[1.22.0] - 2026-07-17

Added

• Windows installer now adds stretchly to PATH so CLI commands (e.g. stretchly pause) can be run from any terminal without specifying the full executable path
• advanced option breakContentScreen to show break countdown/idea only on the primary, cursor, or a specific screen while other screens stay blanked
• advanced option trayIconThemeSource (system, light, or dark) to set the tray icon's light or dark variant
• advanced options monitorDndCheckInterval and naturalBreaksCheckInterval to tune how often Do Not Disturb and idle time are checked

Changed

• tray icon now follows the light/dark theme automatically; the manual "Inverted Monochrome" option was removed
• improved tray icons
• reduced background polling for Do Not Disturb, natural breaks, and app exclusions to 2 seconds to lower energy usage (appExclusionsCheckInterval default raised from 1000 to 2000)
• reduced CPU and energy usage during breaks
• Do Not Disturb, natural breaks, and app exclusion monitoring are stopped while breaks are paused, to lower energy usage
• disable new end break shortcut registrations on native Wayland, where they could remain active after breaks and block the shortcut in other apps

Fixed

• fix Windows notifications not using Stretchly's name and icon when started via the stretchly command
• fix crashes on system unlock
• fix window icon turning monochrome with the monochrome tray icon setting
• fix custom title for Mini break from command line
• fix repeated crash windows after an error
• improve double-click error prevention in breaks
• fix fullscreen breaks dropping out of their Space after a few seconds on macOS
• fix app exclusion state not updating in some cases
• fix text selection on break screens allowing escape via the macOS force-click dictionary

[1.21.0] - 2026-04-25

Added

• advanced option for Break Health Mode

Fixed

• fix focus mode detection on macOS Tahoe
• fix idle time detection on Wayland

Changed

• increased font size of current time in break window
• moved macOS Homebrew installation to custom tap
• improved tray icon styling
• updated many translations

Added

• new icon styles preference for tray (showing time to break or visual progress to break)
• Autostart functionality in Flatpaks
• portable version for Windows
• set autostart based on the config file value

Fixed

• snap package not starting on Wayland
• break windows not closing correctly on all platforms
• show breaks as regular windows on Windows

Changed

• updated many translations

[1.19.0] - 2025-11-13

Added

• allow to show some HTML in breaks
• advanced option for manual finish mode for breaks (breaks are only finished after user's interaction)
• advanced option to set preferred sound to be played at the beginning of breaks

Fixed

• hide autostart option for Windows store
• prevent memory issues where break windows were not closing correctly

Changed

• hide update features in Windows Store, Snap, Flatpak versions by default
• migrate long break sound preference from audio to longBreakAudio
• updated many translations

[1.18.1] - 2025-9-27

Fixed

• fix Linux crashes on app start
• fix Linux issue with dbus overload

Changed

• updated many translations

Added

• Yiddish and Tamil translations
• advanced option to show custom message in Preferences
• advanced option to hide location of Preferences file in Debug info
• advanced option to disable app update features
• advanced option to hide Strict Mode preferences section

Changed

• remove flags in Welcome window
• updated many translations
• do not check for Quiet Hours on Windows (deprecated)

Fixed

• prevent error with negative time to break in tray icon
• hide close/minimize actions on Break window on macOS
• issue when not all strings correctly translate after language change

[1.17.2] - 2025-1-19

Fixed

• Linux DND detection
• improve macOS DND detection
• debug info when from Windows Store

[1.17.1] - 2024-12-25

Fixed

• Ubuntu Unity DND detection
• macOS app start

[1.17.0] - 2024-12-24

Added

• Bengali, Catalan, Greek and Serbian translations
• it is not possible to close app during break that is in strict mode
• logs command line option to show location of logs
• advanced option to make break windows' background blurred (macOS)

Fixed

• error when end break shortcut is not set
• time in tray shows the correct number (and matches the tooltip value)

Changed

• improved break window loading
• improve DND detection for Linux
• updated many translations
• better icons for "Show time in tray"
• showBreakActionsInStrictMode migrated to showTrayMenuInStrictMode

Added

• Estonia and Belarus translations
• advanced option to show break options (Skip, Pause, Reset) in Strict mode
• autostart option for Linux
• keyboard shortcuts for pause breaks for specific durations

Changed

• updated many translations
• disable skipping to next break from tray when in strict mode

Fixed

• transparency issues on Windows 10
• Schedule and Menu options not being updated after change of language
• multiple RTL UI issues
• RPM installer conflicts with other Electron apps
• improve break window loading to improve blank window issues