Better GitHub Stars Manager v1.0.8
This release makes first-run onboarding clearer and safer, adds new behavior preferences for how the stars manager opens and auto-tags repos, and tightens automated verification around the MV3 stars-page experience.
Highlights
- Added new behavior preferences in Options, including a per-repo auto-tag limit and a setting to choose whether your own GitHub Stars page opens with the manager panel by default.
- The stars-page overlay now respects that saved default while still keeping temporary hide/show actions session-local.
- Expanded the first-run coach tour from three steps to four, including a dedicated step for hiding the panel and returning to GitHub’s native Stars view.
- Improved coach spotlight rendering so highlighted areas no longer bleed into nearby controls or get visually clipped by adjacent sticky UI.
- Strengthened E2E coverage for the shadow-root MV3 experience and made toolbar verification more robust across localized UIs.
Fixes
- Fixed onboarding semantics so “Got it” now appears only at the end of the coach tour, instead of silently dismissing the rest of first-run guidance from an earlier status card.
- Fixed pre-coach onboarding flow so token setup, syncing, retry, and coach stages remain action-oriented instead of being prematurely treated as fully dismissed.
- Fixed coach overlay behavior so highlighted actions are safer during the tour and less likely to trigger accidental real interactions mid-onboarding.
- Fixed automated stars-page verification to align with the current shadow-root mounting model and localized toolbar counters.
Notes
- Existing stars, tags, notes, favorites, and sync data remain intact. No reset is required.
- The new panel-default preference only affects how your own GitHub Stars page opens by default; temporary in-session hide/show behavior still works independently.
- Auto-tag behavior is now more configurable without changing the underlying sync model.