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[0.8.16] - 2026-10-21

Highlights

• macOS: shortcut keys now go through a virtual HID keyboard. When a button sends a keyboard shortcut, OpenLogi now presses the keys on a virtual keyboard named "OpenLogi Virtual Keyboard" instead of posting software key events. macOS handles these keys the way it handles keys from a USB keyboard. This is for shortcuts that work from a real keyboard but did not work from OpenLogi (#1653, #744). Apple granted OpenLogi the restricted HID virtual-device entitlement for this, and the signed OpenLogi Agent carries it (#1918, #1929).
  • You do not need to grant a new permission. The agent's signing identity did not change, so your Accessibility and Input Monitoring grants keep working.
  • If macOS does not let OpenLogi create the virtual keyboard, OpenLogi types the keys the old way.
  • Only the signed release builds have it. Builds from source and dev builds still use the old way.
  • To check that it is active, run ioreg -r -c IOHIDUserDevice | grep "OpenLogi Virtual Keyboard" while OpenLogi runs.
  • If a shortcut now behaves differently than in 0.8.15, please open an issue.

Added

• (pointer) light the DPI LED in precision mode (#1934)
• (pointer) precision mode on mice with adjustable DPI (#1932)
• (release) ship Sparkle delta updates (#1925)
• (core,agent,gui) pointer speed and precision mode for 0x2205 mice (#1922)
• (xtask,ci) sign the macOS agent with its HID virtual-device profile (#1929)
• (macos,gui) say when Secure Input pauses key remapping (#1926)
• (inject,gui) slide desktop switches like a three-finger swipe (#1921)
• (inject) type synthesized macOS keys through a virtual HID keyboard (#1918)

Fixed

• (hidpp) publish the 0x8071 nv-effect sync event as raw bytes (#1951)
• (core,device,agent,gui) choose the receiver before pairing a device (#1614)
• (hidpp,device) read the 0x2201 default DPI only from feature version 1 (#1952)
• (device) read the 0x1000 battery capability before mapping levels (#1938)
• (hidpp,device) publish 0x1b04 reporting changes made by other clients (#1946)
• (hidpp) decode unified battery status bytes 3-5 by feature version (#1941)
• (device) drop short 0x2121 movements and re-read SmartShift on a ratchet switch (#1944)
• (agent) hand the haptic enable back after Actions Ring sessions (#1942)
• (hidpp,device) reconcile DPI after a sensor calibration broadcast (#1947)
• (gui) save a DPI only after the device confirms it (#1943)
• (hidpp,device,cli) keep getFwInfo transport bytes 9-15 raw (#1945)
• (hidpp,device) re-read settings on a 0x4521 disabled-key report (#1940)
• (hidpp) bound 0x2111 torque and refuse a short capabilities reply (#1939)
• (hidpp) gate the illumination effective maximum in its wrapper (#1937)
• (hidpp,device) write all 0x8070 zones safely and gate v1 functions (#1936)
• (device) restore thumb-wheel reporting as found and harden its capture (#1935)
• (hidpp) keep unmodelled backlight option bits on write (#1933)
• (desktop) show Pointer tab for mice and trackballs with software scroll inversion (#1880)
• (device,agent) move linked devices after a keyboard that switches by itself (#1920)
• (deps) bump rustls-webpki and webpki roots for emSign advisories (#1924)
• (agent) relaunch when Input Monitoring is granted after launch (#1919)

[greptile-apps]

Confidence Score: 5/5

[Low impact] This release preparation appears safe to merge.

Summary

Prepares release 0.8.16.

• OpenLogi labels its release and Rust packages as version 0.8.16.

No actionable issues found. Builds and tests were not run.

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