What's Better

🔒 Privacy improvements

You no longer send DNS queries to external services when your node is offline. Previously, DNSLink lookups would fall back to ipfs.io when your local node wasn't running. Now the extension properly detects offline status and skips external lookups entirely, keeping your DNS browsing patterns limited to DNS resolvers configured in your local IPFS node.

🔄 More reliable in Chrome and Edge

The extension now stays responsive even when Chrome's service worker goes dormant. We implemented hybrid polling using Chrome's alarms API, so your node status and badge icon update reliably without draining battery. If you previously saw stale "online" indicators when your node was actually offline, this is fixed.

⚡ Faster and lighter

The extension now deduplicates concurrent DNSLink lookups for the same domain, reducing redundant requests from 2-4 down to 1. We also removed leftover telemetry code that was logging every request type even though telemetry was already disabled.

👋 Better welcome experience

When you first install the extension or don't have a node running, the welcome page now has:

• Updated links to current IPFS resources and documentation
• Tutorial videos about content addressing and routing
• Faster loading with local video thumbnails instead of external embeds
• Clearer language explaining what "Kubo RPC API" means

🎨 UI polish

Long version strings from your IPFS Kubo node no longer break the popup layout. The version display now handles strings up to 128 characters without affecting the icon positioning.

Full Changelog

• chore: update RELEASE-PROCESS.md by @SgtPooki in #1330
• docs(readme): autumn cleaning by @lidel in #1341
• fix: skip DNSLink resolution when offline, deduplicate inflights by @lidel in #1339
• fix: manifest v3 offline status detection by @lidel in #1340
• chore: dependency updates by @lidel in #1321
• fix: remove disabled telemetry code by @lidel in #1343
• chore: remove Brave-specific build by @lidel in #1342
• fix: update welcome page resources and links by @lidel in #1344
• fix: prevent version span from affecting icon layout by @lidel in #1345
• feat: add automated translation sync workflow by @lidel in #1346
• chore: pull new translations by @github-actions[bot] in #1347 & #1352
• chore: release v3.3.0 by @lidel in #1353

Full Changelog: v3.2.0...v3.3.0

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This version includes cleanup, internal refactoring, and infrastructure updates.

🔒 Privacy Improvements

• Removed Telemetry Collection (PR #1327)
  • All telemetry data collection has been completely removed from the extension
  • No data is being collected or sent to any analytics services
  • Telemetry functions have been replaced with no-op functions that only log debug messages
  • This change improves user privacy while maintaining all extension functionality

🔧 Technical Improvements

• DNS Resolution Refactoring (PR #1302)
  • Improved internal implementation by migrating from ipfs.dns to ipfs.resolve
  • Enhanced reliability of IPNS resolution
  • This is an internal change that maintains the same user experience with improved code quality

🧪 Testing & Infrastructure

• End-to-End Test Improvements (PR #1308)

  • Fixed and updated E2E tests to ensure proper functionality across browsers
  • Improved test reliability and coverage

• CI Pipeline Updates

  • Updated GitHub Actions upload-artifact to v4 (PR #1325)
  • Updated stale issue workflow configuration

📋 Full Changelog

• 70790a3 fix: remove countly (#1327)
• c22c558 chore(ci): update upload-artifact action to v4 (#1325)
• 7ca6433 chore: Update .github/workflows/stale.yml [skip ci]
• 659b797 refactor: ipfs.dns → ipfs.resolve (#1302)
• 6f17967 fix(test): 🚧 Making e2e Tests work again. (#1308)

New Contributors

• @2color made their first contribution in #1327

Full Changelog: v3.1.0...v3.2.0

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What's Changed

• fix(release-automation): 🔧 removing default command and skippi github release by @whizzzkid in #1291
• fix(release-automation): 🔧 Skip Labels by @whizzzkid in #1293
• chore(readme): update header by @lidel in #1295
• feat: show full rpc backend version by @lidel in #1294
• fix(telemetry): ⬇️ Reduce event syncs by @whizzzkid in #1296
• chore(main): release 3.1.0 by @github-actions in #1292
• fix(version): Fixing version number by @whizzzkid in #1297

Full Changelog: v3.0.1...v3.1.0

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Note: Just fixes the FF version numbers.

What's Changed

• fix(release-automation): 👽 Tags are not being created. by @whizzzkid in #1287
• Revert "fix(release-automation): 👽 Tags are not being created." by @whizzzkid in #1289
• fix(firefox): 🔧 Min FF Version by @whizzzkid in #1290
• chore(main): release 3.0.1 by @github-actions in #1288

Full Changelog: v3.0.0...v3.0.1

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What's Changed

• feat(MV3)!: MV3 Implementation Collector Branch. by @whizzzkid in #1182
• fix(options): 🗑️ Fix target URLs. by @whizzzkid in #1280
• fix(brave): not updating tab to the new redirect url in some cases. by @whizzzkid in #1285
• feat(i18n): ⬇️ Pulling Translations by @whizzzkid in #1286
• chore(main): release 3.0.0 by @github-actions in #1229

Full Changelog: v2.22.1...v3.0.0

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What's Changed

• fix(release-automation): 👷 should no longer be needed by @whizzzkid in #1158
• Fixing Release PR by @whizzzkid in #1160
• fix(recovery): 🐛 false-positive for non-gateway URLs by @whizzzkid in #1163
• fix: replace IPFS API with Kubo RPC by @lidel in #1164
• fix(release-automation): 💚 stupid hack to add tag in CI by @whizzzkid in #1161
• Revert "fix(release-automation): 💚 stupid hack to add tag in CI" by @whizzzkid in #1167
• chore(main): release 2.22.1 by @github-actions in #1166

Full Changelog: v2.22.0...v2.22.1

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Features

• Adding Release Automation (#1122) (1ed411e)
• recovery page when local gateway is unreachable (#1125) (a74fbb3)

Bug Fixes

• 🔥 Allow automation to run from manual triggers. (#1143) (a61e081)
• release-automation: 🐛 Semver Path (7036f6d)
• release-automation: Release Please Using Manifests (#1149) (f360ff8)

Full Changelog: v2.21.0...v2.22.0

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Important changes in this release

This release includes changes to our privacy policy and metrics collection. This means app data (non-user data), or telemetry, is gathered by default when running the application. Note that you can still disable the collection of telemetry in the settings page. For more information, see the following:

1. https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ignite-metrics/blob/main/docs/telemetry/COLLECTION_POLICY.md
2. ipfs-shipyard/ignite-metrics#76
3. ipfs/ipfs-gui#117

What's Changed

• feat: Moving from ipfs-http-client -> kubo-rpc-client by @whizzzkid in #1124
• fix: removed state change notifications by @whizzzkid in #1123
• feat: add E2E tests for chromium and firefox by @galargh in #1121
• chore: CODEOWNER meandavejustice->whizzzkid by @SgtPooki in #1135
• fix: 🐛 waiting for test to finish for longer by @whizzzkid in #1136
• chore: add sourceMaps to dev-builds by @SgtPooki in #1134
• chore: update PRIVACY-POLICY.md by @SgtPooki in #1137
• feat: add telemetry to companion by @SgtPooki in #1117

New Contributors

• @galargh made their first contribution in #1121

Full Changelog: v2.20.1...v2.21.0

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	Note: publishing could be delayed due to #808

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Quick bugfix release to allow testing of /quic-v1 addrs in Kubo v0.18.0-rc1.

What's Changed

• fix: patch-in /quic-v1 support by @lidel in #1119
• docs: add release process and move to ./docs by @whizzzkid in #1113

Full Changelog: v2.20.0...v2.20.1

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This is a maintenance release with small bugfixes, cleanups and refactors making future work on #666 easier.

What's Changed

• readme: fix TOC for Privacy & license info section by @YeeppiKayYay in #1015
• Add missing colons to bug_report.md by @unbeatable-101 in #1018
• chore(deps-dev): bump tar from 6.1.0 to 6.1.9 by @dependabot in #1021
• docs: fix community CONTRIBUTING.md links by @armujahid in #1038
• chore: remove unused scripts by @lidel in #996
• fix: linkify tests by @SgtPooki in #1064
• fix(ci): windows build by @whizzzkid in #1094
• feat: update CODEOWNERS by @SgtPooki in #1093
• feat: reload failed IPFS tabs when API becomes available by @whizzzkid in #1092
• fix: truncate no. of peers to unit of "k" when > 999 by @Carson12345 in #1053
• feat: save "Path to store imported files" preference from import page by @Carson12345 in #1063
• refactor: necromancy to restore MV2 build by @lidel in #1054
• fix: toggle buttons on Firefox by @whizzzkid in #1105
• fix(ci): hanging tests by @lidel in #1106
• fix(test): exit mocha by @lidel in #1107
• chore: v2.20.0 update by @whizzzkid in #1109

New Contributors

• @YeeppiKayYay made their first contribution in #1015
• @unbeatable-101 made their first contribution in #1018
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #1021
• @armujahid made their first contribution in #1038
• @SgtPooki made their first contribution in #1064
• @Carson12345 made their first contribution in #1053

Full Changelog: v2.19.1...v2.20.0

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