A Visual Production Guide

---
title: "Plain-language headline focused on user benefit"
date: 2026-04-01
description: "2-4 sentence summary shown on the index card and RSS feed."
category: "release"        # release | news | operations | security
image: "./hero.png"        # optional — relative to this directory
imageAlt: "Descriptive alt text for the hero image"
featured: false            # true → richer treatment on index
highlightedLinkUrl: "https://github.com/onetimesecret/onetimesecret/releases/tag/v1.0"
highlightedLinkText: "GitHub release notes"
planned: false             # true → appears in Planned tab only
highlights:                # optional bullet list shown on the index card
  - { icon: check, text: "Something done, shipped, or fixed" }
  - { icon: info,  text: "Neutral supporting detail" }
  - { icon: warn,  text: "Caution or behaviour change" }
  - { icon: ask,   text: "Open question or planned / pending work" }
---

import Callout from "@/components/changelog/Callout.astro";
import ScreenshotFrame from "@/components/changelog/ScreenshotFrame.astro";

Your markdown content starts here.

highlights:
  - { icon: check, text: "Passphrase hint shipped behind feature flag" }
  - { icon: info,  text: "Defaults to off for self-hosted instances" }
  - { icon: warn,  text: "Old API field renamed; clients must update" }
  - { icon: ask,   text: "Localized hint strings still pending translation" }

import ScreenshotFrame from "@/components/changelog/ScreenshotFrame.astro";

<ScreenshotFrame
  image={import("./hero.png")}
  alt="What the screenshot shows"
  caption="Optional caption below the frame."
/>

import BeforeAfter from "@/components/changelog/BeforeAfter.astro";

<BeforeAfter
  before={import("./before.png")}
  after={import("./after.png")}
  beforeAlt="Description of the before state"
  afterAlt="Description of the after state"
  caption="Optional caption below both images."
/>

import VideoEmbed from "@/components/changelog/VideoEmbed.astro";

<!-- Local MP4 (place file in public/videos/changelog/) -->
<VideoEmbed src="/videos/changelog/walkthrough.mp4" caption="Quick walkthrough." />

<!-- YouTube (embedded via youtube-nocookie.com for privacy) -->
<VideoEmbed
  youtube="VIDEO_ID"
  title="Descriptive title for accessibility"
  caption="Optional caption."
  aspectRatio="16/9"
/>

import Callout from "@/components/changelog/Callout.astro";

<Callout type="info">Informational note.</Callout>
<Callout type="tip">Helpful suggestion.</Callout>
<Callout type="warning">Important caveat.</Callout>

---
title: "Set a custom expiration for your secret links"
date: 2026-04-15
description: "You can now choose exactly when a secret link expires — from 5 minutes to 14 days. Previously the default was fixed at 7 days."
category: "release"
image: "./hero.png"
imageAlt: "The new expiration picker showing time presets"
featured: false
highlightedLinkUrl: "https://github.com/onetimesecret/onetimesecret/releases/tag/v1.0"
highlightedLinkText: "GitHub release notes"
---

import ScreenshotFrame from "@/components/changelog/ScreenshotFrame.astro";
import Callout from "@/components/changelog/Callout.astro";

We've added a flexible expiration picker to the secret creation form.
You can now choose exactly when your secret link expires, from as short
as 5 minutes to as long as 14 days.

<ScreenshotFrame
  image={import("./hero.png")}
  alt="Expiration picker with time presets"
  caption="Choose a preset or type a custom duration."
/>

## How it works

When creating a secret, click the expiration dropdown to see preset
options (5 min, 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days, 14 days). Pick the one that
fits your use case.

<Callout type="tip">
  For highly sensitive information, use the shortest expiration that
  gives your recipient enough time to open the link.
</Callout>

This feature is available to all users, including free accounts.