Release notes
Phantomline release notes
What shipped in each version of the Phantomline desktop install. Newest first. Bookmarked from the in-studio update banner.
# Phantomline Release Notes Sorted newest first. The version in `/VERSION` is what the desktop install shows itself as. Bump it on every push to `main` that we want users to see as an update notification. Versioning: semver (`MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH`). - **MAJOR**: schema break, license format change, anything requiring user data migration. - **MINOR**: new features, new pages, new endpoints. Backward-compatible. - **PATCH**: bug fixes, copy edits, polish. ## 1.0.0 — 2026-05-08 First versioned release. Marks the point where desktop installs can auto-detect updates from the hosted version-check endpoint. Bundled with this release: - **Auto-update infrastructure** — `/api/system/version` reports installed version, `/api/system/update-check` compares against `phantomline.xyz`. The studio shows a banner when an update is available. The double-click launcher scripts also check on every start and offer to apply the update before launching the server. - **License sync via Google sign-in** — paying customers no longer need to paste HMAC keys. Sign in once on `/account` (local or hosted) and the desktop install picks up the buyer's tier from Supabase via JWT-scoped RLS. - **Detect-and-coach UX** for hosted `/account` — if the hosted page detects a Phantomline server is running locally, the activation button works directly; otherwise it shows OS-specific launcher instructions. - **Three double-click launchers** — `start-phantomline.bat` (Windows), `start-phantomline.command` (macOS), `start-phantomline.sh` (Linux). Detect the venv, start the server, open the browser. Source-zip preserves executable bits on macOS / Linux launchers. - **15 new SEO pages** — 5 niche pillars (ASMR/sleep, true crime, motivational, history, science explainer), 3 persona pages (solopreneurs, course creators, content marketers), 1 listicle (best-faceless-youtube-tools), 1 blog index + 5 launch articles. Full schema markup (BreadcrumbList, Article, HowTo, FAQPage, ItemList, BlogPosting). Internal linking flows in both directions between old and new pillars. - **Stripe → Supabase pipeline restored** — the `issue-license` edge function had never received the env vars it needed. Now configured and verified end-to-end. All paying customers from this point forward auto-issue without manual intervention. - **Schema migrations 0002 + 0003 applied** — `monthly_render_limit` column, `usage_meter` table, `user_youtube_tokens` table, free-tier signup trigger, widened `licenses_tier_check` to allow `'free'`.