Release Notes - March 5, 2026
We’ve been listening to your feedback and our product and engineering team deployed a substantial release today with three big themes - and lots of little fixes:
New features to make your Brand Bot progress obvious and motivating,
improvements to tighten the experience around Playbooks so they feel predictable and trustworthy, and
a new Beta feature to give you real control over how Ella shapes your strategy outputs.
Brand Bot completion indicator in the left menu
The main left‑hand menu now shows a completion indicator for your Brand Bot so you can instantly see how far along your brand setup is. The progress is calculated using both the minimum required cards for your edition and the actual cards you’ve created (including customer cards), and counts only finalized cards as complete. This gives you an accurate percent‑complete view that grows with your real‑world usage.
Brand Bot drawer: updated completion indicator to match menu
The Brand Bot drawer has been updated so its completion module matches the new logic and visual treatment used in the left‑hand menu. Whether you’re glancing at the sidebar or working inside the Brand Bot itself, you’ll see a consistent, trustworthy progress signal that reflects the same underlying math and design.
Playbook Runner: step progress shown next to status
In the Playbook Runner header, the “Steps x/y” indicator now appears directly next to the step’s status (e.g., Running, Pending, Completed). This keeps progress and status in one place, so you can immediately see where you are in a playbook without scanning the UI or losing focus on the primary controls.
Playbook Runner: quick info tooltip for playbook details
We’ve added an “info” tooltip icon in the Playbook Runner header that shows the playbook’s full description on hover or tap. This lets you quickly recall what the playbook is designed to do—without leaving the runner, opening another page, or cluttering the screen with extra text.
Main chat Output Sharpening controls
The primary chat now includes Reasoning and Verbosity toggles so you can control how Ella responds in everyday conversations. Choose less verbosity for quick, to‑the‑point answers, or enable more reasoning and richer explanations when you want to see how Ella arrived at a recommendation or need additional context.
Output Sharpening controls for Custom Plays
Plays now respect dedicated Reasoning and Verbosity settings, giving you consistent control over how much explanation Ella provides when running structured workflows. You can tailor the tone and depth of responses across entire plays, making them better suited for fast execution, training, or detailed collaboration scenarios. Using the Don’t Change setting will allow the play to have whatever the user sets in their main chat for Reasoning and Verbosity.
Playbook Runner: more accurate step completion and “Finish Play” wording
Step status in the Playbook Runner now reflects what you’ve actually done, not just when Ella replies. Steps stay in a Running state while you’re still working, and only switch to Complete when you move forward using explicit actions. The “Next Play” button has been renamed to “Finish Play,” clearly signaling that you’re finishing the current play and moving to the next, which makes multi‑step flows feel more predictable and under your control.
Admin-users: separated view vs. edit actions for content
For users who can only view saved work or Ella‑ments, the interface now clearly separates viewing from editing. Instead of a single ambiguous control, you’ll see distinct View and Edit options (where permissions allow), so people with read‑only access avoid confusion and those with edit rights always know when they’re making changes.
Playbook Runner: “Back to Ella‑ments” at completion
When an Ella‑ment playbook finishes, a new “Back to Ella‑ments” button appears in the Playbook Runner footer next to Pause. Clicking it closes the runner and takes you straight back to the Ella‑ments drawer, so you have a clear, guided path back to your library without relying on browser controls or guessing what to do next.
Release Notes link in the Help menu
You can now open the latest Ellavator AI release notes directly from the in‑product Help menu. A new “Release Notes” item, with an accompanying icon, links to our HubSpot knowledge base at https://resources.ellavator.ai/en/ellavator-knowledge-base/ellavator-ai-release-notes, making it easy to stay up to date on what’s new without leaving Ella.
Cleaner chat: remove pre‑response gray bar
The pre‑response gray bar previously shown before Ella replied in chat has been removed. Instead, you’ll see a clear “thinking” state while Ella prepares a response, resulting in a cleaner, less jumpy interface that better communicates what’s happening behind the scenes.
Notable Bugs Fixed
Clickable notifications in drawers
Notifications that appear inside drawers are now fully clickable and behave as expected. If a notification references an item or action, you can click it to navigate or resolve it directly, improving discoverability and reducing frustration when working inside side panels.
Playbook chat behaves oddly after canceling a playbook
Previously, canceling a playbook could leave behind a lingering chat with a “Play Playbook” icon and confusing “playbook runner” views when you reopened it. This glitch made it unclear whether the playbook was still active or what state the chat was in. The behavior has been fixed so that canceled playbook chats now return to a stable, predictable state without leftover runner UI.