JChat Release Changelog

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.26

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Bundle React in server SSR build to support standalone Docker runtime
[Core - FIX]: Prevent invalid directory change in standalone compiled Docker binaries
[Core - FIX]: Move Dockerfile to apps/chat/ for cleaner monorepo structure
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Streamline server entrypoints and optimize Docker container builds

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.25

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FEATURE]: Enhance guest device tracking and form metadata handling
[Core - FEATURE]: Support custom bot profile seeding during site installation
[Core - FEATURE]: Configure Better Auth engine instance and mount Elysia route
[Core - FEATURE]: Add verification schema and align session and account models for Better Auth
[Core - FEATURE]: Add isAnonymous column to users schema for anonymous authentication
[Core - FEATURE]: Add database schema support for encrypted storage provider configurations
[Core - FEATURE]: Add SSO handover ticket helpers and social profile types to server module
[Core - FEATURE]: Add standardized API response helpers ok, success, and fail
[Core - FEATURE]: Add secure session cookie constant
[Core - FEATURE]: Add shared data types for multi-driver object storage configurations
[Core - FEATURE]: Enhance session management and authentication compatibility with Better Auth
[Core - FEATURE]: Integrate Better Auth client, authGuard session resolution, and auth dialogs - - Transition session resolution and authentication guards directly to Better Auth - Standardize canonical session cookie definitions and secure cookie handling - Enforce explicit site context validation for administrative operations
[Core - FEATURE]: Add dynamic database-driven storage configuration with live hot-reloading, connection testing, and admin management
[Core - FIX]: Direct users to license reactivation when an existing database is detected and correctly propagate multi-site license capabilities in setup wizard
[Core - FIX]: Migrate API response helper imports to @jchat/shared
[Core - FIX]: Fix real-time message broadcasting and WebSocket event reconciliation
[Core - FIX]: Remove unused legacy session helper
[Core - FIX]: Fix site context resolution requirement for authenticated API endpoints
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Enhance installation wizard with step navigation and form state preservation
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Streamline server configuration by removing redundant bot environment variables and managing bot identity directly in the database
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update default marketplace store endpoint port configuration
[Addon SDK - IMPROVEMENT]: Update addon sandbox docker compose template
[Addon SDK - IMPROVEMENT]: Update sandbox development environment templates
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update local development license verification endpoint port
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Improve Redis Pub/Sub subscription tracking and automatic reconnection
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update social authentication service with normalized provider and account column names
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update package metadata, documentation, and license links

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.24

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FEATURE]: Add addon logo validation, database schema, scaffolding, and UI card rendering
[Core - FEATURE]: Support addon distribution manifest validation and display commercial badges
[Core - FEATURE]: Enforce license site quotas and early access stages in Admin Labs
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Add required logo property to AddonManifest contract
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Add set operations, atomic rate limiter, and mock testing utilities
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Add distribution property to AddonManifest for commercial and free classification
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Export typed chat message, attachment, runtime log, and signing contracts
[Core - FEATURE]: Add enterprise feature flag guards, UI gating, and admin labs management portal
[Core - FEATURE]: Add feature stage and release channel verification with early access capability helpers
[Core - FEATURE]: Add annual term licensing, quota enforcement, and trial plan validation
[Core - FEATURE]: Support injectable DatabaseContext across core backend services for transactional consistency
[Core - FEATURE]: Add extensible email transport and push notification provider architecture with dependency injection
[Core - FEATURE]: Add features_config column to site_settings schema
[Core - FEATURE]: Add feature management and labs translations across 20 languages
[Core - FEATURE]: Introduce unified OAuthProvider strategy interface and provider registry
[Core - FEATURE]: Add enterprise feature flag registry, stage lifecycle contracts, and resolution engine
[Core - FEATURE]: Add allowedStages gate to feature registry resolution
[Core - FEATURE]: Add extensible storage driver registry and in-memory storage driver with dependency injection
[Core - FEATURE]: Introduce @jchat/realtime package for generic Redis caching, pub/sub event bus, stream processing, and atomic Lua operations
[Core - FEATURE]: Add incr, expire, and ttl operations with fallback cache support
[Core - FIX]: Remove legacy commercial fallback in favor of manifest distribution
[Core - FIX]: Redesign room join and leave messages and improve sidebar tab padding
[Core - FIX]: Fix sub-millisecond atomic sliding-window rate limit collisions
[Core - FIX]: Adopt MailTransport and PushProvider abstractions for email and push notifications
[Core - FIX]: Decouple message events and authentication caching via injectable publisher and store abstractions
[Core - FIX]: Adopt resilient realtime cache store and atomic rate limiting for add-on runtime
[Core - FIX]: Adopt @jchat/realtime for caching, event bus, and stream consumption
[Core - FIX]: Adopt polymorphic OAuthProvider strategy in social authentication service
[Core - FIX]: Modularize message composer into single-responsibility hooks and subcomponents
[Addon SDK - FIX]: Export HOST_LOCALES in contracts module
[Core - FIX]: Fix offline user list visibility and private message unread badge updating
[Core - FIX]: Decouple application server environment schema from licensing runtime
[Core - FIX]: Make license verification capability-driven and support dynamic plan names
[Core - FIX]: Enforce license maxSites quota in runtime supervisor and Elysia plugin
[Core - FIX]: Export DatabaseContext and transaction types for database client inversion
[Core - FIX]: Curate exported database query operators to enforce interface segregation
[Core - FIX]: Consume centralized addon contracts and validation utilities from @jchat/addon-sdk
[Core - FIX]: Adopt localized server environment schema and streamline runtime initialization
[Core - FIX]: Decouple media processing pipeline from storage driver manager
[Core - FIX]: Colocate unit tests directly alongside implementation modules
[Core - FIX]: Clean up add-on migration types and SDK contract boundaries
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update license plan schema to support commercial and trial tiers
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Optimize addon installation and lifecycle management architecture
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update default service and documentation domains to jchatcloud.com
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Enhance add-on manifest validation compatibility
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Enhance license verification to dynamically check multi-site capabilities
[Addon SDK - IMPROVEMENT]: Refactor add-on scaffolder into modular template providers and orchestrator
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update default license issuer URL

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.23

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Support newline normalization for addon signing private keys
[Core - FEATURE]: Unify admin and owner portals into single RBAC management route
[Core - FEATURE]: Add emerald theme, countdown progress bar, and close action to private message toast
[Core - FIX]: Redesign rank management interface and permission matrix with switches
[Core - FIX]: Enforce deterministic alphabetical ordering of addon items by id across backend and frontend
[Core - FIX]: Remove legacy owner path forwarding
[Core - FIX]: Use OFFICIAL_SIGNING_PUBLIC_KEY directly across chat app and tests
[Core - FIX]: Resolve actual hashed UI bundle filename when syncing development addons
[Core - FIX]: Consolidate official public signing key into single source of truth
[Core - FIX]: Unify management sidebar navigation across site and platform views
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update image zoom controls overlay background and contrast
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Improve welcome message styling and refine local addon sorting

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.22

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - BREAKING]: Standardize database schema to snake_case and update seed fixtures
[Core - BREAKING]: Standardize database schema and enhance real-time chat, addons, and posts pipeline
[Core - FEATURE]: Introduce standard API response contracts and structured request logging
[Core - FEATURE]: Add real-time development hot-reloading for local addons
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Introduce composer preview slot, active addon coordination, and lifecycle optimizations
[Core - FIX]: Polish addon management action buttons and statistics card layout
[Core - FIX]: Safely normalize plain text and JSON initial content in editor
[Core - FIX]: Code formatting and style normalization
[Core - FIX]: Refine overlay z-index stacking and dialog rendering
[Core - FIX]: Decouple post content from specific video addon identifiers
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Update default service and documentation domains to jchatcloud.com
[Addon SDK - IMPROVEMENT]: Update addon scaffolding templates to snake_case database conventions

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.21

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Add message lifecycle interception hooks and chat message card mount point support
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Add TypeScript typings for available editor commands in Addon SDK
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Add verifyAddonEntitlement runtime helper and AddonServerContext method
[Core - FEATURE]: Add extensible metadata support for room and private message enrichments and integrations
[Core - FEATURE]: Implement typed editor command dispatching in host Addon SDK context
[Core - FEATURE]: Enforce cold-boot commercial entitlement checks and official publisher signatures
[Core - FEATURE]: Implement message lifecycle pipeline with command autocomplete and interactive message cards for room and 1:1 private chat
[Core - FIX]: Refine layout spacing for addon message cards
[Core - FIX]: Anchor chat scroll position when dynamic addon cards and attachments expand
[Addon SDK - FIX]: Remove redundant boilerplate test files
[Core - FIX]: Export Slate Editor utility to improve rich-text command integration
[Core - FIX]: Ensure drawer overlay and viewport properly inherit zIndex in extended drawer
[Core - FIX]: Make AddonSlot layout-agnostic and remove hardcoded flex wrapper
[Core - FIX]: Decouple YouTube search dialog to TubeScan addon and streamline composer plus menu
[Core - FIX]: Fix account age validation in link spam filter
[Addon SDK - IMPROVEMENT]: Enhance add-on CSS compilation to ensure consistent styling across dialogs and portals
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Align DropdownMenu and Dialog positioner, content, and overlay z-index styling
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Improve sidebar menu item typography with font-semibold

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.20

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Optimize Redis operations with atomic Lua scripts for rate limiting and spam filtering

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.19

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FEATURE]: Automate changelog synchronization between monorepo packages and Store releases dataset

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.18

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Fix button styling

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.17

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Fix chat notification sound

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.16

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Fix developer-sandbox Docker build failure by marking `vite` external during server bundling.
[Core - FIX]: Standardize release git tags by suppressing default Changesets tag creation.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.15

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Addon SDK - FIX]: Remove prepack scripts to prevent race conditions during parallel package publishing.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.14

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Configure bundler warning filters in `vite.config.ts` to suppress `INEFFECTIVE_DYNAMIC_IMPORT` warnings during SSR production builds.
[Core - FIX]: Standardize platform release tag format to `chat@v` and display title to `chat v`.
[Core - FIX]: Decouple addon packages from the core application release pipeline into dedicated on-demand workflows.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.13

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Fix Vite/Rolldown manual chunks configuration to prevent circular chunk collapse, ensuring `@jchat/ui` and `@jchat/icon` are emitted as independent assets and isolating the Slate runtime.
[Core - SECURITY]: Update Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to include `blob:` under `media-src` to allow audio and video playback.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.12

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Add official jChat logo, multi-resolution favicons, PWA icons, and SEO OpenGraph assets. Integrate branding across the chat app and store navbar, dashboard sidebar, and footer.
[Core - FIX]: Add shared `@jchat/storage` package providing unified multi-provider object and file storage (Local, AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, GCS) for all file types with native WebP image optimization and audio transcoding. Migrate `apps/chat` upload service and `apps/store` ticket attachments to use the shared storage manager.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.11

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FEATURE]: Unified multi-tenant site routing with persistent cookie session caches. - Ensures seamless user session continuity across customized site subpaths and root tenant namespaces.
[Addon SDK - IMPROVEMENT]: Hardened addon capability validation and runtime slot isolation. - Strengthened sandboxed DOM bridges preventing unauthorized execution across background workers.
[Core - FIX]: Resolved language switcher flag display and locale synchronization. - Ensured instantaneous UI updates across all 20 supported languages upon preference switch.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.10

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Launched @jchat/addon-sdk with capability isolation and sandboxed runtime. - Addons declare explicit permission boundaries (e.g. storage, network, DOM slots) preventing untrusted code from modifying core chat state.
[Addon SDK - IMPROVEMENT]: Granular verification of addon bundle checksums against cryptographic signatures.
[Core - FIX]: Resolved slot unmounting race conditions during rapid room switching.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.9

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Implement core application 1-click update workflow with pre-update backup snapshot, automated rollback guard, store proxy release delivery, and sha256 checksum verification.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.8

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FEATURE]: Implemented Redis Stream event bus with at-least-once message delivery guarantee. - Persistent mutations flow through HTTP/WS -> DB/service -> Redis event bus -> distributed WebSocket broadcasting.
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Client catch-up protocol with UUIDv7 monotonic sequence ordering.
[Core - SECURITY]: Added multi-tier IP & token rate limiting on message ingestion endpoints.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.7

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Implement server-side offline GeoIP country detection via embedded MaxMind database
[Core - FIX]: Forward client IP and Geo headers across SSR Treaty boundary
[Core - FIX]: Extract real client IP in rate-limit middleware to eliminate shared bucket exhaustion
[Core - FIX]: Harden password reset OTP generation with CSPRNG (`crypto.randomInt`) and max-5-attempt brute-force protection
[Core - FIX]: Clean up client request payloads and remove external `ipapi.co` network calls
[Core - FEATURE]: Support 20 full languages with RTL layout compliance and numeral localization

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.6

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - BREAKING]: Upgraded frontend to React Router 7 SSR with unified data loaders and server actions.
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Adopted OKLCH CSS variables for consistent contrast ratios in both light and dark themes.
[Core - FEATURE]: Integrated Eden Treaty API client for full end-to-end TypeScript schema safety.
[Core - FIX]: Corrected RTL directional styles using Tailwind CSS logical properties (ps-*, pe-*).

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.4

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Migrated HTTP and WebSocket server controllers to native Bun + ElysiaJS pipelines.
[Core - FEATURE]: Added offline cryptographic verification for customer site activations.
[Core - FIX]: Eliminated connection hanging on unclosed WebSocket streams during graceful shutdown.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.3

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FEATURE]: Update the `entry.server.tsx` and `vite.config.ts` configs to latest as it support `renderToReadableStream`.
[Core - SECURITY]: Fixed Dockerfile permissions to use 0555 for the server binary for better security.
[Core - FIX]: Added `@jchat/icon` build step to the root Dockerfile to fix Rolldown resolution errors.
[Core - FIX]: Removed redundant `db:generate` step from the Dockerfile.
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Refactored release script to automatically strip development scripts from all workspace `package.json` files and properly pin runtime/sdk dependencies.
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Refactored backend architecture by moving `api/jobs` into `api/features/jobs`. Updated cron plugin and internal test imports to reflect the new paths.
[Core - FIX]: Fixed a bundler leak where backend modules (`~api/lib/config` and `@jchat/runtime`) were inadvertently included in the browser bundle via the global `ErrorBoundary`.
[Core - FIX]: Switched to Vite's `import.meta.env.PROD` in client components to completely sever dependencies on backend configuration modules.
[Core - FIX]: Removed temporary browser compatibility fallbacks (`atob`, `document` checks) from `@jchat/runtime` since it is now safely isolated to the server build.
[Core - FIX]: Refined Rollup chunking strategy in `vite.config.ts` to properly group `@jchat` SDK packages.
[Core - IMPROVEMENT]: Refactored workspace by consolidating `api/lib` and `web/lib` into a unified `lib` directory. All internal path aliases have been updated to `~lib/*` to reflect this structure change.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.2

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Add hasValidKey function

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.1

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FEATURE]: Foundation release with multi-room messaging, user presence, and roles. - Includes real-time user status, Slate rich text editor, Drizzle ORM schema, and PostgreSQL database migrations.
[Core - SECURITY]: Ed25519 asymmetric cryptographic license verification without external telemetry phone-home.
[Addon SDK - FEATURE]: Sandboxed addon architecture specification for modular community extensions.

JChat v1.0.0-alpha.0

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

[Core - FIX]: Initial public alpha release.