Release Notes
Find information about what we have released recently.
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| Date | Feature | Description | For |
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September 15, 2025 |
Support for new ad size |
Index has added support for the following ad size:
For more information about the ad sizes that Index supports, see List of supported ad sizes. |
Publishers |
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September 4, 2025 |
Buying Guidance widget (Open Beta) |
While creating a deal, Marketplace Partners can now see up-to-the-minute insights on inventory and pricing using the Buying Guidance widget. As targeting is added or removed from the deal, the widget shows potential daily impressions and pricing guidance (CPM), calculated from the last week of Index auction data. For more information on how to use the widget and the beta limitations, see Preview real-time inventory and price estimates for a Marketplace Package (Open Beta). |
Marketplace Partners |
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August 29, 2025 |
New dynamic ad pod reporting fields available in the Index UI and Reporting API |
You can now create reports to analyze the performance of dynamic ad pods. The following new fields are available:
For more information about these fields see Data dictionary. |
Publishers Marketplace Partners |
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August 13, 2025 |
Ability for private-only site IDs to transact in specific open market package deals |
Publishers can now let private-only site IDs transact in specific Inventory Packages or Marketplace Packages by adding them to a Deal with Marketplaces targeted by that package. |
Publishers Marketplace Partners |
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July 30, 2025 |
Updated placement targeting values |
Placement targeting values in deals now use the following OpenRTB 2.6
All active deals that are currently targeting placements have been updated to target the new values. If you have any questions, contact your Index Representative. |
Publishers Marketplace Partners Buyers |
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July 24, 2025 |
New segment reporting fields available in the Index UI and Reporting API |
You can now create reports to analyze the performance of segments with the following new fields:
For more information about these fields see Data dictionary. |
Marketplace Partners |
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June 24, 2025 |
Support for new ad sizes |
Index has added support for the following ad sizes:
For more information about the ad sizes that Index supports, see List of supported ad sizes. |
Publishers |
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June 20, 2025 |
New match keys in segment files |
Segments can now be activated using these additional match keys:
Data Partners can include these match keys in segment files they send to Index. For more information, see Sending segment files to Index using SFTP. |
Data Partners Marketplace Partners Publishers Buyers |
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June 9, 2025 |
New targeting options in direct deals, Marketplace Packages, and Inventory Packages |
Video height, width, and aspect ratios can now be targeted in deals. For more information about how to target these options, see the following:
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Publishers Buyers Marketplace Partners |
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June 3, 2025 |
Support for Protected Audience API has been paused |
Starting in June 2025, Index is pausing support for the Protected Audience API. Support for the Topics API remains active. |
Publishers DSPs |
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April 24, 2025 |
New bidding strategies in a Deal with Marketplaces |
Publishers can now choose the bidding strategy they want to allow for Marketplace Packages targeting their Deals with Marketplaces. Bidding strategy can determine the pricing and priority of the Marketplace Package. For publishers, to learn more about the bidding strategy options, see Comparing bidding strategies in a Deal with Marketplaces. For Marketplace Partners, to learn more about how to view a deal's bidding strategies when creating a Marketplace Package, see Viewing a publisher's deal settings for a targeted deal. |
Publishers Marketplace Partners |
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April 23, 2025 |
Removing unused fields in Client Audit Logs (CAL), Reports in the Index UI, and the Reporting API |
On April 24, 2025, Index is deprecating the Marketplace Index Fee and Marketplace Index Fee (%) fields from the Client Audit Logs (CAL), Reports in the Index UI, and the Reporting API. The feature to apply the Index fee at the Marketplace level instead of the publisher level has never been used. We are deprecating this functionality while maintaining the fields in existing reports for backwards compatibility. For more information about available fields, see Data dictionary. |
Publishers Buyers DSPs Marketplace Partners |
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March 28, 2025 |
Deal Allocation optimization tool (beta) |
To balance the distribution of deal spend in a Marketplace Package, Marketplace Partners can use the Deal Allocation tool to shift buying opportunities among publishers. For more information, see Allocating deal avails to balance buying behavior across publishers (Beta). |
Marketplace Partners |
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March 18, 2025 |
Data providers can now delete users from audience files |
If you are a data provider that is compatible with Index's Matched Audiences addressability solution, you can delete users from an audience file in Index's Audience Manager system. For more information, see Manage values in a segment file. |
Data providers |
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February 25, 2025 |
New segment reporting fields available in the Index UI and Reporting API |
You can now create reports to analyze the performance of segment targeting in deals. The following new fields are available:
For more information about these fields, see Data dictionary. |
Publishers Marketplace Partners |
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January 16, 2025 |
Support for running unsaved reports in the Index UI |
You can now quickly run reports tailored to your specific needs without having to save, name, or schedule a report. Previously, running a report required saving it first. For more information about running reports, see Create a custom report. |
Publishers DSPs Buyers Marketplace Partners |