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May 2026 — Zenflow Updates

May was all about polish and platform stability. Zenflow shipped 2.1.5 through 2.2.1, bringing usage-based billing, Claude Code auto-approve mode, a major Electron upgrade, window state persistence, and dozens of UX and reliability fixes.

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New Features

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Usage-Based Billing in Zenflow

Pay for What You Use

Native UBB support means clearer pricing, transparent usage, and a smoother sign-in flow.
Zenflow now supports usage-based billing end-to-end — with onboarding that skips sign-in when you’re already authenticated and a robust UBB API key fallback.

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Claude Code Auto-Approve Mode

Hands-Free Agent Execution

Let Claude Code run end-to-end without pausing on every action.
Zenflow now supports Claude Code’s auto-approve mode, letting agents work uninterrupted on trusted workflows.

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Cross-Model Workflows Refresh

The cross-model pipeline was renamed to Multi-model (with a new icon) and the review panel was upgraded to better surface multi-model results. The old cost-effective pipeline naming is gone, replaced by clearer semantics.

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Window State Persistence

Pick Up Where You Left Off

Zenflow now remembers your window size and position across restarts.
A small but long-requested fix — Zenflow Desktop now persists window dimensions and position between sessions.

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Tabs

New shortcuts let you close and re-open tabs without leaving the keyboard.

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Engineering Manager Dashboard Automation

A new Engineering Manager Dashboard automation template ships out of the box — preconfigured to surface team-level activity, blockers, and progress.

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Pipedream Integration

The Pipedream integration is now available, connecting Zenflow to hundreds of third-party services through Pipedream’s gateway.

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Plain-Text Paste

Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+V now pastes as plain text in the prompt editor — useful when copying from rich-text sources.

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Reveal in Folder

A new Reveal in Folder action in the file editor opens any file in your system’s file manager.

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Operation ID for ZenCLI

ZenCLI now surfaces its operation ID in the UI for easier debugging and support escalation.

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Slack Skill Enhancements

The Slack skill now supports thread reading, channel reading, message shortcut context, and a message send action via the slack_bot skill.
Zenflow Desktop now parses file links in agent responses, making them directly clickable to jump to the referenced location.

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Improvements

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Performance

  • Eliminated message-sending delay so chat feels instant
  • Faster log streaming and storage
  • Fixed a crash on large command output
  • Smoother performance during long-running sessions

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UI and UX

  • Dot indicator in chat history to surface unread activity
  • Attachments persist in the new task form across navigation
  • Chat input and inserted images persist across reloads
  • Messenger connections moved into the Zen Assistant header
  • Onboarding redesign — project step and new-task screen updates, jobs screen checkboxes
  • Long file names truncated in git panel diff rows
  • Expand file diffs on a single click instead of two
  • No more caret jumping when editing task title while agent runs
  • Stable task panel widths — no layout shifts
  • New setting to disable the built-in browser

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Reliability

  • Updates apply reliably — fallback when the installer silently fails
  • CLI messages like “usage limit reached” now surface in the UI instead of being hidden
  • Cloud session stays signed in through transient auth errors
  • Retry with the agent on Git hook commit errors
  • No more duplicate chats when sending messages quickly
  • File explorer can read large files — size limit removed
  • More stable execution lifecycle for long-running tasks

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Bug Fixes

  • Fixed premature task completion notification
  • Fixed terminal and browser tabs not cleaning up on task archive/delete
  • Fixed crash when inserting bold + code markdown
  • Fixed Share Feedback close button unclickable on macOS
  • Fixed feedback dialog closing on backdrop click
  • Fixed broken image preview in task edit dialog
  • Fixed dialog content pushing buttons out of view
  • Fixed stuck connecting state when user closes OAuth tab
  • Fixed chat auto-scroll when messages are sent
  • Fixed Git tab loader spinning forever for repos with no diffs
  • Fixed trailing backslash in task titles on Shift+Enter
  • Fixed bold rendering when text contains lone tildes
  • Fixed escape characters appearing in plain-text contexts
  • Fixed pending-approval tools collapsing unexpectedly
  • Fixed GitHub issues filter by project repository
  • v2.2.1 (May 26, 2026)
  • v2.2.0 (May 26, 2026)
  • v2.1.9 (May 19, 2026)
  • v2.1.8 (May 19, 2026)
  • v2.1.7 (May 19, 2026)
  • v2.1.6 (May 19, 2026)
  • v2.1.5 (May 12, 2026)
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