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Hermes WebUI Desktop v0.3.1

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@nesquena nesquena released this 11 Jun 01:20
· 18 commits to main since this release

The first release that arrives as an in-app update for v0.3.0 users — and the
first signed and notarized macOS build (Developer ID + hardened runtime +
stapled notarization: no more right-click-to-open ritual; microphone and network
entitlements mirror hermes-swift-mac so voice input keeps working under the
hardened runtime).

Added

  • Platform-labeled release artifacts (tester request: "label the binaries to
    be clear about platform"): every asset now states its platform —
    …_win_x64-setup.exe, …_lin_x86_64.AppImage, …_macos_universal.dmg,
    and the formerly ambiguous universal.app.tar.gz is now
    …_macos_universal.app.tar.gz. The update manifest's URLs are rewritten to
    match automatically, while the release is still a draft.
  • Portable Windows build (tester request: "be nice to have a non-installer
    .exe"): …_win_x64_portable.zip — unzip anywhere and run, no installer, no
    admin rights. The bundled portable.txt marker keeps the app in portable mode:
    self-update is disabled there (it would silently convert the portable copy into
    an installed app) and points at Releases instead. Requires the WebView2 runtime
    (preinstalled on Windows 11).
  • SSH tunnel auto-recovery (Swift app NWPathMonitor parity): while the tunnel
    is down — laptop slept, Wi-Fi dropped, VPN flapped — the app probes the SSH
    host's port every 10 s and reconnects the moment it answers, with a blind retry
    every 60 s for ssh_config-mapped ports. No more manually clicking Reconnect
    after every sleep/wake.
  • Downloads on macOS and Linux: session exports and other in-app downloads
    (which WKWebView/WebKitGTK silently drop) are intercepted, saved into
    ~/Downloads with collision-safe names, and announced with a notification.
    Windows keeps WebView2's native Save As dialog.
  • Reveal Log File in the macOS app menu and the tab bar's ⋯ menu — opens the
    live log in Finder/Explorer/Files for bug reports.

Fixed

  • The update-check failure dialog now gives actionable guidance instead of a raw
    plugin error string.
  • Linux stability hardening from the new CI smoke harness (which launches the
    real app on Ubuntu under Xvfb and screenshots it): window centering no longer
    relies on GTK's no-op center() for hidden windows, the tab strip's buttons
    use font-safe glyphs, and tab operations avoid re-fitting GTK child webview
    geometry — which crashes natively in Tauri's multi-webview on Linux. Known
    cosmetic limits on Linux for now: extra strip padding, and window resizes
    don't re-fit webview bounds (upstream wry/GTK work, tracked).