- Add support for tab groups to the Wavebox tabstrip in the main window, matching the experience of secondary windows
- Tabs filed inside a tab group are now preserved across restarts, just like pinned tabs
- New 'Move to new group' option in the tab right-click menu, with a clearer label when moving multiple tabs
- Added a Webdock layout option to the Webdock context menu for quicker access to the layout switcher
- Update to Chromium 148.0.7778.179
- Tab right-click menu is now fully multi-select aware — close, reload, mute, pin, sleep, move and group actions all apply to every selected tab
- Faster multi-tab sleep, wake and move operations
- Startup restore and start-up URLs are now combined into a single, clearer settings panel with an empty-state hint
- Diagnostics now report data integrity issues for your apps and offer to include store data when uploading a report
- Improved reliability when reordering tabs if one is closed mid-operation
- Improved error reporting for tab messaging and chromium API failures
- Improved error reporting when a tab is destroyed mid-action for easier diagnosis
- Improved internal reliability of app and space data handling to prevent future issues
- Update dependencies
- Fixed a sync issue that could cause synced data to be written to the wrong location
- Restored profile sync reliability by clearing stale cluster IDs when the server reports none, preventing sync errors
- Fixed users with a configured sync key being prompted for the team master password on every relaunch
- Fixed a rare race during cloud snapshot uploads that could keep scheduling new uploads after being stopped
- Fixed link open rules and space routing so rules targeting the default space open correctly again
- Fixed several default-space edge cases when switching, duplicating, or routing tabs between spaces
- Fixed links opened from an app sometimes inheriting the wrong space
- Notification action buttons (e.g. Snooze in Google Calendar) no longer steal focus by activating the underlying app
- Enter no longer prematurely commits unfinished input while composing characters with an IME (Japanese, Chinese, Korean)
- Fixed an issue where tabs could be stranded in a separate window on startup when start-up URLs mode had no URLs configured
- Fixed orphaned tab cleanup on startup so removed tabs no longer linger in memory
- Fixed an issue on startup where some URLs were incorrectly treated as external links
- Fixed widget deletion so workspaces no longer keep stale references to removed widgets
- More reliable opening of dialog windows in cases where a stale focus cache could prevent them from appearing
- Fixed the Brainbox side panel refusing to close after tool usage
- Fixed some Smartnote launch actions failing
- Fixed exact-match lookups for id: and source: searches in the window opener manager
- Removing a tab from a tab group in the tabstrip now keeps the tab in place next to its original group instead of jumping to the start of the strip
- Fixed dragging a tab between two adjacent tab groups in the horizontal tabstrip so it lands in the group your cursor is closest to instead of always joining the left group
- Speculative fix for glitchy fullscreen rendering on macOS
- Resolved an onboarding error when fetching containers and tidied tile alignment plus broken search engine favicons
- Various stability and reliability fixes across apps, spaces and the webdock
- Various UI polish and visual fixes
Notice something different about the numbers? We're dropping the '10' prefix from our versioning.
Previously, today's update would have been something like 10.148.4. For a bunch of boring technical reasons, we're switching to a [chromium major].version.version format, which makes this release 148.2.4. This new setup actually allows us to ship Chromium updates to our beta channel with less friction!
So, it might look like we just skipped ahead 137 versions overnight. If you're impressed by that, then yes, we are coding time-travelers 🛸. If not, it's just a naming tweak to keep things running smoothly.
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Brainbox gets a major upgrade with a completely redesigned experience that makes AI assistance
feel more natural and powerful than ever.
- Share context effortlessly - drag and drop images, upload attachments, or capture screenshots directly into your conversation. Brainbox can now see what you see.
- Reference your open tabs instantly by typing @tab followed by the name, or use the handy menu to attach tab content to your chat. It's the fastest way to get AI help with what you're working on.
- Discover the power of Skills - specialized AI commands that supercharge your workflow. Trigger them your way: hit a keyboard shortcut, right-click for the context menu, or simply type /skill in the chat.
- Find past conversations in a flash with the new chat search, and let automatic chat naming keep everything organized without lifting a finger.
- Added account sign-in recovery option to the sync join password dialog
- Added a flag to restore colored fill backgrounds on group icons
- Added an 'Add group' option to the webdock divider context menu
- Update to Chromium 148.0.7778.96
- ~2x faster cross-process messaging
- Updated the Outlook integration to map additional url configurations
- Improved the Slack notification emoji parsing and rendering now supports extended icon codes and skin tone variants
- AppImage builds now run on newer Linux distributions such as Fedora 44 that no longer ship libfuse2
- Improved resilience of internal messaging so transient data-copy failures no longer break communication between windows
- Hardened notification sound playback to avoid errors when no sound is configured
- Performance fixes for integrated apps
- Update dependencies
- Various stability and reliability improvements from internal fuzzing
- Fixed a Windows update issue that could leave a corrupt database after restart
- Fixed a crash on macOS when entering or exiting fullscreen mode
- Fixed a crash that could occur when bulk-moving two or more tabs from the same group
- Fixed a connection leak in Slack that could exhaust resources during reconnects on unstable networks
- Stability fixes for the Slack integration
- Fixes for crash uploads and Brainbox backups
- PWAs are now correctly restored when importing from a backup
- Fixed extension restore during snapshot import now correctly handling locally installed extensions
- Customized spaces are now preserved when their last group, app or tab is removed
- Replaced Group & App icons are now cleaned up properly instead of accumulating in local storage
- Fixed split tabs not updating their title, favicon, URL, or audio indicator in real time
- Fixed tabs in the tab strip failing to shrink correctly in scroll modes
- Fixed trackpad scrolling across the tab strip and restored overflow indicators
- Fixed custom notification sound uploads silently failing to appear in the sound list
- Fixed a bug where setting Wavebox as the default mail handler always showed an error toast even when registration succeeded
- Fixed the correct app now being selected when closing a tab, respecting the last-active app
- Moving apps or groups to the end of a list now behaves consistently
- Fixed dragging a tab branch between groups sometimes leaving stale references
- Fixed an issues that prevented spacial-navigator search fallback from finding the active tab
- Fix the webdock hiding behind the signed out panel in some configurations
- Fixed an issue on macOS where fullscreen mode could show a black bar when the toolbar is hidden
- Fixed the scroll shadow not appearing at the end of the tab strip
- Brainbox updates and fixes
- Various UI polish and visual fixes
- Fixed several small UI issues
- Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.102
- Update dependencies
- UI fixes
- UI refresh
- Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.56
- Add an option to disable tab tooltips
- Add new springtime wallpapers to the wallpaper gallery
- Add an option to disable search customization
- Add right-click > create link rule in all tabs
- Add a capture tool to the link opener to help creating new rules
- Add options to customize the height of the title bar in the main Wavebox window
- Less intrusive update notifications
- Stability fixes
- Speculative fix for crash on launch under certain configurations
- Fix a crash on launch that could affect certain configs
- Fixed pinned tabs not showing their favicon
- Fix tab cycling when all group tabs are docked
- Fix the docked alert state not showing on apps
- Fix an issue where some windows could infinitely resize
- Fixes to make tab groups play nicer with Wavebox groups
- Speculative fix for macOS where you could see white flashing
- Fix a crash when the vertical tabs flag is enabled
- Fix extensions failed to show inactive for the current space
- UI fixes
- Update dependencies
- Crash fix for certain locales
- UI refresh
- Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.56
- Add an option to disable tab tooltips
- Add new springtime wallpapers to the wallpaper gallery
- Add an option to disable search customization
- Add right-click > create link rule in all tabs
- Add a capture tool to the link opener to help creating new rules
- Add options to customize the height of the title bar in the main Wavebox window
- Less intrusive update notifications
- Stability fixes
- Speculative fix for crash on launch under certain configurations
- Fix a crash on launch that could affect certain configs
- Fixed pinned tabs not showing their favicon
- Fix tab cycling when all group tabs are docked
- Fix the docked alert state not showing on apps
- Fix an issue where some windows could infinitely resize
- Fixes to make tab groups play nicer with Wavebox groups
- Speculative fix for macOS where you could see white flashing
- Fix a crash when the vertical tabs flag is enabled
- Fix extensions failed to show inactive for the current space
- UI fixes
- Update dependencies
- Crash fix for certain locales
- Update to Chromium 146.0.7680.80
- Fix recent tab ordering in the search popup
- Fix an issue where Wavebox would sometimes take focus on macOS during a FedCM sign-in
- Fix the current space not being used correctly during a FedCM sign-in
- Fix a hard crash on launch
- Fixes for the macOS updater on Tahoe
- Speculative fixes for Wavebox stealing focus when it's not in the foreground
- Stability fixes
- Update dependencies
- Update to Chromium 145.0.7632.117
- Fix an edge case issue reported by some users where the UI starts to render incorrectly and parts of Wavebox stop working
- Add data integrity protection for the stores to make them more reliable
- Multiple stability fixes and error handling cases for a faster and more reliable Wavebox
- Fix an issue where dragging Groups/Apps/Tabs around could fail
- Fix an issue that could see the loading dots render incorrectly on launch
- Speculative fix for crash when using tab groups
- Speculative fix for a hard crash on startup when using tab groups
- Speculative fix for parts of the UI becoming unresponsive
- Stability fixes
- Update dependencies
- Update to Chromium 145.0.7632.76
- Fix a startup crash reported by some users
- Fix another hard crash reported by some users with certain extension configurations
- Add an auto setting for which app to launch on startup, allowing you to restore the last used app/tab
- Update dependencies
- Update to Chromium 145.0.7632.46
- Allow the space webdock to be resized further and have group & app names show once it's over 100px
- Save the tabstrip scroll position when switching Groups
- Make dragging the main Wavebox window on Windows easier
- Fixes for desktop web apps
- Improve frameless window styling on Windows
- Speculative fix for some windows growing automatically when opened
- Make the webdock dragger easier to grab
- Fix some parts of the UI still being visible when the privacy lock shows
- Fix a bug where the webdock divider state didn't save when switching spaces
- Speculative fix for silent crash that could then cause graphical issues
- Fix crash on exit after using an incognito window
- UI updates
- Update dependencies
- Update to Chromium 144.0.7559.110
- Fix dependency issue with the RPM distribution
- Add email tab to sharing menu and space popovers
- Add speech to text support for Brainbox 5
- Fix tab titles not being populated when sending tabs to a dashboard
- Fix an issue where the sidepanel title would not update
- Fix two launch crashes
- UI updates for settings
- Improve the auto-focus behaviour in the tabstrip when tab scrolling is enabled
- Fix Zoom not opening in the desktop app by default
- Update dependencies