# Components
Source: https://docs.aside.com/changelog/components
Changelog for the Aside browser (components)
# v1.26.810.1916
August 10, 2026
* \[Feature] **New tab**: Shows unread badges on the Chats and Routines tabs so pending items are easy to spot.
* \[Fix] **Password manager**: Makes biometric unlock and vault recovery safer, with clearer next-step guidance when recovery is needed.
* \[Fix] **Model picker**: Keeps the menu stable in narrow side panels, and preserves maxTokens when editing custom providers.
* \[Fix] **Settings**: Repairs invalid custom model entries so other settings can still save.
* \[Fix] **Sessions**: Keeps sidebar date order after unarchive, and truncates long side panel titles cleanly.
* \[Improvement] **Performance**: Uses less CPU while chat is idle or running in the background.
# v1.26.806.238
August 6, 2026
* \[Feature] **Pinned summary**: Replaces the session side panel with a pinned summary for browser tabs, outputs, and file preview.
* \[Feature] **Created files**: Adds list and grid view modes for generated files, with a Finder-style context menu on artifacts.
* \[Feature] **Memory in chat**: Shows memory file chips with line diffs, and links extractions to the session run that produced them.
* \[Improvement] **Chat details**: Keeps trailing assistant actions visible, shimmers running subagent labels, and shows bouncing dots on scroll-to-bottom while streaming.
* \[Improvement] **Browser previews**: Adapts tab card chrome to the page top tone and uses Chrome's favicon cascade.
* \[Fix] **Small contexts**: Stops the agent from ending silently when the remaining context window is too small to continue.
* \[Fix] **Session files**: Renders custom session file protocols in chat.
* \[Fix] **Password manager**: Recovers autofill after a session storage quota failure.
* \[Fix] **Action confirmation**: Accepts multiline feedback on confirmation cards.
* \[Fix] **Onboarding**: Breaks the unlock loop when you choose manual unlock, and surfaces pricing and model picker load failures.
* \[Fix] **Routines**: Supports custom schedules with more than one time of day.
* \[Fix] **Channels**: Delivers mid-run messages instead of dropping or orphaning them.
# v1.26.804.1737
August 4, 2026
* \[Feature] **Channels**: Adds remote control over Slack and Telegram, with guided connection settings, durable delivery, and Telegram chat commands for session control.
* \[Feature] **Lasso chat**: Keeps a persistent chat for the current page selection.
* \[Feature] **Translation**: Adds local context-menu translation for selected page text.
* \[Feature] **/compact**: Adds a slash command for manual context compaction.
* \[Feature] **Documents**: Reads PDFs through a shared PDFium runtime and routes Office files through restored skill workflows.
* \[Feature] **Paywall**: Shows plan limits when a task needs a paid plan.
* \[Improvement] **Channels**: Keeps the agent's working process visible after a run and delivers suspension prompts in the same order as the app.
* \[Fix] **Compaction**: Compacts between agent tool turns so long tool loops stay within the context window.
* \[Fix] **Memory history**: Paginates large history logs without flickering the detail pane.
* \[Fix] **Action confirmation**: Scrolls overflow content instead of clipping the card.
* \[Fix] **MCP**: Caches each server's tool list across reconnects.
* \[Fix] **Models**: Shows GPT-5.3 Codex Spark, discovers Ollama model metadata, and identifies Aside in OpenRouter request headers.
# v1.26.730.1655
July 30, 2026
* \[Feature] **Sync repair**: Repair missing sync keys with your account password.
* \[Feature] **AI models**: Adds GLM 5.2 and Kimi K3 for Pro and Max.
* \[Fix] **New tab search**: Uses your default search engine for IME searches.
* \[Fix] **New tab input**: Restores typing after canceled IME input on macOS.
* \[Fix] **Generated files**: Opens images and downloads from local session links.
* \[Fix] **Chat deletion**: Stops the task and closes its tabs before deletion.
* \[Fix] **Long tasks**: Reduces daemon memory use when a task ends.
* \[Improvement] **New tab**: Clarifies expired trials and local profile avatars.
* \[Fix] **Cloud sync**: Keeps the previous file until the new version is saved.
# v1.26.727.2357
July 27, 2026
* \[Feature] **Tab switcher**: Adds a setting for tab switcher ordering.
* \[Feature] **Keyboard shortcuts**: Links Appearance settings to Chromium's advanced extension shortcuts page.
* \[Fix] **Billing**: Renews credits on subscription anniversaries and repairs missing paid credit grants.
* \[Fix] **Password manager**: Prompts sign-in when the profile master key is missing, recovers missing vault projections for autofill, and ignores non-auth OAuth copy as a sign-in suggestion.
* \[Fix] **Projects**: Keeps the Create button available when only archived projects remain.
* \[Fix] **Questions**: Always allows a custom answer on agent question prompts.
* \[Fix] **New tab**: Preserves IME composition and stabilizes internal omnibox suggestions.
# v1.26.726.101
July 26, 2026
* \[Feature] Added Claude Opus 5.
* \[Feature] Aside now pulls provider model from the catalog API, so new models will show in the picker without an app update.
* \[Improvement] Selection that a provider retires falls back to the first model you can reach instead of showing Select model.
* \[Improvement] The model list loads from cache while it refreshes in the background, cutting a stale-cache load from about 1.4s to 45ms.
* \[Improvement] Subagent badges show model names instead of raw model IDs.
* \[Fix] The background service sends requests over HTTP/1.1, ending the repeated `fetch failed` errors that a dropped HTTP/2 session caused on Node 26.
* \[Fix] A failed catalog refresh keeps the last working model list, and a model you selected stays selected even when new visibility rules would hide it.
* \[Fix] Long-running sessions refresh their OAuth tokens on every request, and a network error no longer forces you to reconnect a provider whose refresh token still works.
# v1.26.725.633
July 25, 2026
* \[Fix] **Chat history**: Messages render when you open a task and stay visible while you scroll back through a long conversation.
# v1.26.725.345
July 25, 2026
* \[Feature] **Passkeys**: The password manager inline menu offers an action for handing a sign-in back to the browser's own passkey flow.
* \[Improvement] **Chat scrolling**: Aside rebuilds the message list around turns, so long conversations hold your position during streaming, measurement, and fold changes. Short conversations start at the top of the pane.
* \[Improvement] **Settings**: Settings > AI > Models is now Task Models.
* \[Fix] **Long conversations**: Tasks and routines created under the previous GPT-5.6 Sol context window recover instead of failing every request, and a failed compaction keeps your last prompt.
* \[Fix] **Startup**: Aside repairs duplicate routine trigger records that blocked the Project migration and upgrades databases left on older schemas.
* \[Fix] **Password manager popup**: Search ranks title matches first, the locked inline menu keeps its actions button, and the inline menu survives focus changes inside iframes. Field icon tooltips match their toggle state.
* \[Fix] **Provider errors**: Aside retries Codex server errors that arrive without standard error details and drops the bug report prompt from provider failures.
* \[Fix] **Composer**: Prompts that contain dollar amounts submit as written.
* \[Fix] **Avatars**: Cached favicons no longer show the fallback letter through transparent icons.
# v1.26.724.22
July 24, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Projects**: Adds Project memory, linked task breadcrumbs, and clearer controls for instructions and working directories.
* \[Fix] **Project migration**: Preserves symlinks and prevents legacy file conflicts from blocking startup.
# v1.26.723.2306
July 23, 2026
* \[Feature] **Projects**: Adds dedicated spaces for work that needs its own files, instructions, and local workspace.
* Create a Project with a name, icon, color, and workspace folder, then select it from the task composer.
* Add source files and edit Project-specific `AGENTS.md` instructions from the Project page.
* Start and review Project tasks in one place, switch between Projects, and archive finished Projects without removing their tasks or routines.
* \[Feature] **AI subscriptions**: Adds Kimi Code sign-in and Qwen Token Plan connections, refreshes provider branding, and updates the Gemini Flash models.
* \[Feature] **Device management**: Shows active cloud devices in account settings and lets you sign out a remote device.
* \[Improvement] **Local AI providers**: Lets you choose models while connecting Ollama or LM Studio.
* \[Improvement] **Chat history**: Collapses completed agent activity under a Worked for summary, keeps steering messages in the same run, and shows thinking only while the agent is responding.
* \[Improvement] **Created files**: Groups generated files into folders and shows them in an icon grid.
* \[Improvement] **Task browsing**: Simplifies task and routine lists, updates task preview cards, and keeps the current navigation context when you open a task.
* \[Fix] **MCP authentication**: Detects when a custom MCP server needs authorization, starts OAuth before a tool call fails, and provides an authorization retry action.
* \[Fix] **AI provider errors**: Shows credit errors from the provider that caused them and limits Aside credit prompts to Aside models.
* \[Fix] **Password manager capture**: Saves cards and billing identities from hosted payment frames, includes CVV and full billing addresses, and retries submit buttons that are temporarily disabled.
* \[Fix] **Password manager matching**: Stops treating login email fields and passkey buttons as one-time password or password-submit targets. Apple Passwords imports now use the selected browser profile.
* \[Fix] **Chat rendering**: Restores completed tool result cards, keeps chat detached after small scroll movements, and displays images referenced by absolute session paths.
# v1.26.721.1635
July 21, 2026
* \[Feature] **One-time password setup**: Aside detects TOTP QR codes on setup pages and offers to save them to matching logins, including when the vault is locked. You can start a scan from a login item's menu.
* \[Feature] **Post draft copying**: LinkedIn and X draft previews include a button for copying the post body.
* \[Improvement] **Routine pauses**: Aside shows why a routine paused and reconnects scheduled routines to your current browser profile when you resume them. Aside keeps Trigger now unavailable while the routine remains paused.
* \[Fix] **Custom AI providers**: Aside bundles Mistral support in production and restores Edit and Delete for providers added through + Connect.
* \[Fix] **Model fallback**: Aside keeps your selected default and session models when a temporary availability check falls back to an Aside model.
* \[Fix] **Task errors**: Aside shows a provider rate-limit message for upstream limits and a usage-limit message for Aside plan exhaustion. Aside brings disk-full failures out of collapsed tool output and provides recovery steps.
* \[Fix] **Image attachments**: Aside converts HEIC attachments to PNG before the agent reads them and reports broken JPEGs. It preserves previews for formats outside the resize pipeline, including AVIF and SVG.
* \[Fix] **Chat stability**: Chat holds your reading position while a task streams and when you reopen a session. Failed favicons fall back to initials without triggering an error screen.
* \[Fix] **Notification use**: The Notification Use page hides Aside's task-status notifications and limits long previews to four lines.
* \[Fix] **Omnibox navigation**: Aside opens `aside://` addresses entered in the search omnibox as internal Chrome pages.
* \[Fix] **Vault sync**: Aside recovers missing or conflicted vault records without changing stored values and repairs verified legacy sync metadata.
* \[Fix] **Passkeys**: Aside prevents assertion counter conflicts when new passkeys sync across devices.
* \[Fix] **Network authentication**: The packaged background service trusts system-managed certificate authorities, so authentication refresh works behind HTTPS-filtering software.
## v1.26.719.841
July 19, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Fast mode**: Aside places the Fast label beside thinking effort in chat and routine model selectors.
* \[Fix] **Pasted content**: Chat keeps pasted images attached and preserves citation text when you copy a message. Aside gives duplicate filenames separate storage names.
* \[Fix] **Chat scrolling**: Chat follows streaming output when you are at the bottom and holds your reading position after the task finishes.
* \[Fix] **AI provider sessions**: Aside disables models from OAuth providers whose credentials expired and shows a Reconnect action. A successful reconnect refreshes provider state across open extension tabs.
* \[Fix] **MCP previews**: Aside renders MCP tool previews on the new tab page without a route-context crash.
* \[Fix] **Account setup**: Aside waits for fresh account state before finishing onboarding and closes the password-gate popup so Chromium can open a normal new tab page.
## v1.26.717.1605
July 17, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Model selector**: Shows the selected model's provider icon in the task composer.
* \[Fix] **Draft actions**: Draft cards now place `Send`, `Send invite`, or `Post` in the task composer when you click their action button, including from the side panel.
* \[Fix] **Aside credits**: Chat shows the credit notice and Change plan button when you run out of credits for Aside models.
* \[Fix] **Task list links**: Saved task list links open with the All filter when they contain an unsupported filter.
* \[Fix] **CLI browser access**: CLI and REPL sessions connect to the last-focused window when one browser profile is open for your account. Aside restores this connection for older CLI sessions and asks you to close extra profiles when more than one matches.
## v1.26.716.1706
July 16, 2026
* \[Fix] Browser profiles: Tasks and routines stay attached to their original profile after browser restarts, window changes, and profile switches. Aside blocks browser actions when it cannot verify the profile.
* \[Fix] Chat delivery: Aside no longer sends prompts twice during profile checks or drops follow-up messages queued while the agent is replying.
* \[Fix] Task recovery: Aside clears failed runs stuck in the running state and repairs invalid preview data that can prevent the task list from loading.
* \[Improvement] Long conversations: Aside now uses Pi’s native compaction engine while retaining current task state and compatibility with existing histories.
* \[Improvement] AI models: OpenAI Codex users can select GPT-5.6 Luna again. GPT-5.6 Sol is now the default for Aside Pro and Max, with legacy GPT-5.5 compatibility.
* \[Fix] Routines: The scheduler prevents duplicate runs when checks overlap and retries temporary database locks.
## v1.26.715.1706
July 15, 2026
* \[Feature] **Task approvals**: Shows pending questions and permission requests in task previews, then lets users resolve action confirmations from the new tab page.
* \[Feature] **Windows file access**: Adds a native folder picker and lets users open files or show them in File Explorer.
* \[Feature] **Vertical tabs**: Adds an Appearance setting for hiding the bookmarks section and moves tab style controls into the same page.
* \[Improvement] **Update settings**: Shows the browser version and background service version on separate rows, then prompts for a restart when they do not match.
* \[Improvement] **Custom AI providers**: Supports Mistral and the remaining Pi runtime APIs while preserving tiered pricing metadata.
* \[Fix] **Agent context**: Keeps discarded user requests and constraints in compaction summaries.
* \[Fix] **Browser automation**: Makes manual key down and key up sequences enter printable text, recovers tab creation after a saved tab or window closes, and checks file permissions against the resolved tool path.
* \[Fix] **Custom skills**: Keeps invalid frontmatter from crashing Skills settings and handles unquoted colons in agent-created descriptions.
* \[Fix] **Agent runtime**: Keeps background failures from terminating the daemon and prevents repeated approval waits from leaving tool calls stuck.
* \[Fix] **Account recovery**: Requires email verification before password recovery and waits for local security setup before committing cloud sign-in.
* \[Fix] **Password manager integrations**: Prevents WebAuthn hook conflicts and duplicate FIDO2 registrations, and stops content scripts from breaking Bitwarden frames.
* \[Fix] **Password save prompts**: Updates the login selected in the prompt instead of the initial match.
* \[Fix] **Password manager popup**: Retries transient daemon authentication failures and shows a reconnect action when the local service remains unavailable.
* \[Fix] **macOS notifications**: Removes the duplicate extension icon from basic notifications while preserving click actions and rich alerts.
* \[Fix] **Task previews**: Centers draft artifact previews and restores confirmation card spacing.
## v1.26.713.1911
July 13, 2026
* \[Fix] **Agent sandboxes**: Applies each agent's sandbox settings when creating a session.
* \[Fix] **Memory cleanup**: Releases idle Memory clients and sessions on timeout and after rebuild, shutdown, or index changes, then drops failed push sessions before retrying.
## v1.26.713.1553
July 13, 2026
* \[Feature] **Archived chats**: Adds a page for browsing archived chats.
* \[Feature] **Appearance settings**: Replaces Personalize with an Appearance page that groups theme controls and keyboard shortcuts.
* \[Feature] **GPT-5.6 fast mode**: Enables fast mode for Sol, Terra, and Luna through the priority service tier.
* \[Feature] **Immediate follow-ups**: Sends Command + Enter follow-ups as interrupt steering while an agent is responding.
* \[Improvement] **Additional profile onboarding**: Skips the splash, import, and completion screens after account security setup for extra browser profiles.
* \[Fix] **Side panel sessions**: Keeps the side panel session in sync with the active tab.
* \[Fix] **MCP connections**: Shows stderr and timeout details when a local stdio server fails to connect.
* \[Fix] **AI providers**: Restores prompt caching and stops retrying provider authentication failures.
* \[Fix] **Chat UI**: Renders error alerts when UI context is unavailable, stabilizes read markers and confirmation shortcuts, and restores light-mode scroll button contrast.
## v1.26.711.1147
July 11, 2026
* \[Feature] **MCP servers**: Adds MCP settings, a server setup dialog, session tools, and authenticated HTTP connectors.
* \[Feature] **Profile routing**: Routes agent sessions and extension commands through the matching browser profile.
* \[Improvement] **Task cards**: Shows four cards per row and includes task errors in preview cards.
* \[Fix] **Passkeys**: Validates requests against the sender scope and prevents duplicate sign-in suggestions.
* \[Fix] **GPT-5.6 Sol**: Makes Sol available to eligible paid ChatGPT plans.
* \[Fix] **Sandbox tools**: Allows agents to use Xcode command-line tools inside the sandbox.
## v1.26.710.1610
July 10, 2026
* \[Feature] **Office attachments**: Accepts DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, and XLSX files in chat uploads.
* \[Feature] **GPT-5.6 models**: Adds Responses API models and max thinking effort through the v2 model catalog.
* \[Fix] **Model selection**: Keeps Codex GPT-5.4 visible, handles retired Grok selections, restores Composer 2.5 Fast, and prefers connected subscriptions over Aside fallback models.
* \[Fix] **Routine schedules**: Supports monthly routines and waits for the recurrence field to lose focus before saving custom schedules.
* \[Fix] **Completion notifications**: Suppresses OS alerts while the user is viewing the session and sends alerts before memory extraction work starts.
* \[Fix] **Session state**: Preserves agent tabs during model reload and marks completed sessions as read while they remain visible.
* \[Fix] **Attached files**: Requires the agent to read attached files before answering and keeps REPL screenshots in the session temporary directory.
* \[Fix] **Provider connections**: Restores the ChatGPT disconnect flow.
* \[Fix] **Action confirmations**: Keeps confirmation prompts in English.
* \[Fix] **Password manager menu**: Prevents the autosave vault dropdown from clipping.
## v1.26.709.1533
July 9, 2026
* \[Feature] **Omnibox navigation**: Adds Control + N and Control + P shortcuts for moving through suggestions.
* \[Fix] **Browser automation**: Supports same-document navigation, Playwright page shortcuts, chained `locator.last`, and native Chrome download checks. Rejects `page.evaluate` calls whose arguments would be dropped.
* \[Fix] **Account registry**: Writes JSON through a temporary file and recovers empty or corrupt account registries at startup.
* \[Fix] **Profile accounts**: Prevents duplicate Chromium profile sign-ins and keeps duplicate account slots from blocking valid accounts.
* \[Fix] **Session transcripts**: Finds transcripts when timezone shifts move the expected date path.
* \[Fix] **Chat scroll**: Follows the bottom based on the user's scroll intent.
* \[Fix] **New tab attachments**: Starts file prompts through the daemon.
* \[Fix] **Model runtime**: Guards the reasoning option during compaction and refreshes the Grok subscription model cache.
## v1.26.708.1707
July 8, 2026
* \[Feature] **Custom skills**: Replaces the custom skill tool with a built-in skill creator and allows agents to write memory and skill files.
* \[Fix] **Local service sign-in**: Distinguishes an unavailable daemon from an unsupported macOS version during authentication.
* \[Fix] **Apple Passwords import**: Reads the required vault data without loading a full vault snapshot.
## v1.26.707.1525
July 7, 2026
* \[Feature] **Password suggestions**: Uses one decision path across suggestion surfaces and records the evidence behind autosave outcomes.
* \[Improvement] **Password manager state**: Moves vault, settings, suggestion, and workflow state into the background runtime and skips snapshot reloads when the vault revision has not changed.
* \[Fix] **Password manager workflows**: Refreshes passkey data after vault updates, excludes external unlock items, and suppresses autosave prompts after browser back or on Agent Manager pages.
* \[Feature] **Daemon health**: Reports the running daemon's release tag in health checks.
* \[Fix] **Daemon startup**: Replaces a stale daemon process during startup.
* \[Fix] **Network errors**: Shows TLS troubleshooting guidance when secure connections fail.
* \[Fix] **Password provider menu**: Uses the correct hover color in dark mode.
## v1.26.706.1521
July 6, 2026
* \[Feature] **Session commands**: Adds `/feedback`, `/new`, and `/clear` commands in chat.
* \[Fix] **Google sign-in**: Prevents the Google sign-in popup from hanging during profile lookup or OAuth start.
* \[Fix] **Auth refresh**: Handles revoked devices, scoped sign-out, and recoverable token refresh failures.
* \[Fix] **Profile accounts**: Shows disk-full and duplicate-start errors during profile account setup.
* \[Fix] **Account startup**: Waits through short account registry lock contention during startup.
* \[Fix] **Chat scroll**: Keeps message row measurement from shifting the current scroll position.
* \[Fix] **Google Docs selection**: Preserves table selection while Aside reads the current selection.
* \[Fix] **Password manager OTP**: Reports failed OTP autofill and sends input events that more OTP forms accept.
* \[Fix] **CLI and MCP**: Keeps the MCP server alive after idle periods, releases idle REPL sessions, and reports daemon outages in plain language.
* \[Fix] **Custom skills**: Allows a new skill with a distinct name even when an existing skill looks similar.
## v1.26.703.1528
July 3, 2026
* \[Fix] **Provider OAuth**: Handles expired provider OAuth credentials.
* \[Fix] **Compaction**: Improves recovery across providers and resumes sessions after length-stop compaction.
* \[Fix] **Password import**: Skips invalid 1Password import URLs.
* \[Fix] **Checkout and billing**: Shows promotion code fields and repairs stale paid entitlements.
* \[Fix] **New tab**: Preserves omnibox input during bootstrap.
* \[Fix] **Chat scroll**: Keeps scroll correction from overriding user wheel intent.
## v1.26.702.2347
July 2, 2026
* \[Fix] **Auth refresh**: Classifies refresh failures by API code and retries transient token refresh failures.
* \[Fix] **Session refresh**: Avoids refreshing stale persisted sessions.
* \[Fix] **Refresh tokens**: Aligns refresh token JWT and persisted TTL.
* \[Fix] **Account state**: Avoids defaulting sidebar state, file links, and pending account caches to account 0.
* \[Improvement] **Refresh telemetry**: Records richer refresh failure causes and retry attempt details.
## v1.26.702.1638
July 2, 2026
* \[Fix] **Profile accounts**: Keeps profile account resolution compatible with older daemons.
* \[Fix] **Lasso popup**: Resolves the popup account from the active browser profile.
* \[Improvement] **Profile telemetry**: Tracks browser profile context read failures.
## v1.26.702.1558
July 2, 2026
* \[Feature] **Chat actions**: Adds chat delete actions.
* \[Feature] **Local context**: Allows local folders to be attached as chat context.
* \[Fix] **New tab accounts**: Renders the new tab shell before account resolution and prevents account 0 flicker during bootstrap.
* \[Fix] **Mentions**: Prevents mention Enter from submitting and scopes tab mentions to the active account.
* \[Fix] **Skill auth**: Recovers Slack and Notion skill authentication.
* \[Fix] **Billing**: Returns from embedded checkout after onboarding.
* \[Fix] **Chat rendering**: Stops conversation scroll flicker loops.
* \[Fix] **Settings**: Stabilizes settings row separators.
## v1.26.701.2158
July 1, 2026
* \[Feature] **Tool calls**: Shows a shimmer animation while a tool call is running.
* \[Feature] **Skills**: Shows skills in slash rich input and adds a draft skill.
* \[Feature] **PDF support**: Adds native PDF support and improves the PDF skill.
* \[Feature] **Model runtime**: Migrates models to Pi explicit runtime providers.
* \[Fix] **Profile accounts**: Avoids repeated bootstrap work during profile account resolution and prevents wrong account fallback.
* \[Fix] **REPL output**: Hardens untrusted tool output guards.
* \[Fix] **Ask omnibox**: Restores Enter submit.
* \[Improvement] **Omnibox**: Supports selecting omnibox text with Shift + ArrowUp.
## v1.26.630.2302
June 30, 2026
* \[Fix] **REPL output guards**: Gates REPL output guards by model capability and hides guard markers from chat.
* \[Fix] **Password manager**: Avoids Bitwarden inline menu top-layer conflicts.
## v1.26.629.2342
June 29, 2026
* \[Fix] **Local AI providers**: Allows Ollama and LM Studio sessions to run without API keys.
* \[Fix] **Compaction**: Prevents repeated compaction loops that could drain credits without advancing the retained message boundary.
* \[Fix] **Grok Build**: Hides reasoning controls for Grok subscription models that do not support reasoning effort.
* \[Fix] **Chat connections**: Suppresses expected websocket cancellation errors when switching Ask AI sessions quickly.
* \[Fix] **Account binding**: Repairs profile/account binding drift and prevents duplicate account slots after profile ID rotation.
* \[Fix] **Passkeys**: Supports prototype-level passkey fallback hooks and prevents fallback recursion with external password managers.
* \[Fix] **New tab**: Keeps selected URL autocomplete values after submit and hides empty previews while data is still loading.
## v1.26.629.231
June 29, 2026
* \[Fix] **macOS installation keys**: Supports software P-256 installation keys on Macs without Secure Enclave while keeping the public key scheme unchanged.
## v1.26.627.1553
June 27, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Grok Build**: Enables thinking effort controls for Grok Build.
* \[Improvement] **Plan descriptions**: Clarifies Pro and Max usage descriptions.
* \[Fix] **Chat editing**: Updates edited messages in place so stale transcript rows disappear before the follow-up run starts.
* \[Fix] **AI credit usage**: Handles usage overage limits more accurately.
* \[Fix] **Browser import**: Shows Firefox import even when native profile details are not available.
* \[Fix] **Routines**: Keeps routine permissions aligned with the session that created them.
* \[Fix] **Model fallback**: Resets thinking level when Aside falls back to another available model.
* \[Fix] **Thinking messages**: Shows scroll fades only when thinking content overflows.
* \[Fix] **Activity screen**: Prevents crowded month labels in the activity heatmap.
## v1.26.627.119
June 26, 2026
* \[Feature] **Grok subscription**: Adds Grok subscription sign-in and model support.
* \[Feature] **Custom AI providers**: Adds settings UI for custom providers, Ollama, and LM Studio.
* \[Improvement] **Model provider icons**: Shows clearer icons for Grok, local providers, OpenCode, MiniMax, and Xiaomi.
* \[Fix] **Provider sign-in**: Improves ChatGPT, Claude, and GitHub Copilot subscription connection reliability.
* \[Fix] **Account sign-in**: Clears stale local profile bindings when they block a new sign-in.
## v1.26.626.218
June 25, 2026
* \[Fix] **Billing**: Allows billing requests from the extension.
* \[Fix] **Account switching**: Keeps the saved vault available after switching accounts.
* \[Fix] **Stability**: Keeps the extension connected to the local service under production security settings.
June 25, 2026
* \[Feature] **Model catalog**: Adds AI Gateway model catalog selection.
* \[Feature] **Subscriptions**: Shows subscription status on the new tab page.
* \[Fix] **Checkout**: Handles embedded checkout fallbacks more reliably.
* \[Fix] **Chat rendering**: Renders single-dollar LaTeX correctly.
* \[Fix] **New tab search**: Speeds up search handoff from the new tab page.
* \[Fix] **Thinking messages**: Keeps long thinking content scrollable without distracting message animations.
* \[Fix] **Feedback**: Sends feedback submissions more reliably.
* \[Fix] **GitHub Copilot models**: Caches model availability checks more reliably.
## v1.26.625.410
June 25, 2026
* \[Fix] **OAuth connections**: Handles local callback port conflicts more reliably during AI provider sign-in.
* \[Fix] **Tab search**: Scopes chat results to the current profile account.
## v1.26.624.1450
June 24, 2026
* \[Feature] **AI providers**: Adds DeepSeek and Kimi provider support.
* \[Fix] **Provider setup and feedback**: Improves AI provider setup submission and prevents accidental feedback dialog dismissal while sending.
* \[Fix] **Draft artifacts**: Sends draft artifact messages through the chat input more reliably.
## v1.26.624.1043
June 24, 2026
* \[Feature] **Interrupted tasks**: Adds a resume action for paused queued messages.
* \[Fix] **Agent interrupt**: Stops runs immediately on interrupt and pauses queued messages.
* \[Fix] **Chat links and composer**: Opens extension chat links in browser tabs and keeps multiline input scrolled correctly.
* \[Fix] **Passkey registration**: Clears the autosave prompt before passkey registration.
## v1.26.624.131
June 24, 2026
* \[Fix] **Session restore**: Reopens empty session run projections more reliably.
## v1.26.623.1918
June 23, 2026
* \[Feature] **Custom skills**: Opens custom skill management to more users.
* \[Fix] **Password manager install**: Stops the password manager popup from opening during extension install.
## v1.26.623.1804
June 23, 2026
* \[Feature] **Suggested tasks**: Shows suggested tasks from onboarding browser history on the welcome surface.
* \[Improvement] **Onboarding polish**: Fixes onboarding loops, browser import picker clipping, autosave scope, and routine recents.
## v1.26.622.1544
June 22, 2026
* \[Feature] **Help Center**: Adds the first Aside Help Center pages.
* \[Feature] **Routine cards**: Shows routines on the new tab page.
* \[Improvement] **Model errors**: Makes unavailable model errors clearer.
## v1.26.620.1506
June 20, 2026
* \[Feature] **Plan limits**: Shows clearer limits for Ultrabrowse and routine creation on the free plan.
* \[Feature] **Touch ID setup**: Prompts Touch ID setup after password manager unlock.
* \[Fix] **Inline citations**: Renders inline citations more reliably.
## v1.26.619.1734
June 19, 2026
* \[Feature] **Pricing and subscriptions**: Adds pricing pages, plan change UI, usage limits, and limit previews.
* \[Feature] **Apple Passwords**: Adds Apple Passwords support through the browser integration.
* \[Improvement] **Password manager onboarding**: Clarifies setup copy and onboarding dialogs.
## v1.26.619.422
June 18, 2026
* \[Fix] **Passkey origins**: Shows passkey items with the parent origin.
* \[Fix] **Subagent previews**: Shows a fallback preview icon when a subagent is outside an active session.
## v1.26.618.1507
June 18, 2026
* \[Feature] **External password managers**: Adds support for more external password managers beyond 1Password.
* \[Feature] **Install page**: Adds a download and install page.
* \[Fix] **Billing and session display**: Fixes renewal credit display and temporary markdown image rendering.
## v1.26.617.1936
June 17, 2026
* \[Feature] **Subagent status**: Shows subagent state in the side panel.
* \[Feature] **Unread previews**: Adds unread session previews and responsive task cards.
* \[Improvement] **Password manager autosave**: Reduces autosave CPU usage.
## v1.26.616.1654
June 16, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Startup reliability**: Improves background service startup checks.
## v1.26.616.1613
June 16, 2026
* \[Feature] **Session previews**: Adds recent session preview cards, artifact previews, live browser previews, and Chrome session popovers.
* \[Improvement] **Task feed**: Refreshes task cards and running session previews.
## v1.26.615.1604
June 15, 2026
* \[Fix] **Passkeys**: Improves passkey bridge reliability.
* \[Improvement] **Browser colors**: Applies browser color scheme changes more consistently.
* \[Fix] **Queued continuations**: Recovers queued continuations after assistant turns.
## v1.26.613.1515
June 13, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Password manager popup**: Reduces duplicate loading and flicker in the popup.
* \[Fix] **Popup frame**: Prevents blank popup frames before the app renders.
## v1.26.612.1504
June 12, 2026
* \[Feature] **Event-triggered routines**: Adds event triggers, inbox-driven wakes, and routine filter UI.
* \[Fix] **Chat composer**: Stabilizes chat input submission.
* \[Fix] **Okta autofill**: Restores autofill on Okta passcode password forms.
## v1.26.611.1524
June 11, 2026
* \[Feature] **Model picker**: Adds searchable model selection and thinking effort controls.
* \[Feature] **Task notifications**: Sends task completion notifications when focus is away and opens sessions from notification clicks.
* \[Feature] **Settings feedback**: Sends settings feedback through Intercom.
## v1.26.610.1628
June 10, 2026
* \[Feature] **Payment autofill**: Autofills payment cards across hosted payment iframes.
* \[Feature] **CLI update notices**: Shows update notices for interactive CLI commands.
* \[Fix] **Provider rate limits**: Handles provider rate limits without automatic retry loops.
## v1.26.609.1610
June 9, 2026
* \[Feature] **Onboarding refresh**: Updates onboarding and developer connection nudges.
* \[Improvement] **Browser settings**: Moves browser settings to the native settings surface.
* \[Fix] **Side panel and autosave**: Fixes incognito side panel theming, chat pinning, and clipped autosave notifications.
## v1.26.608.2018
June 8, 2026
* \[Improvement] **CLI installer**: Polishes install, update, and version output.
* \[Feature] **OpenRouter models**: Adds configurable OpenRouter models.
* \[Improvement] **Chat and password manager speed**: Improves long chat rendering and password popup startup.
## v1.26.606.1622
June 6, 2026
* \[Feature] **Custom skills**: Adds user-owned custom skill management and skill creation from chat.
* \[Feature] **Tab search**: Adds tab search.
* \[Fix] **Password safety**: Blocks cross-site agent autofill.
## v1.26.605.1612
June 5, 2026
* \[Feature] **Workspace access**: Adds custom working directory access.
* \[Improvement] **Session list speed**: Speeds up recent session lists.
* \[Improvement] **Question prompts**: Adds cancel actions and default custom answers.
## v1.26.604.1932
June 4, 2026
* \[Fix] **New tab routines**: Hides routine suggestions on the new tab page when they should not appear.
## v1.26.604.1707
June 3, 2026
* \[Feature] **Browser import settings**: Adds browser import controls to General settings.
* \[Feature] **Routine suggestions**: Suggests routines from browser history.
* \[Fix] **Omnibox history**: Deletes omnibox history suggestions.
## v1.26.603.1838
June 3, 2026
* \[Feature] **Notification sync**: Syncs notification grants from native browser permission events.
* \[Feature] **Zoom display**: Shows zoom levels more clearly.
* \[Improvement] **Light mode**: Improves light-mode UI details.
## v1.26.602.1729
June 2, 2026
* \[Feature] **Action confirmation**: Adds clearer action confirmation controls.
* \[Feature] **External password managers**: Adds connection state, disconnect flow, and multi-manager support.
* \[Fix] **Notifications**: Avoids duplicate notification entries.
## v1.26.601.1856
June 1, 2026
* \[Feature] **Review before action**: Adds review-before-action mode.
* \[Feature] **External manager settings**: Adds external password manager connection settings.
* \[Improvement] **App speed**: Improves agent-manager loading speed.
## v1.26.531.1623
May 30, 2026
* \[Feature] **Password matching controls**: Adds per-URL matching strategy controls.
* \[Feature] **File drop**: Adds file drop support in the AI pane.
* \[Fix] **Routine pause**: Pauses finite routines after their final run.
## v1.26.529.1833
May 29, 2026
* \[Feature] **Password manager choices**: Adds detected password manager suggestions and quick setup choices.
* \[Feature] **External unlock capture**: Saves external password manager unlock passwords where supported.
* \[Fix] **Passkey bridge**: Improves passkey bridge messaging.
## v1.26.528.1924
May 27, 2026
* \[Feature] **Initial component release**: Adds the first bundled agent UI, password manager, landing pages, routines, settings, browser automation, and shared UI.
# Aside Browser
Source: https://docs.aside.com/changelog/native
Changelog for Aside Browser
## v1.0.813.1
### Fixes and Improvements
* Added a collapsible Bookmarks section to the vertical sidebar.
* Go to Settings > Appearance > Customize sidebar > Check bookmarks to enable
* Fixed an issue where pages would sometimes fail to load and remain stuck on a blank white screen indefinitely.
* Fixed numbered tab shortcuts (Ctrl/Command + 1–9) not working while the vertical sidebar was collapsed.
* Fixed the collapsed sidebar preview unexpectedly closing while the pointer was still at the edge of the window.
* Fixed nested extension submenus closing their parent menus when navigating to deeper levels.
* Fixed Split View tabs becoming separated or misplaced when moved to the end of the tab list.
* Improved the reliability of grouped and Split View tabs when moving them between profiles.
* Fixed the address bar's permission indicator disappearing after camera or microphone activity ended while another permission was still active.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when closing the browser while a bookmark item was focused.
* Fixed crashes that could occur while navigating menus and dialogs with the keyboard.
* Improved stability when closing popovers and dialogs.
## v1.0.811.1
### Redesigned the sidebar
* Chats now have their own section above regular tabs and are expanded by default.
* Pinned Tabs and profile controls remain fixed while the tab list scrolls.
### Improved New Chat
* New Chat now appears as a dedicated row with its keyboard shortcut shown on hover.
* Opening it again focuses the existing New Chat tab instead of creating duplicates, and a newly started chat transitions into its own chat row.
### Added permanent chat deletion
* Chats can now be permanently deleted from their context menu.
### Added a Tab Switcher order setting
* Choose whether Ctrl + Tab lists tabs by most recently used order or by their current order in the sidebar.
### Improved profile switching
* Switching profiles with many open tabs is now faster and smoother.
* Swipe previews are also more reliable in both directions, including when using a collapsed floating sidebar.
### Fixes and Improvements
* Updated Chromium to `151.0.7922.109`
* Fixed Ask Aside changing its open or closed state when switching tabs. It now preserves the state selected by the user.
* Default chromium appearance settings are now synchronized across loaded profiles.
* Fixed the Aside Password Manager losing its pinned position or toolbar order after a component update.
* Fixed Picture-in-Picture sessions not returning to their original tab correctly after switching profiles.
* Fixed a crash when using Move Tab to Another Window.
* Fixed several crashes that could occur during browser startup, profile switching, window teardown, and vertical tab cleanup.
* Fixed a crash when opening the bookmark dialog from the focused address-bar button.
* Fixed a crash when using IME input through DevTools on a prerendered page.
* Fixed visual trails and stale highlights when dragging vertical tabs or expanding collapsed tab groups.
* Fixed Saved Tab Groups calculating incorrect tab move destinations when some synced tabs were not open locally.
## v1.0.728.1
### Local Profiles
New profiles are now created as local profiles without taking you through onboarding.
* You can sign in later from the New Tab Page.
* Signing in is required if you want to use AI through the Aside Provider on that profile.
### Custom Profile Names
You can now customize your profile name. Aside will display the Chromium profile name instead of your Aside account name.
### Fixes and Improvements
* Fixed websites that use a large amount of storage or cookies at once, such as `chess.com`, failing to load.
* Fixed multi-selected tabs not showing their selected state in the UI.
* Fixed an occasional crash after completing onboarding.
* Fixed an occasional crash when closing the browser.
* Fixed the address bar occasionally showing an internal extension URL instead of the search field when opening Agent Manager directly in a new tab.
* Fixed some browser shortcuts not working while the Tab Switcher was open.
* Fixed `Command + C` and `Command + V` not working in the Aside Password Manager popup and Tab Search window on macOS.
* Updated Chromium from `150.0.7871.129` to `150.0.7871.183`.
Thanks as always for all the feedback and bug reports!
## v1.0.724.1
### Smoother Profile Switching
* Fixed lag and crashes when switching profiles by swiping left or right.
* Profile switching is now smoother and uses fewer system resources.
* Fixed Chats and new tasks opening under the wrong Aside account when the browser profile order did not match the order of signed-in Aside accounts.
* Fixed extension buttons and macOS Bookmarks/History menus retaining the previous profile's state after switching profiles.
### Toolbar and Address bar
* Fixed toolbar icon customization not working through Chromium's **Appearance > Customize toolbar** settings.
* Fixed customized toolbar buttons becoming invisible or unclickable while still occupying space.
* The **Ask Aside** button will now always remain on the far right of the toolbar.
* Fixed the address bar changing height or losing its border when Autofill results appeared.
### Tabs and Sidebar
* Fixed the vertical tab sidebar width resetting after restarting the browser.
* Fixed vertical scrolling not working in the vertical tab sidebar.
* Fixed a crash when the active tab changed while the Tab Switcher was closing.
* Fixed Split Tabs activating the wrong tab or the previously active tab when focus changed.
* Fixed visual artifacts remaining when another tab became active during a tab drag.
* Fixed an occasional crash when dragging bookmark items in the vertical tab sidebar.
### Sync and Session Reliability
* Fixed a crash when restoring a session that contained no valid restorable tabs.
* Fixed tab group cloud sync failing to preserve the correct tab URLs, titles, and icons.
### Other crash fixes
* Fixed a crash when resetting browser settings in Incognito mode.
* Fixed an occasional crash while loading extensions.
* Fixed an occasional crash when JavaScript dialogs such as `window.alert` appeared.
* Fixed an occasional crash when using Auto PiP.
* Fixed a crash during Aside Password Manager Autofill when Chromium's password manager database was corrupted.
Thanks for continuing to send us your reports. They help us track down the difficult edge cases and make Aside more stable with every release.
## v1.0.720.1
### Fixes and improvements
* Fixed several crashes that could occur during startup, profile switching, window closing, and browser shutdown.
* Fixed the History menu on macOS showing items from the previous profile after switching profiles, or regular browsing history in Incognito mode.
* Fixed the Bookmarks bar—including in Split View—continuing to show the previous profile's bookmarks after switching profiles. Also fixed a crash in the bookmarks overflow menu after its contents changed.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when the last tab in a synced Tab Group was removed on another device.
* Fixed Split View sometimes activating the wrong pane after rapid focus changes or reversing the pane order.
* Fixed camera and microphone previews in permission prompts failing before device detection completed.
* Fixed profile pictures sometimes failing to load during startup.
* Fixed crashes involving the **Ask Aside** button in Split View and extension buttons during shutdown or immediately after being unpinned.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when closing a page while an AI request was still running.
* Fixed a crash when certain controls were activated with assistive technologies.
No new features in this version. This one's all about stability improvements.
## v1.0.719.1
### New: Tab Switcher
* Available when you have two or more tabs open.
* Press `Ctrl + Tab` to open the switcher.
* Keep holding `Ctrl` and press `Tab` to preview and switch between your open tabs.
### New: Pinned Tab cloud sync
* Your Pinned Tabs can now sync through the cloud.
### New: New tabs now open at the top
* New tabs in the vertical tab sidebar now appear at the top of the tab list instead of the bottom.
### Fixes and improvements
* Fixed several crashes in Incognito mode.
* Fixed **Ask Aside** continuing to reference the previous profile after switching profiles.
* Fixed an out-of-memory crash that could occur when the browser was left running for a long time.
* Fixed redirects from a Pinned Tab repeatedly creating new tabs.
* Added a close button to approval dialogs in the Chat section. These dialogs will also dismiss automatically when they lose focus.
* Fixed the active tab in the Bookmarks section jumping into the regular tab list when switching profiles.
* Updated Chromium from `150.0.7871.115` to `150.0.7871.129`.
Thanks as always for all the reports and feedback!
## v1.0.714.1
### New and improved
* Added profile switching with Ctrl (^) + 1 through Ctrl (^) + 9.
* You can now switch profiles by profile order using shortcuts like Ctrl + 1, Ctrl + 2, and so on.
* Duplicating a pinned tab now clearly opens the duplicate as a new tab.
* Fixed the previous behavior where duplicated pinned tabs could appear inside the pinned tab area.
* Fixed weird UI states that could happen after duplicating pinned tabs.
### Fixes and improvements
* Fixed a crash that could happen when the cookie controls modal closes.
* Fixed pinned tabs being duplicated abnormally after updating.
* Fixed an occasional crash when changing tab modes.
* Fixed tab mode changes from the context menu not syncing with the tab mode state in Aside Settings.
* Fixed macOS menu bar items for bookmarks, tabs, and profiles still being matched to the previous profile after switching profiles.
* Fixed tooltips not disappearing properly.
* Fixed Aside Components occasionally failing to download.
## v1.0.713.3
### New: Profile Switcher
You can now switch profiles inside a single window.
* In vertical tabs, swipe left/right on a macOS trackpad to smoothly switch profiles.
* In horizontal tabs, click the profile icon to switch to another profile.
### Hidden option: disable window background transparency
We added a hidden option to remove background transparency at the system level.
Disable window background vibrancy:
```
defaults write at.studio.AsideBrowser windowBackgroundVibrancyDisabled -bool true
```
Restore default behavior:
```
defaults delete at.studio.AsideBrowser windowBackgroundVibrancyDisabled
```
### Bookmark drag UX improvements
* Replaced the old blue-line bookmark drag UX with the same drag experience used for tabs.
* Fixed a crash that could happen while dragging bookmark items.
### Fixes and improvements
* Fixed agents using only the first profile instead of the requested profile in multi-profile environments.
* Fixed tabs occasionally detaching into a new window while dragging.
* Fixed the horizontal tab Shrink Tab option not being saved in the UI.
* Fixed the close button in the horizontal tab Agent Tabs popup showing up in red.
* Fixed tabs not rendering after entering and exiting fullscreen while using horizontal tabs.
* Fixed tabs not merging into another window properly.
* Fixed the onboarding window being resizable.
* Fixed a crash when focusing in/out of split tabs.
* Fixed layout artifacts remaining in the vertical sidebar when Agent Tabs appear.
* Fixed existing tab groups disappearing after restarting the browser or switching profiles.
* Fixed pinned tabs becoming inaccessible “ghost tabs” in certain cases.
* Fixed Aside Updater crashing periodically.
* Updated Chromium from 150.0.7871.47 to 150.0.7871.115.
## v1.0.706.1
### Major fixes
* Fixed the issue where Aside could cause CPU spikes and keep triggering the GPU / macOS WindowServer.
* Your laptop should no longer heat up just from using Aside. Depending on what you’re doing, it can still get warm, but it should be much better than before.
* Fixed Google OAuth2 sign-in getting logged out too often.
* We know many of you reported this, and we’ve patched the area we suspected.
* At least on my machine, Google sign-in has stayed logged in for over 2 days now.
### New features
* Added Auto PiP.
* When a video is playing and you switch to another tab, the video can automatically pop out into Picture-in-Picture.
* Off by default. You can enable it in Settings > General.
* Added non-scroll mode for horizontal tabs.
* Like stock Chrome, tab widths will shrink to fit the window instead of requiring horizontal scrolling.
* Off by default. You can enable it in Settings > General.
* Pinned Tab v2
* ⚠️ Warning: This is not compatible with the previous pinned tab system. Sorry for the hassle, but please unpin your existing pinned tabs and pin them again.
* Pinned tabs will no longer automatically open in the background.
* This fixes the issue where pinned tabs could use too much memory.
* After we launched pinned tabs, Aside could use abnormal memory because Chromium’s pinned tab behavior keeps them alive in the background. We changed that behavior.
* You can now drag bookmarks into the pinned tab area to turn them into pinned tabs.
* Pinned tabs no longer disappear after restarting the browser.
* Fixed pinned tab dragging not working when the vertical tab sidebar is in floating mode.
### Other changes
* Aside Password Manager can now be unpinned and pinned again.
* Aside now restores your previous session when launching the browser.
* It no longer opens as a fresh new window by default.
* Fixed tab order getting mixed up when switching tabs with Command + 1 through Command + 9.
* Updated Chromium from 149.0.7827.197 to 150.0.7871.47.
## v1.0.630.1
### New features
* Added Pinned Tabs.
* You asked for it a lot, so it’s here.
* Right-click a tab and choose pin, or if you use vertical tabs, drag the tab to the very top.
* Tab dragging in vertical tabs is available when you have 2 or more tabs.
* Horizontal tabs support pinned tabs too, but for now just right-click the tab and pin it from there.
* The floating vertical tab sidebar now appears when you hover near the left edge of the browser.
* Previously, you had to hover the “Expand sidebar” button.
* Now it works more like Arc: move your cursor near the left edge and the sidebar will appear.
### Fixes and improvements
* Fixed the bookmark bar not showing on the New Tab page.
* Fixed extension submenus disappearing immediately when hovering over them.
* Fixed broken tab rendering when using Split View with horizontal tabs.
* Fixed an occasional crash when importing data from Chromium-based browsers.
* Fixed a tooltip overlapping other components when dragging a tab into the bookmarks section.
* Fixed tab shadows not disappearing properly while scrolling in horizontal tab mode.
## v1.0.626.1
June 26, 2026
### Fixes and improvements
* Fixed an issue where the profile area and buttons overlapped in the vertical tab sidebar.
* Fixed installed extensions being cut off when there are many extensions. The list is now scrollable.
* Clicking an extension in the installed extensions list now opens it directly.
* Fixed incorrect web content corner rendering in fullscreen mode.
* Fixed broken rendering of the first tab item when using horizontal tabs in fullscreen mode.
* Fixed a light-blue color appearing in the corner area when using horizontal tabs in fullscreen mode. (in Light mode)
* Fixed the floating vertical tab sidebar view covering the “Expand sidebar” button in fullscreen mode.
* Fixed Chromium-based browser bookmark imports not preserving folder depth. Bookmark structure is now preserved.
* Added support for showing the full URL in the address bar.
* Fixed key color sampling issues on webpages that use backdrop blur or transparency.
* Increased the maximum width of the sidebar and side panel to around 520px.
* Updated Chromium from 149.0.7827.156 to 149.0.7827.197.
* Fixed onboarding not working on Intel Macs.
## 1.0.624.1
June 24, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Browser engine**: Updates the Chromium base from 149.0.7827.156 to 149.0.7827.197.
* \[Improvement] **Bundled Aside components**: Updates the bundled agent, password manager, and local service components to the latest release.
## 1.0.623.1
June 23, 2026
* \[Feature] **Tab search**: Adds tab search from the sidebar, with a floating bubble and quick actions.
* \[Feature] **Aside extensions menu**: Adds a toolbar extensions menu with pin controls and live submenu updates.
* \[Improvement] **Windows menus**: Improves browser menus on Windows.
* \[Improvement] **Account password gate**: Polishes the account password popup.
* \[Fix] **New tab reload**: Disables Reload on Aside new tab pages.
* \[Fix] **Cold-start URLs**: Prevents macOS cold-start URL opens from leaving an extra new tab window.
## 1.0.619.1
June 20, 2026
* \[Feature] **Browser settings**: Adds language and search engine settings controls.
* \[Feature] **Browser import**: Adds bookmarks-only import and Safari import support.
* \[Feature] **Task popovers**: Adds recent task popovers in the sidebar.
* \[Feature] **Password manager popup**: Opens the password manager in a macOS popover.
* \[Fix] **Apple Passwords**: Improves Apple Passwords support.
* \[Fix] **Horizontal tabs**: Keeps tab dragging working through trailing tab strip space.
## 1.0.615.1
June 15, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Toolbar colors**: Improves toolbar contrast and color sampling.
* \[Improvement] **Split view**: Refines split view rounding.
* \[Improvement] **Vertical tabs**: Makes vertical tab animations smoother.
## 1.0.611.1
June 12, 2026
* \[Feature] **Bookmark tab menu**: Adds bookmark actions to the tab menu.
* \[Fix] **Inactive tabs**: Restores close buttons on hovered inactive tabs.
* \[Fix] **macOS tooltips**: Hides tooltips when the window deactivates.
## 1.0.609.2
June 9, 2026
* \[Feature] **Chats sidebar actions**: Adds actions for bulk read, archive, and show all.
* \[Feature] **Horizontal Agent Tabs**: Adds the horizontal Agent Tabs chip and bubble.
* \[Fix] **Extensions menu**: Cleans up the profile menu extension list.
## 1.0.605.1
June 5, 2026
* \[Feature] **Profile menu**: Adds an Aside profile menu bubble.
* \[Improvement] **Toolbar dragging**: Expands toolbar drag hit areas.
* \[Fix] **Background updates**: Improves shutdown behavior during background updates.
## 1.0.603.1
June 3, 2026
* \[Feature] **Agent Tabs**: Renames AI tab groups to Agent Tabs.
* \[Feature] **Floating vertical tabs**: Adds collapsed vertical tab hover previews over page content.
* \[Feature] **Notification sync**: Keeps notification permission changes in sync.
## 1.0.531.1
June 1, 2026
* \[Feature] **Aside shortcuts**: Adds Ask Aside, New Task, split tab, and copy URL shortcuts.
* \[Feature] **Windows imports**: Adds Windows import support for Chrome, Edge, Arc, and Comet.
* \[Fix] **AI Tabs boundaries**: Keeps Aside extension pages and New Task tabs outside AI Tabs groups.
## 1.0.526.1
May 27, 2026
* \[Feature] **AI Tabs takeover**: Adds a Take over action that releases a tab from AI Tabs control.
* \[Improvement] **Browser chrome**: Refreshes browser frame, omnibox, capture, permission, profile, and common control styling.
* \[Fix] **Vertical tabs**: Prevents a vertical tab crash after switching tab modes.
## 1.0.522.1
May 22, 2026
* \[Feature] **Tasks in vertical tabs**: Adds task rows, statuses, polling, and singleton task tabs.
* \[Fix] **New tab override**: Preserves the Aside new tab page during extension reloads.
* \[Fix] **Profile menu state**: Resets the profile menu button after menus close.
## 1.0.520.1
May 20, 2026
* \[Feature] **macOS menus**: Preserves menu shortcuts and saved tab group submenus in macOS menus.
* \[Fix] **Password gate menu state**: Disables Settings while the Aside password gate is active.
* \[Fix] **Bookmark placeholder**: Keeps the empty bookmark placeholder responsive while the sidebar shrinks.
## 1.0.519.1
May 19, 2026
* \[Feature] **macOS profile menu**: Adds a profile menu for the vertical tab sidebar.
* \[Fix] **AI Tabs input**: Fixes input positioning under AI Tabs viewport scaling.
## 1.0.518.1
May 18, 2026
* \[Feature] **Media controls**: Places global media controls before Ask Aside and keeps them visible.
* \[Feature] **Bookmark accordion**: Remembers whether the bookmark section is expanded.
* \[Fix] **Import stability**: Improves imported cookie handling.
## 1.0.516.1
May 16, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Dark mode**: Applies forced dark mode earlier and reports it through settings.
* \[Fix] **Password gate downloads**: Keeps password gate downloads out of normal download UI.
* \[Fix] **Aside startup**: Waits to activate Aside surfaces while the account password gate is open.
## 1.0.515.1
May 15, 2026
* \[Feature] **Browser import**: Adds import paths for Firefox, Safari, Chromium, Dia, Atlas, and Comet.
* \[Feature] **Browser preferences**: Exposes sync status, dock, keep-tasks-running, and import controls.
* \[Feature] **Account password gate**: Adds dedicated password gate windows.
## 1.0.514.1
May 14, 2026
* \[Improvement] **Startup readiness**: Waits for Aside readiness before first browser launch.
* \[Feature] **AI Tabs viewport**: Keeps AI Tabs viewport behavior stable across tab changes.
## 1.0.512.1
May 12, 2026
* \[Feature] **Bundled Aside extensions**: Includes Aside extensions in macOS and Windows browser packages.
* \[Feature] **Aside updates**: Adds support for updating bundled Aside extensions.
* \[Feature] **Windows styling**: Improves vertical tab styling on Windows.
## 1.0.510.1
May 11, 2026
* \[Fix] **AI Tabs preview**: Stabilizes AI Tabs previews and iframe interactions.
## 1.0.507.1
May 7, 2026
* \[Feature] **Page Info**: Adds the redesigned Page Info bubble and subpages.
* \[Fix] **Incognito new tab**: Loads Aside new tab resources in incognito without a reload.
## 1.0.415.1
April 16, 2026
* \[Feature] **Aside account auth**: Adds Aside account authentication and sync.
## 1.0.401.1
April 1, 2026
* \[Feature] **Tab clear and tidy**: Adds tab clear and tidy actions.
## 1.0.331.1
March 31, 2026
* \[Feature] **AI Tabs group design**: Adds the new tab group design and AI Tabs behavior.
## 1.0.330.1
March 30, 2026
* \[Feature] **Omnibox integration**: Adds Aside integration in the browser address bar.
## 1.0.327.1
March 27, 2026
* \[Feature] **Permission bubbles**: Redesigns permission bubbles.
## 1.0.323.2
March 23, 2026
* \[Feature] **AI notification permissions**: Adds notification permission prompts for AI features.
## 1.0.322.1
March 22, 2026
* \[Feature] **Toolbar and sidebar redesign**: Redesigns toolbar and sidebar areas.
## 1.0.319.1
March 19, 2026
* \[Feature] **Browser UI refresh**: Updates the browser frame and controls.
## 1.0.317.1
March 17, 2026
* \[Feature] **Toolbar redesign**: Ships the first toolbar redesign.
## 1.0.314.1
March 14, 2026
* \[Feature] **Browser data import**: Adds data import from Chrome, Safari, and Arc.
## 1.0.312.1
March 12, 2026
* \[Feature] **Side panel resizing**: Adds side panel resizing.
## 1.0.311.1
March 11, 2026
* \[Feature] **Fullscreen agent sidebar**: Expands the agent sidebar to full height and adds key color transitions.
## 1.0.308.1
March 8, 2026
* \[Feature] **Split view redesign**: Applies the new split view design.
## 1.0.304.1
March 4, 2026
* \[Fix] **Backdrop filters**: Supports backdrop filter rendering on transparent backgrounds.
## 1.0.303.1
March 3, 2026
* \[Feature] **App updater**: Adds updater self-update support.
* \[Feature] **Side panel agent**: Moves the browser agent into the side panel.
## 1.0.301.1
March 1, 2026
* \[Feature] **Vertical tab bookmarks**: Adds bookmark support in vertical tabs.
* \[Feature] **Liquid Glass**: Applies Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe and newer.
## 1.0.225.1
February 25, 2026
* \[Feature] **Initial Aside Browser release**: Adds the macOS toolbar, address entry, search engine controls, tab support, dark-mode browser theming, and updates.
# Configure AI providers
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/ai
Use Aside models, connect existing AI subscriptions, or bring your own API key.
# Configure AI providers
Use `Settings > AI` to choose which model providers Aside can use.
## Provider types
Aside supports three provider types.
Use models included with your Aside plan.
Reuse a supported AI subscription you already pay for.
Bring your own provider API key.
Connected providers appear under `Settings > AI > Providers`. Aside labels built-in plan models with your current Aside plan, subscription providers as `Subscription`, and API-key providers as `API`.
## Use Aside plan models
The `Aside` provider uses the models included with your Aside plan. Sign in to an Aside cloud account to use built-in Aside models.
Free users can use the free Aside model set. Pro and Max plans include more Aside model access, including priority models where the current plan allows them.
## Connect an existing AI subscription
Open `Settings > AI > Providers`, choose `Connect`, then choose a provider under `Subscription`.
Current subscription providers include:
* `ChatGPT Subscription`: reuse your ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription.
* `Claude Subscription`: reuse your Claude Pro or Max subscription.
* `GitHub Copilot`: reuse your GitHub Copilot subscription.
Aside opens an OAuth sign-in flow for these providers. Finish the sign-in in the popup, then return to Aside. Aside can show usage indicators for supported subscription providers.
## Bring your own API key
Open `Settings > AI > Providers`, choose `Connect`, then choose a provider under `API`.
Current API-key providers include:
* Anthropic
* OpenAI
* OpenRouter
* Google
* xAI
* Vercel AI Gateway
* Cloudflare AI Gateway
API-key providers are useful when you want Aside to route model calls through your own provider account. After you connect a key, you can edit it or disconnect the provider from the provider action menu.
## Choose models
Open `Settings > AI > Models` to review available model categories. Open `Settings > AI > Chat settings` to choose the default model and follow-up behavior. See [Use follow-ups](/help/tasks#use-follow-ups) for task behavior while a run is active.
## Related
* [Manage subscription](/help/subscription)
* [Use Ultrabrowse](/help/ultrabrowse)
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
# Use routines
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/automation
Create recurring work and use routine suggestions.
# Use routines
Routines let Aside run recurring work without starting each task by hand.
## Routine types
| Type | Behavior |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Cron routine | Starts a new task on a schedule. |
| Heartbeat routine | Wakes an existing chat and continues it. |
Use a cron routine for standalone repeat work, such as a weekly summary. Use a heartbeat routine when the same chat should continue later with new context.
Aside skips overlapping routine runs and pauses routines when their target chat is unavailable.
## Manage routines
Open `Agent Settings > Routines`.
From the routine list, you can:
* Create a routine
* Edit instructions or schedule
* Pause or resume a routine
* Delete a routine
* Run a routine now
* Review active routines and draft suggestions
Free plan users can keep up to 3 active routines. Pro users can create unlimited active routines.
## Use routine suggestions
Routine suggestions are draft routines. Aside can scan for recurring work and propose routines.
1. Open the routine list.
2. Choose `Find routine suggestions` or `Find more suggestions`.
3. Review the draft suggestion.
4. Edit the instructions, schedule, or target chat.
5. Choose `Activate`.
Use `Dismiss` for a suggestion you do not want.
## Related
* [Manage subscription](/help/subscription)
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
* [Manage memory](/help/memory)
# Use Aside as your browser
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/browser-basics
Use Ask AI, split tabs, selection shortcuts, and keyboard shortcuts.
# Browser basics
Use this page when you want to drive Aside as your daily browser: ask from the new tab page, compare pages, save shortcuts, and use common keyboard commands.
## Ask AI
Use `Ask AI` when you want to start a task from the browser UI. The new tab omnibox has `Search` and `Ask AI` modes, and task composers use the placeholder `Ask AI a task, @ for context`.
Ask AI works best when you name the site, the outcome, and any limit the agent should follow.
### Examples
Sign in to Rippling, get my paystubs for this month, and save the PDFs to Downloads. Ask if Rippling needs MFA or a verification code.
Find Sales VPs in Clay who are coming to NY Tech Week, check my calendar for open times next week, and draft meeting replies. Stop before sending.
Turn the receipt PDFs in Downloads into an expense report spreadsheet with date, merchant, total, and payment method.
Use `@` in the composer to attach available context.
Use `Cmd/Ctrl+E` to start `Ask Aside`.
## Tabs and split tabs
Use split tabs when you need to keep two pages visible while Aside works: source and destination, comparison pages, docs and app, or dashboard and ticket.
Good split-tab use cases:
* Compare two product pages without switching tabs.
* Keep a source document visible while writing into a form.
* Watch a task run while you inspect the target site.
* Put a task transcript next to the page it controls.
Split-tab shortcuts:
| Action | Shortcut |
| ------------------- | ------------------ |
| Split tab | `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+\` |
| Split tab alternate | `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+-` |
## Selection and lasso shortcuts
Use selection shortcuts for small page-level questions.
Text selection defaults:
* `Summarize`
* `Translate`
Lasso selection defaults:
* `Copy code`
* `Search image`
Selection shortcuts are on by default. Open `Settings > Appearance > Lasso` to turn them off, reorder shortcuts, edit shortcuts, delete shortcuts, or add a shortcut.
Shortcut actions can:
* Run a prompt.
* Copy selected content.
* Open a URL.
Templates can use `{text}`. Lasso shortcuts can also use `{code}` and `{image}` where supported.
### Examples
Summarize this clause in plain English and list the obligations I need to track:
Read this receipt table and return rows with date, merchant, total, and payment method:
## Keyboard shortcuts
Use the model menu when a task needs more reasoning.
| Action | Shortcut |
| ------------------- | ------------------ |
| Toggle Sidebar | `Cmd/Ctrl+S` |
| Ask Aside | `Cmd/Ctrl+E` |
| New Task | `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+E` |
| Copy URL | `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+C` |
| Split tab | `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+\` |
| Split tab alternate | `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+-` |
## Related
* [Use the side panel](/help/side-panel)
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
* [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager)
# Use the CLI, MCP, and REPL
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/developers
Install the Aside CLI and connect browser automation tools.
# Use developer tools
Aside includes a command-line interface (CLI), Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, and a browser automation REPL.
## Install the CLI
The developer settings page shows this install command:
```bash theme={null}
curl -fsSL https://releases.aside.com/install.sh | bash
```
The settings page can also install, update, or reinstall the CLI directly.
## Run a browser task
Use `aside` to start a browser agent session from the terminal:
```bash theme={null}
aside "Open localhost:3000 and run a smoke test"
```
Use `--session` to continue an existing session:
```bash theme={null}
aside --session "Continue"
```
## Manage accounts
If you are signed in to more than one Aside account, each CLI command runs under one selected account. Use the `account` commands to inspect, switch, or target accounts from the terminal.
List the accounts available on this device. The current account is marked with `*`:
```bash theme={null}
aside account list
```
Show the current account, or check a specific one by ID:
```bash theme={null}
aside account status
aside account status u1
```
Set the default account for future commands:
```bash theme={null}
aside account use u1
```
Target a single run at a specific account with the `--account` flag. It works on `aside` and on `aside exec`:
```bash theme={null}
aside --account u1 "Summarize the current page"
aside exec --account u1 -m openai-codex/gpt-5.5 "Plan this workflow"
```
If the selected account is signed out, the CLI prints a warning explaining how to recover. Your own provider keys (OpenAI, Anthropic) keep working, but built-in Aside models require an active sign-in. Sign in again from **Aside Settings > Account**, or switch to a signed-in account with `aside account use ` or `--account `.
## Use MCP
Use `aside mcp` to connect Aside to another agent or coding tool as a Model Context Protocol server.
```bash theme={null}
aside mcp
```
For clients that support `mcp.json`, add:
```json theme={null}
{
"mcpServers": {
"aside": {
"command": "aside",
"args": ["mcp"]
}
}
}
```
If Developer settings found a concrete CLI path, use that path for `command`.
Aside can install browser automation setup for supported coding tools. Developer settings also describe MCP setup for tools that support `mcp.json`.
## Use the REPL
Use `aside repl` for browser automation REPL tasks:
```bash theme={null}
aside repl "const p = await openTab('https://example.com')"
```
Use the REPL when you need direct page inspection, screenshots, downloads, or deterministic browser steps.
## Related
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
# Get started
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/get-started
Set up Aside, import browser data, and start your first task.
# Get started with Aside
Aside runs tasks in the browser. It can use websites, accounts, browsing history, files, and saved credentials according to your settings.
## Before you start
You need an Aside account and the Aside browser components installed.
Download Aside from [aside.com/download](https://aside.com/download). Aside supports macOS 15.0 or later. There is no separate minimum browser version because Aside is the browser.
## Set up Aside
1. Open Aside.
2. Sign in or create an account.
3. Import browser data.
4. Set up Password Manager.
5. Start a task.
## Import your browser data
Browser import brings over the context you already use while browsing.
Aside can import:
* Browsing history
* Cookies
* Bookmarks
Run browser import again from `Settings > General > Import from another browser` for history, cookies, bookmarks, and passwords. Use `Import bookmarks` on the same page for bookmark-only import.
1. Open import during onboarding.
2. Choose a profile.
If Aside finds multiple profiles, choose the profile you want to import.
3. Allow system access.
4. Wait for import to finish.
5. Continue to password setup.
Safari uses file import. In Safari, choose `File > Export`, then upload the ZIP file Safari creates. Aside rejects non-ZIP files for this flow.
## Start your first task
1. Start a task from the task page or side panel.
2. Describe the outcome.
Name the website, account, file, or result you want.
3. Choose permissions if needed.
Choose a permission mode and working folder if the task needs files.
4. Send the task.
Use the task page for work that spans sites, accounts, or files. Use the side panel when the current page should become task context. See [Run tasks](/help/tasks) and [Use the side panel](/help/side-panel).
## Related
* [Manage subscription](/help/subscription)
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
* [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager)
# Manage memory
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/memory
Control what Aside remembers from browsing, chats, and tasks.
# Manage memory
Memory helps Aside reuse context from your browsing history, chats, and tasks. Use memory settings to choose whether Aside creates memories and how long it keeps them.
## Turn memory on or off
Open `Agent Settings > Memory > Settings`.
When memory is on, Aside can use browsing history as context and create memories from chats and task activity. Turn memory off when you do not want new chats or tasks to create memories.
## Choose retention
If memory is enabled, choose how long Aside keeps episodic memories:
* `Never forget`
* `30 days`
* `90 days`
Use shorter retention when you want Aside to forget day-to-day observations sooner.
## Review and edit memory
Open `Agent Settings > Memory` to review what Aside remembers. You can inspect memory history, edit saved memories, or delete memory you do not want Aside to use.
## Related
* [Use routines](/help/automation)
* [Manage privacy](/help/privacy)
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
# Use Password Manager
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/password-manager
Understand Aside Password Manager and how agents use saved credentials.
# Use Aside Password Manager
Aside Password Manager stores logins for you and lets Aside sign in through autofill. The agent can use the login action, but it does not receive the raw password.
Use it when you want Aside to work past login screens in payroll tools, dashboards, email, CRMs, billing pages, and internal tools.
## What it does
* Saves website logins in Aside.
* Suggests matching credentials on sign-in pages.
* Fills passwords into websites without showing them to the agent.
* Supports passkey, FIDO2, and TOTP prompts where the site asks for them.
* Lets you control when agents may use saved credentials.
## How agent sign-in works
When a task reaches a login page, Aside checks the target URL and your password access settings. If a matching credential is allowed, Aside can autofill it into the page.
Some sites still require a human step. If the site asks for MFA, passkey approval, CAPTCHA, or identity verification, complete the visible step and let the task continue.
Aside can use saved credentials to sign in. Sensitive actions such as payments, posts, and messages should still wait for your confirmation when the task asks for approval.
## Common uses
Sign in to Rippling, get my paystubs for this month, and save the PDFs to Downloads. Ask if Rippling needs MFA or a verification code.
Sign in to the support dashboard, review the customer account, and draft a reply for the open thread. Stop before posting it.
Sign in to the vendor portal, download last quarter's invoices, and save them with the invoice date and vendor name.
## Unlock with Touch ID
On a Mac with Touch ID, Aside Password Manager prompts you to enroll your fingerprint as a way to unlock the vault. The prompt shows up the first time you unlock the vault on a supported device, and only if you have not enrolled yet.
From the prompt:
* Choose `Enable` to enroll Touch ID. Next time the vault is locked, unlock it with your fingerprint instead of your master password.
* Choose `Not now` to dismiss the prompt. Aside remembers your choice and won't ask again. You can still turn on Touch ID later from `Settings > Password`.
Touch ID changes how you unlock the vault, not what agents can do once it's open. The `While unlocked` [access policy](#control-agent-access) still applies: agents can use saved credentials only while the vault is unlocked, no matter how you unlocked it.
## Control agent access
Open `Settings > Password > Access policy for AI agents`.
Choose one of these policies:
* `Always allow`
* `While unlocked`
* `Never`
Imported items can override the global policy per item. Agents cannot use password manager access in incognito sessions.
## Related
* [Configure password autofill](/help/passwords)
* [Set agent permissions](/help/security)
* [Troubleshoot Aside](/help/troubleshooting)
# Configure password autofill
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/passwords
Configure autofill, import passwords, and control AI access to credentials.
# Configure password autofill
Use this page after you understand how Aside Password Manager works. See [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager) for the overview.
## Turn on autofill
1. Open `Settings > Password`.
2. Choose the default password manager.
Turn on `Use default password manager` if you want Aside to manage passwords.
3. Enable `Autofill`.
4. Choose URL matching.
5. Add domains to `Excluded domains` if Aside should not fill on those sites.
6. Choose whether Aside can show suggestions on insecure protocols.
7. Choose whether autofill works in incognito windows.
Aside fills credentials into websites. Saved passwords stay local and hidden from AI.
Autofill is on by default, and Aside only fills matching logins according to your password access settings.
Aside also treats common account domains as equivalent by default, such as `google.com`, `youtube.com`, and `gmail.com`.
## Import passwords
Open `Settings > Password > Import`.
* 1Password
* Apple Passwords
* Bitwarden
* Chrome
* Dashlane
* Edge
* Firefox
* LastPass CSV
* Generic CSV fallback
1. Export passwords from the source password manager.
2. Open Aside password settings.
3. Choose `Import`.
4. Choose the source.
5. Choose the export.
Follow the source-specific flow if the import UI asks for it.
6. Review the result.
After setup, Aside can show login suggestions, save prompts, generated password suggestions, passkey/FIDO2 dialogs, and TOTP autofill prompts.
Generic CSV imports require these columns:
```text theme={null}
name,url,username,password
```
The import UI handles source-specific formats. After import, keep the exported file only if you still need a backup.
## Control AI access to passwords
Open `Settings > Password > Access policy for AI agents`.
Use this setting to control how agents may use saved credentials.
Options are:
* `Always allow`
* `While unlocked`
* `Never`
The default is `Always allow`. Imported items can override the global policy per item. Agents cannot use password manager access in incognito sessions. For login items, Aside checks the target URL before building an autofill payload.
Aside checks allowed vault items for matching logins without exposing saved passwords to the agent.
## Vaults and sync
Password settings include vault management, cloud sync, import, export, and clear vault data.
Use export before clearing a vault if you need a backup.
Aside encrypts vault data before sync, and saved password values stay hidden from AI.
`Clear vault data` deletes local items, vault keys, and vaults, creates a fresh Personal vault, and syncs the reset state.
## Related
* [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager)
* [Set agent permissions](/help/security)
* [Troubleshoot Aside](/help/troubleshooting)
# Manage privacy and local data
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/privacy
Manage browsing privacy, local data, history, cookies, and analytics sharing.
# Manage privacy
Aside can use accounts, browsing history, site data, saved credentials, and task files. Set privacy controls around the data you want Aside to keep.
## Privacy settings
Open `Settings > Privacy`.
Current privacy controls include:
* Delete browsing history
* View browsing history
* Third-party cookies
* Analytics sharing
* Ad privacy
* Site settings
* Advanced DNS, SSL, and Safe Browsing settings
Analytics sharing defaults to on. Aside reads the current third-party cookie setting and lets you choose `Allow` or `Block all` when the extension can control the setting.
`Ads privacy`, `Site settings`, and `Advanced` open the browser settings pages for ad topics, site permissions, DNS, SSL certificates, and Safe Browsing.
## Delete browsing history
1. Open `Settings > Privacy`.
2. Choose `Delete browsing history`.
3. Choose the data types and time range.
4. Confirm deletion.
Time ranges are:
* `All time`
* `Last 15 min`
* `Last 30 min`
* `Last 24 hours`
* `Last 7 days`
* `Last 4 weeks`
Data types are:
* Browsing history
* Cookies and other site data
* Cached images and files
* Download history
* Autofill form data
* Site storage
Use this action for data stored in Aside's browser profile.
## Clear password vault data
Password vault reset lives in password settings. Export passwords first if you need a backup, then use `Settings > Password > Clear vault data`. See [Configure password autofill](/help/passwords#vaults-and-sync).
## Related
* [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager)
* [Manage memory](/help/memory)
* [Set agent permissions](/help/security)
# Set agent permissions
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/security
Set agent permissions, session permission modes, sandbox settings, and file access.
# Set agent permissions
Agent permissions control what an agent can read, write, browse, fetch, and run.
## Agent permissions
Open `Agent Settings > Permissions`.
Permission areas include:
* Sandbox
* Readable file roots
* Writable file roots
* Reads outside allowed roots
* Writes outside allowed roots
* Tool rules
* Browser rules
* Network rules
## Rule values
| Value | Behavior |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `Allow` | Let the agent use the capability without asking. |
| `Ask` | Ask before the agent proceeds. |
| `Deny` | Block the action. |
Deny takes precedence over ask and allow.
## Session permission modes
New tasks also have a permission mode:
| Mode | Use |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Read only` | Let Aside inspect browser and file context without changing your files. |
| `Guard` | Let Aside work in approved folders and ask before it accesses other folders. |
| `Full access` | Let Aside read and write anywhere on the computer. |
`Guard` is the default for new tasks. `Full access` expands file access; it does not expose saved password values.
## Password boundaries
Aside can sign in through autofill with its password manager. Saved password values stay hidden from the AI agent.
Aside checks password access policy and the target URL before it builds an autofill payload. See [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager).
## Agent-level and session-level rules
Agent-level permissions live in the agent settings. Session-level permissions live on each task.
When a task has its own permission settings, Aside applies those task settings on top of the agent defaults.
## Related
* [Manage privacy](/help/privacy)
* [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager)
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
# Use the side panel
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/side-panel
Start a task from the page you are viewing and keep page context attached.
# Use the side panel
Use the side panel when the current page should become task context.
## Start from a page
1. Open the page.
2. Open the Aside side panel.
3. Keep the page attachment if you want Aside to read the page.
4. Write the task.
5. Send it.
The page attachment shows the page title and hostname. Remove the attachment if you want Aside to start without that page.
## Use cases
Open the side panel from the page that should anchor the task. Keep the page attachment when Aside should read or act from that page.
### Signing in and collecting files
Use this Rippling page to sign in with my saved credential, get my paystubs for this month, and save the PDFs to Downloads. Ask if Rippling needs MFA or a verification code.
Use this billing page to find invoices and receipts from the last quarter. Download the PDFs, rename them with the invoice date and vendor name, and stop before changing any billing settings.
### Communications and follow-ups
From this Clay inbox, find Sales VPs who are coming to NY Tech Week, check my calendar for open times next week, and draft short meeting replies with two time options. Stop before sending.
Use this customer thread and the linked account page to identify the issue, write a reply, and list any internal follow-up needed. Stop before posting the reply.
### Docs, spreadsheets, and dashboards
Use this spreadsheet and the receipt PDFs in Downloads to build an expense report with date, merchant, total, payment method, and missing-receipt notes.
Use this contract page to find the renewal date, cancellation deadline, billing owner, and notice period. Put the dates in a table and flag anything due in the next 60 days.
Use this dashboard to find metrics that changed since last week. Create a short summary, then draft Linear tasks for the items that need an owner. Stop before creating the tasks.
## Drafts
Aside stores the side panel draft by page context. If you leave a page and return later, the draft can remain tied to the tab where you started it.
## Related
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
* [Learn browser basics](/help/browser-basics)
# Manage your Aside subscription
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/subscription
Understand Aside plans, credits, routines, Ultrabrowse, and billing settings.
# Manage your Aside subscription
Use `Settings > Billing` to review your Aside plan, credits, payment method, and invoices.
## Plans
Aside has three plans.
| Plan | Includes |
| ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Free | 500 credits per month, up to 3 routines, built-in password manager, personalized memory. |
| Pro | Everything in Free, 3x Free usage, Ultrabrowse, unlimited routines, and priority model access where available. |
| Max | Everything in Pro, 30x Free usage, early access program. |
Pro and Max plans can have monthly or yearly Stripe prices when those prices are active in billing.
## Credits
Aside plans grant credits each billing period. `Settings > Billing > Credits` shows:
* remaining credit percentage
* renewal date
* monthly credit amount for the current plan
Paid-plan credits renew on the subscription's billing anniversary. A trial and its first paid period receive separate credit grants. Free-plan credits renew at the start of each UTC calendar month.
Credits are separate from API keys or external AI subscriptions you connect under [AI settings](/help/ai). If you bring your own API key, your provider may bill usage to that provider account.
## Choose a plan
Choose a paid plan when you need more included credits for Aside plan models.
Choose Pro for:
* more monthly credits
* Ultrabrowse for source-heavy research
* unlimited active routines
* priority model access where available
Choose Max for the largest included credit grant and early access features.
## Change or manage billing
Open `Settings > Billing`.
From there, you can:
* choose `Adjust plan` to change your plan
* choose `Manage` to open the Stripe billing portal
* review current credit usage
* open invoices after your first payment
If you cancel a paid subscription at period end, Billing shows the cancellation date.
## Related
* [Configure AI](/help/ai)
* [Use routines](/help/automation)
# Run tasks
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/tasks
Use Aside for longer browser work, permissions, active page context, and follow-ups.
# Run tasks with Aside
Use Aside for work that needs more than one browser action, search, file step, credential autofill, or approval.
## Task controls
A new task has controls for mode, permissions, working folder, and model.
| Control | Use |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Default` mode | Run the task in the normal browser profile. |
| `Incognito` mode | Run the task without normal browser profile state. |
| `Read only` | Let Aside inspect browser and file context without changing your files. |
| `Guard` | Let Aside work in approved folders and ask before it accesses other folders. |
| `Full access` | Let Aside read and write anywhere on the computer. |
| Working folder | Choose where Aside can work for this task. |
| Model | Choose the model and speed for the task. |
See [Set agent permissions](/help/security) for permission rules and defaults.
## Longer tasks
During a task, Aside can browse sites, search the web, use files, search history, request approvals, and sign in with allowed autofill.
A task can keep working through multiple steps, pause for input, ask for approval, or resume after a wait.
The task detail page shows files the task creates or changes. Aside can preview supported images, PDFs, HTML, text files, and file metadata from the task.
Aside stores regular task transcripts in the task folder. Incognito tasks do not keep normal browser profile state. Generated files remain until you delete the task or its folder.
Aside can wait for a notification before continuing a task. When a task is waiting, open the task to review the current status and any instructions from Aside.
## Write a good task
Give Aside the result you want and the sites or files it should use.
Sign in to Rippling, get my paystubs for this month, and save the PDFs to Downloads. Ask if Rippling needs MFA or a verification code.
`Handle my billing.` is too vague. Name the account, artifact, destination, and any action Aside should avoid.
Add constraints if the task touches money, customer data, credentials, or files.
## Use follow-ups
Open `Settings > AI > Chat settings` to choose follow-up behavior.
* `Queue`: Aside saves your new message and applies it after the current run finishes.
* `Steer`: Aside sends your new message into the active run so the agent can adjust.
Use `Queue` when the task should finish its current path. Use `Steer` when the agent needs a correction now, such as using a different site or stopping an action.
## Active tab context
The side panel can attach the current page to a new task. See [Use the side panel](/help/side-panel).
## Related
* [Get started](/help/get-started)
* [Use the side panel](/help/side-panel)
* [Use routines](/help/automation)
* [Troubleshoot Aside](/help/troubleshooting)
# Troubleshoot Aside
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/troubleshooting
Fix waiting tasks, stuck tasks, password autofill issues, and import problems.
# Troubleshoot Aside
Use this page when Aside needs input, a task stalls, password autofill does not appear, browser import fails, or you need to report a bug.
## Task is waiting for you
1. Open the task.
2. Find the input or approval request.
3. Review the requested action.
4. Approve, reject, or answer.
5. Resume the task if the UI shows a resume action.
If Aside reaches a sign-in screen, it can use allowed saved credentials through autofill. If the site asks for MFA, passkey approval, CAPTCHA, or identity verification, complete the visible step or answer Aside's request, then resume the task.
Aside may show visible task states such as waiting for approval, waiting for an answer, errored, or finished. Approve or deny approval popovers directly from the browser surface. Questions and draft reviews open the task detail page.
## Task is going the wrong way
Use a follow-up.
* Use `Steer` if the agent needs correction during the current run.
* Use `Queue` if the instruction can wait until the current run finishes.
Example: `Stop using the billing page. Use the invoices page instead, and do not send any emails.`
## Task waits for a notification
Aside can pause a task while it waits for a notification. Open the task to see whether Aside needs a reply, approval, or a connected app event.
## Password autofill does not appear
Check these settings:
1. Open `Settings > Password`.
2. Confirm `Use default password manager` is enabled if you want Aside to manage passwords.
3. Confirm `Enable Autofill` is on.
4. Check `Disable in incognito` if you are in an incognito window.
5. Check `Excluded domains`.
6. Check whether insecure-site autofill is allowed for the current site.
If the site uses a passkey, MFA, or a multi-step login, Aside can fill the saved credential first. Complete the visible verification step and wait for the next prompt.
## 1Password extension does not work
1. Open the 1Password app.
2. Go to `Settings > Browser > Connect to additional browsers`, then click `Add browser`.
3. Select `Aside`.
4. Copy `~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/com.1password.1password.json` to `~/Library/Application Support/Aside/NativeMessagingHosts/com.1password.1password.json`.
1Password should copy its native messaging host file into the browser profile when you add a custom browser. It does not recognize Aside as a Chromium-based browser, so you need to copy the file yourself.
## Apple Passwords extension does not work
Enter this prompt in Aside:
```text theme={null}
Use the Apple Passwords skill and check whether Apple Passwords is connected properly.
```
After Aside finishes the check, open the Apple Passwords extension again. You should now be able to use it.
## Browser import fails
Try these checks:
1. Confirm the source browser profile still exists.
2. Close the source browser if the import needs exclusive access.
3. Use file import for sources that require it.
4. Retry import.
Aside can show these import errors:
* `Browser import is unavailable in this version of Aside.`
* `Browser import failed.`
* `Please upload a ZIP file` for Safari ZIP import.
* `Failed to read the ZIP file` for unreadable Safari ZIP import.
## Streaming sites show "unsupported browser" or fail to play
Streaming sites like Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and Netflix may show `You are running an unsupported version of this browser` (for example Prime Video error code `7132`) or fail to play protected content when the Widevine DRM module is outdated or has not finished downloading.
1. Open `aside://components`.
2. Find `Widevine Content Decryption Module`.
3. Click `Check for update`.
4. Wait for the status to change to `Up-to-date`.
5. Reload the streaming tab.
## Report a bug
You can contact support at [support@aside.com](mailto:support@aside.com).
Include:
* Task URL or task ID
* Approximate time
* Website or app involved
* Expected result
* Actual result
* Screenshot or artifact path, if available
* Any visible error message
You can also send feedback in the app:
* Open `Settings`, then choose `Send feedback`.
* Open a task detail page, open the more actions menu, then choose `Send feedback`.
General feedback can include screenshots. Task feedback can include the task transcript and diagnostics.
## Related
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
* [Use routines](/help/automation)
* [Use Password Manager](/help/password-manager)
# Use Ultrabrowse
Source: https://docs.aside.com/help/ultrabrowse
Choose Ultrabrowse for source-heavy research and complex browsing tasks.
# Use Ultrabrowse
Use `Ultrabrowse` when a task needs source-heavy research, more planning, or careful comparison across pages.
## When to use it
Ultrabrowse fits tasks like:
* research that needs citations
* vendor or product comparisons
* migration planning
* security, compliance, or pricing checks across several sites
Use a normal task for single-page questions or basic searches.
## How it works
In the app model selector, Ultrabrowse appears under `Reasoning` when your account can use it. On the Free plan, you see an upgrade prompt for Pro.
Developers can also start browser tasks from the command line. See [Use developer tools](/help/developers).
## Example prompts
Research companies attending NY Tech Week that match our ICP. Identify Sales VPs or revenue leaders, cite the pages you use, and recommend who to contact first.
Review our travel expense policy and the receipt spreadsheet. Flag reimbursements that need a note, category fix, or manager approval. Cite the policy sections you use.
## Related
* [Configure AI providers](/help/ai)
* [Manage subscription](/help/subscription)
* [Run tasks](/help/tasks)
# Get help with Aside
Source: https://docs.aside.com/index
Aside Help Center for setup, tasks, automation, privacy, and support.
![Aside browser home screen]()
# Aside
Aside is an AI browser that gets complex work done across your websites, accounts, and history.
Use this Help Center to set up Aside, run tasks, manage automation, use Password Manager, control permissions, and collect support details when something breaks.
## Start here
Set up Aside, import browser data, and start your first task.
Set task mode, permissions, folders, and follow-up behavior.
Learn how Aside signs in with saved credentials while keeping passwords hidden from agents.
Fix waiting tasks, stuck tasks, autofill issues, and import problems.