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+title: Read the Docs Newsletter - January 2025
+date: January 11, 2025
+description: Company updates and new features from the last month, current focus, and upcoming features.
+category: Newsletter
+tags: newsletter, community
+authors: Eric Holscher
+status: published
+image: /images/jan-2025.jpg
+image_credit: Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Kelly Sikkema</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/happy-new-year-hanged-decor-PXl_S152jNM?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>
+
+December was a slow month for us, as we took some time off to rest and recharge.
+We're back in full force now, and we're excited to share what we've been working on and what's coming up next.
+
+## News and updates
+
+* We improved our support for [manual created latest and stable versions](https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/pull/11823).
+* We updated our community builders to a newer instance type, which should improve build times for many projects. We're testing this out and will be rolling it out to Business users soon.
+* We're adding additional documentation examples for [popular documentation tools](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intro/doctools.html) that are supported on Read the Docs. This month we added [Docusarus](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intro/docusaurus.html), [Markdoc](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intro/markdoc.html), and [mdBook](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intro/mdbook.html).
+* We added [documentation for authentication](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intro/accounts.html) on the platform, which was previously missing.
+* **Our new dashboard is now the default for all users.** This has been a long time coming, and we are excited to have have everyone migrated over. The old dashboard will be [removed on March 11](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/11/rollout-of-our-new-dashboard/).
+
+## Upcoming changes
+
+* We continue working on [Addons](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/addons.html), including improving our [Visual diff](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/visual-diff.html) feature.
+* We are working to allow extending default ``build.jobs`` in the new build system. This will allow you to customize the build process more easily, with things like ``build.jobs.build.pdf`` being able to override the PDF build. This is now built, and we're testing it internally before documenting it publicly.
+* We are planning to move our official documentation to https://docs.readthedocs.com to make it more obviously official. This should be a seamless transition for users, but we will be updating links in our documentation and on our website to reflect this change.
+
+## Possible issues
+
+* [Deprecation of projects using Sphinx or MkDocs without an explicit configuration file](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/12/deprecate-config-files-without-sphinx-or-mkdocs-config/). This will be fully removed on **January 20, 2025**. The deprecation includes two temporary disabling periods on January 6 and 13.
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+Questions? Comments? Ideas for the next newsletter? [Contact us](mailto:[email protected])!