Release Log

Changelog

A quick, readable log of what ships in AltSea.

Stable Release

2026.10.03

#2026-10-03
In-app release notes, more reliable HTTPS upgrades, clearer network settings, and display fixes.

New

  • See what’s new after an update with release notes inside AltSea.

Improved

  • More reliable HTTPS upgrades for sites that redirect to another address on the same site, while preserving link details and removing tracking.
  • Clearer grouping in Network Features settings makes related options easier to find.

Fixed

  • Fixed change highlighting for some types of long links.
  • Fixed light and dark mode display issues on the main screen in certain situations.

Stable Release

2026.09.01

#2026-09-01
Tracking cleanup beyond parameters, faster local previews and startup, stronger preview privacy, and reliability fixes.

New

  • AltSea now removes supported tracking embedded in URL paths and fragments, not just tracking parameters.

Improved

  • Local link previews are faster and now use a better caching strategy.
  • Temporary browser sessions used for headless previews now have stronger runtime privacy protections.
  • Important app flows now start faster.

Fixed

  • Fixed Fast Mode sometimes processing the wrong link when multiple links were opened in quick succession.
  • Fixed Contextual Actions suggestions sometimes missing after a fresh launch or sign-in.
  • Fixed a startup crash that affected some users after an update.
  • Network checks and previews now stop at their configured timeout.

Stable Release

2026.08.04

#2026-08-04
Broader redirect cleanup, clearer activity stats, localized example links, faster performance, and reliability fixes.

New

  • Example links are now localized.

Improved

  • AltSea now safely cleans redirects from dozens more services.
  • Activity stats now explain more clearly how many links AltSea has handled and cleaned.
  • The app starts faster and responds more quickly.

Fixed

  • Links with encoded spaces are now handled correctly.
  • Malformed data shared with AltSea no longer causes the app to crash.
  • Scheduled link notifications now work correctly on Android 12 and earlier.

Stable Release

2026.07.30

#2026-07-30
Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese support, transparent issue-report logs, broader tracking removal, and custom-schedule date fixes.

New

  • AltSea is now available in Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
  • Before sending an issue report, you can now review optional diagnostic logs with sensitive information redacted.

Improved

  • AltSea now removes tracking parameters from hundreds of additional domains, including IMDb, LinkedIn, Etsy, Spotify, AliExpress, and Walmart.
  • Made small UI adjustments throughout the app.

Fixed

  • Custom schedules no longer choose the wrong date in affected time zones or around daylight-saving changes.

Stable Release

2026.07.20

#2026-07-20
Premium access codes, contextual actions, clearer ignored-domain controls, and more reliable link handling.

New

  • Redeem Premium access codes directly to your AltSea account to unlock Premium benefits.
  • Contextual Actions are now available with Premium access. This experimental feature suggests helpful actions based on the link's website, such as opening X links in Nitter or comparing Amazon price history. It runs entirely on your device.
A demo of Contextual Actions, currently experimental and available with Premium.

Improved

  • Ignored Domains are clearer and easier to use. The existing option to open a domain directly in your browser is now more visible, along with several UI improvements.
  • You can now manage a link's matching domain rule directly from the Advanced Mode sheet.
  • Ignored Domains now make it clearer when a link matches a rule and will open directly in your browser. You can also swipe to delete a rule and undo the deletion.

Fixed

  • Fixed unwrapping of double redirects that use tracking parameters.
  • Preview errors are no longer cached, so previews can retry the next time you open a link.

Stable Release

2026.07

#2026-07
German language support, private home-screen stats, cleaner links, and faster handling.

New

  • AltSea is now available in German.
  • The home screen can now show your AltSea stats. They stay offline, internal, and private to you.

Improved

  • Several improvements to the Link History screen.
  • The "Try me out" home card can now be dismissed and shown again from App Settings.
  • AltSea now removes more tracking clutter from shared social, shopping, and marketplace links while being more careful with useful parameters.
  • Improved AMP and redirect cleanup, including Google AMP viewer links and nested redirect wrappers.
  • On-device link previews are more reliable and avoid extra work for large pages, unsupported files, and repeated preview failures.
  • Fast Mode gets links to the browser sooner.

Fixed

  • Incognito and private link openings are excluded from Link History.
  • Safer HTTPS and www cleanup checks prevent rewrites when the probe lands on a different page.
  • Plenty of smaller bug fixes, performance improvements, and polish.

Stable Release

2026.06

#2026-06
Accounts, cloud sync and backup, link actions from selected text, faster startup, and lots of polish.

New

  • We now support email sign-in.
  • Your links, categories, and history can back up and sync across your devices.
  • You choose what syncs. Turn it off for anything you'd rather keep on your device only.
  • Select any text with a link and tap "AltSea: Open" to clean and open it.
  • Deleted a saved link by mistake? Tap Undo to get it back.

Improved

  • Improved UI and UX across the product.
  • The app starts up faster.
  • Reschedule a link straight from its notification.
  • Signing out can wipe your local links and history while keeping your backup safe.
  • The home screen now shows when you're signed in.

Fixed

  • Plenty of smaller reliability and polish fixes.

Beta Release

Beta 4

#beta-4
Quick actions, browser support, history improvements, and reliability fixes.

New

  • Added a Report broken link quick action, available via quick actions.
  • Added saved and scheduled link counts to the home screen.
  • Added a Share AltSea option on the About screen.
  • Added support for private browsing in Firefox Klar and IronFox.

Improved

  • Link History now supports up to 200 entries, groups links by day, and has clearer options for clearing recent or all history.
  • Browser settings are now easier to access from the link-opening sheet, and preferred browser settings are grouped with browser visibility.
  • Saved link previews only show their toggle when a saved link actually has preview content.
  • Newly created categories are automatically selected when saving a link.
  • Saving a link now confirms which category it was saved to.
  • Quick Actions guidance is clearer and easier to dismiss.

Fixed

  • Fixed cases where Fast Mode could emit or process a link twice.
  • Fixed unsafe URL decoding behavior, including preserving + characters correctly.
  • Fixed highlight logic when showing which parts of a link changed.
  • Fixed disabled Link History states so they guide users back to App Settings.
  • Improved scheduled link notification actions, including opening, postponing, and archiving.
  • Improved privacy in self-reported diagnostic logging by redacting full URLs.

Beta Release

Beta 3

#beta-3
Feedback tools, onboarding updates, preview improvements, and browser fixes.

What's New

  • Beta Feature Board & Feedback Sheet: Beta testers can now view top requested features, vote on them, and suggest new ideas directly inside the app, accessible via the About screen or a feedback banner on the home screen.
  • Manual Link Cleaning Guide during onboarding.
  • Postponed Privacy Prompts: Permission choices for usage analytics and crash reporting are no longer frontloaded during onboarding. Instead, they are deferred until the app has been used, and both start disabled by default.

What's Improved

  • Inline URL Cleaning Settings: Configure URL cleaning rules directly within the Advanced Mode link sheet without leaving the interception dialog.
  • More Reliable Preview Image Loading: Web preview cards now send a browser-like User-Agent and referer when fetching images, preventing broken images on sites that block hotlinking.
  • Text-Only Web Previews: Previews are now shown even if a site does not provide an image, relying on text titles and descriptions instead.
  • Stable Browser Selection: The browser list in the Advanced Mode sheet no longer shifts or re-sorts reactively while you are tapping an option.
  • Fast Mode UI Polish: Refined layout and animations for the cleaned link box, with better labels and screen reader support.

What's Fixed

  • Browser Launch Compatibility: Fixed app crashes and launch failures by ensuring AltSea only launches browser activities that are marked as enabled and exported by the system.
  • Quiet Update Failure: Removed the intrusive update failure banner on the home screen; failures are now handled silently in the background.
  • Incognito Consistency: Standardized incognito and private browsing launching across all supported browsers.

Release Candidate 1

Beta 1

#release-candidate-1
Our first public release log entry for early testers.

If you are reading this around launch, thank you for being one of the app's early testers. Stay tuned for future versions and everything that comes next.