At the Permanent Legacy Foundation, it’s our goal to provide you with the tools you need to preserve your legacy. We are constantly working on improving our platform to provide you with a better experience and more functionality to accomplish your goals.

We want you to know what we’re working on and what we have in store for the future. Please note that this is a working document and that all release dates are estimates. Check back often for updates or subscribe to our newsletter for the most up to date announcements.

We’d love to hear from you about our planned improvements or anything you think might be missing from our list.

Category	Description
New Features	Share with Others Without a Permanent Account (Beta) We've heard your feedback! We are working on the initial functionality to allow Permanent members to generate a link where loved ones without a Permanent account can view select materials. This quarter, we hope to create the basic feature that can be tested within the app. Two-step Verification on Mobile Members will be able to add two-step verification (via text or email) and manage their verification method on the mobile app.
Improvements	Improvements to redeeming free storage We will be implementing a number of changes to make it easier and more straightforward for new members to redeem their free storage.
3rd Party Support & Integrations	Third-party application setup guide Permanent is proud to have a number of partner organizations who plan on utilizing our API to integrate their systems with Permanent. We hope to make improvements to our API to make it easier for our partner organizations to use independently. Archivematica Integration At the end of 2023, we made the decision to integrate an open source, archival software called Archivematica as our back-end processing software. This will replace our own home-grown system that processes every uploaded file for preservation. This work is important not only because it will improve our preservation practices, but also because it will make our system faster and more resilient when processing large numbers of files. By the end of this quarter, we hope to turn off parts of our old processing system. This will mark a milestone in our work as we fully transition to Archivematica.

Category	Description
New Features	New UI for Onboarding Update the user interface of the account and archive creation with new designs. Upload via SFTP Members can now use either rclone or another SFTP client to sync files between their device and their Permanent archives. Bulk Edit Metadata on Android Add additional features to allow selecting multiple files at once to make bulk changes to the metadata of all selected files, such as changing the titles of selected files to a sequential naming convention, or adding tags, descriptions, or locations. New Member Checklist on Web To help our new members get started on Permanent, we are implementing a "Getting Started" checklist that new members can view and complete. This will help new members better understand the actions they can take to make progress on preserving their legacies.
Improvements	Search within a Public Archive for Tags Add functionality to search tags and custom metadata within a Public Archive.

Category	Description
New Features	Comments on Files Permanent recently acquired via gift the TightKnit platform. We hope to incorporate commenting on files, similar to TightKnit. New Member Checklist on Mobile To help our new members get started on Permanent, we are implementing a "Getting Started" checklist that new members can view and complete. This will help new members better understand the actions they can take to make progress on preserving their legacies. Editing Metadata on Upload on Mobile Add functionality to edit metadata during the upload process on mobile apps. Embedded Photo Metadata on Download On download, members will have the option to include Permanent metadata embedded within the photo as IPTC metadata. Tablet App A brand new tablet app for iPad and Android with full Permanent functionality.
Improvements	Improved UI With our development of our new tablet app, we are redesigning the user interface (UI) of our web and mobile apps. We hope to begin releasing this new UI in 2025. Improvements to Share and Publish Implement improvements to the share and publish workflows. This will include allowing for sharing an unlisted link with non-members. It will also include a new model for publishing on Permanent and creating public collections. More Flexible Dates Add additional functionality to the date field to allow for more flexible dates.
3rd Party Support & Integrations	API Rewrite Permanent is proud to have a number of partner organizations who plan on utilizing our API to integrate their systems with Permanent. We hope to make improvements to our API to make it easier for our partner organizations to use independently. Migrate to Archivematica At the end of 2024, we made the decision to integrate an open source, archival software called Archivematica as our back-end processing software. This will replace our own home-grown system that processes every uploaded file for preservation. This work is important not only because it will improve our preservation practices, but also because it will make our system faster and more resilient when processing large numbers of files. By the end of this quarter, we will be using Archivematica-processed thumbnails in the system instead of thumbnails processed by our previous home-grown system.

Category	Description
New Features	Legacy Planning: Publish Archive Expand Legacy Planning to include being able to set a date in the future to publish your entire archive. Importable and Exportable Metadata Allow importing and exporting Permanent metadata via CSV. Tagging Photos Add face and object tagging to photos on Permanent. Custom Public URLs Allow members to set their own customized URL for their public archives.
Improvements	Improvements to Buying and Gifting Storage Add new features to the buying and gifting storage workflows, including auto purchasing storage when a member runs out, funding archives and not accounts, and improved information around gifting storage. Improved Searching Allow for faceted searching of all Permanent metadata. Add searching across the Public Gallery by Archive Profile metadata. Move Files Between Archives Allow members with the correct permissions to move files between two archives. New Public Views for Files Add new visualizations for public material in public archives, including timelines and map views.
3rd Party Support & Integrations	Takenode Integration TAKENODE.org offers content creators a practical, powerful tool to register their 'Terms of Use'. Relevant information about the file, creator and intentions packaged in an unique TakeNode Certificate. Sharing the TakeNode certificate as part of the content offers digital platforms and their users an easy to understand mandate. Permanent will build an integration that uses TakeNode to provide licensing for the materials in our members’ public archives. Hyperaudio Hyperaudio is open source technology that links audio tracks with transcripts. Hyperaudio uses timing metadata from modern speech-to-text algorithms to make transcripts interactive. Hyperaudio users will be able to publish their content to Permanent directly from the Hyperaudio app. Trusted Archive Certification Pursue becoming a trusted digital repository through Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist (TRAC) or other similar certification processes.