Houston v0.4.24

Houston 0.4.24

Added

• Easier routine scheduling. Weekly schedules are now a simple multi-day
  preset, and the schedule form uses a friendly clock picker instead of making
  you type time values by hand.
• Clearer context in chat. The context indicator is now a quieter hover ring,
  so you can see the signal when you need it without adding more noise to the
  chat screen.
• Sign in without leaving Houston. You can now sign in right inside the app
  with Google, a one-time email code, or your Microsoft account, instead of
  bouncing out to a browser to finish.
• Agent Settings in one place. The agent's settings tab now has a Settings
  section where you can rename an agent and reach its card actions, instead of
  hunting through a menu.
• Find a timezone by typing. The routines timezone control is now a
  searchable picker. Type a city or region instead of scrolling a long list.

Improved

• Less visual noise while Houston works. The blinking loading helmet is gone,
  mission logs start collapsed, and Houston surfaces only the live action unless
  you want more detail.
• More consistent cards. Chat, integration, and context cards now share the
  same shape and behavior, so actions feel more predictable across the app.
• Simpler effort control. The effort button now cycles through levels with an
  icon that matches the selected level.
• One timezone for routines. Routine schedules now use one account-wide
  timezone instead of per-routine overrides, which makes scheduled behavior
  easier to reason about.
• Houston opens ready to go. Once your agents finish loading, Houston selects
  one for you instead of leaving the screen empty.

Fixed

• Claude session limits are labeled correctly. If Claude hits its 5-hour
  session limit, Houston now shows a session-limit card instead of a misleading
  rate-limit message.
• OpenAI Codex usage limits are labeled correctly. When Codex runs out of its
  usage allowance, Houston now shows a clear quota card, including when it resets,
  instead of a generic error.
• Routines no longer disappear. A single routine with an unusual character
  used to make the whole list fail to load. Houston now recovers your routines and
  keeps them instead of clearing the list.
• Houston opens reliably after relaunching. A startup hang could leave Houston
  running with no window. The main window now appears normally.
• The model picker only lists models you can use. A model that was not
  available to select no longer appears in the chat model picker.
• App connections update immediately. When a connected app is already linked,
  Houston now flips Connect to connected instead of leaving the screen stale.
• Chat errors stay where they happened. An error no longer jumps to the bottom
  of the conversation and separates itself from the message it belongs to.
• Skill detail loading is clearer. Skill cards disable and show progress while
  their detail view is loading.
• Routines fire on time after your Mac sleeps. Scheduled routines could run
  late or be skipped if your Mac slept, overnight or with the lid closed. They
  now keep accurate time and catch up as soon as your Mac wakes.
• Fewer false errors from Codex. Brief reconnect blips while OpenAI Codex is
  working no longer flash up as errors.

Before you upgrade

• Mac: quit Houston before installing. macOS does not always replace a
  running app cleanly. If in doubt, remove /Applications/Houston.app and drag
  the new copy in.
• Windows x64: auto-update from 0.4.7 or later pulls you forward
  automatically. The MSI is still not OS-code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may
  warn on a fresh install.
• Windows ARM64: there is no auto-update path from an emulated x64 install.
  Download the ARM64 MSI manually, uninstall the x64 build first, then install
  the ARM64 one.