- The Pro comparison now leads with “Exit change alerts & AI auto-recheck” (AI recheck is optional and off by default); the “Alerts & profiles” section moves up - Refreshed the bundled offline IP lists (VPN, data center and Tor)

- New speed test: live readings now come straight from the test built into macOS. One gauge scales automatically from 100 Mbps to 10 Gbps, with download and upload curves, idle and loaded latency, jitter, your side and the test server (Apple · location), and a stage progress bar - Free: the speed test gives a plain-language verdict by download speed with the download number; full details are Pro - New line comparison: with 3 or more tests on the same ISP in the last 30 days, it shows how this run compares with that line's usual best (this run's ratio is free, the trend is Pro). Stored only on your Mac, no IP, and cleared by one-click clear - Fixed: a speed test no longer shows as failed when the connection drops at the very end but the data is complete; it notes that the result may be low - New in Pro: after your exit IP changes, Netlink can recheck whether the AI service endpoints can be reached and notify you. It only says reachable or not reachable, not that the service works for you (off by default, in Settings › Alerts) - New Control Center control (macOS 26 and later): "Netlink Inspection" shows your score and how long ago, and starts an inspection in one tap - New score-gain image: after fixes raise your score noticeably, share a before-and-after image (free: watermarked; Pro: no watermark) - Multi-location probing (from many places to your target) and path trace (from your Mac outward) now say which direction they run - AI Check: the retest button is now "Check All Again"; self-entered API key mode now reports whether the key can be called on the current network, instead of talking about region limits - Data recipients updated: clarified when AI providers are contacted once scheduled AI checks are on, and removed a retired service. You will be asked for consent once more after updating - More: DNS, TCP ping and port tools turn non-ASCII domain names into Punycode; history shows exit-country names in your language; the notice shown when iCloud sync turns itself off after an account sign-out or switch now explains re-enabling (the same account merges directly, a different account asks first); NEW badges appear only on this version's new items; layout and wording fixes in several languages; the main window in full screen no longer shows a white bar at the top, and content uses more of the width

- Free and Pro adjusted: daily-run tools show their conclusion free once a day, Pro shows full results, unlimited (exit and config self-check, certificate check: full results daily). Free export is the watermarked PDF only; 3 free comparisons - New Tools page for everyday network tools: DNS record lookup, TCP ping, port check, HTTP headers & redirect chain, ASN & registration info, global DNS / HTTP, proxy PAC test, certificate check. The hosts file viewer and five utilities (CIDR, QR code, URL / Punycode, timestamp, MAC address) are free, unlimited and local only - New Outage check: when a site won't open, it tells if your Mac, link or the server is to blame. - New in Pro: path trace (mtr) with per-hop ASN, loss and latency; speed test history with a bandwidth trend; certificate expiry monitoring for up to 20 domains, checked daily, reminders at 30 / 14 / 7 days - New IPv6 dual stack compares your IPv4 and IPv6 exits without affecting the score; the exit and configuration self-check reviews proxy, DNS and IPv6 setup and compares UDP and HTTP exits - Score details gain issue cards: deductions grouped by cause, fixable ones show "about +N (confirm by re-testing)" linking to System Settings; a captive portal prompts you to sign in, then re-tests automatically - Compare two inspections: see what changed in score and network - Scoring: the five grades now break at 80 / 65 / 50 / 35; an exit in a service-restricted region is information only, with no deduction; the default low-score alert threshold is 50 (only if you never saved alert settings). After updating, the home page shows "No inspection yet" until you re-inspect - Desktop widgets: small and medium widgets get an Inspect button (free); new Pro widget "Netlink Dashboard" (medium / large) with the score trend and change since last time, plus optional exit, gateway latency and latest event - Floating widget: new Card, Dot and Strip styles and an animated character (Pro, previewable before buying; Capsule stays free). Renamable; animation Lively, Minimal or Off, paused when covered, on display sleep or in Low Power Mode; draggable, configurable click action and content; hidden under full-screen apps - System integration: Shortcuts gets four actions -- read the latest result, start an inspection, open a page, diagnose a domain (free). With text selected, Services › "Diagnose Domain with Netlink" or Share › "Netlink" hands a domain over. They only fill in Domain Diagnosis, never start it; it counts toward the daily free run, and the share extension never goes online - Errors show a short code; Send Feedback can attach diagnostics (no IP) and an optional window screenshot, after confirmation - New optional iCloud sync in Pro (off by default): score history, IP history and environment profiles sync between your Macs via your private iCloud database, encrypted on the device and unreadable to the developer; Clear Inspection Traces can delete them from iCloud too - More: new app and menu bar icons; the window fits 13-inch screens; first launch (also after updating) lists what each service receives online and asks for consent; declining keeps local features, and you can withdraw in Settings anytime; auto refresh after a network change is rate-limited; decorative animations pause in the background; sidebar: Inspection, Connectivity, Health are now Diagnostics, Reachability, History; AI service check concludes after three rounds; reachability and speed tests can be stopped, keeping the last result - IP country, operator, VPN / data-center and Tor exit lists now ship inside the app, so the risk score and open-proxy check are gone and no key is needed; the speed test uses macOS's built-in one; ISP names come from a new source, so re-add older Known Networks entries if needed; from macOS 26, the system downloads city-level location in the background; with no list match, IP Reputation shows an unscored IP profile (network type, operator / ASN, exit location, exit consistency)

- New menu bar Status Panel: network status, score and change vs. last time up top; your exit IP (one-click copy), location, and source consistency / reputation / proxy tags below; then four cards — Local Network, DNS, Connectivity and Live traffic — with shortcuts to test speed, view DNS or retest connectivity. Inspect Now runs inside the panel and finishes in the background if you close it. All information in the panel is free - Left-clicking the menu bar icon now opens the Status Panel by default (including for users who previously chose another click action); right-click still opens the familiar menu, and you can switch back under Settings › Menu Bar › Click Action - Live traffic: while the panel is open, upload and download rates for your current network refresh every second, read only from your Mac's network interface counters — no network requests, nothing stored - New "Netlink Status" desktop widget in small and medium sizes, free: the score and grade of your latest inspection, exit country, network access type, status tags and last check time, marked out of date after 24 hours without an inspection. The widget contains no IP address, never goes online itself, and is cleared by Clear Inspection Traces - The desktop floating widget now shows the score for free - Connectivity's Check All and AI Service Check now run a fixed 3 rounds with shorter pauses between rounds and finish faster, with progress shown as "Round N of 3 · time elapsed" - The Connectivity star map labels latency directly in ms and drops the legend at the bottom; latency in lists, the star map and details no longer uses thousands separators - Switching pages in the sidebar no longer makes the content jump slightly; loading, waiting and refreshing states are consistent and more accurate across pages - Speed Test results now include the test duration - Purchases: unlocking after a successful purchase is more reliable; once a purchase waiting for Ask to Buy approval is approved, the waiting notice clears on its own; if Restore Purchases finds a purchase that can't be verified, it now says so with an error code - More improvements: if the last inspection didn't finish before a restart, the earlier score is kept and the reason shown; Direct vs. System Proxy now shows why a failed leg failed; Pro tool error messages follow the app language; the daily free runs reset automatically at midnight; expired certificates in the chain are marked Expired; rule alerts no longer repeat the same low score at every launch; Export Diagnostics now includes per-stage timing for the last 10 inspections (no IP addresses) - Menus and details: the Edit menu is back, the File menu keeps only Close Window, and extra system menus no longer appear during an inspection; ⌘A / ⌘C / ⌘V / ⌘Z work again in save and open panels; shortcut conflict alerts name the shortcut; a notice appears when quiet hours start and end at the same time; related options are dimmed when the menu bar icon is off; launching the app is no longer mistaken for a network change

• Smart Inspection now runs eight stages in sequence — this Mac, public exit IP, DNS resolution chain, reputation, destinations, system, hardware, wrap-up — at least ten seconds and several samples each, about 100 seconds in all; you can stop at the boundary after any of the first six, and finished stages are kept without being written to history • The home page is an exit path map: five circular nodes (this Mac, gateway / DNS, exit, reputation, destinations) with the link flowing segment by segment, each node turning into its conclusion as its stage finishes, next to an eight-stage progress bar, a score ring (grade, change vs. last run, deduction chips, last-7 trend) and a one-line verdict card. Click a node for that stage's detail card: what it measures, the samples, its deductions • DNS resolution chain, now measured: Netlink finds where the resolver that actually sends your queries exits and compares that with your traffic's exit region, scoring a mismatch as a resolver leak; the built-in DNS list is only a fallback, and a local proxy intercepting DNS (fake-IP) is reported as information, not scored • Scoring model 2.0.1: resolver leak, unreachable destinations, unstable exit IP, captive portal and high local latency now count toward the score, the deduction cap rises from 60 to 75, and the same network may score differently than before • New Health page: an exit-IP timeline (consecutive runs on the same exit merged, current exit marked) beside the score trend, a day-grouped event timeline below, and Export JSON / Clear records at the top right • Sidebar regrouped into Smart Inspection plus Exit / This Mac / Tools / Pro Tools: Proxy Detection and IP Risk merged into IP Reputation, System, Time Zone and Hardware merged into System, and Local Network gained a system proxy section • Every page leads with its own instrument — exit card, reputation shield, three-point topology, dual clock, star map, radar, speed gauge, four-stage rail — which doubles as the intro before the first run, with "View all ›" opening the full details • Appearance: the default Dynamic skin changes color with the page you're on, plus six page colors you can lock globally, six gradients, two bundled images and your own image (dimming and blur adjustable) • Settings is now split into eight tabs, adding inspection at launch, polling interval, re-inspect on network change, quiet hours and an event merge window, known networks, history retention, a risk data source switch, request timeout, global shortcuts and diagnostics export • Pricing changed: AI service check, multi-location probing, speed test, domain diagnosis, connection timing breakdown and direct vs. proxy comparison each run free once a day and show you the conclusion; the full details, rule alerts, watermark-free export and extended history retention unlock with a one-time purchase, with no subscription. Users whose 7-day trial has ended now run on the once-a-day free allowance • Nine interface languages, switchable in Settings without a restart; the menu bar shows the live score and opens a mini dashboard, with an optional desktop widget; the Go menu maps ⌘1–⌘6 to the first six pages and ⌘0 to Health, a system notification opens the page it is about, and a global shortcut runs a silent background inspection and notifies you • AI Service Check, Global Probe and Domain Diagnosis can be stopped mid-run (the AI check keeps the results so far; the others go back to where they were and don't use up the daily free run); notifications gain separate LAN IP and DNS change switches, still show their title when macOS hides previews, and Settings can send a test notification • Fixed: dual-stack networks were wrongly reported as having sources disagree on the IP; purchase and restore failures now show the reason; free Pro probe results are no longer lost when you switch pages • This version requires macOS 14 or later

Netlink now speaks nine languages. Seven new interface languages: Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Netlink follows your system language by default, and you can switch anytime in Settings — no restart needed. Also in this release: • A wider sidebar, so navigation titles are no longer cut off in longer languages • Dates and times now follow your interface language • Inspection results on the System page re-render when you switch languages

The biggest Netlink update yet: New Pro features (with a 7-day full-featured free trial): • Multi-location probing — ping and traceroute any domain/IP from probe nodes across five continents • Bandwidth speed test — light/standard tiers, with estimated traffic shown before you start • Domain deep diagnosis — cross-resolver DoH consistency, common-port reachability, TLS certificate chain and CT history • Connection timing breakdown — DNS / TCP / TLS / TTFB, so you can see exactly why it's slow • Direct vs system proxy comparison — instantly see whether your proxy takes effect and changes your exit • Network profiles — automatically recognizes networks you've used (no Wi-Fi name access), with captive portal detection • Rule alerts — local notifications for low score, exit-region change, or DNS change • AI service availability checks expanded to 6 endpoints, with 30-minute scheduled probing and change alerts Free features also got better: • Report export — PDF / Markdown / JSON / CSV / share-card PNG, generated entirely on-device • Network event timeline — factual records of public IP, LAN, and DNS changes • Menu bar mini dashboard and desktop floating widget • One-click clearing of inspection traces (Settings › Privacy) • DNS leak conclusions now follow the UI language instantly, plus many fixes and polish As always: no accounts, no ads, no data collection — everything stays on your Mac.

Improvements to AI Service Check: each result row now shows its HTTP status code, and probes bypass local caches and ignore cross-host redirects for more reliable verdicts. Fixes: a rare case where a successful purchase could still show as locked; cancelling Restore Purchases no longer shows an error; clearer notice when the price cannot be loaded offline.

New "AI Service Check" page (Pro): sends unauthenticated test requests to public API endpoints of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini, and classifies the responses on your current network (service reachable, region-related refusal, unreachable, etc.) to help you understand your network environment. Pro is a one-time in-app purchase. Other improvements: - The app's source code is now open source on GitHub (open-core).

What's New: • Score trend chart on the Score History page • Custom sites in Connectivity checks — add or remove anytime (https only) • Smarter timezone notification: fires only on an actual mismatch between your system time zone and IP location • Results from background IP-change detection are now saved immediately, so nothing is lost after a relaunch • Stability improvements and fixes

• Full English localization across the app • Clearer network score: renamed and refined, with neutral, factual explanations for every item • Smarter checks: time zone consistency no longer flags same-offset regions; unrecognized DNS servers get a neutral verdict • When public info can't be fetched, the app now shows "unavailable" instead of a misleading score • Offline states are now clearly distinguished from service errors