assist · Sep 7–13, 2026 · v0.621–v0.643 · via commits ← Aug 31–Sep 5 Sep 14–18 →

Read-time estimates, usage Items tab, render-rate HUD

A busy week of web UI polish: a usage Items tab, tidier backlog rows and a render HUD for hunting re-render loops. assist read-time arrived to estimate how long a PR takes to read.

Added 11

Render-rate HUD in the web UI, toggled from the hamburger menu
cli-hook denies piping or narrowing assist verify output
Resume conversations from Activity
Codex reviewer runs on a LiteLLM model
Usage Items tab with summary band, repo and status filters, sorting
Video attachments in previews
assist read-time with prose-aware, length-decayed estimates
Auto-merge toggle on the PR preview
assist prs writes allowed via cli-writes
assist litellm list-models
assist transcript merge --no-provenance and --widen-audience

Changed 1

Backlog rows: title on its own line, one phase meter, real buttons

Fixed 9

Stored plans showing more than one Review phase
Set-active render loop on the backlog page
Markdown re-renders wiping links
Markdown links not opening in a new tab
Repo labels missing for non-default origins
Missing focus ring on backlog row controls
gh missing-PR error not detected
File palette not scoped to the selected card
Profanity filter mangling 'damned if I know'