IDENT.INK NEWS
Product announcements, service updates and important policy changes from Ident.ink.
23 October 2026
Search-engine, social-card or machine-readable product information received a material update. Language selection or translated interface delivery received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article21 October 2026
The server’s PHP components have been updated to PHP 8.4.27 to address CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Webmail and public site checks passed after the update.
Read article21 October 2026
IdentDB document storage now uses pay-as-you-go billing at £6 per 2 GB-month, with explicit payment consent, a verified card and clearer usage controls.
Read article18 October 2026
Ticket, report, escalation or appeal handling received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. Search-engine, social-card or machine-readable product information received a material update.
Read article18 October 2026
The public profile, discovery, following or direct-message workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article16 October 2026
Nic has added the second part of his personal account to the book at nicbtw.blog/me.
Read article16 October 2026
Keep your account and select profile details, recorded usage events or Network text posts and interactions for erasure.
Read article15 October 2026
The mental health page pairs visibly scroll-linked IDENT values with a captioned animated conversation.
Read article15 October 2026
Me? I think. now opens on its cover, with clearer typography and page turns that reveal the next sheet.
Read article14 October 2026
New legal guides explain current site measurement, cookies, retention and data rights.
Read article13 October 2026
All 23 offered languages now have complete interface catalogues, including Swedish, Danish and Finnish, with translated dates, dynamic captions and accessibility labels.
Read article12 October 2026
Stronger spam and raid protection, private moderation reports and a dedicated welcome channel for new members.
Read article12 October 2026
We are extending our support campaign through 21 October to make up for three missed days. Independent support resources remain available every day.
Read article12 October 2026
Internal operator tooling adds resource monitoring, private event logs and controlled API worker reloads on Ident's existing systemd host.
Read article12 October 2026
Search-engine, social-card or machine-readable product information received a material update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article11 October 2026
New Ident.ink subscriptions are closed ahead of our November 2026 transition. Anyone who wishes to support the work can make an optional one-off donation using Ident SecurePay. Donations do not grant access, contracts or future features. Existing billing records and cancellation remain available.
Read article11 October 2026
Search-engine, social-card or machine-readable product information received a material update.
Read article10 October 2026
A new personal essay argues that companies should assess demonstrated skill and give capable young people a responsible route forward, with proportionate safeguards.
Read article10 October 2026
Email sign-in is easier to find, the founder page has cleaner identity details, and stalled security checks and admin requests offer a clear recovery path.
Read article10 October 2026
Our planned 2027 move to contract-only business access is coming forward to November 2026, so the transition can settle before Christmas. The exact launch day will be confirmed separately.
Read article10 October 2026
S256 authorisation now tolerates surrounding form-encoded spaces while retaining its proof-key checks.
Read article4 October 2026
Reviewed process-management dependency updates are installed. Account access warnings and explicit recovery are now enabled, with delivery restricted to the current verified email address once its establishment and verification are both strictly older than seven days. A completed login establishes one private default IP; another IP needs owner approval before email changes. Account and resource permission checks have also been strengthened.
Read article30 September 2026
Language selection or translated interface delivery received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update. The public profile, discovery, following or direct-message workflow received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article30 September 2026
Callum “Nic” Delaney argues for business law that protects young people without treating age as automatic proof of incompetence.
Read article28 September 2026
Closing the Web Studio Tools panel now gives the full remaining workbench to the canvas on desktop and tablet layouts instead of leaving it constrained to the former panel column.
Read article28 September 2026
The 10:00 BST release delivered the Web Studio and Workspace reliability work, including the planned optimisation changes. A same-day Studio repair now preserves existing site themes and fixes misleading loading and filtering states. Products planned for 30 September remain upcoming.
Read article26 September 2026
IdentChat, Discord linking or server-management behaviour received a material implementation update.
Read article26 September 2026
IdentChat, Discord linking or server-management behaviour received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article23 September 2026
MFA settings now complete reliably, verification attempts are bounded, and customer MongoDB connections require verified TLS while rejecting private-network destinations at connection time.
Read article21 September 2026
Language selection or translated interface delivery received a material implementation update. Request, session, browser or abuse-protection handling received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article20 September 2026
Ident.ink now has a founder-reviewed incident console, encrypted evidence, an independently enforced emergency state, a tested out-of-band founder alert and a root recovery path. These controls reduce risk; they cannot guarantee that every attack will be detected or stopped.
Read article20 September 2026
Ident's built-in dashboard now has a separate protected address at ap.www.ident.ink. The Workspace editor remains at www.ident.ink/dashboard, with authentication and origin checks preserved.
Read article19 September 2026
The Discord server economy now has member-created currencies, live game prices, fishing, mining, exploration, crafting, daily quests and arcade games. One member can create one currency. Jail is only a 90-second pause on crime, so regular play stays open. All coins and assets are fictional and have no cash value.
Read article19 September 2026
Servers can now run an isolated fictional Ident Coins economy with community commands, games, donations and cosmetic server perks. Coins have no cash value and never connect to billing or account permissions.
Read article19 September 2026
IdentChat, Discord linking or server-management behaviour received a material implementation update. Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article19 September 2026
A checkout-blocking error on Pricing has been corrected. Partner certificate benefits now appear in the same workspace capability view as paid access.
Read article15 September 2026
Ident Group Ltd's verified data-controller registration is now published across Ident.ink's legal, privacy, trust and machine-readable company records.
Read article13 September 2026
The customer database workspace, connection flow or document operations received a material implementation update. The public profile, discovery, following or direct-message workflow received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update. Ticket, report, escalation or appeal handling received a material implementation update.
Read article13 September 2026
The planned 16 September Managed IdentDB and bot-hosting release is postponed while Ident.ink completes a safer, easier payment, cancellation, provisioning and handover system. Existing records remain preserved.
Read article12 September 2026
Ident.ink now presents one canonical product contract, an outcome-led company case and crawlable IdentChat product evidence without invented proof or conflicting availability claims.
Read article12 September 2026
PayPal confirmation can now recover from a temporary network interruption without losing the approved transaction reference or asking the customer to pay again.
Read article12 September 2026
A founder-authorised, unlisted and search-blocked route now supports review of the first October chapter without adding the draft to public navigation.
Read article12 September 2026
A protected file-indexing edge case that could prevent authorised staff from opening a source workspace has been repaired without weakening secret or runtime-data boundaries.
Read article10 September 2026
Approved administrators can now enter the Ident.ink control panel with a registered passkey. The existing separate admin password and emailed verification code remain available.
Read article10 September 2026
Official Ident.ink addresses now enter a private, sortable administration workflow. Each message retains the address contacted, and authorised replies use an approved matching identity.
Read article9 September 2026
Apple is currently rejecting some legitimate Ident.ink transactional email. New @icloud.com, @me.com and @mac.com signups temporarily use independent email proof while we work with Apple. Existing accounts are not blocked.
Read article9 September 2026
The work underneath IdentChat is now ready for the next stage. This release strengthens the developer API, fixes a reproduced webhook failure and gives us a safer base for the larger communication and automation work planned through winter.
Read article7 September 2026
The customer database workspace, connection flow or document operations received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article6 September 2026
Roster, fixture, practice, sponsor or player-payment behaviour received a material implementation update.
Read article6 September 2026
Language selection or translated interface delivery received a material implementation update.
Read article6 September 2026
nicbtw.blog now treats Ident.ink updates like editorial work rather than a plain list of API results.
Read article6 September 2026
Official releases, service notices and policy updates can now be followed from one continuously refreshed, accessible feed.
Read article6 September 2026
Nic's personal blog now has a standalone home of its own. The first page is deliberately small; the writing comes next.
Read article6 September 2026
Ident.ink has completed a focused security maintenance release following an authorised review. The update narrows browser trust boundaries, strengthens authenticated write protection and refreshes an affected request-processing dependency.
Read article6 September 2026
Ident Group Ltd will not knowingly onboard or begin a commercial relationship with Rainbet, and has published the evidence, review, contract and appeal safeguards governing that position.
Read article6 September 2026
Ident.ink has rebuilt its shared transactional-email design and published the evidence required before a changed journey passes the accessibility release gate.
Read article2 September 2026
Ident Market turns software demand into a controlled path from paid assessment and human safety review to deterministic delivery auctions, bounded builds, human release and recurring products.
Read article1 September 2026
Customers can now save a capability cart in their browser, combine multiple recurring workspace tools, review one total and activate them through one secure checkout.
Read article1 September 2026
Customers can now choose card or PayPal when adding a recurring capability to an Ident.ink workspace, with the same server-controlled price and project isolation.
Read article1 September 2026
The sanitised technical record behind Ident.ink's security and error-response transparency release, published without secrets, private findings or infrastructure disclosure.
Read article1 September 2026
Ident.ink is publishing its clearest operating record yet: the controls around requests, accounts, releases, recovery and incident handling, plus the limits we will not hide behind marketing.
Read article1 September 2026
The public profile, discovery, following or direct-message workflow received a material implementation update. Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update.
Read article1 September 2026
A guided Ident.ink account check, Discord approval and completion screen replace the previous abrupt verification handoff.
Read article31 August 2026
IdentChat, Discord linking or server-management behaviour received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article31 August 2026
Ident Control now uses one searchable, task-based navigation system with clearer priorities and more reliable mobile access. Customer permissions and account boundaries have not changed.
Read article31 August 2026
Request, session, browser or abuse-protection handling received a material implementation update.
Read article31 August 2026
Individual capability checkout now gives the payment form the full usable viewport on desktop and mobile, with purchase details retained in a compact payment header.
Read article31 August 2026
Ident Group Ltd is establishing Ident CyberSecurity, a dedicated sector preparing authorised, clearly scoped cybersecurity packages for companies.
Read article31 August 2026
Individual workspace capabilities no longer leave Ident.ink for Stripe's hosted checkout. Customers now receive one full-screen Ident payment experience while Stripe securely handles payment fields, authentication and processing.
Read article31 August 2026
We corrected a retry edge case that could show Billing as unavailable when Stripe safely returned an existing Checkout Session. Failed attempts did not change a plan or create an additional charge.
Read article31 August 2026
Checkout now stays inside a clear, Ident-owned payment experience while Stripe securely handles payment fields, authentication and money movement.
Read article31 August 2026
Ident.ink billing now verifies the exact Stripe checkout or payment-method session before changing access, then reconciles the same state through signed Stripe webhooks.
Read article30 August 2026
IdentChat is moving to **identchat.com**. Your Ident.ink account, servers, direct messages, roles and settings stay connected. There is no new password and no data import to perform.
Read article28 August 2026
IdentDB and Bot Operations customer access is temporarily paused while Ident.ink prepares the managed-server system scheduled for 16 September 2026. Existing customer data and bot settings remain preserved.
Read article27 August 2026
Request, session, browser or abuse-protection handling received a material implementation update. Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update. The customer database workspace, connection flow or document operations received a material implementation update.
Read article27 August 2026
Ident.ink now serves a genuine ICO file with versioned browser metadata across Ident.ink, Status and Ident Market, fixing clients that rejected the earlier PNG response.
Read article27 August 2026
A focused brand-integrity fix makes the official Ident.ink logo the browser, bookmark and installed-app icon across Ident.ink, Status and Ident Market.
Read article26 August 2026
Ident.ink is retiring development sprints. Future product releases will follow a steadier weekly or fortnightly rhythm, with urgent security, legal, reliability and event-driven work handled when it is needed.
Read article24 August 2026
Video, photo, timeline or export behaviour received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update. Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article22 August 2026
Request, session, browser or abuse-protection handling received a material implementation update. Roster, fixture, practice, sponsor or player-payment behaviour received a material implementation update.
Read article22 August 2026
After about a month and a half of near-constant development and one final infrastructure release, Nic is pausing the constant release cycle until September or October. Ident Group Ltd continues operating, and Ident.ink remains active, available and supported.
Read article22 August 2026
The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. Language selection or translated interface delivery received a material implementation update.
Read article22 August 2026
The old suite entry points now lead into one custom Workspace, and Identify Commerce adds a no-code company store with Stripe Connect checkout, compact order records and optional Printify product sync.
Read article20 August 2026
The public profile, discovery, following or direct-message workflow received a material implementation update. Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update. Public, dashboard and administration surfaces now cover the available viewport instead of exposing narrow side bars. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article20 August 2026
The public profile, discovery, following or direct-message workflow received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article20 August 2026
Ident.ink Workspace can now move between projects and read from approved services without turning customer connections into arbitrary server access.
Read article20 August 2026
The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. The public profile, discovery, following or direct-message workflow received a material implementation update. Ticket, report, escalation or appeal handling received a material implementation update.
Read article20 August 2026
Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update. The customer database workspace, connection flow or document operations received a material implementation update.
Read article18 August 2026
The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update.
Read article18 August 2026
Ascend Esports has joined the Ident Group structure under a strategic group integration agreement while retaining independent ownership and day-to-day control.
Read article17 August 2026
The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. Roster, fixture, practice, sponsor or player-payment behaviour received a material implementation update.
Read article17 August 2026
The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update. Ticket, report, escalation or appeal handling received a material implementation update. The customer database workspace, connection flow or document operations received a material implementation update.
Read article14 August 2026
Language selection or translated interface delivery received a material implementation update. Roster, fixture, practice, sponsor or player-payment behaviour received a material implementation update.
Read article14 August 2026
Request, session, browser or abuse-protection handling received a material implementation update. The project designer, publishing pipeline or domain workflow received a material implementation update. Language selection or translated interface delivery received a material implementation update. Roster, fixture, practice, sponsor or player-payment behaviour received a material implementation update.
Read article14 August 2026
We are planning a single, customisable business workspace where you choose the workflow, keep the studios in the same project and publish the result to an Ident.ink subdomain or a domain you own.
Read article14 August 2026
The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update. Roster, fixture, practice, sponsor or player-payment behaviour received a material implementation update.
Read article14 August 2026
Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update. The customer database workspace, connection flow or document operations received a material implementation update.
Read article13 August 2026
Ident.ink 3.0 connects a project's website, team, communication, payments, data and automation, with ready-made or custom operating modes across all four paid suites.
Read article13 August 2026
Public, dashboard and administration surfaces now cover the available viewport instead of exposing narrow side bars. Sign-in, passkey or account-verification handling received a material implementation update.
Read article13 August 2026
The billing, checkout, payout or recurring-pay workflow received a material implementation update.
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