Wavebox Changelog

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

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

Update to Chromium 151.0.7922.72
Made account setup more resilient to brief network drops so onboarding no longer fails after a momentary connection loss
Fixed a crash loop in on-device AI so a failing GPU reliably falls back to CPU, along with a related Linux crash in the AI text sampler
Fixed crashes during session restore involving saved tab groups and split tabs
Fixed a macOS crash when dismissing notifications and another in the app menu
Fixed a crash in Smartnotes when a note was updated from another device while open
Fixed a crash when clearing a Space's colour and when opening the account setup dialog
Various stability fixes across tabs, workspaces, app updates and syncing

Update to Chromium 151.0.7922.34
Browser import now shows browsers that macOS is blocking, with step-by-step guidance and a button that opens the right System Settings pane
Fixed a crash on launch on macOS Golden Gate during startup
Space, group and app default icons now follow the light and dark theme instead of showing a white tile in dark mode
A group dashboard can now be set to a chrome-extension:// address
Added a dark grey sticky note colour for darker backgrounds
Fixed background errors that could interrupt tab reordering, cloud sync setup during onboarding restore, and app URL changes
The grammar checker no longer runs on devtools pages
Improved translations across several languages
Various UI polish and visual fixes

Grammar checking no longer gives up on long text — a full blog post or long message is now proofread sentence by sentence as you write
Check spelling and grammar in the right-click menu now walks you through the suggestions one by one, and now sits with the other language and spelling options
The grammar status badge now follows your cursor as you move between writing areas, and hides itself where grammar isn't checked
Fixed the guided grammar review quietly stopping after you accepted the second suggestion

Guided grammar review now wraps around and waits for the checker to finish, so suggestions that appear while you're part-way through a review are no longer skipped
Hovering a tab that belongs to another space now shows a tooltip naming that space and explaining why the tab is marked
Fixed a crash when choosing one of the Wavebox profile pictures in settings
Fixed a startup crash when restoring a session that contained a docked tab
Fixed crashes when opening a saved tab group from a menu, or when a group had been created with invalid links
Fixed a crash on macOS when a window was changed from being the main Wavebox window
Sleeping and waking docked and split tabs is now more reliable, and sleeping one no longer leaves a blank pane behind
Restoring a session now docks the tab you actually had docked instead of a different one
The space icon picker now shows six distinct icons instead of repeating the same few
Several further stability fixes for split tabs, docked tabs and profile creation
Various UI copy and polish fixes

Update to Chromium 151.0.7922.19
The spelling suggestion popover can now add words straight to your dictionary, and repositions itself so it's no longer clipped near the bottom of the screen
Add custom App dialog now uses floating labels on the URL and name fields so they stay visible once you start typing
Fixed a startup crash on macOS that could be triggered by apps opening tabs while Wavebox was launching
Fixed a crash when opening an incognito window after Wavebox had restarted following a crash
Fixed a crash in grammar checking while editing text
Unread badges on a space now only count unread from apps in that space, so an emptied space no longer keeps a stale count
Fixed the Smartnote panel sometimes opening blank
Fixed a transient error that could occur while dragging tabs
Fixed an error when quickly clicking the audio, video or screen-share buttons twice during a chat call
Fixed an error when opening options for an app whose profile had already been deleted
Fixed an error when using the Brainbox right-click menu on a tab that had already closed
Several stability fixes for side panels, the tab strip, cloud sync and the app setup dialog

Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.115
Fixed the app occasionally getting stuck on the 'Wavebox is starting' splash screen when the background was restarted or updated
Fixed several crashes and background errors, including tabs closing or being dragged during a sync and using a docked tab's menu while the tabs changed underneath it
Fixed on-device AI being reported as unavailable inside Brainbox

Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.101
Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking a word with spelling suggestions in a text field
Fixed a crash affecting some Linux users
Fixed an issue where an external link could fail to open if its target window closed at the same moment, it now opens in a new window instead

Set a file:// address as your new tab page
Report a poor spelling or grammar suggestion right from the suggestion popup or the indicator badge menu with the new Help us improve feedback option
Spelling and grammar checking is now more responsive
Fixed legacy Manifest V2 extensions being automatically disabled
Fixed moving a widget to another dashboard leaving it behind on the original as well
Fixed misspelled words being underlined and counted twice by the spelling and grammar checker, and stale issue counts on emptied fields
Various UI polish and visual fixes