Outline Files

What's Changed

This release introduces personal documents - a private space for every user, alongside a large round of mobile polish, security hardening, and continued performance work on both the client and server.

Highlights

• Every user now has a personal section for private documents in the sidebar in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14062 https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14187 (Admins can disable in settings)
• Drag and drop in the sidebar was rebuilt to be more responsive
• Mermaid diagrams are now faster, much prettier, and responsive as they are rendered with Pele in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14126 -
• Passkey login is now possible inside the desktop app (Make sure you're running the latest version) in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14180 https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14241 https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14242

MCP

• OAuth Client ID Metadata Documents are now supported for MCP clients in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14015
• Added a tool to show what changed in a document in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14192
• The MCP SDK has been upgraded to v2 with support for the 2026-07-28 protocol in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14244

Performance improvements

• Editor UI now renders from observable state instead of forceUpdate in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14073
• Share popover and document meta chunks are now preloaded on predicted intent in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14125
• The document is no longer restyled on every frame of the sidebar animation in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14132
• Notification counts no longer use default scope joins in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14139
• Empty unfurl results are now remembered on the client in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14135
• The text column is now skipped when loading document lists in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14138
• Permanent Iframely errors are now cached for an hour in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14134
• Typing in large code blocks is faster in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14181
• SearchIndexProcessor jobs are no longer queued for the Postgres provider in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14186
• SlackProcessor now waits for a summary only after cheap checks pass in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14188
• Reduced traversals and skipped unneeded work in ProsemirrorHelper in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14243
• Attachments are now loaded in one query when signing urls in text in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14247
• Comment view lookups are now batched and email diff clipping is memoized in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14251
• Only the patched path is now copied when recreating transforms in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14250

Other improvements

• Tables can now be placed inside notices in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14175
• Code block line numbers can now be shown alongside line wrapping in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14170
• The mobile sidebar can now be closed with a drag, and header controls are touch-friendly in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14179
• Emails now support one-click unsubscribe (RFC 8058) in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14148
• A warning is now shown when theme colors have low contrast in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14258
• Headings are now weighted above body text in shared document search in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14087
• Postgres search now retries as a quoted query when there are no results in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14104
• Slab imports now resolve cross-links and import Slab-hosted attachments in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14109
• Added a "Manage templates" link to the Templates menu in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14103
• Video nodes now have a selection toolbar in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14118
• Uploads now render with the same component as the uploaded node in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14117
• Alt+click now expands all in the document explorer in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14200
• Document update emails now list all contributors in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14157
• Comment webhook payloads now include collectionId in the payload in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14176
• Notices now have softer colors with matching menu icons in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14177
• Small text sizes have been increased on mobile in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14255
• The settings sidebar and AI settings page have been tidied in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14111
• The unknown error screen now has a glitching sad face icon in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14088
• Migrations before v1.3.0 have been compacted into a baseline schema in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13973
• Node.js has been updated to 26.12.1 in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14228

Fixes

• No confirmation of permission change when dropping a document onto a document in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14061
• Current selection not highlighted in the icon picker in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14059
• groups.memberships returns users who are not group members in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14071
• Search misses terms inside dot-separated identifiers in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14072
• Selection outline missing on non-text block nodes in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14058
• Collection name field has no accessible label in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14075
• Dropped videos insert as attachments instead of playable video in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14086
• Search misses numbers with periods at the start of a paragraph or cell in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14085
• Tighten email sign-in link handling in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14089
• Slack link previews do not use the slash command token in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14090
• Patch text not inserted verbatim inside code blocks in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14097
• Slack user not resolved for the Post to Channel action in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14095
• Layout shift when pinned documents load on Home in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14102
• Toggle blocks not unfolded when jumping to a comment in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14100
• Login and app pages indexed by search engines in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14105
• Duplicate personal document in the sidebar on first create in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14107
• Access action shown in the share dialog for personal documents in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14106
• Drag handle lags behind scroll position in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14108
• Server does not exit when a Redis connection stays unavailable in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14114
• BadGatewayError reports split across many Sentry issues in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14115
• Arrow up/down does not select images like other block nodes in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14119
• Tighten parent share resolution in the share loader in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14129
• Discord authentications not refreshed or validated in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14141
• Query string values not redacted in traces in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14140
• UI copy, casing, and punctuation errors in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14144
• Share state handling for unpublished documents in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14160
• Tighten checks when publishing drafts in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14155
• Check permissions earlier in users.update_role in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14156
• Desktop history navigation not aligned with the document header in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14159
• Signed URL redirects cached longer than the signature is valid in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14169
• Duplicate heading anchor IDs in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14162
• Mobile drawer bottom spacing and switch size in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14158
• Block menu renders offset by the sidebar width in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14178
• Some mention notifications cannot be turned off or unsubscribed in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14146
• Access request emails not translated, and email language and direction not set in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14147
• Drag handle shown over the block menu trigger in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14183
• Missing rate limit on documents.update in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14189
• Task progress dial does not animate between values in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14190
• Mobile header not opaque when the settings table header is sticky in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14208
• Modal ignores the height prop in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14215
• Settings tables do not scroll horizontally on narrow screens in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14216
• Check permissions earlier in documents.restore in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14224
• Stricter document name handling in the collaboration server in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14225
• Improve consistency of public share team handling in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14223
• Consistent order of checks in accessRequests.approve in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14232
• Consistent template validation in documents.update in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14230
• Incorrect isSignedIn flag for available teams in auth.info in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14236
• Mobile sidebar does not use drawer colors in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14240
• iOS blurs the mobile header in the installed web app in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14238
• Traced request URLs ignore X-Forwarded-Host in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14210
• Mobile header primary button uses the wrong color in dark theme in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14252
• Document header hidden while typing on mobile in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14253
• Virtual-host S3 bucket origin blocked by object-src CSP in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14237
• Moving a document drops permissions its children inherit from it by @misha-sunborn in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/13879
• Wrong sender attribution for Markdown document mentions in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14123

New Contributors

• @linear-code[bot] made their first contribution in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/14065

Full Changelog: https://github.com/outline/outline/compare/v1.11.0...v1.12.0