# RelayBook Release 2026.2
> [!quote] Campaigns, scale, and power tools.
>
> This release introduces the **Campaigns add-on** for automated email sequences, **bulk operations** for managing contacts at scale, and major **performance improvements** that keep RelayBook fast with hundreds of thousands of contacts.
## Campaigns Add-on
A complete follow-up campaign engine built right into RelayBook. Create automated email sequences, enroll contacts, and track delivery - all without leaving your CRM.
### Email Templates
- **Rich text editor** with bold, italic, lists, links, blockquotes, and images
- **HTML mode** for full control over email markup
- **Live preview** to see exactly what your contacts will receive
- **Merge fields** - personalize emails with contact data like name, company, email, phone, and custom fields using simple tags
- **Image hosting** - drag and drop images directly into the editor with automatic S3 upload
- **Test emails** - send a preview to yourself before activating a campaign
### Campaign Builder
- **Multi-step sequences** - chain together email steps and campaign triggers
- **Three schedule types** - send immediately on enrollment, after a configurable delay (days), or on a fixed date
- **Campaign chaining** - trigger enrollment in another campaign as a step, enabling complex nurture flows
- **Step reordering** - drag steps into the right sequence with sort order controls
- **Status management** - draft, active, paused, and archived campaign states
### Contact Enrollment
- **Enroll by label** - add all contacts with a specific label to a campaign in one click
- **Bulk enrollment** - select individual contacts and enroll them from the contact list
- **Contact detail panel** - see which campaigns a contact is enrolled in and add them to new ones
- **Duplicate prevention** - contacts can only be enrolled once per campaign
- **Participant management** - view, remove, and track enrollment status per contact
### Campaign Execution
- **Automated scheduler** - runs every 15 minutes to process active campaigns
- **Run Now** - trigger immediate processing for any active campaign
- **Duplicate send prevention** - each step is sent exactly once per contact, guaranteed
- **Unsubscribe compliance** - global and per-campaign opt-out respected automatically
- **Delivery tracking** - success, failed, and skipped status for every step execution
- **Campaign stats** - completion rates, step-by-step breakdowns, and participant progress
### Email Settings & CAN-SPAM Compliance
- **Bring Your Own Key** - connect your SendGrid account for email delivery
- **Branded sender identity** - configure sender name, email, and reply-to address
- **Physical address footer** - CAN-SPAM compliant mailing address on every campaign email
- **Unsubscribe preference center** - branded page where contacts can opt out of individual campaigns or all emails
- **Token-based unsubscribe** - secure, one-click unsubscribe links in every email
### Billing
- **Separate purchasable add-on** - campaigns is a standalone product, not bundled with Pro
- **Trial mode** - build campaigns and send test emails before purchasing
- **Multi-currency pricing** - available in GBP, USD, and EUR
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## Bulk Operations
Manage contacts at scale with powerful bulk actions.
- **Bulk delete** - remove multiple contacts at once with a single confirmation
- **Bulk label** - add or remove labels across a selection of contacts
- **Bulk custom field update** - set a custom field value for all selected contacts
- **Bulk campaign enrollment** - enroll selected contacts into any active campaign
- **Select all** - quickly select every contact in the current view
- **Floating action bar** - bulk controls appear when contacts are selected
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## Custom Fields
Extend your contact records with fields specific to your workflow.
- **Four field types** - text, number, date, and select (dropdown)
- **Select field options** - define dropdown choices for consistent data entry
- **Field-based filtering** - click any custom field in the sidebar to filter contacts by value
- **Bulk update support** - set custom field values across many contacts at once
- **Merge field support** - use custom fields in campaign email templates
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## Performance & Scalability
Major improvements for books with large contact volumes.
- **Faster search** - redesigned search engine using PostgreSQL GIN indexes and smart query branching, delivering results in under 50ms even on very large books
- **Streaming CSV export** - exports now process in chunks, keeping memory usage flat regardless of book size
- **Optimized duplicate detection** - rewrote name similarity matching to use indexed lookups instead of full table scans
- **Connection pooling** - tuned database connection pool for concurrent API and scheduler workloads
- **Contact count caching** - eliminated expensive COUNT queries on every page load
- **Auto-ANALYZE** - database statistics updated automatically after bulk operations
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## Public API Additions
New endpoints for automation and integrations.
- **Campaign CRUD** - create, read, update, and delete campaigns and templates via API
- **Participant enrollment** - enroll contacts in campaigns programmatically
- **Bulk operations** - delete contacts, add/remove labels, and update custom fields in bulk via API key authentication
- **Email duplicate check** - verify if an email address already exists in a book
See the [[Campaigns|Campaigns API Reference]] and [[Bulk Operations|Bulk Operations API Reference]] for full documentation.
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## Additional Improvements
- **Contact detail side panel** - click any contact in a list to preview details without leaving the page
- **Campaign tab on contacts** - view and manage campaign enrollments directly from a contact's profile
- **All Contacts navigation** - quick access to view all contacts from the sidebar
- **Modal accessibility** - improved keyboard navigation, ARIA labels, and screen reader support
- **Focus management** - cleaner focus outlines that only appear on keyboard navigation
- **Primary email selector** - star your preferred email address when a contact has multiple
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_Follow-up campaigns, bulk power tools, and performance built for scale._
Questions or feedback? Reach out at
[email protected].