Helix v1.5 — Testarossa

Helix v1.5 — Testarossa Patch Notes

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

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Package

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

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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