Updates
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v26.10.702-devDev Latest
Independent test credentials
Features
- The isolated transfer-acceptance app can adopt a former Primary as a persistent read-only viewer, with native enforcement that also refuses automatic read and seen edits.
- Linux stores Library signing keys in an existing unlocked Secret Service vault and preserves the same identity across app and vault restarts.
Fixes
- The transfer-acceptance app uses a new application identity and its own Library credential vault, preserving existing ordinary and preview installations.
- Locked or unavailable Linux vaults return an error instead of replacing Library keys.
- Transfer acceptance previews retain normal onboarding and Library selection without automatically creating a sample Library.
- Desktop Settings shows the ten newest individual releases with complete notes.
- Descriptions in sidebar tiles without media are centered.
- Archiving from the reader, header, keyboard or feed hides the pending row immediately. A failed write restores the row and keeps the reader open.
- Automatic development sample data can be disabled.
- Compatible native dependencies include security updates.
- The mobile PWA keeps the feed and inline reader on the document scroller when returning from a post.
Follow-ups
- Primary transfer remains disabled in ordinary builds. Synthetic handoff acceptance uses the separate signed transfer-acceptance app and a PWA built from the same release commit.
- Installed acceptance across two independent Desktop installations and a matching PWA remains required before enabling ordinary transfer and recovery or moving an existing personal Library.
- Verify the new acceptance identity on both Macs before enrolling a disposable Library. Packaging isolation does not establish installed transfer acceptance.
Local Kev classification, labeled comparisons, and restored annotation text
Features
- Choose Kev or Jev in AI settings and compare read-only Library classification scores. Kev uses a separate local service and abstains on uncertain answers without cloud fallback
- Run six labeled examples on each classifier to compare accuracy, decision coverage and latency
Fixes
- Saved annotation text now loads through authenticated storage; incomplete or stale note replacements are refused
- Show search failures with retry controls instead of presenting them as empty results
- Keep the selected classifier and entered settings when pausing a model download fails
- Update security dependencies and reduce Darwin filesystem admission overhead
- Keep the iOS Home Screen toolbar sharp
Follow-ups
- Opening this build upgrades local annotation storage from catalog 1 or 2 to 4 or 5. Older clients refuse upgraded storage; recovery requires a compatible build
- Kev thresholds are provisional. Classification scores remain a Settings preview and do not change saved classifications or feed filters
- The small labeled evaluation does not establish model parity or quality on your feed
- Installed native UI acceptance and Windows authenticated-range annotation hydration remain separate verification work
Builds:v26.10.601-devDev
PRs:#2152
Clearer Friends loading and safer outbox ownership
Fixes
- Show the shared loading indicator while Friends activity loads.
- Retain outbox ownership until timed-out work settles, preventing a replacement drain from overlapping it.
- Recognize standalone Sponsored disclosures on Facebook posts.
Follow-ups
- Hung outbox work can remain pending; cancellation and screen-lock admission are separate follow-ups.
- Broader Facebook paid-placement and nested organic classification remain outside this change.
- Signed installed UI acceptance and passive deadline-path observation remain separate verification steps.
Builds:v26.10.500-devDev
PRs:#2135
Stable views during Library refresh
Fixes
- Keep toolbar counts, search results, Friends details and Map popups visible while same-scope Library reads refresh
- Block pending or obsolete search and identity actions until their current selection and results are ready
- Retain one bounded suggestion window during refresh and preserve exact signed recovery retries after an ambiguous result
- Feed cards load image thumbnails lazily through existing media URLs and memory-pressure safeguards
- Preserve seen confirmations through bounded Desktop and PWA reads
- Keep navigation counts tied to one coherent Library state and retain verified counts while refreshing.
- Show elapsed backup time in the update notification and Settings.
- Keep discovered accounts out of the tracked relationship graph and open their Map location without creating a connection.
- Keep mobile Settings navigation within the available screen height.
- Avoid counting every checkpoint record during routine Library sync checks.
- Record bounded timing for Library checkpoint preparation
- Opening, saving and processing linked articles now uses their stored article link
Follow-ups
- Installed view stability and responsiveness still require verification on the signed build
- Existing provider sync schedules, authentication and AI preferences are unchanged
- Dormant Library authority and seen-host activation remain disabled
- The separate Saved Back repair and durable writer-admission proof remain follow-ups
- Full checkpoint preparation retains complete validation and can still take time
- Installed startup and manual responsiveness verification remain separate from synthetic benchmarks
- Priority and social diagnostics remain off; provider and schema activation boundaries are unchanged
- This build adds attribution; no reduction in stalls or CPU use is claimed
- The elapsed timer reports time spent; it does not shorten a full Library backup.
- Installed responsiveness and count stability still require verification on the signed build.
- Existing AI preferences and provider schedules are unchanged.
- Writer admission delays remain a separate investigation
Stable map totals and better visibility into startup work
Features
- Report bounded native capture admission evidence
- Deliver signed and PWA transfer acceptance builds
- Isolated multi-desktop acceptance builds
Fixes
- Preserve resolved map header counts when unrelated Library events arrive
- Reader, feed, and header polish
- Show Library backup preparation before downloading an update
- Capture and scraper reliability fixes
- Report unsupported long-task monitoring as unavailable
- Keep signed preview and transfer-acceptance assets out of ordinary updater manifests
- Preserve primary and existing preview credential-service identities
- Keep large changed-post refresh batches from overwhelming local reads
- Optimized repeated work during Library snapshot hashing and archive writing
- Retain known feed counts during refreshes and distinguish unavailable counts from an empty Library
- Retain identity in first renderer heartbeat
- Isolate signed measurement profiles and credential services
- Keep ordinary Facebook captions when recommendation words appear outside the post header
- Reject split Instagram Sponsored headers while retaining longer organic labels
- Preserve manual map navigation while pins load and verify selected Library authority on one configured connection
Follow-ups
- Reader, sidebar, and settings UX work
- Release workflow and build-system work
- Transfer-acceptance builds remain separate opt-in test artifacts; ordinary Library transfer and schema-v2 operations remain disabled
- Sync, cloud, and pairing infrastructure
- Capture, login, and scraping platform work
- Clearer update status and accurate item totals during refresh
- Facebook and Instagram completeness and sponsored-ad exclusion remain under verification
- More accurate Facebook and Instagram header filtering while preserving organic captions
- Live Facebook and Instagram acceptance remains scoped to observed placements with explicit paid-provenance evidence
- High native CPU remains under investigation; this social update does not include pending performance fixes
- Isolate parallel Jev budget test ledgers
- Priority and social pass diagnostics remain default-off; sampled native startup stages are included without a CPU or latency improvement claim