> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bland.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# February 9, 2026

> Pathway UI redesign, memory upgrades, and SMS support for personas

### Pathway UI Update

Complete redesign of the pathway testing interface with resizable panels, advanced debugging capabilities, and conversation branching.

* Drag to resize panels or open floating windows, and pin key messages for quick access, with your layout preferences saved between sessions
* Branch new conversation paths from any message during testing to explore alternate scenarios without restarting
* Toggle detailed execution logs showing secondary actions (loop conditions, variable extractions, routing)
* Run test simlulations on historic calls using your drafted node changes

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  <Tab title="New Panels">
    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/blandai/gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP/changelog_assets/02_09_2026/pathway_resizable_panels.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP&q=85&s=8ba3d75b21e61aa59a5f1f7fbcb351cf" style={{ width: "100%", borderRadius: "0.5rem", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }} alt="Resizable testing panel and node drawer with drag handles" width="5088" height="3142" data-path="changelog_assets/02_09_2026/pathway_resizable_panels.jpeg" />

    <p style={{ textAlign: "left", fontStyle: "italic", marginTop: "0.25rem", color: "#666" }}>
      Along with converting our node views into draggable panels, you can pop them out to create floating windows
    </p>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Conversation Branching">
    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/blandai/gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP/changelog_assets/02_09_2026/conversation_%20branching_1.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP&q=85&s=5d8d2d28ce54765b46374261b74c781f" style={{ width: "100%", borderRadius: "0.5rem", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }} alt="Branch indicator showing alternate conversation paths" width="5088" height="3142" data-path="changelog_assets/02_09_2026/conversation_ branching_1.jpeg" />

    <p style={{ textAlign: "left", fontStyle: "italic", marginTop: "0.25rem", color: "#666" }}>
      At any point during a test chat, edit your user message to branch to a new conversation, where that input was used and subsequent agent responses are changed. You can view and swith between these from the conversation UI
    </p>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Advanced Debugging">
    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/blandai/gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP/changelog_assets/02_09_2026/advanced_debug_mode.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP&q=85&s=f29c287c938a46845cc256e2eec4d8b1" style={{ width: "100%", borderRadius: "0.5rem", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }} alt="Advanced mode showing detailed execution logs and secondary actions" width="5088" height="3142" data-path="changelog_assets/02_09_2026/advanced_debug_mode.jpeg" />

    <p style={{ textAlign: "left", fontStyle: "italic", marginTop: "0.25rem", color: "#666" }}>
      View detailed logs including webhooks, knowledge base calls, and node transitions (routes and loops)
    </p>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Testing Integration">
    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/blandai/gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP/changelog_assets/02_09_2026/test_node_integration_1.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP&q=85&s=56e3628c895081ef6f50ee79df7dae81" style={{ width: "100%", borderRadius: "0.5rem", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }} alt="Test Node button in drawer that opens testing panel with draft state" width="5088" height="3488" data-path="changelog_assets/02_09_2026/test_node_integration_1.jpeg" />

    <p style={{ textAlign: "left", fontStyle: "italic", marginTop: "0.25rem", color: "#666" }}>
      Reference previous calls using your pathway, and generate user responses based on a node's prompting
    </p>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Draft Testing">
    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/blandai/gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP/changelog_assets/02_09_2026/test_node_integration_2.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=gMZrMUGmGMtakmEP&q=85&s=bbbc151efc8af790853aea28fd6944f8" style={{ width: "100%", borderRadius: "0.5rem", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }} alt="Testing panel showing draft node configuration in action" width="5088" height="3488" data-path="changelog_assets/02_09_2026/test_node_integration_2.jpeg" />

    <p style={{ textAlign: "left", fontStyle: "italic", marginTop: "0.25rem", color: "#666" }}>
      Run your prompting against the generated user responses and see how often your outputs meet your LLM grading goal
    </p>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

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### Upgraded Memory

Massive update to our memory feature, bridging voice and SMS modalities. [Learn more about memory](https://docs.bland.ai/tutorials/memories)

* Memory context automatically synced between phone calls and SMS conversations for the same contact
* New memory UI that displays new information added to contact based on their conversation
* Enable or disable memory per pathway and persona

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### Improvements

**Personas**

* Personas now support SMS conversations with full feature parity to voice calls

**Pathways & Routing**

* Transfer pathway node now accepts variables as input for dynamic pathway routing

**UI/UX Improvements**

* Added prompter role to permission set for granular access control. Prompters are able to read and write pathways, but cannot publish or deploy