Release Notes - Rhizar

Release notes for Rhizar, including new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

April 23, 2026

Chat

Streaming responses can now exceed the previous 32k output cap, up to 64k
Truncated responses show a "Continue" chip to resume without losing context
"Compacting context…" loading status appears when long conversations compact
Workspace switcher refreshes automatically when you return to the tab

Documents

New Document dialog with "Start blank" or "Import from Word" options
Duplicate any document with a custom name (prompts before creating)
3-dot menu on sidebar documents (Duplicate + Delete)
"Sources (N)" chip in the document editor toolbar opens the sources drawer
Citation count badge on document cards
AI-suggested title confirmation before saving a chat response as a new document
Duplicating a document no longer copies comments or sharing permissions (matches Google Docs / Notion)
Added ability to highlight text

Agents

Unified "Agent Settings" label for members and admins
Per-agent "Show sources" toggle — suppresses citations, strips them on save-as-document, hides source UI for non-admins
Required instructions field when creating a new agent
Default agent instructions updated — removed conflicting "Cite sources" sentence now managed by the Show sources toggle
Updated chat message loading icon design

Workspace

Members now see "Workspace Settings" in the workspace switcher (page renders read-only for non-admins)
Centralized role enforcement (requireOrgRole) across all mutation endpoints
Top Agents card on workspace analytics matches the design used on admin
Renamed the default agent to “[Workspace Name] Agent”

Knowledge Base

Fix knowledge base upload failures for .md, .json, .csv, .yaml, and other text-based files that were incorrectly routed to LlamaParse
Stuck uploads now auto-recover in 3 minutes instead of 20 when a webhook is lost, without interrupting legitimately-running parses
Improved parsing tier from cost efficient to agentic for PDFs
Added cancel button for in progress uploads
Keep file name the same when downloading a file in the knowledge base
KB submissions show the latest resubmission time in the subtitle
Cohere reranking improves knowledge base search relevance
KB list now scrolls within its container in agent settings
KB submissions show a skeleton while loading
Document explorer shows a skeleton instead of "loading docs" when empty

Account

Preferred AI model picker in Account → Preferences (Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku)
"About me" text injected into every chat as personal context
Email marketing opt-in at signup with GDPR-compliant consent metadata
Resend contact sync on signup and account deletion

Feedback

Feedback modal with optional Workspace, Agent, and Topic dropdowns

Admin

Top Expensive Turns card on the costs dashboard — 10 costliest user turns in the selected period
Per-turn drill-down page showing every event (consultation, embedding, completion, etc.) in a single turn
Friendly display names for Consultation (Haiku/Sonnet/Opus) and Continue generation operations
Every per-turn cost event now correlated with a turn_id for accurate per-turn cost rollups
Chat summary embeddings, title generation, knowledge base embeddings and reranks, and connected-agent consultations all tagged to the originating turn

Scale

1 million token primary context window (up from 200k)
Up to 20 connected agents per agent (up from 6)

Brand

Browser tab title now reads "Rhizar — Agents for Teams"
Docs site logo links to app.rhizar.com
Renamed “Analyst” to “Agent” throughout the app
Updated URL to app.rhizar.com

Tests

Added codebase wide test coverage (408 tests) with Vitest and PGlite
Test suite grew to 511 tests
Coverage includes admin cost queries, attachment orphan cleanup, document duplication, summary embedding, shared UI components and more

Code quality

Shared TopAgentsCard component replaces three inline copies across admin and workspace analytics
Shared FileDropZone primitive used by knowledge-base upload and DOCX import
Shared HITL prompt component used for duplicate, title confirmation, and continue flows
Consolidated document API error handling (clean 403/404/500 responses)
Using logger instead of console.log throughout application
Completed code review on entire codebase, major refactor, modularity
Fixed all lint and type warnings

Bugs

Streaming responses can now exceed the previous 32k output cap, up to 64k
When deleting a user, it now sets usage events email to NULL
Fixed bug where large PDFs in knowledge base were getting stuck in parsing
Fixed shared document continuous reloading bug
Chat rename now updates the sidebar and navbar instantly without a page reload
Pending file attachments no longer reappear in the input after reloading
Deleting a document you don't own now shows a clear permission toast instead of a 500 error
Deleting the document you're currently viewing now navigates you out to a new chat automatically
Duplicated documents no longer show orphaned yellow highlights from the original's comments
Admin costs dashboard loads reliably
"N sources" footer on agent messages is hidden when an agent has source display turned off
Orchestrator "Starting stream" log entry now shows the user's actual runtime model instead of the env default

March 26, 2026

Bugs

Fixed attachment and knowledge base uploads to correctly process Word documents

Chat

Added smooth typewriter animation for streamed responses
Fixed auto-scroll to resume after scrolling away
Fixed streaming to continue when navigating away and back
Increased response streaming timeout
AI reasoning streams in live as an expandable block, showing how long the model thought
Chat title now visible in the top navigation bar
Word docs and text files attach near-instantly via local extraction instead of LlamaParse
Send a message and navigate anywhere in the app - streaming continues in the background and your chat state is preserved when you return

Knowledge Base

Added support for image uploads with AI-generated text summaries
Added a refresh button for website sources to immediately re-fetch content

Analyst

Increased maximum analyst connections from 3 to 6
Redesigned and refactored analytics page

Admin Dashboard

Redesigned and refactored cost tracking page with full multi-service breakdown
Redesigned and refactored analytics page
Cost tracking now uses the usage event ledger across all services (Anthropic, Cohere, LlamaParse)

Workspace

Redesigned and refactored analytics page

API Limits

Raised rate limits for all APIs (LlamaParse, Supabase, Resend, Cohere, Claude) and added email notifications at 80% usage

Usage Tracking

Added granular cost tracking for cache tokens, Cohere embeddings/reranking, and LlamaParse page credits

Rhizar Docs

Restructured docs site with individual page routes and persistent sidebar
Updated docs.rhizar.com to serve directly instead of redirecting

Release Notes

Added Q1 release notes at docs.rhizar.com/release-notes

Cleanup

Removed unused code: command palette, PDF generation, legacy cost calculator, redundant type definitions
Removed custom_domain column from analysts

Stability

Navigating to a deleted chat, invalid analyst, or unknown workspace now redirects gracefully instead of showing an error page

March 2, 2026

Documents

Added document locking — freeze a document in a read-only state and unlock anytime to resume editing
Added document duplication to create a fresh working copy of any document
Added per-user sharing permissions — share documents with specific workspace members and set view or edit access per user
Added "Shared with me" view to see all documents others have shared with you
Added inline comments — highlight text to leave comments with threaded replies, timestamps, and @mentions
Added comment-only access for users viewing read-only or locked documents
Added resolve and reopen actions on comment threads
Added full-page Document Explorer with search, sorting, and custom folder organization
Added document version history — view all saved changes and roll back to any previous version
Documents now retain .docx formatting when attached to a chat or added to a knowledge base (previously converted to .md)

Knowledge Base

Members can now submit documents to an Analyst's knowledge base for admin review
Admins can approve or decline submissions, and submitters can track status (Pending, Approved, Declined)

Chat

Added 50,000-character limit to user messages
Increased stale attachment timeout from 10 minutes to 60 minutes with a notification toast when an attachment expires

Workspace Settings

Added Analytics tab to Workspace Settings
Added a tab showing all Analysts in the workspace
Added ability for workspace owners to transfer ownership to another member

Admin Dashboard

Added Costs tab with KPI cards, a stacked area chart, and breakdowns by service, operation, organization, and top Analysts across all paid services (Anthropic, Cohere, LlamaParse)
Costs tab is fully responsive across mobile, tablet, and desktop

Sidebar

Chats now take up more space in the sidebar with scrollable history (search bar removed)
Added "Documents" link to open the Document Explorer with recent documents in the sidebar

Legal

Added a cookie policy banner for new users to accept or deny cookie use
Added legal information display in Account Settings
Added link to legal documents in the account menu

Bug Fixes

Fixed "Chat with document" opening a blank new chat instead of the correct document context
Fixed sources deleted in the document editor still appearing in the Sources drawer
Fixed undo in the document editor not restoring deleted citations or showing them correctly in the Sources drawer
Fixed sign-in and sign-out buttons briefly flashing on screen when logging out

February 24, 2026

Analysts

Semantic memory enabled — Analysts now search relevant messages and summaries across all past conversations based on the current query, not just recent chats
Expanded live chat context from 12 to 16 messages, plus a rolling summary of earlier conversation history
Improved auto-summaries to include more detail and content from attachments
Upgraded knowledge base reranking to Cohere v4.0 Pro for significantly improved retrieval accuracy on complex queries
Increased file chunk size for richer context per retrieval, improving response quality on complex documents
Extended prompt cache duration from 5 minutes to 1 hour, reducing processing time for returning users
Enabled adaptive thinking — the model now dynamically applies deeper reasoning for complex analytical queries

Sources & Citations

Improved source grounding — responses now prioritize exact figures, data points, and key language from knowledge base documents instead of paraphrasing
Clicking an inline citation in chat now highlights the exact cited passage in the Sources drawer

Documents

Citations in saved documents are now preserved and clickable, linking back to the Sources drawer
Documents now export as editable Microsoft Word (.docx) files

Bug Fixes

Fixed Analyst logos not displaying correctly

February 22, 2026

Analysts

Increased Analyst instructions limit from 4,000 to 10,000 characters
Renamed "Description" field to "Tagline" to reduce confusion with the Analyst Instructions field
Members can now view a read-only Analyst Info page (includes About, Instructions, Knowledge Base, and Connections tabs)
Knowledge base files can now be clicked to download, and website sources open in a new tab
Added Created, Updated, and Created By fields to the Analyst About tab
Improved attachment upload progress to show real-time percentages
Connected Analysts now display as clickable links in the Connections tab
Uploading a file to a knowledge base now shows a toast notification confirming processing continues in the background

Documents

Added copy-link icon to the Shared Documents navigation bar

Feedback

Users can now attach screenshots when submitting feedback via "Leave Feedback"
Added an editable status field to feedback items in the Admin Dashboard with "updated by" and timestamp

Analytics

Improved Analyst Analytics and Admin Dashboard Analytics pages with more accurate metrics and better visualizations

Admin Dashboard

Added Documentation tab to create, edit, reorder, and publish docs and release notes
Public documentation pages now accessible at docs.rhizar.com without authentication

Legal

Updated Legal page to use sidebar navigation matching the docs page styling

Bug Fixes

Fixed navigating away from a loading chat and returning showing a blank screen instead of loading states and messages
Fixed empty paragraph spacing collapsing on document save
Fixed knowledge base tab not being responsive on mobile devices
Fixed "Add document to knowledge base" not navigating to the knowledge base correctly
Fixed various reported bugs received via user feedback

February 20, 2026

Sources & Citations

Inline citation numbers now appear in chat responses, linking directly to the knowledge base content used
Clicking a citation number opens the Sources drawer to that specific source
Source details now show the exact cited text with expandable surrounding context

Legal

Added Legal tab in Admin Settings to create, edit, reorder, and publish legal pages
Public legal pages accessible at /legal without authentication
Sign-up page now links to published legal pages (replaces placeholder terms dialog)
Timestamp and IP address recorded when a user accepts terms
Welcome email automatically sent on registration with terms acceptance details

Account Management

Users can delete their own account, which cascades to all associated data (chats, documents, attachments)
Admins can delete any user from the platform admin panel with a pre-deletion review
Organization owners can transfer ownership to another member
Account deletion requires resolving ownership of sole-owner organizations first (transfer or confirm deletion)

Registration

Company field is now required during sign-up
Required fields are now clearly labeled with red "(required)" indicators

Bug Fixes

Fixed tooltips being clipped inside overflow-hidden containers
Fixed sign-out flow not handling deleted user sessions correctly

February 19, 2026

Analysts

Updated chat messages to use Claude Sonnet 4.6
Added descriptive loading-state labels in chat messages (e.g., "Analyzing your question," "Searching knowledge base," "Consulting connected analysts")
All connected Analysts are now always consulted in parallel, significantly reducing response latency
Analysts are now aware of all files in their knowledge bases and in connected Analysts' knowledge bases — users can ask to list all files with descriptions or ask about a specific file
Attachment extraction now retries automatically on failure (up to 4 attempts with exponential backoff)
Optimized knowledge base retrieval strategy for faster chat response times
Attachment uploads now have reserved processing slots so they are not blocked by background knowledge base processing

Invites & Emails

Improved email deliverability to reduce invites landing in spam
Email replies now go to info@rhizar.com
Expired invites are now visible to admins with an option to resend
Pending invites now show expiration dates

Documents

Improved reliability of document creation and editing

Bug Fixes

Fixed markdown list indentation in chat messages

January 21, 2026

Chat

Added support for new spreadsheet file types (.xlsm, .xlsb, .xlw, .numbers) as chat attachments and in knowledge bases
Added drag-and-drop file attachment in chat

Knowledge Base

Increased maximum file upload size to 150 MB
Improved file upload reliability — files now enter a queued state and are processed sequentially (files stuck from before this update should be deleted and re-uploaded)
Added ability to add URLs and websites to knowledge bases
Added retry button for failed knowledge base file uploads
Improved error messages for knowledge base upload failures

Connected Analysts

Connect up to 3 Analysts in Analyst Settings
The primary Analyst can consult its connected Analysts during chat
Chat message sources from connected Analysts are clearly labeled

Documentation

Launched documentation site at docs.rhizar.com with a detailed overview of Rhizar and how to use it
Documentation is accessible from the user Account menu

Bug Fixes

Fixed Members tab in Workspace Settings failing to load

January 10, 2026

Fully rebranded from "Helix" to "Rhizar" — the platform URL has moved from analyst.helixbuild.com to analyst.rhizar.com
Landing page login buttons at rhizar.com now link to analyst.rhizar.com
Improved attachment reading for Excel, PDF, Word, and other file types in chat messages
Improved knowledge base source usage in chat message responses
Improved knowledge base search accuracy with upgraded embeddings and reranking
Increased knowledge base capacity to 500 files per Analyst
Faster repeat responses with prompt caching