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Added

• Inside a ChatsRecall project, a New Chat card leads the grid. The first conversation you start from it is saved to that project automatically, with a "Saved to <project>" confirmation.

Improved

• Searching with Ladder no longer pauses to rebuild its indexes. New and changed conversations are indexed as they are saved, so a search stays quick even while a sync or backfill is running.
• New Chat opens the source in your primary connected browser and brings that window to the front. Google AI Mode picks the first browser allowed to run it.

Fixed

• Clicking outside the search options popover only closes it; the sidebar row or conversation card under the pointer is no longer activated by that click.

Fixed

• Gemini prompts are saved the way you typed them. Prompts captured since late August were stored twice over, with a cut-off copy stuck to the front.
• Gemini conversation titles no longer contain stray "&nbsp;" text. Titles already saved that way are repaired on first launch.
• Perplexity prompts are captured again after Perplexity redesigned its conversation page.
• Deleting a Perplexity thread from ChatsRecall removes it on Perplexity again.
• Conversations you delete on ChatGPT are recognized again, so they no longer linger in your library.
• Wave conversations load their titles again instead of stalling on the way in.

Added

• Every answer from Ask your archive shows the tokens the run used, what it cost, and how long it took.
• A thumbs up or thumbs down under each answer sends feedback on whether it was useful.

Fixed

• Ask your archive no longer stops partway through a long question with a token budget error. When a run does reach its ceiling, it answers from the evidence it already gathered and tells you it finished early.

Improved

• Headings across the app use one consistent weight and letter spacing.

Fixed

• Syncing no longer interrupts the conversation list. Conversations appear as they are saved, and the list keeps your scroll position instead of jumping back to the top.
• Changing a source's visibility quickly no longer leaves an empty row behind in the sidebar.
• "All Sources" no longer appears selected when no source filter is set.

Added

• ChatsRecall projects: create a project inside the app and fill it with conversations from any mix of sources. Right-click a conversation card to add or move it, or use the folder button while reading a conversation. Projects live only in ChatsRecall: syncing never touches them, and deleting one never deletes any conversations.
• Claude Code sessions now group into folders by the repository they worked in, covering both cloud and local sessions.
• A short one-time walkthrough after this update points out where the search filters moved and how to create your first project.

Improved

• The search field is now the single place for finding things. A sliders icon inside it opens the search options: the choice between Classic and Ladder search, Ladder's result sorting, and the file-type filter. A small dot on the icon shows when any of these is set away from the default. The sparkles button in the same field opens Ask your archive.
• Starting a new chat moved from the header button to a dashed card ahead of the first conversation.
• Conversation cards show a folder chip naming the project or folder they belong to.
• While a search is still running, a "Searching" indicator shows instead of claiming there are no results.
• The filter button next to SOURCES shows a dot while any source is hidden, and the sidebar's conversation counts always match the conversations shown.

Added

• Sources popover: the filter button next to the SOURCES label now manages everything about source visibility in one place. Each source can be Shown, kept out of the sidebar only, or hidden from the library and search entirely, and you can drag sources into your own sidebar order. Hiding is display only: every source keeps syncing and its data stays put.

Improved

• The update window now catches you up. If you skipped versions, it also shows the release notes for every update between your version and the new one, each under its own heading.
• The per-source library switches moved from Settings into the sources popover, so visibility lives in one place.

Added

• A one-time tip after updating highlights Sync's new home in the sidebar footer.

Improved

• Sidebar navigation is grouped under small Library and Insights headers instead of divider lines.
• Sync moved to the sidebar footer next to Extensions, Settings, and Help: the corner where you take care of the app itself.
• Usage is now a tab on the Sync page instead of a separate page.
• The Sync page is lighter: the per-source library visibility switches moved to Settings, and bulk selection is a single button.
• The app name now leads the sidebar, with the collapse button on the right.

Fixed

• Ladder search returned zero results for every query on databases that skipped the search index build during an earlier upgrade. The missing indexes are now detected and rebuilt automatically on the next launch; the repair takes a few seconds on a large archive.
• Fireflies conversations were filtered out of the library pages. They now appear alongside every other source.

Added

• Two-way pinning for Claude Code and Cowork cloud sessions. A session pinned on claude.ai shows as pinned in your library after a sync, and the Reader's pin button pins or unpins the session at claude.ai itself, through the same synced store the claude.ai sidebar reads. Pins made anywhere follow your account, not the browser they were made in.
• Pins on local sessions are captured too. A Claude Code or Cowork session pinned in the Claude desktop app on this computer arrives in your library as pinned on the next sync.
• Zoom appears in the sync source list. Connecting a Zoom account is not possible yet, so selecting the source finds nothing until that lands.

Improved

• The Reader's pin button now explains itself on sessions whose pin the app cannot change, instead of attempting a push that cannot succeed: sessions that live on this computer point you to the Claude desktop app.

Added

• Concepts: a browsable index of the topics, people, companies and products your archive talks about. Pick a term to see every conversation that mentions it, and open one straight at the message the term was found in. It is built entirely on your machine, with no model and no network call.
• Moments: an index of what happened rather than what was discussed. Decisions made, advice given, requirements set, conclusions reached, each quoted from the message it happened in and openable at that message. An X-Ray view lays a conversation's moments out in order and shows what superseded, refined, resolved or contradicted what, across conversations. Indexing uses the OpenAI key you added for search, runs only when you ask for it, and tells you the cost first.
• Import a transcript by hand, from Settings. A VTT or SRT file, or pasted text, becomes an ordinary conversation you can read, search and index like any other. It closes the gap where a recording was deleted at the vendor before anything ever captured it.
• Pin or unpin a conversation at its source from the Reader, for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot and Wave.
• Folders from Wave now sync into your library.
• Sources you never use can be hidden from the sidebar, without changing anything about what syncs.
• The Sync page gains a Select All button, and its status dots are half again as large.

Improved

• Ladder search and Ask your archive are ordinary features now. There is nothing to switch on first.
• The sidebar reads as three groups and is the same list on every page, so a row is never missing just because of the page you are on. Extensions and Settings moved down to the footer, above Help.
• Gemini replies are stored as Markdown, so lists, bold, code and tables survive into the Reader.
• Pinning and deleting at the source report their progress and their outcome in one status card, instead of a message that arrives before the work has finished.
• Pinning and deleting keep working after a restart, instead of failing until the next sync has run.
• A Copilot conversation inside a project now explains why it cannot be pinned, rather than trying and failing. Copilot has no pin for those conversations at all.

Fixed

• A browser tab that had quietly stopped responding no longer reports itself as a sign-in problem.
• Moments no longer stop partway through a long conversation.

Removed

• The Experimental switch at the bottom of Settings is gone. Everything it used to gate now ships on.

Added

• Projects and folders now sync from Claude, Grok (Projects), Perplexity (Spaces), and Copilot, joining ChatGPT. Conversations appear under their folder, and a folder deleted on the source never deletes your saved conversations.
• Copilot conversations inside a project are now captured at all: Copilot only lists them inside the project, so earlier versions never saw them.
• The sync view shows a dedicated projects step with live counts, and Sync History gains a Projects column.

Improved

• Copilot now syncs only in browsers that can actually read it. Microsoft Edge blocks extensions on copilot.microsoft.com, so those doomed attempts are skipped instead of failing every run.
• The New Chat button moved from the sidebar into the top right of the chats page.

Fixed

• Ask your archive no longer fails with "reached its round limit": the search now wraps up with its best answer from the evidence it gathered.

Added

• Claude Code and Claude Cowork conversations stored on this computer now sync as their own "This computer" lane beside the browser lanes, with its own badge on the Sync page, its own rows in the live view and Sync History, and its own counts. Session files are read directly from disk, no browser window needed.
• Sync page sources are now compact badges with a status dot. Hovering shows the stored conversation count and last synced time; right-clicking a source with stored data offers to remove its local copy.

Improved

• A visual refresh across every page in both themes: flat surfaces with hairline borders replace gradients, glows, and blur; a single refined accent covers the primary action, active navigation, focus, and links; typography is calmer; status colors are softer tints. Light mode now sits on a near-white background with white cards. The website matches.
• Source names on cards, list rows, and the Files page read in quiet text while the colored source mark carries identity, keeping busy pages readable.
• While a sync runs, every row in the live view leads with the source's own tinted glyph, so a glance shows which source is being worked on.

Added

• A Files page, sitting between Projects and Usage in the sidebar. It lists every file across your whole archive: the ones you attached to prompts and the ones the chats produced in their replies, newest conversation first, each row showing where the file came from. A search box covers file names and conversation titles, and one filter chip per file type (with counts) makes "show me every PDF" a single click. The sidebar's source rows narrow the list in place, exactly as they do for your chats, and newly captured files appear while a sync runs without leaving the page.
• Every file offers two ways to open it: inside ChatsRecall, with the conversation opened right at the message that carries the file, or on the original chat page in a connected browser, scrolled to that message and highlighted. ChatsRecall stores file names and types, never the file contents, so opening a file always means finding it where it lives.

Improved

• The Sync row in the sidebar now shows when the last sync finished ("5m ago") right on the row, replacing the small status line that used to sit at the bottom of the sidebar. While a sync runs, the familiar activity ring takes its place.
• Help is now a labeled row in the sidebar footer instead of a bare icon, and the Help dialog is more focused: open the Help page or replay onboarding from the beginning. The extension setup guide on its own is still available from Settings.
• The dark mode switch moved to Settings, under a new Appearance section, instead of a small icon at the bottom of the sidebar. The choice still applies everywhere and is remembered between launches.

Added

• An Experimental features switch in Settings. It gathers still-settling capabilities in one place: the new Ladder search engine lives behind it, and the agent search button, previously always visible, now lives there too. With the switch off, nothing about the app changes.
• Ladder search (experimental): a second search engine you can flip to right inside the search field. When an exact match comes up empty, it progressively loosens the query (all terms, word variants, related concepts, soundalikes, partial matches) and stops at the first rung that finds enough, labeling every result page with how it matched. A sort control picks newest first or best match. Classic stays the default and is unchanged.
• An early access point for connecting AI tools to your archive: a local, read-only interface (REST and MCP) that listens only on your own machine, with per-tool tokens, scopes, daily quotas, and an audit log that never records message content. For advanced users for now: tokens are created from the command line until a proper in-app page arrives.

Improved

• Sync History now tells your browsers apart. When more than one browser syncs the same source, the run shows one row per source with a small status badge per browser; clicking the row expands each browser's own result. If one browser fails while another succeeds, the row shows an amber warning instead of a red failure.

Fixed

• After a large database upgrade on first launch, the app could open to an empty library until restarted. It now reloads itself when the upgrade finishes instead of accepting emptiness as an answer.

Added

• A Help page on the ChatsRecall website with answers to common questions about setup, syncing, and your data, plus an Open Help page button in the app's Help & Support dialog that takes you straight there.
• A sync activity indicator on the Sync row of the sidebar: while a sync runs, a small orange ring appears at the right edge of the row, or on the corner of the sync button when the sidebar is collapsed. It is visible from every page of the app.

Improved

• The status line in the sidebar's bottom corner now shows when your library last synced on every page. The conversation Reader, Extensions, and New Chat pages used to always say "Local".
• The search field shows a quiet accent border when focused instead of a thick outline ring.
• The Help & Support dialog closes with an X in its corner and fits its actions on one line.

Fixed

• Opening a page while a sync was running could show a blank window for a second or two before anything appeared. Pages now show immediately and fill in as their content loads.

Removed

• The orange "Syncing" pill in the sidebar's bottom corner. The Sync row's activity ring replaces it.

Added

• Claude Code sessions now capture file attachments: images pasted into a prompt and files the agent created or edited. File names and types only; file contents are never read. Sessions saved before this update gain their files automatically on an upcoming sync.
• A Select all / Unselect all button on the Sync page flips every source switch at once.
• A conversation whose transcript is not saved yet now explains itself in the Reader: still queued, tried a few times so far, or given up with the recorded reason, instead of a bare "No messages".

Improved

• Sync runs now rotate which source goes first, so every source gets its fair share of long runs.
• Automatic transcript backfill focuses on your most recent 18 months. Older conversations stay in your library, and a Full Refresh sync fetches them on request.

Fixed

• A few unsaveable conversations could silently freeze the entire transcript backlog behind them; large backlogs of blank conversations now fill in over successive syncs (most visible on Perplexity).
• A sign-in hiccup during sync could create a duplicate "default" account holding an empty copy of your library (seen with Wave meetings). This no longer happens, and existing duplicates are folded back into the real account automatically, keeping the newest content and any pins.
• Scrolling the library no longer occasionally shows the same conversation twice.
• The minimized browser window a sync uses is now closed reliably after the run ends.

Added

• Pick which sources appear in the sidebar. A new button next to the SOURCES label opens a picker where you turn sources on or off. Hidden sources keep syncing, their conversations stay under All Sources, and search still finds them; only the sidebar row is hidden.
• The onboarding tour has a new step that introduces the sources list and the visibility picker.

Improved

• The sidebar starts with six everyday sources visible (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, and Copilot). The rest can be turned on from the picker at any time. Nothing about your saved conversations changes.
• The source icons across the app have been temporarily changed to a new set.

Fixed

• Read AI meetings were being saved but never shown: sync reported them as saved, yet the library and its counts left them out because Read AI was missing from the list of sources the library displays. Read AI meetings now appear in the library like every other source, including everything synced before this update, with no re-sync needed.
• The Usage page now includes Read AI alongside your other sources.

Fixed

• Read AI meetings were coming through nearly empty: summaries were blank, the conversation itself was missing, and meetings with nothing captured kept being retried on every sync without ever finishing. Read AI sends its data in a different shape than ChatsRecall expected. ChatsRecall now reads what Read AI actually sends, so meeting summaries and everything that was said are captured again.
• Long sync runs could leave a minimized browser window behind when the browser briefly lost its connection to ChatsRecall partway through, and that window then stayed open forever. ChatsRecall now remembers any window it could not close and quietly closes it once the browser reconnects, after checking that the window is still only showing sync pages.

Improved

• Sync history is clearer when Read AI cannot be reached: if the browser connector is too old for Read AI (0.1.5 or newer is needed), the sync now says exactly that instead of reporting an empty result, and when ChatsRecall cannot tell whether you are signed in to a source, the message now includes the reason.

Fixed

• Launching ChatsRecall from the Start menu while it was already running used to start a second copy of the app, with its own tray icon. The copies then competed for the browser connection and the conversation archive, which could quietly break live capture and make syncs fail. A second launch now simply brings the existing window to the front.

Improved

• Opening ChatsRecall while it is hidden in the system tray now reopens its window right away, the same as clicking the tray icon.

Added

• Open a search result right at the message that matched. Choose "open in browser" on a result and the original page scrolls to that message, outlines it, and paints your search terms, even when the site loads older messages lazily or collapses long ones. Results from sessions that live only on this computer, such as Claude Code and Cowork, open in the reader as before.
• The Extensions page now shows the version each connected browser extension is running and points out when a newer one is available.

Early preview: opening a conversation at the exact message is brand new and not finished yet. Some sites may scroll to the wrong spot, skip the highlight, or take a moment to settle; the conversation itself still opens normally. Support is being verified site by site, and highlighting works best with browser extension 0.1.6. Older extensions fall back to a simpler locator that can miss on some pages.

Improved

• Sync now opens a single window per connected browser and moves through your sources in one tab, instead of piling up tabs as it goes.
• The library remembers your place. Coming back from a conversation returns you to the same spot in the list, per filter.
• The browser extension (0.1.6) applies Chrome Web Store updates on its own at the next quiet moment, instead of waiting for a full browser restart.

Fixed

• The browser chooser for Google AI Mode only offers browsers that can actually open it, and when none of them can, the message names what is missing instead of failing with a generic error.

Removed

• Google AI Mode in Chrome. AI Mode searches, sync, and New Chat now always use another connected browser, such as Edge, with extension 0.1.3 or newer.

Added

• Sync Read AI meetings into your library. Each meeting arrives with its summary, action items, key questions, and who said what. Read AI appears on the Sync page with its switch off until you opt in.
• The desktop app can now pair with more than one extension build at a time, so a beta or test copy of the browser extension can connect alongside the one from the Chrome Web Store.

Compatibility note: Read AI sync needs browser extension 0.1.5. If you turn the switch on before your extension updates, sync reports a sign-in problem until the update arrives.

Improved

• Search now focuses on what was said, not on pasted code. Long code blocks no longer flood results for a common identifier, while short snippets such as error messages and one-line commands, plus inline code, stay searchable.
• Updating to this version rebuilds the search index once. The rebuild is fast even on large libraries, and if it needs more than a moment the app shows a progress window with a time estimate instead of a blank screen.
• Extensions running an older version are described in plain language on the Extensions page and in the browser chooser: connected and fully working, with the browser name arriving once the extension updates. No more "Legacy connector" labels or raw connector codes.

Fixed

• With more than one browser connected, a running sync no longer lists every source twice. Each source is now a single row that marks each browser's progress with its own check, spinner, or cross, and expands to show per-browser accounts, counts, and any errors.

Added

• Sync Google AI Mode searches into your library, including prompts, responses, and the Google account they belong to.
• Open a saved AI Mode search back at its original thread in the browser.
• Searches you delete on Google's side are reconciled into your library during sync.
• Conversation cards show attachment counts, split between files you attached and files the assistant generated.
• Each conversation card names its source in text next to the source icon.

Compatibility note: Google AI Mode searches are captured during sync today. Automatic capture as you browse arrives with the next browser connector update.

Improved

• The sidebar shows how many browser connectors are attached right now, and the count stays current on every page instead of only inside the Developer Center.
• Conversation cards are denser, with each source's color used as a subtle accent.

Fixed

• Installing an update no longer stops with a file-in-use error when a browser is connected. The installer now closes the connector helper and waits for it to release before replacing it.

Removed

• The Library list view and the list/grid switcher. Every conversation now appears in the card grid.

Added

• Sync Google AI Mode searches into your library, including prompts, responses, and the Google account they belong to.
• Open a saved AI Mode search back at its original thread in the browser.
• Searches you delete on Google's side are reconciled into your library during sync.
• Conversation cards show attachment counts, split between files you attached and files the assistant generated.
• Each conversation card names its source in text next to the source icon.

Compatibility note: Google AI Mode searches are captured during sync today. Automatic capture as you browse arrives with the next browser connector update.

Improved

• The sidebar shows how many browser connectors are attached right now, and the count stays current on every page instead of only inside the Developer Center.
• Conversation cards are denser, with each source's color used as a subtle accent.

Removed

• The Library list view and the list/grid switcher. Every conversation now appears in the card grid.

Added

• Connect multiple Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions at the same time, with account-safe syncing and browser-specific routing.
• Use the new Extensions page to see every connected extension and copy the extension link for installation in another browser.
• Open a matching prompt or message from search results either inside ChatsRecall or at its exact highlighted location in the source browser.

Compatibility note: Multiple extensions can connect and operate now, but ChatsRecall cannot identify a browser until that browser's extension is updated. Older extensions appear as unidentified legacy connectors.

Improved

• Library search results are ordered newest-first, with relevance used as a secondary ranking factor.

Fixed

• Internal Claude Cowork *warming* conversations are now cleaned up correctly; the previous implementation mistakenly targeted *warning* titles.

Added

• Claude Cowork web conversations now include uploaded files and files delivered by Cowork.

Improved

• Search now matches whole words or the start of a word, so short queries no longer match letters buried inside unrelated words. Highlighting follows the same rule, and result excerpts now center on the actual match.
• Conversation timestamps older than four weeks now show a calendar date instead of an increasingly large number of weeks.
• Claude Cowork conversations now update automatically when work finishes, including when returning to an already-open Chrome tab.
• Existing Claude Cowork web conversations are refreshed once to add available attachment information.
• Cowork transcripts now exclude internal skill instructions, system reminders, and tool-processing events.
• Claude Code and Cowork conversations now show cleaner repository and branch information.

Removed

• Internal Claude Cowork warning-placeholder conversations are removed from the library and search results.

Improved

• File attachment scraping now captures output files from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Grok conversations.
• Claude Cowork conversations can now be scraped from the web, in addition to local conversations.

Improved

• Claude Code conversations now show repository and branch tags on cards and list rows.

Removed

• Removed the "Gen6 Search" label from Settings; the feature is now called "Agentic Search."
• Removed the "Create" label above "Start a new chat" on the New Chat page.

Added

• Capture attached file names and file types for prompts from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude Code, Perplexity, Grok, and Copilot without reading the files themselves.
• Filter the Chats page to conversations containing specific file attachments.

Improved

• Claude Code conversations now include their repository and branch information.

Added

• Ask questions across your archive and receive answers backed by cited conversations.

Added

• Add a New Chat button that lets you quickly open a new tab for a particular source.

Added

• Add Microsoft Copilot support, including conversation syncing, live capture of new conversations and prompts, and conversation deletion.

Added

• Add a temporary Debug section to the Sync page with a persistent, step-by-step log of the latest sync run and a button to copy the log for troubleshooting.

Improved

• Hide sources that are not yet supported for syncing, including Google AI Mode and Copilot.

Improved

• Review formatted release notes in a new confirmation window before downloading and installing an update from the update banner or Settings.
• Read release notes with clearer Markdown formatting in Settings.

Fixed

• Pagination and infinite scrolling now continue loading conversations when the app is maximized.

Added

• Added "through your chats" text in header beside "ChatsRecall" text
• Down arrow in "Update Library" page to indicate user can scroll down more (auto-scrolls when clicked)
• Guide to "Update Library" page - runs immediately for first time users, with guide button to reactivate
• Additional instruction to export steps: "Drop the conversations.json file below"
• Settings page with Hotkeys, Appearance, and Support sections
• Keyboard navigation for chats (Arrow Up/Down to navigate, Enter to open, Esc to deselect)
• Title search highlighting (previously only prompts were highlighted)

Changed

• Accent colors for Wave and Perplexity (previously too similar to each other)
• Default theme now matches user's system theme

Fixed

• Critical bug where new prompts were not being dynamically added in ChatGPT conversations
• Title renaming bug for Claude chats on occasional failures to load
• Claude chats retitling to include "- Claude" by removing suffix from titles
• Scraper infinite loop edge case in scroll while loop

Removed

• Theme button (replaced with settings button; theme moved to settings page)
• Context menu (plan to gauge real user needs once released with in-popup surveys)

Added

• Created new "Update Library" page combining Importing and Syncing into one streamlined experience
• Page dynamically updates to match dark/light theme from popup
• Number of prompts displayed for each chat
• "No Chats" message on empty search results
• Basic context menu UI when right-clicking a chat

Changed

• Syncing sources now updates titles of existing chats
• Source selection changed from multiple to singular

Fixed

• Claude imports not updating existing chats & visited property
• Infinite scroll not working
• Gemini chat titles being renamed to "Google Gemini" when visited
• Critical bug incorrectly assigning wrong titles to chats

Removed

• "Import" and "Sync" buttons replaced with new "Update Library" button

Added

• Time range widget to filter search results

Fixed

• Visited property improperly set when added to database

Added

• X button to clear search input
• Keyboard shortcut to focus search input
• Wave accent color

Changed

• Autofocus search input on popup load
• Prompt container layout to inline format

Added

• Support for light and dark themes
• Accent colors on toggled buttons

Changed

• Complete UI theme and style overhaul
• Renamed "Scrape" to "Sync"

Added

• Support for Claude data import

Changed

• Background title updates for all titles
• Using two date timestamps: created date and visited date

Changed

• Import data page now supports different sources
• Updated style of popup

Added

• New page for importing ChatGPT data with instructions
• Color scheme for Wave chats

Added

• Support for dynamically saving created prompts to database
• Prompts now save when switching between chats or navigating from other sites

Added

• Stop sync button to halt syncing directly within the page
• Date of last sync for each source
• Chat limit options: No Limit, 5, 10, 50, 500
• Automatic prompt capture for visited chats (first 5 prompts)
• Basic prompt search with token matching and highlighting
• Chat bubble button to view all prompts for a chat

Changed

• Redesigned sync logs with detailed progress information
• Modularized syncing process for better maintainability

Fixed

• Chats duplicating in database during sync

Removed

• Individual initialize buttons replaced with unified sync button

Added

• Chat limit option for syncing

Changed

• Revamped syncing process with single sync button and source checkboxes
• Updated look of sync logs

Fixed

• Duplicate chats being added when syncing continues

Added

• Skip temporary Perplexity links when new chats are created
• Title updates for chats instead of just time visited