Stretchly 1.22 is now available

Posted under stretchly release on Jul 17 2026

Hi everyone,

I am really happy to announce, that version 1.22 of Stretchly is here! You can download it from downloads page.

Thanks to everyone for their support!

Windows installer now adds stretchly to PATH so CLI commands (e.g. stretchly pause) can be run from any terminal without specifying the full executable path
advanced option breakContentScreen to show break countdown/idea only on the primary, cursor, or a specific screen while other screens stay blanked
advanced option trayIconThemeSource (system, light, or dark) to set the tray icon’s light or dark variant
advanced options monitorDndCheckInterval and naturalBreaksCheckInterval to tune how often Do Not Disturb and idle time are checked

tray icon now follows the light/dark theme automatically; the manual “Inverted Monochrome” option was removed
improved tray icons
reduced background polling for Do Not Disturb, natural breaks, and app exclusions to 2 seconds to lower energy usage (appExclusionsCheckInterval default raised from 1000 to 2000)
reduced CPU and energy usage during breaks
Do Not Disturb, natural breaks, and app exclusion monitoring are stopped while breaks are paused, to lower energy usage
disable new end break shortcut registrations on native Wayland, where they could remain active after breaks and block the shortcut in other apps

fix Windows notifications not using Stretchly’s name and icon when started via the stretchly command
fix crashes on system unlock
fix window icon turning monochrome with the monochrome tray icon setting
fix custom title for Mini break from command line
fix repeated crash windows after an error
improve double-click error prevention in breaks
fix fullscreen breaks dropping out of their Space after a few seconds on macOS
fix app exclusion state not updating in some cases
fix text selection on break screens allowing escape via the macOS force-click dictionary

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