darkelf-shadow 7.0.2

Darkelf Shadow — Private hardened browser with MiniAI Sentinel

Release Notes

Darkelf Shadow v7.0.2

Darkelf Shadow 7.0.2 is a maintenance release focused on improving browser stability, performance, and the overall browsing experience. This update refines the Quantum Refresh system, enhances filter management, strengthens internal browser reliability, and includes numerous optimizations and bug fixes.

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✨ Highlights

Quantum Refresh Improvements

• Enhanced Quantum Refresh reliability.
• Improved browser state cleanup during refresh operations.
• Better resource management to reduce stale runtime state.
• Smoother page refresh lifecycle.

Filter Enhancements

• Improved filter list loading and initialization.
• Enhanced filter refresh and update handling.
• Better synchronization between filter settings and active protection.
• Improved diagnostics and logging for filter management.
• Added compatibility improvements for benchmark and testing websites.

Browser Improvements

• Improved startup reliability.
• Enhanced browser initialization sequence.
• Better tab lifecycle management.
• Improved runtime stability during extended browsing sessions.
• General performance optimizations throughout the browser.

User Experience

• Improved settings persistence and synchronization.
• Better responsiveness across the interface.
• Enhanced Darkelf Inspector stability.
• Improved internal diagnostics and logging.

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🛡 Security

• Improved request filtering reliability.
• Enhanced protection pipeline consistency.
• Better handling of blocked requests.
• Additional browser hardening and privacy improvements.
• Improved compatibility with privacy filtering features.

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⚡ Performance

• Faster internal refresh operations.
• Improved memory cleanup.
• Reduced unnecessary background processing.
• General runtime performance optimizations.
• Improved responsiveness throughout the application.

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🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed Quantum Refresh edge cases.
• Fixed filter refresh inconsistencies.
• Fixed several browser initialization issues.
• Fixed settings persistence edge cases.
• Fixed multiple UI inconsistencies.
• Improved BrowserAudit compatibility.
• Numerous stability improvements and minor bug fixes.

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👨‍💻 Developer Improvements

• Extensive internal code cleanup.
• Improved project architecture and maintainability.
• Refactored several core browser components.
• Ruff linting cleanup across the project.
• Enhanced diagnostics and debugging capabilities.
• Reduced technical debt.
• Additional groundwork for future 7.x releases.

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📦 Packaging

• Improved macOS packaging workflow.
• Enhanced code-signing preparation.
• Improved release pipeline reliability.
• Continued progress toward a streamlined notarization process.

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Thank You

Thank you to everyone who continues to test and support Darkelf Shadow. Your feedback helps make each release more stable, secure, and reliable. Darkelf Shadow remains committed to delivering a fast, privacy-focused browsing experience with continuous improvements in security, performance, and usability.

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📦 PyPI

pip install darkelf-shadow
darkelf-shadow

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📜 LICENSE

Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (LGPL-3.0). See LICENSE.md for details.

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⚠️ DISCLAIMER

This software is provided “AS IS” without warranty.

• Does not guarantee anonymity
• Does not replace OS-level security
• Intended for advanced users and hardened environments

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👤 AUTHOR

Dr. Kevin Moore (2025)
Darkelf Project — Shadow Edition

Special Thanks