Changelog

New updates and improvements to hob.

v1.15.0

Release 1.15.0

hob 1.15.0 includes the updates listed below.

Added

  • Added native mobile and expanded roam support for agents, terminals, automations, issues, device management, and controller takeover
  • Added durable web-pane semantic snapshots, content-anchored annotations, and spotlight playback
  • Added render-pane file location actions, keyboard navigation, and broader pane inspection and messaging commands in the CLI
  • Added automation scope selection, agent backend restart controls, and an app repair command

Changed

  • Moved active workspace and focused-pane restoration to Host-owned recency so desktop, web, and mobile surfaces resume the same authoritative location
  • Improved restart, reconnect, and project-switch presentation so restored windows and panes remain visually stable
  • Improved streaming, transcript rendering, terminal relay recovery, and block hydration across mobile and web clients
  • Improved render panes with retained resources, themed code surfaces, PDF appearance controls, and more reliable file preview refreshes
  • Unified titlebar popup surfaces and refined annotation playback, mobile selectors, and update notifications

Fixed

  • Fixed Windows installer, CLI, and desktop bundle compatibility and Linux launcher project restore
  • Fixed roam takeover, device identity, controller resume, and terminal subscription races
  • Fixed open-but-unplaced pane leaks and added cleanup for abandoned panes
  • Fixed stale file previews, web proxy metadata rewriting, web-pane snapshots, and pagination
  • Fixed attachment and composer regressions, duplicate command blocks, external file navigation, and inferred folder links in transcripts
v1.14.1

Release 1.14.1

hob 1.14.1 includes the updates listed below.

Fixed

  • Fixed roam device trust persistence across relay status refreshes, restarts, approvals, removals, and credential regeneration
v1.14.0

Release 1.14.0

hob 1.14.0 includes the updates listed below.

Added

  • Added environment-scoped worktree workspaces so workspace tabs, panes, Home groups, and saved context stay with the managed worktree where they were created
  • Added native PDF rendering with pane-scoped text extraction, find-in-pane, page attention, and durable text anchors
  • Added destination-aware file drops for opening files quickly and attaching images directly to agent inputs

Changed

  • Reworked Home environment groups, workspace tabs, and the new-worktree flow to make checkout location and ownership clearer
  • Improved Activity with environment-aware grouping, real-time visibility updates, and more reliable restoration for archived worktrees
  • Improved source control with authoritative refreshes, immediate reverts, and a streamlined empty worktree archive flow
  • Improved web and artifact pane reuse, HTML titles, inspection interactions, and dropped-file responsiveness
  • Refined workspace layout previews, modal transitions, and project rail motion

Fixed

  • Fixed explicit roam surface bootstrap so browser sessions initialize against the intended surface
  • Fixed terminal lifecycle across workspace restoration and automation input races
  • Fixed commit graph lane colors for local branches and their matching upstream refs
  • Fixed stale render panes after file deletion, image clipboard copying, and dark selection-pane tab transitions
  • Fixed source-control change totals, git refresh readbacks, and activity markers for archived worktrees
v1.13.1

Release 1.13.1

hob 1.13.1 includes the updates listed below.

Fixed

  • Fixed packaged app restart and relaunch failures caused by launching the Host helper outside its installed bundle context