generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://hashnode.com/changelog
description: >-
  Hashnode publishes a dated, categorised, server-rendered changelog at
  hashnode.com/changelog with per-entry permalinks, author attribution, and four
  filters (Features, Improvements, Fixes, Deprecated). It covers the whole product,
  not just the API, but every 2026 API change - the paid gate, the agent skill, the
  markdown surface, the AEO fields - was announced here. Captured window: the full
  visible list, 2026-02-18 to 2026-08-12.

scheme: dated-entries
current_version: unversioned
url: https://hashnode.com/changelog
permalink_format: https://hashnode.com/changelog/<YYYY-MM-DD>-<slug>
categories: [Feature, Improvement, Fix, Deprecated]
feed: none published
captured_window:
  from: '2026-02-18'
  to: '2026-08-12'
  entry_count: 19

entries:
  - date: '2026-08-12'
    slug: 2026-08-12-aeo-toolkit
    category: Feature
    title: 'Growth Plan with AEO toolkit: Get your posts cited by AI answer engines'
    api_impact: true
    breaking: false
    additions:
      - Publication.aeoSettings (isEnabled, llmsTxtEnabled, crawlers)
      - Post.faq
    highlights: >-
      FAQ blocks rendering FAQPage structured data, an eight-check AEO score in the
      editor, per-bot AI crawler switches (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot,
      Google-Extended, CCBot), a blog-served /llms.txt exposing the last 100 posts
      as markdown, a freshness queue, and daily citation tracking across ChatGPT,
      Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. Ships as the Growth Plan - Pro plus $29/month.
  - date: '2026-07-29'
    slug: 2026-07-29-consent-management
    category: Feature
    title: 'Cookie consent for Pro: Your blog can ask before it tracks'
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-07-28'
    slug: 2026-07-28-ai-navigation-cmd-k
    category: Feature
    title: Cmd+K understands where you want to go
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-07-14'
    slug: 2026-07-14-openpanel-integration
    category: Feature
    title: OpenPanel joins the integrations page
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-07-13'
    slug: 2026-07-13-seo-title-independent
    category: Fix
    title: SEO title no longer renames your blog
    api_impact: true
    breaking: false
    highlights: >-
      Meta title and blog name were sharing one field. They are stored separately
      now and the GraphQL API exposes them under `seo`.
  - date: '2026-07-11'
    slug: 2026-07-11-zen-mode-image-drops-profile
    category: Feature
    title: Zen mode, image drag and drop, and a new profile
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-06-23'
    slug: 2026-06-23-posts-as-markdown
    category: Feature
    title: Read any article as Markdown
    api_impact: true
    breaking: false
    highlights: >-
      Every article is readable as raw markdown, either by appending .md to the
      article URL or by sending `Accept: text/markdown`. Explicitly built for LLMs
      and coding agents; browser visits still get HTML.
  - date: '2026-06-22'
    slug: 2026-06-22-writing-first-redesign
    category: Improvement
    title: A home built around writing
    api_impact: false
    highlights: >-
      Vocabulary change - blogs are now "publications" and blog posts are
      "articles"; the feed moved to /feed.
  - date: '2026-06-18'
    slug: 2026-06-18-graphql-agent-skill
    category: Feature
    title: Use the GraphQL API in your AI agent
    api_impact: true
    breaking: false
    highlights: >-
      Official open-source agent skill published at github.com/Hashnode/gql-skill,
      installed with `npx skills add Hashnode/gql-skill`. Ships the full SDL plus
      curated auth, roles, limits, errors, and recipes. Works with Claude Code,
      Cursor, Copilot and other skills-compatible agents.
  - date: '2026-06-11'
    slug: 2026-06-11-introducing-hashnode-pro
    category: Feature
    title: Introducing Hashnode Pro
    api_impact: true
    breaking: true
    highlights: >-
      One subscription per publication unlocking custom domains, GraphQL API
      access, headless mode, AI assist, webhooks, GitHub backup, bulk markdown
      import, branding removal, scheduled publishing, up to 10 publications, and
      exclusion from automoderation deletion. Publications already using webhooks,
      a custom domain, or GitHub backup are grandfathered.
  - date: '2026-05-13'
    slug: 2026-05-13-graphql-api-paid-access
    category: Deprecated
    title: GraphQL API is moving to a paid offering
    api_impact: true
    breaking: true
    highlights: >-
      Free GraphQL API access retired. Both reads and writes now require a Pro plan
      on the target publication. Reason given: scrapers mirroring posts onto spam
      farms and write traffic flooding the feed. Upgrading is self-serve and
      allow-lists the publication automatically.
  - date: '2026-02-28'
    slug: 2026-02-28-forums
    category: Feature
    title: Introducing Hashnode Forums
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-02-24'
    slug: 2026-02-24-a-fresh-new-look
    category: Feature
    title: A fresh new look for Hashnode
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-02-23'
    slug: 2026-02-23-smarter-ai-writing-assistant
    category: Improvement
    title: Smarter AI writing assistant
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-02-22'
    slug: 2026-02-22-profile-hover-cards
    category: Feature
    title: Profile hover cards
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-02-21'
    slug: 2026-02-21-drafts-page-upgrades
    category: Improvement
    title: 'Drafts page: search, filters, and archive'
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-02-20'
    slug: 2026-02-20-team-publications
    category: Feature
    title: Better team collaboration
    api_impact: true
    breaking: false
    highlights: Contributors can submit drafts for review; admins can edit any post.
  - date: '2026-02-19'
    slug: 2026-02-19-feed-and-discovery
    category: Improvement
    title: Feed and discovery
    api_impact: false
  - date: '2026-02-18'
    slug: 2026-02-18-seo-and-performance
    category: Improvement
    title: SEO and performance
    api_impact: false

gaps:
  - >-
    The production endpoint move from gql.hashnode.com to gql-beta.hashnode.com is
    not in the changelog, despite being a hard break for every existing integration.
  - >-
    The retirement of apidocs.hashnode.com (now NXDOMAIN) is not in the changelog.

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com