Posthog

Posthog

Changelog for posthog/posthog

September 28, 2026

Enhanced Desktop & Data Integrations

New Features

  • PostHog AI Email Drafting for Broadcasts: AI now helps write broadcast emails, speeding up the creation process and reducing manual effort.
  • New Data Warehouse Connectors: Import your data from Recall.ai meetings, Demodesk sales meetings, Skio Shopify subscriptions, Anvil document automation, STRATO ServerCloud infrastructure, Quo business phone data, Medusa commerce stores, Sequenzy email marketing, and Amplemarket sales engagement for deeper insights.
  • PostHog Desktop Improvements:
    • Attach comments with pinned screenshots to agent chats, making it easier to share precise feedback.
    • Capture a region of the app window for more focused screenshots.
    • Play video artifacts directly in the preview, improving media review.
    • Multi-select sessions in activity lists for faster bulk actions.
    • Group comment threads by source in a cleaner, lighter list view.
    • Launch team skills directly from pull request reviews for smoother collaboration.
  • Slack Integration: Connect Slack from any Slack picker without losing your place, streamlining the setup.
  • Broadcasts Email Sender Setup: Set up and verify your broadcast email sender without leaving the wizard, helping broadcasts get sent faster.
  • Task Management: Rename PostHog AI tasks from their title or actions menu, giving you more control over task organization.
  • Dashboard Templates: Access dashboard templates easily from the New Dashboard menu to speed up dashboard creation.
  • Customer Analytics: See when teammates are viewing accounts in the account list, enhancing team awareness.
  • Marketing Analytics: Integrate Amazon Ads and OpenAI Ads data to measure campaign performance directly in PostHog.

Improvements

  • Sidebar Navigation: Simplified and cleaned up the sidebar with consistent product naming and reduced flicker for starred items, improving your navigation experience.
  • Broadcast Detail Page: Redesigned around key metrics with clearer status and trend information, helping you understand broadcast performance at a glance.
  • Insights Chart Gallery: Faster previews and gated behind an experiment for smoother insight browsing.
  • Inbox Ranking Metrics: Added precision and recall metrics to help you better evaluate report accuracy.
  • Signal Inbox UX: Improved reviewer layout to show reasons clearly and reveal controls on hover for easier management.
  • Events Search: If your search yields no results, suggested core events help guide you to the right data.
  • Data Warehouse Sync: Full refresh scheduling for incremental tables removes manual steps to keep data up to date.
  • SQL Editor: Now lists HogQL metrics in the sidebar for quicker access.
  • Replay Vision: Observation search reranking improves relevance of search results.
  • Mobile and Dashboard Layouts: Better layouts for narrow screens and subscription views to reduce clutter.

Fixes

  • Broadcasts Feedback Banner: Aligned properly with the broadcast list for a cleaner look.
  • Error and Alert Handling: Improved error messages in setup wizards for Stripe, Klaviyo, Vercel, and Shopify to guide you on next steps instead of generic failures.
  • Desktop Startup & Session Issues: Fixed hangs and crashes related to local Claude sessions and background calls to ensure reliable startup and operation.
  • Inbox Refund Submission: Prevent accidental refund submission when adding new lines to notes.
  • Data Warehouse Source UI: Show placeholders while loading, warn on mismatched bucket URLs, and correctly report schema changes after pulling new columns.
  • Dashboard & Insight Navigation: Fixed overlapping sidebars and broken back navigation on mobile and narrow screens.
  • Multi-Environment Access: Prevent unauthorized access to scout source configurations.
  • PostHog AI Messaging: Prevent duplicate rendering of old messages when resuming runs.
  • Session Recording Playback: Support playback of recordings exported with older formats without crashing.
  • Source Sync Scheduling: Pause sync schedules appropriately when discovery is turned off or tables are disabled.
  • General UI Alignments: Various UI fixes for notebook title editing, suggested reviewers visibility, and inbox row removal after reviewer changes.

This update brings significant improvements to PostHog Desktop usability, expands data integration capabilities for richer analytics, and refines user workflows and messaging for a smoother experience.

September 21, 2026

Enhanced Analytics & Desktop Experience

New Features

  • Filter Dashboard and Tool Quality Queries: You can now apply shared filters on dashboards and tool quality queries, making your data views more relevant and tailored to your needs.
  • Group Destinations by Type: Destinations in the CDP are now organized into tabs by kind, helping you find real-time or batch export destinations more quickly.
  • Task Digest Emails: Customer analytics users can schedule and receive personalized email summaries of their assigned tasks, keeping you updated effortlessly.
  • Product Shortcuts in Sidebar: The flat sidebar now includes shortcut buttons for pinned dashboards, new insight types, and saved replay filters, speeding up your navigation.
  • Activity Log Improvements: Activity across PostHog products is easier to scan with clearer formatting and separation of key details.
  • Session Replay Vision Enhancements: The "What to watch" feed is now more focused by removing misleading total durations, helping you spot important sessions faster.
  • Desktop Tab Management: Desktop users can arrange browser tabs side by side or in a grid, allowing better multitasking and workspace organization.
  • Suggested Reviewer Views in Desktop: Reviewer suggestions are now more compact and informative, so you understand why each reviewer is recommended.
  • Context Page for Spaces: Desktop users get a dedicated context page showing goals, sources, and progress, giving clearer insight into your workspace focus.
  • Compact Scout Confirmations on Mobile: Mobile users see collapsed confirmations on scout reports, reducing clutter while keeping important details accessible.
  • Chart Alternative Previews Tracking: Insights now track which chart types users preview before making a selection, helping teams understand preferences better.
  • Keep AI Query Changes: When PostHog AI suggests changes in insight queries, you can now explicitly choose to keep them, giving you control over AI recommendations.

Improvements

  • Dashboard Previews Consistency: Fixed automatic preview limits on dashboards to provide consistent insight tile counts.
  • Embedded Bar Chart Layout: Reduced label spacing in embedded horizontal bar charts for better visibility, especially on narrow tiles.
  • Login and OAuth UI Enhancements: Auth and OAuth screens now have consistent backdrops and messaging tailored to where users came from, improving the login experience.
  • Lazy Loading Project Tags: Tag controls load tags only when you open editors or filters, speeding up page load times.
  • Improved Saved Insight Search: Searching saved insights is now faster and more efficient, especially in large projects.
  • Show Series Names in Breakdown Labels: Breakdown labels in insights now include series names, helping you distinguish between multiple data series easily.
  • Activity Tab Updates for MCP Analytics: The Activity tab now features the tool-call feed as the main view and shows next steps and failure links to guide your analysis.
  • Search Workflows by Step and Email: You can now search workflows by step name or email subject, making it easier to find specific workflows.
  • Highlight Metric Usage in Experiments: When editing shared metrics, you can see which experiments use them, giving better context for changes.
  • Zoom to Search Matches in Data Modeling: Searching in model lineage automatically zooms to matching nodes, helping you find data connections faster.
  • Pagination for Model Columns: Data modeling views now paginate columns, improving readability for models with many fields.
  • Attach Open Query to AI Context: Activity scene's AI panel now sees the active query, enabling more relevant AI assistance.
  • Throttle Log Queries: Log queries are now throttled by bytes read to improve performance and resource use.

Fixes

  • Replay Recording Explanation: Improved messaging when a session replay recording is missing so it no longer blames project settings.
  • Slack Inbox Notifications: Fixed notifications to only send to users with project access, preventing irrelevant alerts.
  • Consent Screen Accuracy: OAuth consent screen now accurately reflects the granted app access, avoiding confusion.
  • Emoji Picker Loading: Emoji pickers now load correctly under strict security settings.
  • Desktop Sidebar Status Tooltip: Task statuses in the Desktop sidebar show full messages on hover, preventing truncated info.
  • Replay Vision Observations Listing: Observation lists now correctly show content, increasing clarity on session findings.
  • Saved Query History Display: Edited saved queries now show clear, readable change histories.
  • Email Preview in Workflows: Email previews now fill the entire step panel, improving editing experience.
  • Safe Deletion Handling: Person deletions now properly report failures to avoid confusion about data status.
  • Page Existence Messages: Fixed false "page does not exist" errors when pages or dashboards are actually present.
  • Slack Thread Project Context: Slack integration now correctly identifies the project of the message opening a thread, improving response relevance.
  • Google Sheets Error Clarification: Connecting Google Sheets now clarifies if a sheet is missing because it wasn’t shared.
  • Data Warehouse OAuth Errors: OAuth connect failures now remain visible so you know authorization did not complete.
  • Desktop Task Image Loading: Local task images now render correctly in Desktop conversations.
  • Inbox Reviewer Avatars: Reviewer avatars on the Desktop inbox stay distinct on hover for easier identification.
  • Workflows Email Preview Fix: Email previews no longer truncate, ensuring you see the full content.
  • Retry on Personhog Call Failures: Personhog handles brief pod capacity issues by retrying, reducing interruptions.
  • Insights Reload on Metric Switch: Insights properly refresh when toggling between metric and other display modes.
  • API Error Messages: API failures now show clear, actionable error messages instead of obscure text.
  • Report Dismissal Reasons on Mobile: Mobile dismissal sheets clearly explain reasons, avoiding confusion.
  • Workspace Comments Fix: Shared Canvas comments now respect space boundaries for better collaboration.
  • Inbox Notification Routing: Slack inbox notifications only send to users with current access.
  • Cluster Sync Reliability: Data warehouse syncs now restart automatically if schedules stop firing.
  • Safe Sync for Redshift Timestamps: Out-of-range timestamps no longer cause sync failures.
  • Multiple UI and Performance Fixes: Various UI improvements and performance optimizations to enhance your overall experience.

Enjoy the new features and smoother experience with this update!

September 14, 2026

Enhanced Dashboards, AI & Data Sources

New Features

  • New Marketing Dashboard Metrics: Explore ad performance, retention, engagement, acquisition overview, attributed revenue, and conversion insights all within the new Marketing dashboard, reducing the need to switch views.
  • PostHog AI Improvements: The AI now preserves conversation history and formats SQL query results for easier analysis, enhancing your AI interactions.
  • Expanded Data Warehouse Sources: Connect with more data sources including ChartMogul, Eventbrite, MailerLite, Freshdesk, Pipedrive, Webflow, Apollo, AppsFlyer, Argo CD, Anthropic Claude Enterprise, AppDynamics, Appfigures, Amazon Ads, Alpha Vantage, and more to get richer data insights.
  • Task Management in Customer Analytics: Agents can now manage follow-up tasks directly through MCP, streamlining workflows.
  • Visual Review Debt Digest: Teams receive a structured weekly Slack message summarizing visual review debt, helping prioritize maintenance.
  • New Pinnable Category Rail: Easily dock and pin filter categories for faster multi-category searches.
  • Workflow AI Task Limits: Project admins can now set daily AI task limits for workflows, allowing better control of task creation.
  • File Workflow-Created Tasks in Spaces: Workflows can now file AI tasks directly into spaces, ensuring relevant tasks appear where you expect them.

Improvements

  • Desktop App Usability: Images pasted in chats now display above messages, GitHub reference chips show full PR numbers, and chat numbered lists with two-digit markers display correctly for clearer conversations.
  • Performance Enhancements: Improved loading speeds in data warehouse views, reduced app stuttering during long streaming messages, and optimized fetches in task activity feeds for smoother user experience.
  • Enhanced Insights and Exports: Trends charts now show timezones in tooltips, and dashboard exports respect hidden descriptions, improving clarity and privacy.
  • Improved Scout Management: Model selection now supports naming scout models and includes Claude 5 options, making model trials and comparisons more flexible.
  • User Interface Refinements: Aligned GitHub chips with text, reduced typing lag in filters, and improved inbox list skeletons for a polished look.
  • Better Error Messaging: Clearer instructions when API keys or credentials are invalid, helping you quickly resolve setup issues.

Fixes

  • Stable Session Logs: Session event logs now retry until successful, preventing loss of important event history.
  • Consistent Naming in Desktop: Sidebar and breadcrumb names now match, reducing confusion about navigation.
  • Smooth Task Handling: Fixes to task run logs prevent missing entries and ensure task runs reflect actual progress.
  • Accurate Report Links: Command-clicking inbox reports opens them in new tabs, preserving your workflow.
  • Resolved Survey Launch Issue: Launching a survey no longer enables surveys project-wide unintentionally.
  • Prevented Unnecessary Signal Blocking: Safety filters no longer discard legitimate signals, ensuring important data reaches you.
  • Improved Replay Experience: Fixed empty screens and CSP violations when viewing recordings with canvas elements.
  • Fixes in Data Syncs: Prevented creation of empty tables and unnecessary retries, ensuring reliable data warehouse syncing.
  • Billing and Authentication Fixes: Clarified permission errors and fixed passkey re-authentication issues, improving account management.
  • Resolved UI Glitches: Fixed stale task spinners and prevented stalled app states in desktop app for a seamless experience.

This update enhances your ability to analyze marketing data, manage AI tasks and workflows, and connect to a broader range of data sources, while improving desktop app usability and reliability across features.

September 7, 2026

Enhanced Inbox & Data Source Experience

New Features

  • Share Inbox Reports Scoped to You: Now you can copy and share inbox report links that open directly to your personal report view, making collaboration and follow-up easier.
  • More Informative Feature Flags: Feature flags that reference other cohorts now show the cohort name instead of a numeric ID, so you can quickly understand flag conditions.
  • Survey Visibility Improvements: On the survey page, you can now see exactly who the survey targets, helping you better understand your audience.
  • Improved Self-Driving Inbox Guidance: New users see a welcome takeover in the reports inbox to help them get started with actionable insights and clear next steps.
  • Expanded Data Warehouse Sources: New data warehouse connectors for Calendly, Recharge, Gorgias, Notion, WorkOS, Tenjin, and OpenWeather (API v4.0) are now generally available, allowing you to integrate and analyze even more data sources seamlessly.
  • Customer Analytics Tasks: Track account follow-ups and manage assigned work in one place to keep your customer analytics organized and actionable.
  • Cmd+K Search for Support Tickets: Quickly find support tickets from the universal search bar, speeding up your workflow when addressing customer issues.
  • Load All Click Data Pages with One Click: Toolbar click maps now load every page of click data with a single button, saving you time when reviewing user interactions.
  • Choose Where Copied Inbox Links Open: When copying report links from Desktop Inbox, you can select whether the link opens in the web app or Desktop, giving you flexibility in how you share insights.

Improvements

  • Inbox Report State Accuracy: Inbox reports now correctly update their status after actions like creating a PR or asking AI, ensuring you always see the latest report state.
  • Collapsed Scout Settings Sections: Slack and MCP sections in scout settings are now collapsible, helping you focus on the controls you use most.
  • Redesigned Agents Section: The agents area in Settings has been reorganized for clearer grouping and easier navigation.
  • Readable Feature Flag Audience: Feature flag pages display release conditions in a human-friendly format, so you can quickly understand who receives each flag.
  • Dashboard Saved Views Badge: A badge now highlights recently saved views on dashboards, helping you find and manage your views faster.
  • Heatmap Setup Warnings: The toolbar now warns when a heatmap URL pattern matches too few pages, helping you avoid setup errors.
  • Simplified Click Map Controls: Removed the sampling control from click maps as queries are now faster and more accurate by default.
  • Improved Dashboard Tag Filtering: The tag picker keeps the 'Clear selection' action visible, making it easier to manage multiple tag filters.
  • Faster Post-Login Load: Logging in now lands on the target page with fewer reloads, speeding up your access to data.
  • More Accurate Web Analytics Comparisons: Overview tiles now compare elapsed time periods fairly, giving you clearer insights.
  • Insight Dashboard Navigation: Going back from an insight preserves dashboard filter values, so you don’t lose your place.
  • Stable Notebook Widget Insertion: Widget menus in notebooks now behave more predictably when navigating with keyboard arrows.
  • Improved Side Panel Behavior: The Discussion tab is hidden on pages where it's not applicable, reducing confusion.
  • Support for Multi-Value Property Filters: Property filters no longer remove your recent event selections, improving filter reliability.
  • Fuzzy Search in Modeling DAG: The data warehouse modeling tab supports near-miss search terms, helping you find models faster.
  • Nav Shell Sharing & Flat-Nav Prep: Navigation has been updated to share shell components and prepare for experimental layouts, improving consistency.
  • Engineering Analytics Health Cards: Better deployment metrics and clearer tooltips help you interpret your engineering data more easily.

Fixes

  • Inbox Accessibility: Fixed issues causing reports and checks to be inaccessible or stuck in draft states.
  • Report Artifacts in Inbox: Opening report artifacts now shows the native report view instead of a generic preview.
  • Slack Channel Picker: The Slack channel input no longer clears unexpectedly, preserving your selections.
  • Session Replay Anomalies: Resolved problems with exposure events showing as unclickable or outside playable windows.
  • Survey Results Loading: Surveys with a single question now load results correctly.
  • Billing and Usage Accuracy: Fixed cases where usage data and billing counters showed incorrect or zero values.
  • Data Warehouse Syncs: Addressed multiple sync errors, including duplicate rows, skipped rows, and misleading error messages from sources like Stripe, Snowflake, and Mailgun.
  • Feature Flag Evaluations: Corrected storage and evaluation to omit outdated person properties and handle disabled flags properly.
  • Dashboard Saved Filters: Clearing filters now works reliably without values reappearing.
  • Clickhouse Event Retention: Stale data issues fixed to ensure your event retention settings are respected.
  • Heatmap and Click Map UI: Resolved several layout and loading glitches for smoother interaction.
  • Postgres and MySQL Source Connections: Improved error messaging and handling for connection issues to guide setup and troubleshooting.
  • Replay Vision: Fixed crashes and improved navigation when working with pinned properties and observations.
  • Various UI Glitches: Including command palette errors, column resizing, and layout shifts on web analytics pages.

These updates make PostHog easier and more reliable to use, with clearer insights and smoother workflows across data, reports, and integrations.

September 1, 2026

Enhanced Desktop & Signals Experience

New Features

  • Pi Orchestration on Desktop: Run and monitor Pi subagents and workflows directly in the PostHog Desktop app, giving you better control and visibility over your automation processes.
  • Saved Searches as Top-Level Navigation: Easily access and switch between saved searches with a new dedicated route and switcher header, improving your workflow and search efficiency.
  • Mermaid Diagrams in Desktop Markdown: View and edit Mermaid diagrams directly in markdown artifacts on Desktop, helping you visualize workflows and data more clearly without leaving the app.
  • Editable Account Custom Properties: Update custom properties for accounts directly from the Accounts list, streamlining customer data management.
  • Account Detail Page: Click on account names to open a detailed view, making it easier to inspect and manage customer information.
  • Signals Inbox Enhancements:
    • Add resolve and dismissed sections for clearer report management.
    • Start a Pull Request in one click and steer it from the chevron for a smoother review process.
    • Filter scouts roster by owner to quickly find your own scouts.
  • Self-Driving Inbox Updates: Align Desktop’s self-driving inbox experience with web for consistent triage and clearer report hierarchy.
  • Space Auto-Archive Policies: Automatically archive inactive tasks in Spaces, keeping your workspace clean without manual effort.
  • New Space Command in Command Palette: Quickly create new Spaces with a dedicated command, making navigation and organization faster.
  • Standard Webhooks Signing: Deliver signed webhooks to receivers requiring enhanced security, ensuring reliable integrations.

Improvements

  • Desktop Performance: Faster task workspace handling and smoother UI interactions reduce delays and improve responsiveness.
  • Signals Inbox Load Time: Reports load faster, so you can act on insights without waiting.
  • Dashboard and Product Empty States: Unified empty states across Dashboards, Cohorts, Actions, Surveys, Logs, Metrics, and Error Tracking provide a cleaner, more consistent first-time experience.
  • Email Sending Tiers for Workflows: Teams now have email sending limits based on their tier, protecting sender reputation and improving deliverability.
  • Traces and Spans UI: Columns are now resizable for better visibility and customization on wide screens.
  • Replay Vision UI: Cleaner observation pages with collapsed prompts to focus on verdicts and reasoning.
  • Session Replay: Safari users see correct desktop layouts, improving session analysis.
  • Signals Report Cards: Removed redundant badges and row buttons for a cleaner, more intuitive interface.
  • Improved Sidebar Navigation: Descriptions and documentation links for every sidebar entry help users understand available features.
  • Logs and Metrics Integration: Easily pivot from metrics spikes to related logs and traces, speeding up troubleshooting.
  • Inbox Ranking and Scout Fleet: Better tracking and filtering of scout activities improve inbox relevance and management.

Fixes

  • Desktop Stability: Fixed issues causing lost tasks when resizing grids and persistent tips reappearing unnecessarily.
  • Signals and Inbox: Resolved problems with interactive summaries, unreadable report states, and inaccurate signal counts.
  • Error Tracking Weekly Digest: Ensured digests send reliably even under heavy load.
  • Email Verification Security: Verified codes are now correctly bound to their email addresses for safer account changes.
  • Session Replay Storage: Increased storage limits to prevent ingestion stalls on self-hosted setups.
  • GitHub Integration: Fixed image caching in comments and avatar flickering for a smoother experience.
  • Data Warehouse Sources: Addressed sync errors and improved error messaging for unsupported incremental syncs.
  • Mixpanel Syncs: Stopped unnecessary retries on payment-required errors to reduce sync failures.
  • Signals Pipeline: Fixed memory issues and improved scratchpad write handling during runs.
  • Workflow Editing: Prevented auto-save conflicts while editing workflows.
  • Navigation: Fixed compact sidebar spacing and clicking issues for better usability.
  • Login Support Tickets: Now include error context to speed up support responses.
  • Self-Hosted Reporting: Stopped incorrectly sending violation reports to PostHog Cloud.
  • Inbox PR Tab: Automatically clear merged reports to keep your view up to date.
  • AI Chat Follow-ups: Fixed hang-ups so follow-up messages appear without needing a page reload.
  • Slack App Task Links: Made sure all users see task links regardless of PostHog Desktop access.
  • Signals Steering Notes: Improved targeting and visibility in self-driving runs.
  • Signals Scouts: Fixed network access labels and roster filtering for clarity and ease of use.
  • Task Steering Feedback: Now report reasons when cloud task adapters refuse a steer, keeping you informed.

These updates focus on improving your desktop experience, enhancing inbox and signals usability, and making workflows and customer analytics more intuitive and reliable. Enjoy smoother navigation, faster load times, and clearer insights across PostHog.

August 24, 2026

Enhanced Desktop & Analytics Features

New Features

  • Copy Insight Links from Dashboard Tiles: Easily share specific charts by copying direct insight links from dashboard tiles without opening the full insight.
  • Desktop Onboarding Improvements: New organization consent and beta terms acceptance streamline onboarding, helping users start faster and with clarity.
  • Teaching Canvas for New Desktop Users: New users receive a seeded teaching canvas that guides them through spaces and canvases, making the first session more engaging.
  • Open First Session on Space Provisioning: Automatically opens the first session when a new space is created in Desktop, simplifying initial navigation.
  • Agent-Rendered Action Buttons in Sessions: Agents can now suggest interactive actions as buttons during sessions, making it easier to perform related tasks quickly.
  • Group Repeated Events on Task Timelines: Task timelines in Desktop now group similar repeated events, helping users understand task progress at a glance.
  • Spaces Layout Navigation Enhancements: The spaces layout now allows hiding and reordering sidebar nav items, letting users customize their workspace.
  • Embed Canvases in Command Center: Users can drag canvases alongside tasks in the Command Center, improving multitasking and context.
  • Daily Report Limit Control in Self-driving: Users can now set and see daily report caps in Self-driving configurations on Desktop and mobile for better control.
  • Feature Request Improvements: Search linked feature requests, filter by creator, and add evidence on creation, making it easier to manage customer feedback.
  • Custom REST Data Warehouse Source Promoted to Beta: Enhanced data warehouse connectivity with a more stable and supported Custom REST source.
  • Gong Call Transcripts in Warehouse: Sales teams can now sync and analyze actual call transcripts alongside metadata for deeper insights.
  • GitHub & Slack Integration Updates on Desktop: Improved integration settings and clearer install status, including ability to edit multiple repos in GitHub inbox source.
  • Slack Thread Forking into DM: Convert a Slack channel thread into a direct message to discuss without disrupting the channel.

Improvements

  • Scouts Roster Flattened and Tooltip Enhanced: The Scouts roster is now a single sortable table with clear tooltips indicating which scouts need attention, improving management.
  • Error Toasts Now Inspectable and Clickable: Error messages in Desktop can be expanded for full details, and URLs within error toasts are clickable for quick help access.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Enhancements: Auto-run new scanners on creation and better cost estimation with budget step opened at 20% sampling and medium activity.
  • Dashboard Tile Density Captured Accurately: Resetting dashboard tile density now properly records the standard setting for consistent layout experience.
  • Metrics Viewer Auto-Refresh Renamed: The 'Live' toggle is renamed to 'Auto-refresh' to better reflect its behavior.
  • Task Cost Visibility in Desktop: Per-task cost is now visible in Desktop pi sessions, helping users track resource usage.
  • Session List Metadata Customization: Desktop users can now customize session list metadata, including grouping and repository/branch visibility.
  • Desktop Navigation Rail Updates: The navigation rail now remembers destinations and derives location from routes for smoother navigation.
  • Reduced Noise in Logs and Notifications: Various adjustments reduce unnecessary logs and clarify alert statuses, improving focus and reducing distractions.
  • Feature Flags UI Warning: Flags without release conditions now show a warning that they won't match any users, preventing confusion.
  • Email Queue Prioritized by Priority Class: Transactional emails like password resets now get higher priority over marketing emails for faster delivery.

Fixes

  • On-demand Batch Export Emails Corrected: Eliminates failure emails linking to irrelevant pages, reducing confusion.
  • Chat Side Panel Open as Main Focus Fixed: Expanding chats from the side panel now opens the correct active chat.
  • Signals PR Generation Controls Visible: Threshold controls no longer overflow or get cut off in the interface.
  • Slack Comment Links Clearly Labeled: Links to GitHub review comments now show as "Comment on PR #…" to avoid confusion.
  • Scout Fan-out Timing Smoothed: Scout tasks start more evenly spread out to reduce server load spikes.
  • Session Replay Hotkeys Fixed: Holding keys no longer triggers repeated export jobs, preventing overload.
  • Task Message Delivery Improved: User messages are delivered exactly once, avoiding duplicates.
  • Dashboard Customization Flags Evaluated Correctly: Widget saving now respects the correct context for feature flags.
  • Stripe Marketplace Security Hardened: Prevents unauthorized token minting by Stripe account members.
  • Retry Logic Improved for Warehouse Syncs: Handles transient errors and timeouts more gracefully, minimizing sync interruptions.
  • Error Tracking Filters Improved: Filters out irrelevant injected-script errors to reduce noise.
  • GitHub Slack Thread Access Fixed: Team members can now access runs of shared Slack threads.
  • Error Toasts Render URLs Clickable: Documentation links in error messages can now be clicked directly.
  • Internal Logs Hidden from Session Chat: Diagnostic messages no longer clutter chat feeds.
  • Pointer Cursor Restored on Desktop: Clickable items in space session lists now show the pointer cursor for clarity.
  • Multiple UI and Navigation Glitches Fixed: Various fixes improve consistency, such as nav rail destination alignment and home tab gating.
  • Experiments Form Reset: New experiment form clears stale input after abandoning, preventing confusion.

This update brings significant enhancements to PostHog Desktop, improved analytics features, and smoother integrations, all focused on making your workflows faster, clearer, and more interactive.

August 17, 2026

Enhanced Canvas, Desktop & Analytics

New Features

  • Refreshable Canvas Views: Canvas viewers can now see fresh insights without reloading, ensuring up-to-date data during sessions.
  • Viewer-Approved Canvas Agent Requests: Viewers can now request improvements from canvas authors, making collaboration smoother.
  • Durable Canvas State & Actions: Canvases remember your inputs and actions, so checklists, forms, and boards retain their state without loss.
  • Live PostHog Object Tags in Desktop Agents: Desktop agents display clear references to data objects behind their messages, helping you understand and verify insights easily.
  • Session Right Panel in Desktop: Access session timelines, artifacts, and changes in a convenient dock for better context and navigation.
  • Improved Dashboard Creation Controls: Dashboard editors keep their titles and descriptions during background loads, preventing lost work.
  • Scatter Plot Chart for SQL Insights: Visualize relationships between two measures directly, helping you spot patterns like revenue vs. session duration.
  • Feature Request Lifecycle in Customer Analytics: Track, prioritize, and review customer feature requests in one place to better respond to user needs.
  • Email Thread Persistence & Sync: Customer emails sent from Gmail now link to accounts and can be verified, enhancing communication tracking.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Enhancements: New drafting tools, organizational tags, and clearer scan results improve session replay analysis.
  • SEO / AEO Page Performance in Web Analytics: Understand your website's SEO and user experience with new page performance metrics.
  • Comment Slack DMs Routed to Desktop: Slack comment notifications link directly to the desktop app for seamless communication.
  • Task Timeline Events: View commits, comments, and artifacts directly on task timelines, giving a comprehensive task history.

Improvements

  • Canvas Error Reporting with One-Click Fix: When a canvas encounters an error, authors get notified with an easy way to resolve it.
  • PostHog Desktop Update Process: Restarting the desktop app now installs the latest update immediately, keeping you current without extra steps.
  • Personal Space Label Simplified: The private space now appears as "personal" for clearer navigation.
  • Gravatar Avatars in Desktop: People are now shown with Gravatar images instead of initials, making identification easier.
  • Chart Legend Isolation: Click any chart legend series to isolate it quickly, helping you focus on specific data.
  • Show Stale Insight Results While Refreshing: View existing insight data without waiting for refreshes, so you stay productive.
  • Push Registration Handling: Mobile apps auto-register push tokens smoothly, even without configured integrations, reducing error messages.
  • Replay Vision Pricing Clarity: Credit costs for Replay Vision features are now clearly linked to pricing information.
  • Slack Settings Consolidation: All Slack comment and notification settings are now in one place for easier management.
  • Faster Warehouse Queries: Sources prewarm before readiness, speeding up your data queries.
  • Retry Improvements for TikTok Ads Sync: Sync process now waits and retries appropriately, reducing failed data imports.
  • Improved Signup Retry: Users encountering signup issues can retry steps without reloading the page.
  • Improved Inbox Signal Ranking: Signals now include embeddings for better inbox ranking and relevance.
  • Replay Player Scaling: Session replay player scales properly even when snapshots arrive late.

Fixes

  • Email Suspension Enforced: Staff email suspension now properly stops emails at send time, preventing unwanted messages.
  • Session Recording Playback Errors Resolved: Users can retry failed session recordings without reloading the entire page.
  • Comment Threads Focused on Deep Links: Task deep links now open directly to the relevant comment, improving navigation.
  • Slack Comment DM Heading Fixed: Slack comment DMs no longer duplicate heading lines.
  • Personal API Key Access Corrected: Access to playlist recording endpoints and exports is now properly secured.
  • Dashboard Loading Issues Fixed: Background loads no longer erase dashboard titles or descriptions.
  • Replay Vision Scanners Warn on No Matches: Scanners notify you if their filters match no recordings, avoiding confusion.
  • Email Sync Verification Works with Gmail: Gmail forwarding verification now functions even if Google's confirmation email is skipped.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Setup Flow Simplified: Scanner setup screens are clearer, reducing confusion over tags.
  • Task Comment Editor Stability: Comment editor no longer closes unexpectedly while typing.
  • Spaces Sidebar Unread Highlights Cleared: Unread indicators clear correctly when you view spaces.
  • Canvas Links Open in Desktop App: Canvas links now open within PostHog Desktop instead of an external browser.
  • API Authorization Tightened: Export API and project access respects permissions, keeping your data safe.
  • Error Tracking Alerts Filter by Severity: Alerts can now be filtered by issue severity to focus on critical problems.
  • Signup Email Collisions Avoided: Signup process now uses unique email addresses to prevent conflicts.
  • Task Run Logs Reliable: Logs append correctly without losing entries.
  • Replay Session Summarization Removed: Legacy session summarization parts causing confusion have been removed.
  • Slack Settings Page Organized: Slack comment settings moved to a single page for clarity.
  • Workspace Row Handling for Cloud Tasks: Cloud tasks created externally now display properly in the desktop app.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Credit Usage Scoped: Negative filters now exclude sessions correctly, avoiding credit waste.
  • Replay Vision Scan Results Visible: Scan results now show up in Max and MCP interfaces.
  • Error Tracking Symbolication Improved: Frontend errors now have better symbolication for easier debugging.
  • Retry Behavior on Rate Limits Improved: Translation and TikTok Ads sync endpoints handle rate limits gracefully.
  • Dashboard Creation Controls Consistent: Duplicate and inconsistent creation buttons have been fixed.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Empty State Enhanced: Users see a helpful welcome banner when no scanners exist.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Premium Model Updated: The premium scanner uses the latest Gemini 3.7 Flash model for better accuracy.
  • Slack Comment Thread Focus on Notification Links: Links from comment notifications focus correctly on the comment.
  • Replay Vision Scanner List Empty State Added: First-time users see guidance when no scanners exist.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Draft Box Available to All: Everyone can access the goal-based scanner drafting box without feature flags.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Organizational Tags Added: Tagging provides easier filtering and grouping of scanners.
  • Replay Vision Scanner Filters Scoped: Negative filters apply correctly to candidate sessions.

Thank you for using PostHog! We continually improve your experience and appreciate your feedback.

August 10, 2026

Enhanced Desktop & Data Warehouse Experience

New Features

  • Customer.io Data Warehouse Source is Now GA: Teams can now connect Customer.io as a fully supported data warehouse source, making it easier to integrate and analyze your Customer.io data.
  • Slack Task Links Unfurl Publicly: When sharing PostHog tasks in Slack public channels, task links now display the task title and summary, improving visibility and collaboration.
  • Edit and Manage Text Artifacts on Desktop: Desktop users can now directly edit Markdown, HTML, and plain text artifacts, streamlining workflows without needing to re-upload files.
  • Mark Spaces with Pending Sessions on Desktop: Quickly identify spaces that have sessions requiring your attention, helping you stay organized and responsive.
  • Show Token and Compute Usage Separately on Desktop: Users can now see detailed breakdowns between token spend and cloud compute usage, giving clearer insights into resource consumption.
  • Prewarm Multi-Repository Sandboxes for Cloud Tasks: Multi-repository cloud tasks start faster by prewarming sandboxes, reducing wait times and improving productivity.
  • Saved SQL Expressions on Tables: Build and reuse computed fields attached to tables in the SQL editor, saving time and reducing repetitive work.
  • Recurring MCP Reports Visible on Notifications Tab: Easily access your saved recurring MCP reports directly from the notifications tab for better report management.
  • Show Uploaded Files in Slack Discussions: Files uploaded in mirrored Slack threads now appear clearly in PostHog discussions, keeping everyone informed.
  • AI Agent Output Simplified: Self-Driving AI agent responses are now written in simpler technical English, making them easier to read and act on.
  • What-to-Watch Feature in Experiments Recordings: The experiments Recordings tab now highlights the most insightful sessions, helping you focus on valuable data faster.
  • Add Retain Destination Template for CDP: Users can now select Retain as a destination template in Customer Data Platform setups, expanding integration options.
  • Google Calendar Integration for Customer Analytics: Connect your Google Calendar to sync meetings and related data directly into Customer Analytics.

Improvements

  • Clearer Error Messages During Data Warehouse Syncs: Improved messages help you understand when sync runs are interrupted or connections fail, reducing confusion and speeding troubleshooting.
  • Improved Commenting on Desktop Artifacts: Comments now submit smoothly without getting stuck, and mention popups are easier to read with improved styling.
  • Better Task Comment Thread Stability: Replies no longer cause comment threads to jump unexpectedly, allowing for more natural conversations.
  • Plan & Usage Page Scrolls and Matches Settings: The Desktop Plan & Usage page now scrolls properly and aligns with other settings pages for a consistent experience.
  • Artifact Tabs Open Correctly in Pi Tasks: Opening artifacts from Pi tasks now works seamlessly within the app, keeping your workflow uninterrupted.
  • Dashboard Color Modal Adds Save and Cancel Buttons: Easily save or cancel color changes when customizing breakdown colors, making adjustments more intuitive.
  • SQL Editor Variable Controls Expanded: More options for SQL variables improve query flexibility and dynamic dashboard filters.
  • Signal Source Cards Show Tool Status in Inbox: Easily see if the underlying PostHog tool is active, so you know why your inbox may be empty.
  • Improved Plan and Usage Insights on Desktop: Enhanced insights help you better understand your model costs and usage patterns.
  • Session List Hover Dot Color Matches Line: Line charts now show hover dots in matching colors for clearer data visualization.
  • Prewarming Cloud Tasks Without Repositories: Cloud tasks without selected repositories now start faster by prewarming, improving task startup times.

Fixes

  • Prevent Setup Confusion for Pipedrive Users: Guidance now directs you to enter just the subdomain, avoiding setup errors.
  • Stop Unnecessary Retries on Permanent Errors: Syncs no longer keep retrying when facing permanent errors like 404s or auth failures, saving time and resources.
  • Fix Slack AI Preferences to Avoid Wrong Model Pairings: AI preferences now correctly pair runtimes and models, preventing mismatches.
  • Fix Issues with Checkout.com and Meta Ads Syncs: Improved handling of API errors prevents unnecessary failures and retries.
  • Prevent Duplicate Support Replies: Support responses are now unique, avoiding repeated messages to customers.
  • Fix Replay Session Filtering and Navigation: Replay lists correctly show session filters and prevent unexpected page jumps.
  • Stop Task Double Submission on Desktop: The task composer disables multiple submits to avoid creating duplicate tasks.
  • Fix Comment Placeholders on Desktop: Long placeholders now stay on one line for easier reading.
  • Fix Artifact Comment Action Styles: Comment buttons no longer inherit confusing styles, improving readability.
  • Fix Data Warehouse Upload Validation: Files are now validated against the selected format before upload, preventing wasted time.
  • Fix Slack App Event Handling: Slack events now correctly gate coding tasks and handle home tab updates.
  • Fix Retention Custom Bracket Shifts: Retention insights now correctly reflect user timezones.
  • Fix Data Imports and Syncs to Avoid Crashes: Improved error handling stops crashes during data sync interruptions or connection blips.
  • Fix Signals Inbox Onboarding Card: The sample card no longer leads to a dead end.
  • Fix Subscription Editor Controls: Multi-day selection and test delivery controls are restored for scheduling subscriptions.
  • Fix Various UI and UX Issues Across Desktop and Web: Including sidebar session status, comments, scroll behavior, and link handling.

Enjoy the improved experience and enhanced features! As always, we're committed to making PostHog more powerful and user-friendly.

August 3, 2026

Enhanced Tasks, Replay & Analytics

New Features

  • Multi-repository Tasks and Spaces: You can now assign tasks across multiple repositories and link them to specific spaces, making task management more organized and flexible.
  • Replay Vision Launch: Replay Vision is now officially available with improved billing and management features, helping you analyze user sessions more effectively.
  • OpenAI Ads Destination in Workflows: Send conversion events directly to OpenAI Ads, enabling better ad performance tracking and optimization.
  • Shareable Loop Links in Desktop App: Easily share specific loops with teammates using new deep links and a convenient copy link button.
  • Self-driving Onboarding Flow: Experience a guided onboarding wizard that simplifies setup and accelerates your activation process.
  • Google Analytics and ClickHouse Data Warehouse Sources GA: Both Google Analytics (GA4) and ClickHouse sources are now generally available, offering reliable and comprehensive data integration options.
  • Inline Pull Request Reviews in Inbox: Review PostHog-made pull requests directly within your inbox for streamlined collaboration.
  • Support Ticket Improvements: View your support tickets in an expanded list and keep your message thread position with a new “See new messages” pill.
  • Sent Push Notifications on Person View: Track push notifications sent to individuals directly in their profile, improving communication transparency.
  • Sandbox Image Rollout Metrics: Monitor usage and provisioning speed of development images to ensure smoother task runs.
  • Batch Exports for HogQL Queries: Export data from custom HogQL queries as downloadable files for more flexible reporting.
  • Tasks Filed to Creator’s Slack #me Channel: Tasks created via Slack mentions are now automatically filed into your personal #me channel for better visibility.

Improvements

  • Dashboard Last Viewed Time: See when you last accessed each dashboard to better track your personal usage.
  • Insight Date Filter Enhancements: Exclude current incomplete periods and specific weekdays (like weekends) from your insights for more accurate metrics.
  • Notification Delivery Monitoring: Get better visibility into whether alert notifications were successfully sent.
  • UI Enhancements in Notifications and Conversations: Notifications now display grouped achievements cleanly, and ticket message editors wrap long lines for easier reading.
  • Tasks Activity Feed: Internal and archived tasks are hidden from activity feeds to reduce clutter.
  • Experiment Recordings Player: Opens directly on the overview tab for context, improving experiment analysis.
  • Heatmap Page Blocking Detection: Identify when web pages block embedding or return errors, helping troubleshoot heatmap issues.
  • Metric Activation Tracking: Snippet copying now records product intent, improving onboarding insights.
  • Workflows Push Payload Correlation: Push notifications now include correlation IDs to track which workflow sent each notification.
  • Batch Exports Join Modal: Improved join editor with sentence-style interface and live validation for easier data join setup.

Fixes

  • Replay Vision Scans: Improved error handling and retry logic to ensure scans complete and results display correctly.
  • Charts and Insights: Goal line hover values restored and lifecycle series alignments fixed for clearer data visualization.
  • Conversations Widget: Prevented silent failures when page URLs are very long.
  • Desktop App: Fixed black window issue on Windows releases and optimized attachment uploads.
  • Experiments: Clarified when a recording session has no exposure event to avoid confusion.
  • Notifications Layout: Fixed layout issues and grouping for achievement notifications.
  • Tasks Resume Handling: Resumed tasks recover correctly even if branches are missing.
  • Export Downloads on Safari: Exports now trigger downloads reliably on Safari.
  • Feature Flags List: Reduced flashing and blanking of flags list when filters change.
  • SQL Insight Date Filters: Fixed date filtering to correctly apply start and end boundaries.
  • Support Ticket Compose Modal: Fixed text wrapping to prevent modal from expanding too wide.
  • Alerts: Corrected anomaly alert timing to report spikes at the right intervals.
  • Logs UI: Improved person log linking and error handling in log transformations.
  • Data Warehouse Syncs: Retried transient errors and prevented failures due to missing or deleted resources.
  • Stripe and Payment Syncs: Scoped syncs properly and handled rate limits gracefully.
  • Workflows: Rejected invalid action types to prevent workflow run errors.
  • Side Panel Tabs: Automatically close context-specific tabs when navigating away for a cleaner workspace.
  • Inbox Cards: Marked self-driving onboarding cards as examples to reduce confusion.
  • Scout Auto-pause: Improved auto-pause logic based on engagement rather than just event emission.
  • MCP Alerts and Links: Added direct links to entities in alerts for faster access.
  • Error Tracking: Suppressed unsupported suppression rules to prevent SDK errors.
  • Various UI Stability Fixes: Addressed flaky tests, loading errors, and intermittent UI issues for smoother experience.
July 31, 2026

Enhanced Data, Inbox & Workflow Tools

New Features

  • Drag & Drop File Uploads in Skills UI: You can now add bundled files simply by dragging them into the Skills section, making file management faster and more intuitive.
  • Improved Conversations Ticket Experience: The message thread now maintains your reading position and shows a “See new messages” pill, so you never lose context while reviewing support tickets.
  • Google Analytics and ClickHouse Data Warehouse Sources Now Generally Available: These sources are fully supported, allowing you to integrate your data more reliably and with confidence.
  • Date Range Exclusions in Insight Filters: Exclude current incomplete periods or specific days like weekends to get cleaner, more accurate insights tailored to your business rhythms.
  • Prompt Configuration Editing UI: Easily customize AI prompt settings through a new interface, giving you more control over AI behavior without technical steps.
  • Collapsible Inbox Sections: Collapse Evidence, Runs, and Reviewers sections in inbox reports for a cleaner view and quicker navigation.
  • Customer Analytics Account Creation Workflow Node: You can now create customer accounts directly from workflows, streamlining your automation processes.
  • Track Last Customer Message in Slack: See when a customer last messaged in their bound Slack channel, helping you stay on top of communications.
  • Grouped Variant in New Insight Menu: The new grouped grid layout for creating insights is now the default, offering a clearer and more organized way to explore and select insight options.
  • Push Identity Verification Setup: Configure push notification identity verification during channel setup to enhance security and trust.
  • Product Academy Coupon Page: Access special offers and coupons directly, making it easier to benefit from educational resources.

Improvements

  • Email Sending Rates Computed On The Fly: Email workflows now show real-time sending rates, improving accuracy and responsiveness of email reputation management.
  • AWS SES Tenant Health Visibility: Get detailed health and reputation findings for your email sending, ensuring better deliverability.
  • More Informative Export Downloads: Export downloads now trigger reliably across browsers, especially fixing silent failures in Safari.
  • Insight Notifications Auto-Adjust Height: Alerts and subscription menus on insights now fit content better, improving readability.
  • Feature Flags List Smoother Filtering: The feature flags overview no longer flashes confusing loading placeholders when filters yield no results.
  • Dashboard Variable Application: Dashboard variables now apply more smoothly without causing tile refresh issues or empty results.
  • Slack Integration Improvements: Mentions and silent drops are now observable and answerable, improving communication clarity.
  • Metrics Scrape Agent Scaling: The metrics agent is now sharded and durable, ready to handle larger scale data collection without slowdowns.
  • Inbox Follow-Up Nudge in Scout Slack Output: Added in-thread invites to foster easier follow-up conversations directly in Slack channels.
  • Improved Session Replay Evidence Cards: Replaced unreliable replay thumbnails with a view button, reducing loading problems and clutter.
  • Experiment Results Layout: The experiment hypothesis now appears closer to the results with capped width, making it easier to read and analyze.

Fixes

  • Resolved Export Download Issue on Safari: Fixed a problem that caused export files not to download despite successful responses.
  • SQL Editor Schema Load Retry: When schema loading fails, a retry option now appears, helping you recover without refreshing.
  • Prevent Ingestion Warning Mute on Cluster Issues: Capture warnings reliably even if some clusters are unreachable.
  • Dashboard Variables Apply Without Empty Results: Fixed an issue where applying variables could result in empty visualizations.
  • Corrected Conversion Goal Type Display: Conversion goals now show accurate types, improving clarity in marketing analytics.
  • Fixed Slack Integration Project Linking: OAuth integrations now land on the correct project, ensuring data goes where expected.
  • Retry Transient Errors in Data Imports and Batch Exports: Improved stability by automatically retrying temporary connection and server errors.
  • Improved Inbox Signal Reviewer Suggestions: Reduced noisy reviewer recommendations by prioritizing more relevant activity.
  • Fixed Feature Flags Decrypt Error: Returns clear JSON errors on remote config decrypt failures instead of crashing.
  • Fixed Replay Vision Scanner Warnings: Alerts now show when scanners have no recording filters to avoid noisy results.
  • Fixed Person Profile Metric Add Button: Restored the ability to add usage metrics on customer profiles.
  • Fixed API Error Messages for Invalid Keys: More actionable messages for bad API keys during data warehouse source connections.
  • Fixed Various UI Layout and Accessibility Issues: Including notification menu overlap, chart spacing in inbox reports, and export image rendering.

These updates improve your ability to manage data sources, streamline inbox and workflow interactions, and enhance overall reliability and usability across PostHog.

April 30, 2026

Enhanced Features & User Experience

New Features

  • Property-Level Access Control: You can now hide sensitive event and person properties from other users in your PostHog project, ensuring that sensitive information like PII is protected.
  • Survey MCP Creation Fields: Survey creation is now more streamlined through MCP, allowing you to set display conditions, schedule, and more in one go.
  • Session Replay Cancellation: Users can now cancel in-flight session summaries, giving you more control over ongoing processes.

Improvements

  • Heatmaps Display: The issue where 'SCRIPT_PLACEHOLDER' showed on heatmaps has been resolved, providing a cleaner, more professional view.
  • Survey Targeting Conditions: AI survey targeting conditions are now preserved correctly, ensuring your surveys reach the intended audience.
  • Session Replay Summary: A cancel button is now visible while the session summary is loading, enhancing user control.
  • AI Summary Visibility: The AI summary outcomes are now surfaced on tooltips, giving you immediate insights at a glance.
  • Dashboard Layout: You won't encounter errors when editing dashboard layouts due to unknown tile IDs, making rearranging tiles smoother.

Fixes

  • Google Sheets Authentication: Resolved an issue with Google Sheets data warehouse syncs, ensuring seamless integration.
  • GitHub Integration: Users can now select any GitHub organization during integration, providing more flexibility.
  • Marketing Analytics Banner: Improved visual hierarchy by adding space to the marketing analytics beta banner, enhancing readability.
  • Memory Management: Optimized memory usage to prevent browser crashes during extended PostHog sessions, improving stability.
  • Retention Insights: Fixed the issue where cohort sums exceeded the total when using a breakdown, ensuring accurate insights.