AVE 1.0.8 Release Notes

Status: Released on June 28, 2026 Bangkok time. The macOS app and DMG were signed, notarized, stapled, validated, and published to GitHub Releases.

Base: changes after 404fb11 (Mark AVE 1.0.7 released) through 004238f (Polish project setup and workflow limit UX), planned for v1.0.8.

Highlights

Refined Project Home for daily use with a cleaner shell, narrower Recent Exports sidebar, calmer navigation states, and sticky glass headers across library pages.
Added a New Project setup dialog so projects are named before creation and the first sequence can be set up with aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, and duration.
Improved Free limit handling for saved projects, saved sequences, and asset analysis so users get a clearer upgrade path instead of generic save or analysis failures.
Made asset analysis stop immediately when the Free analysis cap is reached, with a local banner explaining the cap and how to unlock the full project.
Deferred video previews until user intent in Project Home and export surfaces, reducing unnecessary video loading on first view.
Removed confusing library actions and metadata from Project Home surfaces, including redundant refresh/open-existing-project entry points and folder paths already covered by Reveal.

Recent Exports now behaves more like a right-side library rail instead of competing with project cards in the main content area.
Project and export cards no longer show folder paths by default; Reveal remains the explicit path action.
Sidebar affordances were tightened with the AVE wordmark, clearer Home iconography, better overlay behavior, and shortcut labels where they are actionable.
Empty recent sections stay hidden when there is no content.

New Project now opens a setup dialog instead of creating a project immediately.
The setup dialog collects project name, first sequence name, aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, and duration.
Cmd+N opens New Project from Home and from the expanded navigation overlay, without hijacking the editor timeline.

Existing projects that already exceed the Free sequence cap can still be saved as long as the save does not add more sequences.
Free users who hit the saved-project cap now see the Pro upgrade modal instead of a toast-only failure.
Upgrade modals always include Enter License, and that action opens Settings with the license field scrolled into view, focused, and selected.
Asset analysis now uses the project path as the usage key when available, matching the backend limit scope.
When the Free asset-analysis cap is reached, queued analysis stops instead of repeatedly attempting remaining assets.

Current build warnings are unchanged from the previous checkpoint:

src/utils/waveformData.ts is both dynamically and statically imported, so Vite cannot split it into a separate chunk.
The main renderer bundle remains above Vite's 500 kB warning threshold.