Web Assistant changelog

v0.1.12 — Extraction recovery and current evidence review

Prepared September 8, 2026.

• Resume interrupted extraction using completed sections while preserving manual corrections and removed contributions. Optional browser saving also restores checkpoints.
• Review every draft sentence, including missing citations, changed evidence, and sources outside the current selection. Readiness checks use the selected evidence.
• Keep incomplete drafts visible and exportable, with explicit continuation after a response limit or interruption. Only completed generations are reused as finished drafts.
• Preserve PDF lines, headings, page boundaries, and common column layouts in the browser and desktop source readers.
• Batch streamed screen updates and report local time to first text and runtime-reported generation speed.

v0.1.11 — Model setup and download recovery

Prepared September 7, 2026.

• Fixed model selection so start and retry use the chosen model ID.
• Allowed source and agency preparation while local AI loads, with a persistent status and guarded AI actions.
• Separated download, memory loading, and GPU preparation progress; completed downloads are reused on retry.
• Made cancellation immediate, ignored late results from cancelled attempts, and reused a model already in memory.
• Kept automatic fallback limited to memory and compilation failures, and added cache and offline guidance.

v0.1.10 — Launch safeguards and complete workflow checks

Released July 27, 2026.

• Added complete save, reload, restore, export, and deletion coverage, plus checks for all three evidence gates, unsupported details, language page estimates, and combined exports.
• Added release checks that require the configured analytics tag on every public page.
• Replaced instructions to bypass operating-system security warnings with safer browser, IT-review, and signed-installer guidance.
• Documented why WebLLM remains the browser engine while the native desktop route provides a fallback for unsupported devices.
• Labelled French as a partial preview, explained which text remains in English, and verified that key interface text and the page language switch correctly.

v0.1.9 — Academic recognition and accessibility

Released July 27, 2026.

• Expanded publication, funding, supervision, SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR terminology used during evidence discovery.
• Fixed section detection so short academic evidence lines are not mistaken for headings and discarded.
• Added selected-state announcements, deletion confirmations, progress labels, skip links, reduced-motion support, and a searchable plain-language glossary.
• Made saved CV documents strictly opt-in and made “Remove all saved CV work” clear both the workspace and document history.

v0.1.8 — Public beta launch readiness

Released July 26, 2026.

• Added visible public-beta compatibility and work-saving guidance.
• Made the lower-memory 1B model the safer first download while retaining automatic recommendations for capable devices.
• Clarified privacy wording, completed the French previous-document pathway copy, and declared the Node.js test requirement.

v0.1.7 — Guided drafting workflow

Released July 26, 2026.

• Divided drafting into four steps: choose target, review evidence, rank elements, then draft and review.
• Added a visible workflow stepper and focused navigation between drafting decisions.

v0.1.6 — Faster model setup

Released July 26, 2026.

• Added persistent IndexedDB model caching with visible cached/not-cached status.
• Added background model downloads, cancellation, retry, and smaller-model guidance.
• Added optional CV context compression with a user-ranked priority review before agency selection.

v0.1.5 — Forced runtime refresh

Released July 26, 2026.

Added a new runtime and service-worker release identifier so browsers cannot reuse the earlier incompatible application shell or model worker.

v0.1.4 — WebLLM runtime and cache repair

Released July 26, 2026.

• Updated the official WebLLM runtime from 0.2.79 to 0.2.84.
• Added release-specific URLs for the application, model worker, and AI runtime.
• Changed JavaScript and worker updates to network-first loading with offline fallback.
• Added a runtime-specific recovery action that removes an outdated application shell before reloading.

v0.1.3 — Source-first agency positioning

Released July 26, 2026.

• Reordered the workflow to load a model, add a CV or source, and then choose the funding agency.
• Added an “Other funding agency or program” option with opportunity-specific prompts.
• Added local-model suggestions that prefill only source-supported agency evidence for user verification.
• Expanded end-to-end coverage for the new workflow, all agency modes, and guided evidence review.

v0.1.2 — Local model runtime repair

Released July 26, 2026.

• Replaced the fragile esm.sh WebLLM rebundle with the official pinned npm browser distribution.
• Cache-busted both the page and worker runtime to prevent stale incompatible modules.
• Added a real bundle-import and model-worker startup test in Chromium.
• Classified missing runtime exports separately from memory, WebGPU, download, compilation, and extension failures.

v0.1.1 — Workflow reliability and evidence review

Released July 26, 2026.

• Added compatibility checks, automatic model fallback, retry/cancel controls, cache recovery, and copyable diagnostics.
• Separated compatibility, model, agency, and source selection into one-decision screens.
• Added live structured SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR fit reports and follow-up questions.
• Added previous-document workspace restore, rename/delete controls, storage reporting, and a privacy dashboard.
• Added responsive extraction and drafting progress with cancellation and recovery guidance.
• Added mocked full-journey Chrome tests plus keyboard and dynamic-status coverage.

v0.1.0 — Initial web release

Introduced private in-browser model execution, CV extraction and verification, evidence ranking, narrative drafting, review checks, and text/Markdown export.