## Summary
- launch the Electron-managed server with `--unrestricted-root` by
default
- launch the Tauri-managed server with `--unrestricted-root` by default
- stop relying on the server's `process.cwd()` fallback for desktop
filesystem browsing
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Yours,
[CodeNomadBot](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad)
Co-authored-by: Shantur Rathore <i@shantur.com>
## Summary
- add SideCar support across the server and UI, including proxied tabs,
picker/settings flows, and websocket-aware proxying
- unify top-level tab handling so workspace instances and SideCars share
the same tab model and navigation flows
- limit SideCars to port-based services only, removing server-managed
process control from the final API and UI
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Co-authored-by: Shantur <shantur@Mac.home>
Co-authored-by: Shantur <shantur@Shanturs-MacBook-Pro-M5.local>
## Thanks for contributions
- PR #252 “feat: Enable file editing and saving” by @jchadwick
- PR #256 “feat(ui): add session yolo mode controls” by @pascalandr
- PR #257 “fix(tauri): sync native app version with package releases” by
@pascalandr
- PR #258 “fix(tauri): stop stale UI assets from shadowing desktop
builds” by @pascalandr
- PR #260 “fix(ui): escape raw HTML in user prompt messages” by
@app/codenomadbot
## Highlights
- **Edit and save files directly in CodeNomad**: Update workspace files
in the built-in editor, save them without leaving the app, and get safer
handling for unsaved changes or edit conflicts.
- **More control over session automation**: Turn on per-session YOLO
mode from the Status tab, keep it visible with a clear badge, and let
long-running sessions continue auto-accepting prompts as expected.
- **Better voice conversation options**: Use spoken summary mode for
replies and keep conversation speech settings isolated per client, so
one device’s voice preferences do not unexpectedly affect another.
- **Faster session recovery**: Reload a session transcript from the
sidebar and see when a session is retrying, including live status
feedback.
## What’s Improved
- **Smoother desktop setup**: Desktop builds now bundle the right CLI
resources and handle microphone access more cleanly.
- **More reliable cross-platform desktop behavior**: Windows process
handling and npm invocation are safer, reducing environment-specific
issues.
- **Clearer session status visibility**: Retrying sessions now show more
useful state in the sidebar and header, so it is easier to tell what is
happening.
- **Cleaner in-app feedback**: Long toast messages wrap properly, GitHub
star counts display more cleanly, and message/code rendering behaves
more predictably.
## Fixes
- **Safer prompt rendering**: Raw HTML in user prompts is escaped so
messages display safely instead of being interpreted.
- **More reliable code previews**: Incomplete syntax highlighting
results are no longer cached, which helps prevent broken-looking file
views.
- **Better voice handoff**: Conversation playback stops when voice input
starts, avoiding overlapping speech.
- **More dependable desktop releases**: Native app versions now stay
aligned with package releases, and stale UI assets no longer shadow new
desktop builds.
### Contributors
- @jchadwick
- @pascalandr
## Thanks for contributions
- PR [#249](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/249)
"feat(speech): add prompt voice input" by
[@shantur](https://github.com/shantur)
- PR [#243](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/243)
"feat(i18n): Hebrew locale + full RTL support" by
[@MusiCode1](https://github.com/MusiCode1)
- PR [#241](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/241)
"feat(lazy loading): Implement virtual list with virtua" by
[@pixellos](https://github.com/pixellos)
- PR [#240](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/240)
"fix(tauri): force Windows process tree shutdown" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#239](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/239)
"perf(ui): split right panel and secondary viewer chunks" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#238](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/238)
"perf(ui): defer locale and overlay bundles" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#236](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/236)
"Suppress OS notifications for subagent (child) sessions" by
`@app/codenomadbot`
- PR [#235](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/235)
"fix(ui): unwrap pasted placeholders in slash commands" by
`@app/codenomadbot`
- PR [#232](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/232)
"fix(tauri): stop CLI process group on exit" by `@app/codenomadbot`
- PR [#229](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/229)
"feat(ui): add RTL support for Hebrew/Arabic text" by
[@MusiCode1](https://github.com/MusiCode1)
- PR [#227](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/227)
"fix(tauri): improve Windows desktop runtime behavior" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#226](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/226)
"fix(tauri): restore desktop menu controls and fullscreen shortcut" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#225](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/225)
"fix(tauri): restore external links in the folder picker" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#224](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/224)
"fix(tauri): sync server UI bundle during prebuild" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- PR [#215](https://github.com/NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad/pull/215)
"perf(ui): lazy-load markdown and defer diff rendering" by
[@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
## Highlights
- **Voice-first conversations**: Start prompts with voice input,
configure speech behavior from settings, and listen back to assistant
responses with message playback and conversation playback controls.
- **A complete Hebrew + RTL experience**: CodeNomad now ships with a
full Hebrew locale and much broader right-to-left support, making the
app feel natural for Hebrew users while improving Arabic text rendering
too.
- **A much faster experience in long chats**: The new virtualized
message list, deferred markdown and diff rendering, and more selective
loading for heavy UI surfaces make large sessions feel noticeably
smoother.
## What's Improved
- **More flexible speech controls**: Speech settings and playback modes
now adapt better to different browsers and platform capabilities.
- **Cleaner prompt workflow**: The prompt includes a quick clear action,
a simpler recording indicator, and a more polished mic control layout.
- **Faster startup and lighter heavy views**: Locale bundles, overlays,
right-panel viewers, picker flows, markdown, and diff surfaces all load
more lazily to reduce upfront UI work.
- **Less notification spam**: Subagent sessions no longer fire OS
notifications, so important interruptions are easier to notice.
- **Better RTL behavior across the whole interface**: Session names,
tool outputs, markdown blocks, file views, selectors, and layout
controls behave more consistently in right-to-left contexts.
## Fixes
- **More reliable Windows desktop behavior**: Process cleanup is
stronger during app shutdown, background CLI process trees are
terminated more reliably, desktop identity/metadata is aligned more
cleanly, and stray console windows are hidden during startup and exit.
- **Cleaner shutdown on macOS and Linux**: Desktop quit/close now stops
the spawned CLI process group more reliably, reducing leftover
background processes after exit.
- **Restored desktop actions**: External links in the folder picker work
again, and the desktop View/Window controls plus the fullscreen shortcut
are back.
- **More stable streaming and scrolling**: Reasoning streams stay pinned
more consistently, follow behavior is less jumpy, spacing is cleaner in
virtualized conversations, and session switching retains position more
smoothly.
- **Safer slash command pasting**: Pasted placeholders are resolved
correctly before slash commands run, so long pasted inputs behave like
normal prompts.
- **More dependable desktop packaging**: Tauri prebuild now refreshes
the server UI bundle correctly, which avoids packaged desktop builds
picking up stale UI assets.
- **Clearer speech compatibility handling**: Streaming playback
limitations are surfaced more cleanly instead of failing in a confusing
way.
### Contributors
- [@pascalandr](https://github.com/pascalandr)
- [@MusiCode1](https://github.com/MusiCode1)
- [@pixellos](https://github.com/pixellos)
Make the legacy Electron desktop client generate and pass a per-launch auth cookie name too, so parallel desktop instances stop clobbering each other's localhost session cookie just like the Tauri client.
Add generic /api/storage config/state endpoints with merge-patch, migrate legacy YAML/JSON layout, and update UI/server to read and write owner-scoped settings. Replace config SSE events and drop /api/config routes.
Default to HTTPS with optional loopback HTTP, generate/rotate self-signed certs via node-forge, and surface Local/Remote connection URLs. Update /api/meta schema, UI remote access overlay, and desktop shells to follow the new startup output.
Prevent desktop wrappers from SIGKILLing the CLI during shutdown, which could orphan OpenCode workspace processes. Shut down workspaces earlier/in parallel and increase the quit grace period.
