Open Chat Updates

Preview environments now come with Redis available by default, making it easier to test features that depend on caching or background state in a realistic setup. Preview deployments are also cleaned up automatically when a pull request is closed, helping keep preview resources tidy over time.

AI responses can now keep generating even if you refresh or briefly disconnect. Streaming is managed in the background and the chat can reconnect to the in-progress response, so you do not lose work mid-reply.

Conductor workspaces now run with a local-only Convex backend, designed to avoid cloud prompts and login requirements during development. This makes it easier to start working quickly without linking to a cloud account, while keeping your Conductor work isolated from the main project’s data.

Added a new landing page experience for unauthenticated visitors. It uses a split-screen layout that adapts between mobile and desktop, includes an interactive staircase animation that responds to mouse movement, and adds a footer with links to @leodev, @osschat, and GitHub.

This release tightens security around production automation by limiting what our automated processes can access. It addresses security alerts and applies the principle of least privilege, helping reduce risk without changing how you use the product.

This release updates how the app presents its icon in the browser by adding an SVG favicon option, keeping an ICO fallback for compatibility, and linking a web manifest for PWA support. It also reduces the size of the main logo asset, helping icons load faster while keeping the same branding.

The docs site has been synced with the latest updates from the documentation repository. This keeps the published documentation aligned with the most recent OpenChat docs content, so you are seeing the current guidance and pages going forward.

The docs site has been updated from the starter kit to OpenChat-specific documentation, making it easier to understand what OpenChat is and how it works. This release adds new guides covering architecture, authentication, and AI models, plus refreshed introduction and quickstart pages to help you get started faster.

A new Mintlify-based documentation site is now included in the repository, with starter pages for guides and API reference. This gives you a dedicated place to publish and maintain end-user documentation content, while keeping it separate from internal deployment docs.

This release removes macOS metadata files from version control so they do not show up in changes or reviews. That helps keep the project history cleaner and reduces noise when collaborating across different operating systems.