> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.genie-app.de/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Genie changelog: new features, updates, and fixes

> Weekly product updates for Genie — new features, improvements, and bug fixes across projects, Genie Cloud, workspaces, billing, and integrations.

<Update label="July 27, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update lets PDF and document AI Q\&A ship in your very first prompt, and fixes long-running AI requests that could silently drop instead of returning an error.

  ## Updates

  * **PDF and document AI Q\&A can now ship in your very first prompt.** If your opening prompt describes an app that reads an uploaded PDF or document — answering questions about a contract, summarizing a report — Genie now wires the feature in directly from the browser on the first build, the same way it already does for AI images. No Genie Cloud, login, or backend needed yet. See [Built-in AI, images, and email](/cloud/ai-and-email).

  ## Fixes

  * **Long-running built-in AI requests no longer fail silently.** Calls that took longer than usual to answer (for example, more involved reasoning requests) could previously drop without any response. These now return a clear error instead of hanging indefinitely.
</Update>

<Update label="July 26, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update has Genie ask a couple of quick clarifying questions before an ambitious build, makes sure Genie AI always replies in your language, and lets your app's built-in AI read images and PDFs.

  ## New features

  * **Genie can now build features that read images and PDFs.** Ask Genie for something like "describe what's in this photo" or "answer questions about this uploaded PDF" and it wires the request through the built-in AI credential your Genie Cloud app already has — no separate vision or document-parsing service needed. See [Built-in AI, images, and email](/cloud/ai-and-email).

  ## Updates

  * **Genie asks before it builds.** For a broad or ambitious idea, the workspace AI now asks a couple of quick clarifying questions — batched into one short card exchange — before it starts building, instead of guessing at what you meant. A clear, specific ask still starts building right away. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#genie-asks-before-it-builds).
  * **Genie AI always replies in your language.** Genie AI now reliably answers in whichever language you write to it in, independent of your account's interface language, and keeps writing in that language for the rest of the conversation. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#always-replies-in-your-language).
  * **Genie MCP Server: sort credit usage by spend or date.** The `get_credit_usage` tool now takes a `sort` parameter (`credits_desc`, `credits_asc`, `date_desc`, `date_asc`) to order the breakdown. See [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api).
</Update>

<Update label="July 25, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update lets AI image features ship in your very first prompt, makes live-app AI usage count against your credits with a new per-project usage view, and fixes several chat and build-language issues.

  ## Updates

  * **AI image generation and editing can now ship in your very first build.** If your opening prompt describes an app built around AI images — generating artwork, editing a photo, analyzing something you upload — Genie now wires the feature in directly from the browser on the first build, instead of deferring it to a follow-up prompt. See [Built-in AI, images, and email](/cloud/ai-and-email).
  * **Your live app's AI usage now counts against your credits, with a new usage view.** When your published app calls Genie's built-in AI text, image, video, or audio generation through Genie Cloud, that usage is now billed to your credit balance, the same way project chat is. Track it under **Project Settings → Usage** — a day-by-day breakdown with a 7/30/90-day range toggle — or in your account transaction history. See [Usage and limits](/cloud/ai-and-email#usage-and-limits).

  ## Fixes

  * **Long messages no longer flicker when collapsing.** Sending or viewing a long message in project chat could briefly flash between its expanded and collapsed state. It now collapses smoothly.
  * **Smoother mobile chat tool drawer.** The tool drawer that slides up during mobile chat now sits flush with the bottom of the screen and scrolls cleanly, without stray gaps or a floating footer.
  * **Build summaries now reliably match the language you write in.** Writing your prompt in German (or another supported language) could sometimes still get an English build summary back. Genie now consistently replies in your prompt's language.
</Update>

<Update label="July 24, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update brings live build-status tracking to new projects created from chat, and fixes a few build and chat reliability issues.

  ## Updates

  * **Watch a brand-new project build live from chat.** Ask the workspace AI to create a new project with an opening prompt — *"create a customer support ticketing tool with a Kanban board"* — and you now watch it build live in the same status card used for follow-up prompts (queued → building → complete), instead of seeing a static "created" message. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#workspace-ai).

  ## Fixes

  * **Reopening a Genie AI conversation no longer risks an error.** Coming back to a conversation shortly after starting a build, or right after clicking a link inside one of its interactive cards, could sometimes show an error or leave the chat unresponsive. Reopening now always picks the conversation back up cleanly.
  * **A brand-new project's very first build no longer fails outright in rare cases.** An unusual pause partway through building could previously get the whole build marked as failed immediately; Genie now gives it another try before giving up.
  * **Fixed a blank area with certain chart components.** Building an app that used some third-party chart libraries, like recharts, could leave a blank area instead of a working chart. Affected components are now caught and handled correctly.
</Update>

<Update label="July 23, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update disables rollback for projects running on Genie Cloud, since restoring an earlier version can't undo changes already made to your live database, edge functions, or storage.

  ## Updates

  * **Rollback is now unavailable while Genie Cloud is active.** Restoring a previous version only replaces your app's frontend code — it doesn't touch the database, edge functions, or storage buckets your live Genie Cloud backend has since moved on to. To avoid leaving the two out of sync, **Rollback to this state** now stays disabled, with a tooltip explaining why, for the whole time Genie Cloud is active on a project. See [Rolling back to a previous version](/projects/overview#rolling-back-to-a-previous-version) and [Rollback and Genie Cloud](/cloud/overview#rollback-and-genie-cloud).
</Update>

<Update label="July 22, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update adds a chat switcher to the in-project Genie AI panel, personalizes first builds with your name, lets external MCP clients read Genie's design direction, and pauses the Remix feature while it's reworked.

  ## Updates

  * **Switch between Genie AI conversations without leaving your project.** The Genie AI panel next to your live preview now has a chat switcher, so you can jump to a recent conversation instead of losing it to start another. To begin a new one, just start typing in the composer — there's no separate "New chat" button anymore. See [The Genie AI panel](/projects/overview#the-genie-ai-panel).
  * **First builds use your real name where a site would.** When your first prompt implies a personal site — a portfolio, an author byline, a dashboard greeting — Genie now fills in your account name instead of generic placeholder copy. Guests and signed-out visitors still get neutral placeholder text.
  * **Genie MCP Server: read Genie's design direction.** External AI clients connected via the [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) can now call `get_design_principles` to see the look-and-feel guidance Genie's build agent follows, so a design brief you write for `create_project` or `send_followup_prompt` stays consistent with how Genie actually builds.
  * **Remix is temporarily unavailable.** The **Remix** button, "Remix from here," and the **Remixable** toggle in project settings are paused site-wide while we rework the feature. No remix settings or history are lost in the meantime. See [Remixable projects](/projects/visibility#remixable-projects).
</Update>

<Update label="July 21, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update gives the build progress card a clearer status while Genie writes its closing summary.

  ## Updates

  * **Clearer status while Genie wraps up a build.** After all files are written, the build progress card used to show a generic "Finishing things up…" status even while Genie was still composing the build's closing summary. It now reads **"Writing your summary…"** during that window, matching the summary panel itself. See [Watching a build in progress](/projects/overview#watching-a-build-in-progress).
</Update>

<Update label="July 20, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update makes the workspace AI steer new and follow-up prompts toward the kind of app Genie builds reliably, and is upfront about when that needs a paid plan.

  ## Updates

  * **Guided toward what Genie builds well.** When you ask the workspace AI to create a project or shape a prompt, it now nudges you toward Genie's proven, cloud-backed approach and offers the closest thing it can actually ship if your original ask isn't a good fit — for example, suggesting AI photo editing instead of real-time video effects. If the suggested approach needs a paid plan, Genie says so upfront and offers to upgrade; if you're already on a paid plan, it skips the cost reminder. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#guided-toward-what-genie-builds-well).
</Update>

<Update label="July 19, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update adds a public status page for checking Genie's health, puts a floating refresh prompt right over the live preview when a build finishes, and catches the Genie MCP Server docs up with a status-check tool.

  ## New features

  * **Check Genie's status anytime.** A public [status page](https://genie-app.de/status) shows whether Genie is currently operational, degraded, or down, with live uptime for each core system and any active incident notices — backed by real, hourly end-to-end health checks rather than a simple ping. No sign-in required.

  ## Updates

  * **A refresh prompt floats right over the live preview.** When a build finishes, a small **See current version** button now appears over the live preview itself — and on its loading placeholder too — so you can pull in the fresh result without looking for a button elsewhere. It disappears on its own once the preview is current, and reappears for your next build. See [Refreshing the preview](/projects/overview#refreshing-the-preview).
  * **Genie MCP Server: status now documented.** External AI clients connected via the [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) can now check Genie's status with `get_status_page` — the same read the public status page uses — without spending a chat turn.
</Update>

<Update label="July 18, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update lets you dictate a prompt instead of typing it, and catches up the Genie MCP Server docs with three tools that shipped alongside last week's memory and bug-solution features.

  ## New features

  * **Talk instead of type.** Tap the microphone icon in any Genie chat composer — workspace chat, a project's chat panel, or the command palette's **Ask Genie** — to dictate your message instead of typing it. Tap again to stop, or it stops on its own after two minutes; Genie fills the composer with the transcript so you can review or edit before sending. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#talk-instead-of-type).

  ## Updates

  * **Genie MCP Server: bug-solution search and user-memory tools now documented.** External AI clients connected via the [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) can already search the shared bug-knowledge base for a proven fix (`find_bug_solutions`) and search or delete what Genie remembers about the connected user (`search_user_memory`, `forget_user_memory`) — these shipped alongside last week's memory and bug-solution features but were missing from the reference page until now.
</Update>

<Update label="July 17, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update lets you ask Genie AI what it remembers about you (and have it forget things on request), gives the workspace AI access to known bug fixes when you describe a problem, and fixes a rare case where a failed reply could keep retrying in a loop.

  ## New features

  * **Ask Genie AI what it remembers — or to forget something.** Genie already picks up context about you as you chat. Now you can ask directly — "what do you remember about me?" — and it searches everything it's picked up, not just the most recent items. If something's wrong, ask it to forget and the memory is deleted. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#genie-remembers-your-preferences).
  * **Workspace AI can check for a known fix.** Describe a bug you're running into and the workspace AI checks whether the same issue has already been solved on another project, surfacing a fix that's known to work instead of guessing. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#workspace-ai).

  ## Fixes

  * **Fixed a rare case where a failed AI reply could keep retrying in a loop.** A specific kind of build failure could cause Genie to silently retry the same failed turn over and over. It now stops after two attempts and shows a clear error instead.
</Update>

<Update label="July 16, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update makes Genie's chat answers more interactive, adds a live status card when Genie AI updates a project for you, and makes the "Continue with Genie AI" hand-off carry over the full conversation.

  ## New features

  * **Interactive answers in chat.** When Genie AI offers you a choice, it now renders a clickable card — a confirm button, a single-pick list, or a checklist with your own note — instead of a paragraph you have to answer in your own words. See [Interactive answers](/workspaces/overview#interactive-answers).
  * **Live build status from Genie AI.** Ask the workspace AI to update an existing project and a status card tracks the build right in the chat (Sent → Building → Live), with a link to open the project once it's ready. See [Workspace AI](/workspaces/overview#workspace-ai).

  ## Updates

  * **"Continue with Genie AI" now marks itself as used.** After you hand a chat-mode answer off to the full Genie AI panel, the button switches to a **Continued** state so you can tell at a glance you've already done it — and the full exchange, including any cards you answered, carries over so Genie AI has complete context. See [Chat mode](/projects/overview#chat-mode).
</Update>

<Update label="July 15, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update makes the project chat recognize questions automatically, tidies up the post-build summary, and fixes a couple of live-preview rough edges.

  ## New features

  * **Project chat now answers questions automatically.** Ask something like "what does this component do?" or "how would I add authentication?" and Genie recognizes it's a question rather than a build request, and answers right in the chat — nothing to toggle. If the answer leads somewhere bigger, a **Continue with Genie AI** button carries the exchange into the full Genie AI panel. See [Chat mode](/projects/overview#chat-mode).

  ## Updates

  * **Build summaries collapse to a short preview.** After a build finishes, the "What I built" and "Not built yet" summaries now show as a compact preview with a **Show more** toggle, so any to-do suggestions or Genie's next-step recommendation stay visible right underneath instead of being pushed down the page. See [Watching a build in progress](/projects/overview#watching-a-build-in-progress).

  ## Fixes

  * **Friendlier labels when picking elements in the live preview.** Selecting an element while editing text or images no longer shows a raw CSS selector — it shows a plain description like "Button selected" or "Image selected" instead.
  * **Fixed a stuck "Genie is busy" message and a duplicate success sound** that could occasionally appear after a quick batch text edit in the live preview.
</Update>

<Update label="July 14, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update adds AI image generation and editing, and documents a credit check on creating new projects.

  ## New features

  * **Generate and edit images out of the box.** Alongside AI text and email, every project with Genie Cloud enabled now also comes with a working image-generation credential — no separate Replicate account required. Ask Genie for things like "generate a hero image of a sunset over mountains" or "change the background of this photo to a beach" and it's built in instantly. See [Built-in AI, images, and email](/cloud/ai-and-email).

  ## Updates

  * **Credit check on creating a new project.** Starting a new project — from the dashboard, the Genie launcher, or the landing page — now requires an available balance of more than 1 credit. If your balance is too low, you'll see a clear dialog with your balance and a link to plans instead of a build that starts but can't be paid for. See [Creating a project](/projects/overview#creating-a-project).
</Update>

<Update label="July 13, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update adds the account menu to the project chat sidebar and fixes a loading indicator that could linger after a turn was already finished.

  ## Updates

  * **Profile button in the project chat sidebar.** The account menu — profile, settings, subscription, and sign out — now also appears at the bottom of the project chat sidebar, pinned under Search, matching the workspace home sidebar. See [Account profile](/account/profile) for what's in the menu.

  ## Fixes

  * **Chat no longer looks stuck after a turn finishes.** Once Genie finished building or replying, the chat could briefly keep showing a "Saving" step and kept checking for updates even though your turn had already completed. It now settles the instant the turn is done.
</Update>

<Update label="July 12, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update documents new Genie MCP Server tools for bug tracking, and fixes a confusing preview error notice.

  ## Updates

  * **Genie MCP Server: bug tracking now documented.** Genie de-duplicates bugs across your projects, reusing a fix that already worked instead of re-investigating from scratch. External AI clients connected via the [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) can now read a project's tracked bug sightings and file new ones with `get_known_issues` and `report_known_issue`.

  ## Fixes

  * **Clearer preview health-check errors.** If Genie can't confirm your live preview is reachable right after a deploy, you'll now see a clear, translated notice instead of a raw, German-only error message. The check also no longer fires a false alarm on your very first prompt, when a fresh deployment can briefly take a few seconds to become reachable.
</Update>

<Update label="July 11, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update documents two account pages that were live but missing from the docs, catches up the **Brain** tab description, and corrects an error in the top-up credits documentation.

  ## Updates

  * **Account profile page documented.** The [account profile](/account/profile) page — where you edit your display name, contact email, and avatar, review your credit batches, and manage or delete your account — was live but undocumented until now. It's separate from [account settings](/account/settings), which only covers dark mode and notifications.
  * **Push notifications documented.** [Account settings](/account/settings) now covers enabling push notifications per device, viewing your enabled devices, and sending a test notification.
  * **Brain tab description updated.** [Project settings](/projects/settings) now describes the **Brain** tab accurately: alongside the code structure view, it also shows your project's feature/goal tree, code insights, and ranked "what's next" prompt suggestions when available.

  ## Fixes

  * **Corrected top-up credit expiry.** The [top-ups](/billing/topups) page previously and incorrectly stated that top-up credits never expire. Top-up credits actually expire one year after purchase, same as already stated on the [credits](/billing/credits) page — the top-ups page has been corrected to match.
</Update>

<Update label="July 10, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update catches the [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) docs up with more tools that were already live but undocumented.

  ## Updates

  * **Genie MCP Server: feature tree, storage, database, and rollback tools now documented.** External AI clients connected via the Genie MCP Server can already read and maintain a project's feature tree, browse and manage its Genie Cloud storage files, browse its database tables, list its deployed edge functions, roll it back to a previous version, and read or update its SEO title and description. See [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) for the complete, corrected reference.
</Update>

<Update label="July 9, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update is a reliability fix for small follow-up edits.

  ## Updates

  * **Small follow-up prompts no longer stall or misreport as failed.** Quick follow-up edits could, in rare cases, appear stuck for several minutes or show as failed in the progress card even though the change had actually finished successfully (or was still genuinely running). Both cases are now detected and reported accurately.
</Update>

<Update label="July 8, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update covers a new build-progress feature and a round of reliability fixes.

  ## Updates

  * **Click a build step for details.** While Genie is building or updating your app, you can click any step in the progress card to see exactly what happened — what changed, why a step failed, and an **Ask Genie to fix this** button that retries with the failure reason pre-filled. Steps that never actually ran are now clearly shown as **Skipped** instead of a false success. See [Managing your projects](/projects/overview).
  * **More reliable first builds.** Genie now double-checks that everything it just created is actually connected to your app — routed pages, imported styles — before finishing a build, so it can no longer complete while leaving part of your app unreachable.
  * **iOS Safari fixes for workspace chat.** Fixed a white strip appearing under the on-screen keyboard, the composer shifting out of view, and the "create project" card not opening in the mobile drawer on iPhone.
</Update>

<Update label="July 7, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update documents a project settings tab that was missing from the docs.

  ## Updates

  * **Brain tab documented.** [Project settings](/projects/settings) now lists the **Brain** tab — a read-only view of your project's code structure and build history, available to the project owner and workspace members.
</Update>

<Update label="July 6, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update publishes an English version of the customer compliance package — it previously only existed in German, even though it's meant to be handed to any customer's procurement or DPO on request.

  ## Updates

  * **Compliance package now available in English.** The [customer compliance package](/compliance/kunden-compliance-paket) — legal entity info, the DPA template, architecture and data flows, subprocessors, data categories and legal bases, technical and organizational measures (TOMs), the deletion concept, and how we fulfill data subject rights — is now published in English alongside the existing German version. The three standalone annexes ([subprocessors](/compliance/subprocessors), [TOMs](/compliance/tom), and the [AI Data Processing Addendum](/compliance/ai-dpa)) are published in English too.
</Update>

<Update label="July 5, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update documents how project deletion actually works — the underlying feature has been live for a while, but the docs never explained it.

  ## Updates

  * **Deleting a project, explained.** [Project settings](/projects/settings) now documents the difference between archiving a project (reversible, hides it from your dashboard) and deleting it permanently (requires typing the project's slug to confirm, then a cancellable 7-day grace period before anything is actually destroyed). You can also ask Genie in workspace chat to delete a project or cancel a pending deletion.
</Update>

<Update label="July 4, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update catches the [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) docs up with tools that were already live but undocumented.

  ## Updates

  * **Genie MCP Server: the full tool catalog is now documented.** External AI clients connected via the Genie MCP Server can already do far more than the docs covered — rename/move projects between personal and workspace, check or cancel a scheduled deletion, control [Auto mode](/projects/auto-mode), ask natural-language questions about a project's code, manage a connected Genie Cloud backend's end-user roles and sign-in providers, manage a project's secrets, and look up current Genie pricing. See [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api) for the complete, corrected reference.
</Update>

<Update label="July 3, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This update catches the docs up with a few features that shipped recently: Teams plans are live, you can roll a project back to any earlier version, and shared projects now show who's editing.

  ## Updates

  * **Teams plans are here.** Teams is a live, seat-based plan: pay a flat workspace fee plus a per-seat fee for each teammate, and every seat gets the full credit allowance for your chosen tier. Manage seats anytime from your workspace's Billing settings. See [Plans](/billing/plans).
  * **Roll back to any earlier version.** Every deployed change is saved as a version. Open an earlier turn's card and click **Rollback to this state** to restore your live app to exactly how it looked then. See [Managing your projects](/projects/overview).
  * **Browser AI agents can work your project directly.** On browsers with a built-in AI assistant, like Gemini in Chrome or Copilot in Edge, that assistant can send prompts to your open Genie project and check on progress. See [Managing your projects](/projects/overview).
  * **See who's editing a shared project.** When a teammate is actively working in a workspace project, you now see a clear banner showing who holds it. See [Members and roles](/workspaces/members).
  * **Ask the workspace AI about pricing.** Ask Genie things like *"How much does Genie Pro cost?"* or *"What's the price of a 750-credit top-up?"* and get an answer with current numbers.
</Update>

<Update label="July 1, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This release brings Auto mode for hands-free builds, scheduled jobs for Genie Cloud, and a set of reliability improvements.

  ## New features

  * **Auto mode.** Turn on Auto mode from the prompt input and Genie keeps applying its own suggested next steps automatically, round after round, until it hits a limit, runs low on credits, or you turn it off — and it keeps going even if you close the tab. You get a notification the moment it stops. See [Auto mode](/projects/auto-mode).
  * **Scheduled jobs for Genie Cloud.** Ask Genie to run any deployed edge function on a recurring timer — "run my crawler every night at 2am Berlin time" — and it sets up the schedule, no cron syntax required. List, reschedule, test, or remove a schedule any time by asking Genie in plain language. See [Scheduled jobs](/cloud/scheduling).

  ## Updates

  * **Genie MCP Server: manage scheduled jobs remotely.** External AI clients connected via the Genie MCP Server can now list, create, update, test, and remove a project's scheduled jobs. See [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api).
  * **More reliable custom user roles.** When Genie builds an app with multiple access levels (admin, member, and custom roles like "contractor" or "client"), role names are now applied consistently, and the build summary and your to-do list clearly name each role so you know exactly who to assign where.
</Update>

<Update label="June 29, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This release brings direct text editing in the live preview and a smarter prompt experience while Genie is busy.

  ## Updates

  * **Edit text directly in the preview.** Click the edit icon in the prompt toolbar to enter edit mode, then click on any text element in the live preview to select it. Select one or more items, update the text in the edit card, and click **Apply edits**. Simple text replacements — headings, labels, button copy — apply instantly without an AI generation and use no credits. See [Managing your projects](/projects/overview).
  * **Open Genie AI while Genie is busy.** If you type a message while a build is running, a hint bubble appears above the prompt input. Clicking **Open Genie AI** sends your draft to the workspace AI chat, which answers questions independently of the running build — so you are never stuck waiting.
</Update>

<Update label="June 27, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This week brings credit rollover on paid plans, image and video uploads to your projects from chat, Genie Cloud access management from the workspace AI, and a more fluid mobile experience.

  ## Updates

  * **Credits roll over on paid plans.** Unused monthly credits on all paid Genie plans — Genie, Genie Plus, Genie Pro, and Genie Ultra — now carry forward into the next billing cycle instead of expiring at renewal. See [Credits](/billing/credits).
  * **Genie remembers your preferences.** The workspace AI now stores things you mention about yourself — your industry, your team, the kinds of apps you build — and brings that context into future conversations automatically, without you having to repeat yourself.
  * **Upload images and videos to your project from workspace chat.** Open the command palette (⌘K / Ctrl+K) and choose **Upload images & videos**, or ask the Genie workspace AI directly. A drag-and-drop card lets you publish image and video files straight into your project's public folder. See [Managing your projects](/projects/overview).
  * **Drag images into the project chat to embed them in your app.** Drop a logo, hero image, or product photo directly into the prompt field and describe how you want it used — Genie saves the file into your project and references it in the generated code. No separate hosting needed.
  * **Manage Genie Cloud access from the workspace AI.** Enable private mode, approve pending users, and send app invites by asking the Genie workspace AI in plain language — for example, *"Enable private mode for my project"* or *"Invite these email addresses to my app"*. Access settings now sync to your live Cloud instance instantly when saved. See [Authentication](/cloud/auth).
  * **Smoother mobile chat experience.** Opening a project chat on mobile no longer causes a brief layout shift while the message history loads.
</Update>

<Update label="June 24, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This week brings programmatic access to your workspace, data-safety controls for chat, and a set of quality-of-life improvements across the workspace experience.

  ## New features

  * **Genie MCP Server.** Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI client to your Genie workspace. Create projects from natural-language prompts, send follow-up instructions, manage members, check build status, query credit usage, and more — all via OAuth 2.0. Over 50 tools are available across workspace management, projects, workspace chat, MCP integrations, and PII rules. See [Genie MCP Server](/workspaces/mcp-api).
  * **Workspace PII rules.** Owners and admins can now configure exactly how Genie handles sensitive data in workspace and project chat. Toggle built-in detectors for credit card numbers, IBANs, email addresses, API keys, and more. Write custom regex rules for organisation-specific data. Choose to log, block, or ignore matches. A censored detection log makes it easy to audit what was caught. See [Workspace PII rules](/workspaces/pii-rules).

  ## Updates

  * **Workspace chat: credit usage queries.** Ask the Genie AI how many credits you or your team used this month, which project is spending the most, or break usage down by day — and get a precise answer drawn directly from your ledger. Admins can query workspace-wide totals; members see their own usage.
  * **Workspace chat: visible tool activity.** While the AI looks up workspace details, searches past chats, or checks a project's status, a labelled progress indicator now shows what it is doing. Previously the chat appeared frozen during research turns.
  * **Account settings.** A new Account Settings page lets you manage your display preferences, including a dark mode toggle that syncs across all your devices.
  * **Workspace home: always-fresh project list.** The project grid on the workspace home now revalidates automatically when you return to the tab and refreshes every 60 seconds while it is open. Archiving or deleting a project removes the card from the grid immediately, without needing a manual refresh.
</Update>

<Update label="May 22, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  A short follow-up week focused on refining what shipped on Monday.

  ## Updates

  * **Customer compliance package — clearer availability (DE).** German customers can now see exactly how to request the AVV, TOM, sub-processor list, deletion concept, and data-subject-rights processes, including the contact address and turnaround time. See [Compliance-Paket](/de/compliance/kunden-compliance-paket).
</Update>

<Update label="May 20, 2026" description="Weekly release">
  This week brings the first wave of public-facing improvements across projects, Genie Cloud, workspaces, and billing.

  ## New features

  * **Genie Cloud is now generally available.** Every app you build can opt into a managed backend with a database, file storage, user authentication, and edge functions — set up automatically with no configuration. See [Genie Cloud overview](/cloud/overview).
  * **Import a Claude design as a starting point.** Drop in an HTML file exported from a Claude design and Genie turns it into a working project you can refine with follow-up prompts. See [Import a design](/projects/import-design).
  * **Workspace MCP integrations.** Connect Linear, GitHub, Notion, Stripe, and more to your workspace through MCP — one shared connection is available to every member and every project. See [Workspace integrations](/workspaces/integrations).
  * **Project secrets.** Store API keys and other sensitive values securely at the project level. Your running app reads them automatically and they are never exposed in code or chat. See [Project secrets](/projects/secrets).
  * **Templates gallery.** Start from a ready-made portfolio, dashboard, CRM, tracker, and more, then customize with follow-up prompts. See [Templates](/templates).

  ## Updates

  * **New plans: Starter, Genie, Teams, and Enterprise.** Every plan now includes the same features — pick one based on credits, custom domain, and team workspace needs. See [Plans](/billing/plans).
  * **Top-ups for paid plans.** Buy additional credits on demand. Top-ups stack on top of your monthly allowance and never expire. See [Top-ups](/billing/topups).
  * **Clearer credit usage.** Credits now show how they're counted, per-plan limits, what happens when you run out, and how to check your balance. See [Credits](/billing/credits).
  * **Publishing and sharing controls.** Choose who can access your project, grab a shareable link, allow remixing, and connect a custom domain to your live app. See [Publish and share](/projects/visibility).
  * **Workspace member management.** Invite teammates by link or email, assign roles, change roles later, and remove members when needed. See [Members](/workspaces/members).
  * **Anonymous users in Genie Cloud Auth.** Review registered users and understand how sign-in, sign-up, and anonymous sessions work. See [Authentication](/cloud/auth).
  * **Automatic database management.** Genie creates and updates your app's tables automatically. Inspect tables and data from the Cloud tab. See [Database](/cloud/database).
  * **Public and private storage buckets.** Genie Cloud organizes file storage into buckets so you can choose what's shared and what stays private. See [Storage](/cloud/storage).
  * **German-language documentation.** The full docs are now available in German for all of the above.
  * **Customer compliance package (DE).** German customers can request the AVV, TOM, sub-processor list, deletion concept, and data-subject-rights processes in one bundle. See [Compliance-Paket](/de/compliance/kunden-compliance-paket).
</Update>
