RescueTime for Linux Release Notes
2.16.5.1 - 2020/10/14 (Release)
Changes:
Additional fixes for filesystems with non-ASCII file paths
2.16.4.2 - 2020/09/08 (Release)
Changes:
Fixes issue with syncing activity data on some Windows systems
2.16.3.1 - 2020/08/18 (Release)
Changes:
- Fixes issue with reporting time to the RescueTime dashboard
2.16.2.1 - 2020/08/13
Changes:
- Fixes bug with uploading activity tracking data on when user account contains a non-ascii character
2.15.0.1 - 2020/04/29 (Release)
Changes:
- New menu system with sub-items for easier/faster FocusTime sessions.
- Updating from YAML to JSON configuration files.
- Improved thread usage.
2.14.5.3 - 2020/03/03
Changes:
- Added 2FA support
- Switched config file to use json format.
2.14.5.2 - 2019/09/25 (Release)
Changes:
- Improvements for browser collection and support.
- Fixed crash issue during initialization.
2.14.3.1 - 2019/04/18 (Release)
Changes:
- Support for Brave browser and firefox-esr
2.14.2.1 - 2018/12/07 (Release)
Changes:
- Fixed issue with RemoteDestop tracking/accuracy.
- Fixed a crash issue.
2.10.1.1355 - 2018/05/30 (Release)
Changes:
- Reorganized Help window
- Added Send Log button if trouble is encountered
2.10.0.1338 - 2018/01/11 (Release)
Changes:
- Fixed minor resource leak, potential crash fix.
- Compressing activity data before syncing with server.
- Collect information about crash reports.
2.10.0.1322 - 2017/10/20 (Release)
Changes:
- Removed port 8082 from the list of potential ports to try connecting to, as it is semi-common developer port.
2.10.0.1320 - 2017/10/16
Changes:
- Chrome and Firefox now using websocket communication to collect url and redirect during FocusTime. Extension still required, but should be smoother.
2.9.11.1315 - 2017/08/18
Changes:
- Firefox uses SQLite path if currentURL file is outdated.
- focustime_until alert triggering, allowing time filtered focus time sessions.
- Idle Activities being pulled from server config.
- Fixed alerts with non-English character displaying wrong/not at all.
- Fixed a small, unlikely but potential resource/memory leak.
2.9.11.1300 - 2017/05/05
Changes:
- Fixed issue collecting from sqlite utf16 conversion could lead to dropped activities, and causing collection issues for Chrome based browsers.
2.9.11.1295 - 2017/04/03
Changes:
- Now looking for CA Certificate bundle in several locations.
- Fixed 'chrome-h' problem by adding SQLite3 into codebase and reading data as wchar.
2.9.11.1285 - 2016/11/30
Changes:
- Updated and rebuilt libcurl (7.50.3) with c-ares (1.12.0) to potentially fix crashing issue.
- No longer blocking "newtab" from Chrome or Firefox even if included in blocked list.
- Added dependency ca-certifcates in attempt to use shipped ca-cert-bundles
2.9.10.1273 - 2016/09/13
Changes:
- FocusTime dialog box no longer specifies Very Distracting (-2) scored activities.
- RescueTime checks to see if another instance is already running, and shuts down if it is. Protects duplicate activity tracking.
2.9.10.1255 - 2016/04/21
Changes:
- Fixed issue where Chrome was not collecting website information.
- Removed major memory leak while collecting website information from Chrome or Firefox.
- Reduced CPU usage while collecting website information from Chrome.
2.9.10.1250 - 2016/04/07
Changes:
- Updated boost to fix an issue on Windows where RescueTime kept computer awake.
2.9.10.1230 - 2015/12/17
Changes:
- Forcing SSL usage and verifying peer for more secure communications.
2.2.10.1230 - 2015/12/17
Changes:
- Forcing SSL usage and verifying peer for more secure communications.
2.8.9.1185 - 2015/10/07
Changes:
- Fix for opening more than just http:// links from RescueTime alerts.
2.8.9.1170 - 2015/07/09
Changes:
- FocusTime end notifying server for IFTTT and Zapier alert services.
2.8.9.1165 - 2015/06/10
Changes:
- FocusTime duration sent to server when starting session.
- Removed information from debug log, unless higher logging level is used.
2.8.9.1160 - 2015/06/04
Changes:
- Fix for configuration loading issue with OfflineTime labels contains - or ,
- Added more debug information to track crashing issues.
2.8.9.1155 - 2015/05/28
Changes:
- Fix for configuration loading issue with OfflineTime labels containing or ,
- Added more debug prints to track down crashing issues.
2.8.9.1150 - 2015/05/07
Changes:
- Release of Menu changes and fixed ui threading crashes.
- Fixed pause for 60 minutes displaying until midnight.
2.8.9.1145 - 2015/05/04
Changes:
- Modified Menu to show Pause and Focus time remaining, change to Unpause button.
- Testing a FocusTime shutoff command from server.
- Fix for googlechromeunstable location.
- Fix for googlechrome location changes for communicating with extension.
- Several fixed regardning the new menu system.
- Fix for two possible ui thread crashes.
2.8.8.1040 - 2015/02/03
Changes:
- Idle Activity feature to not go idle for some period of time with specific activities (for movies).
- Support for firefoxdev to collect website information.
2.8.7.1025 - 2014/12/29
Changes:
- Idle Activity feature to not go idle for some period of time with specific activities.
- Support information shows premium/lite status for diagnostic purposes.
- Support for chromestable to collect website information.
2.8.6.1015 - 2014/07/11
Changes:
- Update data version of activity reporting to distinguish between offline and other activities.
- Removed a misleading cause for unknown default error, should have more information.
- Fixed user:taken issue when signing in with new user.
2.8.6.988 - 2014/03/31
Changes:
- Fixed issue with FocusTime not turning off.
- Updated activation process.
- Removed the excessive "unknown default error" status report.
2.8.5.964 - 2013/11/21
Changes:
- Reduced server load for activation.
- Disabled text entry and button on FocusTime window for lite users.
- Fixed possible but unlikely crash when loading configuration at startup.
- Fixed crash with alert messages.
- Fixed issue with seconds vs milliseconds with delay before reading url.
- Other minor bug fixes and maintenance.
2.8.5.870 - 2013/11/14
Changes:
- Removed libXtst requirement from the RPM package.
- Fixed data loss when loading activity logs with unhandled UTF8 characters.
- Added url detection for chrome when process name is: googlechromestable
2.8.0.783 - 2013/06/07
Changes:
- Menu item layout is now more consistent between Windows, OS X, and Linux versions of RescueTime
- Offline Time feature now allows you to change your mind if you didn't want to log time but accidentally clicked an option
2.6.9.685 - 2013/05/08
Changes:
- Fixed name of the help window to RescueTime Help.
2.6.8.557 - 2013/04/01
Changes:
- Fixed a data loss issue being caused by certain unicode characters
- Fixed a problem where unicode window titles details would not be reported properly
- Fixed a number of crash issues related to slow starting desktop environments
2.6.2.274 - 2012/08/01
Changes:
- Fixed a large number of xprop errors when scanning applications that hadn't finished loading all properties
2.6.1.218 - 2012/07/10
Changes:
- Many changes to support Fedora 15
- RPM Package builds for RPM based distributions, Fedora 15 tested
- Ability to manually check for updates and if an update exists, take you to the download page
- Automatic update checks will happen every 7 days / 168 hours
- Changed UI element sizing to accomodate more font family sets
2.6.0.144 - 2012/05/29
Changes:
- Many dependency fixes based on feedback from beta testers, the binaries should now work against more common glibc and libstdc++ libraries
- Fixed a number of segfaults reported by beta users, this version should be much more stable
- Fixed bad window titles on Fedora
2.6.0.21 - 2012/05/01
Changes:
- Fixed application name to use the more friendly name from WM_CLASS
- Fixed an issue that could cause the last character in a url to be truncated
2.5.1.10 - 2012/04/26
Changes:
- Beta Support for Linux tested on Ubuntu 11.10 32bit
- Dependencies on libxss1 (requires install), xprintidle (included in zip), qt4 shared libraries (should be installed by default Ubuntu installs)
- Firefox URL resolution requires https://www.rescuetime.com/installers/rescuetimefirefoxextension.xpi
- Currently only support for Firefox URL's and there is no FocusTime feature for Linux yet