BrainDrive Build 26.7.8.1

[26.07.08] - 2026-07-08

Added

• No user-facing additions this week.

Changed

• Updated the application package and desktop release metadata for version 26.7.8. (#231)

Fixed

• Prevented checkout from using synthetic local identity emails as receipt emails. (#233)

Removed

• No user-facing removals this week.

BrainDrive Build 26.7.8

[26.07.08] - 2026-07-08

Added

• Fitness and Relationships pages now include a Your Journal workspace with starter templates and guided journal routines. (#204)

Changed

• AI model setup now happens on a single AI Models settings page with inline BrainDrive Models credit purchase and clearer provider setup. (#230)

Fixed

• Blank model responses now retry automatically once, reducing empty assistant replies. (#229)

Removed

• No user-facing removals this week.

BrainDrive Build 26.7.7

[26.07.07] - 2026-07-07

Added

• Fitness and Relationships now include starter journal instructions and seed files for ongoing follow-up sessions. (#210)
• Page journals now seed correctly, appear in the sidebar as Your Journal, and have safer journal write handling. (#213)
• Finance, Career, and New Project now have starter journal templates prepared for page journal rollout. (#217)
• Enabled page journals for Finance, Career, and New Project so fresh installs include journal and run-journal files for those pages. (#218)
• Added README beta status messaging so developers can see release cadence and support guidance. (#222)
• Added automatic BrainDrive Models credits provisioning so owners can buy credits without manually adding an API key first. (#223)
• Added release notes for version 26.07.07. (#225)

Changed

• Updated MCP release build tooling for Node 26 type compatibility. (#190)
• Updated TypeScript runtime and desktop build dependencies to improve server behavior and Linux AppImage packaging. (#191)
• Updated TypeScript build tooling for Node 26 type compatibility. (#192)
• Updated client web tooling and UI dependencies with newer icons, build features, and test fixes. (#193)
• Upgraded the AI chat React SDK to the latest major version with improved chat stability. (#194)
• Updated the changelog with June release entries. (#200)
• Updated package and desktop metadata for version 26.6.30. (#201)
• Renamed the root agent display name to Your Agent across onboarding and runtime metadata. (#203)
• Your Agent now uses a consistent identity across new memory layouts, project selection, and sidebar behavior while preserving legacy compatibility. (#207)
• Journal entries now appear newest-first beneath a stable header anchor for easier review and more reliable updates. (#214)
• Journal conversations now respond more naturally before noting captures, reduce repeated update notices, and close with clearer next steps. (#215)
• Updated client web dependencies to improve frontend reliability, styling, routing, and build behavior. (#219)
• Updated MCP release tooling dependencies to improve release test and TypeScript execution reliability. (#220)
• Updated TypeScript service dependencies to improve server performance, request handling, and test reliability. (#221)
• Updated package and desktop metadata to version 26.7.7. (#227)

Fixed

• Simplified GitHub backup conflict recovery with a clear choice to back up this BrainDrive or restore the remote backup. (#205)
• Improved starter-pack guidance so write transitions acknowledge owner input and finance uses non-advisor language. (#206)
• Legacy BrainDrive+1 references and duplicate root-agent folders no longer appear as active Your Agent projects. (#209)
• Memory migration imports now preserve Git metadata and avoid corrupting local memory repositories. (#211)
• First-interview journal handoffs now point owners to the correct Your Journal flow without creating stale nested journal paths. (#212)

Removed

• The legacy memory update flow, startup reconciliation, API endpoints, and update notices have been removed. (#208)

BrainDrive Build 26.6.30

[26.06.30] - 2026-06-30

Added

• No user-facing additions this week.

Changed

• Updated web package metadata for the 26.6.28 release. (#187)
• Updated desktop package metadata for the 26.6.28 release. (#188)
• Streamlined Your Agent into a routing-focused starter experience with clearer preference capture and review guidance. (#196)
• Updated client documentation to reflect that document upload and processing flows are no longer available. (#198)

Fixed

• No user-facing fixes this week.

Removed

• Removed document upload and processing from the chat experience and retired the legacy upload endpoint. (#197)

BrainDrive Build 26.6.28

[26.06.28] - 2026-06-28

Added

• Starter packs now include Your Agent and Finance-first owner-facing guidance for creating specs and plans. (#146)
• Added the June 23, 2026 release notes covering the first dev-to-main release set. (#163)

Changed

• Starter pack templates now follow the locked memory architecture with seeded owner context and fewer stale default project artifacts. (#145)
• Career, Fitness, Relationships, and New Project starter templates now match their surface specs with clearer context, routing, and success criteria. (#147)
• Starter pack interviews, planning guidance, project chat behavior, and upload retry handling were aligned for integration testing. (#148)
• Scheduled npm dependency updates now target the dev integration branch before release. (#150)
• Dependabot configuration on the default branch now routes scheduled npm version updates to dev. (#151)
• MCP release development dependencies were updated to newer non-major versions for improved test and runtime tooling stability. (#158)
• TypeScript workspace development dependencies were updated to newer non-major versions for improved build and test tooling stability. (#159)
• Client web dependencies were updated to newer non-major versions with refreshed UI, routing, testing, and build tooling support. (#160)
• OpenRouter now defaults to GLM 5.2 for direct provider setup and starter preferences. (#162)
• Updated contributor and web client guidance with design-token and dark-mode contrast rules. (#164)
• Updated the June 23, 2026 release notes to include the design guidance documentation changes. (#165)
• Updated TypeScript runtime and web client release metadata to version 26.6.23. (#169)
• Release metadata and tooling now support same-day patch versions in YY.M.D.N format. (#173)
• Simplified starter project templates to use product-generic, owner-facing instructions. (#174)
• New OpenRouter users now start with Claude Haiku 4.5 by default while existing model preferences remain unchanged. (#176)
• The package release version was promoted to 26.6.24 across the main application and web client metadata. (#179)
• Starter page interviews now use owner-agnostic templates with stronger confirmation, profile-capture, and baseline-quality guidance before writing goals and plans. (#181)
• New direct OpenRouter users now default to GLM 5.2 while hosted BrainDrive Models continue using their existing configuration. (#182)
• Starter page interviews now more clearly frame goals and plans as required outputs and let Finance users start from rough estimates without deferring setup. (#184)

Fixed

• Starter pack advisor responses now point owners to sidebar product labels instead of exposing internal filenames. (#161)
• Updated dependency lockfiles to pick up patched versions for reported security advisories. (#167)
• New and repaired workspaces now land on Your Agent at startup. (#175)

Removed

• Removed chat panel controls that let users start or continue in a new conversation. (#171)
• Finance no longer presents or runs the retired Budgetting app workflow, and legacy Budget data is archived instead of kept active. (#180)
• Runtime prompts no longer inject page-specific write timing, child-app, Finance, or Fitness behavior outside the starter-pack flow. (#183)
• Chat runtime no longer auto-writes starter goals or plans, leaving artifact creation under the starter-pack assistant flow. (#185)

BrainDrive Build 26.6.24

BrainDrive 26.06.24

Highlights

• Your Agent is now the startup landing page. New installs seed it first, and existing project manifests missing it are repaired automatically.
• New OpenRouter setups now default to anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5; existing saved model choices are preserved.
• Starter-pack project templates were simplified by removing stale child-app and persona-specific handoff language.
• Release tooling now supports same-day patch package versions such as 26.6.23.1.

Patch Note

• 26.06.23.1 removed the chat panel start-new-conversation controls so reset behavior stays out of the main chat surface.

Validation

• Focused memory, gateway, web hook, adapter, and config tests passed.
• Main TypeScript build passed.

BrainDrive Build 26.6.23.1

[26.06.23.1] - 2026-06-23

Added

• No user-facing additions in this patch release.

Changed

• No user-facing changes in this patch release.

Fixed

• Chat panel context-warning and overflow states no longer expose unintended conversation reset/detach actions. (#172)

Removed

• Removed the unintended user-facing Start New Conversation and Continue in New Conversation controls from the chat panel. (#172)

BrainDrive Build 26.6.23

[26.06.23] - 2026-06-23

Added

• Starter-pack projects now include stronger baseline interview and planning guidance across Career, Finance, Fitness, Relationships, New Project, and Your Agent templates. (#148)
• Starter-pack templates now include richer baseline artifacts, including project AGENT.md, spec.md, plan.md, and interview/planning runbooks where applicable. (#148)
• Project chat context now has gateway handling and regression coverage so conversations stay attached to the correct project and reset cleanly when needed. (#148)
• File upload flows now include transient provider retry handling, PDF fallback behavior, single-file retry replay, owner-safe upload receipts/errors, and upload lifecycle events. (#148)

Changed

• BrainDrive now uses canonical root agent instructions in AGENTS.md, with CLAUDE.md and GEMINI.md resolving to the same guidance. (6e7d03ed)
• Agent and client web documentation now point contributors to the design token source of truth and clarify dark-mode contrast rules for amber controls. (#164)
• BrainDrive Models now uses the braindrive-models-default alias in provider config, fallback preferences, starter-pack preferences, and related tests. (6e7d03ed)
• OpenRouter defaults now use GLM 5.2 for direct OpenRouter, starter-pack OpenRouter preferences, and memory fallback defaults. (#162)
• Starter-pack advisors now point owners to product surfaces like Your Goals, Your Plan, Your Profile, and Your Todos in the sidebar instead of exposing internal filenames or paths. (#161)
• Starter-pack interview behavior now emphasizes one-question pacing, missing-context prompts, concrete owner phrasing, vague-answer handling, safety/risk anchors, and plan approval boundaries. (#148)
• Your Agent starter routing now directs snapshots and outputs to owning pages with clearer manual fallback behavior. (#148)
• New Project starter guidance now gives clearer placement and created-page handling. (#148)
• Dependabot npm version-update PRs now target the dev integration branch before main. (#150)
• MCP release development dependencies were updated for newer tsx and vitest patch releases. (#158)
• TypeScript workspace development dependencies were updated for newer Tauri CLI, tsx, and vitest patch releases. (#159)
• Client web dependencies were updated across AI SDK, Tauri API, Lucide, Radix UI, React, React Router, Playwright, Tailwind/Vite tooling, Happy DOM, shadcn, and Vite. (#160)
• NPM lockfiles were refreshed to pull patched transitive versions for current security advisories across the TypeScript, client web, and MCP release workspaces. (#167)

Fixed

• Starter-pack generated artifacts preserve more owner-specific anchors for vague, risky, or incomplete Career, Fitness, Finance, and Relationships interviews. (#148)
• Provider timeout and upload conversion failures now surface more actionable errors during starter and document workflows. (#148)
• Starter-pack Finance navigation labels now align with the baseline target and sidebar product language. (#148)
• Root agent-instruction duplication was resolved by replacing the old singular AGENT.md root file with canonical AGENTS.md. (6e7d03ed)
• The duplicate seeded Your Agent sidebar project was removed while preserving the root BrainDrive+1 agent entry. (1983f746)

Removed

• Removed the redundant project-page sidebar upload button while keeping the composer upload path intact. (a1d4faf7)
• Removed the numeric advanced-file count from the project sidebar toggle while preserving advanced section behavior. (5a6f1ccc)
• Removed the legacy seeded Your Agent starter project from the starter-pack project seed list. (1983f746)

BrainDrive Build 26.5.25

[26.05.25] - 2026-05-25

Added

• Users can upload project documents in common formats and get richer finance budget context from saved supporting files. (#118)
• The app now includes a native Tauri desktop installer with desktop runtime support and current mainline features. (#119)
• Desktop users can enable Browser Access to use the local web UI and gateway API from a browser with configurable access controls. (#124)

Changed

• Finance and Fitness starter projects now use more focused executable prompts for budgeting and health document workflows. (#123)
• The client web React build plugin was updated for newer Vite compatibility and reduced build tooling overhead. (#117)
• MCP release development dependencies were updated to improve test tooling, TypeScript execution, and Node compatibility. (#114)
• Client web dependencies were updated to bring in newer UI, routing, testing, and build tooling improvements. (#126)
• TypeScript workspace development dependencies were updated to improve runtime loading, testing stability, and Node type coverage. (#125)

Fixed

• Local development startup is more reliable, memory exports avoid unwanted artifacts, and first-run installs route new users to registration. (#122)

Removed

• No user-facing removals this week.

BrainDrive Build 26.5.11

[26.05.11] - 2026-05-11

Added

• No user-facing additions this week.

Changed

• Renamed the managed hosting tier to BrainDrive Concierge and updated credits labeling across the app. (#107)
• Refined BrainDrive Concierge account and top-up wording, layout, and fee messaging for clearer managed-mode billing. (#109)
• Updated MCP release validation dependencies to improve compatibility and reliability. (#103)
• Updated TypeScript validation dependencies to improve compatibility and reliability. (#104)
• Updated MCP release development type definitions to keep Node.js tooling current. (#110)
• Updated TypeScript development type definitions to keep Node.js tooling current. (#111)
• Refreshed client web dependencies to bring in framework, styling, icon, and build tooling improvements. (#112)

Fixed

• No user-facing fixes this week.

Removed

• No user-facing removals this week.