Key Takeaways
Roblox-native Friends and Global Leaderboards enter beta, and creators can now assemble and publish avatar looks directly in Studio. OpenCloud expands with APIs for Analytics, Events, Experiments, and Thumbnail Personalization, and Experiments adds targeting, segmentation, and early harm detection. We also introduced new restrictions on reward-driven media feeds in Roblox Kids and Select.
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Check out our Updates page in Creator Hub where you can find a scrollable changelog of all product announcements and updates, updated in real time.
Betas and Tests
[Beta] Add Persistent Friends and Global Leaderboards Easily
- Roblox-native Friends and Global leaderboards are now available to try in your games.
- You can provide persistent player scores without building the infrastructure by connecting an existing
OrderedDataStoreto Creator Hub.
Updates and Announcements
[UPDATE] Updating Marketplace Policy for Heads
- Sept 1, 2026: last day for creator submissions of updated heads; non-compliant heads will remain on sale until all auto-generated versions are processed.
- Sept 14, 2026: start of creator review process of auto-generated heads; not all heads will have auto-generated fixes.
- Oct 27, 2026: non-updated heads will be removed from user inventories.
[UPDATE] MessagingService Observability Dashboard Has Topic Insights
- The
MessagingServicedashboard now features topic-level insights for published and received messages, enabling advanced filtering, usage breakdowns, and efficient live debugging. - From your Creator Dashboard, select
MessagingServiceand choose topics through the “Breakdown by” dropdown, or select specific topics in the filter sidebar.
Assemble Avatar Looks in Studio
- You can now assemble and publish avatar looks directly in Studio.
- This unifies your workflow, so you build, assemble, publish, and manage looks in one place.
New OpenCloud APIs for Analytics, Events, Experiments, and Thumbnail Personalization
- OpenCloud APIs now cover Analytics, Events, Experiments, and Thumbnails.
- You can pull time-series metrics, schedule game events, and test thumbnails programmatically, with no manual Creator Hub work.
- We’re rolling out updates to Experiments to support targeting, segmentation and early harm detection that let you know when an experiment starts to impact key metrics.
- You can also set conditional configs that serve different values by player type, and break down analytics by new segmentation attributes.
Roblox Kids and Select: New Restrictions on Reward-Driven Media Feeds
- Games that reward ongoing media feed consumption will no longer be allowed in Roblox Kids and Select.
- This affects games that combine media feeds, autoplay, infinite scroll, autoscroll, and rewards or implied rewards for watching.
Community and Events
Ask Builderman: Submit Your Questions for RDC 2026
- Creators can submit questions for Builderman ahead of the RDC 2026 Q&A.
Fall Call for Content: Today’s Picks on Marketplace
- From now through early November, curators will feature seasonal and holiday-themed avatar items in Today’s Picks on Marketplace.
- Creators can nominate avatars, items, emotes, makeup, bodies, and backgrounds through the submission form.
