# Octarine 0.30.0 Changelog

Released: 2025-11-13

**Writing Assistant (Research)**


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- The Writing Assistant features a built-in research mode that, based on your queries, responds with clarifying questions or requests for more information to provide the most accurate answers.
- After research is completed, it offers a range of options to help you draft, refine your writing, continue the discussion, or shift the conversation in a new direction.

**Web Search (Beta)**


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- Allows the Writing Assistant to include web sources in its responses. Currently available for OpenAI (and `openai-compatible`) models.
- Turn web search on or off by clicking the globe icon next to the model selector

**Improvements**

- The base context in Writing Assistant can now be removed, which is useful when you don't want responses influenced by the current note's content.
- Updated the Writing Assistant interface from a boxed layout to a chat-style view. Queries are pinned at the top, and model names are hidden during requests.
- Slash commands now support Text Color and Highlight options that can be applied directly from your keyboard.
- The BubbleMenu now displays the current text and highlight color instantly, with added options for `No Color` and `No Highlight` to clear formatting.
- The collapsed status of the properties panel is now retained across all notes.
- Long names are now properly truncated in the `CMD/Ctrl + P` menu.

**Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where Brown highlights did not apply any color.
- Resolved a problem where overlapping highlights or text colors were not parsed correctly after reload.
- Fixed duplicate math renders for certain equations when loading notes.
- Corrected an error in changing property types when the property was missing from `properties.json`.
- Fixed `CMD/Ctrl + P` not returning search results when the query matched a folder name.

**Changes**

- The `Slash Command` for linking notes and attachments is now combined into a single unified command.
- Renamed `Insert Media` to `Import Media from Finder` and `Attach Files` to `Import Files from Finder`.
- Made a slight design update to codeblocks.