AVE 1.0.24 Release Notes

Status: Released on August 2, 2026 Bangkok time.

Highlights

Added searchable Moments to the editor and global Assets library, with exact and related-meaning retrieval across visual analysis, transcripts, metadata, and remembered footage.
Added Footage Memory for saving, finding, previewing, and forgetting user-confirmed labels on exact source ranges with project or local-library scope.
Added on-device visual similarity and semantic retrieval using native Apple frameworks, with no additional model download or cloud dependency.
Added reusable moment actions, cross-project deduplication, progressive library loading, and filters for project, media type, duration, memory, and analysis state.
Extended Codex and Claude Code access with approval-gated Footage Memory tools, richer search results, safer workflow recovery, and deterministic timeline planning.
Fixed source-import metadata drift, removed-project resurrection, MCP semantic-search transport, and small library layout inconsistencies.

Base range: ca149df..d92b798.
Added rebuildable local library indexes, optional Footage Memory records, and native Apple Vision and Natural Language helpers without renaming source files or AVE-managed media copies.
Advanced the AVE MCP contract to revision 8 and its tool contract to revision 14, exposing 22 tools behind 9 permission scopes.
Kept the existing Local AI runtime, starter model payload, Sparkle signing identity, minimum update build 18, and full-package update path unchanged.
This remains a complete AVE package distributed through lemberalla/ave-releases-v2; the legacy compatibility bridge remains untouched.

Release verification includes:

Searching assets and moments by exact words and related meaning, previewing bounded ranges, finding similar footage, and using a selected moment in the current project.
Remembering and forgetting exact ranges with project and local-library scope, including approval-gated Codex and Claude Code workflows.
Confirming identical source media is deduplicated across projects while preserving access to each source project.
Confirming library filters, counters, progressive loading, empty states, card actions, and long metadata remain stable across Assets and Moments views.
Confirming deleted projects stay deleted and media imports do not fail because harmless file metadata changed while content remained identical.
Full renderer and render-worker builds, typecheck, AI prompt checks, library-search evaluation, regression suite, dependency audits, package audit, signing, notarization, stapling, DMG integrity, and Sparkle signature verification.
Installing the exact DMG before publication and testing the update from the previously published full AVE build immediately after publication.

Footage Memory records only user-confirmed meaning for an exact source range; visually similar footage remains a reviewable suggestion and is never assigned that identity automatically.
Search quality depends on the analysis available for each asset. Unanalyzed footage exposes conservative filename and metadata evidence until analysis is complete.
The global Moments index is local and rebuildable. Large existing libraries may briefly update their index on the first launch after upgrading.
Original files and AVE-managed media copies are not renamed by Footage Memory or library search.
The complete download remains large because it includes AVE's Local AI runtime and starter models.