Changelog

Release history and notable changes to Pi Island
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All notable changes to Pi Island are documented here. The format follows Keep a Changelog.

Unreleased
v0.5.0

Notch UI overhaul: layout consistency, accessibility, performance

v0.4.1

OAuth token auto-refresh for usage monitor

v0.4.0

Usage Monitor with multi-provider support, battery optimizations

v0.3.0

Bounce animation, update checker, slash commands, file references

v0.2.0

Real-time session updates, terminal Pi detection

v0.1.0

Initial release with RPC client, multi-session support, notch UI


Unreleased


v0.5.0 - 2026-02-08

Added

  • Inline "No active sessions" guidance when no live sessions exist
  • Hover feedback on session rows
  • Tooltips on header buttons (usage toggle, settings)
  • Escape key closes the notch
  • Divider above historical sessions section
  • Token/cost stats footer below chat input bar

Changed

  • Preserve usage view state when leaving and reentering the notch
  • Move model selector from notch header to chat body header
  • Make session/usage toggle always visible with icon reflecting current state
  • Split NotchView.swift into NotchView, SessionsListView, and SettingsContentView
  • Replace onTapGesture with Button on session rows for accessibility
  • Move status color legend from settings to sessions list footer
  • Move token/cost display from chat header to footer below input
  • Use consistent "Sessions" label on all back buttons
  • Only show search bar when session count exceeds threshold
  • Reduce settings panel height to match content
  • Activate application when notch opens for tooltip and keyboard support
  • Cache filtered session lists and formatters for performance

Removed

  • Delete unused SettingsView.swift, dead view structs, commented-out debug prints
  • Remove unused Combine import and viewModel dependency from SettingsContentView

v0.4.1 - 2026-02-06

Added

  • OAuth token auto-refresh for all OAuth providers (Anthropic, GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity, OpenAI Codex)
  • OAuthTokenRefresher actor with file-locking coordination with Pi instances
  • Runtime extraction of OAuth client credentials from Pi's installed JS files (no credentials in sources)

Fixed

  • Fix usage monitor requiring pi login every time tokens expire
  • Fix credential cache not invalidating after token refresh

v0.4.0 - 2026-02-05

Added

  • AI Usage Monitor with support for multiple providers:
    • Anthropic (Claude): 5-hour and weekly quotas with extra usage tracking
    • GitHub Copilot: Monthly premium interactions quota
    • Google Gemini CLI: Pro and Flash model quotas
    • Google Antigravity: Per-model quotas for all available models
    • Synthetic: Subscription, search/hr, and tool call quotas
  • Usage view accessible via chart icon in sessions header
  • Progress bars with linear pace markers showing expected vs actual usage
  • Period bounds display with start/end times and elapsed/remaining duration
  • Pace comparison indicators (arrows when ahead/behind linear usage)
  • Multi-source credential loading (auth.json, env vars, keychain, legacy configs)
  • Notifications for warning (80%) and critical (95%) usage thresholds
  • Automatic refresh with configurable intervals (only when usage view is displayed)
  • Shell environment resolution for Finder launches

Changed

  • Move usage display from menu bar to notch interface
  • Simplify status bar menu to only show Quit option
  • Rename headers to "Session Monitor" and "Usage Monitor"
  • Version display uses centralized AppVersion
  • Bundle script reads version from git tag

Fixed

  • Battery efficiency: mouse tracking only active near notch area
  • Battery efficiency: usage monitoring only runs when view is displayed
  • Session error indicator no longer persists after recovery
  • Non-fatal errors during session resume no longer block the session

v0.3.0 - 2026-02-03

Added

  • Pi icon bounce animation when agent completes a response
  • Automatic update checker via GitHub releases API
  • Monospaced font theme for chat messages
  • Slash command completion with keyboard navigation
  • File reference completion (@file syntax)
  • Session search/filter in sessions list
  • Token count and cost display in chat header
  • New session button with folder picker
  • Session delete button for historical sessions
  • External display support (notch moves when lid closes)
  • Documentation site via Lithos static generator

Changed

  • Improved dot indicator alignment in message views
  • Cleaner landing page with icon-based feature cards

Fixed

  • Bounce animation now uses scale effect instead of translation
  • Navigation structure for documentation vault

v0.2.0 - 2026-02-01

Added

  • Real-time session updates via FSEvents file watching
  • Dynamic sessions list updates (create/delete/modify)
  • Terminal Pi activity detection with visual indicators
  • Blue dot animation when Pi is thinking in terminal
  • Yellow dot for recently modified external sessions
  • Background RPC connection for instant session entry
  • Activity timer for periodic state re-evaluation

Changed

  • Replaced polling with FSEvents for near-instant updates (~100ms latency)
  • Session entry now shows messages immediately while RPC connects in background
  • Improved JSONL parser to correctly handle type: "message" format
  • Moved disk I/O out of computed properties for better performance

Fixed

  • Duplicate sessions appearing in list after resume
  • Sessions showing 0 messages due to incorrect JSONL parsing
  • FSEvents not detecting inode/xattr changes
  • External updates being skipped for idle live sessions
  • View not re-rendering when file modification dates change

v0.1.0 - 2026-01-31

Initial release of Pi Island.

Added

  • Core architecture with RPC client (PiRPCClient actor)
  • Multi-session support (SessionManager + ManagedSession)
  • Historical session loading from ~/.pi/agent/sessions/ JSONL
  • Session resume via RPC commands
  • Dynamic island UI with notch integration
  • NotchView with open/close animations
  • Sessions list showing live and historical sessions
  • Chat view with markdown rendering and syntax highlighting
  • Thinking messages display (collapsible with streaming)
  • Model selector dropdown in chat header
  • Settings panel (launch at login, show in dock)
  • Menu bar status item
  • Boot animation, hover-to-expand, click-outside-to-close
  • Application icon with all resolutions
  • Production .app bundle creation with signing and DMG

For the raw changelog file, see CHANGELOG.md on GitHub.