Bolt 0.1.180
This release makes Bolt's browser and vault easier to use every day. The browser has a clearer tab strip, a Stop button, and better sign-in help for saved logins, passkeys and one-time codes. The vault can import and export logins as CSV, keeps deleted items for 30 days, lets you undo an import, and holds more kinds of items. Settings now shows whether sync is up to date and which devices are connected.
Browser
- The tab strip is clearer. The tab you are on is joined to the page, marked with a blue edge and a bolder title, and tabs you are not on sit back. Private tabs are marked in violet.
- The browser toolbar is grouped by purpose (New, This page, Panels, Bookmark files, Protection, Leaves the browser, Deletes), with an Ads on/off switch in Protection.
- A page that went blank because a site's ad-blocking rule hid the whole page now shows again.
- A copied image can be saved as PNG, WebP, JPG or PDF. If a save fails, Bolt says why.
- Reload becomes Stop while a page is loading.
- Cmd+D (Ctrl+D on Windows and Linux) bookmarks the page.
- Downloads show how many bytes have arrived so far, and a download that finishes with no file path no longer keeps its progress running.
- Delete browsing data can now clear cookies. Cookies are cleared only when you choose Everything.
- On a sign-up form, Bolt offers a strong password in one line with Use, Not now and Undo. If Bolt is locked, the line says so. The line goes away when you move to another page.
- When you change a password on a site, Bolt offers to update the saved login. If you have two saved logins on that site, it asks which one, and only that one is changed.
- Gmail addresses written with dots, a plus tag or googlemail now count as the same account, so Bolt offers one saved login instead of several.
- When Bolt did not make a passkey that a site asked for, the bar says so, instead of leaving you with the site's general error.
- When you create a passkey on a site, Bolt shows the passkey was made and signs you in with the newest one for that site. It lists an account once, and says "Bolt has a passkey, the site did not offer it" when a site does not list yours. Creating and signing in with a passkey on GitHub was checked in the real app.
- You can delete a passkey from =pw. Bolt asks you to confirm first, and the delete is written to the audit log.
- When a page shows a box for a one-time code, Bolt offers the 2FA code you saved for that site.
- When a site tries to open a blank sign-in window and it cannot open, Bolt says so in plain words and gives a next step that can work.
- Sign-in windows that a site opens (for example single sign-on pop-ups) now open in their own window.
- A saved sign-in question stays when a tab goes to sleep, for a few minutes, instead of being lost.
Vault
- You can import logins from a CSV file and export your logins to CSV. If you cancel, the dialog says exactly what was and was not changed. A file you picked stays ready for 2 minutes. Both dialogs were checked in the real app.
- Export is blocked until you confirm it is you. If the vault is locked, Bolt asks you to unlock first and then carries on.
- Deleted items go to Recently deleted and stay there for 30 days. You can restore one, or delete it for good. Restoring and deleting for good ask you to confirm it is you.
- After an import you can choose Undo import to remove only the items that import added.
- The New item menu holds the other item types too: identity, passport, bank account, database, server, certificate, reference and more, with checks for IBANs, dates, ports and certificate chains.
- =pw can list every item in a vault, not only the ones that match what you type.
- Passkeys are included in your Bolt backup. They stay on this computer and do not sync to your other devices yet.
- A deleted passkey is gone for good: it is removed when you delete it.
- Clipboard safety: when Bolt thinks a copied item is a secret, the clip is masked, tagged "Looks sensitive", never synced to your other devices, and deleted after a set time. A clip Bolt is certain about is deleted after 24 hours. A clip you mark yourself can have a delete time you pick. Clips already synced before this are withdrawn from sync storage once.
- While Bolt is locked, clipboard search cannot match the text of a sensitive clip. When it is unlocked it can.
- Deleting or clearing clips no longer needs the vault unlocked. A delete still asks you first.
- Clips: you can mark any clip "Sensitive" yourself, pick how long it is kept, and use Undo for 30 seconds. Bolt does not yet spot an ordinary copied password on its own, so mark those by hand.
- Settings > Desktop shows how many sensitive clips are kept and has a Review button.
- A sensitive clip that holds a password can be saved to your vault as a Login from /clips, with Undo for 30 seconds.
- Settings > Password Vaults: "Passkeys saved in Bolt" and "Recently deleted" are now collapsible rows under the Bolt row, with a filter for passkeys. Add, import, export and the on/off switches are unchanged. Panels for Bitwarden and other vaults stay hidden while their switch is off.
Sync
- Settings > Sync has a status line. It tells you when sync last worked, retries by itself after a failure, and names any item too large to sync and skips it, instead of stopping everything.
- Settings > Sync lists your devices and lets you rename this device.
Known issues
- The live video on abc11 can keep showing a spinner. We have not found the cause.
- Some sites show a wall that asks you to turn off your ad blocker. Bolt cannot pause blocking for a single site yet.
- After one vault export, Bolt froze for about 14 seconds once. We could not make it happen again.
- Items cannot be created in Bitwarden from =pw. Creating works for the Bolt vault only.
- Import results do not have a Show in Finder button yet.
Not in this release
- Adding a new device from Settings > Sync (the code and QR steps).
- Removing a device from the list.
- Saving a copied password to your vault when Bolt has not marked it as sensitive. Bolt does not yet spot plain passwords on its own.
- A native Save panel for Save as.
- Blocking ads on YouTube.
Upgrading
- No settings need to change for this release.
Bolt will offer this update automatically. You can also update manually from https://sparcle.app/download/, or via the in-app "Check for Updates" option. Restarting Bolt after updating is recommended.
Thank you for using Bolt. As always, please reach out to support with any questions about this release.
