Improvements​

• Goals now show up in search results, so you can use the search to navigate to a certain goal
• The order of search results was adjusted and search results in the currently opened section of the app (tasks, notes, journal, etc.) are always shown first
• Various improvements to new user onboarding
• Assigning mood and emotions to notes is now deprecated and will be removed in the next major update (learn more here)

Fixes​

• When a protected notebook gets locked, for example, by backgrounding the app, the user unlocks it, then the app now correctly shows the previously selected note again

Before Lunatask got a proper journaling implementation in the spring of last year, one could use notes and their ability to have a mood, energy level, and emotions attached.

This was a workaround for the time being until the dedicated journaling section gets implemented. Since barely anyone uses this feature these days, we are deprecating it and will remove it in the next major update.

Lunatask v1.7.5 will start showing an in-app deprecation warning, and v1.8 (probably coming in the first half of October 2023) will ship without this feature.

Improvements​

• You can now assign a color to each area to differentiate, for example, personal from work-related tasks on the calendar
• Auto-linking in notes now supports localhost and ipv4 addresses
• The option to "Paste and Match Style" was added to the right-click context menu on the editor
• Other minor improvements to auto-linking making it more reliable

Fixes​

• Fixed a regression causing pasting from the clipboard into the editor not to work for copied HTML content containing heading elements
• Fixed a regression causing links containing parenthesis not to be auto-linked
• Fixed the auto-linking toggling on and off when editing existing links

Improvements​

• The look of note detail was refreshed a bit
• You can now reschedule the current occurrence of recurring tasks using date-based scheduling, as it was not previously possible without losing the recurrence rule
• 1/2/3/4/5/8 days estimate options were added to tasks
• Pressing CMD+1/Ctrl+1 when already in the tasks section now cycles through areas instead of doing nothing
• It is now possible to set the Eisenhower matrix value using the right-click context menu (including the bulk-edit context menu)
• The public link is now automatically copied to the clipboard when clicked in the note-sharing dialog
• Medium and large font sizes for notes are now a bit larger

Fixes​

• Fixed many edge cases in our Markdown editor's auto-linking functionality
• Fixed checking a checkbox in notes scrolling the page to the top
• Fixed pressing Enter on a completed checkbox item creating a new checked checkbox item below it instead of a fresh unchecked one
• Typing a letter between two backticks in notes now correctly changes the text to inline code
• Other minor editor improvements and fixes

Improvements​

• There's now an option to turn off dimming of the area/goal list sidebar when not in use in the settings
• Improved videoconference join link extraction for Zoom
• Data export now requires the master password or PIN to be entered
• Task's goal was added to the data export
• Data export configuration (what entities to export) is now remembered across runs
• The option to delete your account was moved from an in-app to a web-based flow so one can delete their account even after they uninstall the app
• You can now change your account's email address and master password in the "Account & Billing" section in the settings
• The "check for updates" button is now available directly on the login screen (when available, i.e. in non-store versions of the app)
• Minor visual improvements

Fixes​

• Fixed the task scheduling dialog being hidden behind the calendar/quick note sidebar when the sidebar is open
• Fixed incorrect copy in the goal settings modal saying that completed tasks will be deleted as well when deleting goals which wasn't true – the option whether to keep or delete tasks under the goal is always for remaining tasks only, and completed tasks are always kept in either case
• Fixed the goal header section in the goal detail not showing in the "Review old tasks" workflow
• Fixed broken CMD+1 and Ctrl+1 keyboard shortcuts for switching to tasks

Features​

• The new Goal Tracking feature adds a new level of structure to your task list. Goals can be projects or other things you want to achieve in your life. Goals support deadlines and automatically calculate your progress toward the goal. You can also display tasks from multiple goals at the same time. Goals should solve most of the previous need to use too many areas of life where it did not make sense.

Improvements​

• The list of areas is now available in the new sidebar menu within the tasks view instead of the main menu, streamlining the app's interface
• The journal has moved into the main menu and is no longer embedded within the habit tracker
• You can now drag and drop multiple tasks into a different section, area, or goal at once
• The option to edit the journal entry template was moved directly into the journal header for better discoverability and access
• The setting for what tasks to count into the badge on areas is now per area instead of being global, so you can have, for example, the “Work” area showing the number of “coming up” tasks in the badge, but the “Social Life” area all “planned” tasks, making area badges much more useful
• The logbook is now global (not per area) and its performance was massively improved when many tasks in the logbook
• The natural language parser used for setting up recurring tasks now understands common numbers spelled out, so you can now use "every two days" instead of "every 2 days"
• The picker for changing the task list sorting was removed as alternative sorting options did not bring much value and it was an additional concept that needed to be explained to new users, further complicating onboarding
• The app icon is now rounded on Windows

Fixes​

• Fixed checking a checkbox sometimes checking (but only visually) also the checkbox below
• Fixed the editor scrolling all the way down and placing the cursor at the very end of the note when checking off a checkbox
• Fixed the daylight saving time issue for users in Mexico
• Fixed the drag and drop of tasks not working in the "Review old tasks" workflow
• Fixed an incorrect icon size and roundness on Mac

Notes​

• As announced earlier, as of this update Lunatask no longer supports Windows 8 and older.
• This update is versioned as v1.7.1 on the Microsoft Store due to a versioning conflict and is identical to v1.7.0 on other platforms

Improvements​

• The modal window for creating notes for calendar events now remembers the last used notebook and template
• The work-in-progress limit message now differentiates between the limit reached and the limit exceeded situations
• Minor visual and onboarding improvements

Improvements​

• You are now able to reset a task's age used for prioritization. This can be useful, for example, when moving older tasks from "later" to "now", or from "pinned" tasks. It’s not meant to be used all the time, but you might have a task you have been tracking for months (or years even). Now you decide it’s time to work on it, and you might want to treat it as created today, so the task is not shown as the first task in the list despite it being the oldest task. You can reset the age of any task in the right-click context menu.
• Journal entry editor is now automatically focused when opening the mood tracking popup or when the journal is unlocked there
• The default name for notes created from calendar events was simplified to shorten it a bit
• Settings -> Connected apps section now links new documentation articles on how to set up Shortcuts and Siri or Google Assistant
• Minor visual and onboarding improvements

Fixes​

• Fixed creating a new journal entry sometimes not jumping to the newly created entry when switched to a different month or not focusing the editor when created via a keyboard shortcut
• Fixed the order of scheduled tasks in the pinned section when using by priority sorting
• Fixed events coming from a "busy / free" shared calendar in Google Calendar showing as "undefined"

Windows 8.1 reached the end of support on January 10, 2023, and no longer receives software or security updates from Microsoft.

Furthermore, our desktop app is based on Electron, which itself is built on top of Chromium. The current version of Lunatask runs on the last Electron and Chromium versions supporting Windows 7 and 8, while newer versions of both no longer support these old systems.

Lunatask v1.7, due to be released in June, will drop support for these old systems as well, allowing it to receive new Electron and Chromium updates again. These updates are necessary so our desktop app gets better, faster, and more secure over time, as well as it will fix several issues present in the Chromium version used in our desktop app today.

One of these issues is related to the government in Mexico's decision to stop using daylight saving time (DST) starting this year. Unfortunately, the Chromium version used in Lunatask v1.6 is unaware of this change, causing users in Mexico to see the wrong time on the calendar and receive notifications prematurely. In this case, upgrading to a newer Chromium version is necessary to fix the issue.

Since we do not track our users thanks to our strict no-tracking policy, we are unable to determine how many of them will be affected by this change. At this time, many companies worldwide are going through a similar transition and we are sorry if this change disrupts your workflow.

If you are an existing customer and this change is affecting you, feel free to message us.

Improvements​

• Settings -> Connected apps section was redesigned a bit

Fixes​

• Fixed a regression causing recurring events coming from CalDAV integration always showing as one-hour events when using local expand regardless of their actual length in the external calendar