A retrospective on July
Published on September 20, 2026, this article fills the gap in our July product notes. It describes work completed during July, rather than a new September release.
The month focused on making existing workflows easier to reuse, improving how images move through them, and giving private deployment administrators more control over their teams. The sections below distinguish shared product improvements from features specific to private deployments or the China site.
Shared workflows you can preview and reuse
July introduced a shared workflow area. Administrators can make a workflow available to all signed-in users or assign it to specific users. Recipients can browse the workflows available to them and preview their structure before choosing one.
Use a shared workflow to create a copy in your own workspace, then change the prompts and inputs for your project. For example, a team can distribute a product image workflow so each person can start from the same structure without reconnecting every node.
The copied workflow gives you an editable starting point. Sharing is managed by an administrator; this feature does not create an unrestricted public link for every personal workflow.
More reliable cropping and image references
We improved how workflow image crops are processed and saved. When you only need part of a generated image as material for the next step, cropping helps you keep the relevant area within your workflow.
We also fixed image reference failures in private workflows. This matters when one step reuses an existing asset: the image needs to reach the next generation step correctly for the workflow to remain useful.
These changes improve the handling of your source material. The result of a new generation still depends on the selected model, the reference image, and the prompt.
Access controls and upgrades for private teams
Private deployment administrators can organize users into permission groups. Permissions cover text, image, and video generation, workflow management, asset access, and API key management, so teams can assign capabilities according to how each group works.
Administrators can also control whether the deployment accepts self-registration. Turning it off prevents new self-service registrations while existing users can continue to sign in.
The administration panel now shows the current and available versions and lets an administrator start an upgrade and follow its download progress. After installation, the administrator restarts the service to apply the update. This gives private teams a clearer way to plan and complete maintenance.
Site-specific login and historical model channel changes
The China site added WeChat QR-code login in July, available when the site administrator has configured it. The international site continues to use its own available sign-in options; the WeChat addition should not be read as an international-site feature.
July also included the addition of CTYUN Seedream image and Seedance video channels, with corresponding generation and reference-material controls. This records a historical integration: those channels are not enabled in the current international model catalog. Use the models, parameters, and prices currently shown in your interface when planning a workflow.
Continue with the August product updates and the September product updates for the changes that followed.