January 2026 Changelog

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  • Updated August 2026

January 2026 Changelog

January was a cleanup month, and the cleanup landed where it stings. AI templates that would not load even though you had selected one. Tasks that sat on Aborting until you restarted the app. Duplicate tasks with names you could not tell apart. Google Maps windows that stayed open and blocked the next run.

Nothing here is a headline feature. All of it is time you stop losing.

Read this if you

  • Write or edit AI templates.
  • Run Article Creator jobs one after another.
  • Duplicate tasks and lose track of which copy is which.
  • Scrape Google Maps or create tasks through the API.

AI templates load when you pick them

The template picker was the worst offender last month. It carried your last choice into the next job, and sometimes loaded nothing at all.

  • Start a new Article Creator task and the picker is empty, instead of quietly reusing the template from the last one.
  • Templates that failed to load even when correctly selected now load.
  • Edit a template in the prompt window and select it, and it saves for you. Forgetting to press save stops costing you the edit.
  • The macro code editor stops saving while you type, so the layout no longer jumps under your cursor. Press save or cancel when you are done.
  • Template names show in the list, and the editor has its indent guides back.
  • A GSA SER template with no %title% warns you instead of writing articles with a blank title. New GSA SER templates ship with the app.

Tasks stop getting stuck

Most of the stuck states came from the same place: SCM starting or stopping work it should have left alone.

  • A task left on Aborting after a crash clears when you restart, if you have restart tasks turned on.
  • New tasks wait until an aborting task has finished aborting, and Stop all leaves alone the tasks that were never running.
  • Duplicates get numbered names, task (1), task (2), so you can tell copies apart at a glance.
  • The search rate limiter stopped throwing errors, and its old limits clear when you restart rather than following you into the next session.
  • Article Creator opens with all of your saved settings, not half of them.
  • The task More button opens the menu instead of closing it.

Scrapers and logins

  • Google Maps recovers from the browser is already running error, reopens its windows, and closes them even when the run fails.
  • The video scraper works again.
  • The error that stopped you logging in to SCM is fixed.
  • Tasks created through the API accept names with or without spaces.
  • Error notifications carry their message instead of popping up empty.

Small things

  • Sidebar tooltips say what each tool does, useful when you are new or use a tool once a month.
  • Post uploader has its own thread count.
  • A #links# format string inserts a link even when the url and keyword fields are empty.

Related SCM guides and product history

Full developer changelog

The summary above is written for you. The original 29-item developer changelog is preserved below for exact release detail.

January 30, 2026

  • fix: Google maps scraper PuppetBase Error: The browser is already running error

January 24, 2026

  • fix: Google maps not reopening windows

January 21, 2026

  • fix: When opening google places in browser, always ensure a close window is closed even on error.

January 20, 2026

  • fix: Unable to login to SCM buffer error

January 19, 2026

  • fix: Article creator insert links, if link format string is #links#, it will still insert a link if url and keyword fields are empty
  • fix: AI template selector would in correctly remember last used template when it should reset state between different a rticle creator tasks
  • fix: article creator, ai templates, sometimes fails to load anything even if selected properly
  • fix: GSA SER article AI template missing %title% def. Now missing defs will show warning message.

January 16, 2026

  • fix: API create task will allow both task names with and without spaces

January 14, 2026

  • feat: Add tooltips on what each tool in sidebar menu does
  • fix: Video scraper was broken
  • fix: Some error notifications not showing any content
  • fix: Clear aborting… status on SCM restart if you have restart tasks enabled
  • feat: Remove orphan ai writer set template files on article creator save
  • feat: Add GSA SER ai writer templates
  • fix: AI prompt modal editor, if you edit a template and select it, it will auto save for you even if you forget to save.
  • feat: AI user macro 'hidden code editor' will no longer auto save to prevent layout shift while you are typing. Press save or cancel instead.

January 13, 2026

  • fix: Tweak some edge cases with duplicate numbering

January 9, 2026

  • feat: Better duplicate task naming. Each duplicate task will add (number), eg task (1), task (2) etc.
  • fix: Lots of errors with rate limiter writing to lock files. More robust now.
  • fix: Clicking on task more button will cause it to open up instead of closing
  • fix: Don't start new tasks if they are aborting…
  • fix: Stop all won't abort tasks if they are not running
  • fix: Article creator task not loading some settings saved in files
  • fix: Clear rate limiter files between app restarts

January 7, 2026

  • feat: Display ai template name
  • fix: AI template editors missing indent guide etc

January 1, 2026

  • feat: Post uploader task thread count
  • fix: getKeywordContent URI malformed error

See all monthly updates in the SCM changelog archive. New users can also try SCM from the trial signup page.

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