Hermit 29 — Minor and Major Fixes Throughout

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Hermit 29 — Minor and Major Fixes Throughout

Jun 13, 2025

Hermit 29 brings minor as well as major fixes throughout the app.

Sandbox Improvements

The number of available Sandboxes is now double the previous! Enjoy 20 Sandboxes instead of the previous 10.

Note that the number of sandboxes cannot be arbitrary, and must be statically defined when the app is built. As a result, it is technically not possible to create an infinite number of Sandboxes on-the-fly. We are always listening to user feedback, and adjust our product offerings in response.
In the Sandbox Settings UI, Hermit now shows a list of all Lite Apps in each Sandbox. This can help you figure out why a particular Sandbox may be taking up a lot of storage or cached data on your device.

New Upgraded Storage Format

In Hermit 27, we migrated internal data structures from a file-based system to a database-backed system. You may likely already have noticed performance improvements from this transition when opening Lite Apps.

Hermit 29 concludes this effort by deleting all unused legacy Lite App data. You may notice a slight uptick in available storage space on your phone!

Improved Support for Downloads

Hermit now supports data: URIs correctly when downloading a file.
Improved support for filename detection. For servers that do not provide enough information for browsers to determine the right filename, Hermit now does a better job guessing. If no filename could be guessed, it uses the current date & time to create unique filenames, ensuring that previously-saved files are not overwritten.

More Reliable Notifications from Feeds and Web Monitors

Due to improved telemetry for background crashes, we were able to identify and fix an issue in Hermit’s background sync infrastructure. As a result, you will see more reliable notifications from Feeds and Web Monitors.

Minor Annoyances Addressed

When a Lite App repeatedly attempts to open URLs automatically that are blocked by your Content Blocker configuration, previously Hermit showed a message each time. Now, it’s only shown once every few days, and is completely silenced after a few weeks.
The gear button in Frameless Mode was requested by our users who felt they were stuck in Frameless Mode. This button has been useful for these users to find their way back.

Tip: you can always go back to the main Hermit App, and open Settings from there, even if the Lite App is in Frameless Mode.

But some of you encountered issues with it, so now
- it shows up less often than previously;
- it has been made translucent, so you can view web content below it;
- it has been moved a bit higher from the bottom of the phone, so it does not overlap any action buttons (such as “Send” or “Go”) displayed on a web page.

That’s it for now, enjoy!