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Changelog

All notable changes to msgvault, grouped by minor release.

0.9

2026-02-26

New features

  • create-subset command to generate smaller subset databases for testing or sharing.
  • remove-account command to delete an account and all its local data.

Improvements

  • Support modern Apple Mail V10 directory layouts during import-emlx.
  • Handle expired or revoked OAuth tokens with automatic re-authentication and a --force flag.

Bug fixes

  • Fix a foreign key constraint failure during message ingest.

0.8

2026-02-24

New features

  • import-mbox command to import local MBOX archives.
  • import-emlx command to import Apple Mail .emlx exports.
  • MCP stage_deletion tool for Claude-assisted staged email cleanup.
  • NAS/Docker deployment support with updated Compose templates.

Improvements

  • Installation instructions for conda-forge and additional package managers.

Bug fixes

  • Fix TUI label search and aggregate search behavior.

0.7

2026-02-09

New features

  • HTTP API server with daemon mode and scheduled background syncs.
  • Account filters for MCP search, list, and aggregate tools.
  • Hide-deleted message filter with a revamped filter modal in the TUI.
  • Gmail thread ID support in query results.
  • Nix flake for reproducible builds.

Improvements

  • Optimize incremental sync to reduce sync time.
  • Harden cache validation and handling.

Bug fixes

  • Fix CPU pinning behavior during batch deletion.
  • Fix batch deletion terminal UI workflow issues.

0.6

2026-02-05

New features

  • Secure file permissions with Windows DACL support.
  • Windows update support with .zip archives and .exe binaries.
  • --home CLI flag to set the base directory for archives.
  • FTS5 full-text search index built and updated during sync, with automatic backfill for existing databases.

Improvements

  • Strip surrounding quotes from CLI paths for Windows CMD compatibility.
  • Suggest running repair-encoding when encoding errors are detected during sync.

Bug fixes

  • Fix TUI search and navigation issues (pagination, scrolling, stats, zero-result handling).
  • Fix silent error handling in encoding repair.
  • Fix command-injection risk when launching OAuth browser.
  • Fix Windows TOML parsing error hints for backslashes.
  • Preserve cursor position when scrolling page up/down in the message list.
  • Fix invalid UTF-8 handling during sync to prevent failures.

0.5

2026-02-04

New features

  • export-attachment and export-attachments CLI commands.
  • Windows support with installer, config path fixes, and --config flag.
  • MCP attachment support with embedded resources and export_attachment tool.
  • Account management CLI with add, list, and update commands.

Improvements

  • Improve Windows installer, remove sqlite_scanner dependency, and harden test reliability.

Bug fixes

  • Fix cache consistency after deletions.
  • Fix incremental export losing junction table data.
  • Fix SQL injection vulnerability in query handling.
  • Fix MIME date parsing issues.
  • Fix path traversal risk in attachment export, including symlink traversal.
  • Fix non-functional sync-full limit argument.
  • Fix DuckDB type handling errors.
  • Prevent crash when rethrowing panics during export.
  • Add missing bounds checks in MCP handlers.

0.4

2026-02-03

New features

  • --list flag on delete-staged to preview staged deletions before executing.

Improvements

  • Replace broken --headless device flow with clearer setup instructions.

0.3

2026-02-02

New features

  • sync and sync-full run without arguments to sync all accounts.

Improvements

  • Tighten private file permissions to 600 for better local data security.
  • Improve deletion progress display and recovery behavior.

Bug fixes

  • Fix deletion issues around scope escalation and checkpoint recovery.
  • Fix missing rows.Err() handling when batching participants.

0.2

2026-02-02

Improvements

  • Use MCP server for chat instead of the built-in chat command.
  • Reduce memory use during string joins for better performance.

0.1

2026-02-02

New features

  • MCP server for AI-assisted email exploration.

Improvements

  • Improve Linux compatibility by building against Ubuntu 20.04 (glibc 2.31).
  • Rename sync-incremental command to sync for a simpler workflow.
  • Show full version tag in the TUI title bar.
  • Show helpful OAuth setup instructions when client_secrets is missing.

Bug fixes

  • Fix TUI update notification to show commit and date info in release builds.
  • Fix incorrect elapsed time reporting during sync.
  • Fix recipient name filters to include BCC recipients.

0.0

2026-02-01

Initial public release.