Changelog

All notable changes to AI Proposal Writer for Upwork. Version numbers refer to the Chrome extension; backend changes that don't require an extension update are listed under the version they shipped alongside.

1.0.5 — May 2026

Bug fixes

Fixed job detection on Upwork's slide-out details modal (URLs with _modalInfo, navType=slider). The parser was reading content from search-card listings above the modal instead of the job currently being viewed. Now scopes all queries to the modal element.
Handled Upwork's modal-layout duplicated data-test="Description Description" attribute that exact-match selectors were skipping.

Other

Listing title expanded for clearer feature discovery on the Chrome Web Store: now AI Proposal Writer for Upwork with Fit Score, Templates & History.

1.0.4 — May 2026

Bug fixes

Fixed post-Google-sign-in flow on Upwork tabs. Fresh logins were incorrectly landing on the "Open Upwork" placeholder because the active-tab tracker captured a stale URL during the OAuth popup. Re-queries the active tab whenever auth flips into a signed-in state, and filters out non-web URLs (chrome://, chrome-extension://) from tab tracking so OAuth handlers can't pollute state.

Backend (live for all users)

AI prompt: bold allowed for one phrase in the hook only (highlights the sharpest insight); hard ban on emojis; direct CTA appended after the insight question; closing-line shortened from sentences to salutations so the CTA stays the last thing the client reads.
Refund reconciliation in /api/billing/details: when an order.refunded webhook fails to deliver, the next time anyone opens Plans & Billing the system detects the refunded order and automatically downgrades — self-heals without admin intervention.

1.0.3 — April 2026

New features

Bio field in Settings (5000 character cap to match Upwork's profile description). Free-form professional summary that the AI uses for angle and proof-point selection. Strongest output quality boost when paired with a saved writing sample.
Pre-refund eligibility check — admin endpoint and in-app indicator showing usage against the 10-proposal threshold for the current billing period.
Refund handling — admin-issued full refunds on Polar trigger immediate downgrade to Free, log a Refund processed entry in the subscription history timeline, and send a confirmation email with the refund amount.
Subscription history timeline in Plans & Billing → Overview, showing chronological events (signup, upgrade, cancellation scheduled, refund, downgrade).
Tabs in Plans & Billing — Overview / Plans, with a context-aware default tab (Pro users land on Overview, Free users on Plans).
Cancel-at-period-end — cancellation now defers to the end of the current billing period instead of revoking access immediately. Reactivate any time before the end date.
AI prompt hardening — anti-prompt-injection (ignores embedded "type the word X" client traps in job descriptions) and anti-AI-detection rules (no em dashes, forbidden vocabulary list, forbidden sentence shapes).

Bug fixes

Stale-plan token handling: when a webhook downgrades a user, /api/billing/details issues a fresh access token so plan limits and the badge update without a sign-out / sign-in.
Back button from Plans & Billing returns to Settings when opened from there, instead of dropping to the job page.
Permissive Upwork URL check: detects all *.upwork.com subdomains, not only www.upwork.com.
Inline Cancel subscription button in Settings replaces the previous "Manage subscription" portal redirect.

1.0.2 — April 2026

Other

Fixed Chrome Web Store rejection caused by the key field in the production manifest. Build flow now strips the field after Plasmo writes the manifest. Same code as 1.0.1; this version exists only for resubmission.

1.0.1 — April 2026

New features

Polar.sh billing — $15/month Pro plan, 150 proposals per month. Polar acts as Merchant of Record, handling tax for all jurisdictions.
Customer portal — manage subscription, payment method, and view past invoices.
Plan upgrade UI — auto-polls /api/billing/check-plan after checkout starts so the UI flips to Pro within seconds of the webhook landing.
Cancellation email — confirmation when subscription downgrades to Free.

Other

Plan badge (Pro / Free) shown in every screen header.
Switched from SMTP to Mailtrap HTTPS Send API (Railway blocks outbound TCP to SMTP servers on every port).

1.0.0 — April 2026

Initial Chrome Web Store release.

Core features

AI proposal generation via Claude Opus 4.7 with adaptive thinking, streamed character-by-character into the textarea.
3 tones (Casual, Formal, Technical) and 3 lengths (Short, Medium, Detailed).
Insert-as-typed mode — streams the proposal directly into Upwork's apply form.
Job detection on upwork.com pages — reads title, description, budget, skills, experience level, client info, and activity stats.
Fit Score (0–100) — automated job-match analysis with reasons and risk flags.
Profile onboarding — 3-step wizard (identity, past projects, writing tone + sample).
Templates — create, edit, delete, tag, import, export.
History — last 20 generated proposals, viewable and re-saveable as templates.
Free plan — 10 proposals per month, full feature access.
Email/password and Google OAuth sign-in.
Light / System / Dark theme.
Public privacy policy at /privacy.