First-visit onboarding and stronger search

This release focuses on helping new readers get oriented faster, while making search behavior more reliable and measurable.

New in This Release

A new first-visit onboarding tour now appears for anonymous visitors on /latest when arriving from /. It replaces the previous browser-install prompt with a four-step, web-only walkthrough that introduces what DevFeed is and what you can do next.

The tour is designed to be quick and easy to navigate, with auto-advance, manual Next controls, keyboard navigation, smooth transitions, responsive mobile behavior, and a one-time dismissal stored locally so it does not keep reappearing.

Search reliability and analytics

Search synchronization and relevance tracking have been hardened to better handle network and service interruptions. This helps search stay dependable and makes it easier to understand when and why issues occur.

Search analytics now cover more of the full journey, including queries, zero-result searches, impressions, clicks, conversions, moderated suggestions, and reconciliation telemetry. Click analytics from search are also allowed through the shared Chrome and Edge reader transport, while other public writes remain blocked.