Release notes

Changelog

v1.3.12026-09-29

New Features

Download a room's round history as a CSV file from the History page
Three new guides explain planning poker, the estimation scales and how to run a sprint planning session, and the home page links to them
A Home link in the header, the footer and your account menu takes you back to the home page

Improvements

The vote options stay centered until Reveal votes appears, and the Reveal votes button now matches the height of the cards
On wide screens the room toolbar shows labels on both sides, so the vote count sits in the middle
The History page now has the same layout as Room settings, with Back and Download at the bottom
The home page image is served in a size that fits your screen, so it appears sooner on phones
Rooms created with a guest account now hold up to 10 people, you included. Rooms created by someone who logged in with email have no limit
Adding an email to a guest account from Preferences removes the limit right away for every room you already own
The login page tells you about the 10-person guest limit before you choose how to continue
When a guest room is full, anyone trying to join sees a message explaining why, and the room owner sees how many of the 10 places are taken under Room settings, Players, with a link to add an email

Bug Fixes

The "Connection lost" message no longer stays on screen after your network comes back
The Reconnect button after a session times out works again, and it brings back any votes and rounds you missed while disconnected
Visiting the site over http now takes you to the secure https address

Terms of Service

Our Terms of Service changed: guest rooms are limited to 10 people, and logging in with email removes the limit. The home page, FAQ, About and Privacy pages now say the same

v1.3.02026-09-29

New Features

Light mode: the site now follows your device's light or dark setting, and a switch in the header (in your account menu once you are signed in) lets you pick light, dark or system
Cards that have been voted on now lie face down on the table, and they flip over together when the votes are revealed
The home page screenshots match the theme you are using

Improvements

A new, calmer look across the whole site: quieter colors, a cleaner typeface, and consistent buttons, forms and dialogs on every page
Every button that saves something now shows that it is working, and a double click no longer sends it twice
If your vote could not be saved, the card goes back to your last saved vote and a message tells you, instead of looking saved when it was not
Forms move you to the first field that needs attention when something is missing
Empty lists, such as a new account with no rooms or custom scales yet, now explain what goes there and how to start
The home page loads much faster: the heavy videos are replaced by lightweight screenshots of the new design
You can zoom the page on phones again, and keyboard focus is clearly visible everywhere
The celebration after a reveal is skipped when your device asks for reduced motion
The home page now includes the full feature list and the FAQ, so everything is in one place
The live stats page loads without waiting on a fresh count
The separate Features and FAQ pages are gone: old links to them now open those sections of the home page
Buttons and vote cards show a pointer cursor, so it is clear what you can click
Room pages load with fewer database trips
The live stats page shows the shape of each chart while it loads, instead of empty boxes

Bug Fixes

Leaving the display name empty during sign-up no longer sends the page into an endless redirect; the name is now required
Removing a player from a room now asks you to confirm first
Deleting your last room now keeps it deleted, instead of a new demo room appearing in its place
On tablets and phones, signed-in pages no longer scroll sideways because of the account menu, and the account menu now lines up with the page edge
A reveal no longer reports an error when the celebration animation cannot load
A player removed from a room can no longer get back in by opening the room link again; the room owner can still add them back

v1.2.02026-08-23

New Features

New About, Contact and Privacy Policy pages, linked from the footer, so it is easy to see who runs Spooky Planning and how to reach us
Every public page can now be read as plain Markdown by AI assistants, which makes answers about Spooky Planning more accurate

Improvements

Unknown links now show a proper "not found" response with pointers back to the main pages instead of an empty page
Corrected the hosting description in the Terms and FAQ, and the "end-to-end encryption" wording on the Features page, to match how the service actually runs

v1.1.02026-08-13

Improvements

Spooky Planning now runs on a new hosting setup, closer to you wherever you are, so pages load faster
Live voting updates now use a steadier connection that reconnects on its own after a network hiccup

v1.0.32026-04-06

Bug Fixes

Fixed an error that could occur when changing votes quickly

v1.0.22026-03-06

New Features

Viewer Mode: Opt out of voting while still participating in room controls (reveal, undo, new round). Viewer cards show a dashed border and auto-reveal no longer waits for viewers to vote.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Cloudflare Turnstile firing internal IPC callbacks after widget removal on navigation
Fixed PostHog JS race condition bug
Fixed AbortError from BodyStreamBuffer being aborted
Fixed Spooky Planning activation via CSS attribute selector
Improved client-side error tracking and stability

v1.0.12026-02-19

Bug Fixes

Fixed PostHog initializing multiple times on page navigation
Fixed guest login triggering a "fetcher" error during redirect
Fixed video autoplay error on browsers with stricter media policies
Prevented onboarding dialog from being dismissed with Escape key

Spooky Planning has a new manifesto. TLDR; no pricing, no subscriptions, no new features behind paywalls. Just a free, focused tool that does one thing well. The roadmap is complete. From here on, efforts go into stability, performance, and polish.

New Features

Added Live Stats page with real-time metrics and weekly activity charts

Improvements

Migrated server to Fastify with Server-Sent Events for real-time updates
Improved real-time connection stability and vote reveal synchronization across all clients
Added pagination to rounds history table
Rounds history now displays scale used, date with time, and rounded averages
Small visual refinements across landing page and room views
Landing page section headers are now linkable anchors
Simplified architecture: removed companies, subscriptions, and integrations
Updated contact email and manifesto copy

v0.0.862025-09-14

Improvements

Enhanced landing page responsiveness and mobile voting experience with 2-column grid layout
Added skeleton loading states and improved avatar groups with "+N" indicators for better visual feedback