Wavebox Changelog

Version 154.2.203 beta 11/9/2026

Update to Chromium 154.0.8037.18
Show memory saved by sleeping tabs and keep active tab memory figures current
Fix a crash when adding a tab to a split after its state changes
Fix tabs appearing blank when switching tabs or opening the panel on Linux
Fix errors when closing newly opened app tabs before they finish processing
Fix secondary windows switching apps unexpectedly when moving an app to another window
Keep the typing cursor in place when hovering over spelling and grammar suggestions

Version 153.2.196 beta 9/9/2026

Update to Chromium 153.0.8010.37
Unify the positioning of the search button in the toolbar across all Wavebox windows
Fix browser crashes when using extensions and when quitting Wavebox on macOS
Prevent invalid Secure DNS settings from blocking browsing and restore connections affected by previous settings
Switch webdock layouts without adding unwanted dividers or leaving spaces looking empty
Various UI polish and visual fixes across the webdock, titlebar and app icons

Version 153.2.193 beta 6/9/2026

Update to Chromium 153.0.8010.28
Empty custom Secure DNS addresses no longer prevent websites from loading
Group titles remain visible in the Webdock when using shorter windows
Various visual improvements across Settings and the Webdock

Version 153.2.190 beta 3/9/2026

Update to Chromium 153.0.8010.16
Added a toolbar switcher for finding, focusing and closing open Wavebox windows
Fixed a potential crash while browser interface pages were loading
Fix crash with grammar checking
Fullscreen pages now respond to clicks along the top and left edges
Fixes for Windows spelling suggestions
UI fixes when creating a new profile

Version 152.2.173 beta 27/8/2026

Auto-reload now waits until apps are idle, protecting calls and active work
Apps now stay awake when Wavebox cannot safely confirm their visibility
Connect panel sizes are now remembered separately for each window
Fixed white backgrounds appearing in the Webdock and top strip on macOS
Various Webdock menu wording, ordering and icon improvements

Version 152.2.168 beta 26/8/2026

Update to Chromium 152.0.7977.65
New: Additional Webdock windows!
- Open additional Webdock windows from the app menu or any Webdock context menu
- Move a group into its own window from the sidebar right-click menu
- Move individual apps, tabs or entire groups between Webdock windows
- Apps stay in the window you place them in, and “Bring it here” summons an app into the window you're working in
- Windows keep their identity across closing, reopening and restarting, so apps land back where you left them
- Additional Webdock windows now restore their tabs and active app after restarts or reopening
- Each window remembers its active app and collapsed sidebar dividers, including across restarts
- Search, the Tab Manager and keyboard shortcuts now jump to the window that owns an app
- Links, search results and keyboard commands now stay with their originating Webdock
- Sign-in prompts and Space controls now open in the Webdock where they are needed
- Connect now opens its side panel in the Webdock window you're using
Privacy Lock now reliably restores every window after unlocking
Fixed a crash when extensions move tabs out of split view
Several stability and navigation fixes for tabs across multiple Webdock windows
Space icons are clearer and expand on hover for easier identification

Version 152.2.159 beta 13/8/2026

Update to Chromium 152.0.7977.42
Optional Spaces and Groups headings in the webdock, switched on from the webdock right-click menu
Fix a browser crash when splitting a tab that was already part of a split
Fix a stray error when renaming a tab that is closed or dragged while the rename is landing
Translation fixes and clearer wording across several languages
Various webdock polish and visual fixes

Version 151.2.154 beta 12/8/2026

Update to Chromium 151.0.7922.138
Existing users are now invited to try the grammar checker from the settings menu, with a short preview of it at work
The navigator now always opens in its own window, including from the webdock button, and defaults to list view
Fixed a crash that could take down the whole browser when theme colours were requested in the background
Fixed a browser crash when extensions listed tabs belonging to partitioned apps
Fixed crashes when using native menus on Mac and Windows
Fixed a crash when dragging a tab over the split-view drop area as it was closing
Fixed removing a group, app or space icon breaking cloud sync, which stopped icons saving and kept sending the webdock back to the first group
Fixed removing the last group from a space leaving that space stuck in the webdock and impossible to open
Deleting an empty group that's the last one in its space now offers to delete the space, and is disabled when that space can't be deleted
Clicking a Slack notification now opens the right channel again, switching in place without a full reload
Fixed the Outlook unread badge sticking at an old count when the window is narrow
Fixed the Linux menubar icon rendering as a blank, unclickable gap
The grammar suggestion popover no longer opens on its own while you type, and the cursor now lands at the end of the corrected word
Fixed the Windows IME candidate window staying in the corner instead of following the cursor after a drag and drop
Fixed the mini window not reopening from its shortcut once the previous one had gone stale, along with several related window and tab errors
Brainbox updates and fixes
Various UI polish and visual fixes
Various build and code-quality improvements behind the scenes

Version 151.2.148 beta 5/8/2026

Update to Chromium 151.0.7922.76
Linux AppImage builds can now update themselves in place, downloading only the parts that changed
Grammar suggestions are now switched on by default for new users
Fixed tabs sometimes failing to close while another tab is being dragged
Fixed an error that could be reported when closing a tab that had already closed
Release test

Version 151.2.141 beta 3/8/2026

You can now pick a space when creating a new Webdock group in the List and Explorer layouts
The assistant can now tell which group, app, tab and space you are actually looking at, so it acts on the right one
Asking the assistant to remove a group or a space now opens the usual confirmation dialog instead of deleting it straight away
Grammar suggestions no longer delete your quotation marks or brackets, and no longer offer wording taken from a different line
Various UI polish and visual fixes