A round of fixes across the toolbar, setup, your home screen and the Video Preview Injector. The big one: the TubeSpanner bar could quietly disappear from a tab after a browser restart or an extension update, and only a brand new tab brought it back. That is fixed, along with channel setup failing to find your channel.

Patch Improvements

Start a free trial when you reach a limit. The plan limit message now offers a free trial as well as an upgrade, so you can carry on without paying first.
Add another social account from the share screen. An Add account option sits at the end of the platform tabs, so you do not have to hunt through settings.
Your profile menu stays open until you close it. Click your picture to open it, then click again or click away to close, instead of it vanishing the moment your mouse drifted off.
The match score reads as where you are, not a verdict. It describes where the videos you have made so far are landing and leaves room to change it, and it never shows as a red fail.
Preview a thumbnail with fewer steps. In the Video Preview Injector the title and channel name are now optional, so you can upload a thumbnail and preview it straight away.
Fewer needless confirmations. Skipping setup no longer asks twice, a missing title is a gentle notice rather than a pop-up, and deleting a project names the project and gives you a clear Cancel.

Patch Bug Fixes

The TubeSpanner bar stays where it should be. It could disappear from a tab after restarting your browser or updating the extension, and refreshing never brought it back, only opening a brand new tab did.
Setting up your channel works again. Typing your channel name or handle during setup now finds your channel, instead of reporting that it could not be found.
The latest TubeSpanner video on your home screen shows for everyone. It opens on YouTube when you click it, so it no longer comes up blank if you use an ad blocker or strict privacy settings.
Video Preview Injector: the tabs now show what they say they do, your preview appears at full size without squashing the video beside it, and if there are no videos on screen to swap it tells you instead of doing nothing.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

A round of refinements to the Viewers tools from the last update. Your target viewer now stays true to what you describe, the match score reads more plainly and sits inside Viewers where it belongs, and you can open your target in one tap to check it is right.

Patch Improvements

Your target viewer stays true to what you describe. Tell us who you want watching and that is who we build. Your channel's goal no longer quietly reshapes them into someone else.
A clearer match score, where it belongs. It now sits at the top of Viewers rather than on your home screen, and says in one plain sentence how close the people watching now are to the ones you want, with no bare percentage to chase.
Check your target in one tap. The match card has a Review your target button that opens the full profile, so you can make sure it is right.

Patch Bug Fixes

Your project checklist stays on one line. Script, Thumbnail, Description and Video no longer wrap onto a ragged second row on narrower screens.
Social preview icons show again when you schedule a post.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

Viewers has been rebuilt around a single question: who do you want watching? Tell us in a sentence and we'll build them, then show you plainly how your videos differ from that and what to change. Getting video ideas is now one button, Projects is one list again, and every project shows what is still left to do.

Patch Improvements

Say who you want watching, in your own words. Describe the people you want in a sentence or two and we build the full picture for you. No form, no ten fields. If your channel is brand new, three quick questions are enough to make a start.
See what the gap means for your videos. Viewers now opens with one short paragraph explaining how the people watching now differ from the ones you want, and what to make more of because of it. The full side-by-side is still there if you want to check the working.
A match score on your home screen. See at a glance how close your videos are to reaching the people you're aiming for, with a plain line saying what would move it.
One picture of who's watching now. Instead of asking you to pick between three viewer profiles, we describe your audience as one group and tell you how tightly defined it is.
Aim your ideas at the people you want. One button takes the target you've set straight into Video ideas and generates against it.
More than one audience, if you need it. Keep several target viewers, name them for what they're for, and choose which one new ideas aim at. Tucked away, so it stays out of the way until you want it.
Change a target without starting again. Re-describe them and we'll rebuild, or edit individual details directly if you know exactly what you want to change.
Ideas in one click. Press Get video ideas and you get them. Topic, target viewer and category are all still there under Advanced if you want to steer it, but there is nothing to fill in first.
Pick the niche your channel is actually in. Video ideas now offers the full category list rather than assuming everyone is generic.
Compare ideas without opening them. Each idea shows its brief and both actions up front, so you can weigh ten of them at a glance. Saving keeps the idea where it is and the button reads Saved.
Projects is one list again. Everything you save shows up in it, instead of being filed across Ideas, Titles and Projects tabs that made your own work hard to find.
Every project shows what is left. Script, Thumbnail, Description and Video, each one a link straight to where that job gets done.
Scripts and videos without leaving Projects. Attach a script you have already written, picked out by how closely it matches, or generate a new one from the idea's title, brief and method. Link a video you have published, or upload a new one.
Homerun is now the feature it always was, with the finder and your competitors as two sections inside it

Full release notes: https://www.tubespanner.com/patch-notes

Auto Description just got more useful: one click now fills a ready-to-paste description and a matching set of YouTube tags. Your title score shows its letter grade right in the circle, the score summary reads your real results, and Video ideas, Titles and Viewers open on clearer get-started panels.

Patch Improvements

Auto Description fills your tags. One click writes a ready-to-paste description and a matching set of YouTube tags, straight into the upload fields.
Grade in the score circle. Your title score now shows its letter grade inside the circle, with a tap to flip between the grade and the exact percentage.
A summary that reads your results. The score summary now reflects your actual scores and names the single weakest area to fix next, instead of a fixed explainer.
Clearer starting points. Video ideas, Title suggestions and Viewers open on a tidy get-started panel, and the Projects list points you to the right next step when a stage is empty.
Tidier upgrade prompt. It now shows how many you have left, with more consistent spacing and rounded corners across the panels.

Patch Bug Fixes

Auto Description no longer leaves fill-in-the-blank placeholders like [Insert Link] in the description, so what you get is ready to paste.
Fixed corner-rounding drift and mismatched icons on the upgrade prompt.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

The Discovery and Search optimiser got a big upgrade. Your scores now carry a letter grade so you know when a title is already strong, each recommendation is a stronger version of your own title, and the panel's theme now follows YouTube.

Patch Improvements

Score grades. Your Discovery and Search scores now show a grade like A+ next to the number, so it's clear when a title is already strong. A great title rarely needs to hit 100%.
Stronger title suggestions. Each recommendation is now a stronger version of your own title, aimed at its weakest scores, with a one-tap Use this title that re-scores it instantly. Quick to go from a good title to a great one.
Live-score note. Each score panel now notes that the score is worked out live, so it can shift a little between checks. That is expected, not a glitch.
Theme that matches YouTube. Auto theme now follows YouTube's own light or dark setting, so the panel matches Studio even when your computer is set the other way.

Patch Bug Fixes

Longer ratings like 'Outstanding' no longer get clipped in either score panel.
Removed a confusing per-metric 'Suggestions' shortcut that could drop advice text into your title box.
Fixed the 'manage Upload Defaults' link on the Upload Assistant that would not open.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

New creators get a welcoming Home that points them to their first win, you can push a whole project onto a YouTube video in one click, and a few things now say what they actually do.

Patch Improvements

A warmer first run. New creators land straight on a Home that welcomes them by name and connects their channel automatically, with one clear first move plus a quick-start set. No forced setup wizard - onboarding is there whenever they want it.
Apply project. One click on the YouTube edit page drops your saved project's title and description straight onto the video, so you stop copy-pasting between TubeSpanner and Studio.
Clearer names. AI Finesse is now Auto Description (it writes your description for you), and your saved descriptions are now Upload Defaults.
Gentle upgrade prompts where Pro unlocks more, including a way to add your own target viewers.

Patch Bug Fixes

Title suggestions now clear when you switch videos, so you never see the last video's titles.
You're no longer asked to connect a channel you've already connected.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

AI Finesse now writes you a finished description from the first click, your projects keep their scores and audience in sync as you work, and usage and limits are far clearer.

Patch Improvements

One-click AI descriptions. On the Upload Assistant, AI Finesse works from your very first click. With text already there it polishes what you have; with the box empty it picks the description from your saved library that best fits your video's title and target viewer and tailors it for this video, so you start from a finished draft, not a blank page.
Projects stay in sync. Re-analysing a title updates that project's Discovery and Search scores automatically, and opening a project carries its title, scores and target viewer straight back into the Optimise tabs.
Clearer usage and limits. Your account panel now shows every feature in one "Credits used" view, and when you reach a plan limit you get a clear upgrade prompt instead of a silent stop.
Optimize Video now works from your Discovery title rather than the file name, with tidier Generate Script placement across the Optimise tabs.
Report a bug. A new menu link to send us bugs quickly.

Patch Bug Fixes

Recent-title history is back in the Discovery and Search title fields, and clearer save messages throughout (an idea now confirms "Idea saved to projects").
Private and unlisted videos no longer show up in Video links.
Upload Assistant polish: cleaner input fields, consistent action buttons, an always-visible Tags field, and tidier layout and spacing.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

Our biggest update yet. POP Flow connects Plan, Optimise and Promote into one workflow, and the whole panel has been redesigned around it.

Patch Improvements

POP Flow. Plan, Optimise and Promote now work as one connected workflow around a single active project. The title and scores you build in Discovery and Search carry straight through to the Upload Assistant, so your work stays joined up as you move between tabs.
Redesigned navigation. The section menu is now a collapsible side rail you can show as icons only, or icons with labels, and your active project lives in the header, leaving more room for your work.
Upload Assistant, rebuilt to match the Discovery and Search tabs: a shared top bar with your title, target viewer and AI Finesse, a status strip carrying your Discovery and SEO scores with a one-line read, and a cleaner description builder for presets, smart links and video links.
One consistent icon set across the side rail, the floating toolbar and the in-page bar.

Patch Bug Fixes

Clearer, on-brand alerts and menus throughout the panel.
A more reliable Tags field, and tidier layout and spacing across the redesign.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

A small follow-up release: clearer Achievements, and a more robust home tab.

Patch Improvements

Achievements ordered by size. Within each category, milestones now sort largest first, and recently earned milestones show their real date. Where an older milestone cannot be dated accurately, we show a short celebratory note rather than a misleading date.

Patch Bug Fixes

Home tab: if the welcome video is not available to show (for example it is not public), the panel now falls back to the welcome message instead of a YouTube error.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

This release introduces POP Flow: your title, scores and ideas now centre on an Active Project that follows the video you are working on, across Plan, Optimise and Promote. Every title you analyse is saved automatically and synced across the extension and the web app, and re-opening one brings its full result straight back with no re-analysing.

Patch Features

Active Project. The panel now shows the video you have open and lets you turn it into a project in one click. Your title, scores and ideas stay tied to it as you move between Plan, Optimise and Promote.
Automatic title-idea history, synced everywhere. Every title you analyse is saved to your title ideas automatically, available in both the extension and the web app, so you never lose a contender.
Instant restore of past analyses. Re-open a previously analysed title and its full result comes straight back, with no re-analysing. Faster, and the score will not drift a few points each time.
Save a chosen title to your project as its title, in one step.
Competitors: a new "Show" control lets you widen a thin trending list (Trending / More / All).

Patch Improvements

Plan / Optimise / Promote tabs are now ordered left to right to match the workflow.
Faster Search Explorer, and a clearer "Generate Script" position on the Discovery and Search score panels.

Patch Bug Fixes

Discovery and Search: applying a suggested title now scores it automatically, and the Analyse button no longer reverts the field to an earlier value.
The saved-titles list no longer truncates or loses entries.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome and Firefox update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required for existing installs.

Patch StatusStable

TubeSpanner is now available on Safari for macOS through the Mac App Store, joining the existing Chrome, Firefox and Edge builds. Your account, channel data and tools sync across all of them. This release also lands a wide pass of interface fixes from a fresh new-user walkthrough.

Patch Features

TubeSpanner is now on Safari (macOS). The same side-panel toolkit you know from other browsers, available on the Mac App Store, with everything synced to your TubeSpanner account.
One consistent "target viewer" control everywhere. Every tool that asks who a video is for now uses the same label and shares your selection, so choosing an audience in one tool carries through to the others.
Prioritised Home status bar. Notices like trial reminders, feature-limit warnings and "reconnect your channel" prompts now appear in a single status bar that surfaces the most important one first, rather than stacking up.

Patch Improvements

Clearer guidance before a channel is connected. Tools that need your audience now explain what to do and link straight to channel setup, instead of showing an empty dropdown.
Better Share/Planner empty state. With no social accounts connected you now get a clear prompt to connect one, rather than a dead emoji button.
Competitors tab restyled onto the standard TubeSpanner look, replacing off-brand black frames and dividers.
Consistent Settings and account naming across the panel and menu.

Patch Bug Fixes

Status-message links now open in a new tab and keep you signed in, instead of navigating the panel away.
Projects tab now shows scores as clean whole-number percentages, and rows with no audience set show a clear placeholder instead of a blank.
Discovery and Search: the Analyse button now enables as soon as you have typed a title.
About panel: long release-note history now scrolls properly instead of overflowing.
Safari-specific: stay signed in after reloading a YouTube tab, achievement badges render correctly, and the toolbar icon reliably opens the panel.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesChrome, Firefox and Edge update automatically through your browser's extension store. Safari is available as a new install from the Mac App Store. No user action is required for existing installs.

Patch StatusStable

Behind-the-scenes release. The user-visible change is one bug fix to the Home tab feature-limit banner; everything else is hygiene that keeps existing features working as the backend cleans up some old endpoints.

Patch Improvements

Feature-limit banner is more accurate, the "feature limit reached" banner on the Home tab now only shows when you're genuinely close to or at a limit. Previously it could show at 30% usage, which was confusing on smaller bundles, the warning now appears at 80% with "approaching" wording and switches to "reached" wording at 100%.

Patch Features
None.

Patch Bug Fixes

Permission gates across the extension updated to point at the right backend endpoints. Achievements, Planner, Comments, SEO Homerun, and project views continue to work cleanly after the backend's renamed permissions roll out.
Removed an unused legacy thunk that referenced a backend endpoint which never existed. Internal hygiene with no user-visible change.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesThe extension will update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable

Small follow-up to v6.0.9.6. The About modal punctuation in the "What's new" section is cleaned up, the menu rename and scroll-to-top behaviour that almost missed v6.0.9.6 are now in, and behind the scenes this is the first release shipped through the new automated release pipeline (one command builds both browsers, publishes the patch notes to the marketing site, and uploads to the stores).

Patch Improvements

About modal release notes, the in-extension "What's new" panel now reads release notes from the live tubespanner.com source rather than a frozen in-extension list, so future updates surface here automatically.
"Membership" menu label, renamed from "Memberships" for consistency with the rest of the navigation.
Title suggestions scroll-to-top, applying a suggested title from the Search Explorer panel now scrolls the panel back to the top so the change to the title field is visible without manual scrolling.

Patch Features
None.

Patch Bug Fixes

Punctuation hygiene in the in-extension About modal release notes.

Patch Breaking ChangesNone.

Patch Upgrade NotesThe extension will update automatically through your browser's extension store. No user action is required.

Patch StatusStable