Tipatask 0.9.17

We are working towards making the application more flexible and universal. One step closer to full project automated workflows with your full insight and control and media processing.

Highlights

• Agent permission modes. Choose how much freedom a coding agent gets on each task: Plan (the agent plans first and implements after you approve), Auto (the agent asks only when unsure) or Bypass (no approval prompts; the task runs unattended). Set a project-wide default under Project Settings → Workflow → Agent permissions, and override it per task in the Task Edit dialog.
• Image-generation tasks with OpenRouter. Add an OpenRouter image model in the model form and assign it to a task. The task description becomes the prompt, and the images are saved to a folder in your project.
• Objectives keep their source material. Tasks planned from an objective now keep its links, images, copy text, example values and data hints, so nothing from your original request is lost along the way.
• Banner clicks bring the app forward on macOS. Clicking a card on the always-on-top banner now shows the project window even when it is on another desktop (Space) or behind a full-screen app.

Improvements

• Each task card shows a shield icon for its effective permission mode. Hover it to see the mode, or click it to open Task Edit with the permission field focused.
• Running sessions in the side rail show the same shield next to the agent icon, including when the rail is collapsed.
• The terminal header shows which permission mode a run uses and whether it came from the project default. The mode is fixed when a run starts, and changes take effect on the next run.
• If an agent can't run in the chosen permission mode, the task doesn't start and the terminal explains why.
• Plan mode works the way it did before. The agent presents a plan, waits for your approval, then carries on in the same session. You can approve from the Task App or directly in the agent's own terminal dialog.
• Claude Code uses its built-in permission prompts again, and tasks start faster as a result. Bypass runs no longer stop at Claude's extra confirmation screen.
• Design Mode now works with any permission mode.
• In Bypass mode, agents make sensible decisions on their own instead of stopping to ask routine preference questions. They still ask when information is genuinely missing or when you request a consultation.
• Image model settings:
  • The model form has a Text or Image purpose choice, OpenRouter image model suggestions, aspect ratio, image count and an output folder.
  • Each image task sends a single generation request, with no automatic paid retries.
  • Image models are left out of the text-chat and planning model lists.
• When an objective becomes a single task, that task is treated as the full specification. Every link, image and detail from the objective counts as a requirement.
• If a generated task leaves out a design link or image reference from your objective, it is added back to the task description when you save.
• Project preferences now come from your signed-in account. The project creator sets the shared defaults, and other members keep their own personal settings. A local copy is kept per account and server, and it never contains credentials.
• All text on completed task cards is now an evenly muted grey, so finished work is easier to tell apart while staying readable in every theme.

Fixes

• The New Objective conversation now scrolls to the latest message whenever a new one arrives, instead of jumping back to the top.
• The permission mode menu is no longer cut off in a short Task Edit dialog.
• Fixed tasks sometimes missing from the board, and running sessions showing an outdated completion status in the side rail.
• Fixed the always-on-top notification banner showing no cards.
• In Plan mode, you can again answer the agent's plan and permission prompts from the keyboard in the terminal.
• Image task buttons now have a clearly visible keyboard focus outline in dark themes.
• Settings → General → Notifications no longer shows an empty yellow hint box with a blank button.