🚀 RELEASE NOTES 📝
Here you will find a high level list of everything we released to RYSE during the week. This weekly list will include all new features, improvements, and bug fixes that we accomplished during the week.
Thank you RYSE fam for the support as Bryan and I build RYSE each day! ❤️
October 1 – October 14, 2025
Highlights
- Android Release 2.0.5 is live! Includes smoother performance, improved notifications, and general bug fixes.
- Workout Scheduler updates – more reliable weekly scheduling with improved backend handling.
- Design & Usability: Refreshed app icons for iOS and Android plus stability improvements to the app’s core framework (Capacitor).
- Under the hood: General library upgrades and ESLint improvements to keep everything running fast and secure.
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved workout logging flow reliability.
- Smoother Android builds and compatibility updates.
- Better performance during app startup and routine loading.
September 17 – September 30, 2025
Highlights
- Streak tracking improvements – your workout streaks should now display more consistently, especially when repairing missed weeks.
- Backend enhancements for faster database queries and smoother syncing.
- Small quality-of-life updates across the app.
Fixes & Improvements
- Reduced duplicate streak data.
- Added more indexes for faster load times and analytics accuracy.
- General bug fixes and optimizations.
September 1 – September 16, 2025
Highlights
- Improved reliability for the AI chat and message streaming experience.
- Updates to error handling and retries for smoother AI interactions.
- Continued backend improvements to support faster response times.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed issues with message errors during streaming.
- Enhanced AI tool permissions for better security.
- General performance and stability fixes.
August 15 – August 31, 2025
Highlights
- The AI Training Assistant continues to evolve! Added new support for chat streaming and smarter data handling.
- Improved visibility for private workouts – your personal notes stay private to you.
- Added new beta testing features and visual improvements for AI-driven interactions.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed display issues for AI workouts.
- Improved routine loading performance.
- Minor bug fixes and performance tuning.
August 1 – August 14, 2025
Highlights
- Major updates to AI Chat and Data Tools – users can now interact with smarter responses and streamlined tools.
- Upgraded the app’s design for a cleaner AI chat experience.
- Improved how RYSE displays your workout summaries and AI insights.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed various chat display bugs.
- Enhanced backend logic for handling AI streaming and data display.
- General UI/UX polish.
July 15 – July 31, 2025
Highlights
- Upgraded to the latest AI SDK, unlocking faster and more reliable performance in AI-powered workouts.
- Added early improvements to “Ask My Data” – making it easier to explore your workout history.
- Improved friend data visibility and privacy settings.
Fixes & Improvements
- Stability improvements for AI-powered features.
- Performance optimizations for data loading.
- General bug fixes and dependency updates.
June 15 – July 14, 2025
Highlights
- Added fixes to workout extraction and chat parsing.
- Improved consistency when adding workouts without assigned exercises.
- Backend improvements for faster AI and data syncing.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed parsing issues in streamed chats.
- Improved reliability in workout creation and saving.
- General backend optimizations.
May 25 – June 14, 2025
Highlights
- Workout Plan Progress – now more accurate tracking of your ongoing plans.
- Workout Chat Improvements – smoother interaction when logging workouts via AI.
- Minor UI tweaks for milestone progress tracking.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed negative progress display issues.
- Improved plan consistency across sessions.
- Backend reliability updates.
April 15 – May 15, 2025
Highlights
- Major upgrades to AI and AWS integration – faster loading, better reliability, and updated cloud SDKs.
- Workout Plan Builder enhancements for creating more personalized routines.
- Continued backend clean-up and dependency upgrades for stability.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed issues with workout plans displaying incorrectly.
- Updated storage and signed URL handling.
- Improved reliability across AI workflows.
March 15 – April 15, 2025
Highlights
- Added new Rest Timer Sounds and Android notification channels.
- Introduced Workout Plan Builder, making it easier to customize and plan your fitness journey.
- Began transition to OpenAI’s Responses API for more natural AI conversations.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed back-button issues on deleted accounts.
- General AI and chat optimizations.
- UI tweaks for smoother user experience.
February 15 – March 15, 2025
Highlights
- Upgraded app to React 19, Material UI 6, and React Router 7 – paving the way for smoother navigation and better performance.
- Added Private Profiles – you can now control who sees your activity.
- Improved AI assistant reliability and message streaming.
Fixes & Improvements
- Bug fixes for following/unfollowing users.
- Polished profile privacy settings.
- Enhanced AI stability and chat behavior.
January 15 – February 14, 2025
Highlights
Added Custom Set Types and new workout customization features.
Fixed YouTube link display and public data counts.
Improved in-app purchases and subscription management.
Fixes & Improvements
Android camera updates for new permissions.
Improved streak display when broken.
General UI and performance polish.
December 1 – December 31, 2024
Highlights
- Released RYSE Wrapped 2024 and the Liftmas Badge for the holidays!
- Added new Subscriber Badges and improved membership display.
- Upgraded AI capabilities and fixed exercise replacement flows.
Fixes & Improvements
- Performance upgrades and dependency updates.
- Improved data handling for large workout histories.
- Various visual polish and stability updates.
November 15 – November 30, 2024
Highlights
- Added Weekly Report Notifications and sharing features.
- Introduced Instagram Story Sharing from the app.
- Enhanced SGL onboarding and progress milestones.
Fixes & Improvements
- Polished keyboard behavior and minor visual bugs.
- Improved video uploads and playback.
- Optimized push notification delivery.
Oct 18 - Nov 21, 2024
Create email account page and external update request form
Fix send workout to user search for username change people
Add session replay
Update persona workouts
Capacitor web updates
Add weekly report notification
Standalone event bus and Pinpoint and initial icon
Fix share to Instagram stories
Hide internal snackbar notification on iOS for Capacitor
Weekly report share
Ignore click to close when keyboard open
Sync keyboard
Reduce bug fix and add empty state message
Weekly comparison
More auth fixes
Try fix login issue
Add simple gym log deploy
Turn on send workout to user button
Search enabled for preferred usernames
Add table for user share link
SEP 12 - OCT 17, 2024
Start workout from notification
Backend for share workout
Allow nulls in AI
Update dependencies
Retry on token errors
Small performance improvements
Fix Safari visibility issue with dialog routes
Temporary private profile feature
Display rest time
Temporary fix for showing community workouts
Add male hypertrophy persona
Add female hypertrophy persona
Workout complete screen styling fixes
Add female hypertrophy/strength persona
Add exercises
Add personas for days 1-7 (male, hypertrophy + strength)
Add first persona for routines
Adjust daily item drawer height
Try to fix
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Fix FCM/GCM deprecation
Try to fix notifications on Android
Add Spotify to social links on profile
Return null if not weight/reps
Add vanity metrics
Aug 30 - Sep 12, 2024
Add back all exercise metrics
Fix undefined check and spelling
Add exercises
Revert "Revert 'Revert all exercise metrics selector'"
Revert "Revert 'all exercise metrics selector'"
Fallback to auth store if can't get from Cognito
Share charts dialog
Try to fix some auth issues
Add exercise videos
Remove toSorted
Revert "all exercise metrics selector"
All exercise metrics selector
Optimize some looping that iterates over all workouts/exercises
Add exercise videos
Move createOnboardingWorkoutPlanForUser and update todos
Add lifting days per week and workout duration to Postgres
Add days per week and typical workout duration to onboarding/user details
Add streak repair to profile
Bounce for swipeable discovery for routines list
Fix syncing streak
Update Prisma schema to include week streak on profile
Add streak to profile
Initial generate workout plan script
Streak repair automated push
Library upgrades (8-30-24)
Aug 15 - Aug 29, 2024
Update logic on streak repair
Auto streak repair
Update app icons
Add exercise videos
Streak repair before/after display
Streak repair detection/UI
Add streak repair to Postgres
Remove isTesting
Testable streak repair
Complete goal summary share card
Streak repair v1 - manual fix
Use
useMemoon logged workouts date range hooksCreate routine, drafts, archived
Workout routines page/list
Add exercise videos
Add Knip to find unused files/dependencies
App menu and FAB
Add exercise videos
Library upgrades
Show drafts in recents
Fix table name for resolvers
Share more stuff
Add slide to new app
Better log exercise drawer transitions
Aug 7 - Aug 14, 2024
Display no public posts in users list detailed
Add exercise videos
Share workout streak code
Sync aggregates
Start of standalone logging
Add exercise videos
Remove some packages
Move shared item stuff
Move shared workout stuff
Share HTML2Image
Share routine stuff
Add exercise videos
Add sign out to sign in screen in case user gets stuck
Fix deleted comment display
Library upgrades (8-11-24)
Exercises shared
Move deep links
Add exercises and fix straps instructions
Move exercise stuff
Dedupe getCurrentUser and fetchAuthSession
Merge image-utils/file-utils
Add exercise videos
No wait user attributes
Share icons and some root level state
Move rest timer state
July 28 - Aug 7, 2024
Remove some unused code
Fix network error check and move shared packages
Fix public user attributes
Shared stacked routes package
Add year to data on charts
Shared routing
Update Ryse Boosted CTA
Always fetch all milestones
Try to fix null contains
Add myo reps to Postgres
Add myo reps
Upgrade UUID
Upgrade React 18.3
Library upgrades (7-31-24)
Revert "Revert upgrade eslint to v9"
Revert "Upgrade eslint to v9"
Upgrade eslint to v9
Share user/user items states
Use sub for userId in standalone
Pass in table name to Dynamo calls
Library upgrades (7-28-24)
Node 20 for lambdas with layers
Upgrade to Node 20 for most lambdas
Handle register device not found
Upgrade Amplify libraries, remove GraphQL subscriptions