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Changelog

The changelog records the development history of Focus Pulse. Version 1.2.0 is the next planned release, following the existing version 1.1.0. Release dates and publication status will be updated when the release is finalized. published to the Chrome Web Store.

1.0 — published

22 August 2026

The submission-ready build. Scoring was centralised so the popup, dashboard, and weekly report can no longer disagree with each other, and the tracking worker was hardened against Manifest V3's aggressive suspension.

20 August 2026

  • Renamed the product from Focus Tracker to Focus Pulse. The extension name, in-app labels, exported filenames, and weekly report header all use the new name. The repository and documentation URLs keep their original browser-focus-tracker slug so existing links and the published privacy policy URL stay valid.
  • Revised the score-to-grade scale.

13 August 2026

  • Fixed dashboard styling and the weekly report download.
  • Fixed the success notification on JSON export.
  • Centralised scoring logic in utils.js and made the dashboard defensive against missing or partial data.
  • Cleaned up the background service worker: serialised all storage read-modify-write operations behind a queue to prevent lost updates, and made the auto-save alarm await its write so Chrome cannot suspend the worker mid-save.
  • Finalised project documentation.

Earlier development

20 July 2026

  • Improved session tracking and focus analytics.
  • Added weekly analytics and productivity insights to the dashboard.
  • Redesigned the popup around a focus gauge, with export options.
  • Introduced a shared design-token system across popup and dashboard.
  • Updated extension permissions and configuration.

3 July 2026

  • Added weekly statistics and the history table.
  • Reorganised the project into its current structure.

23–30 June 2026

  • Built the analytics dashboard — page, styles, and logic.
  • Reworked the popup layout and behaviour.
  • Extended the background tracking script.

15 June 2026

  • Enhanced the focus score calculation.
  • Improved tab session tracking.
  • Extracted shared utility functions.

9 June 2026

  • Initial browser focus tracker extension (released under the former name).

Planned

Ideas under consideration, from the project README:

  • Weight the focus score by time of day and session length. The current formula — flat penalties per switch and per short visit — is a straightforward v1 heuristic that ignores when a session happened and how long it ran.
  • Custom productivity goals and monthly reports.
  • Website categorisation.
  • Focus session reminders.

1.2.0 — Dashboard enhancements

Release date: To be confirmed

  • Added a graph selector to switch between Bar Graph and Line Graph views.
  • Added 7-day, 15-day and 30-day trend ranges.
  • Saved the selected graph type so it is restored when the dashboard is reopened.
  • Improved the dashboard's flexibility for reviewing historical focus scores.

This release updates dashboard visualization and user preferences without changing the focus score formula or the underlying browsing-data collection model.