Newsmonger v0.2.0-beta.15 (beta)

Beta / pre-release. This build is opt-in. The desktop auto-updater keeps pointing at the prior stable release.

• Fixed Codex CLI checks failing outright: the shared JSON schemas now list every declared property in required, as OpenAI's strict structured outputs demand, and topic discovery is fixed the same way.
• CLI failures now show the actual error message and code (e.g. invalid_json_schema: …) instead of the closing braces of a JSON payload, with the detail cap raised from 300 to 600 characters.
• A topic that has been checked but holds no stories now reads checked 1d ago · no stories instead of implying stories are still there.
• New effort comparison in Settings → App → Diagnostics: median duration and median tokens per effort level, fastest first. Only successful runs count, runs from before effort tracking are excluded, and tokens read "not reported" rather than 0 when a provider reports none. It stays silent below two levels and explains what to change instead.
• Checks no longer ask the model to omit category/subcategory; they are always returned, as null when no classification was requested.
• Confirmed and documented that clicking a desktop notification on macOS brings the window forward — courtesy of the OS activating the posting app, not app code. Windows and Linux remain unverified.

Try it out

npm: npm install -g newsmonger@0.2.0-beta.15 (or newsmonger@beta for the newest beta)

Desktop bundles: see Assets below.