iOS in Review, Tunnels Waiting, and a Peek at What’s Next

A quick status update, since a few of you have asked what’s happening on the release front. Short version: everything is done and queued up – we’re just waiting on some reviews to run their course.

SimpleSSM for iOS: submitted, in review

SimpleSSM Mobile 1.0 went to App Review on Friday, July 31st, and it’s still in the queue as I write this. That’s longer than I’d hoped, but first submissions of a new app tend to get a closer look. The moment it’s approved, you’ll hear about it here.

If you missed the earlier post about what’s coming in the mobile app, it’s in this SimpleSSM Mobile announcement.

SimpleSSM for Mac 1.2: Tunnels, ready and waiting

The Mac app’s 1.2 update – the Tunnels release – is finished, tested, and sitting ready to submit. So why isn’t it out?

Because 1.2 references the mobile app in several places (including the universal purchase that unlocks Pro across both platforms), it needs the iOS app to actually exist in the store first. Submitting it now would mean pointing at an app you can’t download yet. So 1.2 ships as soon as mobile 1.0 clears review – it should be a quick follow, since everything on the Mac side is already buttoned up.

And the exciting part: 1.3 brings file uploads

While the review queues do their thing, work hasn’t stopped. The next Mac release introduces Send File: get a file from your Mac onto an instance without an S3 bucket, without SSH keys, without scp – straight over the same SSM channel your terminal already uses.

Drag a file onto a terminal (or click the paperclip), confirm a destination – there’s even a built-in remote directory browser so you don’t have to remember paths – and SimpleSSM handles the rest: it previews exactly what will be replaced before anything is written, can keep a backup of the existing file, preserves permissions and ownership, and replaces the file atomically so a half-finished transfer can never leave a half-written file behind. It’s the “patch a config on a live box” workflow I’ve always wanted.

TestFlight testing for 1.3 is starting now, so it’s close. More on this one soon — it deserves a post of its own.

Thanks for your patience with the review-queue shuffle. The good news buried in all this waiting: three releases’ worth of work is finished and lined up. When the dam breaks, it breaks all at once.