# CHANGELOG This document tracks all significant changes to Gadget Code, organized by date. --- ## 2026-05-17 (Sunday) **Release Hardening, Subagent Improvements, and Workspace Intelligence** The day focused on preparing the v1.0.1 release with a hardened release script, fixing subagent context management, adding prompt draft persistence, and implementing intelligent workspace startup that detects the workspace directory by walking up the file hierarchy. ### Changes: - **Release**: Added hardened release script with error handling and pre-flight checks. - **Subagent**: Improved subagent context management for more reliable agent operations. - **Chat Session**: Implemented prompt draft save/restore so in-progress prompts survive view changes. - **Workspace**: Added intelligent startup — drone detects workspace by walking up directory hierarchy. - **Agent Tools**: Updated plan tool with improved prompt language and behavior. - **Prompt Editor**: Expanded prompt editor capabilities. - **gadget-tasks**: Course correction — converted to headless IDE client architecture (no direct DB access). - **Documentation**: Added gadget-tasks architecture documentation; updated README and agent-toolbox docs. - **Build**: Fixed installation and global link issues. - **Tests**: Updated code-session tests to match current API expectations. --- ## 2026-05-16 (Saturday) **AI Toolbox Extraction and Project Manager Upgrades** Completed the refactor extracting the AI toolbox from `@gadget/ai` into `@gadget/ai-toolbox`, and implemented Project Manager upgrades across Phases 1–4. Cleaned up incorrect dependencies. ### Changes: - **AI Toolbox**: Completed refactor and extraction from `@gadget/ai` into `@gadget/ai-toolbox`. - **Project Manager**: Implemented upgrades across Phases 1–4. - **Dependencies**: Removed incorrect `simple-git` package; fixed type references. --- ## 2026-05-15 (Thursday) **Pull Project, Tool Call Observability, and Context Window Configuration** Introduced the Pull Project feature for cloning remote repositories, added tool call observability to the chat session view, and added `numCtx` (Context Window) configuration to the SESSION panel. Also refactored ChatSessionView and added the Gab AI affiliate link. ### Changes: - **Pull Project**: Initial implementation for cloning remote repositories into the workspace. - **Observability**: Added tool call observability to the chat session view. - **File Operations**: Added new file creation capability. - **SESSION Panel**: Added `numCtx` (Context Window) setting; updated model config pipeline with `numPredict`, `numCtx`, and `maxCompletionTokens`. - **ChatSessionView**: Refactored for improved structure; added scripts directory. - **Provider**: Added Gab AI affiliate link; changed Ollama abort procedure. --- ## 2026-05-14 (Wednesday) **SubProcess Observability Implementation** Implemented comprehensive observability for SubProcess operations within the DroneManager and DroneInspector components, including status tracking, event emission, and UI display of subprocess execution details. ### Changes: - **SubProcess**: Implemented Phase 1 (SubProcess service and agent tool) and Phase 2 (observability in DroneManager and DroneInspector). - **UI**: Updated to display subprocess execution details. - **Fixes**: Fixed mode change log message formatting. --- ## 2026-05-13 (Tuesday) **CodeMirror Editor Fix and User Mode Documentation** Fixed a critical CodeMirror editor height constraint in flex layouts, and added documentation for User Mode continuation prompts and MVP completion summary. ### Changes: - **Editor**: Fixed CodeMirror editor height constraint in flex layout. - **Documentation**: Added continuation prompt and remaining steps for User Mode; added session summary for MVP completion; formatting cleanup in AGENTS.md. - **Infrastructure**: Prep work for landing page project. --- ## 2026-05-12 (Monday) **FILES Panel, Editor Integration, and Abort Controller** Major milestone: implemented the FILES panel foundation with lazy-loading file tree, replaced react-ace with @uiw/react-codemirror (React 19 compat), added an abort controller for work order processing, and fixed numerous file tree and layout issues. ### Changes: - **FILES Panel**: Implemented foundation with lazy-loading file tree; fixed scrolling, duplication, corruption, and expand/collapse rendering issues. - **Editor**: Replaced react-ace with @uiw/react-codemirror for React 19 compatibility; fixed ACE editor crash (Vite `?url` pattern, Error Boundary). - **Layout**: Fixed flexbox scrolling for sidebar; added `shrink-0` to SESSION and PROJECT panels. - **Abort Controller**: Implemented abort controller for work order processing; added Aborted status. - **Navigation**: Added navigation to project in Project Manager using slug. - **Socket**: Defined missing socket event types; enforced typed events in frontend build. - **AI**: Fixed OpenAI API tool call processing correctness. - **Agent**: Moved plan prompt language from common block; added plan for project-specific agent instructions. --- ## 2026-05-11 (Sunday) **Subagent Processing, Authentication, and Deployment Documentation** Focused on subagent processing improvements and authentication fixes, including subagent response handling, session data management, persona field in sign-in responses, and JWT/heartbeat fixes. Added deployment documentation with installation guides, config examples, and systemd service files. ### Changes: - **Subagent**: Fixed subagent response handling and session data; crushed whitespace in subagent markdown output. - **Auth**: Added persona field to sign-in response; fixed JWT expiration bugs and drone heartbeat timeouts. - **ChatSession**: Added reconnect logic; fixed crash. - **Deployment**: Added installation guides, config examples, and systemd service files. - **Model Config**: Added `numPredict`, `numCtx`, `maxCompletionTokens` to model configuration pipeline. - **Style**: CSS and style fixes for subagent display; updated build prompt. - **Architecture**: Integrated docs/archive for reference; subagents system (written by an agent, for an agent). --- ## 2026-05-10 (Saturday) **Workspace and Project Philosophy Refinement** Refined the conceptual model separating Workspaces from Projects, improved the chat interface, and fixed credential provider and API key distribution issues. ### Changes: - **Architecture**: Applied philosophy shifts for Workspaces and Projects; updated conceptual model. - **Agent Toolbox**: Refactored and updated agent toolbox. - **Fixes**: Fixed credential provider; ensured apiKey is presented to required consumers. - **Chat**: Chat interface fixes and cleanup. --- ## 2026-05-09 (Friday) **Agentic Workflow Loop Rebuild** Rebuilt the Agentic Workflow Loop from the ground up for improved reliability and performance, with enhanced streaming response handling, chat session auto-naming, and drone-to-IDE log transport. ### Changes: - **AWL**: Re-built Agentic Workflow Loop with improved reliability and checkpointing. - **Streaming**: Enhanced streaming response handling and correctness. - **Chat Session**: Implemented auto-naming with IDE update. - **Logging**: Added GadgetLogTransportSocket for drone-to-IDE log streaming. --- ## 2026-05-08 (Thursday) **Chat Session Heartbeat, User Settings, and Logging Unification** Implemented chat session heartbeat and session unlock, user settings management, configurable reasoning effort, and unified logging into `@gadget/api` as GadgetLog. Redesigned sign-in form and provider/model selection. ### Changes: - **Session**: Implemented chat session heartbeat and session unlock. - **User Settings**: Added user settings management; made reasoning effort configurable. - **Auth**: Redesigned sign-in form and presentation; removed sign-up concept; integrated persona field in User. - **UI**: Reworked provider/model selection with save/cancel pattern; added editable session name with cog icon; added navigation to return to Project Manager. - **Logging**: Unified logging into `@gadget/api` as GadgetLog; pre-task cleanup to reduce log spam; fixed logging when file logging is disabled. - **Streaming**: Fixed streaming response handling for Ollama. --- ## 2026-05-07 (Wednesday) **Streaming Responses Implementation** Implemented streaming responses for AI model interactions, including proper handling of streaming data from Ollama and other providers with real-time token delivery and response completion tracking. ### Changes: - **Streaming**: Implemented streaming responses for Ollama with real-time token delivery and completion tracking. - **Documentation**: Created documentation for streaming responses. --- ## 2026-05-06 (Tuesday) **Agent Tool and Toolbox Architecture** Significant refactoring of the agent tool and toolbox architecture, establishing the foundational pattern for tool registration and management. ### Changes: - **Architecture**: Refactored agent tool and toolbox; established tool registration and management patterns. - **AI Environment**: Agent, tools, toolbox, tool loop, and AI environment foundation. --- ## 2026-05-05 (Monday) **Basic Chat System Milestone** Achieved a working basic chat system — the first end-to-end milestone — with provider, model, and mode selection, ChatTurn processing, and agent progress tracking. ### Changes: - **Chat**: Implemented basic working chat system (checkpoint). - **Selection**: Added provider, model, and mode selections. - **Processing**: Enhanced AgentService.process method; implemented ChatTurn processing and component. - **Infrastructure**: Renamed platform.apiKey to platform.gadgetKey; reduced log output. --- ## 2026-05-03 (Saturday) **Workspace Mode Management and Status Display** Fixed status message display in the agent interface and implemented workspace mode management with drone status message socket events. ### Changes: - **Status**: Fixed status message display in agent interface. - **Workspace**: Implemented workspace mode management; added drone status message socket events. --- ## 2026-05-02 (Friday) **Workspace Mode Switching with Validation** Implemented workspace mode switching with validation, ensuring workspace mode changes are validated before being applied, along with session lock and workspace processing refinements. ### Changes: - **Workspace**: Implemented workspace mode switching with validation. - **Session**: Added session lock and workspace processing refinements. - **Socket**: Socket message and drone workspace cleanup; drone doc updates. --- ## 2026-05-01 (Thursday) **The Grid Home View and GadgetId Migration** Implemented the "Welcome to The Grid" home view, fixed JWT processing, refactored session lifecycle management, and completed the transition from Types.ObjectId to GadgetId across the codebase. ### Changes: - **Home View**: Implemented "Welcome to The Grid" home view; return to Home on sign out. - **Auth**: Fixed JWT processing. - **Session**: Refactored session startup, shutdown, and import; fixed import errors. - **GadgetId**: Completed transition from Types.ObjectId to GadgetId (string alias using nanoid); correctly generate nanoid IDs in default clauses. --- ## 2026-04-30 (Wednesday) **Socket Protocol and Drone Manager** Implemented socket protocol completeness with typed events, created the DroneManager, and finalized Project Manager correctness. ### Changes: - **Socket Protocol**: Implemented socket protocol completeness; defined missing event types; enforced typed events in frontend build. - **Drone Manager**: Created DroneManager (WIP). - **Config**: Added setting for max Socket.IO HTTP buffer size. - **Project Manager**: Wrap-up on Project Manager correctness. --- ## 2026-04-29 (Tuesday) **Drone-to-IDE Event Routing and Workspace Persistence** Implemented drone-to-IDE event routing, added event emissions to the Agentic Workflow Loop, and implemented workspace persistence and crash recovery. Added workspace mode to the gadget-drone process. ### Changes: - **Event Routing**: Implemented Drone→IDE event routing (Phase 3); added event emissions to AWL (Phase 4). - **Workspace**: Added workspace mode to gadget-drone process; implemented workspace persistence and crash recovery (Phase 5). - **Protocol**: Implemented prompt submission; fixed type conflicts; added socket protocol documentation. - **Config**: Added max Socket.IO HTTP buffer size setting; standardized interfaces. --- ## 2026-04-28 (Monday) **Dark Industrial Theme, JWT Auth, and Project Manager** Significant visual and architectural milestone: implemented the dark industrial theme, Project Manager, and JWT authentication, replacing sign-up with streamlined sign-in. ### Changes: - **Theme**: Implemented dark industrial theme with correct border colors and enforcement. - **Auth**: Implemented JWT authentication. - **Project Manager**: Added project service. - **Models**: Refactored gadget-code model interfaces to `@gadget/api`. - **Infrastructure**: Added workspaceDir to DroneRegistration; E2E tests for theme. --- ## 2026-04-27 (Sunday) **Initial Commit** The project was initialized, establishing the foundation for all subsequent development. ### Changes: - Initial project commit. - Established basic project structure.