We're excited to share the latest release and changes on Website - a major step forward that touches nearly every layer of the platform. Version 4.3.5 brings a comprehensive SDK migration, the foundation for self-hosted blog/community instances, significant chat improvements, and dozens of bug fixes across the board.
Here's a summary of what's new and improved.
SDK Migration
The biggest effort in this release has been migrating core platform logic into a unified SDK. This affects how Vision communicates with Hive blockchain, private APIs, the rendering engine, and external services/layer 2s like Hive Engine and SPK Network.
By consolidating these into a single SDK layer, we gain cleaner architecture, better testability, better cache handling and a foundation that makes it easier for third-party developers and self-hosted instances to integrate with Ecency's and Hive's backend. This release includes new tests covering the SDK, Render-helper, and Wallet modules to ensure stability as we continue this transition.
Key areas migrated:
Private API, Bridge, and Hive blockchain queries
Hive Engine and SPK Network integrations
Render helper fully absorbed into vision-next
Missing queries and mutations added for feature parity with the mobile app
Self-Hosted Instances (Configurability)
Another minor milestone in this release: configurable, self-hosted instances are going to be possible. We are setting foundational work at this moment, still a lot of moving parts in this sub-project. Combined with the queries migration to SDK and configurability, and support for runtime configuration - meaning a single codebase can power multiple independent blog/community instances with their own branding, settings, and community focus. Potential is huge. More on this, we will write later as we finalize very important parts...
Chat Improvements
Chats received several rounds of improvements in this cycle:
Websocket connectivity fixes for more reliable real-time messaging
Privacy enhancements for direct messages, including a new DM warning system
Fixed image handling and unread message tracking
General UX improvements across the chat experience
Wallet & Portfolio
Currency data now properly passed to the portfolio view, wallet values instantly show values in any fiat currency of your choice (EUR, USD, GBP, INR, etc.)
Wallet actions fixed across claim, convert, and other operations
Relative private API host support added for wallet portfolio - important for self-hosted deployments
Improved key management (add/manage keys flow)
Content & Publishing
New topics/tags page for better content discovery
Improved tag filtering logic for similar/related entries
New pagination system for drafts, bookmarks, and similar lists
Fixed draft loading and editing workflows
Optimistic commenting fixes for smoother publishing experience
Performance & Stability
Performance improvements across the platform
Extensions now have fail-safe handling to prevent cascading errors
Enhanced stability improvements via automated monitoring
Fixed cache invalidation issues
Video embed styling fixes
SEO & Discovery
- Added SEO context layer to improve content quality signals - helping search engines better understand and rank Ecency content.
Internationalization
- New translation updates pulled from Crowdin, keeping the platform accessible across languages.
External Imports
- Improved support for importing content from external sources, with follow-up fixes for reliability.
The improvements focused on making Vision more modular, stable, and ready for a future where anyone can spin up their own Hive/Ecency-powered blog. We're grateful to all contributors, reports from community.
Full Changelog: 4.3.4 → 4.3.5
Try it out, report issues, and let us know what you think. Onwards! 🚀
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