Toolbench Dispatch
Short, sourced write-ups on marketing tech, SEO and AI search, and developer tools. Each story says what happened, why it matters, and links the primary source.
Google AI Plus subscribers lose Pro model choice in AI Mode on November 13
Starting November 13, 2026, Google AI Plus subscribers can only pick Flash and Flash-Lite models in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Google Search. Pro model selection moves to the Google AI Pro plan and above.
HubSpot reports Q3 2026 revenue of $947.6 million, up 17%
HubSpot's third quarter 2026 revenue was $947.6 million, up 17% year over year, and it ended September with 311,704 customers, according to its results release filed with the SEC.
HubSpot sets February 2027 shutdown for design manager serverless functions
HubSpot is retiring serverless functions built in the design manager and Node.js 20 and earlier for workflow custom code actions. Existing design manager functions stop running on February 1, 2027.
Chrome DevTools update adds more tools for AI coding agents
Chrome's November 2026 DevTools update, covering Chrome 155 and 156, expands DevTools for agents with CSS style inspection, configuration file support and chunked trace parsing, and adds a visual position-area editor for CSS anchors.
Google's September 2026 spam update finished after nearly two weeks
Google's September 2026 spam update, its fourth spam update of the year, started September 24 and finished on October 8, 2026, a rollout of almost two weeks.
HubSpot-hosted domains now require TLS 1.2 or newer
HubSpot automatically raised the minimum TLS version for domains it hosts to TLS 1.2 on October 14, 2026, for accounts that had allowed TLS 1.0 or 1.1. No action was required.
HubSpot Pipelines API v1 shuts off December 4, 2026
HubSpot will sunset its Pipelines API v1 on December 4, 2026. Integrations still calling it need to move to a 2026-03 or newer version of the Pipelines API.