From b943ca5db226b4553f956da60cfb6f1cd26d3d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: archipelago <archipelago@localhost>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:29:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs(whats-new): sync v1.7.98-alpha block

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 .../src/views/settings/AccountInfoSection.vue | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/settings/AccountInfoSection.vue b/neode-ui/src/views/settings/AccountInfoSection.vue
index 9e55510d..c2f5a81a 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/settings/AccountInfoSection.vue
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/settings/AccountInfoSection.vue
@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ init()
               </button>
             </div>
             <div class="overflow-y-auto flex-1 min-h-0 space-y-6 pr-1">
+              <!-- v1.7.98-alpha -->
+              <div>
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
+                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-orange-500/20 text-orange-300">v1.7.98-alpha</span>
+                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">June 16, 2026</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
+                  <p>Apps that crash now recover on their own. Multi-part apps like Immich and IndeedHub could have one of their pieces stop and stay stopped until the whole node was rebooted; the node now checks every couple of minutes and restarts any crashed piece automatically (while still leaving apps you deliberately stopped alone).</p>
+                  <p>The on-screen kiosk display can no longer slow the whole node down. On machines without a graphics chip the kiosk browser could spin a CPU core at full tilt, starving everything else (including the wallet, which then timed out); it's now capped and uses lighter rendering on those machines.</p>
+                  <p>If an update download fails, you're taken back to the Download button to retry, instead of being stranded on an Install button for an update that didn't actually finish downloading.</p>
+                  <p>Your node's identity is clearer and always visible: Settings now shows your Node DID on every node (it previously only appeared if your browser had cached it) plus your node's npub, both with copy buttons. There's also a terminal tool to cryptographically prove all your node's keys come from your one seed phrase.</p>
+                  <p>The "all nodes over Tor" group chat sends quickly now — the "sending" spinner clears as soon as the reachable nodes have the message, instead of hanging on a slow or offline node.</p>
+                  <p>Message notifications now have a close button and open the relevant chat when tapped.</p>
+                  <p>The encrypted mesh transport (FIPS) turns itself on automatically after setup — no button to press — and connects to peers more reliably (it retries and keeps connections warm), so node-to-node features use the fast path more often instead of falling back to Tor.</p>
+                  <p>Your chat history with other nodes is saved reliably and now encrypted on disk, so it survives restarts and updates and can't be read from a stolen drive (only clearing chat removes it).</p>
+                  <p>Peer media shows a "connecting" loader before a video or audio file plays, and audio errors are accurate instead of blaming File Browser.</p>
+                  <p>The Fedimint app now displays with its proper styling, and the Connected Nodes screen stays compact — it shows a few nodes and scrolls, you can tap a node to jump to it in Federation, or tap Message to open its chat.</p>
+                  <p>App updates can now arrive on their own without waiting for a full system release, so individual apps can be improved and shipped faster.</p>
+                </div>
+              </div>
               <!-- v1.7.97-alpha -->
               <div>
                 <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">