changelog

new

• drag to reposition your profile picture and banner — hover the image, hit reposition, and drag to frame an off-center photo.

fixes

• song and playlist titles with apostrophes or special characters now show correctly instead of codes like '.

new

• tournaments can now have a kovaaks qualifier — hosts require players to post set scores to register, auto-checked from the leaderboard with a manual fallback the host approves.
• 2v2 duos are scored by combined team score — each teammate enters their score per game and the higher total wins, best-of-3/5.
• pick your duo partner with a live search of kova users instead of typing their exact name.

fixes

• two teams can no longer register under the same name in one tournament.

fixes

• profile stickers now stay pinned to where you placed them as the page scrolls, instead of floating over everything.

new

• show your uploaded product images right on your peripheral cards — turn it on under dashboard → peripherals.

new

• new "hard accent" card shadow in dashboard → theme — a bold block shadow in your accent color instead of black.

fixes

• the account menu no longer briefly shows "finish setup" when your profile is already set up.

new

• new "brutalist" theme in dashboard → theme — chunky hard shadows and cards that press down when you hover them, as a one-click preset or mix the new shadow, hover, and border options yourself.

new

• add monitors to your peripherals — track refresh rate, resolution, size, and panel type, under dashboard → peripherals.

new

• decorate your profile with decals — drop preset stickers or upload your own, then drag, resize, rotate, and layer them right on your live profile, under dashboard → decals.

fixes

• adding a kovaaks scenario to your showcase now waits for your rank and score to load before it can be picked, so they no longer get left off.

new

• actions now confirm with a toast — saving, adding, inviting, deleting and more pop a quick confirmation, and errors appear the same way.
• remove a single notification — each item in the notifications menu now has its own ✕ to dismiss just that one, instead of only "clear all".

new

• restyle your display name in dashboard → theme — gradient, glow, shimmer, outline, or rainbow (with 8 palettes incl. pride flags), each with its own options like direction, intensity, and animation.
• pick how your stream overlay animates between slides — slide, fade, zoom, rise, or blur — plus an optional shine sweep, under dashboard → overlay.
• type dates straight into date fields — they auto-format as you type in your local format, and you can still pick from the calendar.
• add a kovaaks playlist by searching its name or creator, not just the share code — pick it from the dropdown and the details fill in.
• browse the full changelog any time from the new "changelog" link in the footer.

new

• uploading a peripheral image now keeps it as-is — background removal is opt-in via the "remove background & normalize size" button once the image is attached.

fixes

• adding a showcase item from a viscose, lemon static, or transcendent benchmark no longer errors when you save.

new

• re-run background removal on a peripheral photo you already uploaded — there's now a "remove background & normalize size" button in the peripheral editor.
• peripheral background removal produces cleaner, sharper cutouts.
• mousepad surface is now a cloth / glass dropdown in the peripheral editor.
• pick a peripheral's acquired date from a calendar instead of typing it.

fixes

• the save bar no longer stays up after you change a peripheral field and set it back to what it was.

new

• offer coaching from your profile — pick the new "coaching" type in dashboard → links and add a title, booking link, and starting price. it gets its own profile section and a stream overlay slide.
• new "liquid glass" card style under theme → transparency — more translucent and vivid than the old glass, and it works on team themes too.
• resize your stream overlay text in dashboard → stream overlay — choose small, medium, or large.

fixes

• theme card hover (glow and lift) now works even when card shadows are turned off.

fixes

• security hardening across a few public endpoints.

new

• when your kovaaks profile is linked, dashboard → profile now shows a one-click button to fill the steam field with the steam account linked to that kovaaks profile.

new

• lemon static is now one benchmark in dashboard → profile instead of being split into intermediate and advanced.
• when you add a scenario score to your showcase that fits multiple benchmarks (e.g. voltaic s5 and viscose), you now pick which one to feature instead of always getting the first match.

new

• lemon static is now a supported kovaaks benchmark — pick it in dashboard → profile to feature your rank, or add it from your showcase like the other benchmarks.
• both lemon static playlists (intermediate and advanced) show up separately so you can feature each rank on its own.
• pb cards now show a rank chip for every benchmark a scenario belongs to — scenarios shared between viscose and lemon static will surface both chips instead of just one.

new

• the explore page now has a "newest giveaways" section so you can find live giveaways without hunting through team pages.

new

• clear all notifications from the bell dropdown with the new trash button next to "mark all read".

fixes

• the dashboard sidebar on phones now scrolls on its own — before, dragging the menu just scrolled the page behind it.

fixes

• signing in with a discord account that has no email now shows a clear message telling you to add one — before, the window just closed and dumped you on the landing page.

fixes

• tapping "explore" or "tools" in the top bar on phones now opens the menu instead of jumping straight to the index — the dropdown items were unreachable before.
• profile headers on phones give your name and meta line the full row instead of cramming them next to the avatar.
• the floating dock on profile pages no longer covers the last row of cards on phones.
• the dashboard menu button on phones no longer overlaps save buttons at the bottom of long pages.
• tap a bar on the dashboard views-over-time chart to see that day's breakdown — the tooltip was hover-only before.

new

• add pronouns to your profile under dashboard → profile — shown next to your username in the header.
• download a json of everything you've made on kova from the new "export your data" link in your sidebar menu.
• compact dashboard sidebar with an avatar + name footer that opens sign out, export, and delete in one click.

fixes

• /portfolios "browse all" now actually shows every portfolio, not just the first 32.
• steam and kovaaks fields no longer keep an accent outline once connected.

fixes

• signup numbers no longer leave gaps from people who logged in without an invite — every member badge is now its true position in line.

new

• pin individual spotify tracks to your profile, not just playlists — drop any /track/ link under dashboard → music.
• every profile now shows a signup number; the first 100 accounts get a founder crown next to their name.
• search a user by signup number — type "#42" in /explore or in command-k.

new

• aimgroups can pin a tweet to their team page — paste a url under dashboard → info.
• reaction time leaderboard now ranks by the median of your last 10 trials, not a single lucky click. existing scores were reset.

fixes

• team dashboard activity feed shows member avatars and usernames link to their portfolio.

new

• aimgroups can now run public giveaways — set a prize, winner count, and end date in the new "giveaways" tab on your team dashboard. anyone with a kova account can enter from your team page or the new global /giveaways feed; winners are picked automatically when entries close and get a notification.
• aimgroups now have custom roles. owners can create roles like "content creator" or "aimer" in the members tab, give each one its own color, and pick the permission tier (owner / admin / aimer) that the role gets. every existing team starts with owner / admin / aimer seeded so nothing breaks.
• team owners can now manage other owners — kicking, demoting, and reassigning roles all work between owners (the team still always keeps at least one owner).
• affiliate links now support fixed-amount discounts in $ or € on top of the existing % option — pick the unit next to the discount input when editing a link.
• team invites now send the invited user a notification, so they don't have to keep checking the aimgroups dashboard to spot it.
• team url is now derived from the team name and copyable in one click — rename the team and the url follows automatically; no more manual slug field to keep in sync.
• membership setting (invite-only vs applications open) lives in the applications tab now, right next to the form and inbox where you actually use it.

fixes

• the "today" cell in date pickers is now clearly visible in both light and dark mode — was previously rendering as nearly-invisible white-on-white.
• picking a kovaaks benchmark in the showcase no longer auto-fills the optional metadata link with a kovaaks search url you'd have to clear by hand.

new

• tournaments are live — browse upcoming brackets at /tournaments, register or accept an invite, check in before the match, and watch the bracket update in real time. supports single-elim, double-elim, round-robin, and swiss, with live pick/ban against a scenario pool and a streamer-ready overlay for the current match. hosting is admin-run for now.
• your accent color now paints the shimmer banner on your /card share page when you haven't set a banner image.

fixes

• the "latest kovaaks pb's" section now centers when you have fewer than 3 cards — no more lopsided rows stuck at the edges.
• peripheral image upload now explains why an image was rejected (wrong format, too large, bg-removal couldn't process it) instead of failing silently.

fixes

• the "a new version is live" prompt now lists what shipped right inside it, so you no longer get a second pop-up after reloading.

new

• peripheral image upload now strips the background and crops every photo to a consistent size so all your gear renders at the same scale — toggle it off in the upload card if you'd rather keep the original.

new

• new leaderboard at tools → reaction — your best classic and go / no-go times now auto-submit when you're signed in, and you can hit "compare" on any row to replay your pb side-by-side against theirs.

fixes

• the "what's new" pop-up now shows the latest release on your first reload after an update, instead of always being one push behind.

new

• new "games" section on your profile — pick the games you primarily play (valorant, cs2, apex, overwatch 2, marvel rivals, the finals, fortnite, r6, cod, deadlock, battlefield) and they appear as a row of icons. manage them under dashboard → games.

new

• you now get a notification when a /beta feature, bug, or improvement you submitted or upvoted ships
• when picking a benchmark for your showcase, ones already in your showcase are flagged so you don't add the same rank twice

fixes

• team rank chip now shows on every team — previously stayed hidden if any member had picked a non-voltaic source
• /beta entries from users without a portfolio now show their discord name instead of being blank

new

• team recent pb cards now show the voltaic / jade palace / viscose rank chip on each entry
• card styling is now fully theme-driven everywhere — your radius, shadow, opacity, border and hover settings apply uniformly across every section

fixes

• team page no longer shows links twice (the icon row up top is socials-only; links live in the links section)

new

• in-app notifications — bell in the top bar; team applications, accept/reject, role changes, kicks land here. tune which ones you get in dashboard → notifications
• pick a kovaaks scenario or benchmark when creating a showcase item — auto-fills the title, your rank, and the icon
• your latest pb cards now show the voltaic / jade palace / viscose rank your score earns
• viscose s1 + s2 added — colored rank badges (lemming → seal, cinnabar → fuchsia, wool → silk, interloper → eclipse)
• header rank badge is now whatever you pin in your showcase — no more separate setting
• stream overlay has its own page now (dashboard → stream overlay) with the setup inline; pick the overlay font for any mode
• admins can leave a reason when kicking — kicked users see it in their notification

new

• in-app update modal — see what shipped without digging through discord