zenith v0.2.6

What's Changed

Update existing installations using Settings > Software Updates > Check for Updates inside the app.
Install on new machines from the release page:

• Download: https://github.com/AzlanEh/Zenith/releases/tag/v0.2.6
• SHA256: See checksum files attached to the v0.2.6 release assets

Additions

• Add native Rust Win32 IShellLink COM shortcut parser and winreg registry scanner for Windows application discovery (< 10ms runtime, 0% CPU)
• Add binary shortcut (.lnk) parsing fallback for Windows system application scanning
• Add background pre-warming of installed applications cache on app startup
• Add scan stage timing diagnostics to installed application scanner for troubleshooting

Fixes

• Fix 30s UI freeze on Focus Mode and App Limits pages by fixing cache mutex contention and offloading scanner commands to an async blocking thread pool
• Fix application selectors by filtering out Zenith (zenith-dw) from blocklist and application limit picker options in backend and frontend
• Fix page mount delay in FocusMode.tsx by eliminating the blocking full-page loading spinner
• Fix Tauri asset protocol OS permission errors on Windows by filtering out protected \WindowsApps\ and \SystemApps\ paths during icon resolution
• Fix Win32 COM Vtable pointer dereference syntax and define explicit COM GUIDs/Vtables for Windows shortcut resolution
• Fix main-thread UI lockups by moving remaining synchronous IPC commands (send_test_notification, autostart handlers) to async execution
• Fix Windows-specific compilation type ambiguity in save_export_file IPC handler

New Contributors

• No new contributors in this release.

Full Changelog: v0.2.5...v0.2.6

Contributors

• @AzlanEh