Boards Web Admin release notes

Type Date Description
New Mar 13, 2026 GovernAI panel You can now view the GovernAI panel side by side with the book. Interact with the book and the navigation panel while using the AI tools. The panel no longer covers the book content.
New Dec 12, 2025

Agenda builder You can create and update the agenda for your book in a new Build agenda tab. Learn more

Auto-agenda notifications You can now manage email notifications to users for auto-agenda updates using a new Send notification option. Learn more

Smart Minutes If available for your role, you can access the Smart Minutes option in the GovernAI panel to create or enhance your meeting minutes with AI. Learn more

Delete AI content You can now delete previously generated AI content. Learn more

Enhanced Nov 27, 2025

Enhanced UI design As part of our UI modernization initiative, we’ve enhanced the interface design for the Build book and Review book tabs.

Smart Book Builder This option has been rebranded to Smart Builder.

New Nov 04, 2025 Signature approval reminders Approvers now receive email reminders every 3 days for any pending approvals. Learn more
New Oct 31, 2025

Managing document visibility Admins can now select multiple documents at once and bulk manage view permissions for these selected documents within a book. Learn more

GovernAI The generation of AI content can now be canceled during the generation or regeneration process using a new Cancel button in the GovernAI panel. Learn more

New Oct 22, 2025 Smart Book Builder Can now be accessed from the GovernAI panel as well as from the book page view. Learn more
Enhanced Oct 03, 2025

Enhanced UI design Applies to Current Books and Archived Books.

GovernAI The content menu now remains available even when the AI panel is expanded to Full Screen mode.

Importing a bookmarked PDF A bookmarked PDF can now be imported into a book that already contains a tab or document structure. Learn more

Enhanced

Sep 05, 2025

Diligent Academy dashboard Admins can now access the Diligent Academy dashboard from the Education and templates page.

Secure File Sharing Now rebranded to Data Room.

Enhanced Aug 29, 2025

Auto sign-in consent for Smart Book Builder For sites that already have AI features enabled, admins can now consent to auto sign-in for Smart Book Builder on the Diligent One Platform.

Free 30-day AI trial For sites that don’t already have AI features enabled, admins now have a free 30-day AI trial option. Learn more

Improved keyboard navigation for document and tab moves Admins can now use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys in addition to the Tab key when moving documents or tabs in a book.

Enhanced Aug 01, 2025

Pagination and tab labeling Admins can now apply pagination and tab labels to a book. Learn more

Enhanced interface design We’ve enhanced the general interface for a more modernized design.

Enhanced Jun 27, 2025

Flexible tab and subtab organization in a book You now have more flexibility when reordering tabs and subtabs in a book and you can use either the mouse or the keyboard.

Enhanced Jun 20, 2025

You can now edit the AI Smart Summary before sharing it with directors Smart Summary now supports basic text editing to allow document-level modifications while preserving permission controls and stylistic consistency. Learn more

Enhanced May 22, 2025

AI features renamed The three GovernAI features have been renamed to Smart Summary, Smart Prep, and Smart Risk Scanner.

Language selector for AI content There is now an option to select the language for all AI content in the Site properties tab of Boards Web Customer Admin.

File upload from Google shared drives You can now upload a file from both Google Drive and shared drives.

Enhanced May 09, 2025

AI Hub has been renamed to GovernAI We’ve updated the name of the AI Hub to GovernAI.

Improved messaging for AI-generated content issues We now display a warning message if AI content is only partially generated, providing a link to our Help FAQ explaining why this may happen and how to resolve it.

Flexible document move across tabs You can now move documents across tabs when reordering documents in a board book.

Enhanced Apr 29, 2025 Smart Risk Scanner added to list of AI options Smart Risk Scanner scans board materials and identifies important risks, legal threats, compliance issues, vulnerabilities, and strategic market concerns.
Enhanced Apr 25, 2025 Redesign of AI content The AI content display in the AI Hub has been redesigned for a more intuitive user experience.
Enhanced Feb 21, 2025

Feature renaming The following terminology changes were made to our voting feature:

  • Vote has been renamed to Approval.

  • Conclude has been renamed to Close.

Enhanced Jan 27, 2025 Direct document upload from Google Drive to Resource Center Documents can now be uploaded directly from Google Drive to a folder or subfolder in the Resource Center.
Enhanced Jan 23, 2025 User notifications have been added to the book publication workflow You can now choose which recipients to notify while you are publishing the book rather than waiting until after publication. The same user notifications are also available for the standalone notify option that is outside of the publication workflow.