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Helix v1.5 — Testarossa

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@Konohamaru04 Konohamaru04 released this 26 Apr 20:04
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Helix v1.5 — Testarossa Patch Notes

Milestone 8 polish release of Helix, a local-first AI desktop powered by Ollama.


Package

  • Windows archive: Helix.v1.5.Windows.7z
  • Bundled Python runtime included
  • No separate Python install required

Highlights

Persistence and recovery

  • Window bounds persisted across sessions (size, position, maximized state)
  • Per-conversation composer drafts kept between switches and restarts
  • App-state repository with dedicated SQLite migration (017_app_state_and_drafts.sql)
  • FK cascade fix in 014_conversations_workspace_cascade.sql — orphaned conversations cleaned on workspace delete
  • Crash-recovery notes documented (docs/crash-recovery.md)

Updates

  • Background update polling service with status-bar update pill
  • Auto-update flow documented (docs/auto-update.md)

Wireframe mode

  • Wireframe prompt tightened for UI-generation chat
  • Renderer wireframe pipeline reworked for stability

Security

  • Electron window security hardened — contextIsolation, allowed-protocol allowlist, CSP review
  • IPC handler audit script (scripts/audit-ipc-handlers.mjs) — verifies every payload-accepting handler runs *Schema.parse()
  • Documented security checklist in release process

Packaging

  • NSIS x64 installer + portable target added to electron-builder.yml
  • afterPack guard scans for leaked .pdb files and verifies required resources
  • Version bump script (scripts/bump-version.mjs) — semver validation, package + lockfile sync, commit + tag

UI polish

  • Drawer chrome unified across agents, gallery, plan, queue, settings, skills
  • Status-bar refinements with update pill and quicker drawer access
  • Right-click context menu component shared across surfaces
  • Message bubble polish for streaming + tool-trace rendering

Accessibility

  • useEscapeClose and useFocusTrap hooks for drawer keyboard nav
  • Accessibility notes documented (docs/accessibility.md)

Tests

  • New coverage: app-state repository, update service, queue, jsonish helpers, escape-close + focus-trap hooks
  • Renderer smoke tests for app-store, chat-page, gallery-drawer, generation-job-card, message-bubble, wireframe

Helix v1.0 — Diablo

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@Konohamaru04 Konohamaru04 released this 22 Apr 14:07

Helix v1.0 - Diablo

Stable Windows release of Helix, a local-first AI desktop powered by Ollama.

Full patch notes: docs/patchnotes-v1.0-diablo.md


Installation (Windows)

  1. Download Helix.v1.0.Windows.7z
  2. Install Ollama
  3. Pull a model with ollama pull <model-name>
  4. Extract the archive to any folder
  5. Run Helix.exe

Requirements: the Python runtime is bundled with the app.


Known Limitations

  • macOS and Linux builds are not included in this release
  • ComfyUI backend still requires manual model placement

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Konohamaru04/Helix/commits/V1.0-Diablo