What's new in Genzbots
All improvements, new features, and bug fixes — every release, documented.
Major release Minor release Patch
v2.1.0minorMarch 1, 2026
AI Type Mode & self-healing selectors
New Features
- AI Type Mode — describe what you want in plain English and Studio generates the activity sequence
- Self-healing selector engine — bots automatically recover when UI changes between runs
- Activity catalog search now supports fuzzy matching and keyword aliases
Improvements
- Workflow canvas redraws at 60 fps even on workflows with 200+ activities
- Variables panel now supports inline expression preview on hover
- Output panel filters: All / Info / Warning / Error
Bug Fixes
- Execution history pagination no longer skips entries on page 2+
- Variable inspector correctly renders nested objects and arrays
- Fixed rare crash when deleting a container activity with 10+ children
v2.0.0majorFebruary 1, 2026
AI Copilot, Orchestrator integration, redesigned canvas
New Features
- AI Copilot panel — chat with GPT-4o to generate, explain, and fix workflows
- Orchestrator integration — schedule jobs, monitor runs, and view analytics directly from Studio
- Browser extension v2 with AI-generated CSS/XPath selectors
- Breakpoint debugging with step-through, step-into, and step-over
- New activity categories: HTTP, PDF, Image/OCR (15 new activities)
- Parallel execution activity for concurrent workflow branches
Improvements
- Completely redesigned workflow canvas with smoother drag-and-drop
- Activity cards show live property previews without opening the panel
- Project structure panel with multi-file workflow support
- Dark/light status indicators for each activity after a run
Bug Fixes
- Excel COM automation no longer crashes on Office 365 Build 16.0.17531+
- Web recorder correctly captures shadow DOM elements
- Fixed memory leak in long-running unattended executions
v1.5.2patchJanuary 10, 2026
Stability fixes for Excel and UI automation
Bug Fixes
- Excel COM automation crash on Office 365 — now handles new API version
- ForEach loop variable no longer leaks into the outer scope after the loop
- Element picker stability improvements on high-DPI (4K) displays
- SendHotkey with modifier keys now works correctly on non-US keyboard layouts
v1.5.0minorDecember 15, 2025
AI Recorder beta, DataTable editor, Excel formatting
New Features
- AI Recorder (beta) — record your manual actions and replay them as a workflow
- DataTable visual editor in the Variables panel — add/edit/delete rows without code
- ExcelFormatRange activity — apply bold, font size, and background colour to ranges
- ExcelSortRange activity — sort by one or more columns
- Retry activity with configurable backoff (fixed / exponential)
Improvements
- Selector editor now shows a live preview of matched elements
- Startup time reduced by ~40% through lazy-loading activity assemblies
Bug Fixes
- Fixed occasional deadlock in web recorder when navigating between frames
- TypeInto with EmptyField=true no longer leaves stale text in some inputs
v1.0.0majorNovember 1, 2025
Initial public release
New Features
- Visual workflow designer with drag-and-drop activity placement
- 100+ core activities across 12 categories (Flow Control, Data, UI, Browser, Excel, File, System, HTTP, Email, PDF, Image, String/DateTime)
- Web automation via Chrome and Edge browser extensions
- Desktop UI automation for native Windows applications
- Excel read/write automation with ExcelApplicationContainer
- Execution history with full activity-level logs
- Variables panel with type inference and expression builder
- Properties panel with real-time validation
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