2026

May 2026 New

New

• Changes feed grouped by date: The Changes page now groups entries by Today, Yesterday, and earlier dates, making it easier to scan what happened when across large change histories.
• Severity filter on Changes: A new filter row above the changes feed lets you quickly narrow down to Critical, Warning, or Info changes without touching the search field.

Improved

• Change detail as side drawer: Opening a change from the feed now slides in a detail panel from the right instead of opening a centered modal. The rest of the page stays visible and the drawer can be closed with Escape or by clicking outside.
• Alerts and Destinations on one page: Alert Rules and Destinations are now combined under a single Alerts page with a tab switcher at the top. The Destinations entry has been removed from the sidebar.
• Sidebar navigation updated: The sidebar items have been reorganised with updated category names and a cleaner structure.

April 2026 (4) New

New

• Total Streams: Artist detail page now includes a Total Streams stat card. Tracks sharing the same ISRC and title are counted once.
• Status page: A new status page is available at artistguard.app/status. It shows current incidents and any planned maintenance in real time.
• Landing page animations: Scroll-triggered animations added to the landing page.

Improved

• Rank arrows in notifications: ↑ and ↓ indicators in Top Tracks and Top Cities now appear at the start of each line across Discord, Slack, and Email.
• Play counts in notifications: Top Tracks no longer shows a play count when the value is below 1,000.

Fixed

• Duplicate release: Adding a release that already exists in a catalog is now blocked. A warning is shown in the UI before the attempt.
• Duplicate artist in own org: Artists already monitored in your organization are now shown with an In Your Org badge and cannot be added again.
• Exclusive artist monitoring (Business): An artist already monitored by another organization is shown as Not Available and cannot be added.
• Biography change false alerts: The detection logic for biography changes has been improved. Repeated false alerts caused by inconsistent API responses are now suppressed.

April 2026 (3)

New

• Artist notes: On the Artist detail page, artists can now have notes. Text is limited to 250 characters.
• Sidebar categories: Dashboard sidebar categories were renamed and now include a new Data category and a new Organization category.
• Add missing or offline release: On Artist detail page, Catalog card (right) now has a button to add a missing release or an offline release. The release is monitored even when offline.
• Billing redesign: Billing page was completely rebuilt for a clearer layout.
• Audit log for creators: Organization creators now see an audit log with date, actor, and changed data.
• Admin role: New Admin role added in addition to Organization Viewer. Admin can invite members, remove members, and change settings. More details in Help Center.
• Release tracking timestamp: Release detail page now shows since when the release is tracked.
• Artist pause controls: Artists can now be paused for 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, or indefinitely.
• Organization settings update: Invite members is now part of Members card instead of a separate card.

Improved

• Top Tracks count and streams in notifications: Discord, Slack, and Email now show 10 tracks instead of 5 and include current stream counts for each track.

Fixed

• Modal sizing bug: Modals were sometimes larger than intended because of a sizing bug. This is fixed.

April 2026 (2)

New

• Verification info banner: The add artist modal now shows an info message during bio verification explaining that Spotify bio updates can take a few minutes and that the modal can be closed while verification continues in the background.
• Poll countdown: The verification modal now shows a live countdown to the next check instead of a static "every 5s" label, so it's always clear when the next attempt will happen.

Improved

• Verification interval: The Spotify bio verification check interval has been increased from every 5 seconds to every 15 seconds to avoid unnecessary load.
• Rate limit increased: The number of allowed requests per minute has been raised to better support active usage without hitting limits.
• Verification window extended: The biography verification session window has been extended from 20 to 30 minutes, giving more time to update the Spotify bio before the code expires.
• New releases filter: The Insights carousel now only shows releases from the last 3 days based on the actual Spotify release date.

Fixed

• Dashboard crash after adding artist: In some cases the dashboard would crash with a server error after an artist was successfully verified and added. This has been resolved.
• All releases shown as new: After adding and verifying an artist, all of their existing releases incorrectly appeared in the New Releases carousel. Now only releases with a release date within the last 3 days are shown.
• Help Center mobile sidebar missing: On mobile, the Help Center showed no way to navigate between articles. A floating Contents button now opens a drawer with the full article navigation.
• Billing details separator: Subscription details like renewal date and plan downgrade info were displayed without spacing. Items are now separated with a · for better readability.
• "Most Popular" badge color: The Most Popular label on the Plans page was displayed in the wrong color in both light and dark mode. It now uses the correct accent color across all themes.

April 2026

New

• Destinations: Alert rules now use named destinations instead of directly configuring a URL per rule. Create a destination once (Email, Discord, Slack, Webhook) and reuse it across multiple rules.
• Test destination: Send a test message to any destination directly from the Destinations page to confirm the connection works before going live.
• Roster import (Business): Import your entire artist roster via CSV. Upload a file, resolve any ambiguous names, and ArtistGuard adds them all in the background.
• Background artist adding: Artists are now added via a background queue so the UI never blocks while Spotify data is being fetched.
• Slack alerts: Slack is now available as an alert destination with full support for all change types.
• API root response: GET / on the API now returns a JSON response with the service name and a link to the docs instead of a 404.

Improved

• Spotify links in notifications: Alert messages for Discord, Slack, and Email now include direct links to releases and tracks on Spotify. The artist footer in Discord and Slack also includes an "Open on Spotify" link.
• Faster change confirmation: The window for confirming a detected change has been shortened, reducing the time between detection and alert delivery.
• Improved diagnostics for false alerts: When a potential false alert is detected, ArtistGuard now captures detailed raw data from Spotify to help investigate the root cause.
• Error reporting: Errors are now automatically forwarded to the ArtistGuard team with full context for faster resolution.
• Smoother startup behaviour: Improved how artists are picked up on startup to prevent unnecessary load spikes.
• Top Tracks & Top Cities in notifications: Discord and Slack alerts now show both the previous and current ranking side by side, matching the dashboard view. Changed entries are bolded with a ↑ or ↓ arrow.
• Banner image in notifications: Test messages sent from the Destinations page now include the banner image for both Discord and Slack.
• Destination URL reveal: Email addresses and webhook URLs in the Destinations list are masked by default with a toggle to reveal them.
• Avatar crop modal: Added zoom controls for more precise cropping when uploading a profile or organization avatar.
• Artist grid view: The artists page now uses a grid layout for better overview of larger rosters.
• Notification formatting: Cleaner separator style across Discord, Slack, and the dashboard change feed.

Fixed

• Magic link last login not updating: Signing in via magic link did not update the last login timestamp. This is now recorded correctly.
• Critical severity showing as yellow: Changes with Critical severity were incorrectly displayed in warning yellow across the change feed, overview, and change detail modal. Now correctly shown in red.