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October 23, 2026

Public Pages & Help

• CHANGE: The Changelog page listed every change by date, with no way to find the ones you were looking for. You can now filter it by area, such as Calendar or Members, and by type (new features, changes, bug fixes or API changes), and search the text of every change. Each week's changes are grouped by area, under the week's highlights. Each page now holds a set number of changes instead of a set number of days, so a busy week no longer makes one very long page, and "Updates to the Groups.io service" is now in the breadcrumb at the top.
• CHANGE: The weekly #changelog email is now organized by area instead of by day, with the busiest areas first. It starts with the week's highlights and a list of the areas that changed, so you can skip to the ones you care about. Changes to our internal systems are no longer included.
• CHANGE: In the help center, a glossary definition opened by clicking an underlined term stayed open until you clicked the same term again, so several could pile up on top of each other. Definitions now close when you click anywhere else on the page, press Escape, or open another term. Clicking inside a definition keeps it open so you can select and copy its text. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41470
• CHANGE: Changes on the Changelog page from late August to mid October now have areas and weekly highlights too, so they can also be filtered by area.
• BUGFIX: On the Changelog page, a change that contained a link was cut off where the link began, so the announcement of the Security page read just "A new". Changes with a list of details, such as the event page redesign, showed only their first line. Both are now shown in full, and code, bold text and links in a change are now formatted instead of shown as raw Markdown.
• BUGFIX: Links in the changelog's RSS feed pointed to a place on the Changelog page that didn't exist. They now go to that day's changes. The feed can now also be filtered the same way as the page, for example to just API changes, and each item's title includes its area. Asking for a page of the feed past its end caused a server error; it now returns an empty feed.
• BUGFIX: In dark mode, the small arrow under a help center glossary definition was a different shade from the definition box. It now matches.

October 16, 2026

Public Pages & Help

• CHANGE: On the groups.io home page, the only button was Get Started for FREE, which goes to the Pricing page, so members who came to log in clicked it and couldn't find their way in. On phones, the Log In link was also hidden in the menu. The home page now has a Log In button next to Get Started for FREE, and a note for existing members with a link to the how-to-log-in video. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41399
• CHANGE: The two buttons on the groups.io home page weren't labelled, and the Log In button was a pale outline next to the solid green Get Started for FREE button. Each button now has a heading saying who it's for: "New to Groups.io?" above Get Started for FREE, and "Already a member of a group?" above Log In. Log In is now a solid blue button, with the how-to-log-in video link under it. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41423
• NEW: A new Security page, also at groups.io/security, summarizes how Groups.io protects your groups and data: where data is hosted, encryption, account security, monitoring, backups, incident response, and how we use AI. It also lists the documents institutions can request for a security review, such as our HECVAT and VPAT. It's linked from the sidebar on the Terms, Privacy Policy, and other policy pages.
• CHANGE: The Subprocessors page, last revised in 2018, has been brought up to date. Each subprocessor now says what it does for Groups.io instead of "Cloud Service Provider". AI providers have their own section, which notes that their terms do not let them train on the data we send. Spur, used to check IP addresses to prevent fraud and abuse, and Tailscale are now listed, and Google is listed for both mobile push notifications and support email.

October 9, 2026

Public Pages & Help

• BUGFIX: In the online help center manuals, the expandable sections (headings you click to show more text) looked like links but didn't open when clicked, and glossary terms didn't show their definitions when clicked. Both work again. https://beta.groups.io/g/docs/message/618