Release: v6.3.0

[chrismaddalena]

CHANGELOG

[6.3.0-rc2] - 19 March 2026

Added

*Passive Voice Detection: Added support for performing passive voice identification inside the collaborative editor

• Ghostwriter now hosts a small local copy of the spaCy language model for text analysis

• Select "Check Passive Voice" in the collaborative editor to examine text and highlight instances of passive voice

• See the wiki for more details and an explanation for how to change the model's language

• Added fonts formerly imported from Google Fonts to the local codebase to support systems without network connections (Fixes External Google fonts dependency causes issues for certain setups #823)

• Operation Log Evidence Linking: Added support for linking evidence to individual operation log entries (Closes [FR] support for evidence files in oplog #132)

  • New OplogEntryEvidence model to create many-to-many relationships between log entries and evidence
  • New GraphQL linkOplogEvidence action to attach evidence via API
  • New web form (OplogEvidenceCreate view) to attach evidence through the UI
  • Evidence appears in a dedicated section within each log entry, with friendly names and direct links to the original evidence
  • Automatic "evidence" tag applied when evidence is linked to an entry

• Operation Log Terminal Recordings: Added support for uploading and playback of Asciinema terminal session recordings (.cast and .cast.gz files)

  • New OplogEntryRecording model to store a single terminal recording per log entry
  • New GraphQL uploadOplogRecording action for base64-encoded file uploads via API
  • New GraphQL downloadOplogRecording action to retrieve recordings and metadata
  • New Django views for recording upload, deletion, and download with file serving and inline playback support
  • Support for Asciinema player integration for viewing recordings directly in the log entry's details pane
  • Automatic "recording" tag applied when a recording is uploaded

• Automatic Tag Management for Log Entry Features: Evidence linking and terminal recordings automatically apply and remove tags

  • evidence tag added when first evidence is linked, removed when the last evidence is unlinked
  • recording tag added when a recording is uploaded, removed when the recording is deleted
  • Tags can be used for filtering log entries and visual identification

Fixed

• Fixed JavaScript memory leak in preview and avatar preview functions
  • Object URLs created via URL.createObjectURL() are now properly revoked before creating new ones
  • Prevents memory accumulation when repeatedly uploading or previewing files

Changed

• Updated Ghostwriter CLI: Updated the pre-built Ghostwriter CLI binaries to v1.0.0
  • Review the Ghostwriter CLI CHANGELOG for complete notes
  • Going forward, we recommend all users use the new published container images for easier updates
  • Existing installations will need to migrate some files
    • Copy the ssl/ directory to the ghostwriter/ directory inside your operating system's data file directory
    • Also copy any custom settings files from config/settings/production.d to ghostwriter/settings/
  • Ghostwriter CLI can be used with --mode local-prod to keep the old behavior of using a local copy of Ghostwriter's code
    • You will need to do this if you are using a customized version of the codebase
• New User Interface for Operation Logs: Replaced the table view for operation logs with two pane interface (Closes Oplog View Update #831)
  • New interface is similar to those used by many email clients
  • Log entries appear on the left-side with at-a-glance information
  • Details appear on the right-side in a details pane
  • Details pane includes dedicated sections for attaching evidence and uploading terminal recordings

[codecov]

Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 98.27916% with 18 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 91.94%. Comparing base (51b0af5) to head (713a814).

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ghostwriter/reporting/models.py	80.00%	1 Missing ⚠️

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