Replit May 8, 2026 Changelog
What changed in Replit & Replit Agent May 8, 2026, released 2026-05-08 — explained in plain English.
- Anyone can now publish apps privately, no matter what pricing plan they are on.
- The AI Agent can now read SVG images and help you write speaker notes for slide presentations.
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This update is a big step forward for keeping your coding projects safe and under your control. It matters especially to anyone building apps in a team or school setting, giving you better tools to manage security risks, keep unfinished work hidden from the public, and connect your private apps to outside services.
What's new
- Private publishing for everyone: You used to need a premium (paid) account to publish an app privately so only certain people could see it. Now, everyone can keep their apps, beta tests, or works-in-progress hidden behind a login.
- External access tokens for private apps: A "token" is basically a secure digital passcode. You can now create these passcodes to let outside services (like Slack, GitHub, or Twilio) securely talk to your private Replit apps without exposing them to the public.
- Presenter view and speaker notes for slides: When making a slide deck, you can now add speaker notes. You can even control the presentation from your phone while sharing the slides on a computer screen. Better yet, you can ask the AI Agent to write those notes for you!
- Agent accepts SVG uploads: SVG is a type of image file. You can now upload SVG images directly into the AI Agent chat, and it will read and understand the code inside them. Replit also cleans these files in your browser first to prevent any sneaky security hacks.
- New Agent animations: The different AI Agent modes (Lite, Economy, and Power) got cool new animated icons to show off what each mode is like.
Improvements
- Workspace Security Center 2.0: This is a huge upgrade to how you handle security. If your app uses outside code packages (dependencies), sometimes those packages have security flaws (vulnerabilities). The Security Center now puts all those flaws in one place, showing your most at-risk projects first. You can search, filter, and even ask the AI Agent to fix the bad code right there in the dashboard. You can also easily message the project owners or pull risky apps offline instantly.
Fixes
No fixes were mentioned in this update.
Breaking changes
No breaking changes in this release.
This is our plain-language summary. Read the complete, official notes on the Replit official changelog ↗.
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