Changelog.

What’s Changed

Live mode: authenticated apps

crit live now accepts --cookie / --cookie-file (and matching config keys) to forward upstream session cookies through the proxy — useful for server-rendered apps that require login.

• feat(live): forward upstream cookies for authenticated apps (#649) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #649 - Thank you @kattsushi for suggesting!

General

• feat: show file renames without content changes like GitHub (#640) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #640
• fix: use raw bind address for internal HTTP calls to avoid IPv6 mismatch by @tomasaschan in #634 - Thank you!
• fix: sort files with GitHub byte order instead of localeCompare (#637) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #637 - Thank you @ekisu for suggesting!
• fix: preserve j/k focus across hover and comment form re-renders (#638) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #638 - Thank you @markjaquith for reporting!
• fix: align split diff rows positionally to preserve line number order (#647) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #647 - Thank you @pstibrany for reporting!
• fix: inject crit-agent into all preview HTML pages (#641) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #641
• fix(windows): retry transient ENOENT during concurrent review reads (#650) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #650

Internal refactors

• refactor: move Go sources to cmd/crit and slim repo root (#639) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #639
• fix(test): stabilize TestBindProxyServer_PortIsAPIPlusOne (#643) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #643

What’s Changed

• feat: multi-commit selection in commit picker by @tomasz-tomczyk in #629 - Thank you @briankung for suggesting!
• feat: add “ignore whitespace” diff setting by @tomasz-tomczyk in #628 - Thank you @omervk for suggesting!
• fix: align line numbers with rendered markdown text by @tomasz-tomczyk in #632 - Thank you @hal-shin for reporting!
• fix: align and keyboard-enable the commit picker “All commits” row by @tomasz-tomczyk in #633
• Add Cursor rules synced from .claude/rules for file-scoped agent guidance. by @tomasz-tomczyk in https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/commit/39eac5b

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.16.0…v0.16.1

What’s Changed

Shareable preview mode

The in-UI Share button now works in preview mode (previously files mode only). An HTML/CSS asset crawler builds a self-contained snapshot — text inlined, binaries base64-encoded — and crit share --preview uploads a standalone snapshot straight from the CLI. The whole Share flow was extracted into a shared module so code-review and preview render identical behavior, and preview comments now round-trip cleanly to crit-web.

• feat(preview): shareable preview mode — share, comment sync, parity by @tomasz-tomczyk in #626

crit stats

A new crit stats command reports your lifetime review statistics — sessions, total duration, files, and comments — alongside fun insights like your busiest day and longest session. Stats record to ~/.crit/stats.json on approval and daemon shutdown (with dedup), support a --json flag for scripting, and can be turned off entirely via the disable_stats config key.

• feat: add crit stats command for lifetime review statistics by @tomasz-tomczyk in #613

Session summary on exit

Finishing a review now shows a shareable receipt line in the approval modal — Done reviewing — 12 files · 5 comments · 15m — with a copy button, confetti on approval (respecting prefers-reduced-motion), and the same summary printed to stderr on approved exit.

• feat: show session summary on exit by @tomasz-tomczyk in #620

General

• feat: badge GitHub-synced comments and propagate github_id to share payload by @Ylsssq926 in #604 - Thank you!
• fix: default to branch scope on first launch by @tomasz-tomczyk in #614
• fix: prevent scope=branch from leaking files outside range mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #617
• fix: skip binary files in git mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #616
• fix: skip –share-url confirm prompt when stdin is not a TTY by @tomasz-tomczyk in #625
• fix: restore brand tint on target branch chip by @tomasz-tomczyk in #612
• docs: document make test-diff seed harness and integration tests in CONTRIBUTING by @tomasz-tomczyk in #622

Internal refactors

• refactor: remove migrateLegacySettings cookie migration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #615
• fix(e2e): de-flake stack popover and attribute-thrash specs at the race source by @tomasz-tomczyk in #627
• fix(e2e): scope unified mode assertions to expanded file sections by @tomasz-tomczyk in #619
• perf(ci): shard git-mode E2E tests to halve wall time by @tomasz-tomczyk in #611
• chore: make fresh worktrees and e2e work out of the box by @tomasz-tomczyk in #621
• chore(deps): bump markdown-it from 14.1.1 to 14.2.0 by @dependabot in #623
• chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 10.4.0 to 10.4.1 by @dependabot in #624

What’s Changed

General

• Add Codex plugin support by @prateek in #525 - Thank you!
• feat: improve mobile usability by @LucasRoesler in #607 - Thank you!
• feat: shadow DOM host fallback for live/preview pin mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #599 - thank you @dankilman for reporting!
• feat: interactive confirmation when –share-url is passed by @tomasz-tomczyk in #601
• feat: grant all permissions to live-mode iframe by @tomasz-tomczyk in #608 - Thank you @robmckinnon for reporting!
• style: redesign drifted badge with icon and amber card border by @tomasz-tomczyk in #602 - Thank you @autumnust for suggesting!
• fix: show clear error when running crit outside a git repo (#593) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #598 - Thank you @GustavoCaso for reporting!
• fix: crit unpublish accepts file args to match crit share by @tomasz-tomczyk in #600

Internal

• chore(deps-dev): bump stylelint from 17.11.1 to 17.12.0 by @dependabot in #603
• fix: skip file permission assertion on Windows by @tomasz-tomczyk in #609
• fix: delete dead codexPluginSourceRoot, use logPrefix consistently by @tomasz-tomczyk in #610

What’s Changed

Features

• feat: add heading anchor links with copy-to-clipboard by @tomasz-tomczyk in #595 - Thanks @omervk for the idea!
• feat: warn when directory args may cause slow loading by @tomasz-tomczyk in #592

Fixes

• fix: surface daemon log on connection refused by @tomasz-tomczyk in #594 - Thank you @GustavoCaso for reporting!
• fix: use configured host in daemon startup messages by @tomasz-tomczyk in #591
• fix: use session host for internal HTTP calls instead of hardcoded 127.0.0.1 by @tomasz-tomczyk in #596
• fix: remove scrollIntoView on pin highlight that hijacked scroll-driven pages by @tomasz-tomczyk in #590
• fix: harden heading anchor links — dedup IDs, a11y focus, clean CSS by @tomasz-tomczyk in #597

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.15.2…v0.15.3

What’s Changed

Features

• feat: detect installed AI tools and suggest crit integration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #581

Fixes

• fix(watch): rescan CLI dir args between rounds so files created by the agent appear in the UI by @autumnust in #586 - Thank you!
• fix: restore marker badges and add click-to-scroll for live-mode comments by @tomasz-tomczyk in #580
• fix: preserve URL path in live mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #582
• fix: prevent 404 when clicking comments in preview mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #583
• fix: open comments panel when starting a pin comment by @tomasz-tomczyk in #584
• fix: next_command for live/preview modes includes subcommand prefix by @tomasz-tomczyk in #587
• fix: prevent flash timer stacking and extract agent name formatter by @tomasz-tomczyk in #589

Documentation

• docs: sync README with crit-web homepage messaging by @tomasz-tomczyk in #585

Internal refactors

• refactor: extract shared agent script list and add version-match for ambiguous agent probes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #588

What’s Changed

General

• feat: add reply awareness to agent instructions across all integrations by @tomasz-tomczyk in #575
• feat: set document title and tab badge for live/preview modes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #574

Fixes

• fix: forward CLI flags to preview, live, and plan daemon modes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #577
• fix: forward noOpen flag to preview daemon, fix stale env var in tests by @tomasz-tomczyk in #579
• fix: re-sync pin mode to agent after round transition by @tomasz-tomczyk in #576
• fix: hide marker badges when target element is detached or zero-size by @tomasz-tomczyk in #573
• fix: restore “Copied” feedback on review-complete copy prompt button by @tomasz-tomczyk in #572

Internal

• fix: scope pre-commit lint/test to current worktree only by @tomasz-tomczyk in #578
• fix: assert final upload URL in reply paste test instead of transient placeholder by @tomasz-tomczyk in #571

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.15.0…v0.15.1

What’s Changed

Live mode

Live mode brings crit’s interactive review experience to running pages — review a live dev server with pin comments anywhere on the rendered page. Invoke it with /crit http://localhost:3000 in your agent chat.

• feat: design mode and shared frontend module architecture by @tomasz-tomczyk in #555

Preview mode

Preview mode does the same for local HTML files: point crit at a built page and it renders in an iframe so you can drop pin comments directly on the output, no server required. Invoke it with /crit index.html in your agent chat.

• feat: preview mode — render local HTML files in iframe with pin commenting by @tomasz-tomczyk in #559 - Thank you @autumnust for suggesting!

Fixes

• fix: install opencode command to global config dir by @tomasz-tomczyk in #568 - Thank you @pksunkara for reporting!
• fix: fire design-round-start SSE for preview reviews by @tomasz-tomczyk in #566
• fix: open browser at /preview in preview mode daemon by @tomasz-tomczyk in #564

General

• feat: refresh waiting-modal tips by @tomasz-tomczyk in #563
• feat: add pre-commit check for unicode curly quotes in JS files by @tomasz-tomczyk in #562
• feat: add live and preview mode detection to agent skill prompts by @tomasz-tomczyk in #561

Internal refactors

• refactor: consolidate duplicate embedded-asset handlers by @tomasz-tomczyk in #570
• refactor: remove dead live-mode CSS and orphaned theme vars by @tomasz-tomczyk in #569
• refactor: rename design mode to live mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #567
• refactor: audit cleanup — consolidate helpers, remove dead CSS, fix preview by @tomasz-tomczyk in #565
• refactor: extract files/vcs rendering from app.js into shared modules by @tomasz-tomczyk in #556
• fix: wait for image upload handler before paste in flaky e2e test by @tomasz-tomczyk in #558

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.14.0…v0.15.0

What’s Changed

Organization support for sharing

Reviews can now be shared under an organization. The --org and --visibility flags on crit share let you publish to an org with organization, unlisted, or public visibility. The share modal in the browser also gained an org picker with remember-choice persistence.

• feat: add org support for review creation (CRI-61) (#551) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #551

Features

• feat: add Grok Build integration (#544) by @danlindow in #544 - Thank you!
• feat: proxy_auth browser relay for SSO-proxied crit-web (#550) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #550 - Thank you @jbrooksbartlett for support and testing!

Fixes

• fix: reverse stack popover order and clarify base label (#552) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #552 - Thank you @omry for suggesting!
• fix: pre-release cleanup (dead code, missing style, silent decode error) (#554) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #554

Internal refactors

• refactor: rename “Layer” to “This commit” in scope toggle (#553) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #553 - Thank you @omry for suggesting!
• chore(deps): bump mermaid from 11.14.0 to 11.15.0 (#547) by @dependabot in #547
• chore(deps-dev): bump stylelint from 17.11.0 to 17.11.1 (#548) by @dependabot in #548
• chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 10.3.0 to 10.4.0 (#549) by @dependabot in #549

What’s Changed

Features

• feat: add resolve/unresolve button to sidebar comment cards by @Amwam in #532 - Thank you!
• feat: add copy-path buttons to file headers and navbar by @tomasz-tomczyk in #538 - Thank you @menzenski for suggesting!
• feat(frontend): redesign waiting modal with collapsed prompt and usage tips by @tomasz-tomczyk in #539
• feat: add HEEx syntax highlighting for .heex/.leex files by @tomasz-tomczyk in #542

Fixes

• fix: add dedup guard to all inline resolve/unresolve buttons by @tomasz-tomczyk in #540
• fix(frontend): polish copy-path buttons and resolve-btn light theme by @tomasz-tomczyk in #543

Internal

• ci: test Windows jobs on VS 2026 preview image by @tomasz-tomczyk in #531

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.13.0…v0.13.1

What’s Changed

• ci: test Windows jobs on VS 2026 preview image by @tomasz-tomczyk in #531
• feat: add resolve/unresolve button to sidebar comment cards by @Amwam in #532
• feat(frontend): redesign waiting modal with collapsed prompt and usage tips by @tomasz-tomczyk in #539
• feat: add copy-path buttons to file headers and navbar by @tomasz-tomczyk in #538
• fix: add dedup guard to all resolve/unresolve buttons by @tomasz-tomczyk in #540
• feat: add HEEx syntax highlighting for .heex/.leex files by @tomasz-tomczyk in #542
• fix(frontend): polish copy-path buttons and resolve-btn light theme by @tomasz-tomczyk in #543

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.13.0…v0.13.1

What’s Changed

Image copy/paste support in reviews

You can now paste images directly into review comments. Drag-and-drop and clipboard paste are both supported — images are embedded inline in the comment body.

• feat: image copy/paste support in review by @SamuelTissot in #505 - Thank you!

General

• feat: add Pi Coding Agent integration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #520 - Thank you @nisrulz for suggesting!
• feat(opencode): conditionally inject sharing instructions via plugin by @tomasz-tomczyk in #524 - Thank you @markjaquith for suggesting!
• feat: first-time share consent gate + redesigned post-share modal by @tomasz-tomczyk in #522
• feat: linkify comment IDs in comment bodies by @tomasz-tomczyk in #515

Fixes

• fix: highlight markdown diff in document view in vcs mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #523 - Thank you @matdurand for reporting!
• fix: split nested list items into individual line blocks by @tomasz-tomczyk in #514
• fix: keyboard accessibility for comment refs and modal focus management by @tomasz-tomczyk in #529
• fix: generate agent list dynamically in help text and add missing config keys by @tomasz-tomczyk in #528

Security

• fix: block DNS-rebinding by validating Host header on loopback server by @tomasz-tomczyk in #517 - Thank you @minac for reporting!
• security: make share_url global-only to prevent auth token exfiltration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #516 - Thank you @minac for reporting!

What’s Changed

Jujutsu VCS backend

crit now auto-detects .jj (before .git), supports --vcs jj and "vcs": "jj" in config, resolves the review base via trunk() with main / master / trunk bookmark fallback, and uses jj diff --git so existing diff rendering works unchanged. Colocated jj/git repos default to jj.

Vim-style visual line mode

Press Shift+V on a focused block to enter visual line mode; j/k extend the selection from the anchor; c opens a comment form spanning the range; Esc or Shift+V exits. Works for markdown line-blocks and diff lines (split + unified). The focused block’s left accent turns amber while in visual mode.

General

• Add Jujutsu VCS backend support by @solodov in #491 - Thank you!
• feat: vim-style visual line mode (V) for multi-line comments by @tomasz-tomczyk in #510 - Thank you @markjaquith for suggesting!
• feat: collapse linguist-generated files by default (#503) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #504 - Thank you @matdurand for suggesting!
• feat: configurable listen host (–host / CRIT_HOST) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #496 - Thank you @kaihendry for suggesting!

Integrations

• feat: add Gemini CLI integration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #488 - Thank you @sirjagman for suggesting!
• feat: add Qwen Code integration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #500 - Thank you @reneleonhardt for suggesting!
• feat: add Hermes Agent integration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #498 - Thank you @nisrulz for suggesting!

Fixes

• fix: keyboard-nav line highlight visible in light mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #507 - Thank you @markjaquith for reporting!
• fix: branch-scope diff renderer no longer shows stale cached lines by @tomasz-tomczyk in #511

Internal refactors

• test(e2e): reduce flakiness and cache Go build in CI by @tomasz-tomczyk in #489
• test(e2e): deeper flakiness audit — retrying assertions and CI guards by @tomasz-tomczyk in #490
• ci: install jj so JJ backend tests run by @tomasz-tomczyk in #493
• ci: install sapling so SL backend tests run by @tomasz-tomczyk in #497
• ci: fail if integration_hashes_gen.go is out of sync by @tomasz-tomczyk in #501 - Thank you @reneleonhardt for raising!
• test: expand jj VCS coverage by @tomasz-tomczyk in #502
• refactor: drop jj parser wrappers; call shared sapling parsers directly by @tomasz-tomczyk in #512
• ci: run frontend/test-diff-render.mjs in test-frontend target by @tomasz-tomczyk in #513
• chore(deps-dev): bump stylelint from 17.9.1 to 17.11.0 by @dependabot in #508

What’s Changed

Big milestone! Crit crossed more than 500 commits and 250 stars. You can now install it directly from homebrew and we released a Windows version!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to get us here! I’d appreciate if you would share it with your colleagues or on Twitter! It helps a lot!

crit is now in homebrew-core — no tap needed. If you installed from the tap, upgrade once with:

brew uninstall crit && brew untap tomasz-tomczyk/scratch && brew update && brew install crit

Future updates will arrive via brew upgrade like any other formula.

Windows + WSL support

feat: add Windows + WSL support replaces Unix-only syscalls with cross-platform abstractions, adds rundll32 browser launch on native Windows, and keeps the existing WSL fallback chain. crit now works end-to-end on Windows natively.

• feat: add Windows + WSL support by @tomasz-tomczyk in #459

General

• feat: add –file flag and better errors to crit comment –json by @tomasz-tomczyk in #480
• fix: deny rather than silently auto-approve on daemon shutdown by @tomasz-tomczyk in #483 - Thank you @TalAmuyal for raising!
• fix: remove daemon 1h idle timeout by @tomasz-tomczyk in #477 - Thank you @TalAmuyal for reporting!
• fix: audit fixes — path safety, shared reads, dir pruning by @tomasz-tomczyk in #485
• fix: chain reloadForScope when scope/commit changes mid-flight by @tomasz-tomczyk in #482
• fix: scope unified diff comment highlight to commented side by @tomasz-tomczyk in #479
• fix: header context chip colors and hidden unresolved count by @tomasz-tomczyk in #486
• fix: preserve CLI argument order for files by @tomasz-tomczyk in #474
• docs: switch primary brew install to homebrew-core by @tomasz-tomczyk in #481 - thanks @omervk for contributing to homebrew on our behalf!
• docs: cleanup stale spec by @tomasz-tomczyk
• refactor: drop auto-detection of stacked PRs / local stacks by @tomasz-tomczyk in #478

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.10.5…v0.11.0

What’s Changed

A maintenance release with broad fixes across the GitHub PR roundtrip, the comment-sync push/pull pipeline, and the local review UI — plus accessibility polish on the sidebar resize handles, a distinct “Approved” state on the review-finish modal.

General

• feat: distinct “Approved” state for review-finish modal by @tomasz-tomczyk in #427
• feat: keyboard-accessible sidebar resize handles by @tomasz-tomczyk in #469
• feat: per-round timeline backend (Stage 1) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #460
• style: bump comment input font-size to 14px by @tomasz-tomczyk in #441
• style: align textarea line-height with rendered comment bodies by @tomasz-tomczyk in #444

Fixes

• fix: tie agent goroutine to daemon shutdown ctx + add runGit helper by @tomasz-tomczyk in #433
• fix: small correctness nits (bulk parser err, scheduleWrite doc, dup mkdir) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #432
• fix: use 127.0.0.1 in internal HTTP clients to match daemon bind by @tomasz-tomczyk in #436 (Thanks @perbu for reporting)
• fix: clean message when running crit on a repo with no changes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #439 (Thanks @perbu for reporting)
• fix: hide TOC toggle for single-heading documents by @tomasz-tomczyk in #443
• fix: propagate local comment deletes to GitHub on push by @tomasz-tomczyk in #461
• fix: import GitHub thread resolved state on crit pull by @tomasz-tomczyk in #462
• fix: detect mid-push auth rotation and abort cleanly by @tomasz-tomczyk in #463
• fix: prefers-reduced-motion spinner gap; rename waitingHasComments; annotate reflow line by @tomasz-tomczyk in #465
• fix: relax comment drift detection for in-place edits by @tomasz-tomczyk in #466
• fix: atomically rewrite auth_token + identity on login by @tomasz-tomczyk in #468
• fix: close finish-review modal on backdrop click by @tomasz-tomczyk in #470
• fix: allow –range/–pr on clean working tree by @tomasz-tomczyk in #472 (Thanks @ewgdg for reporting!)
• fix: backward selection across blank-line boundary by @tomasz-tomczyk in #473 (Thanks Matt for reporting!)

Documentation

• docs: rewrite AGENTS.md with <important if> blocks by @tomasz-tomczyk in #431

Internal refactors

• chore: post-v0.10.4 audit cleanup by @tomasz-tomczyk in #426
• fix: post-v0.10.4 release audit cleanup by @tomasz-tomczyk in #475
• refactor: bundled cleanup — wrappers, mustGetwd, browser.go, error surfacing by @tomasz-tomczyk in #428
• refactor: extract review-file CLI logic out of github.go by @tomasz-tomczyk in #429
• refactor: consolidate atomic-file-write helpers by @tomasz-tomczyk in #430
• refactor: split main.go and session.go into focused files by @tomasz-tomczyk in #434
• refactor: release audit cleanup — atomic writes, flag parsing, dead code by @tomasz-tomczyk in #464
• test: cover gaps in atomic write, auth, watch, sapling, parsers by @tomasz-tomczyk in #440
• test: GitHub PR roundtrip integration harness by @tomasz-tomczyk in #445
• test: wait for PR head sha after force-push in roundtrip harness by @tomasz-tomczyk in #457
• test: integration coverage for resolved_round mapping by @tomasz-tomczyk in #467

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.10.4…v0.10.5

What’s Changed

Resizable sidebars

The file-tree panel and the comments panel both have drag handles on their inner edge. Widths persist across runs (consolidated into a single crit-settings cookie alongside the other UI prefs).

• feat: resizable file-tree and comments-panel sidebars by @tomasz-tomczyk in #422 — Thanks @hbogaeus for suggesting!

General

• feat: print “Next round” command on review exit + restructure agent prompts by @tomasz-tomczyk in #421
• feat: consolidate settings cookies, restore update dismiss by @tomasz-tomczyk in #418
• docs: add SECURITY.md by @tomasz-tomczyk in #420
• fix: confirm before discarding non-empty comment draft on Escape by @tomasz-tomczyk in #415
• fix: prevent review comment form re-opening pre-populated after submit by @tomasz-tomczyk in #419
• fix: skip stack autodetect in file mode; remove CRIT_NO_AUTODETECT by @tomasz-tomczyk in #423
• fix: route crit comment –json bulk to alt review file by reply ID by @tomasz-tomczyk in #424

Internal refactors

• chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 10.2.1 to 10.3.0 by @dependabot in #416
• chore(deps-dev): bump stylelint from 17.9.0 to 17.9.1 by @dependabot in #417

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.10.3…v0.10.4

What’s Changed

PR-scoped and commit-range review

crit pr 1234 opens the PR diff scoped to the layer you’re reviewing, with a stack popover for hopping between branches in the chain. crit --range A..B does the same for any commit range. The popover surfaces the default branch as a non-interactive root marker and lists every reachable tip with full-stack vs layer scope toggles, so reviewing a stacked diff feels like reviewing a single PR.

• feat: PR-scoped and commit-range review (#300) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #391 (Thanks @omry for the suggestion!)

Review-level comments

General feedback that doesn’t belong on a specific line now lives in a dedicated “Review conversation” section. Add, reply, edit, resolve - same threading model as line comments, but for the review as a whole. Drafts you’re typing survive sibling state changes (adding a reply elsewhere no longer wipes your in-progress comment).

• feat: give review-level comments a real conceptual home by @tomasz-tomczyk in #405 (Thanks @omry for the suggestion!)

Fixes

• fix: prefer origin/<default> as diff base over stale local branch by @tomasz-tomczyk in #397 (Thanks @TheCoreMan for reporting!)
• fix: persist verified user_id on auth login by @tomasz-tomczyk in #393
• fix: thread resolved share URL into lazyBackfillAuthUserID by @tomasz-tomczyk in #398
• fix: bulletproof external diff isolation (#380) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #409 (Thanks @TheCoreMan for reporting!)
• fix: require c keypress to comment on selection (#408) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #411 (Thanks @ewgdg for the suggestion!)
• fix: patch hljs markdown grammar and re-enable for diff view by @tomasz-tomczyk in #388 (Thanks @hbogaeus for reporting!)

Documentation

• docs(integrations): mention markdown in replies; print URL on daemon start by @tomasz-tomczyk in #401 (Thanks @hbogaeus for the suggestion!)
• docs: surface crit pr subcommand and –scope/–remote in printHelp by @tomasz-tomczyk in #412

Internal refactors

• chore: post-release audit fixes (Go backend) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #389
• chore: post-release audit fixes (frontend) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #390
• refactor: return errors from installAider; unify integration list by @tomasz-tomczyk in #394
• chore: wire markdown-patch smoke test into CI by @tomasz-tomczyk in #395
• ci: run nix build check on PRs by @tomasz-tomczyk in #396 - Thanks @vereis for reporting!
• test: add selfhosted+OAuth integration test suite by @tomasz-tomczyk in #400
• ci: fix invalid codecov.yml so status checks wait for all uploads by @tomasz-tomczyk in #402
• test: integration test for review-level reply round-trip by @tomasz-tomczyk in #407
• test: stabilize range-mode popover tests against async render by @tomasz-tomczyk in #410
• refactor: clean up frontend dead code and fix review:new draft loss by @tomasz-tomczyk in #413

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.10.2…v0.10.3

What’s Changed

• feat: send + cache verified author identity on share by @tomasz-tomczyk in #371
• fix: persist verified user_id on auth login by @tomasz-tomczyk in #393

Note: You might need to run crit auth login again to link your profile properly for the future.

• feat: distinct “Approved” state for review-finish modal by @tomasz-tomczyk in #381
• feat: improve agent integrations with global install + aider automation by @tomasz-tomczyk in #373
• fix: patch hljs markdown grammar and re-enable for diff view by @tomasz-tomczyk in #388 (Thanks @hbogaeus for reporting!)
• fix: keep SSE alive past idle timeout (Safari “Connection lost”) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #376 (thanks Jared for reporting!)
• fix: expand hljs language coverage via alias resolution by @tomasz-tomczyk in #378
• fix: Ctrl+Enter to save when editing replies (#382) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #386 (Thanks @hbogaeus for reporting!)
• fix: align light theme with modern GitHub for visible diff highlights by @tomasz-tomczyk in #387 (Thanks @hbogaeus for reporting!)
• fix: Change comment submit button text to ‘Add comment’ by @TalAmuyal in #385 - Thank you!
• fix: strip GIT_* env from test process to prevent worktree corruption by @tomasz-tomczyk in #383
• docs: Docker recipe for sandboxed agents by @tomasz-tomczyk in #372 (Thanks Jared for the suggestion!)
• chore: wait for unit + e2e uploads before codecov status by @tomasz-tomczyk
• chore: pre-release audit fixes (Go backend) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #389
• chore: pre-release audit fixes (frontend) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #390
• refactor: return errors from installAider; unify integration list by @tomasz-tomczyk in #394
• chore: wire markdown-patch smoke test into CI by @tomasz-tomczyk in #395
• chore: move mise-trust to pre-start so worktree shell can load mise by @tomasz-tomczyk

What’s Changed

Comments panel redesign

The comments panel has been rebuilt with a segmented filter (All / Open / Resolved) and collapsible groups. Pair it with the new “hide resolved comments” setting (h shortcut) to focus on what’s still open during a review.

• feat: redesign comments panel with segmented filter and collapsible groups by @tomasz-tomczyk in #354 - thanks @omervk for suggestions in this area!

General

• feat: redesign disconnected state as a sticky banner by @tomasz-tomczyk in #347 - Thanks @vereis for inspiration!
• feat: add hide-resolved setting for inline comments by @tomasz-tomczyk in #353 - Thanks @vereis for the suggestion!
• feat: store CLI args in review file and include in share payload by @tomasz-tomczyk in #349
• feat: replace custom LCS word-diff with @sanity/diff-match-patch by @tomasz-tomczyk in #348
• fix: remove blur/scrim overlay from disconnected state by @tomasz-tomczyk in #352
• fix: fetch comment replies from crit-web during share sync by @tomasz-tomczyk in #350
• fix: hide TOC panel when buildToc is called with no headings by @tomasz-tomczyk in #360
• fix: clarify Hide resolved comments label in settings by @tomasz-tomczyk in #364
• fix: hide comment-line highlight when ‘h’ hides resolved comments by @tomasz-tomczyk in #365
• fix: collapse reply form after submit; auto-close empty comment forms by @tomasz-tomczyk in #366
• fix: preserve replies on fingerprint-matched comments + cleanup by @tomasz-tomczyk in #367

Internal refactors

• docs: update plugin install instructions to claude CLI syntax by @tomasz-tomczyk in #351
• docs: rule on cookies vs localStorage for persisted settings by @tomasz-tomczyk
• chore: remove releasing section from AGENTS.md by @tomasz-tomczyk
• chore: add Codecov integration for unit and e2e coverage by @tomasz-tomczyk in #359
• chore: Exclude vendored Go packages from coverage profile by @tomasz-tomczyk in #361
• test: add unit tests for high-value uncovered functions by @tomasz-tomczyk in #362
• test: add comprehensive tests for server handlers, session, auth, and daemon by @tomasz-tomczyk in #363
• chore: update GitHub Actions to latest versions, add dependabot by @tomasz-tomczyk in #355
• chore(deps-dev): bump stylelint from 17.7.0 to 17.9.0 by @dependabot in #356
• chore(deps): bump mermaid from 11.13.0 to 11.14.0 by @dependabot in #357
• chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 10.2.0 to 10.2.1 by @dependabot in #358
• chore: copy mermaid 11.14.0 to frontend/ by @tomasz-tomczyk
• chore: add mise trust to wt.toml post-start and fix e2e-share rate limiting by @tomasz-tomczyk
• refactor: hide-resolved state, persist filter, restore switch CSS by @tomasz-tomczyk in #368
• refactor: port hook lifecycle and a11y fixes from crit-web for parity by @tomasz-tomczyk in #369

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.10.0…v0.10.1

What’s Changed

Diff context expansion

You can now expand collapsed diff sections directly in the review UI - click gutter icons to reveal context above, below, or between hunks. Small gaps auto-expand, and sections with comments unfold automatically. Thanks @omry for suggestions in this area!

• feat: auto-expand small unchanged gaps between diff hunks (#337) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #337
• feat: add expand controls before first and after last diff hunk (#338) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #338
• feat: expand diff context incrementally (20 lines per click) (#339) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #339
• feat: GitHub-style diff expand controls with gutter icons (#343) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #343
• fix: auto-expand diff spacers when comments exist on folded lines (#333) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #333

Comment carry-forward

Review comments now follow the code - when lines move out of a diff hunk, comments render inline at their outdated position instead of disappearing.

• feat: extend comment carry-forward to code files (#324) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #324
• feat: render outdated comments inline when lines leave diff hunks (#325) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #325
• fix: preserve GitHubID in carryForwardComment to prevent duplicate PR comments (#340) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #340

Sapling SCM support

crit now works with Sapling in addition to Git. This includes automatic VCS detection, branch management, and all existing review workflows. (Thanks @omry for support!)

• feat: add Sapling SCM support (#295) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #295
• fix: separate Sapling override from auto-detected default branch (#346) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #346

General

• feat: migrate to crit design system (#327) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #327
• feat: print review file path in crit fetch output (#341) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #341
• fix: add response.ok checks and fix doFinishReview error recovery (#344) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #344
• fix: preserve reply form state when opening new comment forms (#323) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #323
• fix: match reply form font size to comment form (#322) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #322
• fix: add –no-ext-diff to git diff commands to support external diff tools (#318) by @Amwam in #318
• fix: eliminate ARM64 data race on Server.session pointer (#328) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #328
• fix: optimize LCS diff from O(m*n) to O(n) space (#329) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #329
• fix: log writeJSON encode errors instead of silently dropping them (#331) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #331
• fix: wrap errors in atomicWriteFile with operation context (#330) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #330
• fix: prevent stale pointer writes in RefreshDiffs (#345) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #345
• chore: Add benchmarks for ComputeLineDiff to catch LCS performance regressions (#332) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #332
• chore: Add wt.toml config for worktree node_modules sharing by @tomasz-tomczyk

What’s Changed

General

• feat: include orphaned file metadata in share payload (#305) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #305
• fix: resolve WCAG AA color contrast violations (#274) (#301) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #301
• fix: add missing –fg-on-accent to light theme, remove dead vars, strengthen CSS guardrails (#315) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #315
• fix: use server-side Live field for live badge instead of reply author heuristic (#311) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #311
• fix: resolved live threads now collapse correctly (#308) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #308 - thanks for reporting Aditya!
• fix: reset viewed state when file content changes between rounds (#310) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #310
• fix: support crit pull across gh CLI versions (#299) by @omry in #299 - thanks!
• fix: improve browser launching on WSL (#298) by @omry in #298 - thanks!

Tests & internal

• fix: unify CLI and browser share code paths (#302) (#304) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #304
• test: fix live-thread E2E test, add light theme a11y check, fix integration test compile error (#316) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #316
• test: audit and clean up Playwright E2E suite (#306) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #306
• test: add e2e share integration tests for crit ↔ crit-web (#303) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #303
• test: verify MergeBase works with origin/main for #313 by @tomasz-tomczyk
• test(e2e): fix flaky file-picker filter test by @tomasz-tomczyk
• fix: stabilize integration_hashes_gen.go format across Go versions (#307) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #307
• feat: update favicons (#312) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #312

What’s Changed

Content-based comment anchoring

When you leave a comment, crit now stores the full text of the commented lines as an anchor. During carry-forward between rounds, if the LCS-remapped line no longer matches the anchor text, crit searches the entire file for the original content. If multiple matches exist, it picks the one closest to the LCS-suggested position. Comments land on the right code even after refactors that shift line numbers.

• feat: content-based comment anchoring for carry-forward positioning by @tomasz-tomczyk in #296

Orphaned comments on removed files

When a file receives comments and is later deleted from the branch, those comments used to vanish silently. Now crit detects removed files that still have comments and surfaces them in the UI so nothing gets lost.

• feat: surface orphaned comments on removed files by @tomasz-tomczyk in #279

General improvements

• feat: opportunistic background cleanup of stale reviews and sessions by @tomasz-tomczyk in #280
• feat: only poll git status while waiting for agent edits by @tomasz-tomczyk in #284
• fix: use –no-optional-locks for git status polling by @justin-guan in #281 - Thank you!
• feat: add tab-ready title indicator for background review rounds by @tomasz-tomczyk in #290
• feat: add favicons and web app manifest by @tomasz-tomczyk in #272
• fix: hide share button entirely in git mode by @tomasz-tomczyk in #294
• fix: skip hljs highlighting for markdown code fences by @tomasz-tomczyk in #283
• fix: omit branch from file-mode session key to prevent duplicate daemons by @tomasz-tomczyk in #289
• fix: serialize debounced writes with ClearAllComments by @tomasz-tomczyk in #287
• fix: preserve context lines in unified-diff selection after deletion-anchored drag by @tomasz-tomczyk in #285
• fix: resolve crit comment –reply-to failing from different subdirectory by @tomasz-tomczyk in #278
• fix: prevent agents from proactively resolving review comments by @tomasz-tomczyk in #275

Internal refactors

• fix: audit cleanup — comment index perf, CSS fixes, test isolation by @tomasz-tomczyk in #293
• fix: audit cleanup — orphaned session files, safe type assertions, config docs by @tomasz-tomczyk in #292
• chore: replace .crit.json references with “review file” terminology by @tomasz-tomczyk in #276
• chore: add quality guardrails — linting, accessibility, rules by @tomasz-tomczyk in #273
• fix: prevent flaky E2E test by adding loadPage buffer before comment read by @tomasz-tomczyk in #277

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.9.1…v0.9.2

What’s Changed

The included agent plugins & skill files got a little cleaner. /crit is the only user-facing command. You can still ask the agent to comment using crit or share and it should load the appriopriate skill.

Centralized review storage

Review data now lives in ~/.crit/reviews/<key>.json instead of <repo>/.crit.json. Each branch gets its own isolated storage, so switching branches no longer causes comment bleed or round number conflicts. Thanks to @omervk for continuous feedback leading to this improvement!

• feat: centralized review storage with per-branch isolation by @tomasz-tomczyk in #256

Settings panel

The Settings tab shows detected integrations and lets you change the content width used in file mode (new setting).

• feat: settings panel with config status, content width toggle by @tomasz-tomczyk in #261
• fix: settings panel polish — independent copy snippets, agent cmd layout by @tomasz-tomczyk in #268

Fixes

• fix: duplicate comments after carry-forward & cleanup-on-approve by @tomasz-tomczyk in #258
• fix: crit stop falls back to branch-based lookup when no file args given by @tomasz-tomczyk in #260
• fix: plan-hook waits for daemon readiness before review-cycle by @tomasz-tomczyk in #263
• fix: remove broken legacy .crit.json migration by @tomasz-tomczyk in #266
• fix: persist share status across session relaunches by @tomasz-tomczyk in #267
• fix: remove RESOLVED: auto-resolve from agent responses by @tomasz-tomczyk in #269

Documentation

• feat: improve README config docs, add no_update_check config key by @tomasz-tomczyk in #259
• Minor README.md tweaks by @tomasz-tomczyk

Internal refactors

• chore: migrate commands/ to skills/, update docs by @tomasz-tomczyk in #257
• refactor: consolidate duplicated helpers and remove dead code by @tomasz-tomczyk in #264
• fix: accessibility, dead code cleanup, and frontend refactoring by @tomasz-tomczyk in #265
• refactor: remove dead code and consolidate duplicated helpers by @tomasz-tomczyk in #270
• fix: theme color, accessibility, and cleanup improvements by @tomasz-tomczyk in #271

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.9.0…v0.9.1

What’s Changed

crit auth brings login, logout, and whoami to the CLI, backed by the oAuth Device Flow. Pair it with crit.md (we use GitHub for authentication), or self-host crit-web with your own oAuth app if you need a private stack.

You don’t need an account to share; logging in is optional - for now it just makes it easier to find your reviews on crit.md. Expect more signed-in features in future releases.

Changes

• feat: add crit auth login/logout/whoami via OAuth Device Flow by @tomasz-tomczyk in #248
• feat: simplify device auth — use verification_uri_complete by @tomasz-tomczyk in #249
• fix: prevent deleted comments from reappearing in .crit.json (#250) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #251 - Thanks @omervk for reporting!
• fix: prevent duplicate file-level comments and exclude resolved from upsert by @tomasz-tomczyk in #247
• fix: match reply body font size and line height to comments by @tomasz-tomczyk in https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/commit/98d763ef6cd2bb0415231f1a7b60bf24b139eaf9
• fix: center file-scoped comments and extend border full width by @tomasz-tomczyk in #246
• chore: release audit fixes — auth token leak, showLoginHint race, poll test by @tomasz-tomczyk in #254
• chore: audit test suite — remove redundancy, fill coverage gaps by @tomasz-tomczyk in #252
• chore: remove dead code and fix theme consistency by @tomasz-tomczyk in #245

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.8.3…v0.9.0

What’s Changed

This release eliminates the daemon startup timeout that blocked large repos — session init is now fully deferred, so the browser opens instantly while files load in the background. PR detection was also moved off the critical path, cutting another ~6s from perceived startup. Several race conditions and edge cases around scope cookies, file-arg sessions, and round completion are fixed.

Faster startup

• feat: defer session init to eliminate daemon startup timeout by @justin-guan in #240 - Thank you!
• fix: defer PR info detection to eliminate ~6s startup delay by @tomasz-tomczyk in #242
• refactor: readiness middleware + createSession timeout by @tomasz-tomczyk in #241

Fixes

• fix: daemon startup errors reported through pipe instead of swallowed by @tomasz-tomczyk in #236
• fix: eliminate round-complete race by deferring ReviewRound increment (#232) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #237
• fix: resolveCritDir uses repo root for file-arg sessions in git repos by @tomasz-tomczyk in #238
• fix: make auth_token global-only and document it in help/README by @tomasz-tomczyk in #239
• fix: re-fetch session when stale scope cookie returns empty file list by @tomasz-tomczyk in #243
• fix: post-release audit fixes (v0.8.2..HEAD) by @tomasz-tomczyk in #244

What’s Changed

When a review has more than 100 files, crit now eagerly loads only the first 100 (content + diff). The rest appear as collapsed headers and load on demand when you expand them, with a loading spinner and a 30-second diff timeout. Keeps the UI snappy on large changesets.

• feat: lazy file loading for large changesets by @tomasz-tomczyk in #227 - inspired by a report from Brian K - thank you!

A new dropdown in the header lets you change which branch diffs are computed against, following GitHub’s [base ▾] ← current-branch layout. No more noisy diffs when your branch was forked from a non-default branch.

• feat: add base branch picker to UI by @tomasz-tomczyk in #226

General

• fix: daemon stability — pipe readiness, atomic writes, flock, setsid by @tomasz-tomczyk in #224 - inspired by a report from Brian K - thank you!
• fix: ignore merged/closed PRs when detecting PR for current branch by @tomasz-tomczyk in #225
• fix: release audit — Go backend fixes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #228
• fix: release audit — frontend fixes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #229
• fix: use golangci-lint v2 (action v9) for Go 1.26 compat by @tomasz-tomczyk
• fix: golangci-lint v2 config — correct schema, disable defaults by @tomasz-tomczyk
• chore: add CI lint job, golangci-lint config, fix gofmt violations by @tomasz-tomczyk
• refactor: reduce cyclomatic complexity of top 4 offenders by @tomasz-tomczyk in #230
• refactor: reduce remaining gocyclo offenders + remove dead code by @tomasz-tomczyk in #233
• fix: post-release audit — Go backend fixes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #234
• fix: post-release audit — frontend fixes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #235

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.8.1…v0.8.2

What’s Changed

Security

• security: restrict agent_cmd to global config only by @tomasz-tomczyk in #216

Features

• feat: add text labels to resolve/unresolve buttons by @tomasz-tomczyk in #220
• feat: warn when finishing review with no changes by @tomasz-tomczyk in #221 (Thanks @omervk for suggesting!)

Fixes

• fix: pin plan-hook slug to session_id for stability across revisions by @tomasz-tomczyk in #219 (Thanks @omervk for reporting!)
• fix: resolve/unresolve buttons not marking round as acted by @tomasz-tomczyk in #222
• fix: harden plan-hook file I/O against corruption and races by @tomasz-tomczyk in #223

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/compare/v0.8.0…v0.8.1