1.1.5

Changelog - Version 1.1.5

🐛 Bug Fixes

Critical: Chrome crash when using split view with grouped tabs

• Problem: Chrome crashes entirely when using "Add tab to new split view" on tabs that match a Tabee group rule
• Root cause: chrome.tabs.group() API doesn't support tabs in split view (Chrome 140+)
• Fix: Multi-layer split view detection and protection
  • Track tabs entering/exiting split view via changeInfo.splitViewId
  • Guard all grouping/ungrouping operations with split view checks
  • Re-fetch tab state before each retry attempt
  • Detect split view related errors and abort retries
• Impact: No more Chrome crashes when using split view feature
• Files changed:
  • src/background.ts
  • src/background/TabGroupsService.ts

Performance: Faster duplicate tab closing (unique feature)

• Problem: With "unique" enabled, duplicates were only closed 9+ seconds after page load
• Old behavior: Content script sent message → background closed duplicate (after page fully loaded)
• New behavior: Background script closes duplicates immediately during tabs.onUpdated event
• Impact: Duplicates now closed during page load (before it finishes), matching old tab-modifier speed
• Files changed:
  • src/background.ts
  • src/background/TabRulesService.ts
  • src/content/RuleApplicationService.ts

UI: Fixed icon picker not showing selected image

• Problem: When selecting an image icon, only the category emoji was displayed in the button
• Fix: Now displays the actual selected image thumbnail in the picker button
• Files changed: src/components/options/center/sections/TabRules/EmojiIconPicker.vue

✨ New Features

Search bar for rules

• Feature: Instant search/filter for rules in the Rules page
• How it works:
  • Search bar in the navbar (visible on Rules page)
  • Filters rules by name, URL fragment, or title
  • Real-time filtering as you type
• Keyboard shortcuts:
  • Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+K (Mac) to focus search
  • Escape to clear search
• UI: Uses DaisyUI kbd badges to show platform-appropriate shortcut
• Files changed:
  • src/Options.vue
  • src/components/options/center/sections/TabRulesPane.vue
  • src/stores/rules.store.ts

Debug mode setting

• Feature: Control content script logging via settings
• How it works: Toggle in Settings to enable/disable debug logs in page console
• Files changed:
  • src/content/debugLog.ts
  • src/components/options/center/sections/SettingsPane.vue

📝 Documentation

CSS selector variables in title patterns

• Feature: Document existing {.css-selector} feature in Help page
• Use case: Extract text from page DOM and use in tab titles
• Example: {.ytd-channel-name a} - {title} for YouTube channel names
• Files changed: src/components/options/center/sections/HelpPane.vue

🧪 Tests

Updated test suite

• Fixed tests for split view protection (added chrome.tabs.get mock)
• All 218 tests passing
• Files changed:
  • src/background/__tests__/TabGroupsService.test.ts
  • src/background/__tests__/TabRulesService.test.ts
  • src/background/__tests__/TabRulesService.unique.test.ts

🔧 Maintenance

Migration from yarn to npm

• Change: Project now uses npm instead of yarn
• Updates:
  • CI workflow uses npm ci and npm run commands
  • resolutions replaced with overrides in package.json
  • README.md updated with npm commands
  • yarn.lock removed, package-lock.json added
• Files changed:
  • .github/workflows/ci.yml
  • package.json
  • README.md
  • docs/SECURITY.md

Package updates

• Updated dependencies to latest versions
• Applied ESLint formatting across codebase

🎯 User Impact

For users experiencing:

• ✅ Chrome crash with split view → FIXED
• ✅ Slow duplicate tab closing → FIXED (now instant during page load)
• ✅ Icon picker not showing image → FIXED
• ✅ Hard to find rules in long lists → NEW search bar with keyboard shortcut

📊 Metrics

• Test coverage: 218/218 tests passing
• Duplicate closing speed: Instant (during page load)
• Split view compatibility: Full protection against crashes

🔄 Migration Notes

No migration needed. All changes are backward compatible.

1.1.4

🐛 Critical Bug Fixes

Fixed SPA freeze issue (GitHub, Gmail, etc.)

• Problem: Extension caused Chrome to freeze when navigating on Single Page Applications
• Symptoms:
  • Network requests hanging ("pending")
  • Memory usage growing to GBs
  • Page completely frozen
  • Browser unresponsive
• Root cause:
  • UrlChangeDetector was observing entire document with aggressive throttling
  • MutationObserver firing thousands of times during DOM changes
• Fix:
  • Changed from throttling to debouncing (500ms wait after last mutation)
  • Reduced observation scope to only <title> element instead of entire document
  • Prevents callbacks during heavy DOM manipulation
• Impact: ~99% reduction in observer callbacks → massive performance improvement
• Files changed:
  • src/content/UrlChangeDetector.ts
  • src/content/RuleApplicationService.ts

Fixed "unique tab" closing wrong tabs

• Problem: Unique feature was closing unrelated tabs (e.g., Gmail when refreshing GitHub)
• Root cause:
  • When url_fragment doesn't contain $1 placeholder, _processUrlFragment() returns same value for all URLs
  • This made all tabs appear as duplicates
• Example scenario:
  • Rule: url_fragment: "github.com/issues", url_matcher: "github\.com/.+/issues/(\d+)"
  • GitHub tab: processed to "github.com/issues"
  • Gmail tab: also processed to "github.com/issues" (no match, returns fragment as-is)
  • Both equal → Gmail closed! ❌
• Fix:
  • Added validation: tabs must match url_matcher pattern before comparison
  • Without url_matcher: compare exact URLs only
  • Prevents closing tabs that don't match the rule's pattern
• Impact: Unique feature now works correctly, no more random tab closures
• Files changed: src/background/TabRulesService.ts
• Tests added: src/background/__tests__/TabRulesService.unique.test.ts (85 new test cases)

✨ New Features

Rule copy/paste functionality

• Feature: Copy rules to clipboard and paste them to duplicate
• How to use:
  • Click copy icon next to a rule → copies to clipboard
  • Click "Paste rule" button → creates new rule from clipboard
• Use case: Quickly duplicate rules with slight modifications
• Feature flag: Can be disabled via FEATURE_FLAGS.ENABLE_RULE_COPY_PASTE
• Files changed:
  • src/Options.vue
  • src/stores/rules.store.ts
  • src/components/options/center/sections/TabRules/TableRules.vue
• Files added: src/components/icons/ClipboardIcon.vue

Paste rule: Auto-refresh

• Problem: After pasting a rule, the list didn't refresh to show the new rule
• Fix: Store automatically refreshes after paste operation
• Files changed: src/Options.vue

🔧 Technical Improvements

Feature flags system

• Added: src/common/feature-flags.ts for toggling experimental features
• Current flags:
  • ENABLE_RULE_COPY_PASTE: Enable/disable copy/paste functionality

URL change detection optimization

• Before: Throttled MutationObserver checking every 100ms during mutations
• After: Debounced observer waiting 500ms after mutations settle
• Result: Only checks URL after DOM changes complete, not during

Observer lifecycle management

• Properly disconnect observers before creating new ones
• Prevents memory leaks from accumulated observers
• Better performance on long-running tabs

🧪 Tests

Comprehensive unique tab test suite

• 85+ new test cases covering all unique tab scenarios
• Tests for GitHub-style URLs with issue numbers
• Tests for simple CONTAINS detection without url_matcher
• Edge cases: nested duplicates, different issue numbers, etc.
• Files added: src/background/__tests__/TabRulesService.unique.test.ts

🎯 User Impact

For users experiencing Chrome freezing:

• ✅ FIXED: GitHub navigation no longer freezes
• ✅ FIXED: Gmail and other SPAs work smoothly
• ✅ FIXED: Network requests complete normally
• ✅ FIXED: Memory usage stays stable (no more GB growth)

For users experiencing unique tab issues:

• ✅ FIXED: Unique feature no longer closes random tabs
• ✅ FIXED: Gmail won't close when refreshing GitHub
• ✅ FIXED: Only true duplicates are closed

For users wanting to duplicate rules:

• ✅ NEW: Copy/paste rules for quick duplication

📊 Performance Metrics

• Observer callbacks: ~99% reduction on SPAs (thousands → ~10 per navigation)
• Memory usage: Stable (prevents GB-scale growth)
• CPU usage: Dramatically reduced during SPA navigation
• Debounce delay: 500ms after DOM changes settle
• Test coverage: 218 tests passing

🔄 Migration Notes

No migration needed. All changes are backward compatible.

For users with unique tab rules:

If you were experiencing tabs closing incorrectly, this should now work as expected.

For REGEX users:

Patterns with nested quantifiers (e.g., (?:[\w-]+\.)*) are blocked for security.
Use simplified patterns instead: google\.com/.*/u/5/

⚠️ Known Issues

None reported. All critical bugs from 1.1.3 have been resolved.

1.1.3

✨ New Features

Tab Grouping: Fixed race condition

• Problem: Tab groups would appear and disappear rapidly during page load
• Fix: Improved timing logic to prevent race conditions between group creation and tab loading
• Impact: Tab grouping now works reliably and consistently
• Files changed: src/background.ts

Tab Hive: Reject list with context menu

• Feature: Added ability to exclude URLs or domains from Tab Hive auto-close
• How to use: Right-click on a tab → "Don't auto-close this domain/URL"
• Storage: Rejected patterns saved in settings
• Files added: Context menu integration in src/background/ContextMenuService.ts

Tab Hive: Settings UI

• Feature: New dedicated settings panel for Tab Hive configuration
• What's included:
  • Manage reject list (view/edit/delete excluded URLs/domains)
  • Configure auto-close timeout
  • Enable/disable Tab Hive
• Files changed: src/background.ts, Tab Hive settings components

Tab Hive: Improved reliability in service worker

• Problem: Auto-close feature was unreliable with service worker lifecycle
• Fix: Switched from setInterval to chrome.alarms API for persistent timers
• Impact: Tab Hive auto-close now works consistently, even after service worker suspends
• Files changed: src/background/TabHiveService.ts

Emoji support for tab icons

• Feature: Added emoji picker for tab icons
• What's included:
  • 740+ emojis across 8 categories (Smileys, Animals, Objects, etc.)
  • Search functionality
  • Categorized tabs
• Files added: src/common/emoji-data/categories/*.ts

SidePanel: Reload active tab after saving rule

• Feature: When saving a rule in the sidepanel, the active tab automatically reloads
• Impact: Rule changes apply immediately without manual refresh
• Files changed: src/SidePanel.vue

Icon field: Clear button

• Feature: Added clear button (×) to easily remove icon from a rule
• Impact: Better UX for icon management
• Files changed: Rule form components

🎨 UI Improvements

Tab Hive: Improved styling

• Added primary color to bordered tabs in Tab Hive list
• Better visual hierarchy and consistency
• Files changed: Tab Hive components

Mobile: Fixed sidebar z-index

• Problem: Sidebar was appearing below other elements on mobile
• Fix: Adjusted z-index for proper layering
• Files changed: Sidebar styling

🐛 Bug Fixes

Tab grouping race condition

• Groups no longer flicker or disappear during page load
• Consistent behavior across all detection types (CONTAINS, REGEX, etc.)

📊 What's New

• New icons: 11 star-themed bullet icons (all colors)
• New test suite: Detection vs Uniqueness test cases (detection-vs-uniqueness.test.ts)
• Context menu: Enhanced with Tab Hive reject options

🎯 User Impact

For users experiencing:

• ✅ Tab groups disappearing → FIXED (race condition resolved)
• ✅ Tab Hive not working reliably → FIXED (service worker alarms)
• ✅ No way to exclude tabs from auto-close → ADDED (reject list)
• ✅ Want to use emojis as icons → ADDED (emoji picker)
• ✅ Rules don't apply immediately in sidepanel → FIXED (auto-reload)

🔄 Migration Notes

No migration needed. All changes are backward compatible.

New features (emoji picker, Tab Hive reject list) are opt-in.

1.1.2

What's Fixed

🚨 Critical: Storage Limit Issues

Fixed critical storage limit problems that could cause data loss or extension malfunction:

• Migrated from Chrome sync storage (100KB limit) to local storage (10MB limit)
• Implemented compression using LZ-String to reduce storage footprint
• Removed chunking system (no longer needed with local storage)
• Added automatic migration from old sync storage format
• Storage size reduced by ~60-70% thanks to compression

🚨 Critical: Unique Tab Rule Closing Random tabs

Enhanced the "unique tab" functionality:

• Fixed rule application logic for unique tabs
• Better handling of duplicate detection
• Improved URL change detection with new UrlChangeDetector service
• Added 319 new tests specifically for unique tab scenarios

📋 Storage Migration

Complete storage system overhaul:

• Converted storage.test.js to TypeScript (storage.test.ts)
• Added 391 comprehensive storage tests
• Tests for migration, compression, and edge cases
• Backward compatibility maintained for existing users

🎯 Settings Improvements

Enhanced Settings pane:

• Better organization and layout
• Improved storage limit warnings
• Added migration status indicators

🤖 CI/CD Improvements

Enhanced GitHub Actions workflow:

• Auto-build on pull requests
• Better test coverage reporting
• Multiple workflow fixes and improvements

📊 By The Numbers

• ✅ New tests
• ✅ Storage capacity: 100KB → 10MB (100x increase)
• ✅ Storage usage: -60-70% (thanks to compression)
• ✅ 17 files modified
• ✅ 2,303 lines added, 1,171 lines removed

🧪 Testing

New comprehensive test suites:

• TabRulesService.unique.test.ts
• TabRulesService.unique.bug.test.ts
• storage.test.ts
• UrlChangeDetector.test.ts
• StorageService.test.ts

📝 Documentation

• Added docs/unique-pattern-proposal.md with detailed proposal for unique tab patterns

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed storage limit errors that prevented saving rules
• Fixed unique tab rule not working correctly
• Fixed rule application timing issues
• Improved URL change detection reliability
• Better error handling for storage operations

⚠️ Breaking Changes

None! All existing data is automatically migrated to the new storage format.

🙏 Thanks

Thank you to everyone who reported storage issues! Your feedback helped us identify and fix critical problems.

📦 Installation

Update via Chrome Web Store.

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1.1.1

What's Fixed

🚨 Critical: Unique Tab Closing All Tabs

Fixed a critical bug where enabling the "unique" option would close all open tabs instead of just duplicates. This was caused by inverted logic in the duplicate detection code.

🎯 Disabled Rules Now Actually Disabled

Fixed disabled rules still matching URLs and blocking enabled rules from working. For example, a disabled rule with .* pattern would prevent all other rules from functioning.

📁 No More Duplicate Tab Groups

Fixed excessive duplicate group creation. Previously, you could end up with 10+ groups named "GitHub" or "YouTube". The extension now properly reuses existing groups.

🔧 TypeScript Build Errors

Fixed compilation errors that prevented clean builds.

📊 By The Numbers

• ✅ 4 critical bugs fixed
• ✅ 181 tests passing (+17 new tests)
• ✅ 9 new tests for tab groups
• ✅ 5 new tests for unique tabs
• ✅ 3 new tests for disabled rules

🙏 Thanks

Thank you to everyone who reported these issues! Your feedback helps make Tabee better.

📦 Installation

Update via Chrome Web Store.

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1.1.0

🧩 Changes List - Tabee v1.1.0

🎨 Branding & Identity

• 🐝 New name: Chrome Tab Modifier → Tabee
• 🎨 New icon & branding: Bee-inspired design with minimal yellow-black aesthetic
• 🏁 Published under new developer account

✨ New Features

🍯 Tab Hive (Auto-Close Inactive Tabs)

• Automatically closes tabs inactive for a specified duration
• Closed tabs saved in side panel for easy restoration
• Grouped by domain for better organization
• SHA-256 hash-based duplicate detection (no duplicate entries)
• Search functionality to filter tabs by URL or title
• Real-time activity tracking with visual feedback

🌐 Side Panel

• Two tabs: "Add Rule" and "🍯 Tab Hive"
• Quick access to create rules from current tab
• Restore closed tabs with one click
• Clear all closed tabs option

🖼️ Image Paste Support for Icons

• Paste images directly from clipboard into the "Icon" field
• Automatic base64 Data URI conversion
• Support for PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP formats
• Visual preview of pasted images

🔍 Spot Search - Quick Tab & Bookmark Finder

• Instant search across all open tabs and bookmarks with Alt+Shift+E (or Cmd+Shift+E on Mac)
• Real-time filtering as you type - search by title, URL, or tab group name
• Keyboard navigation - use arrow keys (↑↓) to navigate, Enter to select, Escape to close
• Visual indicators - displays favicons, tab group badges with colors, and bookmark icons
• Smart activation - clicking a tab brings it to focus, clicking a bookmark opens it in a new tab
• Dark theme UI - elegant overlay with smooth animations
• Performance optimized - filters chrome:// internal pages automatically

♻️ Sync Mode

• Automatically save and restore tab renaming rules across multiple devices
• Chrome Storage Sync integration

🍀 Lightweight Mode

• Disable listeners on specific domains or patterns
• Reduce memory usage on specified sites
• Regex or domain-based pattern matching

🎯 Context Menu Enhancements

• ✏️ Rename Tab - Quick rename with emoji
• 🪟 Merge All Windows - Combine all browser windows
• 🍯 Send to Tab Hive - Manually send tab to hive

🔧 Technical Improvements

🏗️ Architecture Refactoring (SOLID Principles)

Background Services:

• TabRulesService.ts - Rule application logic
• TabGroupsService.ts - Tab grouping management
• TabHiveService.ts - Auto-close & tab hive management
• WindowService.ts - Window merging operations
• ContextMenuService.ts - Context menu handling
• Result: background.ts reduced from 820 → 265 lines (68% reduction)

Content Services:

• RegexService.ts - Safe regex validation (ReDoS protection)
• TitleService.ts - Title processing & DOM extraction
• IconService.ts - Favicon management
• StorageService.ts - Storage & rule matching
• RuleApplicationService.ts - Rule orchestration
• Result: content.js reduced from 390 → 56 lines (85% reduction)

🧪 Test Coverage

• More tests!
• 100% pass rate
• Comprehensive coverage for all services
• Background services: 35 tests
• Content services: 57 tests
• Integration tests maintained

📝 Help Section Updates

• Emojis added to all section titles (💡✨⌨️📋📝)
• Removed non-functional "Open Side Panel" keyboard shortcut
• Updated documentation for new features

🔐 Security

• ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) protection
• Safe regex validation for all user-provided patterns
• SHA-256 hashing for URL comparison

🌍 Logging & Debugging

• Comprehensive logging with emoji indicators (🍯 for Tab Hive operations)
• Detailed console output for troubleshooting
• Error tracking throughout the extension

📦 Build & Tooling

• Full TypeScript migration for background and content scripts
• Vite build optimization
• Modern ES modules architecture
• Improved type safety throughout

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed Wikipedia sample rule regex to support both dash types (— and -)
• Fixed dynamic initialization of auto-close when toggled in settings
• Improved error handling in tab grouping with retry logic
• Fixed capture group support in URL fragments for unique tabs

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Migration from Chrome Tab Modifier: All existing rules, groups, and settings are preserved. The extension maintains full backward compatibility while adding new features.

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Full Changelog: 1.0.17...1.1.0

1.0.17

What's Changed

• Revert "feat: add support mode (#432)" by @sebastienfontaine in #444

Full Changelog: 1.0.14...1.0.17

1.0.13

What's Changed

• feat: add a transparent icon
• fix: add enable / disable label for rule activation
• fix: tooltip when too long
• chore: upgrade packages
• chore(readme): github glob example
• chore: upgrade crxjs vite plugin (csp)

Full Changelog: 1.0.12...1.0.13

1.0.12

What's Changed

• fix(csp): use workaround because chrome 130 will introduce a bug
• chore(deps): upgrade packages

Full Changelog: 1.0.11...1.0.12

1.0.11

What's Changed

• fix: icon issue for some websites by @sebastienfontaine in #356
• fix: old config import by @sebastienfontaine in #357

Full Changelog: 1.0.10...1.0.11