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Fewer Chat Timeouts & Clearer File Errors

Fewer Chat Timeouts & Clearer File Errors

Long chats on the pro model now recover automatically when one provider is slow, and any time we can't read your file we'll tell you exactly why — whether it's password-protected, too large, or has too many pages — so you know what to fix.

Improvements

  • Chats no longer fail with 'The operation timed out' when the pro model takes a long time to respond — they now automatically fall back to a backup model and continue
  • File reading errors now explain the actual problem (e.g. 'Document is password-protected — remove the password and try again', 'File is too large (47 MB; max 20 MB)') instead of a generic 'Bad Request' message
  • Academic database and grant searches surface specific, actionable errors when a provider rate-limits us, including when to retry

Faster Repeat Attachments, Reliable Streaming & Clickable Verdict Papers

Faster Repeat Attachments, Reliable Streaming & Clickable Verdict Papers

Chats with files attached from Zotero, Mendeley, Google Drive, or saved Notes now skip redundant downloads on every turn, so follow-up messages feel snappier. Long conversations on the fast model also recover more cleanly when something goes wrong mid-stream, and every paper analyzed by the Research Verdict agent now has a clickable title that opens the source.

Improvements

  • Files attached from Zotero, Mendeley, Google Drive, or saved Notes are reused across turns instead of being re-fetched from the source on every message — noticeably faster follow-ups in chats with attachments
  • Long-running conversations no longer fail intermittently with 'Failed after 3 attempts' errors caused by older history that some AI providers can't process
  • Every paper in the Research Verdict 'Papers Analyzed' tab now has a clickable title that opens the original source — previously some papers appeared as plain text

Send Feedback Instantly & Track Every Chat's Credit Usage

Send Feedback Instantly & Track Every Chat's Credit Usage

A new Feedback button in the page header lets you send feature ideas, bug reports, or questions in seconds — and every chat now tells you exactly how many credits it has consumed, with a friendly warning when a conversation is getting expensive.

Improvements

  • Click the Feedback button next to What's new on any page to open a quick form
  • Pick a category — Feature, Bug, Improve, Question, or Other — so the team can route your note to the right person
  • Optionally attach a PNG, JPEG, WEBP, or GIF screenshot up to 5 MB to give visual context
  • Live character counter and minimum-length helper make sure your message is detailed enough to act on
  • Confirmation toast tells you we received it, and the team is notified by email right away
  • See how many credits each chat has consumed right in the context window popover in the chat header
  • A friendly warning appears when a chat crosses 2,000 credits, explaining that long conversations cost more per message
  • One-click Create new chat button in the warning opens a fresh conversation in the same agent, so you can keep working without losing pace
  • Fixed AI chat tools that search academic databases (Semantic Scholar, ArXiv, PubMed, Google Scholar, ERIC, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Crossref) failing with an internal error

More Reliable Reading Assistant & Friendlier Chat Navigation

More Reliable Reading Assistant & Friendlier Chat Navigation

Reading Assistant now handles a wider range of PDFs that previously failed during upload, and opening a missing or deleted chat takes you home with a helpful message instead of a broken error screen.

Improvements

  • Reading Assistant accepts PDFs with unusually dense or unsplittable sections that previously caused creation to fail
  • Opening a deleted or unavailable /chat/:id link now redirects home with a clear toast instead of showing an error retry prompt
  • Microphone speech-to-text no longer surfaces noisy error popups for transient network or no-speech events

Conversational Onboarding, Quick Form, & Memory Agent

Conversational Onboarding, Quick Form, & Memory Agent

Onboarding now supports two modes — a friendly guided chat or a quick 3-step form — and a brand-new Memory agent lets you search, add, update, or forget anything ChatAcademia remembers about you across every chat and every other agent.

Improvements

  • Prefer a form? A new Quick form option on /onboarding/form lets you finish setup in three short steps — About You, Institution, Interests — and drop straight into your workspace
  • One-click switch between chat and form from either side, so you can pick whichever style fits you best
  • Tell ChatAcademia about yourself in your own words — or drop in a CV, bio, or research statement and the agent will pull out the key facts for you to confirm
  • New Memory agent at /memory-agent for searching what's saved, adding new facts, updating your role or institution, or forgetting old projects
  • Memory side panel shows a profile snapshot, grouped facts (about you, research focus, projects, preferences), and a list of your saved notes
  • Every agent can now save something to your memory when you ask — "remember that I prefer Vancouver citations" works in any chat
  • Onboarding is free of charge — no credits are spent on the setup conversation
  • Old /memory dashboard is replaced by the richer Memory chat experience
  • Your memory now knows your name and email from the moment you sign up, so every agent can personalise replies from your first chat
  • Branded maintenance page appears across the app during planned downtime, with a 30-second auto-refresh that brings you back online as soon as we're done
  • Mock Peer Review graduates from beta — the agent is now considered stable for everyday use, and the Beta badge has been removed from the sidebar, landing page, and chat header