📋 Release Changelog

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and revisions to WeBook.

v9.8.1 Store Stable
Released: November 2, 2026
🔖 Save to WeBook Fixes
  • No More Duplicates: Right-clicking Save to WeBook on a page you already saved no longer leaves an unsorted copy behind. WeBook tells you which folder it is already in.
  • Reliable Sorting: Pages that previously failed to sort are now sent to the AI again instead of being skipped.
v9.8.0
Released: October 31, 2026
🛡️ Smarter AI Organizing
  • Only New Bookmarks Use AI: Bookmarks that already have a folder answer are organized instantly, so running Organize Library again is free.
  • See It Before It Runs: Organize Library shows how many bookmarks will use AI and how many you have left today.
  • Daily AI Allowance: Each account can organize up to 1,000 new bookmarks a day, with a short wait between runs.
  • Safe Stops: If a limit is reached, organizing stops and the remaining bookmarks stay exactly where they are.
👤 Simpler Popup Header
  • One-Click Dashboard: Click your profile in the extension popup to open your WeBook dashboard, with Sign Out right beside it. Your display name and picture now match the website.
  • Restore From Settings: Restore from Cloud now lives in the popup's Settings tab, and Delete Account is in the website's Danger Zone.
v9.7.0
Released: October 30, 2026
👤 Cleaner Account Dropdown
  • Streamlined Menu: Removed AI Categorize from the profile account dropdown to keep it focused on user identity, profile settings, and account management.
  • Dedicated Tools View: AI Categorize continues to run seamlessly from the Web Dashboard Tools tab on your cloud library and browser bookmarks.
⚡ AI Categorize Reliability & Cloud Performance
  • Zero Connection Drops: Fixed "Failed to fetch" errors during bookmark classification with server process crash protection and exponential backoff retry algorithms.
  • Intelligent Pre-Warming: Added automatic cloud container pre-warming before launching categorization queues.
  • High-Capacity Processing: Expanded request payload handling to 2MB to support large bookmark libraries seamlessly.
v9.6.0
Released: October 28, 2026
🧰 Web Dashboard Tools
  • AI Categorize: Sort your bookmarks into smart folders from the website.
  • Clean Library: Fix folder names, merge similar folders, and remove duplicates.
  • Broken Link Checker: Find dead links and remove them from the dashboard.
  • AI Search: Search your library by meaning.
  • Tab Groups: Open or delete saved tab groups from the website.
✨ Simpler Dashboard
  • Quiet Sync: Your bookmarks sync in the background, so the sync buttons are gone from the website.
  • Right-Click Only: "Save to WeBook" is now the one way to add a bookmark. Bookmarks made with the browser's star button stay in your browser and are not added to WeBook.
  • Export and Import Removed: Your library is kept in your WeBook account instead. Use Restore from Cloud to bring it back.
v9.5.3
Released: October 27, 2026
🛡️ Chrome Web Store Optimization
  • Optimized Permissions: Streamlined extension permissions by removing unnecessary unlimited storage flags for seamless Chrome Web Store approval.
  • Fast Review: Zero warning prompts during browser installation and instant verification.
v9.5.2
Released: October 25, 2026
✨ Simpler Account Menu
  • Cleaner Menu: The account menu now shows only what you need.
  • Automatic Saving: The Save to Cloud button is gone because your library now saves by itself.
v9.5.1
Released: October 23, 2026
⚡ Live Updates
  • No More Refresh: The web dashboard and the Groups tab update on their own, so the Refresh buttons are gone.
  • Steadier Multi-Browser Sync: Browsers now only upload bookmarks that really changed, so they no longer overwrite each other.
v9.5.0
Released: October 21, 2026
☁️ Your Account, Everywhere
  • Sign In From the Extension: Create an account or sign in right inside the popup, with Google sign-in through webook.website.
  • Two-Way Tab Group Sync: Saved tab groups, including renames, edits and deletes, now stay in sync across your browsers and the web dashboard.
  • Search Your Cloud Library: Popup search and Ask AI also find bookmarks saved in your account, even on a new computer, without changing that browser's bookmarks.
  • Instant Search: Signed-in users can search straight away, with no Analyze step first.
  • Stronger Account Security: Google sign-in is now fully verified by the server.
v9.4.0
Released: October 18, 2026
🔄 Automatic Favorites Sync
  • Automatic Sync: Your Edge favorites and Chrome bookmarks now sync to your library each time you open the dashboard and whenever they change.
  • Merged Library: Syncing merges, so Edge and Chrome can share one library without losing anything.
  • Folder Tree: The web dashboard now shows your folders as a collapsible tree that matches your browser.
  • Improved Security: The extension now only connects to the official WeBook pages.
v9.3.0
Released: October 16, 2026
☁️ Free Cloud Accounts
  • Permanent Cloud Storage: Your bookmarks and tab groups are stored in a free database that never expires.
  • Free Accounts for Everyone: Anyone can create their own account, with passwords securely hashed.
  • Private by Default: Each account's bookmarks and tab groups are kept separate and private.
  • Web Dashboard: A new web page lets you view and search your bookmarks and tab groups from any browser.
v9.2.0
Released: September 20, 2026
🎉 100% Free Community Edition & Cloud Upgrade
  • 100% Free Forever: Completely eliminated license key gating and paywalls. All AI-powered features, bulk organizer, semantic search, broken link repair, and tab group managers are unlocked for everyone.
  • Cloud Infrastructure Upgrade: Modernized production backend infrastructure for high availability, fast response times, and reliable cloud processing.
  • Zero Setup Required: Extension automatically connects to high-speed cloud AI categorization out of the box with zero manual configuration.
  • Modern Runtime Compatibility: Upgraded native drivers for full compatibility with modern runtimes and container environments.
v9.1.1
Released: July 17, 2026
🚀 Core Performance & Features
  • Group Editor Integration: Added right-click context menu on saved groups to edit them directly inside the expanded "Create Tab Group" panel. Users can rename, change color, check open tabs to add, or uncheck to delete tabs in a unified UI with automatic bookmark folder synchronization.
v9.1.0
Released: July 17, 2026
🚀 Core Performance & Features
  • Background Search Indexing: Moved the indexing loop to the background service worker. Search index analysis continues running persistently in the background even if the extension popup is closed by the user, resuming dynamically upon restarts.
  • AI-Powered Semantic Search: Integrated a natural language search query feature (the "Ask AI" button) enabling conceptual matches for complex questions like "any markdown file reader in windows".
  • Clean Import Wiping: Implemented a full browser bookmark and storage cache wipe preceding JSON backup imports to prevent duplicates and ensure a clean replace.
  • Robust Backup Imports: Resolved an issue where importing a JSON backup with custom tab groups would fail to load in the groups tab due to synchronous type validator errors in Chrome's Bookmarks API. Added automated fallbacks for legacy/empty groups.
🔍 Optimizations & UI Refinements
  • Tag Synchronization: Prevented redundant webpage scraping and API calls by skipping search indexing for already-tagged bookmarks and reusing existing tags during organization.
  • UI Styling & Overflow Fix: Styled the Ask AI button with WeBook's lime green branding and fixed button flex overrides to resolve input bar layout overflow issues.
v9.0.0
Released: July 2026
🚀 Core Performance & Features
  • Resumable Background Tasks: Implemented auto-resume capabilities for Bulk Organizer and Broken Link Checker. Task states (pending queues, success/error counts, processed items) are stored persistently in local storage and automatically resumed on browser startup or extension updates.
  • Manual "Analyze Bookmarks" Onboarding: Adds an onboarding indexing card on the Search tab for first-time users. Indexes all existing bookmarks using fast fallback tags and kicks off a concurrent background scraper for webpage metadata.
  • Progressive UI Progress Bar: Displays real-time progress percentages and bookmark counts during initial index analysis.
  • JSON Import & Bulk Organize Bypass: Automatically marks indexing as done after JSON imports or library organizations in the Activity tab to allow immediate search access.
🔍 Search & Tagging Enhancements
  • Relevance Scoring & Domain Grouping: Search results are scored based on query matches (Exact Title, Substring, URL, Tags) and grouped under domain headers.
  • Recency & Click Frequency Boosting: Popular clicked bookmarks and recently added bookmarks receive a search scoring boost.
  • 15-Tag Limit Support & Clean Activity Tags: Expands tag indexing capability to 15 (up from 5) for background scraping, folder classification, and backups, while displaying only the top 3 visual tags per bookmark in the activity list.
v8.2.0
Released: July 2026
✨ New Features
  • Right-Click Context Menu & Inline Editing: Added custom context menu options for search results (Open Incognito, Copy URL, Edit Bookmark, Delete Bookmark), replacing the legacy double-click gesture with context-menu-driven inline editing.
  • Search Hover Folder Location: Displays the bookmark folder path when hovering over search results to easily locate saved links.
  • Local MV3 Favicon API: Upgraded to the modern Chrome MV3 API (chrome://favicon2) for styling and loading local/remote favicons dynamically.
🛠️ Enhancements & Bug Fixes
  • Layout Scrollbar Fixes: Removed unnecessary scrollbars from the Link Checker success card and empty Saved Groups container by auto-collapsing cards and utilizing responsive layout styles.
  • SVG Fallback Fix: Fixed quote collision bugs in onerror fallback SVG handlers by encoding them to Base64 strings.
  • Alignment & De-duplication: Fixed vertical alignments for search result favicons, badges, and layout heights, and added de-duplication to link checks.
v8.1.0
Released: July 2026
✨ Enhancements & Maintenance
  • Privacy Focus: Cleaned up public changelogs and tracking logs to focus exclusively on extension improvements and user-facing features.
  • Codebase Maintenance: Upgraded version configuration and internal assets to v8.1.0 to support dynamic server updates.
v8.0.0
Released: July 2026
🚀 Chrome Web Store Listing
  • Official Store Availability: WeBook is now listed in the Chrome Web Store! Users no longer need to download manual ZIP files or sideload extensions. All installations and automatic updates are securely handled through Chrome.
  • Removed ZIP Option: Cleaned up manual installation interfaces and ZIP downloads from the landing site for a streamlined, single-click install experience.
✨ New Features
  • Metascraper Integration: Scrapes site descriptions, YouTube metadata, Amazon product names, and Open Graph tags locally before categorizing. AI classifications are now context-rich, producing better folders.
  • Weekly Free Key Drop: Integrated an automated license system that drops a fresh free license key every Sunday at 00:00 UTC. Live countdown timers have been added to the landing page.
  • Optimized Tab Groups: Saved tab groups are now written to Other Bookmarks to prevent cluttering the user's primary Favorites Bar.
v7.0.0
Released: June 2026
✨ New Features
  • Tab Groups Management: Save all open tabs in a group with custom titles and color labels. Preview, expand, and restore your tab groups in a click from the popup.
  • Embedded backups: Exports and backups now pack tab metadata directly in JSON, letting users restore tab groups on any Chrome install.
  • Smart Tag Blocklist: Blocks over 80 generic and filler tags (like "tech", "web", "internet"), ensuring your tags represent specific technologies or brand names.
  • Accordion UI: Collapse/expand accordion panels on Import/Export and Create Group menus to keep the popup compact.
v6.0.0
Released: June 2026
✨ Core Features
  • AI Categorization: Automatically organizes bookmarks into standard or existing custom folders using OpenRouter.
  • Duplicate Checker: Identifies and warns when saving identical URLs, keeping bookmark structures tidy.
  • Broken Link Checker: Scans the library for dead URLs returning 4xx or 5xx codes, with bulk-deletion tools.
  • Export/Import HTML: Standard Netscape HTML export/import support for cross-browser portability.
v5.0.0
Released: June 2026
🔍 Search & Filter
  • Real-Time Search: Added search input in popup to filter saved bookmarks dynamically by title, URL, or folder name.
  • Visual Folders: Redesigned folder displays with colored tabs and custom icons to improve readability.
v4.0.0
Released: June 2026
🎨 UI Refinements & Background Saving
  • Grid Popup Layout: Swapped layout to structured grids, prioritizing fast click interactions and space-saving headers.
  • Quick Actions: Added direct hotkeys and click actions to open active URLs in new tabs or delete them instantly from the popup.
v3.0.0
Released: June 2026
📂 Custom Structure & Tagging
  • Custom Folder Creation: Create, rename, and organize folders manually within the popup settings.
  • Keywords & Tags: Introduced custom manual tags to categorize bookmarks beside their target directory.
v2.0.0
Released: June 2026
⚙️ Context Menus & Settings
  • Right-Click Context Menu: Right-click anywhere on a webpage to send the URL straight to WeBook.
  • Settings Panel: Introduced popup configuration preferences for folder targets and storage paths.
v1.0.0
Released: June 2026
🚀 Initial Launch
  • Hello WeBook: The initial launch of the extension! Clean popup to save active Chrome tabs straight to local bookmark folders.