Product updates

Every improvement, release by release.

A public record of what has changed in BootTask — new capabilities, refinements and fixes, generated from the project’s release history.

August 2026

BootTask release

Version 1.11.98

  • Prevent Focus Bar layout shifts and serialize context menu setup

BootTask release

Version 1.11.93

  • Guide onboarding users to pin BootTask and update the favicon

BootTask release

Version 1.11.90

  • Respect configured task sites over relevance verdicts

BootTask release

Version 1.11.89

  • Simplify landing navigation

BootTask release

Version 1.11.88

  • Fix medium-priority issues: broadcastTick filter, popup close guard, theme race guard

BootTask release

Version 1.11.87

  • Fix high-priority issues: site normalization, DOM scan cache, transition race, error logging

BootTask release

Version 1.11.86

  • Remove dead code (~255 LOC) and fix memory leaks in SW Maps

BootTask release

Version 1.11.84

  • Fix Focus Video state handling and translate focus page

BootTask release

Version 1.11.83

  • Add scoped Focus Video tab and update notification messaging

BootTask release

Version 1.11.79

  • Apply theme consistency and confirm destructive task deletions

BootTask release

Version 1.11.74

  • Improve task configuration modal layout

BootTask release

Version 1.11.71

  • Refine theme application and destructive dialog styling

BootTask release

Version 1.11.62

  • Shorten Dashboard menu label

BootTask release

Version 1.11.61

  • Make all appearance settings free

BootTask release

Version 1.11.60

  • Make color themes available on free tier

BootTask release

Version 1.11.59

  • Split Side Panel Gate and Dashboard actions

BootTask release

Version 1.11.58

  • Match Web Gate to native chooser layout

BootTask release

Version 1.11.57

  • Bring Web Gate to Native Gate parity

BootTask release

Version 1.11.56

  • Fix Native Gate sync recovery

BootTask release

Version 1.11.54

  • Improve compact side panel task actions

BootTask release

Version 1.11.45

  • Polish themes and fix native Chrome dashboard link

BootTask release

Version 1.11.37

  • Polish Drive dialog theming and asset verification

BootTask release

Version 1.11.35

  • Improve Focus Pill dragging responsiveness

BootTask release

Version 1.11.34

  • Add collapsible assistant pill and refine Focus Bar styling

BootTask release

Version 1.11.31

  • Add Focus Mode disable options and customizable UI fonts

BootTask release

Version 1.11.25

  • Add premium theme customization across BootTask surfaces

BootTask release

Version 1.11.14

  • Fix folder task drag-and-drop reordering

BootTask release

Version 1.11.13

  • Add localized Flatpickr deadline date pickers

BootTask release

Version 1.11.9

  • Add adjustable text scaling to the Side Panel

July 2026

BootTask release

Version 1.11.7

  • Make the hosted web app's task editor reachable, and say when a sync fails
  • Improve task management and focus mode flows

BootTask release

Version 1.9.7

  • Open the task's site in the tab, not in the side panel

BootTask release

Version 1.9.6

  • Add a features section to the landing, generated from one source
  • Cover the features the first pass missed
  • Mark the generated feature pages as generated
  • Bring the Chrome history dropdown to the composer's domain field

BootTask release

Version 1.9.5

  • Make the Drive backup converge, and say so when it does not

BootTask release

Version 1.9.2

  • Reorder projects from the projects tab, demote the Add domain button

BootTask release

Version 1.9.1

  • Clarify folder nesting and land the in-flight intercept/native work

BootTask release

Version 1.8.14

  • Improve task creation and project reordering UX

BootTask release

Version 1.8.11

  • Validate onboarding email before completion

BootTask release

Version 1.8.10

  • Crop the plume out of the toolbar icon so the mark fills its slot

BootTask release

Version 1.8.9

  • Trace the mark as vector so the toolbar icon stops resampling a photo

BootTask release

Version 1.8.10

  • Make the toolbar icon a B with the porthole as its counter

BootTask release

Version 1.8.9

  • Draw the toolbar icon instead of shrinking the artwork

BootTask release

Version 1.8.8

  • Record that the deviation count is lifelong by decision
  • Withdraw the deviation badge from the task row

BootTask release

Version 1.8.7

  • The deviation badge says what it counts, and stops shouting

BootTask release

Version 1.8.5

  • Contain the task action strip instead of letting it paint over its neighbours

BootTask release

Version 1.8.4

  • Widen the in-page panel to 560px so task rows have room

BootTask release

Version 1.8.3

  • Keep the panel on screen when the anchor leaves it no room

BootTask release

Version 1.8.2

  • The panel drops under whatever opened it, not always from the right

BootTask release

Version 1.8.1

  • The task panel and the Options menu no longer stack in the same corner

BootTask release

Version 1.8.0

  • BootTask opens under the Focus Bar instead of resizing the page

BootTask release

Version 1.7.4

  • Folder "+" moves to the folder header, beta page gains a change notice

BootTask release

Version 1.7.3

  • Settings in three tabs, green for enabled, no more fake AI

BootTask release

Version 1.7.2

  • Landing: swap the side panel screenshot for the current UI
  • Site suggestions from Chrome history search, recurrence under Planning

BootTask release

Version 1.7.0

  • Config opens as a modal, with the title editable inside it

BootTask release

Version 1.6.7

  • Config rows: uppercase every option name, lowercase empty values

BootTask release

Version 1.6.6

  • Fix config rows closing the panel, and "undefinedm" duration

BootTask release

Version 1.6.5

  • Filter AI settings sites in place, landing copy pass
  • Config panel: one collapsible row per option

BootTask release

Version 1.6.4

  • Never intercept without an active task scoped to sites

BootTask release

Version 1.6.2

  • Drop the confusing "Translation: not needed" row

BootTask release

Version 1.6.1

  • List every translation pair the machine can offer

BootTask release

Version 1.6.0

  • Enable the check by default, show which models are installed

BootTask release

Version 1.5.1

  • Say on the badge that the verdict comes from on-device AI

BootTask release

Version 1.5.0

  • Gate on page readiness, not on a long wait

BootTask release

Version 1.4.4

  • Drop the relevance dwell to 6 seconds

BootTask release

Version 1.4.3

  • Stop shouting the model's reason

BootTask release

Version 1.4.2

  • Separate sharing a subject from serving the task

BootTask release

Version 1.4.1

  • Record what the model actually read, stop letting "unsure" settle a page

BootTask release

Version 1.4.0

  • Translate pages into the model's language before judging them

BootTask release

Version 1.3.3

  • Count only the time the page is actually on screen

BootTask release

Version 1.3.2

  • Let the model rule out a page it cannot map to the task

BootTask release

Version 1.3.1

  • Stop declaring unsupported languages to the Prompt API

BootTask release

Version 1.3.0

  • Flag off-task pages with Chrome's on-device model

BootTask release

Version 1.2.35

  • Hold the task buttons back on every title, not just clipped ones

BootTask release

Version 1.2.34

  • Keep the title reading bubble alive across re-renders

BootTask release

Version 1.2.33

  • Keep protected Drive backups locked after local changes

BootTask release

Version 1.2.32

  • Protect Drive backups from empty task lists

BootTask release

Version 1.2.31

  • Restore extension to version 1.2.31

BootTask release

Version 1.2.32

  • Update beta support link and Safari icon

BootTask release

Version 1.2.31

  • Carry the Side Panel task layout over to the web app
  • Number the Side Panel task list like the web app

BootTask release

Version 1.2.30

  • Read long task titles in a bubble instead of a scrolling marquee

BootTask release

Version 1.2.28

  • Open the task options menu when the Focus Bar is clicked

BootTask release

Version 1.2.27

  • Move voice dictation to an offscreen document

BootTask release

Version 1.2.23

  • Improve voice dictation messaging and add beta notice

BootTask release

Version 1.2.21

  • Verify Google Drive snapshot writes by exact metadata markers

BootTask release

Version 1.2.20

  • Improve project management UI and completed-task cleanup

BootTask release

Version 1.2.17

  • Compact side panel dashboard layout and actions

BootTask release

Version 1.2.13

  • Refine Side Panel task layout and title overflow

BootTask release

Version 1.2.10

  • Optimize Side Panel task row layout

BootTask release

Version 1.2.6

  • Harden site matching and preserve task selection across gate refresh

BootTask release

Version 1.2.5

  • Add context-menu task capture and improve dashboard task configuration

BootTask release

Version 1.1.94

  • Refine Native Gate messaging and task completion flow

BootTask release

Version 1.1.90

  • Add site issue reporting and improve off-task navigation

BootTask release

Version 1.1.75

  • Preserve canonical AI categories and fix collapsed Focus Pill offsets

BootTask release

Version 1.1.73

  • Prevent page offset for compact Focus Pill

BootTask release

Version 1.1.72

  • Fix Google Workspace editor hit testing

BootTask release

Version 1.1.71

  • Add project subtask insertion controls and update macOS CI runner

BootTask release

Version 1.1.66

  • Fix CI package path handling

BootTask release

Version 1.1.65

  • Fix Gmail Focus Bar layout and simplify options styling

BootTask release

Version 1.1.64

  • Make banner menu buttons fire reliably on pointerdown

BootTask release

Version 1.1.63

  • Improve AI suggestions, task creation, and off-task Focus Bar signal

BootTask release

Version 1.1.54

  • Improve native gate keyboard navigation

BootTask release

Version 1.1.53

  • Fix task completion state and document native release workflow

BootTask release

Version 1.1.37

  • Add persistent accessibility setup

BootTask release

Version 1.1.36

  • Stabilize native gate sync and lifecycle

BootTask release

Version 1.1.35

  • Make gate task destination selection prominent

BootTask release

Version 1.1.34

  • Require Developer ID signing for Mac releases

BootTask release

Version 1.1.33

  • Prevent gate flash after completing task

BootTask release

Version 1.1.32

  • Make gate task destination selector visible

BootTask release

Version 1.1.31

  • Enhance native gate task controls

BootTask release

Version 1.1.27

  • Add Firefox native messaging support and browser surface abstraction

BootTask release

Version 1.1.18

  • Add Chromium browser support and PKCE OAuth packaging

BootTask release

Version 1.1.16

  • Raise free task limit to 10 and fix Focus Bar layout

BootTask release

Version 0.22.27

  • Refine banner branding and smooth dashboard heartbeat updates

BootTask release

Version 0.22.24

  • Add task project assignment and refine side panel task composer

BootTask release

Version 0.22.12

  • Add configurable voice dictation language

BootTask release

Version 0.22.9

  • Tighten toolbar icons and bump version

BootTask release

Version 0.22.8

  • Keep done tasks last in projects and folders

BootTask release

Version 0.22.5

  • Make tasks open-ended by default

BootTask release

Version 0.22.0

  • Refine Focus Bar and intercept session flows

BootTask release

Version 0.20.20

  • Stabilize timer ticks and refresh layout fix handling

BootTask release

Version 0.20.14

  • Rename banner wording to Focus Bar terminology
  • Open side panel from intercept gesture

BootTask release

Version 0.20.13

  • Return paused tasks to idle state

BootTask release

Version 0.20.12

  • Open task chooser from intercept panel

BootTask release

Version 0.20.10

  • Simplify intercept decisions and forbid task sites

BootTask release

Version 0.20.9

  • Bring Free Surf controls into side panel

BootTask release

Version 0.20.6

  • Compact Chrome side panel task workspace

BootTask release

Version 0.20.4

  • Group chooser tasks by folder and clarify terminology

BootTask release

Version 0.20.1

  • Add task folders and sync support

BootTask release

Version 0.18.1

  • Fix finish-task race and bump version to 0.18.1

BootTask release

Version 0.18.0

  • Add quick actions to native focus gates
  • Remove sheet ID from mobile app links

BootTask release

Version 0.17.9

  • Drop legacy sheet ID URL support

BootTask release

Version 0.17.8

  • Discover BootTask sheet after Google login

BootTask release

Version 0.17.7

  • Reuse existing Google grant on mobile app load

BootTask release

Version 0.17.6

  • Remove stretched layout space from mobile app

BootTask release

Version 0.17.4

  • Tighten mobile app header spacing

BootTask release

Version 0.17.3

  • Redesign mobile app with tasks and projects tabs

BootTask release

Version 0.17.2

  • Improve Drive sync resilience and landing gallery UX

BootTask release

Version 0.16.4

  • Spec: Google Drive backup reliability (GGDrivespecs.md)
  • Refine chooser task rename layout

BootTask release

Version 0.16.2

  • Mac gate lists projects above the flat task list (mac 1.2.18)
  • Gates get Tasks/Projects tabs like the dashboard

BootTask release

Version 0.16.1

  • Drive Reconnect purges the cached identity token first

BootTask release

Version 0.16.0

  • Mac gate: create tasks in place + version stamp (mac 1.2.15)
  • Regenerate icons at every Mac build with pinned sharp
  • Mac model carries recurrence; document the field-strip hazard (mac 1.2.16)
  • Project tasks live only in the Projects tab; gates browse projects

BootTask release

Version 0.15.7

  • Design pass on dashboard + gate task creation

BootTask release

Version 0.15.2

  • Elevate idle focus pill design

BootTask release

Version 0.15.1

  • Expose unverified Drive backup state

BootTask release

Version 0.15.0

  • Add Drive snapshot recovery

BootTask release

Version 0.14.2

  • Use real Techmeme banner capture on landing

BootTask release

Version 0.14.1

  • Refine idle task chooser pill

BootTask release

Version 0.14.0

  • Improve project menu and task placement

BootTask release

Version 0.13.0

  • Unify project task controls

BootTask release

Version 0.12.0

  • Add projects and subtasks

BootTask release

Version 0.11.10

  • Improve banner resilience and landing gallery

BootTask release

Version 0.11.5

  • Refresh BootTask icons and bump manifest version

BootTask release

Version 0.11.1

  • Refine BootTask banner, intercept, and task flow

BootTask release

Version 0.9.27

  • Refresh BootTask gate branding and localization

BootTask release

Version 0.9.24

  • Guard the generic structural root-offset writes too (missed in f874075)
  • Refine BootTask banner, intercept, and dashboard flows

BootTask release

Version 0.9.13

  • Stop per-second style churn that made SPA pages flicker

BootTask release

Version 0.9.12

  • Re-inject content scripts into open tabs on update

BootTask release

Version 0.9.11

  • native host never answered Chrome — blocking pipe read

BootTask release

Version 0.9.9

  • Mac reliability: instance tie-break, host pipe crash, unlock trigger (mac 1.2.6)
  • Remove the Infinity native-host latch entirely; log bridge activity

BootTask release

Version 0.9.7

  • Landing updates, bump to 0.9.6

BootTask release

Version 0.9.5

  • "Host not found" is transient once a Mac companion has been seen

BootTask release

Version 0.9.4

  • Ack-based Mac selection handoff: no more destructive read

BootTask release

Version 0.9.3

  • Audit: fix remaining drop-instead-of-defer bugs

BootTask release

Version 0.9.2

  • Mac: debounce gate rebuild on screen topology changes (mac 1.2.2)
  • Minify bundled dashboard JS in the Mac app (mac 1.2.3)
  • Fix gate task selection stranded by the consume throttle

BootTask release

Version 0.9.1

  • Default idle pill position is now top-left

BootTask release

Version 0.9

  • Fix idle pill ignoring the top_right position setting

BootTask release

Version 0.40.3

  • Remove coupon entry from the upgrade page

BootTask release

Version 0.40.2

  • Fix finished tasks resurrected by stale Mac session import

BootTask release

Version 0.40.1

  • Mac app: in-app updater with user confirmation
  • License: re-verify stored coupon hash on refresh

BootTask release

Version 0.40.0

  • Sync premium status to Mac companion, landing page updates

BootTask release

Version 0.38.1

  • Fix Mac task sync dying after one transient native messaging error

BootTask release

Version 0.38.0

  • Migrate premium licensing to Polar

BootTask release

Version 0.37.4

  • Launch prep: license store check, error codes, dead code removal, tests

BootTask release

Version 0.37.3

  • Banner: hide injected UI when printing, surface FINISH_TASK failures
  • Add landing page draft v5
  • Mac app: self-installing distributable bundle + bidirectional language sync

BootTask release

Version 0.37.0

  • Audit fixes: privacy, timers, Mac bridge coverage

BootTask release

Version 0.36.3

  • Add task reordering to chooser

BootTask release

Version 0.35.29

  • Fix chooser task edit title focus

BootTask release

Version 0.35.28

  • Update landing page and pricing

BootTask release

Version 0.35.25

  • Add drag support for collapsed task pill

BootTask release

Version 0.35.22

  • Add draggable task chooser and rename controls

BootTask release

Version 0.35.18

  • Improve task creation and chooser pause handling

BootTask release

Version 0.35.11

  • Fix spreadsheet banner positioning

BootTask release

Version 0.35.10

  • Improve banner task chooser interactions

BootTask release

Version 0.35.7

  • Add inline task renaming and lower launch price

June 2026

BootTask release

Version 0.34.3

  • Shorten size controls reveal to 5s

BootTask release

Version 0.34.2

  • Extend banner size ladder up to 300%

BootTask release

Version 0.34.1

  • Fix banner layout flipping on RTL (Hebrew/Arabic) sites

BootTask release

Version 0.34.0

  • Add adjustable banner size with hover controls

BootTask release

Version 0.33.0

  • Refactor task flow and banner behavior

BootTask release

Version 0.31.0

  • Refresh landing hero copy and styling

BootTask release

Version 0.30.0

  • Refactor BootTask banner and interception flow

BootTask release

Version 0.29.1

  • Refine banner state sync and chooser actions

BootTask release

Version 0.28.8

  • Slow banner logo heartbeat animation

BootTask release

Version 0.28.7

  • Add collapsible task pill to banner

BootTask release

Version 0.28.2

  • Refine banner branding and hide overflow controls

BootTask release

Version 0.28.1

  • Add banner logo and bump version

BootTask release

Version 0.28.0

  • Update BootTask brand icon

BootTask release

Version 0.27.0

  • Refine banner layout and bump version

BootTask release

Version 0.26.3

  • Allow clearing the active task time limit

BootTask release

Version 0.26.0

  • Add action menu to banner

BootTask release

Version 0.25.0

  • Improve Mac focus gate and dashboard UX
  • v0.25 — Superhuman banner fix + Mac native improvements

BootTask release

Version 0.24.0

  • Fix and harden BootTask Mac focus gate

May 2026

BootTask release

Version 0.22.12

  • Update BootTask UX and integrations

BootTask release

Version 0.22.9

  • Avec app native

BootTask release

Version 0.22.4

  • Add sidebar free surf shortcut

BootTask release

Version 0.22.1

  • Add BootTask Mac focus gate

BootTask release

Version 0.21.51

  • Improve task action controls

BootTask release

Version 0.21.40

  • Hide BootTask pill per site

BootTask release

Version 0.21.38

  • Fix AI suggestions and task sync resurrection

April 2026

BootTask release

Version 0.21.35

  • Fix side panel task input focus loss

BootTask release

Version 0.21.23

  • Harden Google Sheets sync and mobile flow

BootTask release

Version 0.21.14

  • BootTask

March 2026

BootTask release

Version 0.10.0

  • New Version après Audit 0.10.0

BootTask release

Version 0.8.28

  • Remove local Claude workspace files from repo
  • Raise free task limit to five

BootTask release

Version 0.8.27

  • Add draggable task reordering in dashboard

BootTask release

Version 0.7.5

  • boottask multi

BootTask release

Version 0.7.4

  • Avec site avant Multitaches

BootTask release

Version 0.7.1

  • new button gdrive

BootTask release

Version 0.1.73

  • correction intercept

BootTask release

Version 0.1.69

  • New interface

BootTask release

Version 0.1.55

  • Micro UX Polish

BootTask release

Version 0.1.54

  • Mass modif

BootTask release

Version 0.1.53

  • Create .gitignore
  • Correction intercept

BootTask release

Version 0.1.51

  • Correctbug

BootTask release

Version 0.1.50

  • Initial commit