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All notable changes to Default Tamer are documented here. The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

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Unreleased

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[0.0.5] - 2026-02-27

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Added

  • Dedicated /release-notes page serving only the current version’s changelog as lightweight HTML — Sparkle update dialog no longer loads the full website
  • Sparkle EdDSA signing step in release.sh (local builds) — signs the DMG and prints the edSignature + size for release.json
  • SPARKLE_PRIVATE_KEY GitHub Actions secret for CI Sparkle signing

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Fixed

  • Sparkle updates failed after download because edSignature in release.json was "PLACEHOLDER" — CI now signs the DMG with sign_update using the EdDSA private key
  • CI sign_update discovery used incorrect search paths that missed the SPM artifacts directory; now searches build/DerivedData/SourcePackages/artifacts/ first
  • Appcast releaseNotesLink pointed to /changelog (full website); now points to /release-notes (clean, minimal page)

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[0.0.4] - 2026-02-27

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Added

  • ExternalLinks constants struct centralising GitHub, Issues, Buy Me a Coffee, website, and developer website URLs (Constants.swift)
  • “Buy Me a Coffee” link in the About tab alongside GitHub and Report an Issue links
  • Developer credit (“Made by 0xdps”) with links to dps.codes and defaulttamer.app in the About tab
  • Activity Log toggle in Preferences → General → Diagnostics (previously hidden as “coming soon”)
  • App icon hover effect in MenuHeaderView — spring scale animation with accent color glow
  • Hover highlight on the routing toggle row in MenuHeaderView
  • “Buy Me a Coffee” link in website footer Community column
  • Buy Me a Coffee CTA banner on the website Download page (“What’s Next” section)
  • Buy Me a Coffee floating widget (BMC-Widget) in BaseLayout.astro with Umami analytics tracking

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Changed

  • Replaced Toggle + custom ActiveSwitchStyle in MenuHeaderView with a direct Capsule-based toggle view (36×20 with 16px knob) to fix vertical alignment issues inside NSMenu-hosted SwiftUI views
  • Routing toggle row in MenuHeaderView is now full-width with edge-to-edge hover highlight
  • About tab links (GitHub, Report an Issue) now use ExternalLinks constants instead of hardcoded strings
  • Info.plist version strings now use $(MARKETING_VERSION) / $(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION) build settings instead of hardcoded values

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Removed

  • showRoutingFeedback property from Settings model — routing toast notifications were never visible to users because they only rendered inside the popover/preferences window, which is closed when URLs are routed
  • toggleRoutingFeedback() method from AppState
  • All toast notification calls from executeRouteAction() and openURLFromChooser() in AppState
  • ActiveSwitchStyle custom ToggleStyle from MenuHeaderView

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Fixed

  • Deploy script (quick-deploy.sh) now preserves sandbox entitlements during ad-hoc re-signing — previously codesign --force --deep --sign - stripped entitlements, causing the app to read UserDefaults from the wrong location and lose all rules

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[0.0.3] - 2026-02-25

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Changed

  • Replaced custom GitHub-based update checker with Sparkle (SPUStandardUpdaterController) — automatic background update checks, delta updates, and native macOS update UI are now handled by the Sparkle framework
  • Update preferences in the About tab now use Sparkle’s CheckForUpdatesViewModel instead of a custom alert flow
  • Release data (release.json) now includes edSignature and size fields required for Sparkle appcast signature verification
  • Font loading in the website simplified to a standard blocking <link> (removed non-critical CSS lazy-load pattern)
  • JSON-LD structured data script tag fixed to use is:inline to prevent Astro from processing it
  • Split developer documentation out of README.md into DEVELOPER.md

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Added

  • Sparkle appcast endpoint (/appcast.xml) served from the website for SPUUpdater to consume
  • “Danger Zone” section in Preferences → General with a factory-reset button (AppState.resetToDefaults()) that clears all rules, settings, and first-run state

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Removed

  • Custom UpdateManager implementation (GitHub Releases API polling, rate limiting, manual version comparison, AvailableUpdate / UpdateError models)
  • UpdateNotificationView — superseded by Sparkle’s native update UI
  • release.ts data module replaced by release.json
  • Removed inaccurate claim in README that default rules (Slack → Chrome, Cursor → Chrome) are created on first launch — no default rules have ever been created by the app

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[0.0.2] - 2026-02-23

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Changed

  • First-run setup state is now stored as a file sentinel in Application Support instead of UserDefaults, so it survives app updates and only resets on a full uninstall
  • Diagnostics and routing feedback settings temporarily hidden from Preferences (coming soon)

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Fixed

  • Migrates existing hasCompletedFirstRun UserDefaults flag to the new file-based sentinel on first launch after update

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[0.0.1] - 2026-02-22

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Added

  • Initial release of Default Tamer
  • Smart URL routing based on source app and URL/domain rules
  • ⌥ Option key browser chooser override
  • Configurable fallback browser
  • Rule management UI with drag & drop reordering
  • Optional activity logging (privacy-first, URLs sanitized before storage)
  • Launch at login support
  • First-run setup wizard
  • Menu bar integration with popover interface