[2.6.3] - 2026-03-19

Core System Updates

• Admin: Search filters for API keys and personas, persona creation in right panel, editable API key metadata, notes length 1000 characters
• Vision: Added ollama_cloud vision provider (qwen3.5) with config, service, and registry integration
• Retriever lifecycle: Fixed premature close of shared embedding services (avoids stale clients and unnecessary reinitialization)

Chat-app & UI Improvements

• orbitchat v3.5.6: Sidebar UX (time-grouped conversations, markdown previews, keyboard navigation, ARIA, search feedback, auto-scroll, filtering); layout width 48rem→64rem; consolidated thread/actions row; scrollable table containers; minor theme/styling polish
• Charts: Premium ChartRenderer (custom tooltips, click-to-toggle legend, SVG gradients, animations, donut pie, skeleton/error states, ARIA); cross-model rendering fixes (series dataKey→key, xKey reconciliation, multi-line JSON); Anthropic system messages via top-level system; model-agnostic chart instructions and test prompt updates

Bug Fixes & Technical Improvements

• Embedding client: Fixed closed detection in SQL/HTTP intent retriever bases so session-based providers (Voyage, OpenRouter) no longer trigger unnecessary reinitialization; check session/session_manager before client
• Intent SQL: Fixed year-like template parameter extraction (integer fallback) so explicit years bind correctly; regression test for domain extraction (e.g. Edmonton weekend vs weekday path)

API & Client Updates

• orbitchat v3.5.6: Published NPM package

Documentation & Configuration

• Removed outdated roadmap (items largely implemented)

[2.6.2] - 2026-03-17

Core System Updates

• Admin: Added Settings tab with YAML config editor (view/edit config).yaml in browser via Ace Editor, GET/PUT /admin/config with validation.

Bug Fixes & Technical Improvements

• Chat history service: Fixed warning text in history, metrics count query, bulk cleanup, cascade delete, tokenization/backfill/SQLite fixes, token budget for all providers, token usage API