Noah v0.6.0

What's New in v0.6.0

Noah is now ready for real users. This release focuses on reliability and user-friendliness — nothing hangs, nothing shows raw errors, and new users know what to do.

Timeouts — nothing hangs anymore

• Approval timeout: If you don't respond to an approval prompt within 5 minutes, it auto-denies instead of freezing the app
• Shell command timeout: Commands that run longer than 60 seconds are automatically stopped
• LLM timeout: API calls that take longer than 90 seconds get a clean error

Friendly error messages

• 401 → "Your API key is invalid — check it in Settings"
• 429 → "Too many requests — wait a moment"
• 500/502/503 → "Claude is having temporary issues"
• Network errors → "Check your internet connection"

First-run onboarding

New users see 4 clickable suggestion cards instead of an empty chat:

• "My internet is slow"
• "My computer feels sluggish"
• "A program keeps crashing"
• "Set up my printer"

Settings panel

Gear icon in the header bar opens a slide-out panel where you can:

• Change your API key
• See the app version
• Report a problem (links to GitHub Issues)

Cancel button

A red Stop button replaces the Send button while Noah is working — click it to halt processing mid-task.

Debug panel hidden

The debug panel is now only accessible via Cmd+D (Mac) or Ctrl+D (Windows) — no more confusing developer UI for regular users.

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Downloads

• macOS (Apple Silicon): Noah_0.6.0_aarch64.dmg
• Windows: Noah_0.6.0_x64-setup.exe / Noah_0.6.0_x64_en-US.msi

macOS note: Since the app isn't code-signed yet, you'll need to right-click → Open → Open the first time you launch it.