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PXM Release Notes - May 2026

May 2026 - Release notes

Written by Caden Lindquist

AI Image Generation

  • Bulk Image Generation from Home Page Search: Generate AI images in bulk directly from the home page search interface, enabling large-scale visual content creation without navigating product by product

  • Regenerate / Edit Generated Images from History: AI-generated images can now be regenerated or edited directly from the Request History page, giving teams full control over creative iteration and refinement

  • Add External Reference Images: When generating AI product images, supply external reference images to guide output style, composition, and context for more on-brand results

  • Session History Improvements: Image generation session history now captures richer records of past requests, enabling faster re-use of successful prompts and clearer audit trails

  • On-the-Fly Variant Images Performance Upgrade: Improved speed and coverage for dynamic image transformations with expanded API endpoint support

File Management & Uploads

  • Upload Reliability Improvements: File upload reliability has been improved with a lower multipart threshold (50 MB) and tuned chunk sizes, resulting in faster, more resilient uploads of large assets

  • Clearer Upload Error Messaging: Upload error messages are now more actionable, with edge cases that previously caused silent failures or confusing UI states resolved

Platform Experience

  • AI vs. Manual Tag Distinction: AI-generated label tags are now visually distinguished from manually applied tags in the file UI, making automated enrichment instantly recognizable

  • Product Relationships Tab Improvements: The Relationships tab on product detail pages has been redesigned with clearer messaging and improved layout for parent/child and variant associations

  • Standardized Primary CTA Buttons: Call-to-action buttons across the platform are now standardized to the primary-blue design system color for a more consistent interface

  • Optimize Tab Permission-Based Visibility: The Optimize tab is now conditionally shown based on image generation permissions, ensuring the UI accurately reflects each user's available capabilities

  • Custom In-App Support Launcher: A custom Intercom support launcher is now integrated into the platform, making it faster to access help without leaving PXM

Infrastructure & CDN

  • CDN Migration to patterncdn.com: PXM media CDN URLs have been migrated to a dedicated patterncdn.com subdomain, improving delivery performance, reliability, and long-term scalability

  • Improved platform stability and performance through continued multi-tenant architecture enhancements, database optimizations, and reduced export load on core infrastructure

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