Release Notes

January 13, 2026

✨ What's New

AI image generation: The AI can now generate custom images on demand using Imagen 4. Additional models are still available via the Media Panel.
Gemini 3.0 Flash: Now available in the model selection menu, ideal for quick tweaks and small changes
Auto-saved gradients: Color gradients generated via the panel are now automatically saved to the project
Quick icon swap: Double-clicking on any Lucide icon on the Stage opens the Media Panel to let you change it

🚀 Improvements

Visual image editing: Images in component properties can now be edited visually through the Simple Properties Panel
Gradient panel state: The gradient panel will no longer reset its state during generation

🐛 Bug Fixes

Resolved an edge case where the Stage would fail to connect to the editor environment
Dazl will no longer create an empty .env file when the panel is opened and no secrets are detected

January 6, 2026

What's New

Project screenshots: The Dazl home page now shows screenshots for each project's home page
Secrets management: Manage your keys and secrets through a dedicated panel in the Dev Tools
User settings: A new User Settings panel has been added, starting with color scheme preference. This is saved to your account and syncs across sessions and devices.
Direct edit mode: The editor now loads directly into Edit mode, so you can start making changes right away without an extra click
Advanced Properties panel: The Dev Tools computed properties panel is now the Advanced Properties panel, capable of displaying and editing all properties connected to the current selection
Visual color editing for component props: Component properties used to determine colors can now be edited visually in the Simple Editing properties panel

Improvements

MCP status indicators: MCP integrations now show an indicator for their current state, not just whether the integration was authorized
Better ".env" file handling: The structure and comments inside ENV files are now better preserved
Cleaner hover behavior: Removed stage highlights from appearing when the chat history was hovered
Fullscreen preview: Items inside the preview on stage can now go full screen with user consent
Crash recovery: Crashes to the development server are now better reported and can be automatically fixed by AI

Bug Fixes

Fixed an edge case where after navigating to a new page on screen, the scroll would misbehave
Attempting to rename a project to the same name as an existing project now displays a better error message
Some editing actions were mistakenly left open during server initialization. They are now blocked.
Fixed publishing projects with certain dependencies resulting in an error

December 22, 2025

What's New

Supabase integration: The first built-in integration is here! Extend your project with Supabase for a database, user management, storage, and more. Supabase will ask for confirmation before performing any potentially dangerous actions.
Model selection: Choose your favorite model per task with a new dropdown menu offering models from Anthropic and Google, including Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3.0 Pro
AI-powered gradients: Generate beautiful gradients using AI through the background color panel

Improvements

Image panel design: Improved the design of the image panel when the image source is dynamic
More concise AI: The AI is now more to the point in its responses
Color panel behavior: Selecting a color after detaching the color panel from the Simple Editing bar no longer causes the panel to close
Faster panel opening: Panels in the Simple Editing bar now open faster

Bug Fixes

Fixed unintended cases where the stage would jump to a selection even in preview mode
Logs are now better preserved across refreshes

December 15, 2025

What's New

Project management: You can now rename, duplicate, and delete any of your projects from the home page
System theme support: The theme panel now supports viewing light/dark mode according to your system preference
Eyedropper color picker: Pick any color visible on your screen directly from the color picker (Chrome only)
Delete generated images: You can now delete images in the image panel
Expanded visual editing: More cases where elements are defined outside of their components can now be visually edited

Improvements

Hex color support: The color picker now also supports Hex color format
More font variety: The AI will now suggest more diverse font offerings in its designs
Better spacing overlays: Improved how margin/padding overlays are displayed on text nodes
More attachment types: You can now attach js, ts, css, and md files to the Chat
Clearer bound expressions: The property panel now displays better information about bound expressions

Bug Fixes

Fixed panel dragging from the Simple Editing bar on Safari
Fixed changes to the node_modules directory sometimes not being picked up
Fixed a rare issue where the AI responded with broken output (you can now retry these requests)
Fixed a rare issue where panels in the Simple Editing bar would not open on first click

December 8, 2025

What's New

Preview mode highlights: Selection highlights now appear on stage even in preview mode when referencing elements in the Chat or Dev Tools panels
Download code: You can now download your code from the Dev Tools panel menu (in addition to the Code tab)

Improvements

Theme manager: Improved search, color visibility, and light/dark mode toggle behavior
Image generation panel: Improved button states, icons, spacing, and tooltips
Smarter AI: Improved knowledge of visual (manual) edits you've made to the code
Smarter AI: Will no longer wrongfully retry requests that previously failed or were cancelled, unless explicitly asked to
Smoother updates: When a new version of Dazl is deployed while you're using it

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where reconnect sync failures could leave the editor in a broken state requiring a refresh
Resolved an edge case where forced element states couldn't be cancelled
package-lock.json changes are no longer treated as manual edits

December 1, 2025

What's New

Image Generation gets a major upgrade

More creative control: Generate with new AI models (including Nano Banana Pro!), choose aspect ratios, and apply style presets for better results
Auto-save: Generated images now save automatically and can be applied straight from the panel
Double-click to edit: Interact with images on the stage more intuitively

Stage and editor enhancements

Visual spacing overlays: See margin and padding overlays on stage when the relevant visual controllers are open
Quick access to published projects: View your published project directly from the Dazl home page
Mobile publishing: You can now publish your project even when in mobile mode

Improvements

Improved connection stability: Complete rework of Dazl's connection mechanism, making it more stable than ever and eliminating client disconnections

Smarter AI assistance

Better context awareness: The AI now understands your selections more accurately
Graceful error recovery: If something goes wrong mid-task, the AI will try an alternative approach instead of stopping
Devtools access during generation: You can now inspect and view your project while the AI is working, instead of the UI being fully blocked

Quality of life

Live config reload: Changes to your environment settings now apply without a manual restart
Billing portal always accessible, even on the free plan: Manage your subscription anytime from your account
Faster Style Panel suggestions in the Dev Tools
Better Theme Panel: Now indicates if any colors under a specific palette are invalid and allows editing them. Changing colors is also significantly faster

Bug Fixes

Safari stage rendering errors
File attachments sometimes failing to include in the chat
AI referencing outdated element positions
Package-lock showing phantom diffs