Lens ships capture preview, security hardening, and a privacy policy rewrite
A lot shipped in this batch. The most visible change: clicking “View captured element” now opens a dedicated preview page with the full screenshot, a description field, the Diagnose button, and a privacy disclosure, instead of rendering an image inline in the popup.
The extension’s screenshot disclosure was also corrected. The old copy said screenshots were “processed and deleted within 30 days.” That wasn’t accurate. The new copy reads: “Stored locally in your browser. Sent to Anthropic only if you run a diagnosis, then deleted immediately.” The privacy policy was updated to match, with a new section on screenshot retention and a corrected Chrome Web Store Limited Use Disclosure.
On the security side, the dev diagnostics tool was accessible to any external URL. That’s been fixed, and a partial refresh token that was showing in the diagnostics page has been removed.
What it answers
– why does the lens extension keep signing me out
– how does lens handle my screenshots
– what data does lens send to anthropic
– how do i see what lens captured before running a diagnosis
– does lens store my website screenshots
- Capture preview page added: screenshot, description field, Diagnose button, Download button, and privacy disclosure, accessible from the confirming state
- Rotating diagnosis messages added during the diagnosing state: 5 messages cycling every 1,800ms, replacing an invisible status indicator
- Squarespace (YUI block IDs) and Webflow (w-node hex IDs) selector patterns added to the dynamic selector check, flagging CSS overrides as unsafe for both builders
- Crop TTL raised from 10 to 30 minutes, giving users more time between capture and diagnosis
- Idle state copy updated, Pick button renamed to "Click what looks wrong," result state visual treatment refreshed
- Random sign-outs caused by the MV3 service worker lifecycle fixed: the extension now attempts a token refresh before returning an auth error when the service worker wakes from idle
- Screenshot disclosure in popup and capture preview corrected from "deleted within 30 days" to accurate language describing local storage, Anthropic transmission, and immediate deletion
- Dev diagnostics page removed from web_accessible_resources, closing external URL access to the tool
- Partial refresh token display removed from the diagnostics page