--- title: Changelog description: Release notes and changelog for Probe versions layout: doc --- # Changelog All notable changes to Probe will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). ## [Unreleased] ### 🚀 Major Features #### Enhanced Extract Command Markdown Robustness - **Markdown formatting support**: Extract command now handles markdown bold (`**text**`), italic (`*text*`), strikethrough (`~~text~~`), and code blocks (```text```) - **Flexible file path detection**: Improved regex patterns recognize file paths after punctuation and markdown symbols - **Real-world compatibility**: Works with GitHub issues, documentation, chat messages, and other markdown-formatted content - **Comprehensive test coverage**: 14 unit tests covering all markdown scenarios and edge cases - **Backward compatibility**: All existing functionality preserved while adding robustness #### Cross-Platform Claude Code Backend Detection - **Removed Unix-specific commands**: No more `which` command dependency, works on all platforms - **Windows support**: Full support for `.cmd` files and Windows-specific paths - **WSL integration**: Automatically detects Claude Code installed in WSL on Windows systems - **Enhanced npm detection**: Better handling of npm global installations across different configurations - **Improved error messages**: Clear guidance when Claude Code is not found #### MCP Server Timeout Configuration - **Configurable timeouts**: New `--timeout/-t` flag for both MCP servers - Basic MCP server: Default 30 seconds - Agent MCP server: Default 120 seconds - **Per-request overrides**: Timeout can be specified in individual tool calls - **Help command**: Added `--help/-h` flag to display usage information - **Large codebase support**: Extended timeouts enable searching in massive repositories #### Docker Integration & CI/CD - **Official Docker images**: Pre-built images available on Docker Hub - `probelabs/probe` - CLI tool for code search - `probelabs/probe-chat` - AI-powered chat interface - **Multi-platform support**: Images built for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 - **Docker Compose configuration**: Easy local development setup - **Automated CI/CD**: Docker images automatically built and published on releases - **Security best practices**: Non-root execution, minimal base images, health checks - **Production ready**: OCI-compliant labels, versioning, and comprehensive documentation ### 🔧 Improvements #### Backend Detection Enhancements - **Comprehensive logging**: Debug mode now shows detailed backend selection process - **Multiple detection methods**: Tries direct execution, npm global, and common installation paths - **Command caching**: Once found, Claude Code path is cached for faster subsequent calls - **Graceful fallbacks**: Clear error messages when backends are unavailable #### Documentation Updates - **MCP timeout examples**: Updated READMEs with timeout configuration examples - **Cross-platform guides**: Enhanced documentation for Windows and WSL users - **Troubleshooting section**: Added common issues and solutions for backend detection ### 🐛 Bug Fixes - Fixed Claude Code detection failing in GitHub Actions - Fixed backend selection not respecting `implement_tool_backend` configuration - Fixed Windows compatibility issues with spawn command ## [0.6.0] - 2025-07-17 ### 🚀 Major Features #### Implement Tool for Code Editing - **New `implement` tool** for AI assistants to directly edit code files - see [CLI Mode documentation](./cli-mode.md#code-editing---allow-edit) - Integrated with Aider for advanced code modification capabilities - Configurable via `allow_edit` flag in [GitHub Actions workflows](./integrations/github-actions.md#code-modification-options) - Enables AI assistants to make direct code changes during conversations #### Enhanced GitHub Actions Integration - **Allow Suggestions Feature**: New `allow_suggestions` flag for suggest-changes integration - see [GitHub Actions Integration](./integrations/github-actions.md#suggested-changes-allow_suggestions-true---recommended) - **OpenTelemetry Tracing**: Full tracing support for monitoring AI model interactions - see [GitHub Actions Tracing](./integrations/github-actions.md#opentelemetry-tracing) - **Failure Tagging**: Automatic tagging of failed GitHub Probe runs for better tracking - **Improved Workflows**: Enhanced probe.yml with better error handling and configuration - **Engineer Workflow**: New probe-engineer.yml for specialized engineering tasks - see [GitHub Actions examples](./integrations/github-actions.md#example-2-ai-engineer-code-editing-enabled) - **Integration Testing**: Comprehensive integration test workflow added #### OpenTelemetry Tracing Support - **Complete Tracing Integration**: Full OpenTelemetry support for AI model monitoring - see [AI Chat Tracing](./ai-chat.md#opentelemetry-tracing) - **File-based Tracing**: Save traces to JSON Lines format for offline analysis - **Remote Tracing**: Send traces to OpenTelemetry collectors (Jaeger, Zipkin, etc.) - **Performance Monitoring**: Track AI response times, token usage, and throughput - **GitHub Actions Integration**: Automatic trace collection and artifact upload - see [GitHub Actions Tracing](./integrations/github-actions.md#opentelemetry-tracing) - **Comprehensive Metrics**: Session tracking, error monitoring, and usage analytics - **CLI Options**: New `--trace-file`, `--trace-remote`, and `--trace-console` flags #### Crates.io Publishing - **Automated Publishing**: Probe is now published to crates.io as a Rust library - **Library Interface**: New `src/lib.rs` with public API for Rust integration - **Release Automation**: Automatic crates.io publishing in release workflow ### 🔧 Improvements #### AI Chat Enhancements - **Chat History & Session Persistence**: Full session persistence with history dropdown navigation - see [Web Interface documentation](./web-interface.md#chat-history) - **URL-based Session Routing**: Share and bookmark chat sessions with unique URLs (`/chat/session-id`) - **Session Storage**: Automatic session storage to `~/.probe/sessions/` directory with JSON-based persistence - **History Navigation**: Interactive history dropdown with session previews and metadata - **Enhanced UI**: Always-visible header with clickable logo and improved navigation - **Configurable Iterations**: `MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS` environment variable support - see [AI Chat configuration](./ai-chat.md#configuration) - **Enhanced Tool Support**: New file listing and search tools - **Better Session Management**: Improved chat session handling and token tracking - **Web Interface**: Enhanced web server with better error handling - see [Web Interface documentation](./web-interface.md) #### MCP Protocol Updates - **Mandatory Path Parameters**: Improved MCP tool definitions with required path parameters - see [MCP Server documentation](./mcp-server.md#available-tools) - **Better Error Handling**: Enhanced error messages and validation - **Tool Consistency**: Standardized tool interfaces across MCP implementations - see [MCP Integration guide](./mcp-integration.md) #### Ripgrep Integration for Optimized Search Performance - **Native Ripgrep Integration**: Integrated ripgrep Rust library for dramatically improved search performance - **File Searching Performance**: 13% faster file searching (249ms → 217ms average improvement) - **File I/O Performance**: 33% faster file I/O operations (303ms → 202ms average improvement) - **AST Parsing Performance**: 32% faster tree parsing through optimized I/O operations - **Memory Efficiency**: Enhanced memory mapping and streaming for large files with intelligent fallback - **SIMD Optimizations**: Leveraged SIMD instructions for faster pattern matching where available - **Pre-compiled Regex**: Eliminated redundant regex compilation by using pre-compiled RegexSet - **Deterministic Results**: Ensured consistent search results across all runs - **Fixed Timing Bug**: Corrected "Uncovered lines" measurement that was double-counting "term matching" time - **RipgrepSearcher Module**: New dedicated searcher implementation with advanced encoding detection #### Developer Experience - **Windows Support**: Improved Windows compatibility for npm packages - **Binary Management**: Enhanced binary download and path resolution - **Documentation**: Updated documentation for new features and workflows ### 🐛 Bug Fixes #### Search and File Handling - **Underscore Directories**: Fixed recursive search in directories with underscores - **Path Resolution**: Improved file path handling across different platforms - **Binary Permissions**: Fixed Windows binary permission issues #### GitHub Actions - **Output Masking**: Fixed issue_number output to avoid GitHub Actions masking - **Suggest-changes Integration**: Updated from reviewdog to suggest-changes action for better GitHub integration - **Workflow Stability**: Multiple fixes for workflow reliability and error handling #### Build and CI - **Clippy Warnings**: Fixed uninlined_format_args warnings across codebase - **Formatting**: Consistent code formatting with cargo fmt - **Cross-platform**: Improved build compatibility across Linux, macOS, and Windows ### 📚 Documentation #### Website Updates - **Blog Infrastructure**: Added blog support with VitePress integration - **Technical Guides**: New agentic flow guide with XML protocol documentation - **Navigation**: Improved site navigation and structure - **Discord Integration**: Updated Discord invite links #### API Documentation - **Tool Definitions**: Comprehensive documentation for all available tools - **Configuration**: Detailed configuration options for GitHub Actions - **Examples**: Enhanced examples and use case documentation ### 🔧 Infrastructure #### Release Process - **Multi-platform Builds**: Automated builds for Linux, macOS, Windows - **NPM Publishing**: Automated npm package publishing - **Version Management**: Improved version handling and release automation - **Testing**: Enhanced integration and unit testing coverage #### Development Tools - **Linting**: Improved clippy and formatting rules - **CI/CD**: Enhanced continuous integration with better error reporting - **Dependencies**: Updated dependencies and security improvements --- ## [0.5.0] - Previous Release For changes in version 0.5.0 and earlier, please refer to the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/probelabs/probe/releases) page. --- ## Contributing When contributing to Probe, please: 1. Follow the [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/probelabs/probe/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) 2. Update this changelog for any user-facing changes 3. Use conventional commit messages for automatic changelog generation 4. Test your changes across supported platforms ## Links - [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/probelabs/probe) - [Release Downloads](https://github.com/probelabs/probe/releases) - [NPM Package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@probelabs/probe) - [Crates.io Package](https://crates.io/crates/probe)