release v1.8.3

packages/desktop/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openchamber/desktop",
-  "version": "1.8.2",
+  "version": "1.8.3",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "desktopPrerequisites": [

packages/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -2670,7 +2670,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openchamber-desktop"
-version = "1.8.2"
+version = "1.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",

packages/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "openchamber-desktop"
-version = "1.8.2"
+version = "1.8.3"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 

packages/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "../node_modules/@tauri-apps/cli/schema.json",
   "productName": "OpenChamber",
-  "version": "1.8.2",
+  "version": "1.8.3",
   "identifier": "ai.opencode.openchamber",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "node ./scripts/dev-web-server.mjs",

packages/ui/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openchamber/ui",
-  "version": "1.8.2",
+  "version": "1.8.3",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/main.tsx",

packages/ui/src/components/sections/openchamber/OpenChamberPage.tsx

@@ -102,7 +102,23 @@ const ShortcutsSectionContent: React.FC = () => {
 
 // Visual section: Theme Mode, Font Size, Spacing, Corner Radius, Input Bar Offset (mobile), Nav Rail
 const VisualSectionContent: React.FC = () => {
-    return <OpenChamberVisualSettings visibleSettings={['theme', 'fontSize', 'terminalFontSize', 'spacing', 'cornerRadius', 'inputBarOffset', 'terminalQuickKeys', 'navRail']} />;
+    const isVSCode = isVSCodeRuntime();
+    const visibleSettings: Array<'theme' | 'fontSize' | 'terminalFontSize' | 'spacing' | 'cornerRadius' | 'inputBarOffset' | 'terminalQuickKeys' | 'navRail' | 'mermaidRendering' | 'userMessageRendering' | 'stickyUserHeader'> = [
+        'theme',
+        'fontSize',
+        'terminalFontSize',
+        'spacing',
+        'cornerRadius',
+        'inputBarOffset',
+        'terminalQuickKeys',
+        'navRail',
+    ];
+
+    if (isVSCode) {
+        visibleSettings.push('mermaidRendering', 'userMessageRendering', 'stickyUserHeader');
+    }
+
+    return <OpenChamberVisualSettings visibleSettings={visibleSettings} />;
 };
 
 // Chat section: Default Tool Output, User message rendering, Diff layout, Mobile status bar, Show reasoning traces, Queue mode, Persist draft

packages/ui/src/components/session/SessionSidebar.tsx

@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ export const SessionSidebar: React.FC<SessionSidebarProps> = ({
 
       // Always return early if same session is selected to avoid unnecessary store operations
       if (sessionId === currentSessionId) {
-        if (!allowReselect) {
+        if (allowReselect) {
           onSessionSelected?.(sessionId);
         }
         return;

packages/vscode/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [1.8.3] - 2026-03-02
+
+- Chat: added user-message display options for plain-text rendering and sticky headers, with preferences persisted in settings.
+- Chat: improved code block readability with cleaner header actions, restored horizontal scrolling, and more polished themed highlighting in markdown and tool output (thanks to @nelsonPires5).
+- Chat: model picker provider groups are now collapsible, with expanded/collapsed state remembered.
+
 ## [1.8.2] - 2026-03-01
 
 - Chat: improved message readability with cleaner tool/reasoning rendering and more polished markdown presentation in long responses.

packages/vscode/package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "openchamber",
   "displayName": "OpenChamber",
   "description": "AI coding assistant powered by OpenCode",
-  "version": "1.8.2",
+  "version": "1.8.3",
   "publisher": "fedaykindev",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {

packages/web/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openchamber/web",
-  "version": "1.8.2",
+  "version": "1.8.3",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./server/index.js",