Changelog

This update is about speed. File Search returns results up to 6× faster and handles typos much better, Root Search and other lists scroll smoother than ever, and extensions install and update about 4× faster on average. Raycast also starts with about 20% less memory.

✨ New

• AI Skills: Browse installed extension skills in AI settings
• Calendar: Added support for joining Gong meetings
• Emoji & Symbols: Added Greek letters
• Notes: Cmd+click on a parent todo now toggles all nested todos

💎 Improvements

• AI Chat: Made mention labels clearer by distinguishing skills and MCP tools
• AI Chat: Reduced the data sent at the start of a chat by loading extension tools more selectively
• AI Chat: Added the New Project keyboard shortcut to button tooltips and made project creation action names consistent
• AI Chat: Clarified when you’ve reached the weekly Claude Fable usage limit
• AI Chat: Images you attach when using local models now stay on your device when Cloud Sync or AI Chat History sync is turned off
• AI Chat: Added a primary action setting to Send Window and Send Element to AI
• Clipboard History: Improved image & file icons
• Custom Providers: Numeric provider API keys are now kept exactly as written, and authentication failures are explained better when they occur
• Dictation: Settings are now organised better, making it easier to find exactly what you’re looking for
• Extensions: Installs and updates are about 4× faster on average, and up to 30× faster
• File Search: Results show up to 6× faster, slow searches are gone, typos are handled much better, and indexing your files is faster and uses less CPU
• Lighter at startup: Raycast uses about 20% less memory at launch and starts faster
• Proxy: Raycast now honors HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY for all its traffic.
• Smoother scrolling: Root Search and other lists scroll up to 2× faster
• Updater: Avoid automatic installation while Dictation or AIAgents are active in the background
• Updater: Detect an update installed from another user account on the same Mac

🐞 Fixes

• AI Chat: Fixed the window freezing during streaming of very long lists
• AI Chat: Fixed pasting into the composer not working when it isn’t focused
• AI Chat: Fixed new chats sending the wrong model when the saved model is unavailable
• AI Chat: Fixed image generation being unavailable with Ollama and extension models
• AI Chat: Fixed Claude subscription models compacting too early
• AI Chat: Fixed missing skill names when restoring chat history
• AI Chat: Fixed sidebar actions not responding while peeking at the sidebar
• AI Chat: Fixed archived chats also appearing in their project’s sidebar section
• AI Chat: Removed a misplaced loading indicator from the sidebar
• AI Chat: Fixed pressing Return not sending messages containing paths starting with /
• AI Chat: Show a subscription prompt when sending a message while signed out, instead of showing a send error
• AI Chat: Fixed ⌘ + ↑ and ⌘ + ↓ moving between messages before reaching the start or end of the composer text
• AI Chat: Agents you turn off in Settings no longer appear in the composer
• Automations: Fixed automations created in a project starting chats outside that project, and added project destinations to the automation settings
• Claude: Fixed subscription status remaining outdated after signing in and valid subscription accounts being incorrectly rejected
• Extensions: Fixed unnecessary scroll jumps while navigating lists and grids
• Extensions: Fixed ghost hotkeys for removed extension commands
• File Search: Fixed the “Indexing Files…” row sometimes spinning forever after launch
• File Index: Fixed changes made while Raycast was closed sometimes not being picked up on launch
• File Index: Fixed deleted or excluded files sometimes still showing up in results after a reboot
• Quick AI: Fixed an issue where the action bar would sometimes appear too high in authentication views
• Root Search: Fixed an issue affecting compact mode users where alias would sometimes not activate after pressing space
• Script Commands: Fixed optional argument prompts being skipped when launching from a hotkey
• Script Commands: Fixed inline scripts showing stale output after an error
• Settings: Fixed signed-in accounts without a display name incorrectly showing “Not Signed In”
• Translator: Fixed an issue where swapping language when the translation is loading would clear the input
• UI: Fixed an issue in the toast action panel where too much space was left below the description when no actions are present
• Window Management: Ignored hotkeys for missing layouts and custom commands
• Menu Bar: Items that hide themselves stay hidden after a restart.
• Calendar: Fixed the menu bar item disappearing when an event title was cut off mid-emoji.
• App Relocation: Fixed a blurry app icon in relocation alerts
• Billing: Fixed a "Subtotal" typo on the billing interval update page
• Capture Window: Fixed custom wallpaper accepting non-image files
• Clipboard History: Fixed Paste Sequentially repeating multi-category clipboard entries
• General: Fixed the missing Raycast version in database error alerts
• Hyper Key: Fixed the Secure Input HUD not pointing to the setting that fixes it
• Menu Bar: Fixed jumping menu bar extra titles by using monospaced digits
• Open Camera: Fixed Open Camera popping back to root while the preview is visible
• Quick AI: Fixed the missing Regenerate with Model action
• Quicklinks: Fixed "Invalid URL" being shown when {selection} could not be resolved
• Snippets: Fixed snippets not being expanded in Save File dialogs
• Updater: Raycast now relaunches itself if an update or restart fails after the app was already closed
• Window Management: Fixed "Switch to Previous/Next Space" without animation flickering or not working in macOS 27