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September 18, 2026

Group Settings

• CHANGE: The private-archive confirmation now uses public instead of open and a check-mark icon for Yes. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41185

September 11, 2026

Group Settings

• CHANGE: On the group home page, "Members can edit their messages" now shows a check mark, and on /edithashtag the Lock Topic checkbox is grouped with Topic Duration. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41163

September 4, 2026

Group Settings

• BUGFIX: On the Membership Defaults page, selecting Following Only did not enable the First Message Also and Auto Follow Replies checkboxes, and did not auto-check Auto Follow Replies, so those defaults could not be set. Also changed a leftover "thread" to "topic" in that page's help text and in the plain-text email footer. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41099
• BUGFIX: On the group Settings page, the Restricted Membership checkbox (and the Allow Sponsorships checkbox in the General section) rendered as bare, unstyled checkboxes next to their styled neighbors. Both now match the other checkboxes. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41098
• CHANGE: The "To help prevent spam, groups must have at least one of these options set" note sat in a grey footer at the bottom of the Group Type and Moderation section, where it was easy to miss and often required scrolling to see. It now appears as a highlighted note at the top of the section. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41098
• CHANGE: The Two-Factor Authentication Policy setting has moved from the General section of the Settings page into the Privacy section, which is now titled Privacy and Security. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41098
• BUGFIX: The Settings page did not enforce the rule that a group must keep at least one anti-spam option enabled: you could uncheck them all, and the site would silently re-enable New Members Moderated when saving. The page now keeps the last remaining option on (re-checking the checkbox, or reverting the Message Moderation selector), so the page always reflects what will actually be saved.
• CHANGE: The Group Description editor on the Settings page and the Signature editor on the Subscription page were always at least 400 pixels tall - a minimum sized for the message composer - showing mostly blank space for short content, and could not be resized any smaller. Both editors now size themselves to their content and can be resized down to 200 pixels; the message composer is unchanged. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41108
• CHANGE: On the Membership Defaults page, only the panel title expanded or collapsed the Default Subscription Settings and Default User Settings panels; the description text under the title did nothing, so the cursor flipped between a pointer and a text cursor as you moved across the heading. The description now toggles the panel too. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41144
• CHANGE: The Edit Notice page had no Cancel button, unlike the other edit pages. It now has one, returning to the Notices list. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41144

August 29, 2026

Group Settings

• CHANGE: On the group Aliases page, the entry form now sits above the list of aliases — matching the Banned Domains arrangement — so adding an alias no longer requires scrolling past a long list. The help text moved into the box itself as placeholder text, the list is sorted alphabetically instead of by the date added, and the add buttons on both the Aliases and Banned Domains pages get a little breathing room above them. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41078