What's New
Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes on uni.xyz.
August 2026
Partially Evaluated Entries, Now One Click Away
Jurors can now jump straight to entries they have started scoring but not finished, via a new Partially Evaluated view linked right from the dashboard stat tiles alongside Fully Evaluated and Unevaluated.
Manage Publications Page Shows Real Publication Cards
Your Manage Publications dashboard now displays actual publication cards instead of placeholder boxes, matching the look of your public publication pages.
Uploaded Videos Now Play in the Jury Gallery
Videos attached to competition entries now render correctly in the jury gallery during evaluation, and the Messaging tab has been renamed to Jury Room for clarity.
Topic Pages Get a Trend Sparkline
Topic pages now show a trend sparkline in the hero and a redesigned explore card, making it easier to see which topics are gaining traction at a glance.
Organization Pages Get Journals & Publications Tabs
Organization public pages now have dedicated tabs for browsing an org's journals and publications, a richer hero for job and service listings, and clearer loading states. Feed cards also show a small badge when content is posted by an organization.
Fixed an Error Opening Some Publication Pages
A backend query conflict was causing some publication detail pages to fail to load. This is now fixed.
Post Discussions and Publications as Your Organization
You can now publish discussion posts and publications under your organization, not just yourself, with a byline that credits both you and the org. Comments and journals already supported this.
Fixes to Journals, Entries, Checkouts, and Explore
Opening a published journal to view it no longer silently marks it as edited, rejected embeds now explain why, abandoned checkouts show as "Not completed" instead of a false failed badge, withdrawn competition entries properly free up your membership slot, and the Explore Disciplines section no longer misses categories like Interior Design.
AI Assistant Gives More Accurate Competition Advice
uni's chat assistant was miscalculating prize totals for dynamic competitions and missing later pages of competition briefs when advising members. It now reports accurate round-by-round prizes and reads the full brief before giving guidance.
Service Inquiries Get Reply Threads and Reviews
Members can now reply within an organization's service inquiry as an ongoing thread instead of a single message, and leave a review after using a service.
Topic Directories Get Sorting, Cleaner Art, and Better Accessibility
Topic pages can now be sorted A-Z, by most works, or trending, each topic gets more visually distinct cover and icon art, and screen readers now properly announce result counts and loading states.
Journals Can Now Show Their Organization Affiliation
When publishing a journal, authors can tag it with an affiliated organization — the org's logo now appears in the byline, journal card, and floating action bar, with a picker in the publish flow and a matching Manage Journals view for org admins.
Organization Profiles Get Structured About Sections and a Reputation Score
Organization pages now support structured About sections and display a reputation score, making it easier to evaluate an organization at a glance.
Styled Confirmation Dialogs for Deleting Content
Deleting your avatar, cover image, journals, or publications now shows a proper in-app confirmation instead of a plain browser popup, so it looks and feels like the rest of uni.xyz.
Claim Your Organization or Request Verification
If your organization was added to uni.xyz without an owner, you can now claim it with your work email. Owners and admins can also request the verified badge for their organization, reviewed by our team.
Institutional Access Page Corrected Entry Limits
The Institutional Access page said every tier includes 12 entries. It now correctly shows each tier's real allowance: Department 12, School 40, University 100.
New Topics Now Show Matching Content Right Away
Newly created topic pages used to sit empty until new content happened to mention them by chance. They now immediately pick up existing projects, journals, and publications that match.
Generated Documents Are Now Private
AI-generated proposals and certificates downloaded from chat were readable by anyone who guessed the link. They're now private, and the download links already in your chat history keep working.
Careers Job Board & Services Marketplace for Organizations
Organizations can now post job openings and list professional services right on their public page. Members apply to jobs with a portfolio pitch, or send service inquiries — with instant email and in-app notifications to the org's team either way.
Organization Pages Now Show a Full Content Preview
An organization's page now previews its projects, competitions, courses, careers openings, and services right on the main page — plus a stats card and an editable headquarters map for admins — instead of making visitors dig through tabs.
Feed Cards Show Award Badges and Better Covers
Cards in the unified feed now show award badges, sharper cover images, and video-first carousels.
Membership Refund Policy Corrected
Our Terms of Service said membership fees were generally non-refundable. They now correctly state the 30-day refund window that Support has always honoured for Semester, Annual, Studio, and Institutional memberships.
Better Avatar Fallbacks for Expired Photos
Profile photos imported from Google or other external accounts that later expire now fall back to your initials or default avatar instead of showing a blank circle. Notification avatars also now link to the right profile.
Report Organizations
You can now report an organization directly from its page. Previously there was no way to do this other than through the general contact form.
Fixed Project Feed Filters (Location, Organization, Author)
Filtering Trending and other project feeds by country, organization, or author showed the filter chip as active but quietly returned unfiltered results. All three now actually filter what you see.
Published/Drafts Tabs and Project Browsing Fixed
The Published and Drafts tabs on your profile only checked the first page of items, so content further down the list could be missing from its tab. Also fixed project feeds occasionally showing duplicates or skipping projects between pages.
Unread Count Badges for Messages and Notifications
The Messages and Notifications tabs in your profile sidebar now show a live unread count badge.
Transfer Project Ownership
Project owners can now formally hand off ownership to a teammate. The option has existed in the permissions screen for a while but silently did nothing until now.
Uploaded Cover Images Now Actually Become the Cover
Uploading a new project cover image added it to the end of the gallery instead of making it the cover photo. Also fixed misleading "version saved" messages appearing when nothing new was actually saved.
Fixed Several Dead Controls Across the Site
Reporting a user, muting a conversation, marking all notifications read, the notifications "Other" tab, unsaving a bookmarked publication, viewing deleted files in Trash, and creating your first team were all broken controls that now work.
Testimonial Photos No Longer Replace Your Profile Picture
Uploading a photo for an award testimonial was silently overwriting your account avatar. Also fixed: profile location not clearing when removed, a failed profile save that reported success, and visibility toggles on Experience/Education that didn't persist.
Deleting a Project Is Now Reversible
Deleting a project used to permanently erase it and its entire history immediately. It now retires the project instead — it disappears from every list the same way, but can be recovered if a teammate deletes it by mistake.
/about Now Goes to the About Page
The /about link was redirecting to the homepage instead of the About page it names.
Fixed Several Broken Links Across the Site
Cleaned up a batch of dead ends: footer links to pages that didn't exist, a blank Contact Sales form, "Get Started Free" pointing at sign-in instead of sign-up, and Careers Apply buttons that ignored which job you clicked.
Search Pagination and Application Forms Made More Reliable
Filtered project search returned an empty page past page 10 even when matches existed further down; that window now scales with how deep you page. Multi-step application forms (careers, juror, curator) could also submit early on an Enter keypress or lose everything on a stray click outside the panel — both are now safe.
Unify Edit and Upscale Now Preload Your Image
Choosing Edit or Upscale on a finished Unify job used to open an empty page, forcing you to download the result and re-upload it by hand. It now preloads automatically.
Hosting Checkout Now Charges the Listed Price
The hosting plan pages were repriced months ago, but checkout was still charging the old amount. Checkout now matches what's advertised.
Publication Download Setting Now Saves
The "Allow public downloads" checkbox on publications appeared to save but silently kept its old value — notable since it defaults to allowing downloads. Also fixed pricing tier buttons that did nothing when clicked.
Institutional Excellence Award
Competitions now automatically recognize the top-performing institution, based on combined juror scores across all of its submitted entries — a feature that had long been promised on the page but never built.
Existing Team Members Now Auto-Join When Your Domain Is Verified
If you joined your organization before its email domain was verified, you're now automatically added as a member once verification completes — no need to rejoin manually.
Fixed Creator Revenue Eligibility for Membership Tiers
Creator revenue sharing eligibility and earnings now correctly reflect your membership tier and term, so payouts match the plan you're actually on.
Sponsorship Applications Now Go Through Partner Review
Selecting a paid sponsorship tier now opens the same application flow as becoming a partner, so your request is reviewed before any payment — replacing a checkout that previously left carts unpaid and unresolved.
Corrected Institutional Access Plan Details
Institutional Access copy previously overstated entry limits and term length. It now correctly shows 12 entries split across Department, School, and University tiers, with accurate validity periods.
Award and Prize Images, and Paid Category Pricing
Awards and prizes without a custom image now show a placeholder instead of rendering blank, and paid entry categories now display their cost right on the schedule.
Attach Files to Support Tickets
You can now attach files, like screenshots, when submitting a support ticket, making it easier to show us exactly what you're seeing.
Fixed Unlike, Duplicate Photos, and Garbled Bios in the Feed
Unliking a post after a page reload now works, duplicate photos and journals no longer repeat on project pages, and author bios in the feed no longer show raw formatting code.
Juror and Project Owner Badges on Comments
Comments from jurors and project owners now show a badge next to their name, so it's easier to tell whose feedback carries extra weight.
Videos Now Play in Your Feed
Project videos in your feed now show up as playable video slides — muted autoplay, tap-to-swipe, and playback controls — instead of a broken image icon.
Desktop Share Button Now Opens the Share Menu
Sharing a project from a desktop browser now opens the in-page share menu instead of a dead-end message pointing at buttons that weren't there.
Resend Verification for Your Primary Email
If your primary email still needs verification, you can now resend the verification email directly from account settings.