Release notes

This is the public changelog for AuroraDocs. It is updated when a public release is prepared and focuses on visible product changes, compatibility notes, and important fixes.

Internal engineering notes, private issue links, and commit-level details are intentionally left out. Changes that do not affect day-to-day use are only mentioned when they improve availability, security, compatibility, or trust.

Recent releases

0.8.0 — 2026-05-17

New

• Habit Tracker v2 is a fuller routine system. Habits now support reminders, quantified targets, calendar check-ins, weekly reflection, starter routine templates, CSV import/export, plugin events, and installed-PWA shortcuts into Today habits.
• Built-in plugin expansion. Saved Searches now uses workspace-aware plugin storage, Broken Links can suggest and apply title-based fixes, and PDF Import & OCR can create a page from a PDF, attach the source file, and re-extract it later.
• External calendar guidance is easier to find. The docs now include a first-class external-calendar guide.

Improved

• Shared editing and plugin reliability. Coauthoring catch-up is steadier after reloads, plugin settings persist by workspace and user, and Broken Links refreshes cleanly after fixes are applied.
• Sync and desktop Local folders are safer. Queued sync writes now drain in a steadier order, conflict resolution is cleaner, and desktop folder actions stay inside the folders you explicitly enrolled.

Security

• MCP access tokens are now scoped service credentials. Workspace MCP tokens now have clearer scopes, expiry, audit history, and access checks. Existing MCP tokens may need to be recreated.

0.7.21 — 2026-05-14

New

• Live coauthoring baseline for AuroraCloud. Two signed-in browser sessions can open the same page, see the other session, type from both editors, and keep both edits after reload.
• Built-in plugin improvements. Saved Searches now uses workspace-scoped plugin storage, Broken Links can preview and apply title-based fixes, and PDF Import & OCR can attach the source PDF and re-extract from it later.

Improved

• Broader help coverage. The docs gained more complete guides for habits, templates, blocks, collaboration, mobile, desktop, and security.

0.7.20 — 2026-05-14

New

• Provider sign-in for existing AuroraCloud accounts. When the server is configured for them, the login screen can now offer Apple, GitHub, Google, and Microsoft sign-in.

Security

• Account rules still apply. Provider sign-in links verified emails to existing Aurora users and keeps invite, consent, MFA, and encrypted-workspace unlock rules in place.

0.7.19 — 2026-05-14

New

• Encrypted AuroraBak restore guardrails. AuroraBak backups from encrypted workspaces now stay encrypted by design. Restoring into the original workspace preserves encrypted content, while unsafe encrypted clone restores are blocked.
• More reliable offline sync recovery. Chromium Background Sync can now finish supported queued AuroraCloud writes even after the last AuroraDocs tab is closed.

Improved

• Semantic workspace retrieval lifecycle. Settings -> AI now controls AuroraCloud semantic indexing. Turning semantic retrieval off clears stored workspace vectors and keeps them off until you enable the toggle again.

0.7.18 — 2026-05-13

Fixed

• Turning off workspace encryption no longer leaves the workspace locked after refresh. Aurora now handles the transition more safely and keeps the workspace recoverable if the change cannot complete.
• Split-pane navigation keeps the active pane. Sidebar links that can render in split view now open in the active pane, and closing split view preserves the split tabs in the main tab bar instead of discarding them.

0.7.17 — 2026-05-12

New

• Active pane for split view. When split view is open, new pages, tasks, command-palette picks, quick capture, and sidebar opens land in the active pane. Click a pane to arm it, or use the keyboard shortcut to switch active panes.

Improved

• Object Explorer and Tasks are easier to scan. Object Explorer gained inline title search and newest-first sorting. Tasks now use bucketed list sections, slimmer board cards, compact priority pills, and within-column reordering.

0.6.39 — 2026-04-28

New

• More themes in Settings → Appearance — GitHub-style light/dark plus popular palettes (Gruvbox, Dracula, Tokyo Night, and others).
• Side panel on your phone: use the header button or Quick actions → Side panel to open tasks, calendar, pomodoro, and other widgets in a bottom sheet. The AI assistant opens the same way on small screens.

Improved

• AuroraNotes and AuroraTasks on the desktop have updated title-bar styling, clearer window dragging on macOS, and new app icons.

0.6.24 — 2026-04-27

New

• Pin objects directly to the sidebar. Right-click any object and choose Pin to sidebar to keep it as a top-level shortcut. Pins can show their first-level children and can be reordered.
• Recurring tasks. The task editor has a new Repeats row with Daily / Weekly (with weekday picker) / Monthly (with day-of-month picker) / Yearly / Custom RRULE options. Marking a recurring task as Done auto- creates the next instance with the same properties and the next due date computed from the rule; the calendar and the daily-notes "due today" panel show recurring tasks on every matching date.

Fixed

• Workspaces no longer drop into "desktop read-only mode" just because you're an owner who hasn't set up a local folder copy yet. Read-only is now triggered only by an explicit opt-in, not by an inferred owner default.
• Status bar storage-mode badge now reads "Cloud" until you actually configure a local folder copy via Settings → Data → Local folders or desktop onboarding, instead of incorrectly claiming "Cloud + Local" for every owner.

0.6.23 — 2026-04-27

Mobile PWA milestone shipped. The installable web app is much more usable on phones:

• Phones now use a slide-out sidebar drawer instead of a compact desktop rail.
• A phone-only Quick Actions button exposes Quick Capture, New Page, Search, Tasks, and theme switching.
• A new editor formatting toolbar pins above the soft keyboard while you type on a phone: Bold, Italic, Heading, Bullet list, Task list, Code, Link, Undo, and keyboard dismissal.
• The installed iOS PWA now shows a branded splash on launch instead of the white flash.
• The app shell respects iOS notches, the Dynamic Island, and gesture-bar home indicators.

Settings reorg. Settings → Workspace → Sync now opens with Action and Activity at the top; the four diagnostics panels are tucked behind a single collapsed Diagnostics fold so the page no longer leads with a wall of debug logs. Settings → Desktop → Updates is now the fourth row instead of being buried below sync internals.

Fixed

• The PWA install prompt now actually appears on phones rather than also showing on iPads in landscape.
• Workspace context loading flag no longer stays stuck after the cloud snapshot has been applied for Cloud + Local workspaces.
• Authentication requests have stronger abuse protection.
• Diagnostics panel scroll lists now actually scroll again.
• Removed duplicate page headings on Workspace settings pages.

0.6.22 — 2026-04-27

• Markdown mirror is now configurable for every workspace at once. A new device-level default applies to every workspace in the Aurora folder, with optional per-workspace overrides. Bulk actions: "Apply default to all workspaces" and "Reset overrides".
• Removed the "Recent Aurora folders" shortcut in Settings — quietly swapping local-folder roots without signing out was creating more problems than it solved.

0.6.21 — 2026-04-27

• Cloud + Local sync no longer mistakes Aurora's own folder writes for external imports.
• Sidebar no longer hides behind the loading skeleton after workspace data has hydrated.
• Data conflicts panel rewritten for readability — plain-English summaries, group-level "Keep all local" / "Use all server" shortcuts, and trivial timestamp-only mismatches under 5 seconds of clock skew no longer surface as conflicts.

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