Changelog

Weekly product updates, newest first.

Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

17 commits·+10,041-545

Summary: Improved release distribution reliability, webhook coverage, and account email flows.

Added more release webhook events, Integrations can now receive events when releases are approved, added to stores, or fully or partially taken down, including pinned artist identifiers.
Added Edit & Redistribute for taken-down releases, Artists can return eligible taken-down releases to stores, with corrected audio swaps retried after takedown completion.
Fixed distribution failures caused by duplicate track IDs, Release confirmation now prevents duplicate track records from blocking submission.
Fixed account confirmation and sign-in emails, Signup, magic-link, password-reset, and partner-created account emails now use reliable exact account matching.
Improved distribution metadata handling, Original release dates and distributor validation findings are now handled more accurately during distribution.

14 commits·+15,900-3,817

Summary: ONCE improved release editing, distribution controls, refunds, webhooks, and delivery reliability.

Added a guided Edit & Redistribute experience, Edit release fields in a full-page workflow with change summaries, review confirmation, queued edits, and automatic takedown sequencing when required.
Added self-serve refund requests through ONCE Support, Users can review eligible payments in chat, submit refund requests, and see which funded releases would be affected.
Added release distribution controls and approval webhooks, API users can add stores, request takedowns, select UGC policies, and receive release.approved events with verified identifiers.
Fixed distribution validation and identifier handling, Additional-store deliveries now validate before queueing, and approved-release webhooks no longer emit placeholder or missing ISRCs when identifiers are available.
Improved analytics and status-sync performance, Playlist analytics responses are cached, while background status and revenue synchronization use bounded, status-aware polling.

12 commits·+8,145-6,740

Summary: This week, ONCE improved release preparation, submission visibility, and distribution reliability.

Added clearer release submission review and status screens, Review complete release data before submitting and track validation updates afterward.
Added metadata editing in the confirmation shelf, Edit release and track details directly before submission.
Added inspection rejection reasons, Rejected releases now show the review team's explanation and suggested next steps.
Blocked restricted-region releases from unsupported stores, Releases tied to restricted regions are prevented from being sent to affected stores.
Improved error messages across the app, Technical errors are now presented in clearer, more actionable language.
Removed music generation features, The music generation and lyrics tools are no longer available.
Updated artist localization inputs, Artist localization data now accepts standard ISO 639-1 language codes.

19 commits·+11,348-2,284

Summary: Added credit gifting and transfers, with improvements to AI status visuals and release track ordering.

Added credit gifting and transfers, Buy credits for another artist at checkout or send credits from your existing balance, with notifications and transfer history.
Improved AI activity indicators, Standardized AI loading states with a shared animated orb and clearer status transitions.
Fixed release track ordering, Release chat and review cards now follow each track’s number instead of array order.