GlassChat Changelog

2026-07-27

Switch camera filters to MediaPipe
Fix camera lens shutter carousel
Restore compact billboard lyrics
Auto-fit billboard lyric lines
Prevent billboard lyrics clipping
Fix story billboard lyric rendering
Wire camera sound picker
Refine story music sticker rendering
Refine story music overlays and camera chrome
Refine camera and story music overlays
Fix story editor media transforms
Restyle camera capture interface

2026-07-26

Fix story music overlay styles
Add Snap Camera Kit lenses

2026-07-25

fix: correctly remove user IPs and Device IDs from global blocklists when unbanned

2026-07-24

feat: inject global admin custom music into community music players
feat: retroactively track device IDs for existing sessions on authenticated requests
feat: add persistent device ID ban to prevent dynamic IP ban evasion; fix: active chat highlight visibility
fix: make IP ban matching robust against IPv6 mapping and race conditions
fix: resolve JSX syntax error in ChatRow component caused by duplicate code block
feat: highlight active chat in the chat list
feat: add direct IP ban capability to user ban dropdown in Admin Dashboard
fix: resolve JSX syntax error in AdminDashboard by moving IP Bans tab block to correct location
feat: add global IP banning feature to Admin Dashboard
feat: add IP rate limiting to email verification endpoints to prevent resend abuse
style: fix excess blank space in profile music note pills with short titles
fix: relax strict archive.org URL validation for custom music clips
fix: Resolve React Minified Error #300 in AdminDashboard by moving useEffect before early returns
feat: Add iTunes metadata search in Admin Dashboard for custom music
feat: Auto-detect audio duration for custom music tracks
feat: Deduplicate music tracks and allow importing existing archive tracks in Admin Dashboard
fix: Add missing admin music API endpoints
feat: Add custom music management to Admin Dashboard and backend APIs
feat: Add story views and reactions modal
Fix canvas clipping by removing max-width restriction in story viewer
Remove conflicting CSS transition on story progress bar to fix stalling when there is no user input
Fix canvas aspect-ratio clipping, paused story sound message, mobile progress bar, and video background blur
Fix transform coordinate mismatch by unifying Composer and Viewer at 9:16 aspect ratio, and revert to object-fit: cover
Make Story Viewer shell transparent to show blurred backdrop
Add Instagram-style blurred background to Story Viewer and use object-fit: contain to prevent cropping on PC
Revert Story Viewer aspect ratio to 9/16 for wider PC viewing
Increase default width of Story Composer side panel to 420px
Fix Story Composer panel width expanding infinitely by applying panelWidth state and drag handle
Fix flex truncation in story viewer
Fix story viewer bug where long song title caused width expansion and update aspect ratio to match phones
UI Polish: Make story composer side panel horizontally resizable on desktop
UI Polish: Fix Story Composer editing options white background bug and make side panel auto-expanding
UI Polish: Match story editor panel CSS to Note Composer styling
UI Polish: Move Share button to side panel and enforce strict phone aspect ratio for story composer desktop preview
UI Polish: Story Composer desktop layout improvements
Fix video editor duration bug showing 00 seconds for recorded webm blobs
Fix story composer mobile preview: remove aspect ratio constraint for true full screen
Fix story composer mobile preview: remove default avatar and make full screen
Mobile UI/UX overhaul: Story Composer and Video Trimmer
Vertically center story strip arrows to align with avatars
Fix admin panel auto unban display bug
Fix desktop story viewer CSS grid collapse bug

2026-07-22

Fix story viewer desktop frame and overlays
Fix desktop story frame height
Fix note pill clipping and story media fit
Fix desktop story viewer and mobile close
Fix profile notes and mobile screen share
Fix desktop stories and audio gating
Fix mobile call and note gestures
Fix story viewer viewport fallback
Polish story viewer navigation chrome
Fix social moment privacy and story tray UI
Fix story stacks and community music room
Fix story tray grouping and avatar rings
Fix story replies and viewer advance
Smooth story music overlay editing
Fix story music overlays
Stabilize story viewer transitions
Fix story routing and interactions
Improve story composer editing controls
Fix story viewer route and desktop chrome
Add routed story viewer and preserve note avatars
Polish story viewer layout
Fix call popout and story UI

2026-07-21

Adapt group call tiles to avatar colors
Use Meet-style group call tile colors
Fix call popout avatar fallback
Fix group call popout avatars and tile colors
Fix note privacy and music note overflow
Improve adaptive group call layout
Show note context on note replies
Keep text notes compact
Expand note sheet for lyrics
Open tray notes in compact sheet
Render note tray items with avatars

2026-07-20

Show notes in chat tray and fill liked hearts
Show synced lyrics in music notes
Remove native note reply focus box
Fix profile note layout and playback loop
Refine profile note viewer UI
Fix profile note viewer interactions
Unify profile music notes
Build Instagram-style stories
Make music notes profile-only bubbles
Move music notes to profile headers
Add markdown download for docs
Add music notes and stories
Avoid stale archive item artists
Stabilize call music compact controls
Keep call music playing when drawer closes
Improve call music playback mixing
Speed up archive music loading
Refine call music layout and synced lyrics
Improve call music panel interactions
Fix call music song playback click
Add archive-backed call music library

2026-07-19

Communities: fold discover + create (and community switcher) into the nav pill below the pencil; drop the separate community strip so the channel list card is full-width
In-call music: proper glass player (search, loop, autoplay, seek, prev/play/next, centered cover) + dock it like chat in the right column; when both open they split vertically with a draggable divider (expand/collapse)
Communities: render inside the real desktop workspace shell - shared DesktopNavRail (same nav pill), resizable channel column with the drag handle, and glass cards; no more bespoke rail. Mobile/tablet layout unchanged
Communities UI: match the app's curved glass-card shell (gc-desktop-shell + gc-desktop-shell-card) on desktop instead of flat full-bleed panes with hard divider lines; mobile stays full-bleed
Music M4: import uploaded tracks into community library - musicService.importTracks (bulk, sanitized, member-gated) + POST /:id/music/import, client musicApi.importTracks + MusicChannel 'Import from archive.org item' (fetches item metadata, maps mp3s+covers), tests
Music M3: gitignore the music-uploader control-plane (built on disk at ./music-uploader, deployed separately to upload.glasschat.app like streamvault)
Music M2 (part 2): in-call synchronized listening - generalized music rooms to call-scoped rooms (callChatId, access via chat membership/community perms) with ad-hoc URL queue (callMusicTracks + addUrl + music:tracks), CallMusicPanel embedded in GroupCallRoom (music toggle button), useMusicRoom supports both room kinds, tests
Music M2 (part 1): synchronized community music channel - useMusicRoom hook (subscribe/reconcile audio to shared clock, drift-correct, control emit), custom MusicPlayer (cover/title/artist/seek/lyrics), MusicChannel (player + library add/play/queue), Communities renders music channel + type, tests
Music M1: backend foundation - music_tracks table + 0005 migration, musicTracksRepo (JSON+PG), in-memory synchronized-playback registry (musicRooms.js), 'music' channel type, musicService (library CRUD + access), library routes, socket music:subscribe/music:control sync handlers, tests
Communities: move entry point from ChatList header to the navigation bar (BottomNav mobile pill + desktop vertical rail)
Communities C8 (polish): community settings (edit/delete cascade), public discovery + direct join, unread channel notifications (rail + channel dots), spec delivery-status + deploy-prep; tests
Communities C7 (flagship): Checklist channel - boards/lists/cards repos (JSON+PG), checklistService (CRUD + move + permission-gated + realtime broadcast), checklist channel type, routes; client ChecklistBoard (columns, checkable cards, add/toggle/delete, drag-drop between lists, realtime sync), tests
Communities C6: moderation (kick/ban/unban with hierarchy guards, ban blocks join), bans repo (JSON+PG), audit log view, light rate limits on invites/joins; client kick/ban actions + Bans/Audit tabs + community:removed handling, tests
Communities C5: members (list+profiles, role assignment, leave), roles CRUD+permission editing, invites (create/resolve/join/revoke), join-by-invite page, invites repo (JSON+PG); client members/roles/invite modals + GroupChat extraProfiles name resolution, tests
Communities C4: channel/category CRUD + reorder + permission-override editing (API+service+routes, MANAGE_CHANNELS gated, audited, realtime broadcast), capabilities in tree, client management UI (add/rename/delete/make-private/drag-reorder), tests
Communities C3: client shell (rail + channel sidebar), create-community wizard, text channel via GroupChat (chatOverride), voice channel -> group-call join, routes + provider + entry point, tests
Call presence sounds: distinct Discord-style join/leave/stream-start/stream-stop cues wired to GroupCallRoom LiveKit events, In-Call Sounds setting, tests
Communities C2: channel=chat message-access authorization (view/send perms), community socket rooms + subscribe, community:created event, tests
Communities C1: schema+migration, permission engine, repos (JSON+PG), community service (channel=chat), routes (create/list/tree), tests

2026-07-18

SEO: server-prerender docs/blog/changelog/releases (fix Googlebot soft-404), dynamic sitemap.xml with all public pages + slugs, robots.txt allows public content
Embed: image editing in group composer, theme switching works in embed, desktop-shell layout option; docs
Fix embed-session team/member resolution (accept externalTeamId + id alias); group-call stream switch focuses in-layout instead of fullscreen; hide passkey UI in cross-origin embed (RP ID mismatch)
Embed: add self-service authMode:user (own login/signup, no auto-provision); SignIn: checking-auth screen after OAuth redirect
Group call: clamp chat width to 1/4-1/2 viewport (call stays >= half); fix unread pill wrapping
Chat perf: rAF-throttle scroll date-label update + bottom-up early-break scan (fixes lag with many messages)
Code fullscreen: curved container for Code tab; group call: slide-in/out chat panel with animation
Code fullscreen download button; group call: fill fullscreen share, main-view stream switcher, no PiP for own screen
Code detection: classify HTML documents as html, not jsx (CSS braces no longer trip JSX)
Chat: disable large-text->file limiter; render .md attachments collapsed with download button
Revert "Chat: revert floating date pill to overlap inline separator (fix duplicate pill)"
Chat: revert floating date pill to overlap inline separator (fix duplicate pill)
Chat: 3px more gap between header and floating date pill
Chat: add ~2.5px more gap between header and floating date pill
Header: apply visual-viewport keyboard anchoring on mobile only; bump date pill gap to ~4px
Chat: nudge floating date pill 1.5px further from the header
Docs + blog: render code blocks with the in-app CodeBlock (copy/collapse/fullscreen)
Notification tones: offer Crystal + Aurora consistently in Settings and per-chat/group pickers
Notification tones: drop phantom Crystal/Aurora options, keep curated set
Fix call backdrop bleed in browser dark theme; match group notification sound to DMs