Beekeeper Studio v5.8.0

v5.8.0Desktop

Release v5.8.0

Added 4
  • Add Amazon DynamoDB support as the 18th database engine
  • Add query edit history for cloud workspaces to record changes and allow version comparison and rollback
  • Add automatic driver downloads framework to download heavy native drivers on demand instead of bloating installers
  • Add SSH config file resolution for host aliases from ~/.ssh/config
Changed 7
  • Upgrade bundled AI Shell to v3.1.0
  • Keep empty connection folders visible even when they contain no connections
  • Update recent connections to use saved connection details instead of stale snapshots
  • Allow local workspace selection on connection screen even during cloud license checks
  • Route renderer messages to renderer.log instead of main log for quieter production logs
  • Improve idle detection by combining system-level and in-app input tracking for more accurate auto-disconnect
  • Introduce new upgrade panel and modal used consistently across the app with animated AI Shell upsell card
Fixed 8
  • Fix MongoDB MONGODB-AWS authentication by adding aws4 dependency
  • Fix Cassandra UUIDs inside set and map collections to convert to strings instead of rendering as objects
  • Fix table view to show loading spinner instead of misleading No Data message while results are being fetched
  • Fix query streaming bug that could break streamed result sets
  • Fix named query params being clobbered when the same parameter appears more than once across queries
  • Fix autocomplete to suggest columns for quoted table names and tables used in joins
  • Fix saved queries to keep their folder and position when saved from a query tab
  • Fix export progress display showing NaN or percentages over 100%
Security 1
  • Add shell execution exploit tests to guard against remote code execution

Happy summer everyone! Well here in Texas things are getting a little toasty, so thought we'd celebrate with an equally hot Beekeeper Studio release 🔥🔥.

Included: A brand new database driver, query edit history for workspaces, automatic driver downloads, better SSH config support, and a long tail of bug fixes, security hardening, and UI polish.

Highlights

  • Amazon DynamoDB support. Connect to DynamoDB and browse your tables, right inside Beekeeper Studio. Our 18th database engine.

  • Query Edit History. When connected to a cloud workspace, every change you make to your query now gets recorded, so you can compare versions and roll-back if desired.

  • Automatic driver downloads. Some database engines need heavy native drivers that we'd rather not ship with every build. There's now a framework that downloads the right driver dependency on demand, the first time you need it, instead of bloating the installer for everyone.

Lowlights

Day has been working hard on a Snowflake driver, it's almost done, but wasn't ready in time for this release like we expected.

Azmi has been working on multi-hop SSH support so you can connect to your database via 2+ different jump hosts. Again, it just missed our release cutoff.

Smaller Improvements
  • New upgrade panel and modal used consistently across the app, with an animated AI Shell upsell card so it's clearer what you get with a paid plan.
  • Bundled AI Shell upgraded to v3.1.0.
  • Empty connection folders now stay visible even when they don't contain any connections yet, so your structure doesn't disappear on you. Thanks @vaibhavvikas!
  • SSH config file resolution for host aliases — host entries from your ~/.ssh/config are now resolved when connecting.
  • Recent connections now use the saved connection's details rather than a stale snapshot.
  • Local workspace can always be selected on the connection screen, even when a cloud license check is in flight.
  • Quieter production logs, with renderer messages routed to renderer.log instead of the main log.
  • Improved idle detection that combines system-level and in-app input tracking for more accurate auto-disconnect.
Bug Fixes
  • MongoDB: added the aws4 dependency to fix MONGODB-AWS authentication. Thanks @jim-fn!
  • Cassandra: UUIDs inside set and map collections are now converted to strings instead of rendering as objects. Thanks @andreasarf!
  • Table View: tables show a loading spinner instead of a misleading "No Data" message while results are still being fetched. Thanks @NianJiuZst!
  • Query streaming: fixed a bug that could break streamed result sets.
  • Named query params are no longer clobbered when the same parameter appears more than once across several queries.
  • Autocomplete now suggests columns for quoted table names and for tables used in joins.
  • Saved queries keep their folder and position when saved from a query tab. Fixes the case where saving would bounce a query back to the root.
  • Export progress no longer shows NaN or percentages over 100%.
  • Modals with a lot of content now scroll properly instead of overflowing.
  • Schema builder header is now sticky so column controls stay in view while you scroll.
  • Bastion / jump host background and padding render correctly under the system dark theme.
  • Plugin menus now share the same styling as the rest of the app's menus.
  • File picker only shows the pointer cursor when it's actually editable.
  • Page navigation no longer fires when focus is inside an editable element.
  • Cassandra rename and DuckDB column-type quoting: fixed two silent bugs in the SQL change builders.
  • Trial licenses: corrected the support-date expiration condition so valid trials aren't rejected.
  • Write-action shortcuts, checkbox context menu, and a spurious "remote change" notification are all fixed.
  • Identifier handling updated, with an integration test covering identifier updates.
Security
  • Shell execution hardening: added exploit tests for shell execution paths to guard against remote code execution.
  • SQL injection: fixed injection vulnerabilities in buildDatabaseFilter.
  • Dependency bumps to clear a batch of advisories: follow-redirects, @xmldom/xmldom, ws, js-cookie, uuid, protobufjs (and protobufjs/utf8), @babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs, plus a yarn.lock refresh to clear undici, flatted, and other transitive alerts.
Under the Hood
  • Database test coverage expanded significantly across the common driver interface, plus new earthdistance operator formatting tests.
  • CI: trimmed the e2e PR trigger and added concurrency, cached Playwright browsers and e2e deps, and bumped some old checkout actions.
  • Linting: yarn lint now actually lints, and a pile of ESLint rule violations and code-quality issues were cleaned up.
  • BaseModal wrapper component introduced to standardize modal behaviour.
  • Backup and SSH tests fixed.
Thank You to Our Contributors!

Big thanks to the community folks who sent PRs for this release, including @vaibhavvikas (empty connection folders), @jim-fn (MongoDB AWS auth), @andreasarf (Cassandra UUID collections), @NianJiuZst (Oracle loading state), @v-astakhov (Greengage icons and docs), and everyone else who filed issues and helped us track things down.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio/compare/v5.7.3...v5.8.0

PR Merge List

95326140b Merge pull request #4336 from beekeeper-studio/fix/query-editor 4546b8490 Merge pull request #4317 from beekeeper-studio/claude/cloud-query-audit-refactor 134ce1cbf Merge pull request #4320 from beekeeper-studio/fix/bastion-host-system-dark-theme fda64b3a1 Merge pull request #4326 from beekeeper-studio/fix/plugin-menu-style 740219956 Merge pull request #4316 from beekeeper-studio/claude/funny-johnson-5BkhG cb0529f59 Merge pull request #4325 from beekeeper-studio/chore/ai-shell 67a168d64 Merge pull request #4324 from beekeeper-studio/fix/file-picker-style 178edb3a4 Merge pull request #4306 from beekeeper-studio/fix/ident c80521c77 Merge pull request #4310 from beekeeper-studio/claude/admiring-brown-kGgNQ 2cac7ad56 Merge pull request #4283 from beekeeper-studio/fix/querystream d1b009808 Merge pull request #4302 from beekeeper-studio/fix/sticky-schema-builder-header 031060574 Merge pull request #4174 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-disconnection-issue-RVGZv f1a5a99b7 Merge pull request #4291 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/js-cookie-3.0.7 ac8196ebb Merge pull request #4281 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/ws-8.20.1 284326f8d Merge pull request #4290 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/uuid-11.1.1 2e3da91aa Merge pull request #4293 from beekeeper-studio/claude/optimistic-wozniak-OeLRx 3706b6a1a Merge pull request #4213 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-rce-vulnerabilities-lAdce 98a178eb0 Merge pull request #4204 from beekeeper-studio/claude/improve-db-test-coverage-8puAu 8d2c59a28 Merge pull request #4257 from vaibhavvikas/feature/show-empty-connection-folders 55afcb8c6 Merge pull request #4295 from beekeeper-studio/fix/update-ident 235389c35 Merge pull request #4229 from beekeeper-studio/chore/fix-lint-script 0dae9e9e5 Merge pull request #4263 from jim-fn/fix/aws4-mongodb-aws-auth 40d66f522 Merge pull request #4280 from beekeeper-studio/fix/backup-tests fb98c9d08 Merge pull request #4264 from beekeeper-studio/claude/youthful-meitner-aWbHD ee404916c Merge pull request #4284 from v-astakhov/greengage-icons da709f403 Merge pull request #4120 from beekeeper-studio/dynamo-db 936c44af2 Merge pull request #4217 from beekeeper-studio/feat/query-audit-history b3a686d58 Merge pull request #4271 from beekeeper-studio/upgrade-panel-everywhere e5c6ec977 Merge pull request #4270 from beekeeper-studio/upgrade-modal-update bcbeb0636 Merge pull request #4254 from beekeeper-studio/claude/youthful-meitner-6hF4A 6fc55e3b7 Merge pull request #4267 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-workspace-license-bug-qhRMR 262b7d8ae Merge pull request #4253 from beekeeper-studio/fix/entra-docs e17cfa93b Merge pull request #4255 from beekeeper-studio/claude/animate-upgrade-prompt-mJpbf abfe5dd9c Merge pull request #4249 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/protobufjs-7.5.8 0ee24df47 Merge pull request #4245 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/protobufjs/utf8-1.1.1 009f84f37 Merge pull request #4252 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-license-validation-error-I6AaN decf5c042 Merge pull request #4237 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs-7.29.4 1b85c8ba3 Merge pull request #4242 from beekeeper-studio/import-modal-fixes 17433a00c Merge pull request #4239 from beekeeper-studio/claude/gifted-mayer-XYKkF 97460d319 Merge pull request #4233 from beekeeper-studio/chore/ci-tweaks b732a279c Merge pull request #4220 from andreasarf/bugfix/cassandra-uuid-collection 0b8a47ebf Merge pull request #4230 from beekeeper-studio/chore/cache-e2e-deps a092039b5 Merge pull request #4228 from beekeeper-studio/chore/security-dep-bumps-followup 2c34165d5 Merge pull request #4227 from beekeeper-studio/chore/security-dep-bumps 277f14310 Merge pull request #4224 from beekeeper-studio/fix/ssh-tests a555d2000 Merge pull request #4201 from beekeeper-studio/fix/bastion-host-dark-bg 4a2ae18f2 Merge pull request #4018 from beekeeper-studio/feat/driver-dep-auto-download 92999bcd3 Merge pull request #4180 from NianJiuZst/fix/oracle-loading-state-4178 687f97f9a Merge pull request #4210 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-issue-4208-9YYSz defbb37ef Merge pull request #4190 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-used-connection-bug-7vqyp b1570634c Merge pull request #4195 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-ssh-config-reader-h2ewM 6b1bf7b56 Merge pull request #4131 from beekeeper-studio/chore/base-modal 5b8e8be20 Merge pull request #4203 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-reproducible-bug-EfH6F 2ad1d2054 Merge pull request #4198 from beekeeper-studio/fix/write-actions-shortcuts e86f6ca5a Merge pull request #4191 from beekeeper-studio/fix/checkbox-context-menu 35de793a4 Merge pull request #4176 from beekeeper-studio/fix/fake-remote-change 5342f086d Merge pull request #4097 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/follow-redirects-1.16.0 a2495f437 Merge pull request #4156 from beekeeper-studio/dependabot/npm_and_yarn/xmldom/xmldom-0.8.13 fce264eac Merge pull request #4164 from beekeeper-studio/updated-readmes-1777052053 6f9db1780 Merge pull request #4130 from v-astakhov/greengage-docs 44cc179e2 Merge pull request #4135 from beekeeper-studio/claude/upgrade-sql-formatter-4qM3D 82244998c Merge pull request #4118 from beekeeper-studio/claude/fix-backend-bug-DaCn1

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