.
  • Configured copy-on-write logic for module-specific headers while maintaining a shared map for the stack.
  • Maintained backward compatibility for existing header implementations.
  • Refined sanity test robustness to better handle taxonomy 412 errors, nested Global Field plan skips, and entry update timeouts.

New Feature

  • Added comprehensive unit and sanity test coverage for the new header API suite.

New Features

  • Implemented EntryVariant model to support create, fetch, find, update, and delete operations on entry variant endpoints.
  • Added Entry.Variant(uid) method to provide direct access to variant operations for specific entries.
  • Integrated variant publishing capabilities, including PublishVariant and PublishVariantRules models.
  • Updated PublishUnpublishDetails to include Variants and VariantRules for comprehensive publishing control.

Enhancements

  • Refactored serialization logic in PublishUnpublishService to support new variant payload structures.
  • Expanded test suite with unit tests for EntryVariant and publish payload serialization.
  • Added integration tests (Contentstack021_EntryVariantTest) covering the Product Banner lifecycle and various negative test cases.

Enhancements

  • Updated ContentTypeQuery to extend BaseQuery, enabling support for query helpers such as paginate, skip, and limit in stack.contentType() without mutating _queryParams.
  • Maintained backward compatibility for includeGlobalFieldSchema() and find() methods.
  • Expanded unit tests for ContentTypeQuery to improve code coverage and reliability.

Bug Fix:

  • Fixed security vulnerabilities identified by Snyk by updating affected dependencies.

Bug & Security Fixes:

Resolved Snyk security vulnerabilities by upgrading dependencies in the following plugins:

  • cli-audit (v1.19.1)
  • cli-cm-branches (v1.7.1)
  • cli-cm-bulk-publish (v1.11.1)
  • cli-cm-clone (v1.21.1)
  • cli-cm-import-setup (v1.8.1)
  • cli-config (v1.20.1)
  • cli-utilities (v1.18.1)
  • cli-variants (v1.4.1)

Enhancement:

  • Added Utils.getVariantMetadataTags(JSONObject, String) and Utils.getVariantMetadataTags(JSONArray, String) as the standard API for data-csvariants.

Deprecated:

  • Utils.getDataCsvariantsAttribute(...) now delegates to getVariantMetadataTags(...) for backward compatibility.

Bug Fix:

  • Improved logHandler error formatting for string-based error payloads, preventing blank error messages during retry failures.

Enhancement:

  • Updated lodash dependency to 4.18.1 to address security vulnerabilities.

Enhancement:

  • Introduced getVariantMetadataTags as the standard API for data-csvariants.

Deprecated:

  • getDataCsvariantsAttribute is deprecated and delegates to the new API until removal in a future major release.

Enhancement:

  • Added GetVariantMetadataTags(JObject, string) and GetVariantMetadataTags(JArray, string) as the standard API for generating data-csvariants payloads.

Bug Fix:

  • Updated setTimeout to apply across connect, read, and write operations (previously connect only).

Enhancement:

  • Added optional setConnectTimeout, setReadTimeout, and setWriteTimeout for granular control.
  • Updated Maven Surefire with surefire-junit-platform to support JUnit 5 execution.

New Feature:

  • Added variant utilities for CDA entry variant aliases.

    • Introduced Utils.get_variant_aliases to retrieve variant alias strings from publish_details.variants.

    • Supports both single entries and lists, with optional content_type_uid fallback.
    • Added Utils.get_variant_metadata_tags to generate data-csvariants attribute values as JSON strings.

  • Introduced Live Preview editable tagging (CSLP).

    • Added helpers in entry_editable.py for JS-compatible editable tagging.

    • Added addEditableTags and addTags to attach CSLP tags across nested structures.
    • Added getTag for recursive tag generation.
    • Exported helpers at package level with backward compatibility via Utils.

Bug Fix:

  • Updated deprecated unittest assertions in tests/convert_style.py to support newer Python versions.

Bug Fixes:

  • Corrected GQL JSON test helper parsing by serializing Ruby hashes to JSON.
  • Normalized non-doc fragment list fixtures into a consistent structure to stabilize nested list fragment tests.

Bugs Fix:

  • Updated nokogiri dependency to >= 1.19.1 to address a security vulnerability.

Enhancements:

  • Added .ruby-version for Ruby 3.3.11 and aligned gem requirements for modern Ruby/macOS environments.
  • Added script/bundle_safe helper to prevent Bundler OpenSSL MD5 probe crashes on affected setups.

Visual Editor now includes two enhancements that help you manage permissions and control how content is published.

Request Edit Access

You can request edit access when you do not have permission to modify an entry. The Request Edit Access option appears in the Form and canvas views.

Submit a request with an optional comment. Approvers can review the request and approve or reject it from the Status panel. It allows you to continue your workflow without switching tools or contacting approvers separately.

For more information, see the Request Edit Access documentation.

Publish With or Without References

You can choose to publish entries with or without references. During publishing, select whether to include all referenced items or only the selected entry.

This option helps you control how updates are deployed. For example, publish a specific change without affecting linked content, or include all dependencies to maintain consistency across pages.

We’ve introduced major improvements to the Trados app to enhance your experience and provide better visibility into translation projects.

Introduced Full Page UI Location

The app now supports a new Full Page UI location for managing translation projects directly within Contentstack.

Project creation remains the same, with the following enhancements:

  • You can quickly find projects using project search by name or filter them by status or translated language.
  • You can now view the entry version number in error logs for faster debugging.
  • You can recreate failed projects by clicking the Copy Project icon, which copies the existing project configuration.
  • You can automatically identify fields that are not supported for translation before creating a project.
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Note: The Stack Dashboard UI location will be deprecated soon.

During app configuration, enable Reference Handling to automatically include referenced assets in translated releases, ensuring all nested content is localized.

To learn more, refer to the Trados App Installation Guide.

We’ve added new enhancements to the Bynder app:

  • Multi-configuration Support: You can now create and manage multiple configurations for the Bynder app within a single stack.
  • Advanced Settings: A new section has been added to the app configuration, requiring a Client ID and Client Secret to enable API-driven features.
  • Login Bypass: An optional toggle that allows users to bypass the standard login screen when accessing the asset selector.
  • Asset Tracker: Monitor and track asset usage statistics directly within your Bynder portal asset dashboard.
  • OAuth Authentication: Supports a more secure authentication flow using the authorization code and refresh token grant type to generate app tokens.
  • Custom Field Flexibility: While each custom field is limited to one configuration, a single content entry can now support multiple Bynder custom fields, each pointing to different configurations.

To learn more, refer to the Bynder App Installation Guide.

We’re excited to introduce the Mux app, now available in the Contentstack Marketplace.

Mux is a video infrastructure platform that provides APIs and tools for encoding, streaming, hosting, and delivering on-demand and live video content at scale.

The Mux App streamlines video management by integrating Mux capabilities directly into your entry workflow. This secure integration with automated updates simplifies video operations and provides greater control right within Contentstack.

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Key features

  • Direct Video Uploads from Entries: Upload videos, track processing status, configure playback settings, and keep asset data automatically synced, all within your entry workflow.
  • Secure Webhook Integration: Automatically reflect video creation, processing, and deletion updates in your entries with secure webhook validation.
  • Flexible playback options: Choose Public playback for open access or enable Signed (private) playback for time-limited, restricted content.
  • Advanced Video Controls: Edit titles, configure captions, customize thumbnails, generate animated GIF previews, and manage MP4 renditions directly within the entry.
  • Configurable Upload Limits: Define the maximum number of videos allowed per entry to maintain structured content control.

To learn more, refer to the Mux App Installation Guide.

Here’s an overview of the latest updates in Contentstack Launch:

  • Analog Framework Support:
    Contentstack Launch now supports hosting projects built with the Analog framework, an open-source Angular-based meta-framework, with full compatibility for SSR, Static Rendering, ISR, and API Routes. You can configure build settings, environment variables, caching strategies, and sitemap generation, with application specs including a 30-second execution timeout, 1024 MB memory, and a read-only file system with a 500 MB /tmp directory.
    To get started, refer to the Quick Start Guide with Analog.
  • AstroJS Framework Support:
    Contentstack Launch now supports deploying projects built with the Astro framework, ensuring compatibility with existing build and deployment workflows for seamless hosting.
    To get started, refer to the Quick Start Guide with Astro.
  • Cache Revalidation Notifications:
    You can now monitor your cache revalidation limits in Contentstack Launch, giving you clear visibility into your usage and available capacity.
    To learn more, refer to Cache Revalidation Limits.
  • Analytics for Cache Revalidation:
    As part of your plan's existing cache revalidation limits, Contentstack Launch now introduces notifications to inform users when they are approaching or have reached their allowed limits. This improves transparency and allows users to take appropriate action before hitting the limit.

New Features:

  • cli-cm-export (v2.0.0-beta.14): Added support for management tokens, allowing for authentication during export processes.

Enhancements:

  • Dependency upgrades for the following plugins:
    • cli-import (v2.0.0-beta.14)
    • cli-auth (v2.0.0-beta.10)
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v2.0.0-beta.14)
    • cli-cm-branches (v2.0.0-beta.5)
    • cli-cm-clone (v2.0.0-beta.15)
    • cli-cm-export-to-csv (v2.0.0-beta.5)
    • cli-cm-import-setup (v2.0.0-beta.9)
    • cli-command (v2.0.0-beta.5)
    • cli-config (v2.0.0-beta.6)
    • cli-migration (v2.0.0-beta.10)
    • cli-variants (v2.0.0-beta.11)

Bug & Security Fixes:

  • cli-utilities (v2.0.0-beta.5):
    • Refactored the OAuth token refresh logic in AuthHandler to prevent concurrent refresh operations.
    • Introduced the oauthRefreshInFlight promise to manage refresh state and updated tests to validate new behavior.
  • cli-audit (v2.0.0-beta.9):
    • Fixed the Audit fix progress bar and the overwrite confirmation UX.
  • cli-cm-seed (v2.0.0-beta.13):
    • Fixed an issue that stops chdir before nested import.
  • Security updates to resolve Snyk issues in:
    • cli-tsgen (v4.8.3)
    • cli-cm-migrate-rte (v2.0.0-beta.4)

Features:

  • Added support for passing skip_workflow_stage_check and approvals as query parameters instead of headers for bulk publish and bulk unpublish operations.
  • Unit tests updated to validate query parameter handling for bulk operations.
  • Integration tests added for bulk publish and unpublish scenarios using workflow flags.
  • Improved test setup to allow bulk operation tests to run independently of execution order.

Features:

  • Added GetVariantAliases and GetDataCsvariantsAttribute for variant alias extraction and data-csvariants serialization.
  • Throws ArgumentException for invalid arguments.

Features:

  • Added variant utility to read variant aliases and generate data-csvariants JSON for single or multiple entries.
  • Throws VariantUtilityError for invalid input.

Features:

  • Added Utils.get_variant_aliases to read variant alias strings from publish_details.variants on CDA entries (supports single or multiple entries).
  • Supports optional content_type_uid when _content_type_uid is not present on the entry.
  • Added Utils.get_variant_metadata_tags to generate a data-csvariants HTML attribute value as a JSON string.

Features:

  • Added getVariantAliases and getVariantMetadataTags to read variant alias strings from publish_details.variants in CDA entries.
  • Requires fetch requests with the x-cs-variant-uid header set to aliases.

Enhancement:

  • Added unit, API, and mock tests for asset localization using query parameters (for example, en-us via add_param) to improve test coverage and reliability.

We’ve redesigned the Docs experience to make learning faster, clearer, and more connected.

Here’s what’s new:

  • Fresh look & feel
    Docs now align with Contentstack’s updated brand and design system: cleaner visuals, better readability, and a more modern experience.
  • Multi-product navigation
    Each product now has its own dedicated space. Go straight to what matters to you.
  • Docs and Academy, better together
    We’ve strengthened the connection between documentation and Academy courses. Move seamlessly between concepts and hands-on learning.
  • Light & Dark themes
    Switch between light and dark modes based on your preference, whether you’re browsing during the day or working late.
  • Improved UX & content flow
    Content is now better structured and easier to scan, helping you find answers faster with less friction.

Start exploring the new Docs experience now!

This release introduces updates to improve content modeling and the entry editing experience.

The enhancements include:

  • Default language and timezone: You can now set a preferred timezone and default language in your profile settings. The selected language is automatically applied when you open the entry list, reducing the need to switch it manually.
  • Field limit indicator banners: The Content Type Builder now displays indicators as you approach system limits:
    • At 80%, an early warning appears
    • At 100%, the limit is reached message appears

    These indicators apply to both the total number of fields and JSON Rich Text fields, helping you monitor limits while designing content types.

  • Horizontal layout for radio buttons: You can now display radio options horizontally in the entry editor. This layout makes it easy to view and select from a small set of options.

Secure your workspace by automatically logging users out after a defined limit. This gives admins precise control over session duration and inactivity.

What’s New

  • Session Timeout: Enforce strict limits. Automatically log users out once their session reaches the maximum duration you define.
  • Idle Timeout: Secure inactive workstations. Set a specific period of inactivity that triggers an automatic logout.
  • Customizable Timeouts: Tailor your policy. Configure session and idle timeouts anywhere from 1 and 8760 hours to match your security standards.
  • Email Whitelisting: Manage exceptions. Bypass timeout rules for trusted users or service accounts by whitelisting their email addresses.

Enable this feature by navigating to Administration > Security Configuration > Session Timeout. Check our documentation for full details, or contact support to get started immediately.

We’ve added enhancements to the Contentstack Shopify Integration:

  • Enhanced Sync Control: You can now choose to sync content to Shopify only when an entry is officially published in Contentstack.
  • Full URL Support: The application now fully supports syncing URL fields, removing all previous data type restrictions.
  • Dynamic Metadata Cleanup: Unpublishing an entry in Contentstack now automatically removes its associated metafields and meta-objects from Shopify while keeping the core product intact.

To learn more, refer to the Contentstack Shopify Integration Guide.

Bug Fix:

  • Improved resilience against connection drops and socket closures to prevent unhandled promise rejections and application crashes.
  • The SDK now:
    • Safely handles response parsing failures
    • Retries requests on connection interruptions
    • Returns errors gracefully after retry attempts are exhausted

Enhancement:

  • Introduced enhancements to the Variant Utility to improve support for working with content variants.

Bug Fix:

  • Resolved an issue with DeveloperHub URL mapping for custom regions to ensure correct endpoint resolution.

Bug Fix:

  • Improved handling of Axios errors when the status code is 0, preventing unexpected failures during network interruptions.

Enhancements:

  • contentstack-utilities (v2.0.0-beta.4):
    • Updated the major version of chalk to resolve Snyk security vulnerabilities.
  • Updated the following plugins to the latest beta versions to ensure compatibility with the updated utility dependencies:
    • contentstack (v2.0.0-beta.17)
    • contentstack-auth (v2.0.0-beta.9)
    • contentstack-config (v2.0.0-beta.5)
    • contentstack-command (v2.0.0-beta.4)
    • cli-cm-bootstrap (v2.0.0-beta.13)
    • cli-cm-seed (v2.0.0-beta.12)
    • cli-cm-import (v2.0.0-beta.13)
    • cli-cm-clone (v2.0.0-beta.14)
    • cli-cm-export (v2.0.0-beta.13)
    • cli-cm-variants (v2.0.0-beta.10)
    • cli-cm-migration (v2.0.0-beta.9)
    • cli-cm-import-setup (v2.0.0-beta.8)
    • cli-cm-export-to-csv (v2.0.0-beta.4)
    • cli-cm-branches (v2.0.0-beta.4)
    • cli-audit (v2.0.0-beta.8)

We’ve introduced a new way to control how Live Preview generates preview links. Instead of relying only on static environment base URLs or entry-level URL fields, you can now define dynamic, pattern-based preview URLs that resolve at runtime using entry data, environment, locale, or taxonomy values.

You can now preview content that uses non-native URL fields, nested routing, taxonomy-driven URLs, or multiple domains. The same content can be previewed across regional domains or environments without duplicating entries or manually updating URLs. 

With Custom Preview URLs, Live Preview reflects your real site structure more accurately, reducing broken or incorrect previews.

To get started, see the Custom Preview URLs in Live Preview documentation.

Security Fix:

  • Addressed security vulnerabilities identified by Snyk.

Enhancement:

  • Added support for branch settings.

Enhancements:

  • contentstack-utilities (v2.0.0-beta.3):
    • Updated the major version of inquirer for improved interactive CLI prompts.
    • Added NO_PROXY support in the environment file for better network configuration control.
  • Updated the major version of inquirer in the following plugins:
    • contentstack-bootstrap (v2.0.0-beta.12)
    • contentstack-clone (v2.0.0-beta.13)
    • contentstack-export-to-csv (v2.0.0-beta.3)
    • contentstack-seed (v2.0.0-beta.11)

Bug & Security Fixes:

  • contentstack-audit (v2.0.0-beta.7):
    • Fixed issues related to the progress manager and audit summary display in the audit command.
  • Resolved Snyk security vulnerabilities by upgrading dependencies in the following:
    • types-generator (v3.9.3)
    • contentstack-cli-tsgen (v4.8.2)
    • cli-bulk-operations (v1.0.1)
    • contentstack-cli-content-type (v1.4.2)

Enhancements:

  • contentstack-utilities (v1.19.0-beta-0): Added NO_PROXY support in the environment file.

Drafts and Auto Save help protect your work while editing entries in the entry editor.

Autosave automatically saves your changes as you edit, so if your browser crashes, you close a tab, or the page refreshes, your work is preserved. When you're ready to commit your changes, clicking Save creates a new official version.

When multiple users work on the same entry, Drafts and Auto Save helps maintain a structured editing experience:

  • Field-level locking prevents multiple users from editing the same field at the same time.
  • Collaboration indicators show when other users are actively viewing or editing the entry.

For more information, refer to the Drafts and Auto Save documentation.

Note: This feature is currently part of an Early Access Program and may not be available to all users. Contact the Contentstack support team for more information.

You can now add entries to a release directly from Visual Editor. Add a single entry while editing a page or select multiple entries in bulk.

Instead of navigating from the Entries module, content managers can prepare and organize content for deployment without leaving the visual page editing interface.

For example, if you update multiple components on a landing page, you can quickly select all related entries and add them to a release in one flow, helping teams coordinate launches more efficiently.

Learn more through the Add to Release in Visual Editor documentation.

We’ve redesigned the Academy to make learning faster, clearer, and more connected.

  • Fresh look & feel: Now aligned with Contentstack’s new brand colors and modern design system.
  • Multi-product navigation: Dedicated sections for each product, so you can quickly find what’s relevant to you.
  • Stronger Docs & Academy connection: Seamless interlinking between documentation and courses for smoother learning and a deeper context.
  • Light & Dark themes: Choose the experience that works best for you.
  • Improved UX & content flow: Cleaner structure, better organization, and faster access to what you need.
  • Captions & transcriptions for all videos: Learn your way: searchable, accessible, and easier to follow.

Ready to accelerate your expertise? The reimagined Academy delivers a more connected learning experience designed to take you from concept to creation in record time. Explore now!

This release delivers usability improvements that make stack management, content modeling, and entry workflows faster and more intuitive.

  • Stack Colors: You can now assign colors to stacks in the stack switcher to quickly distinguish between them.
  • Dynamic Entry Titles in Browser Tabs: Entry titles now appear in the browser tab, making it easier to identify and switch between multiple open entry tabs. If a title is missing, the tab displays Untitled Entry. If the entry is unavailable, it shows Entry Not Found.
  • Entry UID Column: The Entries list page now includes a dedicated Entry UID column with a one-click copy option. This simplifies referencing entries for API usage, debugging, and developer workflows.
  • View Reference Map: Visualize entry relationships directly within the entry editor using the View Reference Map feature. The map shows both entries that reference the current entry and entries referenced by it, providing a clear hierarchical view—especially useful for managing complex content structures.

Together, these enhancements streamline everyday tasks, reduce context switching, and make working across stacks and entries more intuitive.

Here’s an overview of the latest updates in Contentstack Launch:

  • HTTP Log Targets:
    Stream logs using a scalable, accessible method with the support for HTTP-based Log Targets in Contentstack Launch. This update eliminates the need for complex gRPC and OpenTelemetry Collector setups, allowing you to stream logs directly to popular aggregators for simpler configuration, faster onboarding, and quicker root-cause analysis.
    Refer to the Log Targets guide to start streaming logs.
  • New Launch Response Error Codes:
    Expand troubleshooting capabilities with two new error codes (CF1001, CF1003) added to Contentstack Launch.
    Read more about the error codes in the Troubleshooting Launch Response Error Codes document.
  • Cache Revalidation Limits on Launch:
    Ensure platform stability with daily cache revalidation limits applied to Launch projects.
    High-volume Enterprise organizations can request limit increases to support specific workload requirements.

We’ve renamed Visual Builder to Visual Editor to better reflect how the experience is used today.

As the product has evolved, its core value has become clearer; this is where teams review, edit, and refine content visually. From making updates and previewing changes to validating content before it goes live, editing is at the heart of the experience. The new name aligns more accurately with what users actually do every day.

Note: This is a name change only. All functionality, workflows, and access remain the same, and no action is required from existing users. You may see Visual Editor referenced across the product documentation where Visual Builder previously appeared.

We’re excited to announce that Contentstack’s home screen and top navigation are now generally available to all users. After a successful early access phase, the legacy navigation experience has been fully sunset, making way for a smarter, cleaner, and more intuitive way to work across the platform.

What’s new?

  • Home Screen: A smarter starting point in Contentstack – the home screen centralizes everything you need from building content to managing integrations:
    • Explore Apps: From the home screen, you can access all products—CMS, Launch, Automate, Personalize, Developer Hub, and more
    • Role-based Learning: Accelerate onboarding and upskilling with Academy courses, certifications, and quick-start guides tailored to your role
    • Quick Links and Updates: Access docs, training, community spaces, product changelogs, and upcoming events from one convenient dashboard
    • Just One Click Away: You can return to home anytime by clicking the Contentstack logo or using the dropdown menu under your profile icon
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  • Top Navigation: We’ve moved from the traditional left sidebar to a sleek, modern top nav:
    • 9-Dot Grid Menu: Quickly switch between products

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    • Centralized Shortcuts: Your most-used items, Favorites, is now easier to access
    • Streamlined Interface: A cleaner, consistent layout across the platform that reduces clutter and boosts usability

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These enhancements are now generally available to all users.

Log in to Contentstack to explore the new look and feel today. For more information, refer to our documentation.

We’ve rolled out a series of powerful security enhancements to give you more control over your account and safeguard your Contentstack experience. From streamlined session management to smarter MFA workflows and proactive alerts, these updates are designed to keep your account more secure, without adding friction to your workflow.

Key Enhancements

  • Session termination on MFA enable/reset: All other active sessions are now automatically terminated when Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled or reset. A confirmation modal appears before proceeding, while the current session remains active.
  • Backup codes during MFA setup: Upon successful MFA activation, a prompt appears with the option to copy or download the backup codes for use when authenticator access is unavailable. A new “Use backup code instead” option is also available on the login screen.
  • Session management controls: A new feature in Profile > Security allows termination of all active sessions except the current one, useful in cases where a login occurred on shared or temporary devices.
  • Email alerts for repeated failed logins: Starting from the fifth failed login attempt, email notifications are triggered with browser, device, and IP details to help you detect suspicious activity.

These updates are part of our ongoing commitment to delivering a secure and seamless experience. Stay tuned, more improvements are on the way!

You can now manage entries directly from the Form panel in Visual Builder—without leaving the editing experience. In addition to editing fields, the Form panel now lets you import and export entries as JSON, rename entry versions, unlocalize localized entries, and delete entries.

These enhancements reduce context switching and make common entry management tasks faster and more intuitive. Content managers can import and export content, manage localization, and organize versions while viewing changes in real-time on the canvas.

For example, you can export an entry for reuse, import updated JSON to create a new version, or unlocalize an entry to revert to inherited content, all from the same panel.

To learn more, refer to the Visual Builder Form documentation, for detailed guidance on each entry management action.

You can now indent and outdent content in both the JSON Rich Text Editor and HTML-based Rich Text Editor, allowing you to visually offset paragraphs and headings with a click or keyboard shortcut (Tab and Shift + Tab).

This feature follows standard editor and accessibility behavior. The Indentation icon is added to the Rich Text Editor toolbar by default, including for existing content types.

For more information, refer to the Basic Formatting in JSON RTE and HTML-based Rich Text Editor documentation.

We’ve introduced an update that gives you more flexibility when duplicating entries in Contentstack. When copying an entry, you can now choose to copy only the current locale or all locales. If you copy the current locale from a non-master locale, Contentstack also includes its fallback content. This makes it easier to reuse content based on your workflow, whether you’re working in a single locale or duplicating content across all locales.

Learn more about Copy Localized Entries.

Stop wasting traffic on underperforming content. With Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB), Personalize now offers an automated way to manage your A/B test traffic.

Instead of manually monitoring tests or waiting weeks to declare a winner, MAB acts as an autopilot for your experiments. It detects which variant is driving the most conversions and automatically shifts more traffic to that winner, instantly.

With MAB, you can:

  • Earn while you learn: Capture more conversions immediately, even while the test is still gathering data.
  • Protect your ROI: Automatically limit exposure to low-performing variations.
  • Test with confidence: Let the algorithm handle the traffic split so you can focus on creating the next great campaign.

Note: MAB optimizes traffic flow, but it does not change your experiment’s conclusion rules. Test duration and winner declaration follow the same settings as your standard A/B Test experiences.

Learn more:

The Healthcheck app is now supported across all Contentstack regions, including AWS North America, AWS Europe, AWS Australia, Azure North America, Azure Europe, GCP North America, and GCP Europe, allowing you to install and use the app consistently.

If you need further assistance, contact us through the Support Portal.

To learn more, refer to the Healthcheck App Installation Guide.

Here’s an overview of the latest updates in Contentstack Launch:

  • Introducing Launch APIs:
    Contentstack Launch now provides APIs that let you manage your projects, environments, and deployments directly within your Launch workspace using REST API.
    To learn more, refer to the Launch API document.

Organization admins and owners can now manually unlock user accounts that have been locked due to excessive failed login attempts. This update allows for immediate account recovery directly from the Administration > Users tab, eliminating the need to contact support.

What’s New:

  • Unlock individual users: Instantly restore access by selecting Unlock User from the vertical ellipsis menu next to any locked account.
  • Bulk unlock capability: Save time by selecting up to 10 locked users and unlocking them all in a single action.
  • Immediate restoration: Account access is fully restored the moment the unlock action is complete.

Note: The Unlock User option will not be available if the user is an org owner or belongs to multiple organizations, reach out to support to unlock your account.

This update empowers admins to resolve lockouts independently, ensuring secure and uninterrupted access for the entire team.

Read the Unlock Users document for more information.

We’ve introduced an update that makes navigating complex content structures more intuitive in Contentstack.

You can now mark any supported field inside a Modular Block or within a Global field marked as Multiple in a content type as its display title, making it easier to distinguish within the entry editor.

Learn more about Mark as Title.

We’ve introduced major enhancements to the Healthcheck app to improve usability and provide clearer, more actionable insights:

  • Healthcheck Report Download & Email Notifications: You can now enable or disable the report downloads and email notifications in the app configuration.
  • Enhanced UI: The Healthcheck app includes an updated layout with improved spacing, a cleaner visual hierarchy, and a redesigned Overview page for easier navigation and readability.Marketplace-Healthcheck-3-0-App
  • Run Healthcheck: Added a new Run Healthcheck button to execute checks with your customized configuration, with the replacement of the previous Customize & Re-run buttons.
  • Usage Checks: A new category that surfaces bandwidth usage, top URLs, status codes, and API activity to help you track traffic patterns more effectively.
  • New Checks: Added checks for delivery token usage, management token usage, global field redundancy, missing help text and instruction text, and template files (i.e. .md, .css etc) uploaded to Assets.

To learn more, refer to the Healthcheck App Installation Guide.

We’ve added new enhancements to the Brandfolder app:

  • Multiple Configuration Support: The Brandfolder app now supports multiple configurations for the Custom and JSON RTE fields, allowing you to connect multiple accounts.
  • Advanced Configuration: Customize the behavior of the selector page with new optional parameters in the advanced configuration settings in the Custom and JSON RTE fields.
  • Locale-specific Configuration Parameter Support: Set locale-specific parameters for custom fields to tailor asset selection by language.
  • Max Asset Limit: Define a maximum asset limit in custom fields to help maintain performance and prevent overloading.
  • Asset Validations: Use new asset validation checks for custom fields to ensure that assets meet configuration constraints for size and dimensions (height, width).

To learn more, refer to the Brandfolder App Installation Guide.

Here’s an overview of the latest updates in Contentstack Launch:

  • Support for Apex Domains in Custom Domains:
    You can now add apex domains with redirection options to subdomains or other domains in the environment. Domain ownership is verified using TXT records, and SSL certificates are automatically provisioned using DCV validation.
    To learn more, refer to the Custom Domains document.
  • Platform Limits for Launch Deployments:
    Contentstack Launch now documents request and response size limits to help ensure smooth, scalable deployments and optimal site performance.
    Learn more in the Platform Limits on Launch guide.
  • Blocking Default Launch Domains from Search Indexing:
    You are now able to prevent search engines from indexing your default Launch domains using methods like robots.txt, X-Robots-Tag headers, 403 responses, or CDN authentication.
    To learn more, refer to the Blocking Default Launch Domains From Google Search document.

You can now localize taxonomies and terms per locale, ensuring consistent structure across locales and branches. The new Taxonomy Localization feature allows you to display taxonomy terms in multiple languages without duplicating the hierarchy. Localizations can be applied to the entire taxonomy or specific terms directly from the Taxonomy Details page.

Each market can use localized labels for clarity, while administrators retain centralized control. Localization fallbacks ensure seamless behavior across branches and environments.

Key Benefits:

  • Localize taxonomy terms without changing core structure
  • Manage all localized labels from a centralized master taxonomy
  • Branch-aware fallback chains
  • Improve operational efficiency and audit tracking

Learn how to enable and use this feature in our Taxonomy Localization documentation.

Note: Taxonomy Localization is a plan-based feature. Contact our support team to enable it for your organization. This feature is currently available for CMA use only. Publishing localized taxonomy names and terms to CDA is coming soon. You can begin preparing your localized structures now, but localized values will not appear in published content until publishing support is released.

Organization owners and admins can now reset Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for users—helping restore access when someone loses their authentication app or switches devices.

What’s New

  • Reset MFA for individual users: Admins can initiate an MFA reset on behalf of any user.
  • Bulk reset: Select and reset MFA for up to 10 users at a time.

Refer to Organization Users and Bulk Operations on Organization Users for more information.

Introducing Allowed Email Domains—a new security enhancement that gives organization owners and admins tighter control over who can be added to their organization. This feature lets you define which email domains are permitted, ensuring only trusted users gain access.

Key Highlights:

  • Add up to 30 approved email domains to limit user invites to your organization.
  • Invitations for users with unapproved domains are automatically blocked.
  • Existing users are not affected when this setting is enabled.

By implementing this feature, you reinforce your organization’s security posture and ensure that only authorized enterprise users are granted access, supporting a Zero Trust model from the very first step.

Ready to tighten your access controls? Head to Administration > Security Configuration to get started. Read our documentation for more information.

We’re introducing Advanced Settings in Developer Hub, a powerful new way for Apps to integrate with external APIs securely and efficiently, without the need for a custom backend. With this feature, developers can now store, manage, and inject sensitive credentials directly within Contentstack Apps, enabling seamless and secure integrations.

Key Capabilities:

You can now streamline and secure your app integrations using these new configuration options in Developer Hub:

  • Variables: Safely store API keys and other sensitive credentials in encrypted form.
  • Mappings: Dynamically link customer or environment-specific configuration values.
  • Rewrites: Route API requests through clean, secure endpoints without exposing URLs.

Advanced Settings eliminates the need for custom backend systems by enabling developers to manage external API interactions entirely within Contentstack. It simplifies secure integration with services like AI models, analytics platforms, and third-party SaaS APIs.

Learn more about Advanced Settings and Build an App With Advanced Settings in Developer Hub.

As teams strive to deliver personalized digital experiences faster, traditional handoffs often slow them down. Studio is a visual experience builder that bridges the gap between design, development, and content composition. Studio integrates seamlessly with Contentstack’s CMS, empowering teams to compose dynamic experiences backed by structured content.

Key Highlights:

  • Transform Figma designs into reusable, production-ready components.
  • Govern components visually in a centralized Canvas.
  • Empower business users to create and update pages, without code.
  • Maintain design and brand consistency with built-in guardrails.

For example, a marketing user can update a homepage hero banner or create a campaign page using pre-approved components, all while maintaining design system guardrails and data integrity.

This results in faster iteration, reduced developer dependency, and consistent brand experiences.

Note: Studio is launching in Early Access and will be rolled out to customers in phases. Contact the support team to get access.

Read the Studio documentation to learn how to set up your first project, style components, and manage compositions