Bolt.new May 16, 2026 Changelog

This update is all about making it faster to turn your ideas into code and giving you more control when things go wrong. It matters most to builders who use design tools to start their projects and anyone who has ever been frustrated by a frozen database.

What's new

• One-click design imports: If you use Google Stitch to design how your app looks, you can now export those designs straight to Bolt. Bolt will open automatically with your design screenshots, the underlying HTML (the code that builds websites), and a starter prompt already filled in.
• Database restart button: A database is where your app stores its information. Sometimes it can freeze, time out, or lose its connection. Instead of starting over, you can now go to your database's "Advanced settings" and click restart to try and fix the connection.

Improvements

• Smarter prompt helper: When you click "Enhance prompt" to make your instructions clearer, Bolt will now ask you a few quick questions about what you are trying to build. Your answers help Bolt understand your goal, giving you a much stronger starting point for your app.

Breaking changes

• "Open in StackBlitz" button unavailability: Bolt is changing how it saves your project code behind the scenes. Because of this upgrade, the button to "Open in StackBlitz" (a separate online code editor) is grayed out and cannot be used for new projects or older projects that have been moved to this new saving format. You can still look at and edit your code directly inside Bolt using the "Code View" option.