Latest Runner Updates

When Runner drafts a reply into a Slack thread, the preview now shows the whole conversation — the original message on top and every reply beneath it — so you can approve the reply with full context. Getting started is also one step shorter, and a fix unblocks older iMessage drafts that refused to send.

What changed:

• Slack: Replies into a thread now show the full thread in the preview — the original message plus its replies, opened at the newest one — instead of a flat snippet of the channel
• Getting started: Setup is one step shorter — we no longer ask how you heard about Runner
• Referrals: Invite codes are now entered on the web right after you sign up, instead of during desktop setup
• Fixed iMessage drafts created on older versions failing with "This card is missing details needed to send"
• General stability and reliability improvements

Why it matters: Approving a reply is only safe when you can see what you're replying to — the full thread in the preview means no more guessing what came before.

Runner now keeps your conversations steadier — generated images stay put instead of flickering while you type, and long messages show in full. We also fixed iPhone photo sharing and a handful of connection and display issues, so day-to-day work feels more reliable.

What changed:

• Connections: Connectors can now run code to filter and transform large results, so big data sets don't flood the conversation
• Settings: Clearer Mobile Companion settings explaining how it works and which apps it supports
• Conversations: A helpful tip now points you to the Help button when you start a new conversation
• Fixed iPhone (HEIC) photos being silently dropped instead of sent to the assistant
• Fixed generated images flickering or reloading while you type
• Fixed long messages and conversation titles getting cut off
• Fixed some connections, like Figma, appearing broken right after you add them
• General stability and reliability improvements

Why it matters: The things you look at most — your conversation, your images, your messages — now stay put and show in full, so everyday work feels more reliable.

Runner now picks the right model for each request automatically, so you get the best results without choosing one yourself. You can also attach files directly to Slack messages, and sharing files from a second drive or network share now just works.

What changed:

• Model selection: Chat now defaults to Auto, choosing the best model for each request instead of a fixed one
• Slack: Attach files to your Slack messages directly from a message card
• Connected apps: Recipients now show real names instead of internal IDs, with consistent labeling across your messaging apps
• Fixed sending to a Slack channel by name sometimes failing instead of posting to the channel
• Fixed attaching a file stored outside your home folder — on a second drive, network share, or relocated OneDrive — failing to upload
• General stability and reliability improvements

Why it matters: Smarter defaults mean Runner does the right thing without extra choices, and smoother sharing means the files and messages you send just go through.

This release is all about reliability. Runner now works more smoothly with Outlook and loads your message history more dependably, so the apps you connect just feel steadier day to day.

What changed:

• Outlook: A more focused, reliable connection means faster, steadier results when Runner works with your email
• Fixed an issue where some message threads could stop short instead of loading the full conversation
• General stability and reliability improvements

Why it matters: Reliable connections mean Runner does what you ask without surprises — the apps you depend on stay steady and your message history loads in full.

Runner now gives your Google results distinct icons — so Gmail, Calendar, and Drive are easy to tell apart the moment they appear. This release also tightens reliability across your conversations, settings, and file attachments.

What changed:

• Work results: Distinct icons for Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, so you can tell them apart at a glance
• Settings: A clearer, more secure view of your connection key status
• Conversations: Titles for task-based conversations now stay in sync
• Fixed an issue where an attachment that failed to upload could go unnoticed
• Fixed an issue where generating an image could occasionally time out
• General stability improvements

Why it matters: Distinct result icons make it easier to scan what Runner found across your connected apps, while clearer settings and steadier reliability help you trust what Runner is doing.

Runner now offers Claude Opus 4.8 — Anthropic's most capable model — so you can reach for extra reasoning power whenever a task calls for it. This release also makes action cards simpler to scan and approve, and keeps your conversations clean and easy to follow.

What changed:

• Models: Choose Claude Opus 4.8 for your most demanding tasks
• Action cards: Cleaner, simpler cards that are easier to scan and approve at a glance
• Action cards: Sending to a WhatsApp group now shows the group name on the card, so you can confirm exactly where your message is going
• Settings: Simpler, clearer browser profile controls
• Conversations: A tidier chat — internal routing labels no longer appear while Runner is replying
• Fixed an issue where a generated file, like a PDF, could fail to open from a conversation
• Fixed an issue where a saved automation could fail to run because of an outdated model selection
• Fixed the placement of the back button on the connect screen during setup
• General stability improvements

Why it matters: The right model for the moment makes Runner more capable on hard problems, while clearer action cards and a tidier chat make it easier to see what Runner is doing and approve it with confidence.

Runner now greets new workspaces with a guided first run — it helps you pick a skill, connect the right accounts, and see Runner working for you from your very first conversation. This release also tightens reliability across your conversations and browser profiles.

What changed:

• Getting started: A guided first run that helps you pick a skill, connect the right accounts, and see Runner in action right away
• Fixed an issue where a branched conversation could disappear while Runner was replying
• Browser profiles now stay correctly scoped to your active workspace, with a cleaner profile picker in Settings
• Smoother task detail view when collapsing on the home screen
• General stability improvements, including better handling of brief connection hiccups

Why it matters: Runner is most useful when its value is clear from the very first conversation. A guided first run helps you start with the right skill and the right accounts connected — so Runner is working for you right away.

Runner can now send attachments directly in your conversations on WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and LinkedIn — share a document, image, or file without leaving the chat. This release also polishes the daily brief, adds a browser profile picker in Settings, brings more model connections, and tightens reliability across replies, updates, and conversation recovery.

What changed:

• Messaging: Send attachments — documents, images, and files — in your WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and LinkedIn conversations
• Daily brief: A cleaner, clearer brief that's easier to read at a glance
• Settings: Choose which browser profile Runner uses when it browses on your behalf
• Connections: More model options, including Morph and MiniMax
• Fixed an issue where replies in connected apps could lose the original message's context
• Fixed WhatsApp conversations that failed to open for some phone numbers
• Fixed long option labels so their full text now shows on hover
• Fixed updates so they apply reliably instead of occasionally keeping an older version
• General stability improvements, including recovering conversations that previously got stuck and smoother handling of interruptions

Why it matters: Runner is most useful when it can act where your work actually happens. Sending attachments across your messaging apps means you can hand off a file in the same conversation you're already having — no switching apps, no leaving the chat.

You can now attach files to the emails Runner sends — drop in a PDF, an image, or a document and it goes out with the message. Conversations are more flexible too: branch from any earlier message to explore a different direction without losing your original thread.

What changed:

• Email: Attach files to Gmail and Outlook messages before they send
• Conversations: Branch from any message to try a new direction while keeping the original
• Models: Set a default model so new conversations start the way you prefer
• Sign in: A smoother, more reliable sign-in and recovery flow
• iMessage: Runner picks up the right chat context automatically and confirms each message was delivered
• Fixed a sent message being reported as failed even though it went through
• Fixed email attachments that could be lost when reopening a draft
• Restored conversation details that could go missing after a reload

Why it matters: Real work comes with attachments and second thoughts. Sending files with your emails means you don't have to leave Runner to finish the job, and branching lets you explore an alternative without throwing away the thread you started.

Long conversations no longer get cut short, and the assistant's step-by-step thinking is tucked away by default — so the chat stays focused on what matters. And when you send something, you can see its status the moment you hit send.

What changed:

• Chat: Longer conversations no longer get cut short, and the assistant's thinking is tucked away by default for a cleaner read
• Sends: Action cards now show send status the moment you hit send, and iMessage recipients are checked against your contacts before sending
• Automations: New automations no longer pick up unwanted default labels
• Fixed conversations that could get stuck mid-task and stop responding
• Fixed slow or missing suggestions when opening the assistant menu
• Fixed onboarding showing the wrong state for people who'd already connected
• Files created during a conversation now stay reliably linked, even if an import hits a snag
• Scheduled runs now clearly tell you when they can't run because Full Disk Access is turned off, instead of failing quietly

Why it matters: A long working session shouldn't hit an invisible ceiling or drown you in the assistant's scratch work. This release keeps conversations going as long as you need and the chat focused on the answer — while making sure what you send reports its status right away.

The assistant can now read from Instagram and TikTok, giving you more places to pull context from when you're researching or following up. This release also tightens the messaging path across LinkedIn, WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram, and Telegram — recipients are validated when a card is created instead of failing silently at send time, action cards send with less perceived lag, and revoked sign-ins now lead cleanly to Reconnect.

What changed:

• Sources: Read tools for Instagram and TikTok, so the assistant can pull posts and profiles into context
• Conversations: Default handoff sessions start automatically, and continuing a chat now stays on the default connection instead of prompting
• Messaging: WhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram action cards reject malformed recipients up front, so a card can't be sent to a chat ID the platform won't accept
• LinkedIn: Action cards refuse non-1st-degree DMs at the moment they're created, with a clearer reason instead of a generic send failure
• iMessage: Send classification is sturdier on the action card path, reducing cases where the wrong number gets picked
• Email: Reply intent is now structural in Gmail and Outlook sends, so replies thread to the right message
• Action cards: Send feels faster — the UI advances optimistically while the request completes, and errors show up as a clearer chip plus a restyled toast
• Action cards: After a card executes, the assistant follows up on what it just did so the next step doesn't get lost
• Connections: Sign-ins flagged as revoked now route directly to Reconnect instead of looking like an outage, and stuck rows heal automatically
• Fixed a billing miscount on image attachments that could trigger quota errors during normal use
• Fixed WhatsApp group messages that were unreadable so they render as honest "unreadable" markers instead of empty content
• Fixed custom tools failing to resolve the right user in workspaces with multiple members
• Fixed idle session failures so the error message reflects what actually went wrong instead of a generic timeout

Why it matters: Runner is most useful when it can reach the places your work actually happens. Reading from Instagram and TikTok adds two more sources of context, and validating recipients the moment a card is created means a bad address gets caught while you can still fix it — not after the send quietly fails.

A small release focused on reliability. When an action card fails to send, the toast now says "Send failed" instead of contradicting itself with a green "Message sent" confirmation. The composer's goal status rail is also back to its compact look, with a live elapsed-time label and a one-click way to clear the active goal.

What changed:

• Sends: Action cards that failed to send no longer flash a green "Message sent" toast — failed sends now show a "Send failed" toast with the underlying reason, and the card stays open with the failure detail
• Goals: Restored the composer's compact goal status rail, including the live elapsed-time label and the one-click clear-goal action when a goal is active
• Fixed more transcript-drift cases so conversations recover cleanly when a session resumes after a brief disconnect instead of getting stuck

Why it matters: A green checkmark on a message that never sent is worse than no signal at all. This release makes send status tell the truth — failures look like failures, and the card stays put so you can act — so you can trust what Runner says happened.

This release is mostly about reliability. LinkedIn sends no longer fail with confusing "invalid recipient" errors, sources whose sign-in has been revoked correctly offer a Reconnect button instead of "Outage", account labels for Attio, Notion, and other connected apps stay accurate, and conversations with Haiku compact at the right time so you don't hit unexpected context-limit errors. You can also now start a new session directly from a label group in the sidebar.

What changed:

• Sidebar: Start a new session directly from any label group
• Connections: A new Claap starter
• Connections: The assistant now reliably recognizes the apps you have connected — asking it to "check my Slack" or "look in my Calendar" routes correctly the first time
• Connections: When a local connection can't start, the message is gentler and Settings only offers a repair flow when there's something you can actually fix
• Conversations: Conversations with Haiku now compact at the right time so you don't hit unexpected context-limit errors, and unsupported window sizes are hidden in the model dropdown
• Fixed account labels for Attio, Notion, and other connected apps so the name you see matches the account you signed in with
• Fixed first-party connections so account labels stay accurate after reconnect
• Fixed LinkedIn sends that failed with an "invalid recipient" error, including a retry loop that could keep trying after the assistant had given up
• Fixed sources whose sign-in had been revoked so they show a Reconnect button instead of "Outage" — and clicking Reconnect now completes cleanly
• Fixed Cmd+Enter on action cards so it advances to the next queued card after a successful send, and keeps the current card open if a send fails
• Fixed transcripts that could drift when only part of a turn made it back from the assistant
• Fixed the assistant pausing unexpectedly while the browser was loading
• Fixed image attachments being billed at their text-equivalent size, which could trigger unexpected quota errors
• Fixed label rename and reorder controls in settings
• Fixed error messages for prompts that exceed the model's context window so they no longer suggest unrelated fixes

Why it matters: Reliability is what makes Runner trustworthy enough to hand work to. This release fixes the small lies — a green checkmark on a failed send, an "Outage" that's really a revoked login, a label that names the wrong account — that quietly erode that trust.

Connecting your apps just got faster. Google Calendar, Google Workspace, GitHub, HubSpot, Salesforce, and Slack now use the same managed connections layer, so they sign in once and stay reliably connected. There are also new starters for WHOOP and Reddit, a growing library of community-built connections, and clearer guidance the first time you set up a connection that needs credentials.

What changed:

• Connections: Calendar, Workspace, GitHub, HubSpot, Salesforce, and Slack now connect through the managed connections layer for faster setup and steadier sign-ins
• Connections: New starters for WHOOP and a curated set of community-built connections
• Connections: When a connection needs credentials, Runner now walks you through setup with a dedicated help conversation
• Local connections: Search across all available starters when adding a local connection
• Local connections: A broken local connection no longer blocks the rest of your session from starting
• Tools: Reddit tools are now available for the assistant to use
• Photos: Better handling of photos shared into Runner, including improved previews and downloads
• Privacy: Draft fields in action cards are now encrypted at rest
• Fixed action cards that could overlap the chat panel header
• Fixed action card "From" labels and improved the error shown when a connection is disconnected mid-send
• Fixed Gmail messages whose text bodies contained raw HTML — Runner now shows clean text
• Fixed Twitter drafts to reject invalid participant identifiers before sending
• Fixed local connection settings so only one row stays expanded at a time, and removed a redundant cancel button

Why it matters: A connection you have to keep re-authorizing isn't really connected. Moving the apps you use most onto the managed layer means they sign in once and stay that way — and when a setup does need your credentials, Runner now walks you through it instead of leaving you to guess.

Your task home now opens to a tidy list, splits In Progress into clear substates, and groups automation runs under the automation they came from. Background tasks now show their tool activity and lifecycle in the transcript, with controls to pause and resume them.

What changed:

• Tasks: Home opens to a list by default, with In Progress split into clear substates
• Automations: Runs from the same automation collapse under a single entry in the sidebar
• Background tasks: Tool activity and lifecycle from background tasks now show in the transcript, with controls to manage them
• Todos: Edit suggested todo titles before accepting them; scheduled dispatches lean toward earlier check-ins
• Tools: Edit local tool servers from settings, with visibility into which tools are blocked by the edit policy
• Compaction: After repeated compactions, the window tightens on its own; the usage tip stays centered when it repeats
• Context: The 1M context window only turns on for models that support it
• Heartbeat: The sweep summary reads as a chief-of-staff briefing rather than a status dump
• Reliability: Scheduled runs wait until the device wakes stably; Runner's own tools come up immediately on launch
• Editing: Markdown edits in chat are no longer capped by the merge policy
• Fixed transcripts that didn't recover after a session moved working directories, or that loaded with parts missing
• Fixed session model selection that ignored the default connection
• Fixed misaligned action buttons in expanded tool settings
• Fixed voice transcription that could fail on certain inputs

Why it matters: As Runner does more in the background, you need to see what it's doing without digging. The redesigned task home and in-transcript background activity make the work legible at a glance — and the clearer substates tell you what's actually moving versus waiting on you.

Every file the assistant produces now lives in a single workspace browser, with CSV tables and video playback built in. Your task list gets a new agent menu that proposes bulk edits — rename, reschedule, regroup — and applies them in one pass after you approve.

What changed:

• Files: A new workspace files browser with inline previews for CSVs and videos
• Tasks: An agent menu suggests bulk task edits and applies them after you approve
• Chat: A per-session context size control lets you tune how much room the assistant has to think on a given conversation
• Compaction: Conversations auto-tighten earlier when you compact repeatedly, with clearer copy in the usage tip and one-tap access to the setting
• Todos: Schedule grouping in the todo view, a tidier model selector, and a composer that matches the session styling
• Todos: Scheduled dispatches default to the current task instead of clearing it
• Heartbeat: Failed runs are retried before new work picks up
• Sign-in: Google sign-in now has a Cancel button so you can back out of the flow cleanly
• Billing: Billing errors in chat now include a direct Billing button to open the portal
• Models: Sonnet with an Opus advisor is now the global default; Opus medium defaults are restored
• Fixed editing a scheduled dispatch from the badge cancelling it instead
• Fixed transcripts that didn't recover correctly from the current session directory
• Fixed referral invite copy and the invitee credit display on the welcome screen
• Fixed the chat compaction tip so the token threshold is clearer
• Fixed the idle watchdog waiting on follow-up questions longer than intended
• Fixed local task controls appearing on sessions that aren't tied to a task

Why it matters: When the assistant makes things for you — reports, exports, clips — they should be one click away, not scattered. The workspace browser puts every output in one place, and bulk task edits let you reshape a whole list in a single approved step instead of one item at a time.

Tasks are now a real place to organize what you're working on, with labels, project assignment, status filtering, retries, and a Today view scoped to your local day. The dashboard gets a new Inbox card surfacing what needs your attention, and the todo list picks up cleaner project grouping and steadier rendering throughout.

What changed:

• Tasks: Tasks now support labels, project assignment, status and source filtering, and a Today view scoped to your local day
• Dashboard: A new Inbox task card surfaces what needs your attention right from the dashboard
• Todos: Cleaner project grouping, unified state indicators, and a polished row design across the todo list
• Heartbeat: Periodic check-ins use Sonnet with an Opus advisor for sharper steering and handoffs
• AI settings: A new default for context size, so the assistant has the right amount of room to think
• Connections: Trusted GitHub setup is now a one-tap flow from the connection catalog
• Sessions: Session label groups remember their collapsed state between visits
• Chat: Retired the legacy Advanced Mode setting in favor of the unified composer
• Fixed switching the default model rebinding older conversations to the wrong setup
• Fixed scheduled dispatches that occasionally didn't refresh their badges
• Fixed the todo session header so it stays visible as you scroll
• Fixed managed conversations that could fail on certain endpoints
• Fixed pending input action icons disappearing while you were typing
• Fixed scrolling on the Labels page in Settings
• Fixed local setups that occasionally created duplicate credential slots
• Fixed the assistant not always collecting answers to its follow-up questions
• Fixed todo agents that sometimes ignored their scheduled routing
• Fixed Mac builds so the notarization ticket is stapled inside the DMG for cleaner installs

Why it matters: As Runner takes on more of your work, you need somewhere to see and steer it. Tasks now organize the way you already think — by project, label, and what's due today — and the dashboard Inbox keeps the next thing in front of you instead of buried in a list.

Adding a new connection is now a single, clean flow with a wider starter gallery and proper credential storage for custom setups. Automations get sharper defaults and per-run working directories, past conversations restore reliably even after switching models, and the assistant explains itself better when something goes wrong.

What changed:

• Connections: A streamlined Add Connection flow with an expanded starter gallery and a generic option for setups not yet in the catalog
• Custom connections: Custom setups now save their credentials, edit their config safely, and recover cleanly from sign-in hiccups
• Automations: A per-automation working directory, a thinking-level control, and smarter defaults for new automations
• Conversations: Past conversations now reload reliably, even after you switch the underlying model
• Heartbeat: Cleaner onboarding states and tighter controls for periodic check-ins
• Settings: Open the Runner Chrome browser from General settings, plus clearer copy on the live-chat row
• Images: New image generations default to GPT Image 2, and large image attachments are resized before sending
• Plans: New Iron, Titan, and Olympus tiers for people who need more capacity
• Fixed the assistant surfacing generic errors instead of the underlying API details
• Fixed automations that occasionally stalled when a handoff failed repeatedly
• Fixed connections that retried with the wrong parameters during a sign-in refresh
• Fixed Google Calendar links so they show the right favicon in finished-work cards
• Fixed an edge case where image attachments larger than the limit would fail silently

Why it matters: Connecting your apps is the first thing most people do, so it should be one clear step instead of a guessing game. These changes make setup faster, keep your custom credentials safe, and make sure the work you've already done — past conversations and running automations — holds up when you switch models or hit a snag.

Runner can now search and read the open web when an answer isn't in your connected apps, and it quietly learns context from those apps so it doesn't keep asking the same questions. Slack drafts also reply in the right thread, and downloads route to the right Mac build.

What changed:

• Web reach: Runner can search the web and read pages when the answer isn't in your connected apps
• Context: Runner learns about you and your work from the apps you've connected, so it doesn't keep re-asking the same questions
• Slack: Replies now stay in the thread you started instead of falling back to the channel
• Connections: Custom integrations now show per workspace, so configuring one workspace doesn't leak into another
• Heartbeat: Clearer controls for pausing or opting out of periodic check-ins
• Help: A new "Talk to a human" card surfaces when you need real support, with a one-click handoff
• Fixed the assistant occasionally losing its tool settings when you switched the default model
• Fixed Slack messages that sometimes silently retried instead of surfacing the failure
• Fixed Mac downloads that occasionally picked the wrong build for Apple Silicon
• Fixed download links that could go stale between releases
• Fixed dark-mode contrast on the Operator phone activation button
• Fixed an edge case where some tool inputs weren't validated correctly before being sent to the assistant

Why it matters: Runner is most useful when it can reach past your connected apps and remember what it has already learned. Web search and carried-over context cut the back-and-forth, and the Slack and download fixes make everyday handoffs land where you expect.

When Runner finishes a task, it shows a card that links straight to what it made — the file, the Google Doc, the Linear issue, the Notion page — so you can open the deliverable in one click instead of scrolling back through the conversation.

What changed:

• Work results: A card at the end of a task takes you straight to the file, document, or link Runner produced, with a branded favicon so you can spot it at a glance
• Chrome: The connection recovers on its own when you relaunch Chrome, instead of staying dead until you reconnect by hand
• Chrome: New tabs Runner opens no longer steal focus from what you were doing
• iMessage: Runner can send to phone numbers and handles, not only saved contacts
• Gmail: Clicking Send on a draft now lets the message go through even when Runner had flagged something to double-check
• Connections: Reconnecting a disconnected app is faster — no more 60-second wait between tries
• Settings: Local connection setups are now visible in Settings, so you can see exactly what's wired up
• Conversations: Copying a transcript no longer includes the "Assistant:" and "User:" labels
• Workspaces: A workspace that lost its underlying connection now appears as a recoverable placeholder instead of quietly disappearing
• Fixed Heartbeat re-running on drafts that were already in flight
• Fixed mobile conversations getting stuck when an upstream service returned an error
• Fixed connection-request cards getting orphaned when the source they pointed to changed
• Fixed Runner sometimes mangling messages that contained unusual punctuation or invisible characters

Why it matters: Runner does the work — you shouldn't have to scroll back to find what it produced. The new card closes that gap, and the Chrome and connection fixes mean fewer apps go quietly dead in the middle of a task.

Automations catch up on runs missed while your computer was off, and conversations that stalled mid-turn now recover on their own. Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets also connect as a single app.

What changed:

• Automations: Runs missed while your computer was off catch up after a restart, and an automation the assistant pauses on its own now shows as a toast
• Heartbeat: Scans the Slack channels you've joined for project discussions, not just direct messages and mentions
• Google Workspace: Drive, Docs, and Sheets are now one connection, with reconnect that matches the right Google account
• Real estate: Canadian listings from realtor.ca are now searchable
• Conversations: Conversations no longer get stuck on a turn that doesn't settle on its own
• Context badge: In advanced mode, the context display now reflects each model's actual context window
• Fixed extra blank space before the signature in Gmail messages when "Sent via Runner" was off
• Fixed intermittent QuickBooks report errors caused by parameter format mismatches
• Fixed the Stop button so a single click stops the conversation cleanly without firing queued messages

Why it matters: Running in the background is the whole point of an automation, so it shouldn't quietly skip a run because your laptop was closed. These changes keep automations and conversations moving on their own, and make connecting your Google apps a single step instead of three.

Inline approvals for sensitive actions, quick access to recent Heartbeat runs from the chat header, and cleaner reply drafts.

What changed:

• Inline approval prompt when Runner needs to perform a sensitive action (for example, editing a file in your home folder). You can Allow or Deny without leaving the chat.
• Heartbeat history added to the chat header as a compact list of recent runs. Tap one to reopen its check results quickly.
• Fixed reply drafts so they don't include leftover quoted-reply headers from the message you're answering.

Why it matters: You won't hit silent failures when Runner needs permission — you decide inline. You can revisit past Heartbeat checks without scrolling through the whole chat. And your reply drafts are cleaner and ready to send.

Gmail errors now surface the real cause. Runner prompts you to sign into apps during conversations. Setup suggests Gmail and Slack for background automation.

What changed:

• More explicit Gmail error messages so the next step is obvious.
• In‑conversation sign‑in prompts for apps you've added but haven't connected.
• Updated setup suggestions to highlight Gmail and Slack for background tasks.

Why it matters: You know what to fix next instead of guessing, fewer actions fail because a connection was missing, and it's faster to get background automations running.

Start automations in one click, resume missed runs after sleep, and tweak what each Heartbeat tick sees. Plus reliability fixes across integrations and conversation handling.

What changed:

• Heartbeat presets: New preset schedules make it fast to start common automations
• Heartbeat setup: Connecting a supported app immediately enables Heartbeat for that app
• Heartbeat reliability: If your laptop sleeps through a scheduled tick, Runner now runs the missed tick on wake
• Heartbeat context: You can now edit the session context for each Heartbeat run
• ClickUp actions fixed: creating tasks, updating status, and listing items work reliably again
• Drafts sync across conversations: Runner picks up a draft where you left off in another thread or window
• Pop Phone: Now Playing controls hand back reliably when you focus the call, and playback state is restored
• Conversation recovery: conversations reload cleanly after an interrupted save, so you don't lose a thread on restart
• Fixed a rare freeze where Runner stopped responding after an interrupted reply stream

Why it matters: These changes make background automations quicker to start, less likely to miss work when your laptop sleeps, and easier to control. The reliability fixes reduce interruptions in tasks, drafts, calls, and conversations so Runner behaves predictably when you need it to.

Drafts now wait for the correct account, clarifying questions stay visible, attachments survive retries, and background automations run from up-to-date context.

What changed:

• Drafts: When the target account isn't connected, Runner pauses the send, prompts you to sign in, and restores the draft once you're connected.
• Clarifying questions: The question and your answer stay in the conversation instead of being hidden under "Steps Completed."
• Attachments: Retries and queued sends now preserve attachments end-to-end. Very large attachment batches degrade gracefully rather than failing the entire send.
• Background automations (heartbeat): Each run now starts from explicit, current context—your memory, recent actions, connected apps, and pending drafts—so automations don't drift on stale state.
• Slack errors: Runner now offers actionable suggestions when Slack rejects an action due to a missing channel, the bot not being invited, or a malformed message.
• Fixed a bug where answers to clarifying questions could be silently dropped before reaching the conversation.

Why it matters: Drafts and queued sends are more robust across multiple accounts. You lose fewer messages, clarifying questions are preserved, attachments survive retries, and background automations act on the right state—so your workflows run with fewer interruptions.