🚀 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 - .endundefined bug
- Library upgrades (9-15-24) 
- 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 hooks
- Create 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 
