1.9.0a11 — REM carries context into the morning

An opt-in preview of 1.9.0. Stable is 1.8.10. The previous preview, 1.9.0a10, introduced the redesigned reader, sortable sheets, cited Facts and Insight, and a SQLite index. This release changes what the owner sees first.

REM is named for rapid eye movement sleep. The product should work while the owner sleeps, connect relevant context, and help the owner remember it when awake. The old home began with a count of what REM processed. The new home begins with what the latest pass carried forward.

Up to three pages touched in the latest pass show one current statement each, with a link to the page and its sources. A link already written between two pages appears as connected context. A proposed link stays a question for review. These cards do not claim the displayed statement was first discovered overnight: the run log identifies rewritten pages, not claim-level changes (#2096).

An older page becomes a “Remember with REM” question. The owner can pause, then reveal the page's answer. The control works by keyboard and exposes its state to assistive technology. The reveal is not saved as a retention score; a durable, user-controlled recall loop is tracked in #2097.

Open threads remain below the brief. The last pass's counts and hypnogram remain available in a disclosure. The phone layout no longer overlaps thread labels with their text.

The ranked product and design audit connects ten major problems to issues and gives a concrete maturity bar. This release is a first slice of that work, not a claim that REM is mature.

Install

python -m pip install --upgrade 'connectonion==1.9.0a11'
co rem open

Known limits

• The reader is still a point-in-time, read-only HTML snapshot. Source-backed answers and approved actions in the live reader remain in #2071.
• The brief cannot yet compare claims before and after a pass (#2096).
• Recall feedback does not persist (#2097).
• The detail pages remain long articles; the relationship map and task-based retrieval remain in #2065, #2066, and #2098.
• The screenshot evidence uses an invented fixture notebook. A real notebook acceptance pass is required before closing the related product issues.