# Buzz Desktop v0.5.6: rich link previews, identity recovery, Projects follow-ups

> Rich link previews now render in messages. Desktop identity can be recovered from a signed-in phone. Projects get access restrictions, fast loading, and activity feed polish. Security fix: media reads now require authentication. Various fixes including Linux app icon, agent reasoning summary, localStorage SecurityError isolation, and OAuth cache path resolution.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Buzz |
| **Version** | desktop-v0.5.6 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-08-07 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-22 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, fix |

## What changed


- feat(desktop): adding rich link previews to messages
- feat(identity): recover desktop identity from a signed-in phone
- feat(desktop): Projects follow-ups — access restrictions, fast loading, activity feed polish
- fix(media): require authenticated reads
- bump @tauri-apps/cli to ~2.11.4 to fix linux app icon issue
- fix(sdk): preserve self-mention p tags in message and forum event builders
- fix(buzz-agent): Responses reasoning summary, Anthropic display:summarized, ACP v2 messageId
- fix(desktop): retain distinct agent instances in autocomplete
- fix(desktop): defer channel visibility change to Save
- fix(desktop): drop unhandled rejection from throwing window.Notification
- fix(desktop): fence localStorage SecurityError from killing the React tree
- fix(desktop): make terminal output selectable
- fix(desktop): use WEBKIT_DMABUF_RENDERER_FORCE_SHM for NVIDIA/AppImage
- Make public starter channels best effort
- Remove agent creation success modal
- fix(buzz-agent): escalate LLM timeouts per retry and log per-call latency
- fix(agent): resolve oauth cache home cross-platform
- Improve video review readiness and controls
- Polish advanced agent setup and Welcome composer
- fix(desktop): preserve authoritative agent avatars
- fix(desktop): next/back navigation during key creation onboarding
- Alert community owners and admins when a new key joins
- fix(desktop): prevent sidebar prefs from reverting on stale-localStorage boot


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/block/buzz/releases/tag/desktop-v0.5.6) — retrieved 2026-08-22


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