What's new
AI and agents, cleaned up: Skills now live inside the extensions system, so Athas can browse, install, update, and locally override them. The chat bar is calmer, provider/model/mode controls stay compact, search is more forgiving, and ACP agent events fold into one quiet activity line instead of filling the conversation with machinery. We also added broader ACP handling, better loading states, cleaner selections, chat title updates, and refreshed model/provider icons for v0, DeepSeek, and Qwen.
A much better file tree: Filtering, row actions, git status, compact folders, visibility controls, drag targets, folder whitespace actions, and sticky parent folders all landed together. The file tree should feel denser, faster, and easier to steer in large projects.
Debugger groundwork: Athas now has the foundation for debugger sessions: launch configs, adapter wiring, breakpoints, stack frames, variables, console output, and watch expressions. It is still early, but the core pieces are in place.
GitHub inside the editor: Issues, pull requests, Actions, branches, diffs, and command-palette actions got deeper integration. GitHub state is steadier, PR changes open in a real diff view, and the app uses the signed-in account token more consistently.
Settings grew up: Settings got keyboard-friendly rows, preset-aware keybindings, better selectors, import/export, appearance controls, sidebar options, UI font sizing, and fewer awkward layouts.
What got better
Editor and workspace polish
Tabs drag more predictably, split panes preserve terminal sessions better, empty-line selection works, comment toggling is steadier, markdown editing behaves better, and diagnostics now live closer to the editor buffer.
Search, database, and files
Global search moved into a proper buffer view, multibuffer search results are editable, database dialogs and shared tabs were cleaned up, and HTML preview assets resolve more reliably.
Web viewer and remote work
The embedded web viewer has a steadier lifecycle, native page-load handling, better URL parsing, persistent zoom, and less polling. Remote project tabs and web/terminal opening paths received another round of polish.
Git feels less jumpy
Branch pickers, repository selectors, status counts, gutter behavior, diff views, and git-sidebar tabs have all been tightened up.
Smaller interface fixes
Dialog stacking, command palette access, sidebar tab placement, breadcrumb alignment, notification actions, toasts, keybinding recorder behavior, and theme-token usage were cleaned up across the app.
Small good things
New providers and models, Ollama Cloud support, Angular template highlighting, XML-family highlighting, Svelte polish, safer Windows runtime/linking behavior, language tool resolution fixes, and release preflight checks before shipping.