Surge

What's New

All the most recent updates and improvements to Surge.

June 15, 2026
Feature

Update phone numbers via API

You can now update a phone number through the API, including its display name and attached campaign. See the documentation for the update phone number endpoint.

June 15, 2026
FeaturePrivate Beta

Call signing profile API

Accounts can now create and retrieve call signing profile registration status through the API. This means that you can now register so that we can send phone calls on behalf of you and your customers with an A-level STIR/SHAKEN attestation.

This feature is in private beta. Please reach out to support@surge.app or use the in-product chat to contact support and request access.

June 15, 2026
Feature

Inbound vCard rendering

Inbound vCard attachments now render as contact cards in message views instead of appearing as generic files. The API also has a contact attachment type now to indicate when an attachment is a vCard.

June 12, 2026
Bugfix

More reliable message delivery statuses

Fixed a race condition that could move delivered messages back to sent. All affected messages have been updated.

June 10, 2026
Bugfix

Reserved number validation for verifications

Verification requests to reserved 555 numbers (eg +18015551234) now return an immediate validation error instead of failing silently.

June 8, 2026
Feature

Remove team members

Platform admins can now remove team members and cancel pending invites from the Team page.

June 6, 2026
Improvement

Campaign and phone number pricing split

Usage and invoice calculations now split campaign and phone number pricing, which lowers phone number pricing for accounts with multiple numbers on one campaign. Updated phone number and campaign pricing can be seen on our pricing page.

June 5, 2026
Improvement

Clearer international sending errors

Surge now blocks sends earlier when the selected sender cannot be used for a destination country, returning an invalid_sender error instead of failing later.

June 1, 2026
FeaturePrivate Beta

Create SIP trunks via API

Projects in our SIP trunking private beta can now create their own SIP trunks through the API. SIP trunks support both IP-based and credential-based authentication, and once created you can attach a phone number to a SIP trunk as a call handling method.

This feature is in private beta. Please reach out to support@surge.app or use the in-product chat to contact support and request access.

May 31, 2026
Improvement

Don't bill for canceled campaign registrations

Previously, if you submitted a campaign to us through either the API or HQ, we would charge you for it. Now we will only bill you for the campaigns that are sent through to the carriers.

May 29, 2026
Improvement

Monthly message limits

We've added optional monthly message limits that cap the number of outbound messages a project can send each month based on its subscription plan. These limits are high enough that most accounts will never see them, but they will prevent unintentional runaway spend or abuse. If you'd like to have the limit lifted for your account, please reach out to support.

May 26, 2026
Feature

Release phone number endpoint

You can now release a phone number through the API with the new DELETE /phone_numbers/{phone_number_id} endpoint. See the release phone number endpoint in the documentation for more details.

May 26, 2026
Bugfix

Reliable handling of re-added phone numbers

Fixed an issue where re-purchasing or re-adding a phone number that had previously been released could cause conflicts between the released and active versions of the number.

May 8, 2026
Feature

Agent onboarding API

We've added new API endpoints to streamline onboarding for AI agent platforms. POST /agents/v0/projects provisions a passwordless user, platform, account, and API key in a single call, along with a demo phone verification, and POST /agents/v0/phone_verifications/{verification_id}/checks confirms the SMS verification code to finish setting up a demo participant. See our new skills file for instructions.

May 7, 2026
Improvement

Option to bypass undeliverable number detection

Following our undeliverable number detection, projects can now choose to bypass the undeliverable-number check. This is useful if you'd rather attempt delivery to numbers that have previously failed than risk blocking a message that might still get through. Reach out to support to enable this for your project.

May 2, 2026
Improvement

Fraud prevention for demo messages

In order to prevent abuse through demo numbers, Surge now prepends [SURGE DEMO] at the beginning of any messages sent through the demo number. This way recipients will be able to see that it's a demo message, and demo numbers can't be used for smishing attacks.

April 30, 2026
Improvement

Private attachment access setting

Projects can now disable public attachment access and require authenticated access for attachment files. This goes hand in hand with our get attachment file endpoint that we shipped last week.

April 28, 2026
Improvement

API log status filtering

API logs can now be filtered by success or failed status, making it easier to investigate request history.

April 25, 2026
Performance

Faster inbox unread counts

Queries for our embedded inbox component were optimized, resulting in a 68% reduction in average load time. You should now see much faster page loads and updates.

April 22, 2026
Bugfix

Historical pricing on usage reports

Saved usage reports now use the pricing plan that was active during the report period instead of always showing current pricing. This should make historical usage reports more accurate.

April 21, 2026
Feature

Phone number names

Phone numbers can now be named, and the name will be visible across the UI, API, and webhook payloads. See the purchase phone number endpoint in the documentation for more details.

April 20, 2026
Feature

MFA enforcement

While we've had multi-factor auth as an option for a long time, we now have the ability to enforce MFA in projects. If you would like to require MFA for all members of your project, please reach out to support.

April 15, 2026
Feature

Authenticated attachment retrieval

A new authenticated API endpoint is available for retrieving attachment files, providing a more secure alternative to public attachment URLs. See the get attachment file endpoint in our documentation for more details.

April 13, 2026
Feature

Automatic idle logout

Surge can now automatically warn and log users out after 15 minutes of inactivity for stronger account security. Please reach out to support if you would like to have this enabled for your account.