# Outline v1.8.1

- Product: Outline (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/outline)
- Vendor: Outline
- Date: 2026-06-06
- Version: v1.8.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/outline/outline/releases/tag/v1.8.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/outline/releases/v1.8.1

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- **added** — Drag-and-drop now supports dragging from document lists
- **added** — Add admin interface to change user avatars
- **added** — Add automatic metrics tagging of outgoing emails
- **changed** — Various improvements to mobile styling and layout
- **fixed** — Fixed search term highlights missing on navigation from search
- **fixed** — Fixed an intermittent issue where sidebar element is not correctly active on first load
- **fixed** — Scrollbar no longer causes horizontal movement in comments sidebar
- **security** — Added protection against timing attacks on notification unsubscribe endpoints
- **fixed** — Icon picker is no longer auto-closed on choice
- **changed** — Access requests can now be approved by collection managers
- **changed** — Collection title and icon inline are now editable like documents
- **changed** — Increased valid user-supplied URL length to 1024
- **fixed** — Added handling of unhandled server error in MCP route
- **fixed** — Fixed sticky table header styling in Safari
- **fixed** — Private IP lookup is now invalid request rather than internal error
- **changed** — Improved worker performance through caching
- **changed** — Improved handling of expected network errors from webhooks
- **fixed** — Mermaid is no longer persisted as last used coding language
- **fixed** — Fixed collaboratorIds iterable error when handling very old documents
- **fixed** — Fixed correct support for hard break serialization for commonMark

##### What's Changed

###### Improvements

* Drag-and-drop now supports dragging from document lists in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12587
* Add admin interface to change user avatars in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12405
* Add automatic metrics tagging of outgoing emails in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12570
* Various improvements to mobile styling and layout in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12577, https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12576

###### Fixes

* Fixed search term highlights missing on navigation from search in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12598
* Fixed an intermitent issue where sidebar element is not correctly active on first load in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12566
* Scrollbar no longer causes horizontal movement in comments sidebar in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12565
* Added protection against timing attacks on notification unsubscribe endpoints in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12551
* Icon picker is no longer auto-closed on choice in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12573
* Access requests can now be approved by collection managers in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12579
* Collection title and icon inline are now editable like documents in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12574
* Increased valid user-supplied URL length to 1024 in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12585
* Added handling of unhandled server error in MCP route in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12586
* Fixed sticky table header styling in Safari in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12590
* Private IP lookup is now invalid request rather than internal error in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12592
* Improved worker performance through caching in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12593
* chore: Improve handling of "expected" network errors from webhooks in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12599
* Mermaid is no longer persisted as last used coding language in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12601
* Fixed `collaboratorIds` iterable error when handling very old documents in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12602
* Fixed correct support for hard break serialization for commonMark in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12603
* Added email verification check during sign-in flow in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/12605

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/outline/outline/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1