Changelog

v2.8.0

We are introducing attachments to allow users to add files to their comments, for more information about this change please read our Upgrade Guide for 2.8.

• Add out-of-the-box support for attachments in the default components.

• Add new primitives to support attachments in custom components:

  • Composer.AttachmentsDropArea: Receives files via drag-and-drop
  • Composer.AttachFiles: Opens a file picker
  • FileSize: Displays a formatted file size

• Add values and methods to useComposer to support attachments in custom components.

• Add useAttachmentUrl hook to get presigned URLs for attachments.

• Add prepareAttachment and uploadAttachment methods to Room to create attachments.

• Add getAttachmentUrl method to Room to get presigned URLs for attachments.

Website

• New blog post: Next.js Template Week recap.
• Bug fix on the pricing page MAU slider which didn't apply the MAU value set to the price of the products.

Contributors

Contributors include:

5 authors

v2.7.2

• Fix a bug where under some conditions threads could end up without comments.
• Fix a bug where notifications associated to deleted threads would not be deleted.
• Fix a bug where subsequent optimistic updates to the same inbox notification could sometimes not get applied correctly.

v2.7.1

• Fixed a bug where resolved threads remained visible in the editor and the AnchoredThreads and FloatingThreads components.

Examples

• New Linear-like Issue Tracker example.
• New Tldraw Whiteboard Storage example.
• New Tldraw Whiteboard Yjs example.
• New Notion-like AI Editor example.

Documentation

• Rewritten Lexical Text Editor get started guides for Next.js and React, adding AnchoredThreads and FloatingThreads.

Dashboard

• Fix a bug where room storage data wasn't fetched correctly and not displayed in the room detail storage tab.
• Fix a bug where room storage data couldn't be deleted from the room detail storage tab.

Contributors

Contributors include:

5 authors

v2.7.0

• Refactor caching internals to prepare for upcoming features.

• Add support for query argument to useUserThreads_experimental.

• Fix bug where some combinations of query criteria could over-select threads in useThreads.

2.6.1

• Fix mention suggestions dropdown not following scroll in some scenarios.

Dashboard

• Improved error messages to provide clearer guidance during team creation.
• Implemented various bug fixes and performed stabilization work to enhance overall system reliability.

Contributors

Contributors include:

6 authors

Website

• New blog post: Dashboard enhancements to improve observability and developer experience.
• New blog post: What’s new in Liveblocks: August edition.

Documentation

• New guide on migrating to Comments.

Contributors

Contributors include:

1 authors

v2.6.0

• Add getInboxNotifications method which supports an unread query parameter.

Dashboard

• Room detail page enhancements:
  • Renamed "Document" tab to "Realtime APIs" (Storage + Yjs) to reflect new product offerings.
  • Reordered tabs: Comments, Text Editor, Realtime APIs, Metadata, Permissions.
  • Introduced a new Text Editor tab with enhanced features:
    • Preview Lexical documents directly from the dashboard, including mentions, comment annotations, and custom nodes.
    • Access comment threads from text annotations and browse their comments and metadata.
  • Broadcast custom events to people connected in the room using a typed editor.
• New inline view for comment threads:
  • Offers a more visual and intuitive way to browse comments.
  • Added ability to sort threads by latest activity, most replies, or creation date.
  • Introduced an option to delete all threads in a room at once.

Documentation

• Improved search dialog box:
  • Returns more accurate results, and is generally much more useful.
  • Returns more results than before, allowing you to accessibly scroll through the list.
• New guide on setting initial/default state in BlockNote.

Website

• New book a demo page, allowing you to easily set up a meeting with our sales team.

Contributors

Contributors include:

4 authors

Examples

• Add new features and polish to the Next.js Overlay Comments and Next.js Canvas Comments examples.
• Comments now flip when previously they would go offscreen, and other small bugs were fixed.

Contributors

Contributors include:

1 authors

v2.5.1

• Fix LiveblocksProvider update/change event not returning removed users.

v2.5.0

• Add useIsInsideRoom hook, useful for rendering different components inside and outside of RoomProvider.

• Fix a bug in useEditorStatus which prevented it from returning a correct status when LexicalPlugin was rendered conditionally.

• Fix remote cursors not displaying user names.

• Improve event propagation in Composer.

@liveblocks/codemod

• Prevent modifying files that weren’t changed by the codemods.

Contributors

Contributors include:

3 authors

Website

• New blog post: What’s new in Liveblocks: July edition.

Dashboard

• Add the ability to see the response body of webhook attempts in the webhook event details dialog (found in the "more" dropdown).

Documentation

• Add API reference for liveblocks.markThreadAsResolved and liveblocks.markThreadAsUnresolved.

Contributors

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1 authors

Dashboard

• Add the Room API docs to the dashboard. Copy pre-filled code snippets from the API reference directly from the Room detail page.
• Optimize the width of rooms, schemas, and webhooks lists when a detail view is opened for more comfort on medium-sized screens.

Documentation

• Updated How to modify Storage from the server for Liveblocks 2.0.
• Fixed various typos.
• Show public/secret keys within the Bash code snippets for connected users.

Contributors

Contributors include:

4 authors

v2.4.0

• Add vanilla Comments and Notifications APIs to Client and Room, enabling these products outside of React.

Documentation

• Add info on new Comments and Notifications methods in @liveblocks/client API reference.
• Add info on typing thread metadata to React UI API reference.
• Various small fixes.

Dashboard

• Add room search functionality in the Rooms tab of a project.
• Include creation dates in the rooms table list.
• Fix number formatting issues for document sizes.
• Implement sorting options by room ID, last connection date, comments count, documents size, and creation date.
• Improve date formatting across the dashboard. Now using more human-readable relative dates, with absolute dates displayed on hover.
• Display the number of currently online users on the room details page.
• Add room deletion option in the detail page menu.
• Improve rooms table list responsiveness on mobile.

Contributors

Contributors include:

5 authors