Ness v2.17.0

Ness v2.17.0

Changes

• Open a per-file diff tab from a commit's file list (#318)
• fix(browser): capture the tab that was asked for, not the park window (#317)
• Own the "Always allow" list in Ness instead of Claude's settings files (#316)
• feat(browser): emulate viewport sizes for browser tabs (#315)
• Compact screenshot timeline in collapsed tool groups (#314)
• Render only the tail of a long chat transcript, with a configurable window (#313)
• perf(activity): async debounced save + 90d retention for removed worktrees (#312)
• feat(models): add Opus 5.5, prefer CLI aliases, bump bundled Claude Code (#308)
• test: stop vitest from running compiled tests out of build output (#311)
• feat(sidebar): pinned worktrees section + Pin/Unpin action (#309)
• Show browser screenshots in the chat transcript (#303)
• feat(chat): drag the divider to resize the prompt box (#310)
• Improve diff visibility by brightening colors (#307)
• feat(tools): user-defined right-column panels backed by a markdown-emitting script (#243)
• feat(editor): per-repo and per-worktree editor overrides (#306)
• Fix PWA Home Screen icon still showing the old Harness artwork (#302)
• Show "Ness" instead of "harness" in the macOS app menu (#300)
• Fix three renderer perf metrics that lied, and the bug they hid (#290)
• Stop browser evals from hanging a tool call forever (#299)
• Stop restored shell tabs from re-running their command (#292)
• Add a button to hand PR merge conflicts to the agent (#294)
• Fix rename_worktree refusing every freshly created worktree (#293)
• Cut worktree-switch latency by capping and deferring git reads (#291)
• Stop worktrees flickering out of Needs Attention on UNKNOWN mergeability (#289)
• Add a setting to swap click / ⌘-click on terminal links (#286)
• site(chat-forking): HN thread link and reworded announcement summary (#287)
• site: add the "Exploring chat forking" announcement post (#277)
• Fix deletion of worktrees containing submodules (#285)
• Name new worktrees from the kickoff prompt (#284)
• Stop hotkeys from stealing keystrokes from text inputs (#283)
• Cap the context panel height and scroll its category list (#282)

Contributors

Huge thanks to @blindpirate and @tresat for their contributions to this release.

Installing

• Apple Silicon: Ness-2.17.0-arm64.dmg
• Intel: Ness-2.17.0.dmg

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