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title: "Changelog"
description: "List of all notable changes and updates to Reactive Resume"
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<Update label="v5.0.13" description="19th March 2026">
- **Features & Improvements**
- Added **Job Listings with AI-Powered Resume Tailoring**, a major new feature that integrates job search (via JSearch API) directly into the dashboard with AI-driven resume tailoring to match job descriptions. [#2788](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2788)
- Search for jobs with filters for location (city, state, country), employment type, remote status, and more.
- View detailed job listings in a slide-out panel with apply links and tags.
- Tailor your resume to a specific job posting using AI — rewrites skills, experience, and references for optimal fit.
- Per-user API quota management with usage tracking in settings.
- Pagination with 30 results per page.
- Added **DOCX resume export** — generate and download tailored resumes as Word documents. [#2788](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2788)
- Migrated the entire project toolchain to **Vite+** (`vp` CLI), unifying Vite, Vitest, Oxlint, and Oxfmt under a single developer experience.
- Migrated from **Biome to Oxlint/Oxfmt** for linting and formatting, with a new autofix CI workflow. [#2822](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2822)
- Added **Slovenian** locale support.
- Added a new `Progress` UI component.
- **Fixes**
- Fixed type issues in auth client and configuration.
- Used RTL-friendly CSS classes across the app for improved bidirectional layout support.
- Removed dead code and unused imports.
- Updated route tree generation and added `routeTree.gen.ts` to `.gitignore`.
- Improved animation performance with `willChange` styles on animation components.
- **Maintenance & Dependencies**
- Updated dependencies across the board, including `@typescript/native-preview`, `vite-plus`, and others.
- Added database migrations for missing indexes.
- Synced translations from Crowdin. [#2820](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2820), [#2824](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2824)
- Updated French translation for 'Volunteer' to 'Bénévolat'. [#2823](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2823)
- Multiple translation and language updates across all locales.
- **New Contributors** - @lukadfagundes - @Hephaisto-dev
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.12" description="17th March 2026">
- **Features & Improvements**
- Refactored the component system to `@base-ui/react` across the app for standardized UI behavior (dialogs, menus, accordions, comboboxes, switches, etc.).
- Improved auth infrastructure with Better Auth dashboard/sentinel integration and expanded IP/header handling for proxied deployments.
- Added a dedicated `src/server.ts` server entry using `FastResponse` for better runtime compatibility.
- Sidebar button list now scrolls internally on overflow.
- **Fixes**
- Printer endpoint now resolves to IP when using chromedp, improving compatibility with proxied deployments.
- Switched OpenAI integration to `chat/completions` for resume import and AI features.
- AI PDF/DOCX resume parsing is now more robust via direct file send (multimodal input).
- Resume import normalization hardened: section defaults merged, required fields enforced, missing IDs/flags autogenerated.
- Fixed UI migration regressions (accordion behavior, button interaction, right sidebar scrollbar).
- Fixed multi-page PDF crashes and Gemini API ingestion errors.
- Fixed role title styling, role spacing, and issues with skills item rendering and template headings.
- **Maintenance & Dependencies**
- Updated dependencies and lockfile.
- Synced translation strings across locales, including multiple contributions from Crowdin.
- General dependency and code style improvements, plus removal of redundant indexes and plugins.
- **Community & Contributors** - Users can now view other public resumes while logged in. - New Contributors: @yang-summer, @FrancocDev, @obitton, @jondycz. - Full changelog: https://docs.rxresu.me/changelog
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.10" description="24th February 2026">
- **Fixes**
- Show section titles for summary-type custom sections in the resume builder. [#2744](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2744)
- Prevent browser password managers and Edge autofill/save prompts from appearing on AI settings API key fields. [#2719](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2719)
- Replace deprecated Tailwind CSS classes: use `inset-s-*`/`inset-e-*` instead of `start-*`/`end-*`.
- Fix PDF downloader to work correctly in offline mode. [#2743](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2743)
- Make bold formatting visible for `<strong>` in the resume rich text editor (uses plain `font-weight: bold` fallback if the CSS variable is unset). Fixes [#2730](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/issues/2730)
- Prevent credentials sign-in from dropping `session_token` Set-Cookie, improves login reliability. [#2718](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2718)
- Remove redundant `resume-` prefix from download filename; add spacing between pages in shared view. [#2709](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2709)
- Normalize autocomplete tokens for login and register forms. [#2714](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2714)
- Fix improper chips reordering and update dependency/translations. [#2711](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/issues/2711)
- Fix issue with clipping of heading in Lapras resume template.
- Remove error-causing plugins in oRPC integration.
- Remove duplicate database indexes; add index for `created_at` on user and resume tables.
- **Features & Improvements**
- Add new feature flag: `FLAG_DISABLE_IMAGE_PROCESSING` (allows disabling of image processing site-wide).
- Update Discord invite link in the app and documentation.
- Add comprehensive codebase and architecture documentation in `CLAUDE.md`.
- Sync latest translations from Crowdin (updated and added multiple languages).
- **Other** - Refactor: rename auth utility from `originWith` to `withHostname`, preserve localhost/127.0.0.1 sibling trust. - General dependency updates and code style improvements. - Documentation and README updates.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.9" description="9th February 2026">
- Add Computer Modern web fonts to the font selector, allowing the user to choose from a variety of "Computer Modern"
(LaTeX) fonts. - This lets you create a resume that looks just like a LaTeX document, with the same fonts and styles.
- Update dependencies to the latest versions.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.8" description="9th February 2026">
- Remove Passkey support from the authentication system, as it was causing issues with the authentication provider. -
Update dependencies to the latest versions.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.7" description="9th February 2026">
- Introduce a new **MCP (Model Context Protocol) server** that lets you manage and edit resumes from any
MCP-compatible AI tool — Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, and more. Supports listing, reading, creating, deleting,
locking/unlocking, and patching resumes via natural language. [(guide)](/guides/using-the-mcp-server) - Add an **AI
Chat** panel to the resume builder, allowing you to modify your resume through conversational AI directly within the
editor. The chat uses tool-calling to apply JSON Patch operations to your resume in real-time, with visual feedback
for each change. - Add a system prompt and `patch_resume` tool for the AI chat, enabling structured, minimal-diff
resume edits following RFC 6902 JSON Patch operations. - Chat history is now persisted per resume in localStorage, so
conversations are preserved across sessions. - Fix rendering issues in the Lapras and Onyx resume templates. -
Improvements to the Combobox and ScrollArea UI components. - Fix an issue with skills item rendering in the shared
resume components. - Update authentication configuration and auth route handling. - Update the JSON Schema to reflect
the latest resume data model. - Update dependencies to the latest versions.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.6" description="8th February 2026">
- Implement Atomic Resume Patching API for fine-grained resume updates, allowing partial, atomic updates to resumes
via a new PATCH endpoint. [#2692](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2692) - The API endpoint `PUT
/resume/{id}` now returns the updated resume object instead of void. Also, resume routing/services now use explicit
DTOs for input and output schemas. [#2688](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2688) - Add error
logging for API server errors (server-side only) to improve debugging and reliability. - Refactor and clean up
imports/exports for clarity and maintainability. - Added `.devcontainer` configuration for improved contributor
development environment. - Update dependencies to the latest versions. - Add build status badge and documentation link
to README. - Sync latest translations from Crowdin (notably: French, other languages). - Other minor fixes and
improvements.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.5" description="31st January 2026">
- Implement Cover Letter functionality in the resume builder, allowing the user to create cover letters as custom
sections. [(link)](/guides/adding-a-cover-letter) - Implement full-screen mode for the rich text editor in the resume
builder, allowing the user to write in a more focused environment. - Implement a new custom section type: `summary`,
which allows the user to add another "summary" like section to the resume. - Implement a `useFormBlocker` hook to
prevent the user from closing a dialog while the form has unsaved changes. - Fix an issue where keywords spacing was
not consistent in the interests section. [#2631](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2631) - Fix an
issue where the AI connection test was not working correctly, also return appropriate error messages for AI provider
issues.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.4" description="28th January 2026">
- Bring back Undo/Redo functionality in the resume builder for improved editing experience. - Arrange the sidebar
builder dynamically based on the section type in each template.
[#2564](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2603) - Remove extra spacing when proficiency is empty.
[#2607](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2626) - Fix rendering in Pikachu template: conditionally
render header and page picture using `isFirstPage`, and respect the `fullWidth` property for page layout. - Fixes to
templates to improve layout and rendering consistency. - Fix GitHub OAuth login for users migrated from previous
versions. - Improve communication with the printer service and reduce resource usage for better PDF generation
reliability. - Update and sync translations from Crowdin (Afrikaans, Persian, Portuguese/Brazilian, and other
languages). - Update translation sources and configuration. - Fix "empty" Git merge remnants in codebase. - Update
package dependencies and fix self-hosting guide links in README. - Remove dead code, update screenshots, and add PWA
(Progressive Web App) support. - Update links to PDF example files in documentation. - Other bug fixes and minor
improvements (#2542, #2573, #2598).
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.3" description="25th January 2026">
- Implement the ability to print Free-Form PDFs which do not have a fixed page height, allowing the user to fit the
content on a page as they see fit. [(link)](/guides/selecting-page-format) - Allow the user to override the default
endpoint for all AI providers, not just Ollama. Also display the default endpoint for each provider in the AI settings
page. - Updated the chip input component, to allow the user to add, edit, remove or reorder keywords for skills and
other sections. - Improved RTL support across the app, thanks to @obreo for the contribution.
[(link)](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/pull/2583) - Updates to the translation configuration to
remove line numbers from the translation files, as this was causing unnecessary diffs. - Updated the video on the
homepage to be lighter and faster to load, while still maintaining the same quality. - Increased the screenshot TTL
for resumes, to avoid regenerating screenshots unnecessarily unless the resume has been updated recently (in the last
hour). - Update dependencies and translations to the latest versions.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.2" description="24th January 2026">
- Added an agent skill `skills/resume-builder` for agentic AI assistants to build resumes for Reactive Resume through
conversational AI. - Added a new guide on how to fit content on a page, to avoid issues when exporting to PDF.
[(link)](/guides/fitting-content-on-a-page) - Display an alert when the content is too tall for a page, to help the
user fit the content on a page. - Fix an issue with the Ditgar template, where the page was not respecting the
`fullWidth` setting. - Updated the JSON Schema to conform to a proper format. - Updated the Discord Server invite link
to a new one. - Updated dependencies to the latest versions.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.1" description="23th January 2026">
- Updated translations from Crowdin. - Added a Community Spotlight section to the documentation. - Remove `-r
require-metadata` from the Dockerfile as it was not needed. - Fixed inconsistencies in the docker compose examples in
the documentation. - Fixed an issue with usernames not allowing hyphens in them. - Fixed issues with the printer
service, when using the `getResumeScreenshot` or `printResumeAsPDF` endpoints.
</Update>
<Update label="v5.0.0" description="22th January 2026">
This has been a major overhaul from the previous version of Reactive Resume. The app has been completely redesigned and rebuilt from scratch, to be more intuitive and user-friendly.
**Here are some of the key changes from the previous version:**
- 2 new templates: _Ditgar_ and _Lapras_
- Authentication via Passkeys
- New user interface and refreshed design
- API Access and Reference Documentation
- AI Integration with OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Ollama
- A better font selector, with real-time preview of the font
- More comprehensive documentation, with guides for specific features
- An improved templates gallery, with clear overview of each template
- Ability to import resumes from PDF or DOCX (requires AI Integration)
- Reliable server infrastructure, with improved performance and scalability
- Ability to move items between sections and pages, for better organization
- A more powerful CSS Editor, with better autocomplete and syntax highlighting
- Extended Custom Sections to include a type, for better customization and organization
- Ability to choose the kind of icons to display for level indicators (stars, circles, custom icons, etc.)
- Ability to resize how wide/narrow the sidebar should be on the resume, or convert a page to be full width
There's still a lot more that I'm forgetting, but I'm sure you'll find out soon enough as you explore the new version. I hope you enjoy building your resume now, better than ever. If you have any feedback, please feel free to [contact me](https://amruthpillai.com/#contact) or [open an issue](https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/issues) on GitHub.
</Update>