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Search has arrived in Knit.
Now you can search across all your household tasks and messages. Remember that message about orchestra rehearsal next week? Search remembers. Can't remember whether the cat's vet appointment got scheduled? Search has you covered.
A closed message waits in your active feed until you've seen it wrap up, then moves to history on its own. Now you can tap Dismiss to send it there yourself.
After a message closes — everyone's acknowledged your FYI, or a question's answered — it lingers in your active feed as a quiet confirmation. The card waits for you to see it wrap up, then moves to history on its own. That's still the default, and most of the time it's what you want. But sometimes you've already seen it, or you just want a clean feed. Now there's a Dismiss button on any card that's closed but still showing: tap it and it goes to history right away.
When someone reopens a closed message or answers a question, your household history now records it.
The activity feed now records two things it missed before: when someone reopens a closed message, and when a question gets answered. Both show up as plain entries in your household's history — what happened, who did it, when. If you use the log to stay caught up (or to settle the occasional 'wait, who answered that?'), these fill in the gaps. The message-reopened entry is especially useful when a thread gets a second look: you can see in the log when someone brought it back, without digging through the messaging view.
Two messaging fixes. When everyone has acked your FYI — or someone answers your question — you'll get a push the moment it happens, and the message visibly closes with a small receipt instead of staying visually open. Thanks to those of you who flagged the latter.
Two related fixes, both about closing the loop. The first one was flagged by a few of you: when everyone had acknowledged a message, it should have moved into a quietly-closed state, but instead it kept the same ack circles and action buttons — no sign the loop had actually closed. Now a closed message shows a muted card with a small receipt: "Acknowledged by all · closed [time]," or for a question, "Answered & closed · [time]." It stays in your feed until you've seen that it closed, then slides into history on its own — no waiting on a timer. The second: push notifications now fire the moment a question gets answered or an FYI is fully acknowledged, so you don't have to open the app to find out. Granular notification preferences land in an upcoming release.
The notification preferences we promised. A new Email Notifications panel in Settings lets each person pick exactly which emails land in their inbox.
Open Settings → Email Notifications and you'll find a toggle for every kind of email Knit sends: new FYIs and questions, the morning reminder for a question you haven't answered yet, a heads-up when your own question gets answered or your FYI is acknowledged by everyone, and the task due/overdue digests. Flip anything off and it stops — instantly, no save button — and your choices follow your account everywhere, not just the device you set them on. Nothing changes until you touch it: the defaults match what Knit already sends today. Still on the way: attachments on messages and a proper search.
A message you posted now waits in your feed until you've truly seen it wrap up, then slips into history on its own. And a message only counts as "seen" once it's been on your screen long enough to read — not just scrolled past.
Two refinements to closing the loop. First, a message you posted lingers in your active feed after it's acknowledged or answered until you've actually seen it close — then it quietly moves to history on its own. No fixed timer; it waits on you. If you're the one acknowledging or answering, it heads to history right away, since you've already seen your own action. Second, "seen" now means you had time to read: a card has to dwell on your screen for a beat that scales with its length — a quick FYI needs a moment, a longer note needs longer — before it counts. Those same read receipts are the groundwork for a feature on the way: showing who in your household has seen a given message or comment.
Links in your email notifications now drop you on the exact comment, with a quick highlight so you can't miss it. And your messages read newest-first. Speaking of emails — notification preferences are rolling out in our next release.
These are small ones — the kind of fixes you only notice once they're gone. An activity-feed link in your email used to land you somewhere near the right comment; now it lands on it, and gives it a quick flash so it's easy to spot. Message threads now read newest-first, the way you'd reach for them anyway. Bigger things are queued up next: notification preferences so you pick which emails actually reach you, plus attachments on messages and a proper search.
Questions are now a real part of Knit. Tag someone with a question, and we'll let you know the moment they answer.
Only the person you tag hears about it — no pinging the whole group. Their reply shows up in one place, and the email takes you straight to the conversation. If a question goes unanswered, we'll send one gentle reminder the next morning, then leave it be.
Logistics is now Messaging — same thing, clearer name. And you can finally set your own display name.
So if you joined as "Mom's Phone" or some placeholder nobody ever fixed, you can sort it out yourself, no admin required.
Samwise is now Knit.
New name, new home at knitlifemanager.com, same app you already know — and don't worry, your old links still work.