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13 January 2026 (2PRs)

add improved docs for Suspense/Error Boundaries

Jazz is a framework for building collaborative apps. When something goes wrong while loading data, apps need a way to gracefully show an error message instead of crashing. I added documentation explaining how to use React’s Suspense and Error Boundary features with Jazz, so developers know how to handle loading states and errors properly.

document dealing with complex getters

Jazz is a framework for building collaborative apps. When your data models reference each other in circles (like a project that has a manager who has projects), things can get confusing. I added documentation explaining how to handle these circular references cleanly, so developers don’t get stuck in an infinite loop of loading nested data.

12 January 2026 (1PR)

serialize secretSeed as array in auth header

Jazz uses secret keys for user authentication, but these keys were being incorrectly converted when sent between the server and browser — they were being turned into an object format instead of a simple list of numbers. I fixed the conversion so the keys are sent in the right format and can be properly used on the client side for login features like passphrases and passkeys.

8 January 2026 (1PR)

first class Svelte support for Better Auth

I built a Better Auth provider for Svelte, with example project and documentation.

7 January 2026 (1PR)

add vanilla code snippets everywhere

As well as the main frameworks (React, Svelte, React Native, React Native with Expo), we now have code snippets and guides for using Jazz with vanilla JavaScript.

6 January 2026 (1PR)

documentation on how to use suspense hooks

We have the hooks useSuspenseCoState and useSuspenseAccount which integrate with React’s Suspense API to suspend component rendering until all data is successfully loaded.

This PR documents how to use them.

30 December 2025 (1PR)

17 December 2025 (2PRs)

a documented new pattern for credential storage on iOS

We were previously warning users to avoid using never and signedUp on iOS, as this could result in credentials being cached to the keychain, which would not be deleted when deleting the app. In this case, if the user re-installed the app, their client could crash, as the account for which the credentials were created no longer existed. We now recommend that users who want to keep completely local data without syncing use a randomised prefix for their credentials, and store this in the Settings (which is deleted on app uninstallation).

documentation regarding subscription error handling using onUnauthorized and onUnavailable.

We allow users to do stuff when a subscription throws an error, but this wasn’t documented. I added documentation.

15 December 2025 (2PRs)

add a hash

The Jazz homepage has a QR code and a link for quickly getting started, but they were broken because the URL was missing a hash fragment. I added the missing hash so both the QR code and the link work correctly.

fix chat demo

The Jazz docs site has an interactive chat demo embedded in an iframe. It wasn’t working because the page was listening for the wrong event from the iframe. I fixed it to listen to the correct event so the demo works properly again.

14 December 2025 (1PR)

a fix for a quirk of the Web Locks API in Safari

Safari’s Web Locks API doesn’t release immediately on navigation, which was causing the browser to effectively hang when viewing our docs landing page. This PR moved the co-ordination of the routes to a parent component.

12 December 2025 (4PRs)

a quick fix to address a security issue in Next

There was a security issue in Next due to an issue in React. I bumped our Next versions.

an update to our docs landing page with a minimal example of how to use Jazz

I’m quite proud of this one: I build a minimal Jazz example (a working to-do list with sync in less than 100 lines of code), and published it on our docs landing page.

an update to our docs showing how to use version control effectively in different frameworks

Our docs previously had a page showing how to use Jazz’s version control functionality with React. I updated our docs to show how it can be done across all our supported frameworks.

use hash fragment in invite URL example

Jazz is a framework for building real-time collaborative apps. I fixed a small documentation issue where the example invite URL wasn’t formatted correctly — it now uses a hash fragment, which is the proper way to structure these links so that sensitive information isn’t sent to the server.

10 December 2025 (1PR)

a minor fix for a regression introduced in our navigation

Our nav was behaving strangely following an update designed to ensure the correct segments were always open. I fixed it.

9 December 2025 (1PR)

improve showcase display on smaller screens

The Jazz website has a showcase page that highlights apps built with the framework. On mobile phones, the images and text were spilling out of their containers and looking messy. I fixed the layout so everything stays neatly within bounds on smaller screens.

4 December 2025 (1PR)

clarify polyfill installation instructions in React Native setup

Jazz is a framework for building collaborative apps. The React Native setup guide said to “install” some compatibility patches, but you don’t actually install them as separate packages — you apply them in your code. I updated the wording to be more accurate and less confusing for developers following the guide.

2 December 2025 (1PR)

a performance tip for using selectors

In Jazz, you can use ‘selectors’ to avoid React re-rendering on every state update. However, the selector function itself still runs. Added tips on avoiding heavy computation inside selector functions, and how to extract that into a useMemo call outside the selector to take advantage of batching.