vWatch 0.3.1

vWatch 0.3.1 fixes reliability issues in project edits, repository measurements, agent Runs and the desktop window. This is a pre-release for Windows 11.

Fixes

• Project notes and status stay independent. Saving a note no longer resets a status changed in the meantime; changing status no longer overwrites the latest note.
• Failed measurements remain visibly unknown. Git measurement failures no longer appear as successful empty results. Source statistics correctly classify TeX and reStructuredText, handle Git-hidden file changes and accept unusual historical commit dates.
• Agent work keeps the right history. Repeated Run errors are tied to the current document. Inherited assessments of your edited ideas remain due for reassessment, and deferring a question on an older Card no longer counts as answering it.
• CLI errors and formats are consistent. Calling the CLI without a command reports an error with recovery guidance, and JSON output aliases are honored consistently. Required document text cannot contain only whitespace.
• The window keeps your place. Expanded recent changes, acknowledged warnings and additional languages stay expanded through refreshes. Timestamps use your local calendar day.
• Startup failures are visible. If vWatch cannot open its database, it shows an error dialog with the database path instead of exiting silently.

Install or update

1. Download and extract vWatch-0.3.1-windows-x64.zip.

2. Run the installer from the extracted vWatch-0.3.1 folder:

   powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\install.ps1

3. Open vWatch from the Start menu.

The installer preserves your data and preferences. Before updating alpha software, close vWatch and active agent commands and back up %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\vWatch\data. If you copied the operating Skill into an agent's private skills folder, update that copy from the installed skill\vwatch folder while keeping its existing scope.

The package contains vWatch.exe, vWatch-UI.exe, install.ps1 and LICENSE. Git is required; the GitHub CLI is optional. The executables are unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first start.

Verification

The complete normal check passed for commit 7e60938cbf7c0f91de3b05d7efb33915783ef3cb: 200 Rust tests with desktop support, 200 core-only Rust tests, 102 UI tests, 11 development-tool tests and all static checks. Opt-in stress cases were not run.

The extracted package reports version 0.3.1 and starts against isolated data. Native window checks covered the startup-error dialog, local calendar dates, independent project note/status saves and expanded recent-change details surviving a refresh.

SHA256 of the ZIP: 236260864a396e0cbb196048e96ad2600d8b178f782cda4991bc548391827aaf

Full changelog

vWatch 0.3.0

vWatch 0.3.0 adds a consistent app icon, English/German language selection and quicker ways to find and revisit your decisions. This is a pre-release for Windows 11.

What's new

• A new app icon throughout vWatch: both Windows executables, the window and taskbar, the Start menu shortcut, the app header and the README now use the Thought icon. Windows builds also refresh their embedded resources when the icon changes.
• English or German: choose the window and new agent report language in Settings. English is the default; existing reports keep their original language. CLI output and agent instructions remain English.
• Find your own reasoning: search includes rating notes, and entries under "Since your last read" can open their source in the Project.
• An optional working-practice review: ask your agent to review how you work across Projects. It discusses findings with you and saves only those you select. Daily Runs are unchanged.

Fixes

• Latest display preferences survive overlapping saves and reloads.
• Repeated recent changes with the same title remain distinct when their details differ.
• Concurrent Facts refreshes cannot overwrite newer measurements; staged file versions are tracked more accurately and source reads are bounded.
• CLI Job continuations retain the current caller's requested output format.

Install or update

1. Download and extract vWatch-0.3.0-windows-x64.zip.

2. Run the installer from the extracted vWatch-0.3.0 folder:

   powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\install.ps1

3. Open vWatch from the Start menu. Choose German in Settings if you prefer it.

The installer preserves your data and preferences. As a precaution before updating alpha software, close vWatch and active agent commands and back up %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\vWatch\data. If you copied the operating Skill into an agent's private skills folder, update that copy from the installed skill\vwatch folder while keeping its existing scope.

The package includes vWatch.exe, vWatch-UI.exe, install.ps1 and LICENSE. Git is required; the GitHub CLI is optional. The executables are unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first start.

Verification

All 510 tests and static checks passed for commit ac20ed44fb2e081eeb2285341daa675dfe049039. The extracted CLI starts with isolated data, and both packaged executables contain all ten original Windows icon sizes.

SHA256 of the ZIP: 15a60cdf2010f165aaf76815625dc437b3c56971afc3eb2e2307e0b96e97e423

Full changelog

vWatch 0.2.0

The first public release of vWatch: a morning overview of all the software projects your coding agents work on.

vWatch measures every repository with Git: commits, uncommitted and unpushed work, branches, worktrees and, with gh, CI state. Your own coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, vBot or any agent that can run a command) writes one report per project and a cross-project brief through the vwatch CLI. You read them in one window, answer the agent's questions, rate its suggestions and hand tasks back to it.

This is an alpha release for Windows 11. The window is in German.

Install

1. Download vWatch-0.2.0-windows-x64.zip and extract it.

2. In the extracted folder, run:

   powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\install.ps1

3. Open vWatch from the Start menu, pick your projects in the settings and connect your agent as the README describes.

vWatch needs Git on your PATH; the GitHub CLI is optional. The executables are not signed, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first start ("More info", then "Run anyway").

Package

• vWatch.exe: the console CLI for you and your agents
• vWatch-UI.exe: the window
• install.ps1: installs both to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\vWatch and adds a Start menu entry
• LICENSE: MIT

SHA256 of the zip: 74a30d9d73d5d4099b2d00abe766d981383a8127cd64ccc0c5b75faf27f72a27