Changelog

Fixed

• Crash caused by infinite recursion when clicking in terminal (FileDropOverlayView mouse event forwarding)

Fixed

• Right-click and menubar lag in production builds (rebuilt with macOS 26.2 SDK)

Added

• Double-clicking the sidebar title-bar area now zooms/maximizes the window

Fixed

• Browser omnibar Cmd+L now reliably refreshes/selects-all and supports immediate typing without stale inline text
• Omnibar inline completion no longer replaces typed prefixes with mismatched suggestion text

Added

• "+" button on the tab bar for quickly creating new terminal or browser tabs

Fixed

• App hang when omnibar safety timeout failed to fire (blocked main thread)
• Tab drag/drop not working when multiple workspaces exist
• Clicking in browser WebView not focusing the browser tab

Fixed

• App hang when clicking browser omnibar (NSTextView tracking loop spinning forever)
• White flash when creating new browser panels
• Tab drag/drop broken when dragging over WebView panes
• Stale drag timeout cancelling new drags of the same tab
• 88% idle CPU from infinite makeFirstResponder loop
• Terminal keys (arrows, Ctrl+N/P) swallowed after opening browser
• Cmd+N swallowed by browser omnibar navigation
• Split focus stolen by re-entrant becomeFirstResponder during reparenting

Fixed

• Browser not loading localhost URLs correctly

Fixed

• Menubar and general UI lag in production builds
• Sidebar tabs getting extra left padding when update pill is visible
• Memory leak when middle-clicking to close tabs

Added

• Sidebar metadata: git branch, listening ports, log entries, progress bars, and status pills

Fixed

• localhost and 127.0.0.1 URLs not resolving correctly in the browser panel

Changed

• browser open now targets the caller's workspace by default via CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID

Added

• Arrow key navigation in browser omnibar suggestions
• Browser zoom shortcuts (Cmd+/-, Cmd+0 to reset)
• "Install Update and Relaunch" menu item when an update is available

Changed

• Open browser shortcut remapped from Cmd+Shift+B to Cmd+Shift+L
• Flash focused panel shortcut remapped from Cmd+Shift+L to Cmd+Shift+H
• Update pill now shows only in the sidebar footer

Fixed

• Omnibar inline completion showing partial domain (e.g. "news." instead of "news.ycombinator.com")

Fixed

• Update pill not appearing when sidebar is visible in Release builds

Added

• Cmd+click on links in the browser opens them in a new tab
• Right-click context menu shows "Open Link in New Tab" instead of "Open in New Window"
• Third-party licenses bundled in app with Licenses button in About window
• Update availability pill now visible in Release builds

Changed

• Cmd+[/] now triggers browser back/forward when a browser panel is focused (no-op on terminal)
• Reload configuration shortcut changed to Cmd+Shift+,
• Improved browser omnibar suggestions and focus behavior

Fixed

• Sparkle updates from 0.27.0 could fail to detect newer releases because release build numbers were behind the latest published appcast build number
• Release GitHub Action failed on repeat runs when SUPublicEDKey / SUFeedURL already existed in Info.plist

Fixed

• Release build failure caused by debug-only helper symbols referenced in non-debug code paths

Added

• Optional nightly update channel in Settings (Receive Nightly Builds)
• Automated nightly build and publish workflow for main when new commits are available

Changed

• Settings and About windows now use the updated transparent titlebar styling and aligned controls
• Repository license changed to GNU AGPLv3

Fixed

• Terminal panes freezing after repeated split churn
• Finder service directory resolution now normalizes paths consistently

Fixed

• Muted traffic lights and toolbar items on macOS 14 (Sonoma) caused by clipsToBounds default change
• Toolbar buttons (sidebar, notifications, new tab) disappearing after toggling sidebar with Cmd+B
• Update check pill not appearing in titlebar on macOS 14 (Sonoma)

Fixed

• Muted traffic lights and toolbar items in focused window caused by background blur in themeFrame
• Sidebar showing two different textures near the titlebar on older macOS versions

Fixed

• Blank terminal on macOS 26 (Tahoe) — two additional code paths were still clearing the window background, bypassing the initial fix
• Blank terminal on macOS 15 caused by background blur view covering terminal content

Changed

• Update bundle identifier to com.cmuxterm.app for consistency

Changed

• Rename app to cmux — new app name, socket paths, Homebrew tap, and CLI binary name (bundle ID remains com.cmuxterm.app for Sparkle update continuity)
• Sidebar now shows tab status as text instead of colored dots, with instant git HEAD change detection

Fixed

• CLI set-status command not properly quoting values or routing --tab flag

Fixed

• Xcode and system environment variables (e.g. DYLD, LANGUAGE) leaking into terminal sessions

Fixed

• Zsh autosuggestions not working with shared history across terminal panes

Fixed

• Auto-update not working (Sparkle EdDSA signing was silently failing due to SUPublicEDKey missing from Info.plist)

Fixed

• Auto-update not working (Sparkle public key was missing from release builds)

Fixed

• Traffic lights (close/minimize/zoom) not showing on macOS 13-15
• Titlebar content overlapping traffic lights and toolbar buttons when sidebar is hidden

Added

• Sidebar blur effect with withinWindow blending for a polished look
• --panel flag for new-split command to control split pane placement

Fixed

• Typing lag caused by redundant render loop

Added

• Setup script for initializing submodules and building dependencies
• Contributing guide for new contributors

Fixed

• Terminal focus when scrolling with mouse/trackpad

Changed

• Reload scripts are more robust with better error handling

Added

• Customizable keyboard shortcuts via Settings

Fixed

• Find panel focus and search alignment with Ghostty behavior

Changed

• Sentry environment now distinguishes between production and dev builds

Fixed

• Handle display scale changes when moving between monitors

Changed

• Fix SwiftPM cache handling for release builds

Added

• Notifications documentation for AI agent integrations

Changed

• App and tooling updates

Added

• Sentry SDK for crash reporting
• Documentation site with Fumadocs
• Homebrew installation support (brew install --cask cmux)
• Auto-update Homebrew cask on release

Fixed

• High CPU usage from notification system
• Release workflow SwiftPM cache issues

Changed

• New tabs now insert after current tab and inherit working directory

Changed

• Normalized window controls appearance
• Added confirmation panel when closing windows with active processes

Fixed

• Socket key input handling
• OSC 777 notification sequence support

Changed

• Customized About window
• Restricted titlebar accessories for cleaner appearance

Fixed

• Environment variable and terminfo packaging issues
• XDG defaults handling

Fixed

• Terminfo packaging for proper terminal compatibility

Added

• Sparkle updater cache handling
• Ghostty fork documentation

Added

• cmux CLI with socket control modes
• NSPopover-based notifications

Fixed

• Notarization and codesigning for embedded CLI
• Release workflow reliability

Changed

• Refined titlebar controls and variants
• Clear notifications on window close

Added

• Debug scrollback tab with smooth scroll wheel
• Mock update feed UI tests
• Dev build branding and reload scripts

Fixed

• Notification focus handling and indicators
• Tab focus for key input
• Update UI error details and pill visibility

Changed

• Renamed app to cmux
• Improved CI UI test stability

Added

• Sparkle auto-update flow
• Titlebar update UI indicator

• GPU-accelerated terminal rendering via Ghostty
• Tab management with native macOS UI
• Split pane support
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Socket API for automation