Week of Mar 9, 2026 — Design Audit & New Onboarding Flow

March 9th, 2026

Comprehensive design audit, new onboarding flow, and free-tier heartbeat to prevent false hibernation.

Genie Web App

Design audit — Accessibility improvements, skeleton loading states, breadcrumb navigation.
Free-tier heartbeat — Prevents false hibernation of idle servers.
App support page — Public page with screenshots and feature showcase.
Telegram bot pairing — Approve pairing requests directly from the web UI.
Onboarding progress — Step-by-step progress bar during free-tier server provisioning.
Custom instructions — AI rules are now sent with every chat message.
GitHub & Apple connect — Native connect flows for linking accounts.

Pricing — Simplified to $20/$40/$65 server-only, credits purchased separately.
Landing page — Refreshed design with cleaner aesthetics.

Checkout upgrade — Existing free server is upgraded instead of creating a duplicate.
Infinite render loop — Fixed circular dependency in server ID sync.

Image attachments — Pick, send, and cache images with fullscreen pinch-to-zoom viewer.
Server controls — Stop, restart, and delete servers with status sync and reconnect.
Chat search — Filter chats on the chats list screen.
Server creation — Free tier and paid tier server creation flow with provisioning UI.