Updates to the Groups.io service.


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April 15, 2026

  • BUGFIX: Cancelling single event instances of a repeating event via email sometimes did not correctly update the database, leading to the cancelled event not being represented in the ICS file.

April 14, 2026

  • BUGFIX: Fixed handling MHT attachments in the web post editor.

April 3, 2026

  • BUGFIX: In the group billing page, make it more clear which invoices were paid fully by sponsorship reserves.

April 2, 2026

  • BUGFIX: If someone accepted an invitation to a subgroup, and that caused them to be added to the parent group as well, an activity log entry was not added for the parent group.
  • API: Added new `/getmessage` endpoint.

March 31, 2026


March 30, 2026

  • BUGFIX: If a message hashtag had multiple # characters, we did not properly parse it.

March 27, 2026


March 20, 2026

  • BUGFIX: When moving a file from the top level in the Files section, the Activity log entry would have a double slash `//`. This bug fix only applies to new activity log entries. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/40388

March 19, 2026

  • BUGFIX: Fix a double encoding issue when trying to view some Files that contained spaces.

March 17, 2026

  • CHANGE: The `/topics` page now displays thumbnail images similar to the group topics page.
  • CHANGE: The default page when first going to groups.io is now the /topics page, not the /feed page.
  • CHANGE: The mobile version of the `/topics` page now shows your groups as a horizontal scroll at the top, similar to the `/feed` page
  • CHANGE: Various formatting tweaks to the `/topcs` and `/feed` pages.

March 13, 2026

  • BUGFIX: Cancelled instances of repeating events will now show as grey in the calendar.
  • BUGFIX: When viewing a cancelled instance, the Edit button is now removed, and it more prominently says 'This event has been cancelled'.
  • BUGFIX: Cancelled instances were not being represented as cancelled in the ICS feeds. That's been fixed as well.

March 12, 2026

  • NEW: Added a calendar date picker to make it easy to jump to a specific day.
  • NEW: Added event search to the group and user calendar pages to search for events.

March 6, 2026

  • CHANGE: When banning a domain, display a success banner. Moved the Ban Domain input field to the top of the page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/40377
  • BUGFIX: When banning a member, keep any existing member notes. Also, in the Members page with the ban filter, show the notes icon for any banned members with notes. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/40373
  • API BUGFIX: Updating extra_member_data_columns in the `/updategroup` endpoint didn't work.
  • API NEW: Added new endpoint `updateextramembercolumndef` which modifies the properties of a single column (name, choices, description, etc.) without sending the full columns array.
  • API NEW: Added new endpoint `updateextramembercolumn` which updates a single member's extra member data value for one column.
  • CHANGE: Merged Dutch language changes.

March 3, 2026

  • NEW: Add GrowthZone SSO support.

February 18, 2026


February 17, 2026

  • CHANGE: Calendar ICS files now only include events more recent than one year ago. Previously, all events in the calendar were included.

February 13, 2026

  • CHANGE: Updated the Change Email help video to reflect the new change email process.
  • NEW: Added preliminary versions of help videos for the Calendar, Photos, Files, Database, and Wiki sections.

February 10, 2026

  • BUGFIX: For repeating calendar entries with a fixed number of instances, if the starting date/time was changed, there was a possibility that not all of the individual instances of that event would be shown on the website.
  • NEW: Preliminary support for using Memberclicks for SSO authentication.

February 5, 2026


February 4, 2026

  • BUGFIX: We now prevent the case where, if you have two windows open editing the same draft, one window could overwrite the other's changes.