DraftView changelog

Overview•6 min read|
|

Significant DraftView updates, grouped by month.

October 2026

  • Fixed comments on deleted content that sometimes didn't appear in the review surface. They now attach to the deletion block they belong to.
  • Review threads that a link owner pushes for an external reviewer now show the external reviewer's name as the author in DraftView.
  • Added an error page with a reference code. If something breaks, select Try again or share the reference code with support.

August 2026

  • Signed-in reviewers can open public PRs without the DraftView GitHub App installed on the repository. You can read, comment, and draft edits right away. You need the app only to submit your review.
  • Comments now render as GitHub-flavored Markdown, including code, tables, task lists, and the inline HTML that review bots use for badges and collapsible sections.
  • The public demo now shows a PR's existing review threads, and you can try replying to them without posting anything to GitHub.

July 2026

  • Made PR deletions reviewable: deleted content now renders inline, reviewers can comment on it, and the comments anchor to the removed lines in the GitHub diff.
  • Added deletion-risk queue signals, including added and deleted line counts and a deletion-only badge, and added deleted content to the sign-off record.
  • Added inline image rendering in the editor with repo-aware path resolution, plus insert and edit controls for images.
  • Added a confirmation page for magic-link sign-in so email security scanners no longer consume single-use links.
  • Added self-serve free Team plan requests for eligible open-source projects, verified through a DraftView link-back.
  • Added an admin toggle for the human-review merge gate commit status.
  • Added branded transactional emails and a welcome email with guides matched to how you joined.
  • Rewrote the comment DraftView posts on docs PRs so it leads with the review link. When a PR looks AI-assisted, the comment says so without claiming the docs are AI-generated.
  • Made demo work carry through signup, so comments and edits from the try experience import into your first real review session.
  • Added MyST Markdown and Markdoc support for review and editing.
  • Added support for Antora resource IDs in includes.
  • Added GitLab support to the Edit this page flow.
  • Added embed mode, suggested PRs, and onboarding improvements.
  • Expanded the live review surface with head events, draft rebase support, external-review read-back, and a clearer sign-off view.
  • Added a free-forever tier with an organization queue and improved billing sync when plans change in the portal.
  • Improved team queue usability with intent-based queue behavior and contextual help tours.
  • Strengthened security around org notifications, pending-review visibility, and invite allowlist handling.

June 2026

  • Shipped roles and permissions improvements for team collaboration controls.
  • Added email domain allowlisting and invite resend flows for org onboarding.
  • Improved queue reliability and usability, including queue controls/dialog fixes and org-connect flow fixes.
  • Released anchored suggestion diffs and line highlight fixes, so feedback stays tied to the right lines.
  • Clarified PR triage and review handoff in the AI docs review workflows.

May 2026

  • Introduced a major file editor upgrade with a Visual and Source toggle.
  • Added IDE-style keyboard shortcuts and improved active-line selection behavior in the editor.
  • Fixed AsciiDoc editing edge cases, including visual-source toggle link rendering and list parsing.
  • Refreshed the UI, with mobile fixes and improved landing and editing flows.
  • Added docs-as-code resources and calculators for planning review effort and reducing docs drift.

April 2026

  • Launched DraftView from early-access to production.
  • Added the public PR try experience and expanded install and onboarding flow reliability.
  • Improved dashboard architecture and UX, including settings split, onboarding tour, welcome banner, and performance improvements.
  • Hardened auth and GitHub App installation handling, including compatibility fixes and fork PR install checks.
  • Improved review and account reliability and hardened security handling.

March 2026

  • Released the first end-to-end DraftView review experience for documentation pull requests.
  • Added magic-link access so external reviewers could review docs without full GitHub access.
  • Introduced an interactive WYSIWYG review editor with inline comments, diff highlights, and context-aware editing.
  • Added MDX and AsciiDoc support so teams could review more real-world docs formats.
  • Improved GitHub submission reliability with stale-PR checks, retries, and safer resubmission flows.