When we update the platform you now hear about it ahead of time, see a countdown before it starts, and get a clear page while we work, with payments paused safely so none is caught halfway. There's a new public status page, and a round of fixes and polish across creator and brand screens.
Planned updates, announced in advance
- You're told before we update — a notification when an update is planned, a banner on every page an hour before, and a countdown in the last few minutes.
- Updates happen in quiet hours — planned updates start between 1 and 5 am IST and are announced at least 12 hours ahead.
- Payments pause safely — in the last minutes before an update, new payments wait until we're back, so none is caught halfway; a payment made just before still completes and shows its receipt.
- A clear page while we work — "We're updating the platform" with the time we expect to be back and how far along the update is, for example "step 3 of 7, about 6 min left". The page checks by itself and tells you the moment we're back.
- A clean sign-out, then back in — everyone is signed out when the update starts, so nothing is left half-saved; just sign in again afterwards.
- "We're back — here's what's new" — a notification when the update is done, linking to these release notes.
A public status page
- advertise.network/status shows where things stand — whether the platform is open, when the next planned update is and when we expect to be back, and progress while an update runs. It keeps working while the rest of the site is closed.
Fixes and polish
- Posting schedule — adding back a posting time you had removed (or a Quick add such as weekday evenings) no longer says the time "already exists".
- Creator screens — brighter chart bars, channel icons in each platform's own colour, a clearer Manage button, a plainer type filter, a neutral bid window and five layout fixes.
- Opportunities — the alert dot on the sub-tabs is smaller and sits on the count, and My Listings counts match the other tabs.
- Readable warning buttons — buttons and labels on amber or orange (Take Action, Your Move, Request Revision) now use dark text, and white-on-amber is fixed in dark mode.
- Simpler progress timelines — deal and deliverable timelines drop the "2m after accepted" lines.
- Homepage — the hero no longer shows a live figure that is still too small to mean much.
- Search engines — every public page and creator media kit now tells search engines its one main address, so listings point to the right page.