Release Notes
Fixed season-count accuracy
Show pages no longer count announced, unaired seasons as if they had already aired.
Why it matters: Show pages used to show a season count in the header that included announced seasons that haven't aired yet, so Severance read as having three seasons when only two have. The header no longer shows a count. Every season is still listed on the page with its own release information, and a season that isn't dated yet, like Severance Season 3, keeps its "reported, not yet officially dated" wording.
Claim pages: discussion is easier to find
Claim pages now show the discussion before other tracked claims, and list up to five recently active ones.
Why it matters: On a claim page, the discussion section now comes before the other tracked claims, so it's easier to find. Instead of listing every other claim about the show or movie, the page shows up to five, ordered by recent activity, so you can quickly see what else has been moving.
Research answers "what's confirmed" and "what changed" better
Ask Research what's confirmed, how confirmed compares with reported, or what changed recently, and it now answers from the right claims.
Why it matters: Asking what's actually confirmed about a show or movie now brings up the claims that really are confirmed, and asking which claims are confirmed versus only reported shows both groups, each labeled with its status and sources. Asking what changed recently about a show or movie Grapevine tracks now gives you an answer built from its tracked claims, with citations, instead of saying nothing was found.
Updates now reach related shows and movies
When a report connecting two titles changes, the related show or movie now shows that update too, with a note explaining why you're seeing it.
Why it matters: A report about a spin-off or sequel is kept with the original title, so before, the Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery page didn't show updates to the report that it is a Manifest spin-off. Now that update appears on the Arrivals page and in your Following list too, says it comes from a report tracked on Manifest, and links to that report and its sources. The connection is based on the specific titles, never on matching names, so a different title with the same name isn't affected. If you follow both titles, you get one alert per change, not two. Updates also no longer repeat a report's status when nothing has actually changed.
Research finds the Manifest connection from the Arrivals page
Asking Research from the Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery page now answers from the sourced report that it is a Manifest spin-off.
Why it matters: Before, asking whether Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery is a spin-off of Manifest from the Arrivals page could say no evidence was found, even though the page showed the connection. Now Research answers from the sourced report that Netflix ordered the spin-off, with its citations, so what you read in the answer matches what the page shows.
Search finds any movie or show you ask about
Search now finds movies and shows Grapevine doesn't cover yet, tells same-name titles apart, and understands sequels and seasons.
Why it matters: Search is no longer limited to the titles Grapevine already covers. When you type a title, you see every movie and show with that name, each with its year, so a film and a series with the same name appear as separate results. You can open or follow any of them, even one Grapevine hasn't covered yet. Sequels are easier to find: numbers or Roman numerals ("Scream 6" finds Scream VI), "and" or "&", and titles with a subtitle all work. Searching for a season, like "The Bear season 3", finds the show and no longer lists movies with the same name. Every title now shows its own poster, so a movie no longer borrows the poster of a series with the same name, and Star Wars: Starfighter is now listed as a movie, with old links still working. If we can't check every movie and show at that moment, search says so instead of saying nothing matched. Some searches can still miss, such as nicknames, years, or titles written very differently, and results aren't sorted by relevance yet.
This week's updates
Notifications focus on what's new, and related shows and movies connect more reliably.
Why it matters: Notifications focus on what's new: when you follow a show or movie, Grapevine records what's already known so you don't get alerts for older updates. Turning notifications off and back on doesn't resend old alerts, and following both a title and someone in its cast no longer sends the same alert twice. Related shows and movies connect more reliably: connections are now tied to the specific show or movie they belong to instead of relying on matching names. This helps avoid attaching a relationship to an unrelated title with the same name. It also means you don't have to type a title exactly: searching "Manifest Arrivals" now shows that Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery is a spin-off of Manifest. We're still improving how connections are found, so gaps can remain.
Research and notifications are more dependable
Research now treats each visitor separately, and the checks behind notifications keep running on schedule.
Why it matters: When many people use Research at once, one busy visitor no longer uses up someone else's turn. We also fixed a rare hiccup that could affect the first visitors after Grapevine restarts. The behind-the-scenes checks that power notifications about the shows and movies you follow are running without errors.
Limits on Research requests
Research now limits how many questions can be asked in a short time.
Why it matters: If Research is very busy, or you've asked a lot of questions in a short time, you'll see a clear "try again in a moment" message instead of a page that hangs. This helps keep the rest of Grapevine, including your follows, working.
Safer push notifications
We tightened how Grapevine sends push notifications to your browser.
Why it matters: Grapevine now checks where a push notification is being sent, and only sends alerts through your browser's own notification service.
Research finds the most relevant claims first
Answers now lean on the claims that best match the words in your question.
Why it matters: Ask about a specific detail and the evidence shown should be about that detail, not just the title in general. Title search is also more accurate.
Grapevine is in public alpha
A new look for the home page, and a note explaining what alpha means.
Why it matters: You can search, research, and follow movies and shows now. The catalog is small on purpose while we make it reliable, and it will grow. See what's planned on the roadmap.