GateGlass
What's New

Every release, and what actually changed.

GateGlass ships small and often. Fixes come from real sessions on real sites — most of what follows started as something breaking in front of somebody.

Current release 1.0.3 · Windows x64 · updates are signed and checked in-app Get GateGlass →
1.0.3 October 6, 2026
Fixes a crash some sites hit in 1.0.2.
  • FixedSome sites (miruro.ru among them) crashed with "Aw, Snap!" on every load in 1.0.2. Caused by the new clipboard protection being set up one step too early in a fresh tab; it now starts with the page itself, and the protection works the same.
1.0.2 October 5, 2026
A security release: the gate now covers every tab from its first page, and the copy-trap guard really works.
  • SecureNew tabs are gated from their very first page. A tab opened from the address bar, a bookmark or a restored session could load its first page — and every script and tracker on it — before GateGlass was watching that tab. Tabs now open blank, GateGlass attaches, and only then does the page load.
  • SecureAllowing a download no longer opens the gate for everything else. For a few seconds after you approved a download, every other request in every tab was let through. Now only that download's own redirects get through, and any other download that starts in that moment is stopped and asked about.
  • SecureThe "Allow clipboard write?" guard catches what pages copy. It wasn't seeing writes made by the page itself, so a "copy" button could swap in a different crypto address or command without a prompt. Page clipboard writes are now held until you click Allow, and what lands is exactly the text the card showed you.
  • SecureA page can no longer click GateGlass's own prompt buttons for you, or point other sites at GateGlass's internal pages to open tabs, frame its prompts or slip a navigation past the gate.
  • SecureUpdates are now signed over everything that controls how they install, not just the file itself.
  • FixedOn very busy pages the audit view and the prompt window could quietly stop receiving updates — leaving a prompt you never saw while the page waited on it. They now catch back up on their own.
  • FixedA dropped connection while activating your key could make GateGlass count the same computer twice. Retrying now reuses the same activation, and if activation fails you see the real reason instead of a generic message.
  • FixedIf your saved rules file ever became unreadable, GateGlass started fresh and overwrote it on your next change. It now sets the unreadable file aside so nothing is lost.
  • FixedSite icons in Notes no longer slow down browsing when a site is unreachable.
  • FixedThe "See what's new" button after an update now opens this page instead of the homepage.
  • FixedThe Opera GX carryover prompt now says plainly what it does: your real GX profile is used, and this session's state is kept in it.
1.0.1 July 29, 2026
Signing in works. So does installing mods. And your session actually sticks.
  • Fixed"Sign in with Google" now completes. The sign-in popup was being closed and re-opened by GateGlass, which severed the link back to the page that opened it — so you could authenticate successfully and then watch the login fail anyway. Popups now keep that link, and are checked at the network layer like everything else. The same fix covers any site using a popup to sign you in.
  • FixedGoogle's own sign-in infrastructure was being labelled known ad-tech mid-login, and denying it once quietly blocked the rest of the sign-in. Google's sign-in, passkey and reCAPTCHA hosts are now identified properly.
  • FixedA browser-level permission override was silently denying every permission type — including the ones newer "Sign in with Google" flows depend on — with no prompt and no trace in the audit log. GateGlass now denies only the specific nuisance permissions it means to deny.
  • FixedA prompt appearing mid-passkey could take focus and cancel the Windows Hello dialog. Prompts raised by background traffic no longer steal focus; prompts for something you clicked still come to the front.
  • NotePasskeys: use a separate device. GateGlass runs a fresh browser profile every session — that's the point of it — so passkeys saved to Google Password Manager or stored inside another browser profile simply aren't there to use. Choose "Use a phone or tablet" and scan the QR code, or use a hardware security key. Both work normally. More on this →
  • NewSites you opt into keeping now keep what actually matters. Cookies alone missed the point on sites that store your state locally instead — a watch list or reading position lives in local storage, not a cookie. Opting a site in now preserves both, encrypted on your machine.
  • FixedSession data was only saved when GateGlass shut down cleanly, so closing the window right after signing in could lose it. It's now saved continuously, and closing the window keeps what you had.
  • FixedPartitioned cookies — the kind embedded sign-in frames set — are now preserved exactly as the site set them, instead of coming back subtly wrong on the next launch.
  • FixedExtensions and Opera GX mods install properly. Clicking Install could never work through a gated session: the package was saved to your Downloads folder as an inert file instead of being handed to the browser's installer. Installs now go through the browser itself — approve the prompt, click Install again, and it installs.
  • FixedOpera GX mods render under carryover. The browser reading its own installed content no longer raises prompts that stalled mod visuals mid-session.
  • NoteGX's own settings pages still come up blank. Mods, GX Control, Shaders and GX Cleaner render empty under carryover — Chromium won't paint the browser's internal pages while they're driven from outside. Nothing is being blocked; set those up in normal Opera GX first, then launch with carryover. More on this →
  • FixedThe prompt window could spawn behind a full-screen window and never be seen — leaving you waiting on a prompt you had no idea existed.
1.0.0 Major July 20, 2026
First stable release.
  • SecureThe license check moved down to the network layer, so it can't be walked around by typing a URL straight into the browser's own address bar. The in-app interface is unaffected.
  • SecurePurchase, license, and download delivery gained a full automated test suite covering signature verification and download entitlement. No defect was found — the tests exist to keep it that way.
0.5.5 July 20, 2026
A session digest when you quit.
  • NewQuitting now shows what the session actually did: requests seen, allowed, gated, denied and blocked, the noisiest hosts, any blocked download attempts, and a health badge for the session.
0.5.4 July 20, 2026
Exports that actually save, imports you can pick apart.
  • FixedGateGlass's own exports were being caught by its own download gate — the file silently never saved. All seven exports (rules, visit report, audit log, bookmarks, notes, appearance) now write straight to your Downloads folder and tell you the real path.
  • NewImporting a rules file is no longer all-or-nothing. You get a per-site checklist, with rules that would skip the gate flagged in red and sorted to the top, so a shared file can't quietly re-allow something.
0.5.3 July 20, 2026
Quality-of-life pass, plus eleven bugs found by review.
  • FixedWriting a rule could auto-answer a download or popup prompt that was still waiting for you. It can't any more.
  • Fixed"Keep cookies for 12 hours" could quietly harden into a permanent allow. Temporary cookie windows now roll back when they lapse, and refuse to apply to a site you've denied.
  • FixedPressing Enter on a prompt no longer triggers whichever button happened to be focused.
0.5.2 July 19, 2026
Bring your bookmarks; share your rules.
  • NewImport bookmarks from Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera or Opera GX. Read-only, opt-in, and it never overwrites or evicts what you already have.
  • NewSave and load site-rule files to share a setup with someone else. The import preview lists exactly which hosts a file would allow, so an untrusted file can't sneak a tracker past the gate.
  • FixedRevisiting a page in a new tab no longer produces duplicate entries in the restore list, or double-opens on restore.
0.5.1 July 18, 2026
Five reported bugs, fixed and verified live.
  • FixedDenying a page no longer strands an error tab — the tab keeps showing the page you were on, and a denied popup closes instead of leaving a blank window behind.
  • FixedThe prompt window stopped appearing full-screen for an instant before snapping down, and now closes itself once the queue is empty. Prompts belonging to a closed tab are cancelled instead of lingering forever.
  • FixedTab addresses stay accurate on single-page sites that change the URL without reloading, so bookmarks and pickers show where you really are.
  • FixedOpera GX carryover: GX Corner renders properly, and Opera's own infrastructure is no longer mislabelled as ad-tech.
  • NewThe address bar suggests URLs from this session and your last one.
0.5.0 Major June 27, 2026
Notes, a broad interface pass, and community reports.
  • NewPer-site Notes — keep your own record of what a site did and what you decided.
  • New"Report a broken site" so a site that GateGlass breaks can be fixed for everyone, not just for you.
  • NewA usability pass across every tab of the audit interface.
Earlier releases (0.1.1 – 0.1.5, June 2026)
0.1.5 June 27, 2026
  • FixedQuitting kept only one tab per site in the restore list. It now keeps every one.
0.1.4 June 19, 2026
  • SecureUpdates are cryptographically signed, and an unsigned or tampered manifest is refused outright.
  • SecureSaved cookies are encrypted at rest on your machine.
  • NewA clipboard guard, and the Report tab.
0.1.3 June 19, 2026
  • SecureThe throwaway browser profile is locked to your Windows user account.
  • FixedSmarter handling when a download is re-triggered after a denial.
0.1.2 June 18, 2026
  • FixedLicense key delivery, plus crash and quarantine hardening.
0.1.1 June 18, 2026
  • FixedGateGlass no longer registers itself as a default-browser candidate. It stays out of your Windows defaults unless you explicitly put it there.
How updates reach you. GateGlass checks for updates only if you leave that switch on, and every update manifest is signature-checked before anything is downloaded. Nothing installs on its own — you're always asked. See the privacy notice for what a check does and doesn't reveal.