Add release process note to CLAUDE.md and prepare for beta 9 release

CLAUDE.md

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 ## Critical Development Rules
 
+### Release Process
+When the user says "release" or asks to create a release, ALWAYS read and follow `mac/docs/release.md` for the complete release process.
+
 ### ABSOLUTE CARDINAL RULES - VIOLATION MEANS IMMEDIATE FAILURE
 
 1. **NEVER, EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CREATE A NEW BRANCH WITHOUT EXPLICIT USER PERMISSION**

mac/CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.9] - 2025-01-11
+
+### 🛡️ Stability & Reliability
+
+#### **Critical Crash Fix**
+- **FIXED**: Eliminated random terminal crashes by replacing Microsoft's node-pty with a custom fork that provides thread-safe operations and better resource management. This resolves critical stability issues that affected VS Code and other Electron applications.
+
+#### **Server Crash Detection**
+- **NEW**: Intelligent crash detection and recovery system that automatically detects server failures and provides immediate feedback with specific error codes, dramatically reducing troubleshooting time.
+
+### 📱 Mobile Experience
+
+#### **Terminal Stability on Mobile**
+- **FIXED**: Resolved the continuous resize loop that made terminals unusable on mobile devices. The terminal now maintains a stable view without jumping or unexpected scrolling.
+- **IMPROVED**: Better mobile terminal width management - user preferences are now properly respected throughout the session.
+- **ENHANCED**: Support for smaller grid sizes on compact mobile devices, providing better visibility on phones.
+
+#### **Mobile Keyboard Support**
+- **NEW**: Added Alt+Delete/Left/Right keyboard shortcuts specifically for mobile users, improving text editing capabilities.
+- **FIXED**: Mobile header no longer overflows when using dropdown menus, providing a cleaner interface.
+
+### 🚀 Features & Improvements
+
+#### **Cloudflare Integration**
+- **ENHANCED**: Significantly improved Cloudflare tunnel setup with faster, more reliable stream-based monitoring instead of polling. Setup is now smoother with better error handling.
+
+#### **Git Repository Discovery**
+- **IMPROVED**: Enhanced folder selection when creating new sessions - VibeTunnel now intelligently discovers Git repositories in your selected folder, making project navigation easier.
+- **FIXED**: Several bugs in repository discovery that could cause incorrect folder detection or errors.
+
+### 🎨 UI Polish
+
+#### **Visual Stability**
+- **FIXED**: Terminal titles no longer jump around due to activity indicators, providing a stable and professional interface.
+- **IMPROVED**: Consolidated z-index management throughout the interface, preventing UI elements from appearing in incorrect layers.
+
+### 🔧 Under the Hood
+
+- Enhanced event handling for better cross-platform compatibility
+- Improved file browser functionality with better click handling
+- Updated documentation with expanded specifications and data flow diagrams
+- Various test improvements for better code quality
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.8] - 2025-07-08
+
+#### **Homebrew Library Dependencies**
+- **FIXED**: Release builds now correctly bundle all Homebrew library dependencies
+- **FIXED**: App launches reliably on systems without developer tools installed
+- Updated build scripts to handle dynamic library dependencies properly
+
+#### **File Browser Enhancements**
+- **FIXED**: File browser going dark due to event bubbling issues with modal handling
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.7] - 2025-07-08
+
+### 🎯 Major Features
+
+#### 🖥️ **Remote Screen Sharing (Beta) **
+- Share your Mac screen remotely through any web browser - perfect for demonstrations, pair programming, or remote support
+- Ultra-low latency using WebRTC technology with automatic quality adjustment based on network conditions
+- Privacy-focused with deferred permission requests (only asks for screen recording when you actually start sharing)
+- Automatic 4K resolution capping for 5K+ displays to prevent web interface clipping
+- Clear visual indicators when screen sharing is active
+
+#### 🪄 **Magic Wand for AI Sessions**
+- Instantly inject helpful context into Claude.ai sessions with a single click
+- Automatically detects Claude browser windows and adds project information
+- Includes git repository details, current branch, and recent commit history
+- Configurable prompts to match your workflow
+- More forceful prompt injection to prevent AI from directly using the injected title
+
+### 🚀 Performance & Stability Improvements
+
+#### **Terminal Performance**
+- **FIXED**: Critical flow control issue that caused xterm.js buffer overflow and terminal freezing
+- **FIXED**: Infinite scroll loop in terminal output that could freeze the browser
+- **FIXED**: Race conditions in terminal output handling causing corrupted or out-of-order text
+- Improved memory management for long-running sessions
+- Better handling of high-volume terminal output
+
+#### **UI Performance**
+- Removed all UI animations that were causing 1-2 second delays when reopening sessions
+- Disabled View Transitions API for instant session navigation
+- Fixed modal backdrop pointer-events issues preventing interaction
+- Smoother menu bar UI without jumping when copy icon appears
+
+### 📱 Touch Device & Mobile Improvements
+
+#### **iPad/Tablet Support**
+- Unified keyboard layout for all mobile devices (removed separate iPad layout)
+- Universal touch device detection for better keyboard mode handling
+- Inline-edit pencil now always visible on touch devices
+- Reorganized touch device layout with better button placement
+- Fixed touch interaction issues with modals and overlays
+
+#### **Mobile Keyboard**
+- New compact keyboard layout optimized for tablets
+- Better handling of keyboard shortcuts on touch devices
+- Improved responsiveness for mobile web browsers
+
+### 🐚 Shell Support Enhancements
+
+#### **Fish Shell Integration**
+- Full support for Fish shell command expansion and completions
+- Proper handling of Fish-specific syntax and features
+- Fixed shell configuration files not being loaded correctly
+
+### 🔧 Developer Experience
+
+#### **Build System Improvements**
+- Preserve Swift package resolution in build.sh for faster builds
+- Better Node.js detection that handles fnm/homebrew conflicts
+
+#### **Version Management**
+- Implemented hash-based vt script version detection
+- Delete old sessions automatically when VibeTunnel version changes
+- Better handling of version mismatches between components
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+#### **Session Management**
+- Fixed session state synchronization between web and native clients
+- Resolved memory leaks in long-running sessions
+- Fixed connection timeout issues on slower networks
+- Better cleanup of terminal processes and resources
+
+#### **UI/UX Fixes**
+- Fixed various UI glitches and visual artifacts
+- Resolved sidebar animation issues
+- Fixed file browser problems
+- Corrected ngrok documentation about free static domains
+
+### 🔍 Other Improvements
+
+#### **Control Protocol**
+- Unified control protocol for better terminal and screen sharing integration
+- Improved Unix socket handling with better error recovery
+- Enhanced WebRTC connection management
+
+#### **Documentation**
+- Updated ngrok docs to clarify one free static domain per user
+- Added comprehensive ScreenCaptureKit documentation
+- Removed outdated debug documentation
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.6] - 2025-07-03
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+#### **Git Repository Monitoring** 🆕
+- **Real-time Git Status** - Session rows now display git information including branch name and change counts
+- **Visual Indicators** - Color-coded status: orange for branches, yellow for uncommitted changes
+- **Quick Navigation** - Click folder icons to open repositories in Finder
+- **GitHub Integration** - Context menu option to open repositories directly on GitHub
+- **Smart Caching** - 5-second cache prevents excessive git commands while keeping info fresh
+- **Repository Detection** - Automatically finds git repositories in parent directories
+
+#### **Enhanced Command-Line Tool**
+- **Terminal Title Management** - `vt title` can set the title of your Terminal. Even Claude can use it!
+- **Version Information** - `vt help` now displays binary path, version, build date, and platform information for easier troubleshooting
+- **Apple Silicon Support** - Automatic detection of Homebrew installations on ARM Macs (/opt/homebrew path)
+
+#### **Menu Bar Enhancements**
+- **Rich Session Interface** - Powerful new menu bar with visual activity indicators and real-time status tracking
+- **Native Session Overview** - See all open terminal sessions and even Claude Code status right from the menu bar.
+- **Sleep Prevention** - Mac stays awake when running terminal sessions
+
+#### **Web Interface Improvements**
+- **Modern Visual Design** - Complete UI overhaul with improved color scheme, animations, and visual hierarchy
+- **Collapsible Sidebar** - New toggle button to maximize terminal viewing space (preference is remembered)
+- **Better Session Loading** - Fixed race conditions that caused sessions to appear as "missing"
+- **Responsive Enhancements** - Improved adaptation to different screen sizes with better touch targets
+
+### 🚀 Performance & Stability
+
+#### **Terminal Output Reliability**
+- **Fixed Output Corruption** - Resolved race conditions causing out-of-order or corrupted terminal output
+- **Stable Title Updates** - Terminal titles now update smoothly without flickering or getting stuck
+
+#### **Server Improvements**
+- **Logger Fix** - Fixed double initialization that was deleting log files
+- **Better Resource Cleanup** - Improved PTY manager cleanup and timer management
+- **Enhanced Error Handling** - More robust error handling throughout the server stack
+
+#### **Simplified Tailscale Setup**
+- Switched to Tailscale's local API for easier configuration
+- Removed manual token management requirements
+- Streamlined connection UI for minimal setup
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.5] - 2025-01-29
+
+### 🎨 UI Improvements
+- **Version Display** - Web interface now shows full version including beta suffix (e.g., v1.0.0-beta.5)
+- **Build Filtering** - Cleaner build output by filtering non-actionable Xcode warnings
+- **Mobile Scrolling** - Fixed scrolling issues on mobile web browsers
+
+### 🔧 Infrastructure
+- **Single Source of Truth** - Web version now automatically reads from package.json at build time
+- **Version Sync Validation** - Build process validates version consistency between macOS and web
+- **CI Optimization** - Tests only run when relevant files change (iOS/Mac/Web)
+- **E2E Test Suite** - Comprehensive Playwright tests for web frontend reliability
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+- **No-Auth Mode** - Fixed authentication-related error messages when running with `--no-auth`
+- **Log Streaming** - Fixed frontend log streaming in no-auth mode
+- **Test Reliability** - Resolved flaky tests and improved test infrastructure
+
+### 📝 Developer Experience
+- **Release Documentation** - Enhanced release process documentation with version sync requirements
+- **Test Improvements** - Better test fixtures, helpers, and debugging capabilities
+- **Error Suppression** - Cleaner logs when running in development mode
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.4] - 2025-06-25
+
+- We replaced HTTP Basic auth with System Login or SSH Keys for better security.
+- Sessions now show exited terminals by default - no more hunting for terminated sessions
+- Reorganized sidebar with cleaner, more compact header and better button placement
+- Added user menu in sidebar for quick access to settings and logout
+- Enhanced responsive design with better adaptation to different screen sizes
+- Improved touch targets and spacing for mobile users
+- Leverages View Transitions API for smoother animations with CSS fallbacks
+- More intuitive default settings for better out-of-box experience
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.3] - 2025-06-23
+
+There's too much to list! This is the version you've been waiting for. 
+
+- Redesigned, responsive, animated frontend.
+- Improved terminal width spanning and layout optimization
+- File-Picker to see files on-the-go.
+- Creating new Terminals is now much more reliable.
+- Added terminal font size adjustment in the settings dropdown
+- Fresh new icon for Progressive Web App installations
+- Refined bounce animations for a more subtle, professional feel
+- Added retro CRT-style phosphor decay visual effect for closed terminals
+- Fixed buffer aggregator message handling for smoother terminal updates
+- Better support for shell aliases and improved debug logging
+- Enhanced Unix socket server implementation for faster local communication
+- Special handling for Warp terminal with custom enter key behavior
+- New dock menu with quick actions when right-clicking the app icon
+- More resilient vt command-line tool with better error handling
+- Ensured vibetunnel server properly terminates when Mac app is killed
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.2] - 2025-06-19
+
+### 🎨 Improvements
+- Redesigned slick new web frontend
+- Faster terminal rendering in the web frontend
+- New Sessions spawn new Terminal windows. (This needs Applescript and Accessibility permissions)
+- Enhanced font handling with system font priority
+- Better async operations in PTY service for improved performance
+- Improved window activation when showing the welcome and settings windows
+- Preparations for Linux support
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+- Fixed window front order when dock icon is hidden
+- Fixed PTY service enhancements with proper async operations
+- Fixed race condition in session creation that caused frontend to open previous session
+
+## [1.0.0-beta.1] - 2025-06-17
+
+### 🎉 First Public Beta Release
+
+This is the first public beta release of VibeTunnel, ready for testing by early adopters.
+
+### ✨ What's Included
+- Complete terminal session proxying to web browsers
+- Support for multiple concurrent sessions
+- Real-time terminal rendering with full TTY support
+- Secure password-protected dashboard
+- Tailscale and ngrok integration for remote access
+- Automatic updates via Sparkle framework
+- Native macOS menu bar application
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes Since Internal Testing
+- Fixed visible circle spacer in menu (now uses Color.clear)
+- Removed development files from app bundle
+- Enhanced build process with automatic cleanup
+- Fixed Sparkle API compatibility for v2.7.0
+
+### 📝 Notes
+- This is a beta release - please report any issues on GitHub
+- Auto-update functionality is fully enabled
+- All core features are stable and ready for daily use
+
+### ✨ What's New Since Internal Testing
+- Improved stability and performance
+- Enhanced error handling for edge cases
+- Refined UI/UX based on internal feedback
+- Better session cleanup and resource management
+- Optimized for macOS Sonoma and Sequoia
+
+### 🐛 Known Issues
+- Occasional connection drops with certain terminal applications
+- Performance optimization needed for very long sessions
+- Some terminal escape sequences may not render perfectly
+
+### 📝 Notes
+- This is a beta release - please report any issues on GitHub
+- Auto-update functionality is fully enabled
+- All core features are stable and ready for daily use
+
+## [1.0.0] - 2025-06-16
+
+### 🎉 Initial Release
+
+VibeTunnel is a native macOS application that proxies terminal sessions to web browsers, allowing you to monitor and control terminals from any device.
+
+### ✨ Core Features
+
+#### Terminal Management
+- **Terminal Session Proxying** - Run any command with `vt` prefix to make it accessible via web browser
+- **Multiple Concurrent Sessions** - Support for multiple terminal sessions running simultaneously
+- **Session Recording** - All sessions automatically recorded in asciinema format for later playback
+- **Full TTY Support** - Proper handling of terminal control sequences, colors, and special characters
+- **Interactive Commands** - Support for interactive applications like vim, htop, and more
+- **Shell Integration** - Direct shell access with `vt --shell` or `vt -i`
+
+#### Web Interface
+- **Browser-Based Dashboard** - Access all terminal sessions at http://localhost:4020
+- **Real-time Terminal Rendering** - Live terminal output using asciinema player
+- **WebSocket Streaming** - Low-latency real-time updates for terminal I/O
+- **Mobile Responsive** - Fully functional on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers
+- **Session Management UI** - Create, view, kill, and manage sessions from the web interface
+
+#### Security & Access Control
+- **Password Protection** - Optional password authentication for dashboard access
+- **Keychain Integration** - Secure password storage using macOS Keychain
+- **Access Modes** - Choose between localhost-only, network, or secure tunneling
+- **Basic Authentication** - HTTP Basic Auth support for network access
+
+#### Remote Access Options
+- **Tailscale Integration** - Access VibeTunnel through your Tailscale network
+- **ngrok Support** - Built-in ngrok tunneling for public access with authentication
+- **Network Mode** - Local network access with IP-based connections
+
+#### macOS Integration
+- **Menu Bar Application** - Lives in the system menu bar with optional dock mode
+- **Launch at Login** - Automatic startup with macOS
+- **Auto Updates** - Sparkle framework integration for seamless updates
+- **Native Swift/SwiftUI** - Built with modern macOS technologies
+- **Universal Binary** - Native support for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
+
+#### CLI Tool (`vt`)
+- **Command Wrapper** - Prefix any command with `vt` to tunnel it
+- **Claude Integration** - Special support for AI assistants with `vt --claude` and `vt --claude-yolo`
+- **Direct Execution** - Bypass shell with `vt -S` for direct command execution
+- **Automatic Installation** - CLI tool automatically installed to /usr/local/bin
+
+#### Server Implementation
+- **Dual Server Architecture** - Choose between Rust (default) or Swift server backends
+- **High Performance** - Rust server for efficient TTY forwarding and process management
+- **RESTful APIs** - Clean API design for session management
+- **Health Monitoring** - Built-in health check endpoints
+
+#### Developer Features
+- **Server Console** - Debug view showing server logs and diagnostics
+- **Configurable Ports** - Change server port from default 4020
+- **Session Cleanup** - Automatic cleanup of stale sessions on startup
+- **Comprehensive Logging** - Detailed logs for debugging
+
+### 🛠️ Technical Details
+
+- **Minimum macOS Version**: 14.0 (Sonoma)
+- **Architecture**: Universal Binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)
+- **Languages**: Swift 6.0, Rust, TypeScript
+- **UI Framework**: SwiftUI
+- **Web Technologies**: TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, WebSockets
+- **Build System**: Xcode, Swift Package Manager, Cargo, npm
+
+### 📦 Installation
+
+- Download DMG from GitHub releases
+- Drag VibeTunnel to Applications folder
+- Launch from Applications or Spotlight
+- CLI tool (`vt`) automatically installed on first launch
+
+### 🚀 Quick Start
+
+```bash
+# Monitor AI agents
+vt claude
+
+# Run development servers  
+vt npm run dev
+
+# Watch long-running processes
+vt python train_model.py
+
+# Open interactive shell
+vt --shell
+```
+
+### 👥 Contributors
+
+Created by:
+- [@badlogic](https://mariozechner.at/) - Mario Zechner
+- [@mitsuhiko](https://lucumr.pocoo.org/) - Armin Ronacher  
+- [@steipete](https://steipete.com/) - Peter Steinberger
+
+### 📄 License
+
+VibeTunnel is open source software licensed under the MIT License.
+
+---
+
+## Version History
+
+### Pre-release Development
+
+The project went through extensive development before the 1.0.0 release, including:
+
+- Initial TTY forwarding implementation using Rust
+- macOS app foundation with SwiftUI
+- Integration of asciinema format for session recording
+- Web frontend development with real-time terminal rendering
+- Hummingbird HTTP server implementation
+- ngrok integration for secure tunneling
+- Sparkle framework integration for auto-updates
+- Comprehensive testing and bug fixes
+- UI/UX refinements and mobile optimizations