Daily Release Summary: 2026-06-24

Generated from 44 structured change items. The companion YAML remains the source for deterministic tooling.

Overview

OpenMates improved the guest onboarding experience and chat reliability while introducing more visible Focus Mode indicators. Significant backend work was also completed for the upcoming Workflows system.

Released Changes

• Focus Mode visibility was enhanced with live badges in the chat row and active chat view, and activation remains rejectable until fully active. (75822e8b3, ee70c09d2, 9b345bb88)
• The guest experience was refined with polished onboarding UI, better language detection, and corrected desktop banner sizing. (3635d5b7f, 922d6cf5a)
• Chat reliability was improved by restoring cancelled drafts, localizing fork actions, and settling locales before processing deep links. (8b5916b39, ef63a0b78, 0b135c958)

Bug Fixes

• Authentication and session security were improved by preserving device approval errors for API keys and verifying WebSocket authorization before logout. (6a08f6470, cd05160b3)
• The CLI and embed systems received stability fixes for version keys and encrypted diff row synchronization. (9acee5e2d, 347f8a442)
• Internal chat database schema repairs are now serialized to prevent race conditions during maintenance. (59afdea50, 917d053b2, 8b84db931)

Unreleased Progress

• The Workflows v1 durable backend was added, including support for recurring skills and encrypted data blobs, though the feature remains disabled for general use. (b3874966d, 461ff46f9, fe850bde6)

Internal Progress

• Deployment scripts were updated to handle transient failures, and accidental code hunks were removed from the CLI. (1a396290c, b1ecc6c74)
• Extensive test suite maintenance was performed across the web app and CLI, covering recovery flows, language detection, and conversation forking. (11da24aea, 30dfab98f, 041d4a0d7)

Newsletter Guidance

Include

• OpenMates now restores cancelled new chat drafts, preventing lost work. (8b5916b39)
• Focus Mode status is now more visible with live badges in the chat list and active chat view. (75822e8b3, ee70c09d2)
• The guest onboarding experience was polished with improved language detection and desktop UI refinements. (3635d5b7f, 922d6cf5a)

Exclude

• Workflows v1 backend and stability updates. (b3874966d, 461ff46f9, fe850bde6)
• IndexedDB schema repair serialization. (59afdea50, 917d053b2, 8b84db931)

Rationale

The newsletter should highlight user-facing improvements to chat reliability, Focus Mode visibility, and the onboarding experience while excluding internal maintenance and disabled features like Workflows.

Quality Notes

• Extensive test coverage (23 commits) ensures stability for core flows like forking and language detection.
• Internal database repairs were hardened to prevent data corruption during schema updates.