Yieldbird’s release notes
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Recent releases
These are release notes of all products that are included in the Yieldbird Platform organized by release dates. If you want to find out more about releases older than 6 months please contact us directly.
Note: Since 1 Jan, 2025 all releases apply only to the New Yieldbird Platform.
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Added | Sending floors to Prebid Price floors module | Enabling communication between Price Genius and the Prebid Price Floors module. Floor prices set in GAM by Price Genius will be automatically replicated in Prebid. This feature requires Prebid Stack to be enabled. | June 5, 2025 | ||
Added | Adding support to new Bidder Adapters | Adding support for Kobler Bidder Adapter. | June 5, 2025 | ||
Changed | Fixing automated creation of yb_divid key value | Limiting the values of yb_divid to 40 characters to match GAM’s limit on max key value length. | June 3, 2025 | ||
Changed | Fixing behavior of Yieldbird Lazy Loading | Updating Yieldbird Lazy Loading to apply only to Ad Units defined in the Yieldbird Platform. Previously, it was applied by default to all Ad Units not defined in the Platform. | May 27, 2025 | ||
Added | Customizing Lazy Loading parameters per Ad unit | Adding the possibility to specify Lazy Loading parameters (Margin) for each Ad Unit independently (available only for Yieldbird Lazy Loading) | May 19, 2025 | ||
Added | Adding support to new Bidder Adapters | Adding support for EasyBid, AdMatic and RTB Stack Bidder Adapters. | May 15, 2025 | ||
Fixed | Improvement to the process of creating GAM delivery items for Prebid Stack | Made several improvements and minor bug fixes in the process of creating GAM delivery items for Prebid Stack. | May 15, 2025 | ||
Added | Renamed “Pages” to “Layouts” and added support for custom triggering criteria | Expanded the existing 'Pages' functionality into Layouts. Layouts allow you to control which Ad Units receive ad requests based on defined triggers, such as URLs (previously available) or Custom Variables (newly added) | May 13, 2025 | ||
Changed | Performance improvement of Yieldbird Tags | Introducing optimizations to the JavaScript served by the Yieldbird Tag, reducing the file size by approximately 20%. This results in a notable improvement in ad loading speed. | April 24, 2025 | ||
Added | Adding support for additional Bidder Adapters | Adding support for: Pixfuture, Impactify, E-planning, Sparteo and AdmixerADX Bidder Adapters. | April 23, 2025 | ||
Added | Simplified History view | Simplified History tab, will be updated with proper UI in the next releases. | April 14, 2025 | ||
Changed | Viewability Tools: Scroll Slowing behavior improvements | Improving the behavior of Scroll Slowing on both Mobile and Desktop. | April 14, 2025 | ||
Changed | UI corrections in Inventory > Ad units > Viewability Tools | UI corrections for the management of Viewability Tools features on Ad Unit level | April 14, 2025 | ||
Added | Refresh interval adjustment for Prebid Stack enabled Ad units | If your are using Prebid Stack, the Prebid auction will be initiated slightly before the specified Refresh interval (based on the timeout settings). This ensures that the ad request is sent to GAM exactly at the defined interval, not a second later. | April 3, 2025 | ||
Changed | Redesign of the rebuilder | Redesigning the rebuilder - the process that generates .js files hosted by Yieldbird Tag, to vastly improve the speed of the process. | March 10, 2025 | ||
Added | Feature portal as part of Yieldbird Platform | Implementing the Feature Portal as a built-in feature of the Yieldbird Platform instead of an external link. You no longer need to provide credentials to submit new ideas or vote on existing ones. | March 7, 2025 | ||
Added | Adding support for Instream video Media Type in Prebid Stack. | We are adding full support for Instream video ads in Prebid Stack including automated Prebid Line Items and Creatives creation. | March 3, 2025 | ||
Added | Refresher targeting based on Line item priority or keywords | Adding ability to set if refresh shall occur based on Line item priority or keywords in Line item name. | March 3, 2025 | ||
Changed | Updateing Prebid.js to version 9.32 | Updating Prebid.js to version 9.32 | March 3, 2025 | ||
Added | Product tours / interactive guides | Introducing interactive guides to assist new users with onboarding, support navigation of newly added complex features, and provide helpful tips for using the Platform efficiently. | February 18, 2025 | ||
Added | Adding support for Equativ, Mediafuse and Minutemedia Bidder Adapters | Adding support to Equativ, Mediafuse and Minutemedia Bidder Adapters | February 13, 2025 | ||
Changed | Updating Prebid.js to version 9.28 | Updating Prebid.js to version 9.28 | February 4, 2025 | ||
Added | Adding support to Freewheel Bidder adapter | Adding support for Freewheel Bidder adapter. | February 3, 2025 | ||
Added | Ability to set Prebid Module parameters per Domain | Adding possibility to set various Prebid Module parameters for particular Domains. | Read more about: - User ID modules - Vendor Specific (RTD) modules - Analytics adapters | February 3, 2025 | |
Added | General performance dashboard | Adding new dashboard that shows general performance of the inventory. | January 28, 2025 | ||
Added | Automatic Failsafe timeout | Automating the calculation of failsafe timeout based on how you set prebid auction and consent management module timeouts. At the same time, removing all manual control over failsafe timeout from the application interface. This release affects only New Yieldbird Platform. | January 23, 2025 |
Upcoming releases
Scheduled release date:
Here are the features that are ready, tested and wait to be deployed globally:
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Development in progress:
Here are the features that have been groomed and are now in development:
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Added | Automatic UI updates | Adding the logic to allow updating all Alerts and statuses in the UI without the need to refresh the page. | ||
Changed | A/B Testing | Adding an updated, extended version of A/B testing. It allows A/B testing parameters of all Yieldbird Modules with much improved overall UX. | ||
Changed | Updating Prebid Delivery items creation in GAM process | Updating the module responsible for creating Prebid delivery items (Advertiser, Orders, Line Items, and Creatives): • Separating processes for Banner/Outstream, Instream, and Native. • Enabling modification of existing implementations without needing to start from scratch. | ||
Changed | PAAPI module | Adding the extended support for Prebid PAAPI module, with more granular configuration | ||
Added | Ad holding parameters | Adding the ability to control Ad holding parameters at the Domain level. | ||
Added | Advanced prebid.js settings: allowActivities | Adding possiblity to set prebid.js allowActivities on Workspace and Domain levels. | ||
Changed | Updating Prebid.js to the version 9.48 |