release: prepare v0.6.2

Author: aivinay

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.6.2] - 2026-07-04
+
+### Fixed
+- Kept long Codex replies pinned to the final metadata row after markdown layout
+  settles, while still respecting manual scroll-away during active replies.
+- Cleared stale screen-reader reply status when starting an empty session.
+- Made narrow-window new sessions use the standard chat width, with the sidebar
+  moving off-canvas earlier so the composer and starter prompts do not collapse
+  into a thin column.
+
 ## [0.6.1] - 2026-07-04
 
 ### Changed
@@ -266,7 +276,8 @@ First public release.
   bundle (Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.20836918), not this repository.
 - FastAPI service, CLI (`switchboard`), and a minimal local web UI.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard/compare/v0.6.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard/compare/v0.6.2...HEAD
+[0.6.2]: https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2
 [0.6.1]: https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1
 [0.6.0]: https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard/compare/v0.5.2...v0.6.0
 [0.5.2]: https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2

README.md

@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ learned component — is down.
 pip install switchboard-local
 ```
 
-The current release is **0.6.1**. For source installs, run `make install` from
+The current release is **0.6.2**. For source installs, run `make install` from
 this checkout or install from the git tag:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "git+https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard@v0.6.1"
+pip install "git+https://github.com/aivinay/switchboard@v0.6.2"
 ```
 
 ```bash

RELEASE.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ git ls-files | grep -iE 'switchboard.*\.db|^reports/|publication_plan|research_p
 ## 3. Tag and release
 
 ```bash
-VERSION=0.6.1
+VERSION=0.6.2
 git tag -a "v$VERSION" -m "Switchboard $VERSION"
 git push origin main "v$VERSION"
 ```

docs/demo.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ switchboard metrics summary
 
 Current release verification:
 
-- `make check`: ruff, mypy, and the full pytest suite passed for v0.6.1
+- `make check`: ruff, mypy, and the full pytest suite passed for v0.6.2
 - Mock evals: 64/64 passed
 - Fast real smoke evals: 11/11 passed
 - Full real smoke evals: 13/13 passed locally in the recorded 90 second run

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "switchboard-local"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.6.2"
 description = "Privacy-aware, local-first router across CLI coding agents (Codex, Claude Code) and local LLMs (Ollama)."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

switchboard/app/static/app.js

@@ -484,20 +484,37 @@ function setSrStatus(message) {
   }
 }
 
+function isNearMessageBottom(threshold = 80) {
+  return messages.scrollHeight - messages.scrollTop - messages.clientHeight < threshold;
+}
+
 function scrollToBottom(force = false) {
-  const distanceFromBottom =
-    messages.scrollHeight - messages.scrollTop - messages.clientHeight;
-  if (!force && distanceFromBottom >= 80) {
+  if (!force && !isNearMessageBottom()) {
     return;
   }
   messages.scrollTop = messages.scrollHeight;
 }
 
 function keepLatestTurnVisible(force = false) {
   const schedule = window.requestAnimationFrame || ((callback) => setTimeout(callback, 0));
-  schedule(() => scrollToBottom(force));
+  const shouldForce = force || Boolean(activeResponseState?.keepLatestTurnPinned);
+  schedule(() => {
+    scrollToBottom(shouldForce);
+    if (shouldForce) {
+      schedule(() => scrollToBottom(true));
+    }
+  });
 }
 
+messages.addEventListener("scroll", () => {
+  if (!activeResponseState?.keepLatestTurnPinned) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!isNearMessageBottom(160)) {
+    activeResponseState.keepLatestTurnPinned = false;
+  }
+});
+
 function clearWelcome() {
   const welcome = messages.querySelector(".welcome-panel");
   if (welcome) {
@@ -929,6 +946,7 @@ function schedulePendingAnswerRefresh(forSessionId, attempt = 0) {
 
 async function loadHistory() {
   if (!sessionId) {
+    setSrStatus("");
     showWelcomeIfEmpty();
     return;
   }
@@ -1035,6 +1053,7 @@ function startNewChat() {
   applyPrivateChatState(false, { restoreModel: wasPrivate });
   window.localStorage.removeItem(sessionStorageKey);
   messages.textContent = "";
+  setSrStatus("");
   showWelcomeIfEmpty();
   input.focus();
 }
@@ -2895,6 +2914,7 @@ async function sendMessage() {
     statusEl: null,
     currentStatus: initialStatus,
     stopped: false,
+    keepLatestTurnPinned: true,
   };
   const controller = new AbortController();
   activeResponseController = controller;
@@ -2973,13 +2993,14 @@ async function sendMessage() {
     }
     finalizeActivityFeed(state);
     if (!state.failed) {
+      const shouldKeepLatestTurnVisible = isNearMessageBottom();
       if (state.bodyEl) {
         revealAssistantBody(pending, state);
         state.bodyEl.classList.remove("streaming-cursor");
         await renderFinalMarkdown(state.bodyEl, state.raw);
       }
       pending.appendChild(makeMetaRow(pending, state.displayModel, state.routing));
-      scrollToBottom();
+      keepLatestTurnVisible(shouldKeepLatestTurnVisible);
       setSrStatus(
         state.displayModel ? `Reply ready from ${state.displayModel}` : "Reply ready"
       );

switchboard/app/static/styles.css

@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ body.sidebar-collapsed .sidebar-footer {
   height: 100dvh;
   display: grid;
   grid-template-rows: auto auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  width: 100%;
   max-width: 900px;
   margin: 0 auto;
   padding: 18px 18px 12px;
@@ -1304,8 +1305,8 @@ button {
 }
 
 .welcome-panel {
-  align-self: center;
-  width: min(680px, 100%);
+  align-self: stretch;
+  width: 100%;
   display: grid;
   gap: 8px;
   margin: auto 0;
@@ -1565,7 +1566,7 @@ textarea {
   font-size: 15px;
 }
 
-@media (max-width: 640px) {
+@media (max-width: 900px) {
   .app-shell {
     grid-template-columns: 1fr;
   }