# Outline v1.8.0

- Product: Outline (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/outline)
- Vendor: Outline
- Date: 2026-06-01
- Version: v1.8.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/outline/outline/releases/tag/v1.8.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/outline/releases/v1.8.0

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- **added** — Members can now request access to documents they don't have permission to view
- **added** — Comments are now available in the image lightbox
- **added** — Inline comments can now be created and managed through the API and MCP
- **changed** — The fetch tool can now access signed attachment URLs, allowing MCP clients to read images and files
- **added** — Add fullWidth parameter to create_document and update_document
- **added** — Document responses now include a commentCount field
- **changed** — MCP responses now return full URLs instead of relative paths
- **fixed** — Optional MCP fields now accept empty strings without erroring
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where updating a collection description via MCP wouldn't persist
- **changed** — Aligned permission checks between the API and MCP when creating documents
- **added** — Code blocks are now supported inside comments
- **added** — Added a system preference to open the desktop app automatically on startup
- **changed** — Viewers can now create and use API keys
- **changed** — Mentioned users are now automatically subscribed to the document
- **changed** — The command menu now shows breadcrumbs alongside documents
- **changed** — Format the word at the cursor with the associated shortcut without needing to select it first
- **changed** — Self-hosted instances can now use HTTP webhook URLs
- **changed** — Delete confirmation dialogs now use a segmented-style input
- **added** — Images pasted as data URIs are now supported
- **changed** — The icon picker is now responsive and easier to use on mobile

##### What's changed

###### Highlights

* Members can now request access to documents they don't have permission to view – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/10825
* Comments are now available in the image lightbox, making it easier to discuss visuals in context – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12335

###### MCP

* Inline comments can now be created and managed through the API and MCP – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12322
* The `fetch` tool can now access signed attachment URLs, allowing MCP clients to read images and files – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12315
* Added a `fullWidth` parameter to `create_document` and `update_document`, by @toralux – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12338
* Document responses now include a `commentCount` field – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12355
* MCP Responses now return full URLs instead of relative paths – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12255
* Optional MCP fields now accept empty strings without erroring – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12310
* Fixed an issue where updating a collection description via MCP wouldn't persist – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12410
* Aligned permission checks between the API and MCP when creating documents – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12517

###### Other Improvements

* Code blocks are now supported inside comments – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12480
* Added a system preference to open the desktop app automatically on startup – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12279
* Viewers can now create and use API keys – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12278
* Mentioned users are now automatically subscribed to the document – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12235
* The command menu now shows breadcrumbs alongside documents to make results easier to disambiguate – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12403
* You can now format the word at the cursor with the associated shortcut without needing to select it first – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12492
* Self-hosted instances can now use HTTP webhook URLs – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12499
* Delete confirmation dialogs now use a segmented-style input – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12495
* Images pasted as data URIs are now supported – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12294
* The icon picker is now responsive and easier to use on mobile – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12275
* Notifications now open in a mobile drawer on small screens – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12276
* Reduced minimum table column width to 25px for tighter layouts – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12269
* Hyphenated words are now treated as a single unit when diffing changes – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/11272
* Hover previews now trigger while the editor is focused – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12545
* The settings sidebar is no longer collapsible – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12460
* Hardened OAuth scope validation – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12490
* Added Catalan as a language option – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12454
* Thousands of new community translations

###### Performance

* Cached decorations across three editor plugins for smoother editing – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12030
* Virtualized the main sidebar and reduced unnecessary re-renders – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12443
* Added missing indexes on foreign keys referencing documents – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12473
* Replaced a correlated subquery in Slack hooks user lookup – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12432
* Removed an N+1 query in `documents.search` – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12540
* Reduced batch size when deleting documents – https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12474
* Avoided a redundant import lookup when prese

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