# Octarine 0.38.0 Changelog

Released: 2026-03-14

**Ask Octarine**

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- The chat landing page has been redesigned with a centered prompt box and compact suggested prompts below — a cleaner starting point for your conversations.
- The prompt box now supports inline `@` mentions — type `@` to search and reference specific notes or folders directly in your prompt, with styled mention chips that appear in both the input and the chat query bubble.
- The prompt box has been split into a two-part layout — the textarea on top with a toolbar below for model selection, web search, and help.
- The prompt textarea now collapses during AI generation, keeping the stop button visible while saving space.
- Ask Octarine now understands Octarine's custom markdown syntax — highlights, colored text, underlines, and callouts — so it can reproduce them accurately when referencing your notes.
- Search results are now more accurate thanks to improved embedding indexing — frontmatter is stripped before chunking, chunks are properly sized for the model, and date-based queries are smarter.
- The indexing progress bar now shows real progress instead of a simulated animation.
- Notes used as references are now displayed as footnotes in the chat, showing only the specific block of text relevant to each statement or retrieval.
- The `Ask / Create` toggle has been removed. Octarine now intelligently determines the appropriate action for each query without requiring a mode switch.

**Writing Assistant**

- The context selector has been removed. The current note is now automatically included as context, and you can add additional context by using the `@` mention feature for folders and notes.
- The design of the Prompt box has been updated to match the style used in Ask Octarine.

**Editor**

- Select text and type a bracket or quote character (`(`, `[`, `{`, `"`, `'`, `backslash`) to automatically wrap the selection with the matching pair. This can be toggled in `Settings > Editor`.
- Toggle task checkboxes on and off with `Ctrl/CMD + Enter` — no need to click the checkbox.

**Performance**

- Switching between notes and tabs no longer causes the properties panel to flicker — the panel now updates in place instead of fully unmounting and remounting.
- Splitting or moving tabs is now instant — pane cleanup runs synchronously, eliminating empty tab bars and zombie panes that could briefly appear.
- Embedding indexing is significantly faster with proper chunk sizing and batched processing, and the progress bar now reflects real progress.

**Improvements**

- Settings have been reorganized into clearer, more logical groups for easier navigation.
- Property suggestion dropdowns now span the full width of the value column, with readable wikilink titles and consistent styling across all property types.

**Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where re-added attachments would incorrectly show "file does not exist in workspace."
- Fixed pinned view names overlapping other elements.
- Fixed a zombie pane bug caused by an async cleanup race condition.
- Fixed sticky group headers in Views switching too early during scroll.