Recon 0.2.3 — Resources, navigation fixes and Linux

Recon 0.2.3 adds reusable project resources and in-app updates, improves Workspace navigation, and fixes incomplete forwarding of large HTTP responses. Packages were refreshed on October 14, 2026 from source commit 9dd4f621b0c6ae7c21c06c3559903c59f99edc4b, including the new Linux build.

October 14 package refresh

• Settings opens inside the existing workspace. The sidebar uses a continuous tool list, with a brief highlight on click and correctly aligned feedback when sending a request to Repeater.
• Resource editors stay in their category. Agent instructions, Request variables and Secrets replace the previous category names; creating a resource follows the selected category, and secret values remain masked.
• Linux uses native Ctrl shortcuts, Alt+1–9 for Repeater tabs and installed system fonts. Windows compact MCP layouts retain enough room for their content.

Capabilities and fixes

• Project Resources: reusable Markdown instructions, request variables and secret references, available to agents through MCP. Recon resolves references when sending supported HTTP requests.
• In-app updates from About: download and verify a release, save work, then restart to replace the application. Failed startup restores the previous app.
• Projects and Resources remember search, filters, selection and scroll position. Search shortcuts focus the current page.
• Proxy forwards complete large responses while retaining a bounded history preview. Fixed-length, chunked, compressed and HTTP/2 responses have regression coverage; interrupted forwarding reports an error.
• Findings keeps its list beside details, with severity filtering, adjustable layout and preserved return position.
• Resources includes type/status filters, expiry presets, exact expiry times, inline validation and saved-state feedback. Projects and Resources use resizable dividers.

Downloads

• macOS Apple Silicon: Recon-macos.zip or Recon-0.2.3-macos.zip.
• Windows x64 installer: Recon-windows-x64-setup.exe.
• Windows x64 portable: Recon-windows-x64.zip.
• Linux x86_64 portable archive: Recon-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Extract it and run ./Recon/recon in a graphical Wayland or X11 session.
• SHA256SUMS.txt contains checksums for all packages; platform-specific checksum files are also included.

These refreshed packages still report version 0.2.3. Existing 0.2.3 installations must download them manually because the in-app updater only offers a higher version. Project data is stored outside the app installation folder. macOS builds are ad-hoc signed and not notarized; Windows packages are unsigned.

Linux support is experimental. The x86_64 archive is built on Ubuntu 24.04 and requires a working Vulkan driver and the native libraries listed in the archive's runtime-libraries.txt. Older distributions and ARM64 builds are not verified. This is a portable archive, not a DEB, RPM or AppImage; automatic updates and desktop integration are unavailable. Import proxy certificates using the distribution or browser's certificate tools.

Validation

• macOS: 1221 tests passed, 8 opt-in tests ignored; Chinese and English resource editor snapshots reviewed; package signature and checksums verified.
• Windows: GitHub-hosted tests, native UI snapshots, release build, per-user installation, application startup, graceful shutdown and uninstall checks passed.
• Linux: GitHub-hosted Ubuntu 24.04 compile checks, full tests, release build and portable package checks passed.
• All platform workflows passed for the source commit above. The update helper retains regression coverage for failed startup, timeout and interrupted replacement; physical multi-monitor positioning and a complete live Windows update between releases still need manual verification.

Downloads and help: https://recon.vozen.io