Patterm 0.2.5

Patterm 0.2.5

This release improves conversation switching and repeat visits, fixes startup
and terminal exit issues, and moves the assistant button into the bar.

Changed

• Integrated Claude reuses its model, effort, mode and slash-command controls
  until they change. Conversation snapshots omit the full model and command
  lists, saving tens of kilobytes per snapshot.
• Opening an Integrated conversation no longer holds up terminal typing in
  the same browser. Returning to an agent within a few seconds reuses its
  worktree diff totals instead of running git again.
• Conversation history caches up to 24 pages within about 4 MB, evicting the
  least recently read pages first. Long scratchpads reopen from cache too.
• Paired hosts announce history changes, so linked projects can reuse cached
  remote history. Older hosts continue to be read each time.
• The browser avoids duplicate update and settings reads when connecting.
• The assistant button sits in the top bar, or bottom bar on phones, so it
  no longer covers composers, send buttons or terminal text.

Fixed

• The first browser load after server startup no longer gets script-file
  503 errors that leave the page blank until reloaded.
• Launching an agent from a browser tab opened before a server update now
  opens the agent instead of leaving the tab on its previous page.
• Linux terminals retain output read as a process exits, including when
  the terminal is busy drawing a frame. This uses a patched vendored copy
  of alacritty_terminal 0.26.0.

Platform support

Linux x64 and arm64 are the supported release platforms.

macOS and Windows desktop builds are experimental, including when attached
to a stable release. They pass automated build checks but still need hands-on
testing with agent CLIs; bugs and platform differences may remain.

• macOS: Apple Silicon (macos-arm64) and Intel (macos-x64) app zips.
  These builds are ad-hoc signed, not Apple Developer ID signed or notarized,
  so macOS may block opening them. Install or update with install-macos.sh.
• Windows: a portable x64 zip (windows-x64) and the per-user PowerShell
  installer (install.ps1).
• The background service installer and Tailscale setup are Linux-only.

Each app archive has a matching .sha256 file. Install and sign into your agent
CLIs separately. See the repository README for platform installation details.

What's Changed

• Open a launched agent even when the launch view can't load by @hjbdev in #82
• Keep a process's last output when it exits while the terminal is busy by @hjbdev in #83
• Keep terminal input moving while snapshots load, and stop cold-load 503s by @hjbdev in #81
• Share history changes between paired hosts and cache their history reads by @hjbdev in #85
• Bound cached history pages and cache long scratchpads' chunks by @hjbdev in #84
• Read Claude controls only when their revision changes by @hjbdev in #86
• Move the assistant button into the bar by @hjbdev in #87
• Prepare 0.2.5 release by @hjbdev in #88

Full Changelog: v0.2.4...v0.2.5