Ness v2.15.0

Ness v2.15.0

Changes

• site: drop the trailing periods from announcement headlines
• site: drop the stale sub-heading from the announcements index
• site: use Mike's copy for the rename announcement
• site: publish the rename announcement to the feed
• site: add the Harness -> Ness rename announcement page
• fix(brand): darken the brand ramp on light themes
• fix(ui): stop the closed Quake terminal casting a shadow over the app
• fix(brand): keep accent as the theme's secondary, not the Nessie colour
• feat(settings): Nessie's colour — pick the app's primary colour
• feat(brand): mark before the wordmark, pixel-fixed titlebar clearance
• feat(brand): green Ness identity across app, site and icons
• fix(chat): keep Ness chrome on pre-rename tool calls in old transcripts
• fix(mcp): rename bridge error strings that surface to the agent
• refactor(mcp): rename the remaining agent-visible harness identifiers
• feat(settings): offer to convert a repo's legacy .harness.json to .ness.json
• feat(repo-config): read .ness.json and .harness.json, create only .ness.json
• refactor(mcp): rename the MCP server from harness-control to ness-control
• fix(release): point CI artifact globs at Ness-* and rename agent-facing copy
• docs: rename Harness to Ness in README, CONTRIBUTING, CLAUDE.md, and site
• refactor(ui): rename user-facing product strings from Harness to Ness
• fix(paths): keep package name "harness" so secrets keep decrypting
• feat: rename product from Harness to Ness
• fix(paths): pin packaged userData dir ahead of the product rename
• fix(insight): scan raw source so list bodies stay inside the card

Installing

• Apple Silicon: Ness-2.15.0-arm64.dmg
• Intel: Ness-2.15.0.dmg

Drag Ness.app to Applications, then launch it. Existing installs will auto-update.