Daily Release Summary: 2026-06-21

Generated from 74 structured change items. The companion YAML remains the source for deterministic tooling.

Overview

OpenMates significantly overhauled the guest onboarding experience, introducing a dynamic interest selection flow and improved feature inspirations. The update also strengthens the self-hosting toolkit with new CLI capabilities for secret verification and account data migration.

Released Changes

• Improved guest feature inspirations with smart selection based on user interests. (841ec7b80)
• The CLI now verifies server secrets imported from Vault to ensure configuration integrity. (1b55cf511)
• Added support for importing connected accounts directly via the CLI. (2176194cf)

Bug Fixes

• Extensive polish of the guest onboarding experience, including icon alignment, responsive hero sizing, and visual stability for the interest tag rail. (e82629f85, c948dc18c, e71a26af7)
• Restored the back action during authentication to return users to the new chat screen. (7f6c7cd04)
• Cloud-only routes for administration and payments are now hidden before user authentication. (63bdd6b1f)
• Improved self-hosting reliability by ensuring existing services stop during a restore and increasing the capacity for larger backups. (a921f3ea8, 8040ae074)
• Search results now correctly preserve parent preview metadata when viewed in fullscreen mode. (542de2079)
• Removed unintended placeholder elements from the PCB design application. (a78cc0bbe)

Unreleased Progress

• Development continues on Mind Map embeds, including fullscreen navigation and collapse controls, though these remain gated by platform availability. (bec2f6c51, 93bb79377, 8f2644922)
• Work on preserving parent embed preview metadata for iOS and macOS platforms. (b7453bc40)
• Added a privacy-first product launch mind map as an example chat for internal testing. (2891fd5c9, 92b5c6cf3)

Internal Progress

• Updated CI workflows to trigger self-host smoke tests upon changes to cloud-specific routes. (d68cc5acb)

Newsletter Guidance

Include

• Enhanced guest feature inspirations and smart selection. (841ec7b80)
• Verification for Vault-imported server secrets. (1b55cf511)
• Connected account import via CLI. (2176194cf)

Exclude

• Mind map embeds and associated UI controls. (bec2f6c51, 93bb79377, 8f2644922)

Rationale

The focus of this update is the guest experience and self-hosting infrastructure. Mind map features are excluded as they rely on platforms currently disabled in the configuration.

Quality Notes

• A high volume of commits (over 30) was dedicated specifically to refining the visual and functional stability of the guest interest selection rail.
• Self-hosting reliability was addressed through improved backup handling and service management during restores.