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Release Notes

October 2026

RSSFlux Blog is live

Twelve practical guides are live at rssflux.io/blog — RSS fundamentals,

scraping sites without feeds, API access for AI agents, Telegram/Discord/Slack

bots, and monitoring workflows. The blog ships with per-post metadata,

Article/FAQPage schema, a sitemap, and its own RSS feed.

xLikeWriter is now in Beta

Create a channel, post short updates (up to 600 words in the resizable

editor), and embed a live timeline anywhere — no app store, no followers

required. xLikeWriter has graduated from private prototype to open beta, has

its own place in the sidebar, and can be automated through the RSSFlux API.

Feed Pages

Organize your feeds into Pages. Set a Page on any feed — or leave it blank to

use the first category automatically — then switch between Page tabs on My

Feeds. Perfect for keeping ContentFlux, Newsroom, or any other grouping one

click away.

Skip Dead Links

A new per-feed option on Edit Feed. When enabled, RSSFlux verifies each newly

scraped link and quietly skips items whose article page returns 404/410 —

ideal for mirrors and sites with broken archives.

Smarter Site Detection

The scraper now recognizes the shared page theme used across many independent

news sites, extracting titles, dates, and thumbnails automatically —

including multi-column front pages, with no custom selectors needed.

July & August 2026

Installable App

Install RSSFlux as a standalone app on your phone or desktop dock. The

dashboard shows an install prompt, and iOS users get step-by-step

"Add to Home Screen" guidance. The app opens in its own window with a

dedicated icon.

New App Icon

A redesigned full-color icon on a white background is now used for the

desktop dock, mobile home screen, and app buttons.

Automatic App Updates

The app now checks for updates whenever it opens or regains focus. When

a new version is ready, an "Update available — Reload" prompt appears,

and stale code and icons are replaced automatically. Note: iOS

home-screen icons may require re-adding the app once to refresh.

Mobile Layout Improvements

On phones, the hamburger menu no longer overlaps content and articles

now use the full screen width.

Rumble Feed Fixes

Items from recommended channels no longer leak into your Rumble feeds.

Feeds now contain only genuine channel videos.

Anti-Bot False-Positive Fix

Some sites were incorrectly flagged as Cloudflare-blocked because

embedded plugin text tripped the anti-bot detector. These feeds now

scrape cleanly.

Public RSS Reliability

Public RSS feeds no longer fail when an item is missing a title or

link.

Feed Deletion Feedback

If a feed delete fails, you now see an error message instead of a

silent no-op.

June 2026

Push Articles to Your Phone

One-click send any feed item to Slack, Discord, Telegram, or Signal.

Save contacts in Settings for one-tap sharing to friends and teams.

SMS and WhatsApp Messaging

SMS and WhatsApp delivery via Telnyx. Toll-free number support for US,

alpha sender for international. Configure in Admin → Settings → SMS.

Full-Text Search Across All Feeds

Search across all your feed items using PostgreSQL full-text search.

Stemming, ranking, and per-feed filtering. Available from:

  • Dashboard search page
  • API v1 (Bearer token auth)
  • Telegram /search command
  • Discord /search slash command

Per-Feed Template Variables

New template variables for precise control:

  • {feed_item[N]} — bullet list of single feed's items
  • {feed_item[N][M].title} — Mth item from Nth feed
  • {feed_title[N]}, {feed_url[N]} — per-feed metadata
  • {items[N].description} — Nth item description

Date-Ranged Reminders

Create text reminders with start date, end date, and repeat interval.

Supports hours + minutes resolution (e.g., every 25h, every 34m).

Expired reminders auto-deactivate. Dedicated Reminders page.

Automations Enhancements

  • Slack channel support
  • Preset templates: Daily Briefing, New Item Alert, Summary Only
  • Clickable variable builder in template editor
  • One-shot actions now respect the configured time

YouTube Feed Fixes

  • /videos and /streams are now treated as separate feeds
  • Fixed URL normalization colliding them into one

Help Bot Improvements

  • Section-level retrieval (RAG Phase 1) — answers pull from relevant

doc sections instead of the entire document

  • Smaller context = cheaper, faster, fewer hallucinations

Timezone Dashboard Clock

Settings page shows a live clock updating every second in your

selected timezone. Verify your timezone setting instantly.

Feed Sharing

Share any feed with a one-click share token. Recipients see a live

public preview and can import the feed directly into their own RSSFlux

dashboard.

Feed Categories and Tags

Organize feeds with a category and comma-separated tags. Filter by

category or tag via the API. Category badges and tag badges appear in

the feeds table for quick visual scanning.

Provider Change Detection

When a major provider changes their website layout and scraping fails,

RSSFlux detects it automatically, alerts engineers, and shows a clear

message: "This provider's website appears to have changed. RSSFlux

engineers have been notified."

Infrastructure & Polish

  • Codebase cleanup: tasks.py split into focused modules
  • Smoke tests: 55 automated tests covering imports, templates, timezone math
  • All dashboard pages SSR-safe (no more 500 errors)
  • Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, SMS Opt-In pages

Fixes, Improvements & Bug Tweaks

  • Rumble /videos URL fix — suffix no longer stripped during scraping
  • Automations: delete button now works, edit scrolls page to form
  • Feed refresh polling stops when navigating away — saves bandwidth
  • Shared-feed import redirected to dashboard Add Feed flow
  • Fluxion creation and WordPress bot fixes
  • Widget title toggle — option to hide fluxion name on embedded widgets