Memory Guardrails UI + Safe Rollback Flow
Added a dedicated Memory Guardrails page so snapshot and rollback can be executed directly from frontend, with explicit confirmation before restore.
Core Highlights
- New dedicated route: `/guardrails` in Dashboard
- Snapshot list, create snapshot, and restore actions in UI
- Sidebar navigation updated (separate icon for MCP Bridge)
Token Efficiency & Release Hardening
Routing and tool exposure were tightened to reduce prompt overhead while preserving full agent capabilities when needed.
Core Highlights
- Lite router toggle (`AETHER_LITE_ROUTER_ENABLED`) enabled by default
- Dynamic per-request tool profiles for agent path
- Prompt Trace and token metric docs added (PL/EN)
Prompt Trace & Observability Expansion
Introduced end-to-end prompt trace visibility and richer runtime observability for debugging context cost and routing behavior.
Core Highlights
- Prompt Trace endpoint and UI inspector
- Prompt component telemetry: user/history/tools/settings/cache
- Version alignment across backend, frontend, desktop, and docs
Local-MCP-Cloud Experience
Unified product flow across public pages: local-first memory, MCP-controlled exchange, and cloud reasoning with validated write-back.
Core Highlights
- New narrative flow: The Architecture -> The Process -> The Bridge -> The Preview
- Bidirectional Local <-> MCP <-> Cloud model clarified
- Public pages aligned to one consistent product message
Hybrid Cloud Integration & Edge Compute
Separated architecture into fully remote brain core connected under an independent VPS container, and a fast frontend hosted globally on Vercel.
Core Highlights
- Hybrid Cloud Deploy (Vercel + Hetzner)
- Clerk Authentication API integration
- Zero-latency Reverse Proxy (Next.js Rewrites)
Evaluation & Quality Layer
Added a full quality loop for retrieval and reasoning so responses can be measured, reviewed, and improved over time.
Core Highlights
- RAG precision analytics
- LLM judge integration
- Structured evaluation datasets for repeatable audits
Neuromorphic Cognition Engine
Official release of the cognition center. Aether now shifts its personality based on the local time and environment.
Core Highlights
- Digital Circadian Rhythm (Strategist, Executor)
- Persona Profiles (Analytical, Balanced, Creative)
- Safety-First Autonomy (Danger Zone)
Memory & Knowledge Foundation
Aether gained persistent memory primitives and a stronger local knowledge pipeline for practical day-to-day engineering work.
Core Highlights
- Qdrant + SQLite memory baseline stabilized
- Knowledge ingestion and retrieval flow expanded
- Session continuity improved across longer conversations
Open-Source Starter Release
First public release of Aether as an open-source starter for building a personal engineering agent on your own infrastructure.
Core Highlights
- Open Core published with local-first architecture
- Starter setup for self-hosted development workflows
- Initial command and memory loop made publicly available