What's new
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A running log of what's shipped in Stella, in plain English. New features and fixes, day by day.
New
- Settings are now translated across all supported languages.
- The composer placeholder now simply says "Do anything."
Fixes & polish
- User-message context chips and chat typography were tightened up.
- Reporting schedules are more reliable.
- Windows keeps Stella's available actions more reliably after startup.
- More app startup code was reorganized for long-term stability.
New
- App creation can now start from the Apps empty state with a prefilled prompt.
- Google integrations now use the connected-app catalog.
- Cadence reports can be toggled once browser discovery is available.
- Store publishing helpers are back.
Fixes & polish
- Desktop updates recover and cancel more cleanly when something goes wrong.
- Onboarding welcome screens render from Stella's latest content and behave more reliably.
- Display tab add menu and home engine controls were restored and polished.
- Theme switching no longer flips unexpectedly when closing the picker.
- Source imports use one clearer flow.
- The app internals were reorganized to make future UI work cleaner.
New
- Store releases can now be published from selected source changes.
- External agent runs can overlap when needed.
- Desktop updates now collect better timeout diagnostics.
- Self-mod undo notices are preserved even when hidden.
Fixes & polish
- macOS permission reset flows work more reliably.
- Computer permission requests go through the host app cleanly.
- Chat follow-up scrolling is steadier.
- Windows mini-window lag and Store handoff bugs were fixed.
- The self-change transition is calmer, using a blur and band sweep instead of a ripple.
- Stella's development server now stays on a fixed port.
New
- Mobile can now sync computer-chat artifacts from the desktop.
- The mobile bridge exposes model lists and connected providers.
- Codex and Claude Code engines gained a thinking-effort control.
- Stella now keeps memory in markdown files and drops the older memory store.
- Local crash and process-lifecycle logs make troubleshooting easier.
Fixes & polish
- Broken desktop installs can self-heal by repairing the desktop binary.
- Media history, audio, deletion, and tab selection were cleaned up.
- The mini window now opens at Home consistently.
- Top-bar controls stay visible at narrow widths.
- Chat no longer shakes when the display panel opens after reload.
- Mobile chat sync filtering and discovery paths were fixed.
- Cursor runner cleanup, recovery, and secure key storage were improved.
New
- Model controls moved into the display sidebar, with a wider and cleaner engine picker.
- Codex engine support reached closer parity with Stella's other engines.
- Stella gained a source-pack update flow.
- Display surfaces got softer Apple-style depth and lighter shadows.
Fixes & polish
- Chat text rendering is steadier during window resizing.
- Queued follow-ups clear correctly after failed runs.
- Inline artifact selection works better.
- Mini Ask Stella selection chips no longer go stale.
- Restricted-model toasts and model picks are more reliable.
- Native helper refresh and macOS dev permission relaunch flows were fixed.
- Crash screens now catch more local app errors.
New
- Cadence reports now appear as chat artifacts.
- Settings moved into the top-bar navigation, and Stella can ask for your nickname.
- Reduce Motion setting added.
- Workspace actions and reports were reworked into a cleaner flow.
- A settings menu now appears next to Sign in when signed out.
Fixes & polish
- Chat workspace strip spacing and user-message padding were tightened.
- Old chat errors no longer replay unexpectedly.
- Store web toasts now bridge into the desktop.
- External-agent failures are handled more gracefully.
- Display-sidebar right-click toggling and code-block scroll jitter were fixed.
- Self-change visuals are skipped when Stella is hidden.
- Apps and Social empty states got a polish pass.
New
- Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, Hermes, and OpenClaw engine/import paths landed.
- Claude Code model selection added.
- Settings → Models folded into the Engine display tab.
- User apps now open under their own `/apps` pages, and the Apps nav dot lights up when Stella scaffolds something new.
- Bundled skills reconcile into your local Stella folder on launch.
Fixes & polish
- Windows computer automation and native-helper update paths are more reliable.
- Engine selection, model assignment, and engine-specific pickers were cleaned up.
- Onboarding import and theme steps were polished.
- Third-party session and schedule imports were fixed.
- Interrupted Claude Code turns resume better.
- Self-mod runs survive continuations more reliably.
New
- Low-resource desktop launch mode added.
- Mini window attach mode added.
- Stella uses custom Windows chrome and shows Windows app icons in context chips.
- Clean desktop updates now have a faster path.
- The left sidebar can be collapsed by dragging from its right edge.
Fixes & polish
- Windows startup work was reduced, and desktop device-key mismatches can recover.
- Duplicate toasts are deduped instead of stacking.
- Display panel layout state, sidebar motion, and sidebar spacing were refined.
- Desktop release packages now include the hydrated payloads they need.
- Low-resource preview loading and desktop build output were fixed.
- macOS edit shortcuts work again.
- Sidebars and workspace cards regained tasteful glass depth without excess blur.
New
- Locked computer use — Stella can now keep computer-control work more contained when needed.
- General settings now includes a macOS font-smoothing toggle.
- Stella state moved into your home folder, making local app data more predictable across installs.
Fixes & polish
- Chat now auto-focuses the composer, with softer focus styling.
- Sidebar navigation and the account footer were reorganized for a cleaner layout.
- The feedback prompt now only appears once.
- The workspace strip stays hidden on Home where it does not belong.
- Connector cleanup is more reliable after a connected-app session ends.
- Windows startup, shutdown, and background worker reliability improved.
- Onboarding no longer overflows the viewport, and global shortcuts pause during onboarding demos.
- Settings and app startup are faster.
- Native helper release publishing and installer launch paths were fixed.
New
- Composer now has a New Chat action.
- The display sidebar can open straight into a launcher from Home.
- The phone Connect dialog now starts with a clearer two-step download + pair flow.
- Discover is simpler: one compact mixed stream instead of a wall of chips.
Fixes & polish
- Chat feels steadier: fewer message flashes, better queued-message cleanup, fewer resize loops, and no double-jump after follow-ups.
- Streaming text and emoji rendering are smoother and stay local.
- The working indicator no longer gets stuck after resuming.
- Onboarding completion now persists correctly.
- Updates refresh native helpers and stop chasing personal skill state.
- Mobile connector follow-ups work more reliably.
- Shell and composer glass surfaces are faster, with lighter tint-only panels.
- Composer add menu was reordered and simplified.
- Display sidebar delete confirmation is simpler, and fresh Discover reports get a subtle unread dot.
New
- New Engine onboarding phase for technical users.
- The workspace strip got overflow actions and a clearer Open panel for suggestions and discovery.
- Pearl is now the default desktop theme for new users, with Pearl made whiter and Noir made blacker.
- The "Hey Stella" wake word model was updated.
Fixes & polish
- Onboarding capabilities, theme, engine, and permissions flows got a broad polish pass.
- The Engine onboarding phase now shows Stella correctly and advances without lag.
- Chat typography is lighter and more consistent, with tighter message sizing and smoother working indicators.
- Radial capture no longer creates duplicate thumbnails, and removed composer capture context was restored.
- Desktop Google sign-in uses a more reliable callback flow.
- Update install prompts and changed-file inspection are clearer.
- Top shell/sidebar spacing, update pill typography, and shell breakpoint animations were tightened.
- A window-listener leak was fixed.
New
- Settings → Models and the composer model picker got a cleaner redesign, with the real model name shown on every Stella tier row.
- Fashion is back as a first-class Store tab.
- Display tabs now remember their history, so reopening the panel feels less like starting over.
- Canvas previews use compact tab-style chips instead of bulky rail thumbnails.
- The chat surface is getting a workspace strip, so conversation-specific work can stay easier to find.
- Workspace section toggles now live in the Open card header, closer to the work they control.
- Media and Canvas tabs got calmer, more useful empty/loading states and cleaner history controls.
Fixes & polish
- Stella shuts down and updates more reliably.
- Chat text reveals more smoothly word by word, and extra trailing divider lines no longer appear in assistant messages.
- The Chat-tab Activity panel is quieter and holds its layout better in narrow sidebars.
- Agent activity text is clearer when Stella updates you on progress.
- Claude Code replies now persist correctly.
- Developer sign-in links and local launch metadata got cleanup.
- Settings and model picker polish: no more double-selected Stella tiers, and picking a model no longer makes the submenu flash.
- General settings and connected-provider controls got a cleaner layout.
- Shell and display-sidebar resizing feel smoother, with a cleaner divider.
- The Store side panel layout was fixed.
- Streaming chat messages no longer re-fade after they finish.
- Media tab errors now show as toasts instead of awkward inline text.
- The sidebar footer is cleaner, without the extra divider or sticky selected state on the toggle.
- Expanded display-panel chat better matches the main chat width.
- The workspace strip stays visible in expanded display-panel chat.
- The Store tab inside the display sidebar has a calmer publish flow.
- The display sidebar confirmation flow was tidied up.
New
- Sign in with Google is now available in the desktop app.
- Native integrations are now backed by Stella's server catalog, with restored integration icons.
- Mobile can receive push updates for Stella's activity, and remote mobile chats now cancel correctly.
- Stella can open browser tabs in your existing Chrome windows instead of always making a new window.
- When you're scrolled away, Stella can show a small peek of the latest reply above the composer.
- Memory and screen context now load on demand, so Stella only pulls that context when it actually helps.
Fixes & polish
- Model controls moved into Settings and the composer menu, and the model picker is faster.
- Sidebar footer actions were redesigned with larger, easier-to-hit buttons.
- Queued composer messages are smaller and sit more naturally in the composer.
- Store packages no longer show an extra OS install confirmation.
- Top-bar web controls and the sidebar theme picker were cleaned up.
- Desktop chat scrolling is steadier while Stella is replying.
- Mobile WebView and bridge behavior is more reliable.
New
- Stella's replies now appear more smoothly as she writes, with less jitter.
- When Stella makes several images at once, they now appear together in one tidy filmstrip.
- Messages that are still being written look cleaner in the chat.
- Phone pairing and connected-app setup are smoother.
Fixes & polish
- Replies after Stella takes an action now show up reliably, even after a reload.
- Follow-up messages now land in the right place instead of being treated like mid-task instructions.
- Chat scrolling is steadier while Stella is working, especially near the bottom of a thread.
- The chat is less likely to lose its place when new messages, buttons, or results appear.
- Mobile sign-in and chat history work more reliably.
New
- More integrations now connect through Stella Connect, including Store add-ons and Google Workspace.
- When you add multiple things from the radial menu, Stella keeps them stacked instead of replacing the previous one.
- If Stella gets stuck while opening, the splash screen now shows rescue buttons after a short wait.
- Some model responses now start appearing sooner instead of waiting for the whole reply to be ready.
Fixes & polish
- Stella formats replies better when you switch between desktop work and connected apps.
- Activity row right-side labels stay visible when the display sidebar is narrow.
- Smarter handling for Stella's more advanced thinking models.
- Fixed typing inside the model-error search box.
- Fixed hidden follow-up messages from Stella.
- Fewer duplicate background requests when screens load.
- Connectors stay on Stella's built-in connection flow after removing a short-lived experiment.
- Connector settings now show a more accurate count of available actions.
New
- Sidebar chat now loads older messages when you scroll to the top.
- Stella's built-in browser controls are more complete.
- Connecting apps is smoother.
- Animated SVG illustrations for display sidebar empty states.
Fixes & polish
- Removed an older connector list so app connections use one clearer flow.
- Shrunk Media tab mode labels and flipped the submit icon upward.
- Up next copy is softer, and missing files fail gracefully.
- Stella automatically retries once when a reply comes back empty.
- Connector replies keep flowing for the whole conversation instead of stalling mid-thread.
- Chat history, file history, and live activity are now separated so long conversations stay cleaner.
- Display messages now use their own overlay instead of piggybacking on the chat view.
- Interrupting Stella mid-reply is more predictable.
- Fixed failing automated tests.
New
- Chat home overview redesigned around an Activity layout, with a paginated, virtualized "See all" history dialog.
- Inline artifact cards get an Open-with menu and a category · format subtitle that swaps to an Open-preview affordance on hover.
- A "Reconnecting to Stella" toast appears when Stella is trying again, so silent stalls are visible.
- If the chat window hangs for 10 seconds, Stella now shows a recovery page instead of staying frozen.
Fixes & polish
- Schedule details dialog restyled to match the Connect dialog aesthetic.
- Store side panel typography and empty-state copy polished; Canvas and Media empty-state text nudged up; Media tab drops the "Make something" hero copy.
- Dictation now goes into the Store text box when you're typing there.
- Slowed the task progress summary cadence to 30s (with a 10s kickoff) so it stops chattering.
- Tighter chat home overview activity list and hidden scrollbars.
- Chat links open directly instead of through an extra confirmation dialog.
- Headings and tables render correctly in chat again.
- Fixed canvas previews, thumbnails, recent files, and backgrounds.
- Dictation works better when Stella isn't the active app.
- Radial dial and mini window now behave on macOS fullscreen Spaces.
- Stella now shows model usage-limit errors faster.
- Reduced chat resize work and reused artifact cards for HTML; paused the social empty-state illustration when offscreen and dropped the cursor shadows.
- Chat no longer pins to the absolute bottom during resize bursts.
- Follow-up messages are handled more clearly.
New
- Model picker opens instantly, and unavailable choices are checked reliably.
Fixes & polish
- Auth-error toast routes to the sign-in dialog instead of dumping you on billing.
- Fixed the composer's shape after sending and dictation overlapping with already-typed text.
- Fixed missing pieces in fast Stella replies.
New
- Inline undo for self-mod commits, with thread-aware reminders so you can roll back a change Stella just made.
- Developer file previews collapse into a single "Code changes" tab instead of stacking up per file.
- Update pill swaps its spinner for a traveling-border loader.
- Stella now double-checks updates before marking them installed, and fixes stale update info after restart.
Fixes & polish
- Temporary model errors retry automatically.
- Home sidebar hint dismisses on the first right-click.
- Hard cap on rendered task progress phrases so they stop piling up.
- Music prompts and progress summaries respect your own connected keys.
- Chronicle (screen memory) summaries inject on file change instead of every turn.
- Background work now sees Stella's latest files while the app is updating itself.
New
- Read aloud: Stella can speak her replies, with a play button on each message and a menu toggle for auto-play.
- Realtime voice can use more voice options.
- More models now show up in Stella's picker.
- Settings got a global search bar and a layout/typography pass.
- Subscription upgrades pop a small celebratory dialog.
Fixes & polish
- Radial dial dropdown trimmed to the actions that don't interrupt what you're doing.
- Pet bubble shrinks to fit short messages.
- Dev startup splash polish; Stella is now Apache 2.0 licensed with a public README.
New
- Buy extra usage credit on the billing page when you run low: no need to wait for the monthly reset.
- Connect your own AI keys through a polished setup dialog.
- Dictation sound controls in settings.
- Launcher shows a recovery view when desktop fails to start, plus an option to revert a bad Stella update.
Fixes & polish
- Chronicle (screen memory) is now a paid feature.
- Seedance replaces the older video generation models.
- Paid media (image, voice, video) is gated to subscribers, with a built-in escape hatch to switch to your own keys from the upsell toast.
- Default theme in light mode is now Midnight.
- The update helper is more tightly locked down.
- Windows builds ship with the right native helpers for each platform.
- Free and anonymous limits are tighter, and plan limits are easier to adjust.
- Dropped Teams and Google Chat connector tiles; fixed the Discord install link.
Fixes & polish
- Store side panel and Publish dialog got a UX pass.
- Stella applies self-changes with fewer restarts and less visual flashing.
- Dev Stella stops prompting for macOS Keychain access on every restart.
- Sidebar and page changes refresh more smoothly while Stella updates herself.
- More model requests identify themselves as Stella.
- Internal reliability groundwork landed.
New
- Billing moved to a Stripe-hosted Checkout with managed payments, and the screen was redesigned to match the Stella aesthetic.
- Local models like Ollama are now first-class options in settings.
- Voice and agent model choices are easier to configure separately.
Fixes & polish
- Plan tiers now describe usage in plain language (e.g. "a few hours a day") instead of opaque dollar allotments.
- Stella now chooses the right thinking level automatically for each request.
- Mini window: sidebar hidden, traffic-light placement tuned, and embedded web views fade behind a glass mask.
- Bulk model actions in settings, refined model picker layout.
- Global social chat is hidden while safety controls mature; some managed usage limits were simplified.
- Onboarding fog overlay removed.
New
- Canvas tab: Stella can answer with a richer visual view when a chart, layout, or interactive page fits better than plain text.
- Composer can pull in the area you have selected on screen as context for your next message.
- Stella can spin up more specialized helper agents when a task calls for it.
Fixes & polish
- Model picker now collapses to a small set of Stella presets and expands on demand.
- Image generation defaults to fast/low settings (you can still crank it).
- Desktop updates moved from Settings into a small top-bar pill.
- Display sidebar performance and memory tightened; expanded panel hides the rest of the chat instead of bleeding through.
- Images created or found during a task are easier for Stella to use in the conversation.
- Local image settings now work across agents.
- Desktop build system upgraded.
New
- Connect integrations got a cleaner setup path.
- Scheduled tasks are more flexible and can send native OS notifications when they're done.
- Stella Computer on Windows is more native and reliable.
- Realtime voice moved to the GA model, with a British accent option and a refreshed prompt.
Fixes & polish
- Long-running Stella sessions are more reliable, including personality, reminders, and memory.
- Smoother chat scroll and working indicator in the suggestion row.
- Local updates are smoother when Stella changes herself.
New
- Hosted Store now runs embedded in the desktop, replacing the legacy native Store UI.
Fixes & polish
- Chat timeline and social chat virtualized with Legend List: long threads stay snappy.
- Desktop shell upgraded.
- Sign-in storage is more secure and better isolated.
- Native dropdowns now match Stella's own menu styling.
- Fixes: non-mac onboarding skips, local dictation startup, safer display links, and restoring capture sources after canceling.
New
- "Hey Stella" voice activation has fewer false starts.
- Image generation now runs in the background and shows up in a unified gallery in the display sidebar.
- Generated media (images, music, etc.) live in their own sidebar workspace, and previews open in an in-app dialog.
- Messages you send while Stella is working now appear inline in the chat.
- Stella handles mid-task course corrections more smoothly.
Fixes & polish
- Behind-the-scenes thinking is hidden by default, with advanced controls still in settings.
- Store, Pets, and Emoji dialogs aligned with the Connect dialog aesthetic.
- Working indicator fades faster when work is done.
New
- Music generation added.
Fixes & polish
- Working indicator now sits inline below the latest reply instead of in a separate footer.
- Cold mini-window summon and splash readiness fixes.
- Launcher reinstall now preserves your existing state, and dictation setup re-runs after a reinstall.
- Capture overlay no longer fights with radial dictation.
New
- Wake-word voice activation is back: say "Hey Stella" to start a voice session, with a bundled prebuilt listener for macOS and Windows. (Off by default; turn it on in settings.)
- AI-generated emoji packs in the Store, alongside user-created pet packs.
- Sidebar Models picker: choose Stella's main models without leaving chat.
- Stella's voice is dynamic now, seeded from your personality.md.
- Display canvas is now inline, with refreshed working-indicator copy.
Fixes & polish
- Replaced the four blue themes with Sage, Crimson, Slate, and Cocoa, and made Pearl and Noir standardized single-mode themes.
- Dictation: transcripts always paste straight into the focused app, in-app composer flow polished, OS-wide overlay layout cleaned up, on-device toggle hidden on Intel Macs.
- Apple-style elevation polish on dropdowns and popovers; toast and display "+" menu match the glass aesthetic.
- Pet polish: smoother action arc, click-through outside visible pixels, open preference syncs across windows, default pet renamed to Stella.
- Sending chat messages feels faster, and self-updates start with more common helpers ready to go.
- Onboarding is smoother, with better step navigation and more useful location setup.
- Live Memory now requires sign-in, and Store browsing loads faster and more safely.
New
- Floating pet companion in its own window: hatch one with the new pet skill. The pet drives voice mode (replacing the old voice creature overlay) and surfaces status updates.
- Pets are now part of the Store catalog.
- Home now has a time-ordered Activity strip with an Up Next peek.
- Home suggestions are grouped into friendly category pills.
- Post-onboarding hints for Connect and Store.
- New native dictation_bridge helper for macOS and Windows; push-to-talk dictation refresh.
Fixes & polish
- Scheduling now shows a neat inline receipt after it runs.
- Utility actions moved into the sidebar.
- New requests queue more gracefully while Stella is already working.
- Store releases are easier to review before installing.
- File editing is matched more carefully to the model doing the work.
- Removed the experimental Snake sidebar app and route.
New
- Personalized app recommendations during onboarding (with badges prefixed "Stella may:").
- Stella started laying the groundwork for more languages, with a language picker on the start screen.
- Stella can track and apply desktop updates.
- Canvas artifacts show up in chat.
- Snake game added to the sidebar (and made bigger and easier to play).
Fixes & polish
- Store installs now require explicit confirmation, and uninstalls are more reliable.
- Store security review got stricter about network access.
- New skills for creating Stella apps, generating media, and extending Stella.
- Computer-use sessions are cleaned up daily.
- Chat text appears more smoothly, and Social/Fashion updates feel faster.
- Voice sessions understand your screen and chat context better.
- Replaced "Explore ideas" with skill suggestions; flatter app suggestions dialog rows.
- Home hint mouse icon, welcome opens the workspace, badge polish.
- Stella's instructions now frame her more clearly as your personal assistant.
- Image generation moved into its own media skill.
- Settings content centered within the panel.
New
- Click-to-update launcher: Stella can now check for and install updates on demand, with a manual update check, reinstall option, and a native uninstall confirmation.
- Chat home overview now shows your task history with progress summaries.
- In-app dictation bar gets a send arrow.
Fixes & polish
- Launcher UI polish and download fixes.
- Store integrations now render as App Store-style rows.
- Sent user messages animate into the full chat surface.
- Display sidebar drops the heavy blur and preserves the active tab when you reopen the panel.
- Computer-use works better inside web apps and supports simpler clicks.
- Stella now prefers a desktop app over the browser for named consumer services (e.g. Spotify, Slack).
- Built-in AI models respond more reliably.
- Stella is clearer about when to handle work herself versus delegating.
- Fixes: onboarding completion, Store display behavior, first-message bounce, remote connector behavior, and several working-indicator bugs.
- Global social chat is disabled while safety controls mature.
New
- Universal macOS desktop builds: one download works on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
- Local Parakeet dictation is now on by default.
- Social: unread badges on the Social tab and Friends button; rooms are marked read correctly; global chat excluded from unread counts.
- Store: reworked around threaded creator pages and a feature roster, with new visibility tiers, share-with-friends, and chat embeds.
Fixes & polish
- Sign-in dialog redesigned as a single grow-in form with quick links to your inbox.
- Modernized dialog styling across the app.
- Launch splash stays up until startup is fully ready (no more flash of an empty window).
- Mini window: double-tap toggle reliability fixes, focus behavior fixes, and the keybind now routes through the radial chat action.
- Display sidebar tab polish and an explicit '+' picker.
- Store tabs are centered over the visible area and no longer lag during resize.
- Magic-link polling stays alive after you close the auth dialog, so the link still completes sign-in.
- Display font now used for the startup branding.
- Pages no longer flash errors during sign-in transitions.
- Many launcher fixes (Windows process control & tray icon, Intel macOS install lockfile, dock visibility, uninstall retry, Tauri plugin pinning).
- Stella cleanly tears down child processes on quit.
New
- New setting to keep Stella awake so background work isn't interrupted.
- New sound-notification setting, plus an anonymous feedback prompt that can show up once a day.
- Fashion shopping: try-on flow you can trigger by dropping a photo into the composer.
- Deleted items now appear in a trash view inside the side panel.
Fixes & polish
- Onboarding got a big polish pass: snappier transitions, friendlier copy, clearer steps.
- Store: navigation redesign, tighter Fashion agent, and a confirmation step before adding new connectors.
- Onboarding now skips the macOS permissions step on Windows and Linux.
- Lots of fixes: radial overlay stays on the active macOS Space, Connect dialog layering, inline questions, and visuals while Stella updates herself.
New
- Voice and dictation are now part of the onboarding tour.
- Chrome extension install step added to onboarding.
- Stella's sidebar got a (briefly) playable 3D Snake game.
- Country-code dropdown for the Text Stella phone setup.
Fixes & polish
- Better screen-recording permission detection on macOS, plus a per-permission reset.
- Spinner now shows while uninstalling Stella, and the launcher checks for updates without blocking.
- Smoother Store publishing review flow.
New
- Stella Connect: connect external services to Stella.
- Computer-use comes to Windows: Stella can now click and type on your screen on Windows machines.
- New "+" menu in the chat composer to attach files, capture your screen, or grab recents.
- Markdown and developer-file previews in the side panel.
- Shortcuts settings tab.
- Cloud backups are now part of the paid plan.
Fixes & polish
- Removed the Git Bash dependency on Windows.
- Onboarding shows a capabilities walkthrough, and capture chips have a unified look.
New
- Local Parakeet dictation: fast, private, runs on your device.
- Controls for connecting your own AI accounts.
- New Fashion tab redesigned as a full-bleed snap feed.
- Top-bar chat sidebar toggle and a unified scroll between sidebar chat and full chat.
- Stella notifies you when a long-running agent finishes its work.
Fixes & polish
- Long chats are now much faster (stable rows + virtualization).
- Onboarding: faster fog, snappier disclosure cascade, friendlier hit targets.
New
- File-artifact previews in the display sidebar (Codex-style chrome).
- Stella now detects files created by outside apps: they show up automatically.
Fixes & polish
- Transparent topbar in the desktop shell.
- Mini window: smoother chrome, wider composer, lazier voice startup.
- Chat scroll holds its position when you resize the layout.
New
- New "Ask Stella" pill that appears above text you select: works in Stella and across other apps.
- Display panel is now resizable and can expand to fill the window, even taking over the mini window.
- Radial dial restored, replacing the cmd+right-click native menu.
- New Inworld dictation option in the composer.
- Configurable OS-wide dictation.
- New Ideas tab on the display sidebar plus a smoother sidebar slide.
Fixes & polish
- Web search wired to Exa for better results.
- Time-of-day greetings on the home screen with the occasional fun variant.
- Save and copy actions on the display sidebar.
New
- Agents can now ask you a question inline in chat (askQuestion).
- Live Memory dialog and a customizable creature face: toggle eyes and mouth.
- Twitch emotes render in chat.
- Double-tap Option to summon the mini window.
Fixes & polish
- Big computer-use reliability pass: clicks now actually deliver to backgrounded apps, with overlay continuity fixed.
- Show more / show less for long user messages.
- Settings and Theme moved to the sidebar title bar.
- Backend protections now cover every public entry point.
New
- Auto-display generated images in the display sidebar.
- Live Memory phase added to onboarding (with sign-in resume).
- New "Cozy" theme.
Fixes & polish
- Sidebar app discovery became more reliable.
- Onboarding mocks now mirror the real Stella surface.
Fixes & polish
- Major internal reliability upgrade for how agents run.
- Stella's instructions were reorganized for clearer behavior.
- Launcher reliability: macOS screen-permission build, Windows registry args, fewer first-run dependencies.
New
- Display sidebar now renders Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and HTML files.
New
- Suggestion chips above the full chat composer.
- Categories overlay back on home.
- New macOS native session service powering computer-use, with overlay motion aligned to action timing.
New
- Cmd+right-click context menu replaces the radial gesture overlay.
- Action overlay with a breathing lens and software cursor when Stella controls your computer.
Fixes & polish
- Onboarding creation mock rebuilt with section-transformation pills.
New
- macOS desktop automation engine with auto-attached screenshots.
- The active-window screenshot is automatically attached to your message as an image.
- Display sidebar can be opened from the right-click menu in chat.
Fixes & polish
- Range-based thread compaction for long chats.
New
- Stella can write and edit files more directly.
Fixes & polish
- Onboarding reveals theme options in steps.
- Refreshed emote bundle.
- Pause self-mod hot reload while shell or code-mode writes are happening (less flicker).
New
- Stella shows short thinking summaries while she works, so you can see what she's doing.
- Twitch emotes render in Stella's messages.
Fixes & polish
- Stella's live replies got internal cleanup.
Fixes & polish
- Smoother live replies, especially after resuming hidden work.
- Exponential backoff retry for OpenAI completions.
- Reasoning is preserved across Stella completions.
New
- New deeper coding mode for technical tasks.
Fixes & polish
- Wake-word pipeline removed (Stella moved away from always-listening).
- Bundled Stella browser binary refreshed.
- Local chat now pages by visible messages for performance.
New
- Radial dial redesign: the "Full" wedge becomes "Add", and chat persists across workspaces.
- Display overlay replaced with a sidebar on the home page.
Fixes & polish
- Launcher reliability fixes for macOS permission flows (TCC prompts, mic, etc.).
- Launcher hides its window when desktop starts and restores it on exit.
New
- ChatGPT-style turn-anchored scrolling in chat.
- macOS screen and microphone permission onboarding screen.
- Helper-agent progress now shows up in chat.
- In-app permission recovery flows.
Fixes & polish
- Stella branding on launcher icons and release artifacts.
- Many launcher and CI improvements (Windows/macOS).
New
- Mini chat split into its own dedicated window.
- Vision-based window content capture with column detection.
New
- Cloud backups, with settings integration.
- Self-mod history is now auto-tracked.
Fixes & polish
- Faster local data storage.
- Refreshed Stella brand assets across desktop, launcher, and mobile.
- Mobile privacy paperwork added for iOS.
New
- Mobile app: dark mode, 17 themes, haptics, voice input, and push notifications.
- Voice "look at screen": Stella can highlight things in real time.
- Voice screen viewing and guidance overlays improved.
- Compact mode replaces the overlay mini shell.
- Suggestion chips in chat with shared screenshot preview.
- New Claude Code option for coding work.
Fixes & polish
- One-time welcome dialog after onboarding.
New
- Inline previews for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.
- Stella Office is now vendored into Stella.
Fixes & polish
- Connect dialog redesigned, and the Text Stella flow reversed for clarity.
- Permissions onboarding screen on macOS, plus a fix for relaunching from the DMG.
- Magic-link sign-in fix on mobile.
New
- Home merged into chat, with a shifting gradient on the mini shell.
- Radial dial reworked to four wedges with opt-in window context.
- New "View messages" button on home when you have chat history.
Fixes & polish
- File-system-based skill environment replaces LoadTools/ActivateSkill.
- Cloud device sync now requires a real (non-anonymous) account.
Fixes & polish
- Onboarding UX polish: better button visibility, top-down layout, gradient settings fixes.
- Live task status while Stella is thinking.
- Faster chat transcript persistence (append-only JSONL).
- Restored the blob gradient theme and frosted shell chrome.
- Overlay stays on the active macOS Space.
New
- Right-click chat sidebar replaces the floating orb and context menu.
- Programmatic send opens the sidebar chat directly.
Fixes & polish
- Launcher auto-closes once Stella is confirmed running.
- Window controls moved into the sidebar header.
- Onboarding can complete without the canvas morph handoff.
New
- Custom DMG installer with a mesh-gradient background and icon layout.
- Stella requests all macOS permissions upfront, with start/stop launcher controls.
- A simpler main-agent setup that can load extra abilities as needed.
Fixes & polish
- Stella branding for desktop app icons.
Fixes & polish
- Smoother floating chat indicator (prewarmed animation).
- Frame-rate-independent Stella animation using real delta time.
- Overlay origin now syncs from actual window bounds on macOS.
New
- Multi-desktop per account: device-scoped registration, bridge, and phone pairing.
Fixes & polish
- Daily cron to purge stale anonymous user data.
- Older connection plumbing removed from the desktop app and replaced by Connect integrations.
New
- Phone pairing.
- Mobile: offline chat persistence, image support, and friendlier errors.
- New Home surface, with thread context that persists across runs.
Fixes & polish
- macOS code signing and notarization for the launcher.
- Cloud data is purged on account delete.
New
- Linq remote-turn execution: Stella routes messages to your desktop and falls back to an offline responder.
Fixes & polish
- Polling-based magic-link auth, deep-link protocol fix, and migration to cloud.stella.sh.
- Smoother first-message replies.
- Region capture fixes.
- Message timestamps reformatted as system reminders, with timezone correctness and 10-min dedup.
New
- Music generation upgraded.
- Home Canvas: LLM generation pipeline, selectable guide, music bar.
Fixes & polish
- Improved wake-word handoff and voice echo gating.
- Auth callbacks now route through stella.sh.
New
- New voice model.
- macOS native build of the Stella browser.
Fixes & polish
- Mobile: refreshed chat, desktop bridge, and account screens.
- Simpler MorphTransition shader (less heavy on GPU).
New
- New Media Studio app.
- Personalized Home Canvas replaces the home dashboard.
- Notification panel on the floating orb.
- New display overlay for showing generated files and results.
Fixes & polish
- Dark-mode gradient banding fixed (oklch interpolation + dithering).
- Cormorant Garamond added as a display font.
New
- Drag-and-drop file attachments across all three composers.
- New Pearl and Noir themes.
- Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and in-app legal notices.
Fixes & polish
- Lightweight CSS radial gradients replace the heavier blob gradient (faster, cleaner).
- Open / close animation for the mini shell.
Fixes & polish
- Stella's agent work now runs in a separate process for better stability.
- Chat UI: thinking row, shimmer, message typography refresh.
New
- First version of Stella's developer tools.
Fixes & polish
- Backend migrated off the AI SDK.
- Faster boot.
Fixes & polish
- Switched to Manrope as the default font.
- Mobile bridge wired up.
New
- Mobile app initial commit.
Fixes & polish
- Onboarding: Next/Previous step controls, animation and layout polish.
- Cross-platform launcher CI workflow (Windows + macOS).
New
- Desktop, mobile, cloud, and launcher code were brought together into one project.
- Ultra tier added to billing.
Fixes & polish
- Discovery page generation fix.
New
- Plans now get the right managed models automatically.
- Realtime transcription.
- Friend v1: first cut of the social layer.
Fixes & polish
- Realtime voice usage now reported for billing.
New
- Launcher's first commit.
Fixes & polish
- Large internal cleanup for how Stella routes work.
- Self-mod morph is now readiness-driven (less flash).
New
- Multiplayer skill (game).
- Scheduling support.
Fixes & polish
- Bundled Stella defaults moved into resources.
New
- Blueprint-based Store self-mod flow (v1).
- Stella browser ported to native Rust.
Fixes & polish
- Voice: hard VAD gate, adaptive noise floor, echo handling on speakers.
- Stripe billing fixes.
- Floating orb, chat panel, and input bar now scale with viewport.
New
- Floating orb v1 chat.
- Self-mod and General agent split with concurrency support.
Fixes & polish
- Header items moved to the sidebar.
New
- New wake-word model (fp16) and voice handoff.
- Stella's own model endpoints became the desktop default.
Fixes & polish
- Clearer "connected account" vs "logged in" semantics.
New
- You can now keep messaging while a task runs in the background.
Fixes & polish
- Backend route consolidation and SQL improvements.
New
- Audio ducking: music and other sounds dim while Stella speaks.
Fixes & polish
- Unified renderer mic across wake word and voice.
- Many small reliability fixes (chat re-renders, double-cache charges, capture leaks, web search failures).
New
- Extension system: Stella can discover new abilities, model options, and prompts.
- Native text selection inside Stella.
- New "auto" radial dial feature.
- Search canvas (and the news side trimmed down).
Fixes & polish
- Faster web search and HTML rendering.
New
- Synthesis onboarding flow.
- Dashboard display and news rendering.
- Web search and news generation support added.
Fixes & polish
- Bootstrap quiet window delayed by 2.5s for smoother launch.
Fixes & polish
- Editing fixes and local scheduling improvements.
- Home view and music adjustments.
Fixes & polish
- Ongoing polish and internal cleanup.
- Search canvas iteration, animation polish on live reply pills, dashboard fixes.
New
- Stella renamed and reorganized around agents, helper agents, actions, and skills.
- Discovery rewrite: selectable categories, signal collection, and seeded ephemeral memories.
- App Store / blueprints groundwork: first cut of how Stella publishes apps.
- Connect dialog initial setup; opens links in your browser instead of a tiny Electron window.
- Slack, Teams, Signal, Telegram, and Discord channel work.
- Multi-monitor and Windows native window-title detection.
- Scheduled-task support, health checks, and better interrupt / queue controls.
Fixes & polish
- Better Auth integration and hardened secrets handling.
- Drag-friendly mini shell, radial dial polish, and many capture/dial flicker fixes.
New
- First commits: shadcn UI scaffolding and the floating Stella surface.
- Initial agent, helper-agent, actions, and skills setup.
- Working indicator, live replies, conversation history, and thinking UI.
- Markdown colors, grain/noise/blur theming, and the original radial menu theme.
- First pass at memory search and cloud data structure.
- Wake-up of the discovery + onboarding flow.