What changed across Social Archiver

Mobile 1.9.7 improves transcript reading in Reader mode, syncs Whisper transcripts more reliably, includes transcripts in AI comment analysis, and fixes synced-media rendering reliability.

• Reader mode can now show YouTube and Whisper transcripts alongside the archived media.
• Switch transcripts between readable paragraphs and timestamped segments, with seek support when media playback is available.
• Whisper transcripts generated on another device sync more reliably and are included in AI comment summaries and analysis.
• Reduced cases where synced images or videos failed to render because of localpath placeholders.
• Improved archive-state sync and background activity handling reliability.

Mobile 1.9.6 improves feedback review flows, Naver Cafe WebView sign-in archiving, and the media gallery experience for long images and multi-image posts.

• Refined the feedback screen so submitted reports and replies are easier to review.
• Naver Cafe posts can now be archived after signing in through the in-app WebView.
• Long images are shown in full aspect ratio inside media cards, then can be opened in the fullscreen viewer for a closer look.
• The fullscreen media viewer now supports horizontal swiping between images, image panning while zoomed, pinch zoom, and swipe-down dismissal.
• Reduced cases where local images appeared black in the fullscreen gallery or left a loading indicator behind.

Desktop 0.3.0 connects authenticated Naver Cafe archiving through WebView sign-in on mobile and desktop, and substantially improves the feedback submission, reply, attachment, and support workflows.

• Added Naver Cafe integration. Instead of manually pasting cookies, you can sign in inside the app WebView and archive Cafe posts that require authentication.
• The archive flow now detects `cafe.naver.com`, `m.cafe.naver.com`, and `naver.me` shared links, prompts you to connect Naver Cafe, and handles mobile shared links plus `ca-fe` URLs more reliably.
• Improved Naver Cafe rendering. Image placeholders are replaced with real images, and SmartEditor source HTML is no longer shown as raw body text on mobile and desktop.
• Improved the feedback workflow with image attachments, My Feedback replies, a full-screen mobile feedback view, threaded desktop feedback cards, and clearer unread-reply notifications.
• Support operations are cleaner too: feedback reply emails, attachment indicators, duplicate/delete/hide handling, file picking, and modal layouts are more reliable.

Mobile 1.9.5 improves archive ordering so saved items appear in the correct order based on when they were actually archived.

• Archive lists now sort by actual archived time, with the newest items first.
• Search and filtered views keep the same ordering, so older items no longer jump above newly archived ones.
• Improved consistency between synced server data and the local archive list.

Mobile 1.9.3 keeps failed and limited archive attempts visible in the Inbox and Activity view, while improving subscription runs and automatic archive reliability.

• Failed and limited archive attempts now appear in the mobile Inbox and Activity view.
• Open the original link from a failed card, or remove the card when you no longer need it.
• Added a setting to keep failed archive attempts for later review, synced with other clients.
• Improved archive and subscription reliability, including stalled subscription recovery, duplicate prevention, and Kidsnote media preservation.
• Local AI reformat job status now appears more accurately in Activity.

Mobile 1.9.2 improves sharing archived posts to Threads with more reliable image attachments, while preparing mobile-to-desktop task handoff ahead of the Mac desktop app release.

• Added a flow for sharing archived posts to Threads. Long text can be split into connected posts.
• Improved image attachment, preview handling, and preserved-media thumbnails when sharing to Threads.
• Threads profile subscriptions are still in progress. Meta API approval is pending, so this may not work reliably for all accounts yet.
• Prepared mobile-to-desktop task handoff for the upcoming Mac desktop app, including AI comments, AI actions, and transcription workflows.
• Added date-range filtering for the archive list.
• Continued reliability improvements for Safari extension archiving, local media saving, Reddit, YouTube transcripts, Karakeep, and LinkedIn handling.

Mobile 1.9.0 adds an iOS Safari extension flow for archiving directly from Safari, plus reliability fixes for local media library saves, Reddit archiving, YouTube transcripts, Karakeep, and LinkedIn handling.

• Added an iOS Safari extension flow for sending the current Safari page straight to Social Archiver, with a refined popup UI and icon presentation.
• Fixed a bug where images and videos were not properly saved to the local media library.
• Improved Reddit session archiving with better queue handling, comment truncation metadata, and pending reminders.
• Fixed YouTube transcript timing that could collapse caption timestamps.
• Improved Karakeep API key and server URL handling, LinkedIn local clipping, custom font rendering, and other stability details.

This mobile update fixes a long-standing bug where text could randomly disappear in Reader mode, and lets you delete comments individually or pin your own comments.

• Fixed a bug where swiping through articles in Reader mode could make text disappear and affect other parts of the app.
• Delete comments individually, one at a time.
• Pin your own comments to keep them at the top.

This mobile update adds bulk note creation for selected posts and refines bulk export icons plus the attached card layout for related posts.

• Create notes for multiple selected posts at once from the bulk action list.
• Long-press the note icon to open bulk action options directly.
• Adjusted the bulk export icon presentation.
• Improved the attached card layout for related posts so the connection is easier to recognize.

This mobile update lets you long-press archived links to create connected archives, adds @ mentions in the note composer, and improves Reader export syncing.

• Long-press a link or link preview card inside an archived post to start another archive with the proper relationship attached.
• The note composer now supports @ mentions for authors and articles.
• Mentioned authors and articles create connections between posts and are converted to Markdown wiki links in the Obsidian plugin.
• Fixed the Reader auto-save issue in the share extension.
• Reader exports now sync from the server side.

This mobile update adds a proper bulk list view for portrait-mode bulk actions and improves error messages for self-hosted integrations such as Immich and Karakeep.

• Bulk actions for portrait mode with a proper bulk list view.
• Better error handling messages for self-hosted platform integrations such as Immich and Karakeep.
• Other minor bug fixes.

This update improves podcast subscription reliability, adds Kidsnote and Naver Blog subscription support, supports localhost addresses for Immich and Karakeep, and expands Immich upload support in the Chrome extension.

• Improved podcast subscription stability.
• Added Kidsnote support.
• Added Naver Blog subscriptions.
• Added localhost address support for Immich and Karakeep integrations.
• Chrome extension now has built-in Immich upload support across more archiving use cases.
• Included minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

This mobile patch fixes bulk tagging on author detail pages and YouTube subscriptions for handles that include empty spaces.

• Fixed bulk tagging not working on author detail pages.
• Fixed YouTube subscriptions not working for handles that include empty spaces.

This mobile release introduces Raindrop import/export, improves optional Reddit session archiving, and makes direct Immich connections work better on local networks.

• Added Raindrop support for importing and exporting archives.
• Reddit archiving can optionally use your signed-in Reddit session to capture more comments and thread context when available.
• Improved direct Immich connections on local networks, including Tailscale-style setups.
• Server-side subscription exports to Immich do not work with local-only Immich URLs, because the server cannot reach them.
• Refined mobile view switching, bulk tagging, and archive completion reliability.

This mobile release improves Substack Notes and post archiving, TikTok archiving, Archive modal responsiveness, and performance for larger libraries.

• Rebuilt Substack Notes archiving from the ground up for better reliability and accuracy.
• Improved support for archiving Substack posts.
• Improved TikTok content archiving.
• Updated the in-app Archive modal with an optimistic flow, so you can keep going without waiting for the archive response.
• Improved query performance for users with large post libraries.

This mobile release improves long screenshot saving, share-flow paywall behavior, and local AI translation guidance.

• Screenshot Studio now saves every page when a long image is automatically split across multiple pages.
• Repeated paywall prompts from share extension and shared draft flows are reduced.
• Local AI translation no longer shows Cloud AI credit confirmation prompts.

Cloud AI now supports basic AI features such as Summary, Tagging, and Translation, and tags can be bulk-deleted from the Tag tab.

• Cloud AI is live with basic AI features such as Summary, Tagging, and Translation.
• Limited Cloud AI credits are provided depending on your plan, with more supported features planned for later.
• Local AI remains the default priority and Cloud AI starts as a fallback, but you can adjust the preference in Settings.
• Tags can now be bulk-deleted from the Tag tab.

Mobile Settings now opens a localized release notes hub, with Android reader highlighting improvements and cleaner activity job handling.

• Open the localized release notes hub from Settings to check recent updates more easily.
• Improved Android reader highlighting and reduced accidental text selection while scrolling or swiping.
• Failed activity jobs are dismissed automatically so stale status badges are less likely to remain.
• Improved subscription setup tracking and related UI polish.

Release notes now have one public home across Social Archiver clients, with settings links that open the relevant platform filter.

• Added a shared release notes page for mobile, Obsidian, web, and Chrome extension updates.
• Added settings entry points that open the correct platform-filtered view.
• Kept GitHub Releases focused on Obsidian distribution while product-facing notes move into the Social Archiver web surface.
• Started the backfill path for mobile App Store notes, share-web changes, and Chrome extension updates.

YouTube downloads can now run through desktop download-only jobs and sync completed local media back into existing archives.

• YouTube downloads can run as desktop download-only jobs and update the existing archive note or timeline when media is ready.
• Mobile handoff reflects desktop-downloaded media after expired CDN refreshes.
• Failed or expired queue activity can be cleared so stale badges do not remain.
• Reader CSS was cleaned up for current Obsidian review checks.

The mobile app added a beta setup flow for profile, channel, blog, RSS, and supported social subscriptions, plus share extension AI and author sync polish.

• Paid users can use the subscription beta to set up profiles, channels, blogs, RSS feeds, and supported social sources more smoothly.
• Share extension AI actions now include a better flow for choosing the target language when translating body text.
• Author avatars, bios, and subscription metadata sync more consistently across devices.
• Threads replies, Threads articles, and X long-form articles render more cleanly.
• Fixed mobile UI issues around drawer scrolling, author avatars, and iOS font handling.

Reader comments now show reactions when comments are rendered with media, and the font selector supports more language-specific choices.

• Comment reactions are shown when comments appear together with media.
• Reader mode now has more font choices.
• Added Japanese and Korean font options.
• General app notes can use the system font through a new setting.

Screenshot Studio gained more styles, archive share sheets can open the reading page directly, and Reddit image rendering was improved.

• Added more Screenshot Studio styles.
• Archive share sheets can open the reading page directly.
• Fixed Reddit archive cases where some images or comments were missing.
• Included additional small bug fixes.

Transcription can run through the Obsidian plugin, while AI Actions can hand tagging and translation work to local AI.

• Transcription can run through the Obsidian plugin and reuse the existing desktop setup, similar to AI CLI configuration.
• AI Actions can hand tagging and translation work to local AI.
• Sync status badges now explain queued work more clearly.
• Included additional small bug fixes.

Share pages and Reader views now preserve avatars, titles, comment paragraphs, and external article links more reliably.

• Reduced cases where Reader avatars were missing or degraded on share-web.
• Post titles and multi-paragraph comments render without collapsing into a single dense line.
• Mobile article cards expose external links more clearly.
• Signup attribution now tracks which client surface brought users into the product.

Mobile AI comments, AI actions, and transcription requests can be handed off to a capable desktop Obsidian plugin and synced back.

• Mobile AI comment and AI action requests work through a capable desktop Obsidian plugin environment.
• AI actions include content translation variants, tag suggestions, and language-aware timeline and reader rendering.
• Mobile transcription requests can be handed off to Obsidian and receive completed transcript results through sync.
• Improved AI job backlog recovery, executor targeting, and realtime reconnect stability.

AI comments can use local AI CLI configuration through the Obsidian plugin, and Screenshot Studio can save posts as image exports.

• AI comments can use local AI CLI connections such as Gemini, Claude, and Codex through the Obsidian plugin.
• The mobile app can request AI comments in a similar flow to the web surface.
• Screenshot Studio can export cards, long screenshots, original media pages, and collages.
• Generated test screenshots can be used as app information assets.

The mobile app added Japanese language support.

• Added Japanese text across core mobile screens and settings.
• Prepared the language-selection foundation for broader localization.

The mobile app added Korean support and archive retention controls for choosing how archive data uses device storage.

• Added Korean language support.
• Opened the feedback path for users who want more preferred languages.
• Added archive retention policy controls.
• Prepared retention behavior around offline archive use.

Fixed YouTube Shorts cases where downloaded local media still played through embeds, plus AV1 album-save failures.

• Fixed YouTube Shorts cases where local downloads still played through YouTube embeds.
• Improved Shorts imports that used AV1 media and could fail when saving to the album.

Review cleanup for the Obsidian plugin plus a small mobile toolbar polish item.

• Fixed the mobile bulk toolbar select button so it matches the other icon buttons.
• Removed the duplicate media-gallery selector warning.
• Updated Obsidian metadata, DOM handling, networking, timers, inline styles, and CSS review-warning cleanup.
• No intended feature or workflow changes.

Fixed cases where a video from another archive could play in the current post, plus Shorts and billing notice UI issues.

• Fixed a case where a video from a different archive could play in the current post.
• The Shorts tab now stays full-screen.
• Billing notices no longer cover the active video.

Added a notice banner for important messages, plus plan upgrade and subscription management improvements for beta users.

• Added a notice banner for rare but important or urgent messages.
• Beta-tier users can upgrade their plan.
• Improved subscription management usability.
• Included smaller bug and performance fixes.

Free-tier users can earn archive quota through onboarding features, and sync reliability improved with better rate-limit handling.

• Free-tier users can earn archive quota by using selected onboarding features.
• Sync reliability improved with better rate-limit handling.

The beta plan transition and in-app notices moved users toward the Free plan and mobile-managed subscriptions.

• Existing beta users transition to the Free plan automatically.
• The Free plan includes 10 archives per month, with more available through mobile app rewards.
• Subscriptions and the lifetime offer are available through the mobile app because Obsidian community plugins cannot host in-plugin payments.

Improved web article handling and added subscription and usage status to the settings page.

• Improved handling for web articles.
• Added subscription and usage status to the settings page.
• Included minor bug and usability fixes.

Reader font choices expanded for more languages, web articles render better, and highlight platform stability improved.

• Reader mode font controls gained more language choices, including Japanese and Chinese.
• Web articles render more reliably.
• Highlight platform stability improved when changing fonts.

Reader post cards gained action items such as Share, Archive, and Delete without leaving the reading flow.

• Pull-to-refresh at the top and push-to-refresh at the end are available in Reader.
• Post cards now expose Share, Archive, Delete, and related action items.
• Included smaller UI/UX and bug fixes.

Added iPad support and reflected the Chrome extension flow for archiving Instagram Saved Posts.

• Added iPad support.
• Adjusted some UI/UX for the larger iPad canvas.
• Improved performance when switching tabs.
• Instagram Saved Posts can be archived through the Chrome extension.

Reddit comment imports now handle deeper threads and more comments, up to roughly 500 comments.

• Reddit imports can include deeper comment levels and larger comment sets.

Added the All tab across Inbox and Archive, plus long-press bulk actions on post card icons.

• Added the All tab so users can view all posts, including Inbox and Archive, in line with recent Obsidian changes.
• Long-press Archive, Save, and Tag icons on each post card to open bulk options.
• Included smaller bug and performance fixes.

Added tag reordering and delete actions, with clearer local cache, iCloud, and server streaming priority.

• Tags can be reordered in the Tag tab, and tag sync was improved.
• Added a delete action to the Shorts player.
• Added a retention cache period setting for choosing how long cached files stay available.
• Clarified priority between local files, iCloud files, and server streaming.

Improved inline rendering for X articles, web/blog articles, and Thread posts, plus multi-device sync reliability.

• Revamped inline rendering for X articles, web/blog articles, and Thread posts.
• Improved multi-device sync reliability so archive deletions identify the correct record.
• Added a safety threshold for bulk sync operations to protect local data during large server-side changes.

Post cards gained bulk action menus, while author detail, Thread rendering, and media handling improved.

• Long-press Archive, Delete, and Star icons to open the bottom bulk action menu.
• Added the Author Detail view.
• Thread posts render inline with the correct image index.
• Fixed several media-handling bugs and stability issues.

Improved cross-device sync for highlights, starred state, and share links, plus initial CDN image failure handling.

• Improved cross-device sync stability for highlights, starred state, and share link status.
• Handled initial CDN image failures more reliably until the proxy path returns the correct image.

Archives, deletes, and composed posts sync in realtime across Obsidian, mobile, and web.

• Archives, deletes, and composed posts sync in realtime across Obsidian, mobile, and web via WebSocket.
• Mobile app v1.3.3 or later is required for realtime sync.
• Delete sync can be toggled independently in Settings > Sync.
• Crosspost mode supports Share Link, Crosspost to Threads, or both.

Obsidian login can be approved from the mobile app, and Android app links were added for smoother setup.

• Log into the Obsidian plugin by scanning a QR code or entering a pairing code from the mobile app.
• Universal Link QR codes work on both iOS and Android.
• When you log in via the mobile app, sync is automatically enabled.
• Sign-out cleanup now removes sync client registration more reliably.