Daily Release Summary: 2026-05-12

Generated from 28 structured change items. The companion YAML remains the source for deterministic tooling.

Overview

OpenMates introduced a new AI setting for follow-up suggestions and significantly improved the touch experience for drawer navigation. The social media skill was also enabled with corrected styling, alongside several refinements for tablet layouts and payment workflows.

Released Changes

• OpenMates added a toggle in AI settings to enable or disable follow-up suggestions after chat responses. (43b99e6b8)
• The touch interface now supports interactive dragging for drawers, with specific fixes for wide layouts and tablet-specific jumpiness. (429aabb81, d1a53706b, 3c2fdb51b)
• The social media skill is now active, featuring restored card styling and Reddit icon support. (f0fc5d012, 1a019b539)
• Tablet users will see improved chat headers with larger, better-scaled teaser text and tuned animation cycles. (a09dfa0f7, 3cf5809e3, 63626c2ac)
• Travel previews now display provider logos and departure/arrival times in the basic info bar. (ef480ab58)

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where backup codes were not accessible immediately after 2FA signup verification. (6bbbd84af)
• Fixed managed checkout and bank transfer address handling in payment workflows and reminder emails. (4afd12659)
• Corrected horizontal scrolling behavior within the settings menu to prevent layout shifts. (4977996f6)
• Improved skill resolution by normalizing mixed identifiers during AI preprocessing. (df255f923)
• Ensured Open Graph (OG) images are correctly served for shared chats and embeds. (ed08ce5f7)

Unreleased Progress

• Significant work continued on the iOS and macOS platforms, focusing on native embed parity and visual QA for travel and event renderers. (2d5a7c613, 32edeb8a5)
• Internal agent tooling was expanded to improve parity across different development environments. (4185f224e)
• Refinements were made to chat key recovery and synchronization logic during phased sync. (63b4e3a68, a3d1defb5)
• Added logic to convert GitHub web results into specialized repository embeds. (7259f79fa)

Internal Progress

• Updated pricing metadata for the social media skill. (f54965f32)
• Expanded test coverage for follow-up suggestions and social media embed stability. (55b28ca1a, 04c4ec244, d9179cd6c)
• Merged development branch updates into the main repository. (49c524a1f)

Newsletter Guidance

Include

• New AI setting for follow-up suggestions. (43b99e6b8)
• Interactive touch drawer dragging for mobile and tablet. (429aabb81, d1a53706b, 3c2fdb51b)
• Activation of the social media skill with corrected styling. (f0fc5d012, 1a019b539)
• Travel previews now include provider logos and arrival/departure times. (ef480ab58)

Exclude

• Native Apple embed parity and visual QA improvements. (2d5a7c613, 32edeb8a5)
• Agent tooling parity updates. (4185f224e)

Rationale

The update introduces a key AI configuration setting and major UI refinements for touch users, alongside the activation of the social media skill. Internal tooling and unreleased platform work are excluded.

Quality Notes

• Strong focus on tablet and touch UX refinements.
• Social media skill is now fully operational with verified e2e tests.
• Apple platform work is progressing but remains gated behind feature flags.