Releases
Our latest features and improvements to help you work with more focus and less friction.
- 2024.19
See comment recipients
You’ll now see the names of all teammates who will be notified when you leave a comment. If your comment notifies more than three people, a simple hover will reveal all their names.
Here’s when teammates will get notified:
- They created the file you’re commenting on
- They added the sticky note you’re commenting on
- They added the annotation you’re commenting on
- They’ve already commented on the thread
- They chose to be notified of all comments in the file
- You mention them in a comment
- 2024.18
Configure SAML session timeouts

Workspace admins can now set how long SAML authenticated sessions last for. Organizations have different policies around how frequently users should be asked to re-authenticate. Now you can apply those policies to your Whimsical workspace.
This is available to Org plan customers who have enabled SAML.
You can get set up at https://whimsical.com/workspace/settings, or learn more here.
- 2024.17
Place comments anywhere on boards
Right-click anywhere on a board and select Add comment to place a comment wherever you like. You can also move comments around freely by dragging and dropping them.
- 2024.16
Create files from Google
You can now create Whimsical files right from within your Google Docs. If you haven’t added our Google add-on yet, you can install it from Google’s Marketplace right here.
- 2024.15
Tooltips now support color options
Tooltips no longer have to be grey—you now have the option to change their color.
- 2024.14
Linear integration
When a Whimsical file is mentioned in your Linear issues, comments, or projects, we’ll add a backlink to them in Whimsical. Also, you’ll now see the status and title of Linear issues referenced in Whimsical.
- 2024.13
Annotations supercharged
We’ve rolled out a handful of annoteworthy updates to annotations:
- Annotation connectors will now attach to the objects they’re pointing at, and will keep their position even if you move things around.
- You can show or hide author names in annotations.
- Newly created annotations will inherit the color of the previous annotation.
- For easier access, we’ve added the annotation element to the diagram shapes menu.
- Or, you can just use the keyboard shortcut
Ato quickly create a new annotation.
- 2024.12
HashiCorp icons

You'll find HashiCorp stack icons in the Design/Development category of our Icon library.
- 2024.11
Table improvements in Whimsical Docs
We’re bringing three new features to the table. Tables in docs now support:
- Uniform styling with new rows or columns matching the style of previously added rows and columns
- Horizontal text aligment
- Icons
- 2024.10
Keep the same color when adding new shapes
Diagram shapes now preserve your last saved color. Any shape added from the toolbar or with a shortcut will match the look of the last one you added to the board.