Changelog.

Local model

• Qwen 3.8 27B replaces Qwen 3.6 27B. If you were using the older 27B model, Canto switches you over automatically.
• Turbo is built in — turning on the faster engine no longer needs a second download.

Safer vault

• Apple Notes refresh keeps a copy of your current version before applying an incoming change. If it can’t, that note is skipped instead of overwritten.
• Sync does the same for changes arriving from another device.
• Backups stay in their own lane — if two vaults share a backup folder, one no longer cleans up the other’s snapshots.
• Program-like attachments open in Finder instead of running.
• Scoped chats stay private from outside apps that read your chats through Canto.

Also in this release

• Hide the scope banner in Settings → Chat if you’d rather keep the transcript clean. The scope still applies.
• If a scope points at nothing (for example a folder you deleted), Canto says so instead of quietly searching the whole vault.

Free AI queries

• Charged when work begins. A free query is spent when the model actually starts generating, not the moment you press send.
• Nothing lost to a false start. Cancel a turn, or hit a problem before generation starts, and your query is returned.
• Counted once, everywhere. Canto Chat, Document Chat, and Vault Manager all follow the same rule, and editing a message to resend it or regenerating an answer now counts like any other turn.
• A number you can trust. Some turns in 0.10.0 finished without counting at all, so the remaining count could drift. It now reflects what you've really used.

Fixes

• Truthful AI status. With the local model turned off and a chat pointed at an external or cloud model, the sidebar read "AI Off" even while the chat was working. It now shows External AI Ready, Cloud AI Ready, or Generating… along with the model's name.
• Clearer publish preview. The summary of what's excluded now states plainly that private notes, chats, and local files are removed.

🌐 Publish a note to the web

• Unlisted by default — not indexed by search engines; only people you send the link to will find it
• Looks like your note — images, math, diagrams, charts, references, and the evidence ledger all come across
• You see what's included — Canto summarizes exactly what's going out, and what's being left behind, before you publish
• Snapshots, not live editing — later edits stay private until you choose Update published version
• Unpublish anytime — one click takes the page down
• Publish from anywhere — the note's status bar, the command palette (Publish note to web…), or Settings → Publishing
• Manage what's live — Settings → Publishing lists everything you've published with view counts and one-click unpublish

🍎 Apple Notes import (macOS)

• You choose the scope — browse and search your accounts and folders, tick only what you want
• Preview before you commit — see how many notes, folders, locked notes, and attachments are involved before a single note is created
• Formatting survives — rich text, lists, tables, and images arrive as real Canto content, with attachments if you want them
• Refresh later — pull in changes you've made in Apple Notes since the import without redoing everything
• Conflicts are reviewed, never overwritten — if you edited a note in both places, Canto keeps your version and hands you a review list
• Resumable — a long import that gets interrupted picks up where it stopped

🧠 "Remember this" — memory you approve

• Capture in one click — hover any chat message and choose Remember; save a decision, commitment, preference, project fact, open question, or correction
• Scoped the way you work — keep something personal, or attach it to a single Project so it only applies there
• See when it's used — remembered items appear in the chat's context receipt, so you know what shaped an answer
• Easy to undo — open the source, forget it, mark it resolved, or replace it with a newer version
• One place to review — the Continuity Ledger tab lists everything Canto knows, filterable by scope and type
• Optional suggestions — off by default; when enabled, Canto proposes things worth remembering after a conversation using only your on-device model, and every suggestion waits for you to keep, edit, or dismiss it

🗑️ Cleanup you can trust

• Delete folders and files together — select a mix in the sidebar and remove them in one action
• Exact counts first — the confirmation shows precisely how many folders, notes, notebooks, and canvases are involved, including everything nested inside
• All or nothing — the delete either completes fully or leaves your vault untouched; no half-finished cleanups
• Catches late changes — if the folder tree changes while the dialog is open, Canto asks you to re-review the updated numbers
• Smarter Trash restore — restoring an item whose original folder is gone now puts it in the nearest surviving folder

🔋 The free AI budget now refills

• 25 queries to start, then 5 more every week — free, forever
• Honest countdowns — budget pills read "refills in 2d" instead of looking like a dead end
• Consistent everywhere — Welcome, Canto Chat, and Document Chat all show the same remaining count and refill time

🛠️ Improvements and fixes

• Connected tools stay connected — Canto's link for outside apps now heals itself after sleep, unlock, or a temporary network hiccup
• Honest connection status — see whether it's starting, running, or retrying, with a Restart now button when you want to force it
• Corrected setup snippets — copy-paste configurations for popular external tools were refreshed to match their current formats
• Sturdier Settings — if one settings panel runs into trouble, the rest of the window keeps working instead of going blank
• Faster settings navigation — jump straight to Import & Connections from the command palette
• Cleaner Projects setup — the project editor's folder picker is more compact and searchable, and closes with the keyboard
• Lighter on memory — fixed a leak in the background memory monitor
• Steadier editor — improved stability when switching between notes
• Safer folder moves — moving items between folders is handled more reliably

Composer presets

• Save a favorite chat setup (mode, persona, scope, web, thinking, research, and more)
• Apply the same presets from Welcome, Canto Chat, and Document Chat
• Set one default preset so new chats start the way you like

Focused selection edits (beta)

• Highlight part of a note and ask for a small rewrite without reworking the whole document
• See a clear focused-edit result in chat
• Optionally prefer a lighter local model for these short edits

Web research control

• Block domains you don’t want Canto to search or read
• Block a site directly from a web source, with easy undo
• Get suggestions when a domain keeps failing (or auto-block with undo)
• If a search provider isn’t set up, Canto softens or skips those tools instead of failing mid-reply

Send Diagnostics

• Review the exact support report before anything is sent
• Optionally attach a screenshot, save a local copy, or copy the report
• Separate from telemetry, and designed not to freeze the app while collecting

Sync

• More of your vault travels with iCloud Drive Sync — including chats, canvases, projects, presets, and agents
• Clearer sync health, conflict awareness, and repair tools when a Mac falls out of step

Polish

• Connected outside tools respect your chat recall privacy settings
• Smoother handoffs between Canto Chat and Document Chat
• More reliable chat-to-note capture
• Richer research starter prompts across more topics and languages
• Steadier page reading during web research

Canto Print

• Preview the exact PDF pages before you save, not an approximate sketch
• Choose paper size and content scale, then save when you’re happy
• A plain-language checklist flags issues like missing captions or tall blocks that may span pages
• Printed documents stay light and readable while carrying accents from your active theme
• Citation links in exported PDFs can reopen the matching place in Canto

Smoother note editing from chat

• When a note is open beside chat, Canto can update it in place
• Charts, callouts, and tables land as real note blocks instead of leftover markup
• When Document Chat is the better home, the handoff carries a clear, tailored brief

Safer citations

• Automatic citations stay in prose, callouts, and tables
• They no longer land inside diagrams, code, charts, or math

Roomier research follow-ups

• Quick web follow-ups can dig further without stopping early
• Results stay compact so long sessions remain usable, while citations and links stay intact

Smaller polish

• Created-note notices sit inline in the chat with a clear link and timing
• Notebooks, Canvas, research notes, and your library work more smoothly with connected apps and automations
• HTML and PDF exports pick up your theme’s accent without flipping the whole document dark

Let multiple chats keep moving

• Start a new chat without cancelling work already underway in another one.
• Each chat keeps its own research progress, questions, approvals, saved work, and Stop button.
• See which chats are replying, researching, waiting for you, saving, or waiting their turn.
• Keep an answer consistent while it is being written, even if you change your preferred AI settings elsewhere.
• When your Mac needs to handle one demanding task at a time, Canto queues the rest clearly instead of letting work collide.

Resume long research instead of starting over

• Build chapter-by-chapter research as a progressive draft.
• Open completed sections while the rest of the project is still underway.
• Resume an interrupted or oversized project from where it stopped.
• Keep completed chapters when a task reaches its limit instead of losing the work.
• See clearer progress that identifies the current chapter or section.
• Preview the likely size and shape of a large research project before starting.

More focused document research

• Choose the main document when working with several attachments.
• Research a specific chapter or section with tighter focus.
• Match citations more easily to the printed page numbers in your document.
• Continue a research thread in a fresh, lighter chat while keeping the relevant sources and focus.
• Save successful research setups as reusable shortcuts.
• Use new guided shortcuts:
  • /chapter-study
  • /source-critique
  • /literature-follow-up
• Start relevant research shortcuts from the welcome screen as well as existing chats.

Clearer, more dependable sessions

• Wait for attachments and their references to be ready before research begins.
• Keep progress, source guidance, and recovery choices attached to the correct chat.
• Avoid confusing recovery messages after a successful answer.
• Better recognize naturally finished answers in Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.
• Explain more clearly whether a task was interrupted, too large to finish in one response, or needs fewer sources.
• Make research dialogs easier to use with a keyboard, including Escape to close them.
• Keep active chats smoother and more stable when your Mac is also handling voice, images, indexing, or Memory Links.