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Claude Island v1.3

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@farouqaldori farouqaldori released this 12 Apr 16:03
· 10 commits to main since this release

Claude Island v1.3

Fixes

  • Security: socket at /tmp/claude-island.sock was world-writable (0o777) — any process could forge hook events. Now owner-only (0o600) (credit: @hobostay #78)
  • Quit button in the settings menu is now clickable across the full row (credit: @carlovsk #61)
  • Settings menu height now fits all rows so Quit is always reachable
  • Notification sound no longer plays when a subagent completes (only when the main session finishes) (credit: @akdoan1 #37)
  • Spinner/checkmark no longer clipped by the notch curve (credit: @saoudrizwan #26)
  • Notch no longer bounces/retracts multiple times when waking from sleep (credit: @gwtaylor #23)
  • MCP tool arguments now display "true"/"false" for booleans (was "1"/"0") (credit: @hobostay #78)
  • Message IDs are now stable across app launches — no more chat flickering (credit: @hobostay #78)
  • Empty assistant messages and thinking blocks no longer render as orphan dots
  • Chat view now works when Claude Code uses a custom config directory

New

  • Dynamic config directory — auto-detects CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR, ~/.config/claude/, or ~/.claude/. New picker in settings with "Auto-detect" or "Choose folder…" via native macOS folder picker (credit: @bluzername #59, @sachielxsuo #68)
  • Inline image rendering — base64 image blocks now display in the chat view
  • Live subagent tracking — sub-tool calls under an Agent appear in real-time instead of waiting for the Agent to finish
  • Token usage per session — shows alongside the session title in the instances list (credit: @ryskin #34)
  • Dead-process detection — sessions are marked as ended within ~3 seconds after the Claude process exits (credit: @ryskin #34)
  • Phase-based status text — "Processing…", "Ready", "Idle", "Ended" instead of blank or ? (credit: @ryskin #34)
  • "Agent" tool support — Claude Code renamed TaskAgent; all parsing, UI, and subagent tracking updated
  • New Claude Code hooks — registered PostToolUseFailure, PermissionDenied, StopFailure, SubagentStart, PostCompact

Under the hood

  • ISO8601DateFormatter reused across JSONL parsing (was being created per message line) (credit: @hobostay #78)
  • Image base64 decode moved off the main thread
  • ClaudePaths cache is now lock-protected for cross-thread safety
  • ToolCallItem.isSubagentContainer helper replaces 10+ inline "Task" || "Agent" checks
  • Settings menu wraps content in a ScrollView to handle overflow
  • Build script no longer fails when xcpretty is noisy or missing

Minimum requirements

macOS 15.6+

Installation

  1. Download ClaudeIsland-1.3.dmg below
  2. Open the DMG and drag Claude Island to Applications
  3. Launch from Applications

Auto-updates

Users on v1.1 and v1.2 will auto-update via Sparkle. Delta patches are generated so the update is small (~557 KB for v1.2 → v1.3).


Thanks to everyone who contributed PRs that landed in this release.