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Release notes, project updates, and field reports from the Halley project.

Patch v0.9.2

Halley 0.9.2

Remove the node of a collapsed X11 window that answers a close request by withdrawing instead of exiting, such as Steam keeping its window for the tray.

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Patch v0.9.1

Halley 0.9.1

Use unmodified upstream Smithay and keep IME lock isolation, stale-composition rejection, and post-unlock recovery in Halley.

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Release v0.9.0

A Steadier Experience

Halley 0.9 makes everyday work steadier with reliable fullscreen and XWayland behavior, fractional display scaling, expressive window rules, and separate screenshot and screencast privacy.

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Patch v0.4.1

Halley Lift 0.4.1: ready for Halley 0.9

Lift 0.4.1 updates the Halley API dependency for Halley 0.9, restoring streamed window and cluster updates with private IPC 28.

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Release v0.4.0

Halley Lift 0.4: smoother search, sharper results

Halley Lift 0.4 adds scrolling result text, sharper application icons, familiar keyboard editing, and more control over layout and appearance, with fixes throughout discovery, launching, and live updates.

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Release v0.8.0

The Field comes first

Halley 0.8 makes the Field the starting point, adds reversible window arrangements, improves screenshot and desktop integration, and gives Lift an independent home built on Halley UI.

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Release v0.7.0

Compose the Field

Halley v0.7.0 introduces the Cluster Composer, independent compositor UI styling, system-aware colours, safer explicit config migration, and a broad presentation and XWayland reliability pass.

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Patch v0.6.1

Previews in Motion

Halley v0.6.1 is a focused stability release for live Alt-Tab and Apogee previews, fullscreen restoration, mixed-refresh rendering, modal keyboard input, and rounded overlay clipping.

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Release v0.6.0

Halley, Rewritten

Halley v0.6.0 is a ground-up rewrite: the spatial desktop returns on a smaller, typed, damage-aware compositor core, with new titlebars, floating cluster members, native XWayland, stronger output protocols, and a stable client API.

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Release v0.5.0

Glass and Gravity

Halley v0.5.0 is a wide release: a brand-new native portal backend, frosted-glass effects, animated field backgrounds, the initial Halley Lift and Apogee releases, deeper input tuning, animation polish, and a steadier nested/session story.

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Preview Upcoming

The Ecosystem Begins

A look ahead: Halley's first ecosystem app — a compositor-integrated app launcher — is on approach in the next release, alongside a new halley-full package for everything the ecosystem will carry.

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Release v0.4.0

Big Picture

Halley v0.4.0 brings compositor fullscreen controls, Gamescope launch support, fixed-size and translucent window rules, and deeper game/session stability.

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Patch v0.3.2

0.3.2 Small Fixes

Halley v0.3.2 is a focused patch for stale rendered textures in tiled cluster members.

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Patch v0.3.1

0.3.1 Hotfix

Halley v0.3.1 is a focused hotfix for landmark/window overlap transfer and fullscreen game reveal regressions in v0.3.0.

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Release v0.3.0

Steady Field

Halley v0.3.0 is preparing to launch with normal overlapping windows, presentation-only maximize and fullscreen, stricter config diagnostics, and smoother native tty performance.

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Release v0.2.0

Daily Driver

Halley v0.2.0 is out with focus cycling, maximize sessions, cluster slots, session launch support, and native rendering fixes.

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Release v0.1.0

First Light

Halley's first public release is here.

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