{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "Here are a collection of nice-to-have updates for Serial. Plus, the groundwork for background refreshing and better financial sustainability for Serial.",
  "path": "/releases/2026-04-02",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:pnffxw3g7nt7xnnah5huq3m2/site.standard.publication/3mo2hql6nes2g",
  "tags": [
    "release"
  ],
  "textContent": "Features\n\nBackground Refresh\n\nBackground refresh is now available for self-hosted instances. This will automatically fetch new content for your feeds as it becomes available, instead of requiring you to wait on startup to fetch new content.\nThis can be enabled with BACKGROUND_REFRESH_ENABLED=true in your environment variables.\n\nFeed activity\n\nAdded the ability to disable/enable feeds. This allows you to keep feeds in your feed list, but prevent new content from being fetched (until turned back on)\n\nImprovements\n\nDesktop actions now only appear on hover, giving more space to page content\nYou can always show actions by setting \"Inline Shortcuts\" to \"Show\" in the Appearance settings, or by holding Alt to show all keyboard shortcuts.\n\nFixes\n\nAlt key now only shows shortcuts if it is the only key being held\nItem selection UI no longer shows on mobile, as it is not needed\nFixed an issue where articles and videos were a bit jumpy on initial load\n\nFuture\n\nAdds groundwork for paid, main instance plans for Serial\nThis is a work in progress – feel free to weigh in on GitHub or by reaching out to hey@serial.tube.",
  "title": "Spring cleaning & future groundwork"
}