v2.9.0
27 September 2026
New 3
- Bounty Hunter honours — a new group of 13 honours on the Achievements page, in four trails. Claim writers' Reader Bounties for Bounty Seeker, Bounty Tracker and Bounty Hunter (1, 10 and 50 bounties). Be a first reader — First Reader, Lamplighter and Keeper of New Voices move into this group. Thank the writer after their bounty pays you with a thoughtful comment (12 words or more) for Thank-You Note, Warm Reply and Voice of Thanks (1, 10 and 50 stories or chapters). Cheer new work by liking stories in their first two weeks for Early Cheer, Cheerleader and Champion of New Work (5, 25 and 100 likes). Earn the first honour on all four trails for Master Bounty Hunter. Bounties and likes from before today count toward them — the honour arrives with your next one.
- Writers' bounties come first — when a writer rewards their first readers from their own XP (a Reader Bounty), their story now leads the Waiting for a first reader shelf, with a From the writer band showing what they're giving. The first-reader bonus sits underneath it.
- Bounties on the story page — a writer's bounty now shows right above the comment box: how much they're giving and to how many readers, and a thank-you once you've earned yours.
Fixed 5
- Opening a post whose Reader Bounty has an end date no longer shows an error page to the first reader.
- The @mention and /ref menu in the posting and comment boxes is no longer cut off at the edge of the box, stays next to your cursor when the page scrolls, and no longer flickers back to older results while you type.
- Paging through a writer's stories on their profile now keeps you at the story list, instead of jumping back to the top of the page.
- Readers who paid for a story but still saw it locked now get access right away, including past purchases that were stuck.
- Waiting for a first reader no longer lists stories that readers have already commented on.