[Release note] New site dash GA for professional workspaces

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+title: "New Site Dashboard now generally available for Professional Workspaces"
+published_date: "2025-11-18"
+categories: [user-interface, new-feature]
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+Starting today, the new Site Dashboard enters General Availability for Professional Workspaces. Specfically, this release changes the following for Professional Workspaces:
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+* The new experience is now the default, previously it could be enabled and disabled.
+* The option to disable the new experience has been removed.
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+Personal Workspaces are not impacted, and still require opting in to enable the new experience.
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+<Alert title="Note" type="info">
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+The following highlights what users can expect in the new experience. Note these items have not been added or impacted by todays change but were delivered by our earlier [Beta release](/release-notes/2025/08/site-dashboard-beta#what-to-expect).
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+</Alert>
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+* **Same functionality, familiar workflows** – No need to relearn anything. Your day-to-day tasks remain unchanged.
+* **Modern, accessible design** – We’ve made significant improvements to align with the latest usability design standards, enhancing readability, contrast, and navigation.
+* **Performance improvements under the hood** – While this may feel mostly visual, we’ve reworked key infrastructure for long-term speed and reliability.
+* **Small but powerful UX upgrades** – New conveniences like one-click to copy the commit SHA, along with other thoughtful touches for enhanced usability.
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+![Shows a preview of the new/fresh commit log](../images/release-notes/full-context-commit-history.png)
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