What changed across Social Archiver

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.

Chrome extension 1.5.7 adds date range support for Instagram My Posts imports, with a smaller default batch size, clearer input error handling, and better share-web upload recovery.

• My Posts imports can now use From/To dates to import only posts from a selected period.
• When Limit is set to No limit, discovery follows the date range and stops after older posts are reached.
• The default Limit is now 50 posts so first runs and test runs start more conservatively.
• Start export is blocked with a clear message when From/To dates are reversed or invalid.
• The My Posts popup layout and scrolling were fixed so date inputs are not covered by guidance cards.
• Interrupted share-web uploads now retry media repair for duplicate archives instead of leaving broken media in place.

Chrome extension 1.5.6 improves Immich Direct Uploads, duplicate detection, resume behavior, and progress visibility across Instagram Saved Posts, My Posts, and profile grid imports.

• The selected Instagram Import destination is now frozen when the run starts, fixing cases where the UI showed Immich but uploads went to the Web account.
• Immich uploads now use stronger ledger and checksum preflight handling, so previously uploaded media is skipped more reliably and upload history persists correctly from the offscreen context.
• Profile grid and large import flows are chunked more safely, with resume behavior that skips items already handled in the same run.
• A new Instagram Import Monitor side panel shows post-level uploads, duplicate skips, failures, and previous import history.
• Options can export a redacted Support Diagnostics bundle to make support requests easier to investigate.
• macOS Local Media Helper installation, update notices, and native pairing make high-quality Immich video upload setup easier.

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.

The Chrome extension can now upload Instagram media directly to Immich separately from Social Archiver archiving, with macOS Local Media Helper support for higher-quality video handling.

• Immich can be selected as the upload destination for single Instagram posts, My Posts, Saved Posts, and profile grid flows.
• Uploads can target an existing Immich album, create a new album, or fall back to the configured default album.
• Immich asset descriptions now use only the post body.
• Previously uploaded items are skipped from the extension upload ledger to reduce duplicate uploads.
• The macOS Local Media Helper can mux Chrome-downloaded DASH video/audio sidecars locally before Immich upload.
• Chrome Options now includes a macOS helper download link and connection check UI. Windows and Linux helpers are coming later.

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 Obsidian plugin update improves Kidsnote archive rendering, podcast media handling, and large import reliability.

• Added Kidsnote platform rendering and metadata support.
• Improved podcast audio auto-download, preservation sync, and transcription handling.
• Reduced storage usage during Instagram imports and expanded client import limits.
• Added output language selection for AI summaries.
• Improved Reddit comment quote rendering.

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 Obsidian plugin patch makes Social Archiver archive tags visible in the timeline and filters, with an opt-in mirror to native Obsidian tags.

• Timeline cards, Reader Mode, search, tag filters, and tag counts now show `archiveTags` together with Obsidian `tags`.
• Added an opt-in mirror setting under `Frontmatter settings → Archive tags` to write archive tags into Obsidian `tags`.
• Existing Obsidian tags are preserved, while synced archive tags remain canonical in `archiveTags`.
• Existing notes are refreshed when remote/library sync enriches a synced archive with downloaded media.
• Removed the Buy Me a Coffee support button and funding link now that Social Archiver is commercial.

This Chrome extension update makes Instagram posts, comments, and highlights more reliable by using your signed-in browser session.

• Private, age-restricted, and sign-in-required Instagram posts can now be archived from the current Chrome session.
• Improved preservation for carousel images and videos, blob media, audio, and author avatars.
• Captures more comments and replies, keeping the reply structure where available.
• Instagram highlights can now be saved with better author information and cleaner links.

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 update adds direct Substack Notes archiving and fixes how quoted/shared posts are handled.

• Substack notes are archived directly with full text, author (avatar/bio), and likes/restacks.
• A note's reply thread is captured with its nesting preserved.
• Multi-image notes show as a carousel (matching mobile) and download into your vault, instead of a stacked article layout.
• Note videos are preserved as a playable MP4 instead of an unplayable streaming link.
• Restacked notes that quote a highlight render as a blockquote with a link to the source post.
• Posts shared via the Notes UI (`/note/p-…`) and app post links (`/@handle/p-…`) are archived as full articles instead of failing.

This plugin patch improves limited archive repair and fixes false Mastodon detection for regular web articles.

• Notes saved as limited archives can now be repaired automatically when fuller archive data syncs in.
• Regular web articles with paths such as `/blog/@author/123` are no longer misdetected as Mastodon posts.

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.

The Chrome extension improves Facebook outbound links, web-article detection for sites such as Wikidocs, Threads session extraction, and credit error copy.

• Right-clicked `l.facebook.com/l.php` links inside Facebook posts are resolved to the real URL from the `u` parameter before archiving.
• For example, an X post link shown through Facebook is now handled as an X post archive.
• General web articles with `/blog/@author/123`-style nested paths no longer get misclassified as Mastodon; they stay in the Web archive flow.
• Threads client-session extraction now avoids mixing engagement counts, sort controls, and nested replies into the main post body.
• Credit shortage errors now show clearer available/required credit counts while keeping the mobile app upgrade or restore guidance.
• The Release Notes button in Chrome extension Settings opens the hub with the Chrome extension filter applied.

The Obsidian plugin now surfaces Threads connection problems in Settings and timeline banners, with clearer AI comment labels, Reddit links, and login link attribution.

• Threads connection problems now show actionable warnings in Cross-posting settings and the timeline status banner instead of only logging to the console.
• Revoked, disconnected, expired, server-error, and API-unreachable Threads states now pause cross-posting until the account/API state is usable again.
• Reddit references are linkified more consistently across timeline cards, comments, Markdown conversion, and saved note formatting.
• AI comments now show clearer local/cloud model labels in timeline, reader mode, CLI output, and Markdown metadata.
• Obsidian login magic links now include plugin source tags for cleaner auth attribution.

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.

Reader Mode and timeline TTS now detect more Supertonic 3 languages, and Settings exposes the full v3 language set for manual override.

• Expanded automatic language detection for Reader Mode and timeline TTS to cover more Supertonic 3 languages.
• Added the full Supertonic 3 language set to the TTS language override menu in Settings.
• Moved Supertonic provider and Settings language support onto shared metadata.

The Obsidian plugin now uses Supertonic 3 for on-device TTS, expanding local language support from 5 languages to 31.

• Updated the Supertonic on-device TTS engine to Supertonic 3.
• Expanded local speech synthesis support from 5 languages to 31.
• Existing Supertonic 2 users can update to v3 from Settings without uninstalling first.
• The updater stages the new runtime and model files before replacing the existing local engine.

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.

Chrome session archiving became more reliable for Threads and X, with stronger Instagram export downloads and article cleanup.

• Threads posts can now be archived directly from a Chrome session.
• Improved X session threads, comment reply hierarchy, author avatars, and long-form article cleanup.
• Escaped thread headings are normalized so web and Obsidian render the archive more cleanly.
• Instagram export downloads are hardened to reduce mid-export failures.

Public share-web pages became easier for search and agents to read, while Threads and X article rendering reduced duplicate body and heading issues.

• Public share pages now expose cleaner metadata and structure for search engines and agents.
• Threads author replies and articles render more naturally, with escaped thread headings normalized.
• X long-form articles preserve internal sections, comment reply hierarchy, and author avatars more reliably.
• Subscription author bios and metadata sync more consistently across web, mobile, and Obsidian.

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.

Share-web can request AI work and show progress, while Reader comments gained a cleaner panel and collapse controls.

• Share-web can request AI comments and AI actions, then hand them off to a capable desktop Obsidian environment.
• The activity queue shows pending and active AI jobs and reloads completed results from realtime events.
• Unavailable AI requests link to setup guidance, and request menus close more responsively.
• Reader comments gained a panel, preserved comment paragraphs, and cleaner nested collapse controls.

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.

The Chrome extension improved TikTok session media selection, added Instagram Story archiving, and preserved animated Reddit GIF media.

• TikTok visible videos and network candidates are matched more accurately, with candidate preview and selection in the extension UI.
• MSE streams, audio sidecars, and recorder fallback handling make TikTok upload and remux flows more reliable.
• TikTok author metadata, canonical URLs, and hover-preview aspect ratios are preserved more consistently.
• Added Instagram Story client archiving and preserved Reddit animated GIF videos.

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.

The Chrome extension added X bookmark import and improved Reddit Saved post and comment import reliability.

• Added X bookmark discovery and partial flush handling before a tab closes.
• Preserved link-card images and URLs, with progress based on discovered items.
• Added local Reddit Saved post and comment import with better comment reply and preview preservation.
• Cleaned up the extension import layout and analytics identity flow.

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.

Share-web gained the All tab, tab-aware pagination, truthful select-all, author detail views, and broader search.

• Added the All tab across Inbox and Archive, with tab-aware pagination reconciliation.
• Bulk mode can truthfully select all N matching archives using the same server-side conditions.
• Added author detail views for both public and owner library modes.
• Expanded search to comments, AI comments, and nested posts.

The Chrome extension enabled collection-level Instagram Saved Posts export, feeding Obsidian or web upload import flows.

• Added local Instagram Saved Posts export with collection-aware ZIP filenames.
• Added Web destination mode so exports can feed either Obsidian import or web upload flows.
• Handled session expiry as a resumable pause and polished pause, cancel, and notification behavior.
• Improved long-collection reliability with export history and content-script fallback injection.

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.

Reader Mode and TTS highlighting received usability and reliability improvements across share-web and Obsidian.

• Expanded share-web Reader Mode with fullscreen overlay polish, URL hash behavior, swipe navigation, and better mobile interaction.
• Improved share-link behavior from Reader Mode.
• Fixed Editor TTS highlight misalignment in Markdown documents with mixed formatting.
• Added safer fallback sentence matching so highlighting skips bad ranges instead of jumping to the wrong section.

Text-to-speech became a first-class reading workflow for archived posts and regular Markdown documents.

• Added Reader Mode TTS playback for archived posts.
• Added Supertonic on-device TTS with Azure cloud fallback support.
• Added command palette actions to read documents or selections aloud.
• Added a status bar mini player with progress, sentence navigation, and speed controls.

General web page archiving became available, with archive-time tags and custom filename templates.

• Added a Web platform flow for one-off archiving of general web pages and articles.
• Improved URL routing, extraction cleanup, and inline image rendering for web articles.
• Tags chosen in the archive modal are preserved through async job completion.
• Added configurable Obsidian filename templates using tokens.