Request Debugging, Customizable Hotkeys, and 30 New Themes

📦 2026.1.2

🌿 Git branch flow improvements
Disable encryption when key is forgotten
Folder CRUD operations in MCP server
Fix request method dropdown for GraphQL not showing HTTP method
Fix macOS Intel build not launching

This is one of the biggest updates since Yaak’s launch. The HTTP layer has been completely rewritten to give you full visibility into redirects, headers, cookies, and compression—the most requested feature with 157 votes.

Also shipping: configurable keyboard shortcuts, reorderable tabs, 30+ VSCode themes, and an experimental MCP Server plugin for AI integrations.

🔬 Debug Redirects, Headers, Cookies, and More!!!

This was the most upvoted feedback item (157 votes). You can now view the entire request/response flow in plain text, similar to curl -v.

The HTTP layer has been rewritten to handle redirects, compression, and cookies inside Yaak instead of delegating to the underlying HTTP library. This means Yaak now tracks the full request lifecycle.

Request headers & body

Request headers are now captured and stored, so you can see exactly what Yaak sent.

The request body is also visible in the UI.

Timeline tab

The new Timeline tab shows request and response headers in collapsible sections, including the full redirect chain. Think curl -v but in a GUI.

Cookies tab

The Cookies tab shows both sent and received cookies with detailed attributes (domain, path, expires, secure, httpOnly, sameSite). Sent cookies appear in pink, received in teal. Deleted cookies (Max-Age=0 or expired) are visually marked.

DNS timings and resolution overrides

The Timeline tab now includes DNS resolution timing, so you can see how long DNS lookups take.

You can also configure custom DNS resolution overrides in workspace settings to map hostnames to specific IP addresses.

DNS overrides — Configure DNS resolution overrides in workspace settings

Compression support

Compression is now handled internally instead of by the HTTP library, so Yaak can show both compressed and decompressed sizes in the response. This update also adds zstd support.

⌨️ Configurable keyboard shortcuts

You can now customize keyboard shortcuts in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts. The editor autocomplete trigger is also configurable.

🔀 Reorderable tabs with persistence

Tabs can now be dragged to reorder them. Your arrangement persists across sessions.

🎨 VSCode themes plugin with 30+ themes

This release adds 30+ popular VSCode themes including Dracula, One Dark Pro, Solarized, Monokai, and GitHub’s themes.

VSCode themes in Yaak — Choose from 30+ popular themes

🤖 MCP Server Plugin for AI integrations

The MCP Server plugin exposes your API workspace to AI assistants like Claude Desktop. It provides tools for creating, viewing, and sending HTTP requests—even supporting multiple windows.

Get started by installing the official Yaak MCP Server Plugin and following the documentation to configure it with Claude (or other apps).

🔌 Disable plugins (including bundled ones)

You can now disable any plugin, including the bundled ones. Disabled plugins won’t load at startup.

Other fixes and improvements

🎁 New

🍪 Add Cookies response pane tab(#346 )
Added zstd response compression support
Add configurable hotkey for editor autocomplete trigger(#350 )
Add support for nested sub menus(#352 )
Added Nord Light theme variants
Notify of plugin updates and add update UX(#339 )
Add plugin API to open URL in external browser(feedback , #340 )
Support for running multiple Yaak instances via git worktrees(#341 )
Allow dots in environment variable names(#323 )
Store and display request body in UI(#327 )
Timeline raw view and keyboard scrolling(feedback , #355 )
Add ctx.prompt.form() plugin API for multi-field form dialogs(#359 )
Add additional JWT headers input(#247 )
Add DNS timings and resolution overrides(#360 )

🛠️ Fixed

Fixed detection of protected branch push rejections(#345 )
Fixed cookie dialog rows persisting after deletion(#344 )
Preserved multiple Set-Cookie headers in responses
Fixed filesystem plugin installation listing
Fixed sidebar state updating too frequently
Preserved sidebar item color when showing context menu
Fixed cURL --data-raw multipart parsing(feedback , #331 )
Fixed twig grammar to ignore ${var} format(feedback , #330 )
Fixed cookies not persisting after HTTP requests(#328 )
Fixed gRPC autocomplete schema not being applied
Fix plugins commands not being found
Fix HeadersEditor padding when no inherited headers
Fix gRPC schema refresh not invalidating cache
Fix authentication actions being called with unrendered args
Fix clicking URL placeholder params not focusing value input
Fix cursor style on template tags

💄 Improved

Implemented custom cookie handling in HTTP transaction layer(#334 )
Cookies now persist across redirect chains
Moved default headers to workspace settings
Enhanced MCP server lifecycle management
Improved plugin error handling
Add 1Password caching to prevent rate limiting(#349 )
Add standardized EventDetailHeader component and fix EventViewer overflow
Show sent/received cookie counts in Cookies tab
Update 1Password plugin for simpler fetching and state handling(#353 )
Decouple core Yaak logic from Tauri(#354 )
Better logging for plugin timeouts