After 10 years, SPAD.neXt is retiring the old Online Profile publishing service. This only affects online profiles. Local profiles and online snippets are not affected.
What is changing?
- Publishing complete profiles is no longer possible as of July 23rd, 2026.
This affects **Profiles -> Publish Profile** in SPAD.neXt.
- Existing online profiles published by other users remain available until December 31st, 2026.
You can still find them under **Profiles -> Online Profiles** until that date.
- After December 31st, 2026, online profiles will no longer be available and will be removed from the SPAD.neXt service database.
What should I use instead?
Please use Online Snippets instead of complete Online Profiles.
An Online Profile usually contains settings for multiple devices and often only works well if you have the same hardware setup as the author.
An Online Snippet is scoped to one device and is easier to reuse. To use snippets, open the device you want to configure and click **Online Snippets**.
What is not affected?
Your local SPAD.neXt installation and your local profiles are not affected in any way.
SPAD.neXt does not depend on online services to use your local profiles. If you previously imported an online profile, you already have a local copy. The same applies to online snippets: once added, they are copied into your local profile and are not linked to the online service.
Online device snippets and all other online services remain available.