ConfKit Changelog

Features

• Environment Variable Expiration Tracking: Added comprehensive expiration tracking for environment variables with desktop and email notifications when keys are about to expire
• Enhanced Settings Panel: New notifications settings panel with deep links from email notification buttons for easy configuration
• Improved Landing Page: Redesigned with founder story, user dashboard, beta access gates, and enhanced download experience with platform-specific cards
• Email Notification API: New API endpoint for sending email notifications about expiring environment variables
• Production Mode UI: Hide dev-only UI elements in production builds for cleaner user experience

UI Improvements

• Redesigned environment variable management with Vercel-style compact layout
• New environment variable add form with modern, intuitive design
• Removed redundant status dot indicators from environment list
• Enhanced blog and changelog styling for dark theme
• Added ISR revalidation to changelog page for better performance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Windows download URLs to match R2 filename conventions
• Disabled code signature verification for Windows updates to prevent update failures
• Improved security by addressing XSS and error exposure vulnerabilities
• Fixed auto-update of landing page APP_VERSION during releases

Developer Experience

• Added Claude-powered release notes generation
• Improved CI/CD workflows with automated versioning

Features

• Environment Variable Management Overhaul: Added expiration tracking, health monitoring, and automated notifications for API keys and environment variables
• Email Notifications: Integrated email notification system to alert users about expiring credentials before they cause issues
• Desktop Notifications: Added native desktop notifications for key expiration warnings with configurable reminder intervals
• Settings Deep Links: Added navigation deep links allowing users to jump directly to specific settings panels from notification actions
• Landing Page Enhancements: Added founder story section, feedback modal, beta welcome flow, and improved dashboard experience
• Download Experience: Redesigned downloads page with platform-specific cards, real-time file size display, and improved beta access gating

UI Improvements

• Compact Vercel-Style Environment Tab: Redesigned environment variable UI with cleaner, more compact layout inspired by Vercel's design language
• Enhanced Add Form: Rebuilt environment variable add form with improved date picker, expiration badges, and inline validation
• Key Health Dashboard: Added visual health indicators and detailed modal views for tracking credential status
• Dark Theme Refinements: Enhanced styles across blog, changelog, and portable text components for better dark mode experience

Bug Fixes

• Security Hardening: Addressed XSS vulnerabilities and error exposure issues in API endpoints
• Windows Auto-Updates: Disabled problematic code signature verification that was causing update failures on Windows
• Landing Page Versioning: Fixed APP_VERSION auto-update during releases and ISR revalidation for changelog page
• Production Authentication: Resolved auth header stripping issue by migrating API calls to www.confkit.tech subdomain

Developer Experience

• CI/CD Improvements: Added Claude-powered release notes generation, code review workflows, and automated build triggering
• Configuration Simplification: Streamlined reminder settings by replacing per-key reminderDays with global reminderIntervals

Features

• Environment Variable Expiration Tracking: Added comprehensive expiration management for API keys and secrets with automatic notifications and visual health indicators
• Email Notifications: Integrated email notification system for expiring environment variables with customizable reminder intervals
• Deep Links: Added navigation deep links from email notifications directly to settings panels
• Enhanced Environment UI: Redesigned environment tab with compact Vercel-style layout for improved usability
• Key Health Dashboard: New visual indicators and health cards showing expiration status across all environments
• Landing Page Enhancements: Added founder story, enhanced user menu, downloads page with platform cards, and email notification API

Bug Fixes

• Security: Addressed XSS vulnerabilities and error exposure in API endpoints
• UI: Removed redundant status dot indicators from environment list for cleaner interface
• Windows Updates: Disabled code signature verification to resolve auto-update issues on Windows
• API: Fixed auth header stripping by using www.confkit.tech domain

Improvements

• Configuration: Simplified reminder system with global intervals instead of per-key settings
• CI/CD: Enhanced Windows build process and added Claude-powered release notes generation

Features

• Added Claude-powered release notes generation for automated changelog creation
• Added Claude Code Review workflow for automated pull request reviews
• Added Claude PR Assistant workflow for enhanced development workflow
• Enhanced beta verification endpoint with production logging for better debugging

Bug Fixes

• Fixed authentication header stripping issue by switching to www.confkit.tech subdomain
• Removed redundant trigger-builds job from CI pipeline

CI/CD Enhancements

• Added Claude-powered release notes generation that automatically creates human-readable changelogs from commit history
• Integrated Claude Code Review workflow to provide automated code quality feedback on pull requests
• Introduced Claude PR Assistant to help manage and review pull requests with AI-powered insights

These automation improvements streamline the development workflow and ensure consistent, high-quality releases.

0.2.1 (2025-11-29)

Features

• Add landing page with blog, changelog, roadmap and downloads hub (6eeb649)
• api: enhance beta verification and webhook handling with type safety (89b5804)
• backup: add clear backups functionality and IPC integration (8c84bce)
• backup: enhance backup timestamp parsing and preferred time selection (8386f22)
• backup: implement backup retention management and IPC integration (0559638)
• beta: integrate Upstash Redis for beta access verification and enhance caching (156a9be)
• ci: add Google Drive upload steps for Linux, macOS, and Windows workflows (49bede7)
• ci: add Windows installer upload to Cloudflare R2 in CI workflow (3e252fd)
• confetti: integrate confetti animation into Dashboard and Onboarding components (61d1100)
• dashboard: enhance confetti functionality and add dev controls (911e4f4)
• dashboard: enhance Dashboard component with quick links and improved layout (3dc5043)
• deepLinks: enhance deep link handling and introduce new protocol schemes (89969d9)
• deepLinks: improve deep link processing and error handling (32801f9)
• discovery: add normalizeDiscoverSearch function for GitHub URL handling (7b98f5a)
• enhance user access management and API response handling (4db0329)
• feedback: enhance feedback submission process and improve user experience (8f882e6)
• feedback: enhance FeedbackModal with initial category support (2e5ebeb)
• feedback: implement feedback submission and enhance waitlist management (1eed5c2)
• feedback: integrate PostHog for enhanced feedback tracking and error reporting (0167ca3)
• landing: add downloads hub and sanity cms scaffolding (d0c6409)
• landing: add react-hot-toast for user feedback and enhance UI components (6ecb358)
• landing: configure next/image for Sanity-hosted images and update query syntax (c506e92)
• landing: enhance blog and changelog structures with author details and styling improvements (a6b47dd)
• landing: enhance blog detail page with new styles and structure (ee25813)
• landing: implement themed sign-in button and enhance modal functionality (2bade51)
• landing: improve download button accessibility and styling consistency (b0fe50a)
• landing: integrate waitlist functionality and enhance Airtable API usage (fa3f562)
• landing: launch roadmap, changelog, blog with auth-gated requests (c588c7d)
• landing: refactor Footer component for type-safe navigation and enhance Header UX (09a80ad)
• landing: refactor roadmap and feature request handling with enhanced submission states (3df2a2a)
• landing: unify blog, changelog, and roadmap styles with consistent design elements (eaac5c7)
• landing: update downloads page styles to align with design tokens and improve card layout (2c7a41f)
• loader: enhance server entry processing for HTTP-type servers (053ed5b)
• logging: implement debug logging for API interactions and user access management (19058d6)
• MCP client fixes and improvements (71a91d9)
• mcp: enhance MCP server loading and state management (cf4ae3d)
• not-found: add 404 Not Found page with navigation options (d089657)
• onboarding: add audio asset support and enhance onboarding visuals (602342e)
• onboarding: enhance button interactions and prevent drag interference (62c02c6)
• onboarding: enhance onboarding component layout and audio control (5b9ba99)
• onboarding: enhance onboarding UI with refined styles and new features (f1a7c50)
• onboarding: enhance onboarding visuals and flow with new components (3b9c6f0)
• onboarding: implement onboarding background and layout enhancements (6bbd78d)
• onboarding: improve button hover effects for enhanced interactivity (82676fb)
• onboarding: improve onboarding visuals with layout adjustments and background enhancements (da21876)
• onboarding: redesign ConfKit onboarding specification for improved user experience (b613057)
• onboarding: refine FeatureShowcase layout and styling for improved user experience (4163c24)
• onboarding: reset product tour state on login to enhance user experience (9a06b14)
• onboarding: revamp onboarding flow with compact design and new background (2ce0fd4)
• portals: enhance portal functionality and improve overlay management (39cae08)
• posthog: integrate PostHog API key and host into webpack configurations (297fd5c)
• postinstall: enhance postinstall script for Vercel and dev tooling checks (1559395)
• release: add release-please config to release branch (0ea7177)
• release: add release-please for automated versioning and changelog (487029a)
• tour: enhance popover positioning and styling in ProductTourProvider (5602d7b)
• tour: enhance product tour for project creation (f38e496)
• tour: implement client tab selection logic in ProductTourProvider (0b9e0ed)
• tour: improve tour popover stacking context and z-index management (f2e3723)
• tour: integrate framer-motion for enhanced product tour animations (9e68624)
• tray: add client-specific icons to system tray menu (2b44dbe)
• tray: enhance system tray functionality and integration (d153c03)
• updates: add auto-update system with R2 integration (c7a7e2b)
• updates: enable auto-updater for Linux and upload latest-linux.yml manifest (197dbca)
• updates: introduce update management system with IPC integration (2f3a066)

Bug Fixes

• add debugging and validation for rclone Google Drive setup (f546d9f)
• backup: update pruning interval to daily schedule (df912ba)
• ci: remove unsupported --no-progress flag from R2 cleanup (2e7e721)
• config: expose landing base url to renderer for beta verification (1b028ad)
• config: update windows publisher from boilerplate to confkit (3875c91)
• config: windows publisher and beta verification fixes (2b7b304)
• imports: correct casing of home soundtrack file import (06a68b0)
• imports: correct Discover component import path and standardize string quotes (0d3dadd)
• improve rclone config handling with heredoc syntax (04151bf)
• landing: enhance download button styles for accessibility and consistency (c0ff731)
• landing: revert production logging to avoid PII exposure (cbdb634)
• package: update app installer generation scripts to use node instead of tsx (e1aa99d)
• styles: adjust input color variable for improved accessibility (88566f2)
• update GitHub Actions workflow for macOS code signing with Developer ID certificate (93d3dc7)
• use cross-platform commands for cleaning build artifacts in GitHub Actions (76aef50)

Refactoring

• about: standardize string formatting and update URLs (81377b8)
• App: move Discover component to its own folder and update import path (c5c1be1)
• backup: streamline backup management and remove obsolete features (8a86f17)
• ci: streamline Infisical CLI installation in CI workflow (b09ceb6)
• complete Phase 2 medium-complexity modularization (2122c23)
• constants, ai: update AI model configurations and improve code consistency (02b8151)
• dashboard: modularize Dashboard into folder structure with enhanced UX (d523362)
• dashboard: remove development controls and clean up layout (239abb5)
• menu, sidebar, ai: streamline menu structure and enhance logging (1c062d5)
• modularize Onboarding component into smaller focused modules (935b8fb)
• replace IPC event listeners with useIpcListener hook for improved code clarity (b8499a3)
• ui: remove report issue button from founder welcome modal (7a7f5a2)
• waitlist: remove deprecated Airtable sync and migration scripts (40c4873)
• waitlist: rename check function and enhance refresh logic (fa59c1b)