# Atuin v18.19.0 — 18.19.0

- Product: Atuin (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/atuin)
- Vendor: Atuin
- Date: 2026-08-03
- Version: v18.19.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/releases/tag/v18.19.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/atuin/releases/v18.19.0

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- **fixed** — Avoid panic decoding an empty encryption key
- **fixed** — Keep sqlx-postgres out of the client crate
- **fixed** — Preserve comments in atuin config set
- **fixed** — Correct fuzzy result ranking
- **fixed** — Close OSC133 C when launching Atuin AI to prevent content erasure
- **added** — Show intent in inspector
- **added** — Enable pty-proxy via config
- **added** — Validate new settings in atuin config set before writing them to disk
- **added** — Experimental atuin lab share
- **removed** — Remove the skim engine
- **added** — Remove word with ALT-Backspace ALT-D
- **changed** — Migrate TLS backend from rustls to native-tls
- **added** — Make update a real subcommand
- **added** — Capability negotiation protocol (client + server)
- **changed** — Replace nucleo with frizbee, rank by match quality with frecency tiebreak

##### Release Notes

###### Bug Fixes

- *(client)* Avoid panic decoding an empty encryption key ([#3803](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3803))
- *(client)* Keep sqlx-postgres out of the client crate ([#2884](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/2884)) ([#3823](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3823))
- *(config)* Preserve comments in `atuin config set` ([#3766](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3766))
- *(search)* Correct fuzzy result ranking ([#3603](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3603)) ([#3624](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3624))
- Fix atuin-search-bench/benches/search.rs ([#3788](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3788))
- Close OSC133 C when launching Atuin AI to prevent content erasure ([#3794](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3794))
- Authenticate beta release push as atuin-bot ([#3809](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3809))
- Copy vendored axoasset into docker builder stage ([#3816](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3816))


###### Documentation

- Clarify update check network, provide build command ([#3767](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3767))
- Remove old i18n docs ([#3787](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3787))
- Use shell-agnostic install command in quickstart pages ([#3820](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3820))
- Document named stats periods (today/week/month/year) ([#3821](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3821))
- State minimum supported Rust version in install guide ([#3822](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3822))
- Document iTerm2 tmux popup incompatibility ([#3826](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3826))
- Clarify key binding snippets belong in shell startup file ([#3837](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3837))
- Mention RustRover in IDE integration guidance ([#3834](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3834))


###### Features

- *(client)* Show intent in inspector ([#3804](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3804))
- *(client)* Enable pty-proxy via config ([#3828](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3828))
- *(config)* Validate new settings in `atuin config set` before writing them to disk ([#3769](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3769))
- *(lab)* Experimental `atuin lab share`
- *(search)* Remove the "skim" engine ([#3825](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3825))
- Remove word with ALT-Backspace ALT-D ([#2457](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/2457))
- Add scheduled beta release workflow ([#3805](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3805))
- Migrate TLS backend from rustls to native-tls ([#3807](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3807))
- Make `update` a real subcommand ([#3813](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3813))
- Capability negotiation protocol (client + server) ([#3797](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3797))


###### Miscellaneous Tasks

- *(ci)* Fix `package` step ([#3770](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3770))
- Remove Store trait ([#3779](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3779))
- Daemon search benchmark (divan + CodSpeed) ([#3763](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3763))
- Run CodSpeed benchmarks on macro runners in walltime mode ([#3786](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3786))
- Add `OrFilter` as a replacement for `Vec`s as filter lists ([#3768](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3768))
- Add `atuin-domain` crate for shared domain types ([#3790](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3790))
- Run CodSpeed walltime benchmarks on depot-macos-26 ([#3791](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3791))
- Fix deny.toml and get it to run in CI ([#3808](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3808))
- Remove codspeed workflow ([#3812](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3812))
- Richer logging for atuin-server ([#2564](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/2564))
- Hide --active sharing ([#3846](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/3846))


###### Refactor

- *(deps)* Bump thiserror fr

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