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Last updated: September 22, 2026

Changelog

New features, fixes, and improvements on the Glue website. Maintained by the project — newest first, grouped by month.

September 2026

New features

  • Download cards now show package version and installer size.
  • Added a Free plan card and a Team contact dialog to the pricing page.

Bug fixes

  • Sign-in and sign-up flows now stay usable on slow connections, and subscription entitlement failures show a clear error.

Performance

  • No performance changes this month.

Maintenance

  • Regenerated the package catalog: 4,299 packages across 3 buckets.
  • Consolidated FAQ copy and bumped asset cache versions.
  • Renamed the “Teams” plan to “Team” across copy, panel titles, mail templates, and keys.
  • Local .cursorrules config files are now ignored.

August 2026

New features

  • Admin pages now show user avatars and use shared confirmation dialogs.
  • SEO groundwork: canonical URLs, sitemap, and www redirects.
  • Legal pages: surfaced the refund policy and clarified cloud sync privacy.
  • Added Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages for Paddle review.
  • The FAQ now explains occasional hash mismatches during install.

Bug fixes

  • Pricing: no more duplicate Paddle PricePreview on load.
  • Account: fixed loading races and added device data caching.
  • The interface keeps its language after in-site navigation, and the desktop demo soft-loads.
  • Nav shows the signed-in state without a click, and locale switching no longer flashes.
  • Fixed a PageSpeed Insights hang and restored blog comments.
  • Auth nav now initializes even when scripts load after DOMContentLoaded.

Performance

  • Merged the site/auth JS bundles and load a single locale pack.
  • Shortened the critical path with catalog summary data and deferred loads.

Maintenance

  • Switched Paddle checkout from sandbox to live.

July 2026

New features

  • Launched the pricing page with Paddle checkout and Pro downloads.
  • Account center: added a subscription page and refined checkout UX.
  • Added a globe language menu, footer GitHub links, and instant admin filter clearing.
  • Moved the Desktop Pro download into the subscription page.
  • Downloads and install.ps1 now point at gluestick.sh/releases, with a simplified install URL.
  • Account: expanded billing address, avatar editing, and guest login UX.
  • Added a device snapshots page with primary-device sync controls.
  • Polished the device snapshots page and synced locale keys.
  • Login errors now map to friendly messages by code; debug email links hidden.
  • Admin user management moved to a dedicated page with ban filtering.
  • Launched the account center: profile, activity, and admin user management.
  • Blog comments and likes are now wired to the API.
  • Launched auth: API client, auth UI, and email verification.
  • Launched the blog with the “Why Glue” post and relocated install scripts.
  • Footer: added a contact email and CLI/Desktop feedback links.
  • Homepage: added a Gluestick Desktop showcase with a monitor mockup and demo GIF.
  • Homepage: added CLI and Desktop installer downloads.
  • Homepage: added a localized FAQ section.

Bug fixes

  • Packages: aligned the detail card with the first row, fixed overflow, and inlined the copy button.
  • Eliminated i18n flash and aligned the homepage layout.
  • Desktop installers now point to the desktop-free repo.
  • Production API base points to the right host, and sessions survive network errors.
  • Adjusted account card and activity section spacing.
  • Pro downloads now use the GluestickDesktopProSetup file names.
  • Formalized the Teams contact mailto subject and dropped the yearly savings note.
  • Profile: hid the avatar URL field and tightened the address row and avatar hint.
  • Removed the payments section from the activity page.

Performance

  • Deferred the English i18n fallback and shrank the demo GIF.
  • Deduplicated concurrent downloads.json fetches.
  • Blog likes now toggle optimistically for faster feedback.

Maintenance

  • Added .gitattributes for LF line endings.
  • Bumped asset cache versions across all pages.
  • Compressed the desktop demo GIF.
  • Pointed the API at the gateway, refreshed the catalog, and hardened catalog fetching.
  • Reorganized footer links and feature card order.
  • Moved the catalog generator (main.go) to the repo root.
  • Regenerated the package catalog.
  • Initial release of the website.