Link tasks, break them into subtasks, and edit as in VS Code, in a root that answers at once
Tasks link to each other and hold ordered subtasks, ids are shorter and can be found anywhere, editing saves on its own with a File menu in place of Save buttons, and a large root that took over a minute to check now takes under a second.
New
Link tasks and say how
A task's Links section links another task as blocks, is blocked by, relates to, duplicates, or clones, and the other task shows the link from its side; a blocked task is marked on the board and in the table. Reword or add the types on the Backlog's Links settings tab, or use
eidos backlog link. Backlog →Subtasks in order
A subtask is numbered from its parent (
T-F36.1,T-F36.2), sits under it in the Backlog table, and is listed, reordered, and added on the parent's page, a new one or an existing task. Turn on Show subtasks on the board in Preferences to give each its own card. Backlog →Edit as in VS Code
Edits save themselves a second after you stop typing, and Save, Save All, and Revert File are in the File menu and on ⌘S, ⌥⌘S. Pick another Auto Save in Preferences, as in VS Code; with it off, an unsaved tab shows a dot and asks before it closes. A change made outside the app is never written over. The workbench →
Shorter ids, found anywhere
New roots draw short ids that grow as the root does (
T-F36), a task or decision type can carry a prefix (T-BF36), an id can be set by hand, and an old id keeps working after it changes. Type an id in any picker or in Quick Open to find the thing. Backlog →Faces and your own name
People show their Gravatar picture where their initials were, the AI Agent has a mark of its own, and you are picked out in the accent colour wherever you appear. Turn pictures off with Show Gravatar pictures in Preferences. The Browser →
Your own sidebar order
Drag the collections, the top-level documents, saved views, canvases, drafts, and the activities into the order you want, or use Move up and Move down; the order is yours alone. The workbench →
Improved
Everything answers at once
On a root of 135 tasks and 539 decisions,
eidos checkwent from 82 s to under a second, the page answers a change in under 100 ms, and the desktop app shows the backlog in about a second.A shorter New Root
Next sits at the top, a framework is chosen with one click, the AI Agent gets the room, and the new root offers its first blueprint.
A calmer task page
Properties hold still while the body scrolls, long titles stop at the panel's edge, lists add from Add assignee and Add blueprint, and every table has a refresh.
Changed
Dependencies become links
eidos checkreports each task still holding dependencies; runeidos backlog migrate-dependencies --dry-run, then without--dry-run, or click Migrate, and each becomes a relates to link. Backlog →A task's file is named by its id
New tasks are written as
t-f36-ship-the-login-page.md. Runeidos backlog rename-files --dry-run, then without it, to rename the tasks you have, every link following, and commit. Backlog →Canvas is off in a new root
A new root starts with Canvas and Backlog off; turn them on under Plugins. Roots you already have keep both.
Portuguese is Brazilian, and Things is Ledger
The app's Portuguese reads as Brazilian, as the docs do, and the Things theme is named Ledger; a person who chose Things gets Ledger.
Fixed
The desktop app quits
Cmd+Q, a restart, and Restart to Update no longer leave the app running until it is force quit.
Right-click a misspelled word
The desktop app shows the spelling suggestions, and a line break you type shows as a line break.
Modals behave
Enter in New task keeps the assignee, deleting from a modal closes it, New draft makes a draft, and a status changed in a modal leaves a view it no longer fits.
Known limitations
Decisions keep a date without a time, and a blueprint's file keeps its title's name; the File menu in a browser opens from a right-click on the bar across the top.