v0.1.6

v0.1.6

Release date: June 28, 2026
Channel log: 9 commits · 2 merged PRs · 1 community contributor

The context control + trust release. v0.1.6 adds built-in quick commands, pinned-tab context control, per-tab conversation isolation, and stronger sensitive-tab redaction while keeping the extension read-only and preserving the existing permission surface.

✨ Highlights

• Built-in quick commands — Added visible quick actions and slash commands for common browser-context work: /summarize, /explain, /rewrite, /tabs, /action-items, and more.
• Follow or pin browser context — The side panel can follow the active tab or stay pinned to a specific tab, so switching browser tabs does not silently change what Hermes sees.
• Per-tab conversation isolation — Pinned tabs get separate local message caches and separate Hermes Browser session bindings, keeping workstreams split by browser tab.
• Selectable open-tab context — Added a tab picker so users can choose which open tabs appear in the prompt context, with select-all and deselect-all controls.
• Sensitive-tab prompt redaction — Restricted/sensitive tab titles and URLs are redacted before prompt assembly so banking, password, payment, health, and similar tabs do not leak through active-tab or open-tab summaries.
• Permission surface unchanged — v0.1.6 keeps the existing v0.1 host-permission model while shipping context-control and privacy improvements. Narrower optional host permissions remain a future migration.

🙌 Contributors

• @iruzen-dono / Zhou Jules — quick command foundations in #20 and multi-tab context picker foundations in #21.
• @abundantbeing — v0.1.6 tab-lock architecture, per-tab session/message isolation, privacy redaction, hardening, regression coverage, packaging, and release.

✅ Verification

Fresh v0.1.6 release verification:

• npm ci passed with 0 vulnerabilities.
• npm run verify passed: 90/90 tests, JavaScript syntax checks, and manifest/version checks.
• npm run lint passed with 0 errors. There are 4 existing unused-helper warnings in extension/sidepanel.js.
• npm run build passed and built unpacked extension at dist/.
• npm run package passed and produced artifacts/hermes-browser-extension.tar.gz.
• Version surfaces verified at 0.1.6: package.json, package-lock.json, root manifest.json, extension/manifest.json, dist/manifest.json, and archived manifest.json.
• Built side panel visual smoke checked from dist/: follow/pin menu opened, pinning updated the context control, tab picker opened with tab rows, and browser console had no warnings/errors.

Archive SHA256:

242025470a0558f859a1f5343a1cefd732ae99869eef65db16b56cf0df67fa66  hermes-browser-extension.tar.gz

Install / update

Download hermes-browser-extension.tar.gz, extract it, then load the extracted extension folder in chrome://extensions / edge://extensions with Developer Mode enabled.

If your browser still shows an older version, click Reload on the extension card. If it still does not update, remove the old unpacked extension card and load the fresh extracted v0.1.6 folder again.