ChatLab/docs/changelogs_en.json

[
  {
    "version": "0.14.2",
    "date": "2026-04-07",
    "summary": "This update improves the AI chat experience with copy support, cleaner UI, new FTS5 full-text search tools, leaner search parameters, and clearer error feedback with stronger test coverage.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add a 7-day memory for assistant selection.",
          "Add one-click message copying in AI chat.",
          "Improve AI chat styling and overall interaction flow.",
          "Add FTS5 full-text search support with a quick search tool.",
          "Trim search parameters in selected tools to reduce token usage.",
          "Add an E2E testing framework for Electron apps with port management and instance isolation."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Improve AI chat error messages to make issues easier to diagnose."]
      },
      {
        "type": "refactor",
        "items": [
          "Reorganize the AI chat module code structure.",
          "Extract shared logic from the session analysis page and unify header copy."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "test",
        "items": ["Add reusable smoke-test coverage for the E2E app launcher."]
      },
      {
        "type": "docs",
        "items": ["Update intro images in project documentation."]
      },
      {
        "type": "style",
        "items": ["Standardize parts of the code formatting to improve readability."]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.14.1",
    "date": "2026-04-02",
    "summary": "This update refines the Home information architecture and UI, while improving SQL conversation UX, stats read performance, and AI tool quality.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Improve the Overview page styling.",
          "Improve interaction flows in the SQL conversation module.",
          "Move member management to Home and adjust related tab layouts.",
          "Add new AI tools, including a tool for chat overview retrieval.",
          "Add a conversation data cache manager to speed up stats loading.",
          "Improve changelog modal type presentation."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix silently swallowed AI errors in SQL Lab and summary generation."]
      },
      {
        "type": "refactor",
        "items": ["Refactor AI tool categorization to improve maintainability."]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": ["Deprecate low-value AI tools to keep the toolset focused."]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.14.0",
    "date": "2026-03-28",
    "summary": "Add API import/export and preset prompts, improve Overview and settings flows, and fix message deduplication, AI conversation flow, and daily trend display.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add API import",
          "Add API export",
          "Let preset questions send immediately when selected",
          "Add a Settings option for the default tab when opening a chat session",
          "Improve the Overview page styling",
          "Refine the overall UI and the API service settings screen",
          "Improve identity cards and assistant selection interactions"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": [
          "Fix false positives in message deduplication and unify empty-string deduplication behavior",
          "Fix AI conversation flow issues and frontend type-check errors",
          "Add a fallback default assistant for edge cases",
          "Fix daily message trends not rendering"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "refactor",
        "items": ["Clean up legacy typing issues across the parser, worker, RAG, and merger modules"]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": ["Add a skill for generating assistant configurations"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.13.0",
    "date": "2026-03-16",
    "summary": "Assistant Mode is here with skills in chat, quick input actions, improved chat and settings UI, Traditional Chinese and Japanese support, UI refinements, and multiple stability fixes.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Shipped the first Assistant Mode release with improved assistant logic and analysis tools",
          "Launched the Assistant and Skill marketplaces; chats can now use skills",
          "Added @-mention member selection for collaboration",
          "Added Traditional Chinese and Japanese localization",
          "Refactored Settings and refined UI details",
          "Improved Overview styling and chat experience",
          "Moved the export chat history entry point",
          "Removed the legacy prompt system and custom AI filtering",
          "Model calls no longer stop when switching pages"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fixed Gemini API configuration issues", "Fixed an error caused by stopword processing order in NLP"]
      },
      {
        "type": "refactor",
        "items": ["Refactored AIChat organization", "Restructured directory and project layout"]
      },
      {
        "type": "docs",
        "items": ["Updated the user agreement and project docs"]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": ["Improved the changelog build pipeline"]
      },
      {
        "type": "style",
        "items": ["Standardized code formatting and lint output"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.12.1",
    "date": "2026-02-27",
    "summary": "Add chat-history preprocessing and AI debugging, refactor the Agent/LLM architecture, and fix i18n and Windows theme consistency issues.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add a chat-history preprocessing pipeline.",
          "Add preprocessing settings UI and configuration management.",
          "Add session-based context timelines and runtime status for the Agent.",
          "Add an AI debug mode with improved log observability."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": [
          "Fix partial UI text not being localized under English settings.",
          "Fix overlay color updates not matching the active theme on Windows."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "refactor",
        "items": [
          "Split the monolithic Agent implementation into a modular architecture.",
          "Refactor the tool system to AgentTool + TypeBox and complete i18n support.",
          "Unify the LLM access layer under the pi-ai implementation.",
          "Refactor data-flow direction and IPC contracts, with corresponding frontend adaptation.",
          "Introduce shared types and improve ChatStatusBar i18n.",
          "Refactor parts of the chart stack into a plugin-based architecture."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": [
          "Remove the over-engineered sessionLog module.",
          "Remove @ai-sdk dependencies and legacy LLM service implementations.",
          "Temporarily hide the vector model configuration entry.",
          "Update project description copy."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "style",
        "items": ["Run ESLint auto-fix to unify code style."]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.11.2",
    "date": "2026-02-15",
    "summary": "Improve chat import workflows and management tools, while enhancing cross-platform parser compatibility.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Improve parser compatibility for LINE and WhatsApp formats.",
          "Improve the chat sniffing layer with polling detection and a fallback strategy.",
          "Support Shift multi-select in the Manage page.",
          "Show chat summary count and AI conversation count in the Manage page.",
          "Optimize the main-page layout to provide more usable space.",
          "Improve top-right window controls styling on Windows."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "docs",
        "items": ["Update project documentation."]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.11.0",
    "date": "2026-02-13",
    "summary": "Add Telegram import, improve incremental import UX, strengthen i18n coverage, and fix indexing and page flicker issues.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Expand i18n support across AI calls, logs, and main-process configuration.",
          "Add support for importing Telegram chat history.",
          "Improve the incremental import flow and related copy.",
          "Improve the interaction flow when opening protocol links."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": [
          "Fix index invalidation after incremental imports (resolve #81).",
          "Fix WhatsApp iPhone-exported chats not being recognized (resolve #82).",
          "Fix a double-flicker issue when switching to the chat page."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": [
          "Optimize TypeScript configuration.",
          "Adjust i18n build configuration.",
          "Improve skill-related project configuration."
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.10.0",
    "date": "2026-02-11",
    "summary": "Add interaction frequency analysis, improve the session query pipeline, and fix issues in incremental indexing and database scanning.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add an interaction frequency analysis view to make member interaction trends easier to understand.",
          "Improve session query logic and processing flow."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": [
          "Fix inaccurate session index generation scope after incremental updates (fix #79).",
          "Fix non-chat SQLite files being incorrectly processed during migration and session scanning."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "refactor",
        "items": ["Refactor the session query module to improve maintainability."]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": ["Remove transformers-related dependencies and update project configuration."]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.9.4",
    "date": "2026-02-08",
    "summary": "Improved time filtering and AI configuration UX, added local API key encryption, and fixed LINE chat log parsing.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add more flexible time-filtering options.",
          "Store API keys with local encryption.",
          "Hide release notes for first-time users.",
          "Improve the configuration status display in the AI chat footer.",
          "Allow the app to restart immediately after data directory migration."
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix parsing issues for LINE chat logs."]
      },
      {
        "type": "docs",
        "items": ["Update project documentation."]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.9.3",
    "date": "2026-02-03",
    "summary": "Support custom data directories and fix many known issues.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add a data directory location setting",
          "Optimize data directory migration logic",
          "Add a confirmation dialog for directory switching",
          "Improve parser logic (WeFlow / Echotrace)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": [
          "Fix crashes on Windows when custom filtering processes large message volumes",
          "Fix conversations ending early when third-party relay APIs call tool_call",
          "Fix some WhatsApp chat logs not being detected correctly",
          "Fix manage page header stacking above settings"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "refactor",
        "items": ["Refactor session query module", "Improve migration logging"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.9.2",
    "date": "2026-02-02",
    "summary": "Rankings are now displayed as charts; word cloud generation and the local AI inference model are optimized; chat record filtering and the date picker are improved; and key routes are preloaded after launch.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Refactor rankings to chart-based views",
          "Optimize word cloud output",
          "Optimize inference models",
          "Improve linked search + filter in chat records",
          "Enhance date picker interactions",
          "Preload key routes after app launch"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": ["Modularize preload APIs", "Optimize analytics logic", "Upgrade ESLint and format code"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.9.1",
    "date": "2026-01-30",
    "summary": "Add LINE chat import, batch management, and chat search, plus fixes for known issues.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add batch management with batch delete and merge",
          "Support chat conversation search",
          "Support LINE chat import",
          "Compatible with WeFlow exported JSON format",
          "Member list uses backend pagination",
          "Improve some copy"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix Windows app not closing during updates due to Worker occupation"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.9.0",
    "date": "2026-01-28",
    "summary": "Add NLP capabilities with a word cloud page under the Quotes tab; add a Views tab for more charts; support following system proxy settings; and refine some pages and styles.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Optimize user selector performance with virtualized loading",
          "Move rankings to the Views tab",
          "Introduce tokenization and add a word cloud sub-tab",
          "Improve group chat tab copy",
          "Network proxy follows system proxy settings",
          "Optimize release notes display logic"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "style",
        "items": ["Improve Markdown rendering styles"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.8.0",
    "date": "2026-01-26",
    "summary": "This update adds session summaries and vector retrieval; shows release notes after each update; improves parts of the UI; and fixes some known issues.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Remove Help & Feedback from the sidebar",
          "Add a footer on the home page with common links",
          "Automatically open release notes after updating to a new version",
          "Optimize batch session summary generation",
          "Add session summaries in chat",
          "Support vector model configuration and retrieval",
          "Log more detailed errors when chat import fails"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix shuakami-jsonl parsing error (fix #50)"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.7.0",
    "date": "2026-01-23",
    "summary": "Improve the AI chat experience, and refine update logic and charting.",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Improve update logic",
          "Improve AI chat error logs",
          "Quick model selection at the bottom of chat",
          "Improve default prompts with a touch of humor",
          "Replace chart.js with ECharts",
          "Remove registration agreement logic"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.6.0",
    "date": "2026-01-21",
    "summary": "Integrate AI SDK to improve AI chat stability; add a thinking content block; and refine some styles",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Add a log locator feature",
          "Integrate AI SDK",
          "Add a thinking content block",
          "Fix global modals being covered by the home page drag area",
          "Improve top-right close button style on Windows"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.5.2",
    "date": "2026-01-20",
    "summary": "Support merged imports; fix several issues",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Support merged imports",
          "Show chat log start/end time on the main panel",
          "Improve the drag-and-drop area"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": [
          "Improve build config to fix macOS x64 compilation",
          "Fix close button style in the message viewer on Windows",
          "Require building on the target architecture for macOS packaging (fixes #36)"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.5.1",
    "date": "2026-01-16",
    "summary": "Fix several issues",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": ["Improve copy"]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix app process not exiting on Windows when closing (#33)", "Fix number input bug (resolve #34)"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.5.0",
    "date": "2026-01-14",
    "summary": "Support Instagram chat import; add batch and incremental import",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Support Instagram chat import",
          "Logic improvements",
          "Improve system prompt presets",
          "Support incremental import",
          "Support batch import",
          "Style improvements",
          "Support native window controls and theme sync on Windows (#31)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "chore",
        "items": ["Remove componenst.d.ts"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.4.1",
    "date": "2026-01-13",
    "summary": "This release focuses on style and interaction improvements, with no major new features",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Prompt preview support",
          "Improve AI chat status bar",
          "Improve table migration logic",
          "Show avatars in the sidebar",
          "Style improvements",
          "Replace native window controls bar",
          "Improve global background color",
          "Clean up Worker on app exit"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix theme-follow-system setting not working", "Fix update modal layout issues"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.4.0",
    "date": "2026-01-12",
    "summary": "Import now supports shuakami-jsonl; AI chat is optimized to save tokens; imports can generate session indexes and the viewer can jump by index; updates now support acceleration mirrors",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Compatibility with shuakami-jsonl",
          "Improve loading state",
          "Add custom filters",
          "Refactor preset system with shared presets",
          "Trim system prompts to save tokens",
          "Add session-related function calling",
          "Handle message jumps with context",
          "Message viewer supports session index and quick jump",
          "Refactor settings modal and add session index settings",
          "Generate session index when importing chats",
          "Refactor settings modal",
          "Improve base component interactions",
          "Improve home page styling",
          "Improve update acceleration logic",
          "Add acceleration mirrors"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.3.1",
    "date": "2026-01-09",
    "summary": "Add Discord import support; parsers now import reply messages; storage moves to a more standard location; role import is supported; import errors provide more detailed diagnostics; and various improvements",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Move table upgrades to the main process",
          "Ignore beta versions during auto-update checks",
          "Move data storage to userData",
          "Parsers re-enable reply message import",
          "Support platform message IDs and reply IDs with table migration",
          "Support Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter import format",
          "Support roles in the member table",
          "Enhance ChatLab format detection",
          "Align click import and drag import behaviors",
          "Provide more detailed format diagnostics"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix some users having empty platformId"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.3.0",
    "date": "2026-01-08",
    "summary": "Add English support and various improvements",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "SQL Lab supports export",
          "AI chat supports export",
          "Finalize localization",
          "Show explicit errors for AI model failures",
          "SQL results can jump to the message viewer",
          "Improve system prompts and support a prompt marketplace"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "date": "2025-12-29",
    "summary": "Support proxy configuration; show error logs on import; improve some UI interactions; and add feature updates",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Message manager shows system messages",
          "Improve import flow and show logs on errors",
          "WhatsApp supports English-format message import",
          "Support proxy configuration (resolve #7)",
          "Improve AI model UI interactions",
          "Add API tutorial for user configuration",
          "Add two free GLM models; add Doubao provider and latest models",
          "AI replies no longer output think content"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.1.3",
    "date": "2025-12-25",
    "summary": "Fix several issues",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix Echotrace parser errors"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.1.2",
    "date": "2025-12-25",
    "summary": "Add dark mode and allow passing user identity in system prompts during AI chats",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Allow passing user identity in system prompts during AI chats",
          "Show Owner on the right in the message viewer",
          "Support database upgrades",
          "Allow Owner view in the Members tab",
          "Support dark mode"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix private chats misidentified as group chats"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.1.1",
    "date": "2025-12-24",
    "summary": "Support WhatsApp and legacy QQ chat analysis",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": [
          "Show token usage at the bottom of chat sessions",
          "Support native WhatsApp message format",
          "Support legacy QQ txt group format"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "fix",
        "items": ["Fix message manager z-index being too low"]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "date": "2025-12-23",
    "summary": "Project launch",
    "changes": [
      {
        "type": "feat",
        "items": ["Initial release"]
      }
    ]
  }
]