Update cadence: the desktop app checked once ten seconds after launch and
then every four hours. A release published while the app sits open went
unnoticed until the next poll — which is exactly what happened with 1.4.0.
It now polls every 30 minutes and also checks when the window regains focus,
throttled to one check per five minutes so alt-tabbing does not hammer the
feed. `lastCheckAt` is stamped from the `checking-for-update` event rather
than by the callers, so a manual check from the settings panel counts too.
The focus listener is on `app`, not on mainWindow, because the window is
destroyed and recreated when closed to tray.
Translations, five whole systems:
- Settings > Desktop (autostart, updates, instance)
- Settings > Voice: output device, which completes that tab
- Settings > Keybinds, including the action names and conflict prompt
- Settings > Account, the largest — profile, password, detached-instance
notice, danger zone
- Explore spaces
Two sentences wrap a literal that must not be translated (the `input` group
name, the `user@instance` example). Those are split around a placeholder
rather than interpolated as text, so a translation keeps control of the word
order on both sides of it. Keybind action labels gained a `labelKey`
alongside the English `label`, which stays for non-React callers.
Verified: web build (tsc + vite), desktop typecheck, 490 web tests.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add avatarColor field to spaces, matching the user avatar color system.
Spaces get a random color on creation and owners can change it in space
settings. The color controls the fallback gradient when no icon is uploaded,
replacing the old deterministic hash-based gradient. Includes full
federation support, explore page, mutual spaces, and color picker in both
create and settings modals.
- Redesign explore cards with banner images, overlapping icons, and frosted fade
- Extract dominant colors from space icons for dynamic banner gradients
- Add space description/banner fields to schema with migration
- Move origin label from banner overlay to content metadata row
- Support space descriptions in settings overview panel
The Explore page shared /channels/@me with Friends, differentiated by a
showExplore UI flag. When PiP navigated to a voice channel, the stale
flag caused MainContent to render text chat instead of the voice grid.
Replace the flag with a dedicated /explore route so the URL is the
single source of truth.
Joined discoverable servers now appear in a collapsible "Joined" section
at the bottom of the explore page, so the page never feels dead when all
servers have been joined. A mint success banner replaces the old empty
state text.
Clear stale currentChannelId when clicking Explore/DMs in ServerSidebar,
and guard AppLayout route effect from clobbering showExplore. Move member
exclusion into SQL for correct pagination/totals, surface allSettled errors,
and show context-aware empty state messages.
- Fix DM welcome header avatar using home identity for correct gradient color
- Register DM channel IDs in channelOriginMap so federated DM operations
(reactions, messages, typing) route to the correct instance
- Pass origin when creating DM channels from friends list and WS events
- Add server discovery/explore page with public server listings
- Add server visibility and description fields
devsyncwrldandClaude Opus 5