TensorPM v1.8.1-beta.1 (Beta)

Changelog - v1.8.1-beta.1

This patch beta covers all changes since v1.8.0-beta.1. It improves connector
project assignment, intake exclusions, Distiller review fidelity, local agent
execution, demo data quality, and release-readiness fixes.

New Features

Multi-Project Email Connectors

• Email connectors now use projectIds instead of a single projectId, so one
  mailbox can be assigned to multiple projects.
• Existing email connectors with legacy projectId data are migrated in memory
  into the new projectIds shape when loaded.
• Duplicate email connector detection now checks overlapping project
  assignments instead of blocking every connector with the same email address.
• Email connector sync, ingest, mail context, setup forms, connector overview,
  and connector status indicators all understand multi-project assignments.
• The email connector setup form now shows project checkboxes instead of a
  single project select.
• Connector overview details can display multiple assigned project names.
• A renderer helper normalizes connector project IDs before UI components use
  them.

Local Gmail Connector Bootstrap

• Added a development-only connector bootstrap service that can create or update
  a Gmail connector from environment variables.
• Gmail app passwords from the environment are imported into secure storage
  rather than persisted in connector JSON.
• Existing matching connectors can have their project assignments reconciled
  from the environment.
• Packaged builds explicitly skip this bootstrap path to avoid surprising
  end-user connector provisioning.
• .env.example documents the Gmail connector bootstrap variables.

Folder-Level Intake Exclusions

• File Explorer can now exclude an entire folder from distillation.
• Files nested under an excluded folder are hidden from pending distillation
  queries.
• Folder ignores support workspace/private ignore semantics through the same
  intake ignore path as files, emails, documents, and Telegram messages.
• Ignored folders show visual ignored-status badges in list and grid views.
• Including a file or folder now targets the deepest matching ignore entry, so
  nested folder ignores can be removed correctly.
• Intake ignored-item lists now display folder names and include folders under
  the file source filter.

Structured Distiller Review Cards

• Distiller can present newly proposed action items, people, and material items
  as structured entity cards instead of plain text.
• Entity cards show a title plus typed attributes such as status, due date,
  owner, and priority.
• Status attributes reuse the same visual status symbols as the action item
  list.
• Table-like fields, including requirements, technologies/methods, milestones,
  and risks, now render as compact green/red table diffs.
• Prose fields such as description, goal, scope, and dependencies now render as
  stacked text diffs instead of squeezed inline pills.
• Source review cards now show clearer source type badges for files, documents,
  emails, MCP updates, chat updates, and other sources.
• Image sources can render inline previews when the local source file is
  available.
• File-like sources can be opened from the Distiller review card when TensorPM
  can resolve the source path.
• Long source quotes collapse when the proposal already has visible structured
  content.

Brave Search Key Management

• Brave Search now participates in the shared API key initialization/checking
  flow.
• BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY can be imported into secure storage at startup.
• The all-provider API key check now includes Brave.
• Environment logging now reports Mistral and Brave key presence without
  exposing secrets.
• Brave Search availability now depends on a validated stored Brave key, matching
  the secure-storage behavior used by other providers.

Construction Demo Metrics

• The construction SharePoint demo seed now assigns role groups based on seeded
  person roles.
• Demo projects now include AI+ project health and progress evaluations with
  status, percentage, trends, confidence, and reasoning.
• Seeded projects and action items now default to the AI+ view where appropriate.
• The demo seed can read .env and .env.local, supporting the new local Gmail
  connector bootstrap workflow.

Improvements

Distiller Proposal Fidelity

• The Distiller tool schema now documents when to use proposedEntity,
  proposedChanges, decisionPlan, and free text.
• proposedEntity is accepted only for action items, people, and material items.
• Table fields are rejected when sent as generic entity cards and receive a clear
  repair message telling the model to use cell-level proposedChanges.
• Structured entity proposals are flattened into readable legacy trail text when
  a plain-content fallback is needed.
• Distiller prompt guidance was tightened so table rows and cells stay in the
  review format users expect.
• The review carousel fingerprints structured proposals with operation and
  proposedEntity, so changed cards reset stale approval decisions correctly.
• Hidden approval payloads now preserve operation and proposedEntity through
  the apply phase.
• Backend history enrichment now merges missing proposal payload fields from the
  original present_distillate call into partial hidden approval payloads.
• Decision-plan proposals continue to preserve their write-plan details through
  the approval flow.

Distiller and Trail Rendering

• Structured Distiller proposal objects no longer fall back to raw JSON display.
• Action item diff cards strip rich-text HTML from description-like fields before
  showing changes.
• Action item assignment diffs render avatar stacks where possible.
• Action item deletion trail events now include deleted item summaries when the
  tool response provides them.
• People edit proposals highlight newly added labels and custom roles.
• Person fields with structured changes avoid duplicate full-person rendering.
• Empty placeholders such as -, (), and [] are treated as missing values
  instead of being shown as removed content.
• Distiller card action menus now size to localized labels and include the
  localized Skip label in English and German.
• Approved, appended, skipped, and rejected Distiller cards now use full-card
  state tinting rather than only a left border.

Intake and File Review Usability

• Pending file rows in the intake indicator now use a stable two-line layout
  with the file name above the date.
• Long file names now show ellipses correctly instead of being hard-cut.
• File hover tooltips show the full filename, date, size, and description.
• File icons are vertically centered against the updated two-line layout.
• Virtualized pending-file row estimates were adjusted to reduce resize flicker.
• Folder ignore helpers centralize path normalization and folder containment
  checks so File Explorer, status hooks, and store updates share the same
  semantics.
• Dashboard chat and welcome-context layout were adjusted to work with the new
  intake state.

Local Agent Execution

• Local Codex standard runs now use the current workspace-write sandbox flag and
  approval mode expected by the current Codex CLI.
• Full Codex runs still use the explicit bypass mode selected by the user.
• Headless Codex runs continue to capture the final answer through the last
  message output file.
• Interactive Codex argument generation is exposed for compatibility coverage.
• Local CLI smoke coverage now checks Codex and Claude Code command generation.

AI Tooling and Prompt Context

• Person updates now accept common field aliases such as role, roleGroups,
  email, phone, labels, and German phone labels.
• Person update arguments are normalized so scalar, array, role group, and
  influence values are coerced before persistence.
• Person references can be resolved by name or ID before updates are applied.
• Action item deletion responses now include deleted item summaries for better
  audit trail output.
• Tool name aliases are resolved before tool trace and trail tracking, so
  aliased tool calls are tracked under their canonical tool names.
• Project/user prompt context now resolves the current language from explicit UI
  settings, Electron locale, process locale, or Intl locale.
• German language preference now emits a stronger instruction to write all
  user-facing text in German.
• Project welcome context cache invalidation now compares against the resolved
  language rather than the raw system setting.
• Connector/project context in prompts now reflects the new multi-project email
  connector model.

Runtime and Document Processing

• The renderer now displays a clear Electron-runtime-required screen when opened
  without the preload IPC API, instead of failing silently from a plain Vite URL.
• SheetJS document processing now binds Node filesystem APIs for ESM usage, which
  fixes spreadsheet reads that previously failed with "Cannot access file" for
  valid paths.
• MCP action item updates no longer re-apply the [AI] creation prefix when
  editing an existing item.

Fixes

• Fixed folder-source matching for Windows-style backslash paths in intake
  pending-file queries.
• Fixed an escaped-character lint issue in an intake SQL comment.
• Fixed Distiller approvals that could show structured entity details in review
  but drop the structured payload before applying.
• Fixed schema/prompt drift where table fields could be proposed as generic
  entities even though they must be reviewed as row/cell diffs.
• Fixed connector status and sync blocking logic for email connectors assigned to
  multiple projects.
• Fixed connector repository duplicate checks so connectors with the same email
  are allowed when their project assignments do not overlap.
• Fixed project welcome context language handling for system language mode.
• Fixed Brave Search error guidance to point to validated settings or startup
  environment import.

Tests

Added or updated regression coverage for:

• Multi-project connector config normalization, duplicate detection, IPC, sync,
  ingest, mail service, connector overview, connector indicator, and email setup
  behavior.
• Connector environment bootstrap creation, credential import, reconciliation,
  incomplete environment handling, and packaged-build safety.
• Folder ignore visibility in pending email/file intake queries.
• Distiller prompt guidance, structured entity approval payload preservation,
  partial hidden approval payload enrichment, decision-plan preservation, and
  invalid table-field proposedEntity rejection.
• Distiller executor support for entity-only action item/person/material
  proposals.
• Distiller carousel behavior and Trail rendering for action item and people
  diffs.
• Brave API key initialization, availability, and executor behavior.
• Document processor ESM filesystem binding.
• Person executor argument normalization and alias handling.
• Tool name alias tracking.
• User language resolution from settings and locale fallbacks.
• Material panel and connector frontend behavior touched by the connector model
  change.
• Local Codex and Claude Code CLI compatibility.

Notes

• No explicit database migration is required; legacy email connector projectId
  values are normalized when connector configs are loaded.
• This beta release intentionally skips the full Playwright E2E suite during
  release, per release request.
• Unit tests, typecheck, lint, and the release AI smoke test remain part of the
  release gate.
• The local release baseline is v1.8.0-beta.1; no separate v1.8.0 tag exists
  in this checkout.

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Release Info

• Version: 1.8.1-beta.1
• Release Date: May 30, 2026
• Previous Version: 1.8.0-beta.1
• Type: Patch Beta