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Changelog

Current version and recent Obscura Flow milestones.

Obscura Flow is a native macOS application, signed and notarized, distributed as DMG builds with Sparkle-based automatic updates.

Current version

1.46.0

This page is a summary. Version-by-version details are available in the site changelog.

Recent highlights

  • 1.46 — A usable window from the moment it opens, a balanced icon rail, and a help centre that finally covers the catalogue raisonné and certificates.
  • 1.45 — Edition size is entered (5, 8, 12); a print number that has become wrong is flagged and corrected explicitly.
  • 1.44 — Optional RFC 3161 timestamping, an Archiving category in reports, CSV/TSV import, and a registry publication that no longer promises what it cannot deliver.
  • 1.43 — A QR code per work, and a qualified attribution printed as it stands.
  • 1.42 — Batch issuance for a whole edition, a Traceability page, a certificate planned across three pages.
  • 1.41 — Confidentiality visible in the interface, retroactive provenance cleanup, verifiable facts separated from declarations.
  • 1.40 — Per-file archive membership and integrity journal; the key publication address becomes required to issue.
  • 1.39 — Third-party verifiable certificates: printed verification URL, signed bytes carried in the PDF, batch revocation, and standardised reasons.
  • 1.38 — Photo ↔ artwork links and certificate issuance from the artwork record.
  • 1.37 — Registry publication for certificates and in-app revocation.
  • 1.36 — Richer certificates (edition, print, dated signature) and LIDO 1.1 / CIDOC CRM exports.
  • 1.35 — Flat catalogue CSV export, bulk editing, and a printed record with end-of-book indexes.
  • 1.34 — Catalogue raisonné foundation: attribution, prints, provenance, exhibitions, and a verifiable heritage certificate.
  • 1.33 — Reports: typographic control, CMYK output intent, and AI disclosure fields.
  • 1.32 — Professional report engine: catalogue table of contents and indexes, verification QR codes, PDF/A export.
  • 1.31 — Global Refresh button and a cleaner interface.
  • 1.30 — Native Help Center: offline documentation, search, and a themed web view.
  • 1.29 — Pinned trust anchor, signing-key backup, XMP sidecar preservation, and hardened integrity checks.
  • 1.28 — Smart Previews as offline proxies, aliases, and manual collection resync.
  • 1.26 — Collection filtering, hidden empty collections, and breadcrumbs.
  • 1.24 — Lightroom Classic catalog migration.