What's Changed

• fix: Rate limit iOS peer notifications to prevent flood by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/972
• Harden Nostr validation and BLE announce checks by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1012
• fix: allow verification sheet in private chat via sidebar navigation by @malkovitc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1046
• fix: disable macOS focus ring on chat input TextField by @malkovitc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1045
• Fix BLEServiceTests local echo timing by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1054
• Expand coverage for relay, identity, and location flows by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1055
• Expand coverage for transport, chat, and media flows by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1056
• Raise Noise coverage to 99 percent by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1057
• Raise protocol coverage to 99 percent by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1058
• Expand Nostr, identity, and sync coverage by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1059
• Move GeoRelay fetch work off the main actor by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1060
• Remove dead code by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1076
• fix: missing file broadcast and leave message signatures + allow local development by @callebtc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1078
• Refactor Voice Messages by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1075
• fix: PM crash on second open (#1030) by @4RH1T3CT0R7 in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1069
• Refactor & Extract image viewers by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1074
• Refactor and Extract Media-related code by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1077
• Cache CI build artifacts by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1085
• String trimming in a centralized manner by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1079
• Extract message list into dedicated MessageListView by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1080
• Run CI build on all PRs (not just to the main) by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1099
• BitFoundation module to centralize shared components by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1089
• Move additional files/tests to BitFoundation by @qalandarov in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1102
• [codex] Refactor app runtime and ownership architecture by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1104
• [codex] Refactor BLE transport event handling by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1266
• [codex] Refine BLE ingress fanout by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1280
• [codex] Refactor BLE outbound scheduling and Noise queues by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1306
• [codex] Extract BLE link state store by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1310
• [codex] Extract BLE service policy helpers by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1321
• [codex] Extract BLE and chat architecture policies by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1324
• Architecture hardening: Tor reliability, supply-chain CI gate, BLE handler extraction, coordinator contexts by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1331
• Performance & architecture: 640x hot-path win, zero coordinator back-refs, measured baselines by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1332
• Make location notes robust: durable relay subscriptions, failure decay, auto-recovery by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1333
• Single-source-of-truth ConversationStore: 2-2.5x ingest, four stores and three sync bridges deleted by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1334
• Close architecture re-grade gaps: visible send failures, relay bounds, crypto encapsulation, perf gate, resurrected Noise vector tests by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1335
• Final re-grade fixes: parked EOSE fallback, panic-reset atomicity, overflow visibility by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1336
• Liquid Glass theme with in-app appearance switcher by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1337
• Fix CI app-suite deadlock: cooperative-pool-blocking thread-safety tests by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1339
• Raise positive waitUntil timeouts to 5s for loaded CI runners by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1340
• Extend BLE mesh range: relax RSSI gates, lift sparse TTL clamps, faster walk-back reconnects by @jackjackbits in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1338

New Contributors

• @4RH1T3CT0R7 made their first contribution in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1069

Full Changelog: https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/compare/v1.5.1...v1.5.2