Alex v0.1.31

Added

• Models settings tab with cross-provider curation. Settings → Models
  shows every provider's live catalog, lets you build a curated published
  list with drag-to-reorder favourites, flags curated models that are no
  longer available upstream, and adds Refresh models / Check models actions.
  Connected harness configs update automatically when providers or the
  curated list change.
• Remote 1-liners are customizable before copying. Copy 1-liner now opens
  a sheet to choose harness, default model, interface (localhost, LAN, or
  Tailscale), whether to install Alex if missing, and whether to embed a
  scoped key — with a live command preview and reachability warnings.
• Onboarding asks who can reach Alex. The Network access step offers
  loopback, a specific interface, or all interfaces, explains the security
  implications of each, and applies the choice before harness connect. A
  one-time tip under the menu-bar icon points new users at the Trace Browser
  and Settings after onboarding completes.
• Claude Code supports a default Alex model. alex up claude --model …
  now works, and alex up claude launches Claude with the Alex settings
  profile applied.
• Trace browser quality of life. Adjustable transcript text size
  (Cmd+= / Cmd+- / Cmd+0, persisted), a brand icon in the title bar, and a
  right-click "Re-approve key" action that re-enables a rejected known run
  key so the session can continue, next to a shortcut into
  Settings → Credentials.
• Force-install fallback when an app update fails. If a Sparkle update
  aborts (for example an update that cannot be validated), Alex now offers to
  run the official curl installer in your terminal — or copy the command —
  instead of dead-ending.

Changed

• Remote 1-liner host selection prefers Wi-Fi and Ethernet addresses over
  bridges and VPN tunnels when the daemon listens on all interfaces, so
  copied commands embed an address remote machines can actually reach.
• Requests that fail because a provider has no active account now return 403
  instead of 502, so harness SDKs surface the alex auth hint immediately
  instead of retrying for tens of seconds.

Fixed

• The Harnesses settings pane no longer shows a misleading "daemon is bound
  to localhost" warning; reachability guidance now lives in the 1-liner sheet
  where it is accurate.
• Updated ratatui to 0.30, clearing the Dependabot advisory for the lru
  crate's soundness issue.

Alex v0.1.30

Added

• Provider credit balances are available across every client. OpenRouter
  and Amp API-key balances now appear in status output, Telegram, the macOS
  menu bar, the web UI, and the TUI. Codex quota bars remain visible alongside
  credit snapshots.
• Onboarding covers network exposure on macOS. The new step explains and
  configures dashboard access beyond localhost; web onboarding locks unrelated
  navigation until setup completes and can open the Trace Browser in a new tab.
• Stable GitHub releases now attach versioned Windows CLI archives and Inno
  Setup installers, with SHA-256 files, for both x86_64 and ARM64.

Changed

• The macOS Trace Browser now keeps large sessions responsive. Transcript
  work moves off the main thread, incremental updates are batched, inline text
  is capped, rendered artifacts are cached, and a hang watchdog records
  diagnostics in ui-hangs.log.
• Provider credentials are pinged per account so one account's result cannot
  mask another account's state.
• The web Trace Browser uses a more compact layout with a dedicated filters
  toolbar; version and refresh controls moved to the footer, and the logo now
  links to the GitHub repository.
• The Providers page opens directly on the first provider instead of an
  aggregate view. Dashboard passwords accept any non-empty value up to 256
  characters.

Fixed

• Removed the confusing newer-activity pill and improved Trace Browser forks,
  context menus, cursor behavior, and default expansion of chat bodies.
• Onboarding and header imagery consistently use the current header asset.

Alex v0.1.29

First stable release of the 0.1.29 line. It includes all changes from the
0.1.29 betas plus the V1 activation, reliability, and supported-platform work
below.

Added

• Programmable middleware with an explainable Fable-to-Sol fallback. Typed,
  regex-first rules can match harness, model, provider, status, response
  headers, and body content; reroutes are session-scoped, persisted, visible in
  traces, and manageable from the CLI, web UI, and macOS rule editor. The
  built-in preset moves an explicit Fable refusal to high-effort GPT-5.6 Sol.
• LAR-backed trace storage and lazy browsing. Crash-recoverable archives,
  resumable migration from existing gzip bodies, bounded body reads, cursor
  pagination, lazy transcript turns, sanitized export/replay fixtures, and a
  reproducible 55,000-trace/9.4-GB scale gate keep large trace collections
  usable.
• First-class CLIProxyAPI integration in both directions. Alex can route
  through an existing CLIProxyAPI instance, and CLIProxyAPI can route into
  Alex with scoped credentials, capability negotiation, correlation headers,
  streaming/tool-call preservation, and loop rejection. Web and macOS
  onboarding can probe and configure the upstream path.
• Shared activation path. alex doctor, the local web UI, Linux user
  services, and deterministic packaged smoke tests cover onboarding, health,
  middleware, routing, traces, restart, upgrade, and rollback.
• Public interactive walkthroughs. Three static, source-checked demos cover
  cross-harness routing, Fable-to-Sol failover, and asking a second model. The
  site supports keyboard/mobile use, reduced motion, no-JavaScript fallbacks,
  and privacy-safe conversion events.
• Cross-harness session resume. Captured Pi, Claude, and Codex sessions can
  be forked into another supported harness while retaining trace lineage.

Changed

• The product and runtime are now Alex. User-facing copy, binaries, service
  identifiers, configuration, installers, package metadata, and the macOS app
  use the Alex name; fresh installs have no legacy compatibility layer.
• Onboarding is resumable and reversible. Users can move between harness,
  provider, imported credentials, existing accounts, and new-account flows
  without stale selections or test state; detected credentials require an
  explicit confirmation before import.
• The default Fable fallback now intercepts any structured Anthropic SSE
  refusal, routes to high-effort GPT-5.6 Sol, and keeps the replacement route
  for the stable session for 24 hours.
• Middleware Settings now shows recent real trace matches and execution results
  instead of presenting a synthetic Test button.

Fixed

• Release packages now exercise the installed Linux service and macOS app/CLI
  before publication, and the stable workflow builds one complete
  checksum-verified manifest before crates, GitHub Release, Sparkle, or
  Homebrew promotion.
• Reset and first-run flows safely rediscover credentials, recreate private
  configuration paths, and return provider-less installs to onboarding.
• Codex login and account routing preserve existing identities and clearly
  distinguish imported, existing, and newly authenticated accounts.
• Linux and macOS service upgrades replace the active daemon without leaving a
  duplicate process, and packaged rollback preserves state and trace history.
• Editing the built-in middleware rule now always updates its existing ID
  rather than occasionally creating a second custom rule from a stale sheet
  state.
• Claude onboarding now shows the opt-in --settings launch command directly
  after connection.

Alex v0.1.29-beta.9 (beta)

Beta build 0.1.29-beta.9. Pre-release test version — install via the beta update channel.

Alex v0.1.29-beta.8 (beta)

Beta build 0.1.29-beta.8. Pre-release test version — install via the beta update channel.

Alex v0.1.29-beta.7 (beta)

Beta build 0.1.29-beta.7. Pre-release test version — install via the beta update channel.

Alex v0.1.29-beta.6 (beta)

Beta build 0.1.29-beta.6. Pre-release test version — install via the beta update channel.

Alex v0.1.29-beta.5 (beta)

Beta build 0.1.29-beta.5. Pre-release test version — install via the beta update channel.

Alex v0.1.29-beta.4 (beta)

Beta build 0.1.29-beta.4. Pre-release test version — install via the beta update channel.

Alex v0.1.29-beta.3 (beta)

Beta build 0.1.29-beta.3. Pre-release test version — install via the beta update channel.