Outline Release Notes

What's Changed

• Added WebMCP support in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13576, allowing agents in Chrome and ChatGPT to programmatically control Outline through the browser.
• Alt/Mod-click toggle disclosure folds nested or all toggle blocks in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13678
• Keep editor "find and replace" panel open in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13643
• Added Open Knowledge Format (OKF) export in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13644

Performance improvements

• Add indexes on user foreign key columns in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13631
• Upgraded Zod and enable schema compilation in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13647
• History revision content now prefetched on hover in history sidebar in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13688
• Optimized document queries by excluding content when not needed in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13706

Fixes

• Allowed editing webhooks without signing secrets in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13622
• Escaped MCP attachment PUT upload command arguments in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13613
• Prevented overlapping nested list markers by @47star in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13584
• preserve toggle fold state across remote and local document edits by @chenniannian90 in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13425 …

What's Changed

This release has a focus on increasing performance and reducing memory usage both on the client and server - but some fantastic new functionality crept in too, of course.

Highlights

• Open two views in side-by-side split view from any menu or cmd+click in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13044
• Users with read-only access can now leave inline comments in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13209
• Added [[ trigger for mentioning or creating a document in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13402
• Documents can now be shown with numbered headings, as a display preference in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13522
• Sidebar sections can now be reordered by dragging their headers in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13505
• Live document stats can now be displayed in the corner of the editor in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13318
• Danish and Indonesian have been added to the available language options in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13221
• Color swatches now have a hover card in the editor in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13192
• Web pages, Email (.eml), TextPack, and PDF files can now be imported in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13229 https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13235 https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13302

MCP

• Public share urls are now returned for documents in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13043 …

What's Changed

• Added "query" parameter to templates.list API endpoint in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12996
• Deleting failed and expired exports now possible by @47star in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13032

Fixes

• Floating toolbar in template settings no longer overlaps sidebar in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12994
• "Mermaid" no longer appears twice in language picker in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13000
• "Reset theme" control correctly updates input value in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12999
• Errored mermaid diagram no longer zoomable in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13001
• Debounced search query persistence in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13004
• Multiple fixes for comment gutter mark behavior and scroll-to-comment in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13013
• Search queries from MCP are now recorded in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13011
• Consistent usage of configured proxy with auth providers in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13018
• Docker image no longer includes test fixtures in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13021
• MCP can now upload files with local storage method in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13023
• Image dimensions editable in editor again in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13025
• Focusing starred link no longer scrolls to original location in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13029 …

What's Changed

Improvements

• Added importer support for Slab in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12859
• Added support for rgb, hsl swatches in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12972
• New sidebarHidden query option in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12947
• Empty list tool results in MCP now return improved responses by @syf2211 in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12864
• Unfurl previews for heading links are now aware of heading links in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12857
• Added comment marks in editor gutter in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12840

Fixes

• Long code words no longer cause comment bound overflow in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12961
• Desktop sign-in supported for self-hosted deployments in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12952
• Fix image overflow in table cells by @tsushanth in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12902
• Another fix for foreignObject sizing in Mermaid diagrams by @tsushanth in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12872
• Prevent collapsed sidebar opening during text selection in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12965
• Improved fast-click behavior in sidebar in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12966
• Comments menu now works correctly when triggered from a document list in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12968 …

What's Changed

Note that with this release the ability to collapse any heading was removed. We introduced toggle sections a few releases ago – this and toggle headings replace this capability with something that works much better for multiplayer environments.

Highlights

• Date mentions are now supported
• Login with Passkey is now supported on desktop in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12749
• Markdown input such as --- now work after a soft-break in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12925

MCP

• Now supports reading and using templates in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12639
• Added document restore tool in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12575
• document_update,collection_update tools now return error when no changes occur in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12890
• Add HTML input support to `create_document tool by @Ali-ovo in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12943
• Newly created collections via MCP now default to private in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12644
• Make client_name optional on /oauth/register by @cassvail in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12836
• Add WWW-Authenticate header to /mcp 401 responses by @cassvail in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12834

Other improvements …