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Changelog

Version history for TermZ. The app checks for new releases on launch; you choose when to update.

TermZ is pre-1.0 (beta) — features and formats may change between releases. This log begins at the first publicly signed release.

v0.3.4 Latest

2026-09-28

Local shells no longer warn about slow SSH devices. A local terminal showed a “still connecting” notice about SSH roughly 15 seconds after opening, and its status dot stayed amber, even though the shell was working normally. Fast SSH and serial connections could hit the same thing.
Security: updated the TLS library. Picks up a fix for a medium-severity issue in the TLS stack used for update checks, cross-device sync and the plugin store (SSH, telnet, raw and serial connections were never affected).

2026-08-11

Views no longer lose what you typed. Switching to another view and back could leave a pane showing only part of a command while the full text was still in the buffer — so pressing Enter ran something you couldn't see, often with the cursor drawn in the wrong place. Switching away was quietly resizing the hidden session to about 11 columns, which made the remote shell reprint its line hard-wrapped. Hidden sessions are now left completely untouched.
Sessions opened in the background start at the right width. A session launched into a view you weren't looking at came up as if the window were tiny, wrapping its first output.
Zooming no longer affects your other views. ⌘+ / ⌘− / ⌘0 was resizing panes in views that weren't on screen.

2026-07-21

Windows: no more clipboard permission prompt. Copying from the terminal (including copy-on-select) and exporting a theme no longer trigger the Windows "allow access to the clipboard?" prompt that a recent system update introduced. Copying is silent and instant again — with no change on macOS.
Broadcast no longer stops at a disconnected session. When you send a command to every session in a view — or across all views — a session that has dropped or is reconnecting is now skipped instead of aborting delivery to the rest. Every live session still receives the command, and the status line notes how many were unreachable.
Lower CPU on idle SSH sessions. TermZ no longer holds an SFTP channel open on every connection; the file browser now opens one on demand and releases it when closed. This removes a background task that could pin a CPU core on flaky or half-open links, especially with many sessions open at once.

2026-07-10

Reusable SSH keys. Store SSH private keys in your credential library — import a key once (paste it, or load it from a file), then pick it for any SSH session the same way you pick a saved username/password. The private key and its optional passphrase are encrypted at rest; if you choose not to save the passphrase, TermZ prompts for it once at connect.
One picker for every stored credential. The connect and edit dialogs now show a single Stored credential list spanning both saved passwords and SSH keys, each tagged by type — no more digging through separate places.
Keys sync across your devices — or stay on one. Stored keys travel with cross-device sync, encrypted end-to-end and with no filesystem paths, so a key imported on macOS works as-is on Windows. Each key also has a device-only toggle to keep it off the sync entirely.

2026-07-09

Cross-device sync now requires a master password. Because the sync snapshot is encrypted with a key derived from it, the Sync settings are gated until you turn on Require master password — with a reminder that the password must be identical on every device. Turning app-lock off automatically disables sync.
Fixed the update banner on macOS. The "update available" notice no longer sits behind the window's traffic-light buttons.
Fixed the Unknown-host-key prompt. The Reject button is no longer green (which read as "proceed").

2026-07-08

Faster terminal output. The way session output is delivered was rebuilt end-to-end, so heavy output — show running-config, show tech-support, verbose logs — renders noticeably faster with less lag.
Find in the terminal. Press ⌘F (Ctrl+F) to search a session's scrollback, with match highlighting, a match count, and next / previous navigation.
Keyboard shortcuts. New shortcuts for views (new / close, next / previous, jump to view N), pane splits, reconnect, clear, sidebar, and settings — the full list is under Settings → Keyboard shortcuts and in the docs.
Drag-and-drop sessions. Drag a saved session from the sidebar into a split pane, or onto the tab bar to open it in a new view.
More theming. Configurable scrollback (now 10,000 lines by default), themeable search-highlight and background / accent colors in the Theme Editor, and a refreshed default dark theme.
Plugin docs. Official plugins now link to their documentation at termz.app/plugins.
Polish & fixes. Redesigned the app-lock screen to match the app (now featuring the TermZ logo); fixed session reconnect.

2026-07-07

Signed installers on every platform. macOS builds are signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple; Windows installers are signed via Azure Trusted Signing.
Each installer ships with a .sha256 checksum for download verification.
Distribution and the in-app updater serve signed artifacts automatically from dl.termz.app.

Pre-release

Early 0.1.x builds established the core app: SSH / Telnet / serial / local-shell sessions, the encrypted credential vault, host-key pinning, session logging, and optional end-to-end encrypted cross-device sync.