[ANN] BBEdit 15.5.1 (15C69) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good morning,

We're currently working on a maintenance update to BBEdit 15 to address a few recently reported issues.

Note that this is a _pre-release_ version. The intent is to fix bugs and address areas of improvement based on what our customers have reported. However, since the software is at this point not fully tested, there _may_ be bugs and regressions.

If this prospect makes you nervous, then sticking with the public release versions is your best course of action. Nobody will be offended if you choose to do so; you're under no obligation to install and use anything but a public release. :-)

Complete change notes to date for all the pre-release builds in this cycle are available here:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/15.5.1_Notes.txt>

The change notes are organized into additions, changes, and fixes, and are annotated where appropriate with case numbers. So if you recognize a number corresponding to a support case that was opened for you, you can now verify that it's been fixed correctly. Please take the time to review the changes before using the new build -- it'll be worth your time.

One final note: If you run into a bug in a pre-release version, PLEASE DO NOT REPORT THE BUG TO THE LIST. This includes asking about whether others have seen the same problem. Instead, please send a bug report to <sup...@barebones.com> and we will deal with it there. This will help us keep the list discussion on topic and productive for all list members.

Here is the list of changes made since the previous 15.5.1 pre-release notification:

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version 15.5.1 (15C69) (2025-06-12)

Additions
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o (none in this build)

Changes
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o (none in this build)

Fixes
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* Increase the default timeout for AI chat worksheet requests to
180 seconds (from the default OS network timeout of 60s).

* [507606] Reworked the in-app subscription purchase flow to work
around a bug in macOS 15.2 and later (FB17789872) which caused
the process to stall at the "Completing your purchase..." stage.

* [507713] Fixed bug in which comments following variable blocks
in Unix Shell Script files weren't colored correctly.

* Fixed a latent bug in which "Balance Tags" would read past the
end of the text in some cases.

* Added `.ips` (macOS analytics report) as a default file name
extension mapping for JSON.

* [508151] Fixed bug in which the Clipboard window display didn't
update when the application was activated after having copied
text in another application.

* Corrected the default for the "matched delimiter" highlight
color so that it appears correctly in the Text Colors
preferences.

*fin*

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-15.5.1_15C69.dmg

If you are using the Mac App Store version, this build is also available in TestFlight:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/Q3zRHtfU

Enjoy,

R.

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Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
<sie...@barebones.com> <https://www.barebones.com/>

Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.