Changelog
Even death stars have an exhaust vent.
Freed Desktop keeps update dialogs visible, restores read state correctly, and makes release channel status clearer, the Updates settings view now labels the installed version clearly and rechecks when you switch release channels, and update dialogs now stay above the floating new button
Fixes
- Read state and related UI updates are restored correctly after merge recovery paths
Desktop shell chrome is unified across the app, with theme-native maps, clearer recovery handoffs, and steadier reading surfaces.
Features
- Unified desktop shell chrome across the feed, reader, settings, and floating rails
- Added theme-native map palettes and improved Scriptorium readability
- Expanded empty-state recovery handoffs so sources are easier to reconnect
Fixes
- Stabilized desktop side panels, reader toolbar alignment, and feed card spacing
- Improved keyboard navigation in the reader and kept focused rows in view
- Polished settings controls, provider dialogs, and marketing launch surfaces
Builds:v26.4.1300
Unify themes across website and app, refreshed theme system and typography polish, and privacy policy callout border removed
Features
- Unify themes across website and app
- Refreshed theme system and typography polish
- A shared theme system now keeps the website and app visually aligned
Fixes
- Updater progress bar lag removed
- Refine sharing QR layout and footer hover states
- Reorder sidebar sources and fix the clipped QR heading
- Desktop scrapers now run in sequence, which helps avoid renderer stalls
- Paginate the changelog and polish roadmap motion
Contacts settings and sync, rotating desktop snapshots, and unify theming across website and app
Features
- Finish Google Contacts settings and sync
- Rotating desktop snapshots
- Unify theming across website and app
Fixes
- Desktop map and smoke assertions are now more stable
- Handle empty release validation args
- Support macOS bash in release publish
- Mark items read when scrolled past
- Make browser session copy more accurate
- Silence background social scrapers
- Redeploy website after release publish
- Overhaul changelog release notes and cards
- Backfill concise historical changelog notes
Follow-ups
- Public-safe bug reporting
- Browser-style navigation history
- Move feeds into source accordion
- Provider health diagnostics and source management