The app updates itself now
A smaller batch than usual, but the kind of stuff that makes the app nicer to actually live in day to day.
The app updates itself
Until now, a new version meant we’d tell you and you’d go download it. Not anymore — ReqBox checks for updates on startup, and if there’s a new signed release available, it offers to install it in place and restart. No browser, no manual download.
Every release is signed, and the app verifies that signature before installing anything — a build has to have been produced by us, not just fetched from a URL that claims to be us.
If your version ever falls too far behind — say, a fix that needs everyone on it — the app will say so plainly and offer to install the update right there, rather than leaving you to notice something’s broken.
Collapsible JSON in the response viewer
Big JSON responses are common in API work and previously you just scrolled through all of it. Now every object and array in the “Formatted” response tab has a fold toggle — click the [+]/[−] next to any { or [ to collapse it down to a one-line summary, or use “collapse all” / “expand all” in the toolbar to fold the whole thing at once. Handy for finding the one field you care about in a response with thousands of lines.
Autocomplete for variables
Type {{ in any field and you get a dropdown of your own stored variables, scoped and color-coded the same way they already resolve — workspace, collection, environment. Type {{$ instead and it switches to the built-in dynamic variables ({{$random_uuid}}, {{$timestamp}}, and the rest), each with a live example of what it resolves to. Secret-marked variables stay masked in the preview, same as everywhere else in the app.
Every screen is a tab now
Teams, workspaces, environments, invitations — all of it now opens as a tab next to your requests, instead of navigating away and losing your place. Opening something that’s already open just brings its existing tab forward instead of duplicating it.
Smaller stuff than last time, but it’s the kind of thing that adds up. Next up: getting Windows and macOS builds out the door.