ZenNotes 2.70.0

apps/desktop/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@zennotes/desktop",
   "productName": "ZenNotes",
-  "version": "2.69.1",
+  "version": "2.70.0",
   "description": "ZenNotes desktop shell",
   "private": true,
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",

apps/desktop/src/mcp/server.ts

@@ -671,15 +671,15 @@ const TOOLS: ToolDef[] = [
     schema: {
       name: 'list_tasks',
       description:
-        'Return every task (markdown checkbox) in live notes with parsed metadata: due date, priority, @waiting, tags. Filter by status, priority, date range, tag, or folder.',
+        'Return every task (markdown checkbox) in live notes with parsed metadata: due date, priority, @waiting, tags, and status, the column a Kanban board grouped by status shows it in (a task note’s `status:`, a line’s `@status:`, or the frontmatter `status:` of its note). Filter by state, priority, date range, tag, or folder.',
       inputSchema: {
         type: 'object',
         properties: {
           status: {
             type: 'string',
             enum: ['open', 'done', 'waiting', 'all'],
             description:
-              'open = not done, cancelled or waiting (default). done = checked. waiting = has @waiting. all = everything.'
+              'The task’s state, not its status column. open = not done, cancelled or waiting (default). done = checked. waiting = has @waiting. all = everything.'
           },
           priority: {
             type: 'string',

apps/desktop/src/mcp/vault-ops.test.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   toggleTaskInBody
 } from './vault-ops'
 import { TASK_LINE_RE as SHARED_TASK_LINE_RE } from '@shared/tasklists'
+import { parseTasksFromBody as parseAppTasks } from '@shared/tasks'
 
 // Every note-shaped MCP result carries `link`, the zennotes:// deep link a
 // model renders as a markdown link so the user can click from chat straight
@@ -113,6 +114,27 @@ describe('mcp task states', () => {
     expect(tasks.find((t) => t.content === 'deeply quoted')?.inProgress).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  // An assistant sees which column of a status board a task is in, as the app
+  // and `zn mcp` report it, while this grammar keeps the token in the content
+  // (ZenNotes/zennotes#941).
+  it('reports each task’s status column the way the app reads it', async () => {
+    await writeFile(path.join(root, 'inbox', 'Ship it.md'), '---\ntags: [task]\nstatus: Ready\n---\nBuild it.\n')
+    await writeFile(path.join(root, 'inbox', 'Bare task.md'), '---\ntags: [task]\n---\nNo status yet.\n')
+    const sprint = '---\nstatus: backlog\n---\n- [ ] inherits\n- [ ] overrides @status:Review @status:later\n- [x] done here\n'
+    await writeFile(path.join(root, 'inbox', 'Sprint.md'), sprint)
+    const tasks = await scanAllTasks(root)
+    const statusOf = (content: string): string | undefined => tasks.find((t) => t.content === content)?.status
+    expect(statusOf('Ship it')).toBe('ready')
+    expect(statusOf('Bare task')).toBe('open')
+    expect(statusOf('inherits')).toBe('backlog')
+    expect(statusOf('overrides @status:Review @status:later')).toBe('review')
+    expect(statusOf('done here')).toBe('backlog')
+    expect(statusOf('actually do it')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(tasks.find((t) => t.content === 'actually do it')))).not.toHaveProperty('status')
+    const app = parseAppTasks(sprint, { path: 'inbox/Sprint.md', title: 'Sprint', folder: 'inbox' })
+    expect(tasks.filter((t) => t.sourcePath === 'inbox/Sprint.md').map((t) => t.status)).toEqual(app.map((t) => t.status))
+  })
+
   it('toggles an ordered or quoted task in place', () => {
     const body = '1. [ ] first\n> - [ ] quoted\n'
     expect(toggleTaskInBody(body, 0)).toBe('1. [x] first\n> - [ ] quoted\n')

apps/desktop/src/mcp/vault-ops.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { retitleLeadingHeading } from '@shared/note-heading-sync'
 import { normalizeNoteComments } from '@shared/note-comments'
 import type { NoteComment, NoteCommentInput } from '@shared/ipc'
 export type { NoteComment, NoteCommentInput }
-import { noteTasksMode, type NoteTasksMode } from '@shared/tasks'
+import { inlineTaskField, noteTasksMode, type NoteTasksMode } from '@shared/tasks'
 import {
   isPathExcludedFromTasks,
   normalizeTasksExcludedFolders
@@ -283,6 +283,13 @@ export interface VaultTask {
   due?: string
   priority?: 'high' | 'med' | 'low'
   waiting: boolean
+  /** The column the task sits in on a Kanban board grouped by status, read as
+   *  the app reads it: a task note's frontmatter `status:` (`open` when it has
+   *  none), a checkbox line's `@status:`, or else the frontmatter `status:` of
+   *  the note the line is in. Lower-cased; absent when a line has none. The
+   *  `@status:` token stays in `content`, as every field does in this grammar
+   *  (ZenNotes/zennotes#941). */
+  status?: string
   tags: string[]
   /** How this task is stored. `'file'` is a whole-note task (TaskNotes-style: a
    *  `.md` file tagged `task`, metadata in frontmatter); `'inline'` (the default
@@ -1356,11 +1363,17 @@ function normalizeDueDate(raw: string | undefined): string | undefined {
 function parseNoteDefaults(body: string): {
   due?: string
   priority?: 'high' | 'med' | 'low'
+  status?: string
   tasksMode: NoteTasksMode
 } {
   const m = body.match(FRONTMATTER_RE)
   if (!m) return { tasksMode: 'all' }
-  const out: { due?: string; priority?: 'high' | 'med' | 'low'; tasksMode: NoteTasksMode } = {
+  const out: {
+    due?: string
+    priority?: 'high' | 'med' | 'low'
+    status?: string
+    tasksMode: NoteTasksMode
+  } = {
     tasksMode: 'all'
   }
   for (const rawLine of m[1].split('\n')) {
@@ -1377,6 +1390,8 @@ function parseNoteDefaults(body: string): {
     else if (key === 'priority') {
       const p = normalizePriority(value)
       if (p) out.priority = p
+    } else if (key === 'status') {
+      if (value) out.status = value.toLowerCase()
     } else if (key === 'tasks') out.tasksMode = noteTasksMode(value)
   }
   return out
@@ -1478,6 +1493,7 @@ function parseTasksFromBody(
       due: due ?? defaults.due,
       priority: priority ?? defaults.priority,
       waiting,
+      status: inlineTaskField(tail, 'status') ?? defaults.status,
       tags
     })
     taskIndex += 1
@@ -1603,6 +1619,7 @@ function parseTaskFile(
     due: normalizeDueDate(firstScalar(fm.due)),
     priority: normalizePriority(firstScalar(fm.priority)),
     waiting: status === 'waiting',
+    status,
     tags: tags.filter((t) => t !== TASK_FILE_TAG),
     kind: 'file',
     scheduled: normalizeDueDate(firstScalar(fm.scheduled)),

apps/desktop/terminal-release.json

@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@
   "release": {
     "repository": "ZenNotes/tui",
     "protocol": 1,
-    "version": "0.7.1",
-    "commit": "91bb33b42a3d156c2e577762b1f7ce1feb02d586",
+    "version": "0.8.0",
+    "commit": "58b0e5683bdc35049e7e592998a3f236093e7557",
     "artifacts": {
       "darwin-arm64": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.7.1/zn_0.7.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz",
-        "sha256": "cb0c90410fcd86972b4e62a24840bd0f5d2d82d403cfc556399e3c735b43651c"
+        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.8.0/zn_0.8.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "29ebd83447c45a8fd5f8196f2c6680521bc1a2bbbec6afa609fadec480006042"
       },
       "darwin-x64": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.7.1/zn_0.7.1_darwin_amd64.tar.gz",
-        "sha256": "c6df5efe8d18dfa598e1ce8698fdd1a2eccf76892d94533479838cdd9a3e5d37"
+        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.8.0/zn_0.8.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "7d6e91766664d72bb938e20644ab2501d8691aba4ae82168f7d18741850ef22e"
       },
       "linux-arm64": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.7.1/zn_0.7.1_linux_arm64.tar.gz",
-        "sha256": "1151c6daed55825e881014873802c32c056dff68797e64ed83451b9fdfe3f0b9"
+        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.8.0/zn_0.8.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "b73d9356b65a597364ba09bcb086be1b37b24c7c4cd2e806e990b00e8a997f5f"
       },
       "linux-x64": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.7.1/zn_0.7.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz",
-        "sha256": "b61d145931c32b417eaf5f8bce379e7f94e327e3b5527f7868dcba3a3a178ac2"
+        "url": "https://github.com/ZenNotes/tui/releases/download/v0.8.0/zn_0.8.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "5f5484434dda2c4745529f4c54c955c678219ce05880e6ff3c25a5af8845b2b1"
       }
     }
   }

apps/quicklook/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@zennotes/quicklook",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.69.1",
+  "version": "2.70.0",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "The macOS Quick Look preview for Markdown files: the page it renders and the Swift extension that serves it",
   "homepage": "https://zennotes.org",

apps/share-viewer/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@zennotes/share-viewer",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.69.1",
+  "version": "2.70.0",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Read-only renderer for publicly shared ZenNotes, embedded by the zennotes.org website",
   "homepage": "https://zennotes.org",

apps/web/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@zennotes/web",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.69.1",
+  "version": "2.70.0",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "ZenNotes web client for self-hosted and hosted deployments",
   "homepage": "https://zennotes.org",

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "zennotes-monorepo",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.69.1",
+  "version": "2.70.0",
   "description": "ZenNotes monorepo for desktop, web, and self-hosted server builds",
   "packageManager": "npm@10.9.2",
   "engines": {

packages/app-core/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@zennotes/app-core",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.69.1",
+  "version": "2.70.0",
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
     "./main": "./src/main.tsx",

packages/app-core/src/App.tsx

@@ -1029,20 +1029,12 @@ function App(): JSX.Element {
         !!document.querySelector('[data-prompt-modal]') ||
         !!document.querySelector('[data-confirm-modal]') ||
         !!document.querySelector('[data-cloud-conflict-dialog]')
-      // Search Notes is a toggle: its own shortcut closes the palette it
-      // opened (#510 moved it here from the bubble handler, which had no
-      // overlay guard at all). A confirm on top of the palette, such as the
-      // Ctrl+D trash confirmation, keeps the key to itself.
-      if (
-        state.searchOpen &&
-        !modalOrMenuOpen &&
-        matchesShortcut(e, overrides, 'global.searchNotes')
-      ) {
-        e.preventDefault()
-        e.stopImmediatePropagation()
-        setSearchOpen(false)
-        return
-      }
+      // `global.searchNotes` is deliberately not a toggle. `Mod+P` resolves to
+      // `Ctrl+P` on Linux and Windows, which is also the Emacs previous-item
+      // chord every palette handles via `isPalettePreviousKey()`. A toggle here
+      // ran capture-phase and called `stopImmediatePropagation()`, making that
+      // branch unreachable while the palette was open (#938). Escape dismisses.
+      // Do not reinstate a toggle above the overlay guard.
       if (
         state.settingsOpen ||
         state.whatsNewOpen ||