2.8.7

Flow Wallet Extension v2.8.7 Release Notes

🎯 Overview

This release includes significant improvements to transaction handling, UI component upgrades, and various bug fixes to enhance the overall user experience.

✨ New Features & Improvements

Transaction Handling

• Faster Transaction Experience (#1076)
  • Transactions now redirect immediately after finalization instead of waiting for execution
  • Users can send new transactions once previous ones are finalized
  • Improved transaction status checking in the header component

UI/UX Enhancements

• MUI v7 Upgrade (#935)

  • Successfully upgraded Material-UI from v6 to v7
  • Migrated from deprecated makeStyles to sx prop across 64 components
  • Removed @mui/styles dependency
  • Fixed Grid component usage across the entire codebase

• Deposit Screen Improvements (#1093)

  • Fixed account display to show currently active account
  • Corrected warning messages for Flow EVM accounts
  • Added Storybook support for deposit screen
  • Simplified component by removing unused state and styles

🐛 Bug Fixes

Critical Fixes

• Empty Vault Unlock Issue (#1075)
  • Fixed critical bug where users couldn't unlock empty vaults
  • Added proper checks for null/empty vaults during registration
  • Fixed error snackbar on account import screen
  • Prevented multiple window openings when already in a tab

Build & Deployment

• Beta Versioning Fix (#1089)
  • Updated manifest versioning for beta builds to comply with Chrome Store requirements
  • Beta versions now properly format version numbers (e.g., 2.8.6-beta-2 → 28.6.2)

🔧 Technical Improvements

Code Quality & Dependencies

• Dependency Cleanup (#1085)
  • Removed numerous unused dependencies
  • Replaced lodash's cloneDeep with native structuredClone for better performance
  • Migrated from axios to fetch API in GoogleSafeHost service
  • Updated various dependencies including @emotion/react and ethers
  • Fixed Storybook installation issues

State Management

• Improved Component Architecture (#1025)
  • Refactored Register component to use useReducer for better state management
  • Added import profile reducer to reduce prop drilling
  • Enhanced maintainability and readability of registration flows

📝 Additional Changes

• Added Claude.md documentation file for AI-assisted development
• Improved error handling for transaction activity updates
• Cleaned up event listeners to prevent unhandled message errors
• Updated pnpm package manager

What's Changed

• Create reducer for import profile and register components by @tombeckenham in #1079
• 935-task-upgrade-mui-claude by @tombeckenham in #1082
• Upgrade MUI to v7 by @tombeckenham in #1083
• 1076-feature-mark-transactions-as-done-when-finalised-not-executed by @tombeckenham in #1087
• chore: update dependencies and refactor code by @tombeckenham in #1086
• fix: update manifest versioning for beta builds. Ensures proper versioning for beta releases by @tombeckenham in #1090
• Now checks for empty vault or null vault to verify if the user has a wallet. Fixed error snackbar on the account import screen. Corrected sorthat to not open another window if already in a tab by @tombeckenham in #1094
• Update deposit screen for multi-account by @tombeckenham in #1095
• 2.8.7 by @tombeckenham in #1097
• 1099-bug-issues-found-in-287-staging by @tombeckenham in #1101
• Updated Confetti component to disable pointer events and added zIndex to AllSet component for improved layout by @tombeckenham in #1108

Full Changelog: 2.8.6...2.8.7