Documentation Release Notes
PubNub's Documentation Release Notes are published monthly and cover everything changing across the PubNub ecosystem - product updates, SDK changes, and documentation improvements all in one place.
Each month is organized into sections covering different parts of PubNub:
- General 🛠️ - Core platform updates, Admin Portal features, REST API changes
- SDKs 📦 - New APIs, feature updates, and breaking changes across all languages
- Events & Actions ⚡ - Serverless event system updates and webhook improvements
- BizOps Workspace 🏢 - Moderation tools and business operations features
- Illuminate 💡 - Analytics platform and dashboard updates
- Insights 📊 - Usage analytics and reporting improvements
- Other 🌟 - Documentation improvements and miscellaneous updates
Each update is labeled by type (New feature, Enhancement, Breaking, Deprecation, etc.) and includes code examples when relevant.
Recent updates
2026
- April - JavaScript SDK 11.0.0, Swift/Kotlin/Unity/Unreal Chat SDK major releases with migration guides, PubNub Gaming SDK on FAB, React code snippets, sample Chat UI for Unity and Unreal, App Context API reference improvements, custom 404 page
- March - Unreal Engine SDK 2.0.0, Functions v1 docs removed, Illuminate REST API auth migration and query endpoints, Query Builder advanced queries, C-Core advanced logging, Admin Portal roles Functions permissions, interactive JSONPath validator, MCP Codex Desktop support
- February - Access Manager clarity, presence and limits docs, Chat SDK simplification (Unity, Swift, KMP, Unreal), Java/Kotlin 13 migration guide, Functions WebSocket clarification, MCP usage tool
- January - JavaScript environment setup guide, Bun support for Chat SDK, HereNow pagination in Chat SDKs, Query Builder improvements
2025
- December - Query Builder for Illuminate, MCP Server 2.0, Service Integrations, Unity Chat SDK files and push, C-Core IPv6 and DNS validation
- November - Admin API documentation, Chat SDK logging, HereNow pagination, Rate limiting documentation
- October - Push notifications documentation, Chat SDK client-side muting, Java/Kotlin logging, JavaScript logging, Go 8.0.0 migration guide
- September - Content optimization, Subscribe filters documentation rewrite, App Context filtering documentation improvements
- August - Wildcard subscribe clarity, SDK encryption reorg, Chat connection management, Dart logging/retry, Unreal/PHP EmbeddedCode, Events & Actions API updates, BizOps Auto Moderation review, Markdown .md pages
- July - Official Postman collection, Partner Portal docs, Auto Moderation documentation
- June - Sports & Entertainment docs, SDK code snippets, troubleshooting guides
- May - MCP Server, Functions v2, SDK documentation improvements
- April - REST API docs, status events, Getting Started guides
- March - Portal navigation, secret key rotation
- February - Secret management, webhook improvements
- January - Keyset configuration, message drafts