We fixed A LOT of bugs

We replaced the desktop updater, cut MCP errors 13x, and made the
app up to 40x faster. Restart Rize to get it.
A whole new updater, a much better MCP, and a faster Rize
Over the last five weeks we shipped 1,100+ commits on speed and
reliability. Here are the three that matter most, and what to do.

1,100+ fixes and speedups shipped in five weeks, by theme 
( https://rize.io/changelog/new-updater-better-mcp-faster-app )1. A
whole new updater
Some of you had Rize restart on its own, throw a blocking update
window, or stop tracking after an update. Part of that was the
updater itself, custom code we wrote years ago. We replaced it
with a well-maintained updating library. Updates now install
quietly in the background, you get a small notice instead of a
pop-up, and new versions roll out in stages so a bad build is
caught early. Rize also uses noticeably less memory and CPU while
it sits in your menu bar. Sorry this took so long.

Restart Rize to get 3.0.203 or newer, or download it at
app.rize.io/downloads ( https://app.rize.io/downloads ). Want
features early? Turn on Receive Beta Updates, right under Check
for Updates. Windows users: the new installer puts Rize in a
different folder, and Malwarebytes has flagged it for a few
people. It is a false positive and we are working with them on
it. If an update will not install, reply to this email.

2. A much better MCP
Over half of you now use the MCP every day, from Claude, ChatGPT,
Cursor or our own chat, so we spent the month reading real
conversations and fixing what broke. Tool errors are down 13x.
95% of conversations now end resolved, up from 83%. And Rize AI
can do a lot more in one request: fill a whole week of time
entries from one message, retag everything that matches a filter,
explain why an entry was tagged the way it was, create and run
reports and routines, and draft invoices from unbilled time. It
also connects to Google Workspace, Linear, Slack and 20+ other
apps from Settings > Integrations 
( https://app.rize.io/settings/integrations ).

MCP tool-call error rate before and after, down 13 times 
( https://rize.io/changelog/new-updater-better-mcp-faster-app )3. A
faster app
We measured the pages you open most and went after the slowest
parts. Time entries now load in about 50 ms. The sidebar, the
day’s meetings and the app itself all load in well under 100 ms.
AI label suggestions show up in under a minute instead of sitting
in a queue. Timer start and stop on the web are instant.

Time entries, sidebar, meetings and app load are up to 40 times
faster 
( https://rize.io/changelog/new-updater-better-mcp-faster-app )Read
the full changelog → 
( https://rize.io/changelog/new-updater-better-mcp-faster-app )
If anything in Rize still feels slow, tell us. Reply to this
email or message us from the Help menu with what you were doing,
and we will fix it.

There is more in this batch: the Integrations hub, the routine
gallery, Meetings for everyone, the new review sheet and the
Labels page each get their own post this week.

Thanks for sticking with us,
Macgill and the Rize team

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