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What's New: Groups, Achievements, and Page Polish

Shareable group invite links, smarter achievement tracking, a dedicated session history page, and a fresh coat of paint across the app.

BuckleTime Team Practical notes on focus and deep work

A bunch of improvements shipped today. Some you’ll notice right away, others are fixes to things that were quietly broken behind the scenes. Here’s the rundown.

Groups got a glow-up

Creating and managing groups should feel a lot smoother now.

Invite links. Previously, inviting someone to your group meant sharing an 8-character code and hoping they’d find the join page. Now you get a copyable invite link right alongside the code. Send it in a DM, drop it in a group chat, whatever works.

Better group creation form. The create group page has a proper two-column layout now. Name and description on the left, settings on the right. Each field has a short hint explaining what it does, so you’re not guessing what “Join Method” means.

Visibility-based member limits. Private groups are now capped at 10 members. Public groups can go up to 50. The form adjusts automatically when you toggle between private and public, so there’s no confusion about what’s allowed.

Redesigned group page. The group detail page has been reorganized with members on the left and the invite panel on the right. Also swapped out the video camera icon on “Enter Group Room” since, well, there’s no video. It’s a door icon now. Makes more sense.

Session history has its own page

The stats page used to show your full session history with pagination buttons. That felt heavy for a page that’s mostly about your level, streaks, and achievements. Now it shows your last 10 sessions with a “View All Sessions” link that takes you to a dedicated history page. That page has proper pagination for scrolling through everything.

The dashboard’s “View all” link on recent sessions points there too.

Achievements are working properly now

We found a few achievements that weren’t being tracked or awarded correctly. All fixed:

  • Group Founder now actually unlocks when you create a group. Previously, creating a group didn’t trigger the achievement engine at all.
  • Seasonal achievements (Focus February, Spring Sprint, etc.) weren’t being evaluated. They are now.
  • Chat Participant progress now updates when you send messages in room chat.
  • Profile Complete evaluates immediately when you update your profile, not just after your next session.
  • Power of Many (“Focus alongside 10+ people”) was unlocking with just 1 person in the room. Fixed the threshold check.
  • Early Adopter can now trigger during onboarding instead of requiring a completed session first.

We also polished the achievements page itself. Cards now show unlock dates, tier-specific progress labels like “Progress to Silver,” and colored progress bars for each tier. It’s much easier to see at a glance how close you are to the next level.

Consistent page headers

Every main page now uses the same header pattern: a small amber label with an icon above the page title. Rooms, tasks, groups, achievements, settings, session history, they all match now. Left-aligned, clean, consistent.

Small stuff adds up. We’ll keep shipping.

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