Release notes

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New features

• Fast-mode toggle - Single opt-in toggle to enable fast-mode model variants
• Droid Computer registration improvements - Smoother register/remove flow with better handling of duplicate computer names
• Mission artifact validation - Mission artifacts are now schema-validated on create, edit, and apply-patch

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Improvements

• Faster Windows worker startup - Reduced worker startup latency on Windows
• Cleaner Ctrl+O transcripts - Verbose transcript bodies are now hidden for easier reading
• Quieter CLI logs - Reduced noisy log volume during normal use
• Mermaid rendering - Various improvements to Mermaid diagram rendering

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Bug fixes

• Spec mode approval flow - Stabilized the approval flow in spec mode
• IDE diagnostics on disconnect - Guarded against errors when the IDE client is disconnected
• Background process cleanup - Background processes are now cleaned up when the CLI exits
• Sessions during silent tools - Sessions are kept alive during silent tool execution
• Session tool IDs - Session enabledToolIds are now treated as additive
• Secret scanner on large diffs - Improved secret scanner reliability on large diffs
• /rename persistence - /rename now persists across daemon sync and refreshes the cloud title (app)
• Auto-allow-new toggle - Toggling auto-allow-new no longer clears every model (app)
• Integration modal - Stabilized the Integration Management modal’s height and scrolling (app)
• On-demand pagination - Replaced “Load All” with proper on-demand pagination (app)
• GitLab integration reliability - Fixed an out-of-memory issue in the GitLab integration (app)

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New features

• Consolidated mission files - Mission-related files now live together under ~/.factory for easier discoverability
• Compute usage on billing pages - Billing and usage pages now surface compute usage alongside other usage data (app)

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Bug fixes

• Linux mission wake-lock - Linux mission wake-lock now also blocks idle and lid-switch suspend so long-running missions aren’t interrupted
• Terminal focus feedback loop - Fixed a terminal focus-in feedback loop in the TUI
• JSON-RPC error handling - Improved error handling for JSON-RPC communication
• Subagents in sidebar - Restored subagents in the sidebar (app)

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New features

• /btw command - New /btw slash command for sending side messages to the current session
• Upgraded /copy selector - Improved selector UI for the /copy command
• Full-project security audit - New full-project audit mode in the security-review skill
• /copy slash command - /copy slash command and user message hover actions are now available in the app (app)
• Search by session ID - Search sessions directly by session ID (app)
• Member role filter - Filter the organization members list by role (app)

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Improvements

• Timeout error handling - Improved handling of timeout errors with longer retry delays
• Corporate network error detection - Corporate firewall, DNS, and TLS errors are now treated as non-retryable
• Context limit classification - Requests exceeding a model’s context window are now classified as context-limit errors with clearer messaging

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Bug fixes

• Subagent permission requests - Subagent permission requests are now auto-rejected instead of crashing the session
• Auto suggestions after command - Auto suggestions no longer appear after a command is accepted
• Auth error retries - 401 and 403 authentication errors are no longer retried
• Default model preserved - The user’s configured default model is no longer rewritten on reads
• Dismissed handoff items - Dismissed handoff items are now preserved during validation
• Bug report fallback - Bug reports now fall back to local submission when the background daemon is unavailable
• Factory API key scoping - The Factory API key list is now scoped to your current organization (app)
• Slack session owner across pages - The saved Slack Session Owner is now correctly shown across paginated org member lists (app)
• Single pinned session - Fixed an issue that allowed multiple pinned sessions in the sidebar (app)

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Improvements

• Spec mode option selection - Simplified the flow for choosing between multiple proposal options in spec mode
• droid computer list output - Hides the default “active” status column for cleaner output

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Bug fixes

• Kimi tool call handling - Fixed an issue with Kimi tool calls that could cause stream errors
• Auto-update on exit - CLI now waits for in-flight auto-updates to finish before exiting to avoid interrupted installs
• Computer connection reliability - Better detection and recovery when a computer connection stalls
• Desktop app stability - Improved crash reporting and shutdown handling in the desktop app (app)
• Onboarding wizard display - Fixed display issues in the onboarding wizard (app)
• Computer connection warning - Suppressed a spurious “Failed to get computer connection state” warning (app)
• Send button when disconnected - Send button is now properly disabled in disconnected sessions (app)
• Banner import error - Fixed a banner import error (app)
• Sidebar grouping collapse - Fixed unrelated groups collapsing together in the sidebar (app)

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New features

• Kimi K2.6 support - Added support for the Kimi K2.6 model
• Simplify built-in skill - Simplify is now a built-in skill, no installation required
• GitHub wiki sync - Wiki pages can now sync to GitHub, with additional wiki reader fixes
• Managed computers enterprise control - New managed computers toggle in enterprise controls (app)
• Missions access policy - Enterprise admins can now control access to missions
• Session title in browser tab - Web sessions now use the session title as the page title (app)
• Revamped computer creation - Redesigned flow for creating Droid Computers (app)
• Nested sidebar - Sidebar now supports nesting along with other polish improvements (app)
• Computer connection status - Machine selector now shows the connection status for each computer (app)

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Improvements

• Compaction model for BYOK - Compaction now defaults to your current model and is used for BYOK
• PowerShell syntax warning - Execute tool now detects PowerShell and warns when Bash syntax is used
• Windows path normalization - Glob tool now returns normalized backslash paths on Windows

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Bug fixes

• Spec option selection - Fixed the user-selected spec option not being passed to the model
• Execute tool header - Fixed the last character being clipped in the Execute tool header
• Invalid JSON rendering - JSON renderer now hides output when the JSON is invalid
• Review guidelines skill - CLI now handles a missing review-guidelines skill gracefully
• Tool cancel interrupts - Follow-up prompts now wait for tool-cancel interrupts to settle
• TUI daemon session switching - Previous TUI daemon session now closes only after the next one loads
• Session title updates - Daemon session title updates now reflect in the terminal tab
• Mission worker permissions - Mission worker permission requests are now auto-denied
• Thinking traces in web chat - Thinking traces now appear in session chat on the web
• Ripgrep startup - Fixed intermittent startup errors when initializing the bundled ripgrep binary
• Truncated stream handling - Improved error handling when model response streams are truncated
• Stuck “Show more” - Fixed a stuck “Show more” button after creating a session on a new computer (app)
• Slack session-owner picker - Picker now uses server-side search with infinite scroll (app)
• Sidebar hover and selection - Fixed hover states and highlighting in the sidebar (app)
• 401 errors when logged out - Suppressed 401 errors after logging out (app)
• Stuck loading state - Fixed a stuck loading state in the app (app)
• Add Project modal directory - Modal now picks up the current directory from the native browse dialog (app)
• Local machine option - Hidden outside of the desktop app

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New features

• Custom ripgrep path - New environment variable to point Factory at a custom ripgrep binary
• BYOK config in bug reports - Bug reports now include resolved BYOK configuration to make troubleshooting easier

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Improvements

• Full Execute command in approval - The approval dialog now shows the full command that will run
• Selected confirmation option visibility - The selected option in tool confirmation prompts is now bolded for better visibility
• Hidden daemon log output - Background daemon output no longer appears in the session

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Bug fixes

• Spec edits in confirmation flow - Fixed spec edits being dropped during the confirmation flow
• Manual spec edits respected - Fixed manual edits to specs not being preserved during handoff
• Image upload compression - Fixed image upload compression issues
• Assistant active timer - Fixed the assistant active timer not persisting across unmounts
• Daemon connection and bug reports - Fixed daemon connection issues and bug report errors (app)
• Local reconnect on machine change - Local machine reconnect now works reliably when switching connections, with a clearer warning when not connected (app)
• Tool rendering parity - Improved DefaultTool and TaskTool rendering to match the CLI (app)
• ApplyPatch diff rendering - Fixed ApplyPatch tool diff rendering for the CLI input format (app)

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New features

• Sessions page redesign - The sessions page has been refreshed with a new layout and design (app)

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Improvements

• Denied command confirmation - Redesigned the confirmation UI when running blocked or risky commands
• Dead code detection in reviews - Code review now detects dead and unused code
• QA report formatting - QA skill now includes structured report format sections

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Bug fixes

• File overwriting - File creation and patch tools can now properly overwrite existing files
• Model selection after spec approval - Fixed the session model not being restored after approving a spec
• Inactive session reload - Fixed inactive TUI sessions not reloading on demand
• Parallel tool calls in spec mode - Fixed tool calls running in parallel incorrectly during spec approval
• Skill details refresh - Fixed selected skill details not updating when the skills list changes (app)

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New features

• Security review checks - Code review now includes security checks for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, LLM-specific risks, and supply chain issues
• Wiki images - Wiki pages now support and display embedded images

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Improvements

• Max autonomy enforcement - App now properly enforces max autonomy settings (app)
• Large PR review support - CLI now gracefully handles large PR diffs by using local git diff as a fallback

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Bug fixes

• Spec approval comments - Fixed spec approval comments not being preserved during handoff
• Tool result spacing - Fixed excessive margin between tool header and result in the CLI
• Mermaid diagram rendering - Fixed rendering issues with mermaid diagrams on the web
• Personal integrations visibility - Fixed personal integrations not showing for regular users (app)

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New features

• /install-slack-app command - New /install-slack-app command to set up the Slack app integration for your workspace

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Improvements

• CLI spinner redesign - Updated CLI spinner animation for a refreshed look
• Token limit warning - Warning banner now shown when setting a global token limit (app)
• Source control warning for Computers - Warning displayed when creating a Droid Computer without source control configured (app)
• Usage limits clarity - Usage limits now clearly display values in millions (app)

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Bug fixes

• File tool accuracy - File tools now use the actual filesystem state for more reliable results
• File edit previews - Fixed structured previews not displaying correctly for file edit results
• Duplicate spec sessions - Fixed duplicate sessions being created during spec handoff

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Improvements

• API key creation for all members - All organization members can now create API keys, previously limited to managers and owners (app)

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New features

• Incremental wiki refreshes - Wiki refreshes now only update changed pages for faster updates
• Themed mermaid diagram colors - Mermaid diagrams now render with per-element colors that match your current theme
• Deep Wiki search and exports - Wiki now supports keyword search, skill browsing, and page exports (app)

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Bug fixes

• Theme background override - Fixed terminal theme background being overridden unexpectedly
• BYOK base URL switching - Fixed client connections not being refreshed after switching custom API base URLs
• Context model inheritance - Fixed context management not using the current session model
• Spec editor terminal handoff - Fixed spec editor not properly completing terminal handoff
• MCP auth cancellation - Fixed pending MCP authentication not being cancelled when closing the MCP panel
• Tool result display - Fixed a crash when tool results contain non-string values
• Custom model stability - Fixed custom model IDs changing unexpectedly between sessions
• Directory not found error - Directory not found errors now appear immediately when confirming a directory (app)
• BYOK usage limits - BYOK users can now continue chatting when platform usage limits are reached (app)
• Ghost tool calls - Fixed phantom tool calls appearing during message processing
• Chat input - Fixed various chat input issues (app)
• Computer terminal - Fixed terminal display issues when using Droid Computers (app)
• Machine config modal - Fixed machine configuration modal not displaying correctly (app)
• Reasoning and model selection - Fixed reasoning level and model selection issues (app)

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New features

• Install code review skill - New built-in skill for setting up automated code review in your project
• Session renaming - Rename sessions directly from the app (app)
• macOS Spotlight discoverability - Factory Desktop is now easier to find via macOS Spotlight search (app)

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Improvements

• Install QA skill upgrade - The install-qa skill now learns from test failures to improve over time
• Faster wiki loading - Optimized wiki page loading for reduced latency (app)

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Bug fixes

• Terminal palette override - Fixed terminal color palette being overridden unexpectedly
• Droid Shield SSH key detection - Fixed Droid Shield incorrectly flagging SSH public keys as secrets
• Droid Computer sessions display - Fixed sessions not appearing when run on Droid Computers without a local directory (app)
• Droid Computer SSH - Fixed SSH connectivity issues with Droid Computers
• Tool status text - Restored the “invoking tools” status indicator during tool execution
• Escape key after spec handoff - Fixed Escape key cancellation not working after spec approval handoff
• Session sidebar - Fixed various sidebar display issues (app)
• Certificate loading - Fixed certificate loading issues that could affect connectivity
• Chat and tool results - Fixed display issues with chat messages and tool results (app)
• Local machine connection toggle - Fixed the local machine connection toggle not being respected when turned off (app)

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New features

• /cwd command - New /cwd command and --cwd startup flag to set or change the working directory for your session
• GLM-5.1 model support - Added GLM-5.1 as an available model option
• Diff viewer for Computers - Added diff viewer support for viewing file changes in Droid Computers (app)

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Improvements

• Execute approval display - Pending Execute approvals are now truncated for readability while preserving the full view via Ctrl+O

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Bug fixes

• AskUser layout - Fixed alignment and spacing issues in the AskUser prompt (app)
• Theme consistency on startup - Fixed terminal theme overrides not being applied consistently on startup
• Kitty terminal over SSH - Fixed Ctrl+D handling in Kitty terminal when connected over SSH
• Session settings - Fixed settings not being applied correctly when creating a new session

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New features

• /install-qa command - New /install-qa command to generate automated QA skills for your project
• design.md support - CLI now supports design.md files alongside agents.md for providing design guidelines to your droid
• Cmd+N for new session - Use Cmd+N keyboard shortcut to quickly start a new session (app)
• Session disambiguation - Sessions with the same name now display the full path in a tooltip for easier identification (app)
• Pre-session bug reports - Submit bug reports from the desktop app even when no session is active (app)

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Improvements

• Bash mode output redesign - Bash mode output now matches the execute tool display for a more consistent look
• MCP tool confirmation display - Restyled MCP tool display in the confirmation popup for better readability
• Light mode colors - Improved color consistency in light mode by migrating hardcoded colors to the theme system
• Archived session access - Archived sessions can now be viewed in read-only mode and restored when accessed directly (app)
• Consistent hover states - All option items now have consistent hover state styling (app)
• Desktop UI polish - Various visual refinements across the desktop app (app)

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Bug fixes

• Duplicate tool call messages - Fixed duplicate tool call messages and missing updates during tool execution
• Mission feature counts - Fixed incorrect feature counts in /missions
• Escape key handling - Fixed prompt handling issues after pressing Escape
• Terminal input security - Hardened terminal input capture for improved security
• Session creation - Fixed an issue where sessions could be created with an empty working directory (app)
• Profile dropdown styling - Refined profile dropdown and menu item styling (app)
• Font size consistency - Fixed font size mismatch in the Computers section (app)
• Sidebar layout - Fixed session group header to span the full sidebar width (app)

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New features

• Redesigned help menu - The help menu has been completely revamped with improved layout and organization
• Green progress bars - Progress bars now display in green while commands are running

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Improvements

• Faster session reload - Sessions reload significantly faster for a smoother experience
• CLI performance - General performance improvements for faster CLI responsiveness
• Light mode color refinements - Improved color palette and theme refinements for light mode (app)
• Scrollable session view - The entire session view is now scrollable for easier navigation (app)
• Theme-aware menu colors - Selection colors in slash command menus now adapt to the current theme
• Keyboard shortcut footer - Improved keyboard shortcut display in slash command menus
• Back navigation - Secondary pages now show a cleaner “Back to App” navigation button (app)

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Bug fixes

• Execute tool name display - Fixed “Execute” tool name being truncated to “Execut” in pending state
• Session freeze prevention - Fixed session freezes caused by interactive commands in Bash Mode and Execute
• Tool execution after interrupts - Tools no longer continue executing after being interrupted
• Subagent working directory - Fixed subagents not inheriting the correct working directory
• ANSI escape handling - Fixed ANSI escape sequences leaking into the input prompt
• Todo list display - Fixed visual issues in the todo list display
• Custom model validation - Fixed validation errors when using custom models in mission workers
• Mission Control model selector - Fixed the model selector in Mission Control
• Exec mode reasoning output - Reasoning events now properly appear in stream-json exec output
• Sidebar collapse on Windows - Fixed sidebar collapse button location on Windows (app)
• Loading spinner - Fixed loading spinner display issues (app)
• Chat layout spacing - Fixed left margin alignment in chat composer and content area (app)

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New features

• /limits usage panel - New /limits command shows an interactive credit usage breakdown with bucket views
• Credit usage countdown - Live countdown timer shows remaining credit limits in real-time (app)
• Model selector expansion - Model selector now includes a “show more” option to browse additional models (app)

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Improvements

• Queued message redesign - Queued messages now display with a cleaner, user-message-style layout
• /plugins and /skills menu refresh - /plugins and /skills menus now match the updated /sessions and /model UI style
• Droid Shield placeholder detection - Droid Shield now detects additional placeholder value patterns to better protect against accidental secret exposure

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Bug fixes

• Worker hang fix - Fixed a regression where blocked workers could cause the CLI to hang
• Custom model streaming - Fixed streaming errors when using custom models
• Long prompt handling - Fixed an issue where long prompts could fail when passed to subagents
• Autonomy level cycling - Fixed Ctrl+L not correctly cycling through autonomy levels
• Kitty terminal fix - Fixed additional input handling issues in Kitty terminal

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New features

• GPT-5.3-Codex fast mode - Added GPT-5.3-Codex as a fast mode model option for faster code generation
• Markdown link rendering - Markdown links now render as clickable links in the CLI
• Automatic agents.md detection - CLI now automatically detects and loads agents.md files in your project
• Session retention policies - Configure auto-deletion policies for sessions to manage storage (app)

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Improvements

• Plan update indicator - A subtle “Plan updated” notification now appears when the plan changes
• JSON rendering in chat - JSON data now renders with improved formatting in web and desktop chat (app)
• Commands near autonomy requests - Suggested commands now appear closer to autonomy requests for easier access (app)

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Bug fixes

• Review shows LGTM - The review command now shows “LGTM” when no issues are found
• Long output truncation - Long output lines in Execute tool previews are now truncated to fit terminal width
• Message ghosting - Fixed ghost messages appearing when sending queued messages
• Improved error messages - Model streaming errors now display user-friendly messages instead of raw errors
• Session loading - Fixed various issues with loading and resuming sessions
• Onboarding link - Fixed a broken link in the onboarding flow (app)
• Mission mode input - Fixed input field behavior in mission mode (app)

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New features

• Unified /missions menu - Redesigned /missions command with model tabs and improved navigation
• /settings redesign - Refreshed /settings menu with an updated layout
• CLI footer redesign - Redesigned CLI footer with a cleaner layout
• Per-worker token breakdown - Mission Control now shows token usage breakdown per worker
• Session forking - New --fork flag to create a new session by forking an existing one
• TUI chart rendering - Charts and graphs now render directly in the terminal
• Exec mode system prompt flags - New --append-system-prompt and --append-system-prompt-file flags for customizing system prompts in exec mode
• Cloud-synced read-only sessions - Cloud-synced sessions are now viewable in read-only mode (app)
• Configurable per-model context limits - New setting to configure context token limits on a per-model basis

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Improvements

• Session loading performance - Optimized session loading for faster startup and reduced load times
• Faster session search - Session search is now significantly faster (app)
• Faster desktop session loading - Sessions load directly from disk in the desktop app for improved speed (app)
• Tool routing warnings - Tool routing warnings now suggest model-specific alternatives
• Default model indicator - /model command now highlights which model is the default
• SKILL.md support - Built-in skills can now be loaded from SKILL.md files
• Sidebar polish - Modernized sidebar user profile and dropdown animations (app)

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Bug fixes

• Clipboard copy over SSH - Clipboard copy now works reliably over SSH connections
• VS Code multiline input - Fixed multiline input handling in VS Code terminal
• MCP authentication - Restored MCP OAuth authentication flows
• PDF page limit error - Added a clear error message when exceeding the 100-page PDF limit
• Terminal cleanup on exit - Fixed terminal escape sequences persisting after CLI exit
• Slash command settings - Fixed /fast, /enter-mission, /exit-mission, and /new commands not applying settings correctly
• Parallel tool rendering - Fixed rendering issues with parallel tool executions
• Ghostty and xterm input - Fixed keyboard input handling in Ghostty and xterm terminals
• Terminal multiplexer display - Fixed screen clearing in terminal multiplexers like tmux and screen
• Terminal focus recovery - Fixed terminal focus not being recovered after window switching
• AGENTS.md session loading - AGENTS.md guidelines now load correctly when resuming existing sessions
• Task tool background panel - Fixed streaming and display issues in Task tool background panels
• Fullscreen sidebar layout - Fixed sidebar layout in fullscreen mode on macOS (app)

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Bug fixes

• Light theme readability - Fixed user message colors and help bar shortcuts in the light theme for improved contrast and readability

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New features

• Mission worker view - New view for monitoring individual mission worker progress and output

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Improvements

• Spec mode redesign - Redesigned spec mode with a refreshed layout and improved workflow
• Fuzzy search in model selector - Model selector now supports fuzzy search for easier model filtering
• Cleaner tool output - Grep and Glob tool calls now display with the same clean formatting as Read tool calls
• Plan display polish - Improved plan display formatting and cleaner worker output
• Changelog dismissal - Changelog now auto-hides after first view and can be manually dismissed
• Tokens renamed to Credits - “Tokens” renamed to “Credits” throughout the app UI (app)
• Auto-updating plugins - Installed plugins now auto-update on CLI startup

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Bug fixes

• Mission worker stability - Permission blocks in mission workers no longer terminate the session
• /exit-mission autocomplete - /exit-mission autocomplete now only appears when actively in a mission
• Empty message handling - Fixed empty messages appearing in sessions

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New features

• Spec approval handoff - Spec approvals can now be handed off to a new session, letting you continue work separately after approving a spec

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Improvements

• Shimmer animation for tool headers - Tool call headers now display a shimmer animation for improved visual feedback

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Bug fixes

• Session storage reliability - Fixed duplicate save errors and added automatic recovery from permission issues in session storage
• Sidebar navigation - Fixed missing back arrow in sidebar menu titles (app)
• Mission worker startup - Improved mission worker startup reliability with extended timeout
• Mission connection stability - Increased socket connection timeout for more reliable mission connections
• Computer session creation - Fixed errors when creating sessions while the computer is temporarily unavailable (app)

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New features

• /context slash command - New /context command shows a breakdown of token usage in your current session
• OS-level sandboxing - Added OS-level sandboxing for enhanced security when running CLI tools

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Improvements

• Ask question tool redesign - Redesigned the Ask Question tool with improved text wrapping and layout

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Bug fixes

• Kitty terminal keypad keys - Fixed keypad keys not working correctly in Kitty terminal
• Slack DM reliability - Fixed bot message feedback loops in Slack DMs

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New features

• Session settings override - Project and folder-level settings can now override organization session defaults
• SSE support for remote MCP servers - Remote MCP servers now support Server-Sent Events (SSE) transport

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Improvements

• Session group animations - Session groups now animate smoothly when collapsing and expanding (app)
• Wiki sidebar polish - Improved wiki sidebar design with smoother pan transitions (app)
• Skills browser scrolling - Improved scrollbar styling in the Skills browser (app)
• Managed settings error messages - Clearer error messages when loading managed settings

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Bug fixes

• Session titles - Fixed session titles intermittently displaying incorrectly (app)
• Mission worker BYOK settings - Fixed mission worker settings not persisting correctly when using custom API keys
• Session ID display - Fixed session IDs being truncated (app)
• Background process reliability - Hardened background process and task store against data corruption
• Spec mode file edits - Fixed file edits to .factory/specs being blocked during spec mode
• Chat message alignment - Fixed user message text not aligning with droid answers
• Directory selector stability - Fixed directory selector jiggling when switching directories (app)
• Keyboard shortcuts - Restored keyboard shortcuts in the app (app)
• Session list display - Fixed session list not showing enough sessions
• Computer connection reliability - Improved timeouts for initial computer connections (app)
• Unknown model handling - Fixed handling of unknown model IDs

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New features

• Header redesign - Refreshed CLI header with an updated layout for improved readability
• Execute tool syntax highlighting - Execute tool calls now display with syntax highlighting for better readability
• Session type tags - Sessions now display type tags for missions and subagents for easier identification
• Token limits settings UI - New interface for viewing and managing token limit settings (app)

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Improvements

• Create tool display - Improved text wrapping and syntax highlighting for Create tool results
• CLI onboarding - Improved onboarding flow for new CLI users

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Bug fixes

• Semantic diff rendering - Fixed a random character appearing at the top of semantic diffs
• Skill execution - Fixed skills not executing properly after being loaded
• Gemini BYOK thinking - Fixed thinking signature preservation for Gemini models with custom API keys

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New features

• Redesigned model selector and session list - Overhauled model selector and session list with improved navigation and layout
• Active tool call spinner - A spinner now displays during active tool calls for better visibility into CLI activity
• Configurable subagent inactivity timeout - New subagentInactivityTimeout setting to customize how long subagents wait before timing out due to inactivity

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Bug fixes

• Diff syntax highlighting - Fixed syntax highlighting issues in diff display
• Skill slash command arguments - Fixed user arguments not being passed to skills invoked via slash commands
• CLI status orb display - Fixed random display issues with the CLI status orb
• Double loader on new session - Fixed a duplicate loading indicator appearing when creating a new session (app)
• Sidebar button accessibility - Fixed sidebar buttons being covered by the draggable region (app)
• Whitespace in working directory input - Input for working directory now correctly trims whitespace (app)
• Daemon connectivity - Fixed daemon connection issues that could occur on some systems

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New features

• Syntax highlighting for diffs - Diffs displayed by the CLI now include syntax highlighting for improved readability
• Theme engine - New customizable theme engine for personalizing CLI colors
• File upload support - Upload CSV, Excel, and DOCX files directly in conversations (app)
• MCP and skills controls in new sessions - MCP servers and skills can now be configured when creating new sessions
• Sidebar redesign - Revamped sidebar with improved navigation and layout (app)
• Computer info in session tooltip - Session tooltips now display connected computer details (app)

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Bug fixes

• Session settings preserved on fork - Forking a session now preserves your session settings instead of resetting to global defaults
• Mission Control stability - Fixed a memory leak in Mission Control
• Auto-update rollback - Fixed rollback failures during CLI auto-updates
• Mission Control resize - Fixed Mission Control display issues when resizing the terminal

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New features

• Couchbase MCP server - Added Couchbase to the MCP server registry for database integration
• Wiki upload dashboard link - The CLI now shows a direct link to the dashboard after wiki uploads complete
• Touch device controls - Submit and cancel buttons now appear on touch devices for easier interaction (app)
• Computer install commands - The Connect to Computer modal now shows curl and Windows install commands (app)
• Dynamic loading status setting - New setting to disable dynamic loading status messages (app)

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Improvements

• SSH error messages - Improved error messages for the SSH command
• BYO Computer setup guidance - Better user guidance for BYO Computer setup commands
• Faster large input editing - Improved performance when editing large chat inputs
• Simplified computer setup - Streamlined the Droid Computer setup flow

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Bug fixes

• Sub-agent spawning - Fixed sub-agents failing to spawn correctly
• Esc key during tool execution - Fixed Esc key during tool execution incorrectly interrupting the next user message
• Model error notifications - Model API errors are now shown as user notifications instead of being hidden
• Daemon startup reliability - Fixed daemon startup failures caused by insufficient timeout on slower connections
• Usage limits display - Fixed usage limits not displaying correctly for users (app)
• Computer card navigation - Fixed click navigation on computer name cards (app)
• Debug mode logging - Fixed debug logs not appearing when running with the —debug flag

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New features

• GPT-5.4 Mini model - New GPT-5.4 Mini model available in the model selector

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Improvements

• Faster @ search indexing - File indexing for @ mentions now runs in a background worker for improved responsiveness
• Faster session listing - The /sessions command is now optimized with an index for quicker loading
• Faster first prompt - System info is now prefetched before the first prompt for quicker startup
• Sub-agent reliability - Redesigned sub-agent architecture for improved task delegation reliability
• Skills preserved after compaction - Skills invoked during a session are now preserved when context is compacted
• Computer selection UI - Improved visual design for the computer selection interface (app)

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Bug fixes

• Slash command arguments - Fixed slash command arguments being lost when submitting via the suggestion menu
• Mission model selection - Missions now correctly use the session model instead of the global settings model
• Worktree error messages - Worktree setup failures now show descriptive error messages instead of generic errors
• Stale mission warnings - Fixed stale missions incorrectly triggering concurrent run warnings
• Mode preservation on /new - Fixed session mode being reset when creating a new session with /new
• Permission settings persistence - Permission settings are now preserved across session respawns
• Chat composer undo - Fixed undo not working after pasting text in the chat composer (app)

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New features

• Configurable LLM timeout - LLM API timeout is now configurable via settings.json for customizing request timeout behavior
• MCP server allowlist - Enterprise admins can now restrict which MCP servers are allowed via a new allowlist policy in Enterprise Controls (app)
• Granola MCP server - Added Granola to the MCP server registry for meeting notes integration

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Improvements

• Mission Control shortcut - Mission Control now toggles with Ctrl+T for quicker access
• Token rate limit display - Improved UI for token rate limit notifications
• Droid Computer error messages - Clearer error messages for Droid Computer commands
• Mission Control performance - Reduced memory usage and latency in Mission Control
• Session ID tooltip - Session ID now visible in the session tooltip for easier reference (app)

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Bug fixes

• Custom model lookup - Fixed BYOK custom model lookup failing after settings changes
• Model selection text color - Fixed incorrect text color in the model selection dropdown (app)
• Enterprise model defaults - Cloud sessions now correctly respect enterprise model defaults (app)
• Model policy overrides modal - Fixed display issues in the model policy overrides modal (app)
• Automations page layout - Fixed automations page height on desktop (app)
• MCP OAuth connection - Improved retry handling for MCP OAuth callback connections
• Organization settings refresh - Organization-managed settings now correctly refresh after login

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Bug fixes

• Bug report performance - Fixed bug reports hanging when processing large missions
• Disappearing CLI line - Fixed a line occasionally disappearing from CLI output
• Connection stability - Improved handling of disconnection errors for more stable sessions

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New features

• Configurable worktree directory - New setting to customize the directory used for git worktree operations

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Improvements

• Grep multiline auto-detection - Grep tool now automatically enables multiline mode when search patterns contain newlines
• npm installation guidance - CLI now provides clear instructions to add droid to your PATH after npm installation
• Retry reliability - Improved retry handling for transient provider errors with automatic rotation
• System info truncation - Large directory listings and git status output are now truncated to prevent system info overflow

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Bug fixes

• Thinking block preservation - Invalid thinking blocks are now preserved as text instead of being silently dropped
• Git subdir plugin support - Fixed support for git subdirectory plugins in project configurations
• Mission control UX - Fixed various mission control UI and interaction issues
• Spec mode subagents - Subagents now correctly use read-only mode when the parent session is in spec mode
• MCP OAuth compatibility - Improved MCP OAuth compatibility across servers
• Playwright MCP permissions - Improved permission handling when using the Playwright MCP server
• Terminal tab title on resume - Terminal tab title now correctly updates when resuming a session
• Concurrent session handling - Improved detection and handling of concurrent CLI instances
• Code server connection - Fixed code server connection issues in the desktop app (app)

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New features

• Additional Emacs keybindings - Added more Emacs-style keyboard shortcuts for text editing in the CLI
• --remote-access flag - Remote session access now requires the explicit --remote-access flag for improved security

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Improvements

• Faster time to first token - Reduced time to first response by ~8% through lazy loading and caching optimizations
• Session reconnection reliability - Pending requests are now preserved and replayed when reconnecting after a disconnection (app)

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Bug fixes

• Spec mode model handling - Fixed spec mode using the wrong model for thinking block processing
• Auto-update reliability - Fixed auto-update failures on read-only directories and Windows updates getting stuck in a pending state
• Mission Control layout - Fixed layout stability issues in Mission Control
• Tool confirmation double-click - Fixed tool confirmation buttons firing twice on a single click
• Tool format tolerance - Improved tolerance for format variations in AskUser and TodoWrite tool responses
• Unicode character handling - Fixed crashes caused by broken Unicode characters in messages
• MCP OAuth security - Improved OAuth state verification for MCP server connections
• Multiple CLI instance isolation - Fixed interference between multiple concurrent CLI instances
• Tool filtering in exec mode - Fixed incorrect tool filtering when running in exec mode
• Model provider switching - Fixed issues when switching between model providers mid-conversation
• Worktree branch handling - Fixed error when using worktrees with an already checked-out branch
• Computer connect modal - Fixed VS Code config display in the computer connect modal (app)

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New features

• GPT-5.4 Fast model - New GPT-5.4 Fast model available with a /fast slash command for quick model switching
• MCP OAuth in remote sessions - MCP servers requiring OAuth authentication now work in remote droid computer sessions
• Chat UI refresh - Refreshed chat interface with improved tool display, user message styling, and interrupt indicators
• Mission subagent streaming - Real-time streaming updates from subagents in mission control

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Improvements

• Incremental rendering - Enabled incremental rendering for smoother and more responsive CLI output
• Faster computer sessions - Optimistic preconnection reduces wait time when starting computer sessions (app)
• Working directory validation - Computer sessions now validate working directory configuration before starting (app)

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Bug fixes

• Grep tool overflow - Fixed Grep tool crashing on very large search results by returning partial results with an increased buffer
• Thinking indicator spacing - Fixed spacing below the thinking indicator display
• Timeout warnings - Fixed spurious timeout warnings appearing during normal operation
• Sentry integration reliability - Improved reliability of the Sentry integration connection
• Slack integration reliability - Improved error handling for Slack integration connections
• Mission reasoning - Fixed reasoning issues in mission mode

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New features

• Autofix PR button - Automatically fix issues found in pull requests directly from the app (app)
• MCP OAuth configuration - Added OAuth configuration support for customizable fields in MCP server settings

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Improvements

• Worktree naming - The --worktree flag now accepts an optional name argument; the --branch flag has been removed
• Create tool syntax highlighting - Create tool results now display with syntax highlighting instead of diff format

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Bug fixes

• Semantic diff rendering - Fixed diff rendering in semantic diff view
• @ search prewarming - Fixed @ search prewarming for improved file suggestion performance
• Desktop app download button - Fixed download desktop app button incorrectly showing in the desktop app (app)
• Terminal creation flash - Fixed “(exited)” text briefly flashing when creating new terminals (app)

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New features

• Git worktree support - New --worktree flag enables native git worktree support for working across multiple branches simultaneously
• Native PDF support - The Read tool now natively supports reading PDF files across all model providers
• Runtime settings overlay - New --settings flag allows applying settings at runtime with organization-precedence merge
• Skills UI for remote sessions - Skills UI is now available in droid computer sessions (app)

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Improvements

• Mission Control redesign - Refreshed Mission Control interface with a cleaner layout

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Bug fixes

• Option+Arrow word jumping - Restored Option+Arrow word jumping in ESC-prefix terminals
• Background process isolation - Background process tracking is now isolated per CLI instance to prevent cross-instance interference
• @ search indexing - Fixed file indexing in @ search suggestions
• Shell environment in daemon - Daemon now correctly inherits shell environment variables
• Terminal compatibility - Fixed Kitty keyboard protocol detection that could cause issues in certain terminals
• Streaming cancellation - Improved reliability when cancelling streaming responses
• Daemon auto-updates - Fixed an issue where daemon auto-updates could be incorrectly skipped

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New features

• CJK internationalization - Full internationalization support for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean languages in the CLI
• GPT-5.4 model updates - GPT-5.4 is now a default model option with expanded context limits
• --mission flag for droid exec - New --mission flag enables non-interactive mission orchestration via droid exec
• Personal analytics page - View your personal usage analytics directly in the app (app)
• Settings audit trail - Track changes to settings values with a full audit trail (app)
• Version history for Enterprise Controls - View configuration change history in Enterprise Controls (app)
• Combined billing summary - Billing summary now available in both personal and organization settings views (app)

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Improvements

• Git config updates - Git configuration can now be updated when you explicitly request it
• BYOK Anthropic thinking - Improved adaptive thinking support for custom Anthropic models
• Smarter retry handling - Improved retry delays for provider capacity errors
• LLM timeout errors - Clearer user-facing error messages when model requests time out
• MCP tool rendering - Improved MCP tool result display in the web app (app)

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Bug fixes

• VSCode keyboard shortcuts - Fixed support for Cmd + key combinations in VSCode terminal
• Anthropic streaming stability - Improved streaming reliability for Anthropic models
• Empty model responses - Empty model responses are now handled gracefully instead of causing errors
• Thinking recovery - Auto-recovery from thinking signature validation errors during reasoning
• Spec mode navigation - Fixed back navigation from autonomy menu in spec mode
• Mission session cleanup - Fresh session now starts correctly when exiting a proposed mission
• Gemini error handling - Improved error handling for authentication and payment errors with Gemini models
• Profile display - Fixed user profile parsing for accounts with incomplete name fields

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New features

• VSCode Kitty protocol support - Added Kitty keyboard protocol support for VSCode terminal integration

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Bug fixes

• Authentication issues on login - Fixed authentication issues that could occur during login

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New features

• Subagent inactivity timer - Subagents now automatically stop after 3 minutes of inactivity to prevent idle resource usage
• Token rate limits settings - Configure and view token rate limits directly within sessions and settings (app)

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Bug fixes

• VS Code auto-installation - Fixed embedded VS Code auto-installation in the desktop app (app)
• Desktop stability - Fixed daemon restart issues in the desktop app (app)
• Session resume - Fixed reliability issues when resuming previous sessions
• Streaming stability - Fixed a crash that could occur during streaming retries
• BYOK error handling - Improved error messages for payment and authentication errors with custom API keys
• Context management - Improved handling when conversations exceed context limits
• Image handling for text-only models - Images are now properly handled when using text-only models
• GLM-4.7 error handling - Fixed error handling for GLM-4.7 model errors
• MCP tool compatibility - Improved MCP tool schema sanitization for better compatibility across model providers
• Custom model streaming - Fixed streaming issues with custom models
• Reasoning level display - Fixed reasoning level not displaying correctly after using /model in spec mode
• Authentication reliability - Reliability improvements to authentication mechanisms

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New features

• CLI banners - Display customizable banners in the CLI for quick access to important information
• /stats command - The /wrapped command has been renamed to /stats with date range filtering support
• Skills search bar - Added search bar to the skills menu for quickly finding skills
• Configurable image compression - New image_quality parameter in the Read tool for controlling image compression quality
• Electron app automation - The agent-browser skill now supports automating Electron desktop applications

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Improvements

• Automation detail view - Redesigned automation detail view to align with session UI patterns (app)
• Windows ARM64 and Zed extension - CLI distribution now includes Windows ARM64 builds and Zed editor extension

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Bug fixes

• Certificate loading order - Fixed system certificate loading that could cause authentication failures on startup
• Gemini schema compatibility - Fixed schema compatibility issues with Gemini models
• Payment redirect on desktop - Fixed payment page redirect handling in the desktop app (app)
• Character encoding - Fixed display of malformed UTF characters in messages
• Mission list formatting - Fixed formatting of feature and worker list descriptions in missions
• BYOK error handling - Improved error messages for custom model (BYOK) configurations
• MCP server reconnection - Fixed potential deadlock when MCP servers fail to reload during disconnection
• Execute tool file actions - Fixed file operations not being applied correctly during command execution

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New features

• /copy slash command - Copy content to your clipboard directly from the CLI
• Marketplace management - New UI for managing marketplace plugins under the Plugins section in enterprise controls (app)
• App version display - Desktop app now shows the current version number (app)
• Grouped exec sessions - Droid exec sessions are now grouped under a dedicated tab for cleaner organization (app)

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Improvements

• Mission worker reliability - Hardened mission worker lifecycle with improved pause and resume handling

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Bug fixes

• Subagent model and permissions - Fixed subagent model inheritance and permissions level
• BYOK compaction errors - Upstream error details are now surfaced in BYOK compaction failures
• Cross-provider messages - Fixed message conversion for OpenAI Responses API across providers
• Spec model display - Corrected spec model display in /model selector and prevented global fallback on clear
• Session archiving - Fixed session archive confirmation flow in the app
• Chat scrolling - Fixed scroll-to-last-message behavior in session chat (app)
• User limits modal - Fixed scroll bug in the Individual User Limits modal (app)
• Diff generation - Fixed potential crash with non-string inputs in diff generation

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New features

• /diagnostics command - New /diagnostics command with overlay menu and footer status for troubleshooting CLI issues
• Unstaged changes in diff viewer - View and manage unstaged changes directly in the diff viewer panel (app)
• GitHub comments in diff viewer - View GitHub PR comments alongside code changes in the diff viewer (app)
• Session deep linking - Share and navigate directly to specific sessions via deep links (app)
• Diff preview for enterprise controls - Preview configuration diffs when managing enterprise control settings (app)

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Bug fixes

• Mission mode model selection - Fixed model selection issues when using mission mode
• Mission mode validation - Validation contracts now update correctly when mission requirements change
• Bug report smart trimming - Bug reports now smart-trim large files instead of failing
• Plugin auto-install - Fixed duplicate core plugin auto-install failures being surfaced to users

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New features

• Session archiving - Archive sessions from the CLI to keep your session list clean
• Inline session rename - Rename sessions inline with cloud sync support
• Custom model reasoning effort - Added reasoning effort support for custom models
• Concurrent mission warnings - Warns on mission entry and confirms concurrent mission runs
• Dry-run validation - New dry-run validation approach during mission planning
• /model scope clarity - Clarified /model command scope and added set-as-default action

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Bug fixes

• Mission mode commands - Split mission mode enter and exit into separate commands for improved reliability
• Context management - Fixed context management triggering too frequently for OpenAI models
• OpenAI reasoning effort - Fixed maximum reasoning effort setting for OpenAI models
• Gemini rate limiting - Improved Gemini 429 error handling with throttle-aware retry
• Bedrock reasoning effort - Fixed reasoning effort settings for Bedrock models
• Empty end_turn responses - No longer treats empty end_turn responses as errors

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New features

• Top 5 model selector - Model selector now shows top 5 models with a “show more” option for cleaner UI
• Session default settings - All session default settings (model, autonomy, reasoning) now exposed in /settings menu

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Bug fixes

• Droid Shield false positives - Reduced false positives on example files and placeholders
• Glob tool patterns - Fixed handling of non-array patterns input in Glob tool
• BYOK auth in exec mode - Fixed authentication validation for BYOK custom models in exec mode
• Session model auth - Check effective session model for BYOK auth skip, not just CLI flag
• Session loading - Fixed session loading issues with long conversation histories

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New features

• Bedrock/Vertex support - Added Bedrock and Vertex support for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6
• Session-scoped settings - Model, autonomy, and reasoning settings are now session-scoped instead of global
• /readiness-fix command - New slash command to automatically fix issues found in readiness reports
• Token rate limits UI - Added UI handling for token rate limit notifications
• README requirement for missions - Missions now require README updates before completion

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Bug fixes

• MCP reload prevention - Avoided unnecessary MCP reloads on non-MCP settings changes
• Custom model migration - Prevented no-op custom model migration writes
• Autonomy persistence - Preserved autonomy level when spec sessions persist

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New features

• Vertex/Bedrock Opus support - All latest Opus models now available via Vertex and Bedrock
• Online research in missions - Added online research and environment setup during mission planning
• Recent local directories - Quick access to recently used local directories

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Bug fixes

• Mission control polish - Visual improvements to mission control UI
• Interactive command prevention - Prevent interactive command execution that could block the agent
• Mission latency - Reduced /enter-mission latency and improved daemon error UX
• Spec/autonomy decoupling - Decoupled spec and autonomy settings and permission outcomes

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New features

• Mission model selector - Choose specific models for mission workers
• Prevent idle sleep - CLI now prevents system idle sleep during mission execution

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Improvements

• Faster search - Sped up search functionality in large repositories with fuzzy search support

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Bug fixes

• Mission validation overhaul - Complete overhaul of missions validation for improved reliability
• Mission worker timeouts - Improved mission worker timeout handling
• Subagent model inheritance - Fixed model inheritance for subagents
• Diff word highlights - Fixed incorrect line wrapping in diff word-level highlights
• Gemini tool usage - Improved Gemini tool usage reliability
• Readiness report sanitization - Improved sanitization of sensitive data in readiness reports
• TUI daemon shutdown - Fixed stopping TUI-spawned daemon on shutdown

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New features

• Local settings override - New settings.local.json for local project/folder-level settings overrides
• Environment variable references - Custom model API keys now support environment variable references
• Gemini 3.1 Pro model - Added Gemini 3.1 Pro model support
• Mission planning pausing - Allow pausing during planning phases with in-context resume in mission control view

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Bug fixes

• Anthropic provider reset - Fixed stale Anthropic provider state on model switch
• MCP toggle effects - MCP toggle changes now apply immediately without restart
• Browser MCP isolation - Stopped auto-adding --isolated flag for browser MCP servers
• Windows PowerShell - Fixed PowerShell execution issues on Windows
• GLM 4.7 routing - Fixed GLM 4.7 model routing issues
• Ctrl+G spam prevention - Blocked Ctrl+G while the agent is streaming to prevent notification spam

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New features

• Claude Sonnet 4.6 - Added Claude Sonnet 4.6 model support

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Improvements

• Opus 4.6 Fast Mode pricing - Removed promotional pricing for Opus 4.6 Fast Mode

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New features

• Session tags - Categorize sessions with custom tags using the new --tag CLI flag for better organization
• Word-level diff highlighting - GitHub diff mode now highlights only changed words within lines instead of entire lines
• GPT-5.3-Codex model - Added GPT-5.3-Codex model with multi-turn phase support
• GLM-5 model - Added GLM-5 model via Fireworks
• MiniMax M2.5 model - Added MiniMax M2.5, replacing M2.1
• Create-PR skill - New built-in skill for guided pull request creation with local verification checklist
• Worker droid - Basic worker droid now ships as a built-in droid for task delegation
• PR linking - Sessions now display a status indicator showing linked PRs from git operations

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Bug fixes

• Stdin character corruption - Replaced text input component to eliminate character corruption and broken special keys
• NODE_ENV injection - Stopped injecting NODE_ENV=production into shell environment, fixing npm devDependencies issues
• MCP SDK alignment - Updated to MCP SDK 1.26 with proper schema validation
• File watcher limits - More granular file watching to avoid “too many open file descriptors” errors
• Desktop connection race - Fixed daemon connection race condition in desktop app with polling retry logic (app)
• Sidebar sessions - Fixed sessions disappearing from sidebar (app)
• Open in editor - Fixed “open in editor” functionality in desktop app (app)

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New features

• Spec approval with comment - Added a “Proceed with comment” option to spec approval, letting you approve a spec and attach a guiding comment in one action

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Bug fixes

• Fast model switching - Fixed edge cases when switching models mid-conversation, including proper conversation state management
• Invalid MCP output schemas - Tolerates invalid MCP tool output schemas instead of crashing
• Opus 4.5 max tokens - Corrected incorrect Opus 4.5 max output tokens in model registry
• Ctrl+O during AskUser - Allows Ctrl+O (open in editor) during the AskUser tool flow
• AskUser context - Ensures context is clear when using the AskUser tool
• Session file table overflow - Limits concurrency when fetching sessions in daemon to avoid “file table overflow” errors
• Duplicate plan steps - Fixed duplicate plan steps in web UI when multiple TodoWrite calls share the same title (app)

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Bug fixes

• Subagent prompting - Fixed subagent tool prompting and description handling
• AskUser tool - Handles edge cases preventing stuck states when sessions are interrupted or messages arrive out of order (app)
• Sidebar staleness - Fixed missing last message and stale status indicators on the session sidebar (app)

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New features

• /skills UX overhaul - Tabbed layout with pagination and a dedicated detail view for browsing and importing skills
• Terminal tab titles - Terminal tab now displays the session name so you can identify Droid sessions across multiple tabs
• droid update command - New command to manually update the CLI, plus ability to disable autoupdate via /settings
• Session end hooks - Hooks now fire when running /clear or /new, enabling custom cleanup workflows
• Desktop notifications - Native macOS and Windows notifications when sessions complete, with configurable preferences (app)
• Desktop native view redesign - Refreshed sidebar layout with smooth animations, new terminal editor icons, and keyboard shortcut formatting (app)
• Mobile experience - Overhauled mobile and responsive layout with touch-friendly settings and onboarding flows (app)

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Bug fixes

• /bug command memory - Optimized log loading with streaming I/O to prevent out-of-memory on large log files
• Session persistence - Thinking and reasoning fields now preserved correctly when saving sessions
• MCP settings UI - Filled toggle style, clickable tool rows, and capitalized server names (app)
• Git timeout - Increased git timeout to 60 seconds to prevent failures on slow connections or large repos

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Improvements

• Opus 4.6 Fast Mode - Renamed from “Opus 4.6 Fast” to “Opus 4.6 Fast Mode” for clarity
• Opus 4.6 Fast Mode promo pricing - Updated token multiplier from 12x to 6x promotional rate

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New features

• Claude Opus 4.6 Fast - Added Opus 4.6 Fast as a new model option in the model selector
• /fork command - Duplicate your current session with all messages preserved into a new session
• Org-managed settings - Local settings that are set by your organization are now locked from editing
• Session archiving - Archive sessions from the web app to keep your sidebar clean (app)

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Bug fixes

• Shell environment loading - Shell environment now loads consistently across desktop, sandbox, and computer platforms
• Orphaned browser processes - Agent-browser daemon processes are now cleaned up properly
• Task tool output - Progress updates from Task tool are now truncated to prevent UI overflow

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New features

• Claude Opus 4.6 - Added Claude Opus 4.6 model support
• Semantic structured diffs - Code change diffs now use semantic structure-aware rendering for better readability
• Plugin hooks - Added support for plugin hooks with Claude hooks format compatibility
• npm package - CLI is now installable via npm: npm install -g droid
• User-invocable skills as slash commands - Custom skills marked as user-invocable are now registered as slash commands
• FACTORY_LOG_FILE and FACTORY_DISABLE_KEYRING env vars - New environment variables for log file output and keyring control
• Enterprise Controls - New settings page for managing agent behavior, command policy, model access, and security (app)
• Skills UI - Skills button and modal added to the chat input for easy skill access (app)
• Ask User tool - Ask User tool now available in the web and desktop apps (app)

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Improvements

• Startup latency - Optimized CLI startup with sub-metric tracking for faster launch times

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Bug fixes

• Unicode crash - Fixed CLI crash when sessions contain certain unicode characters
• Marketplace auto-update - Auto-update now only runs in interactive mode, not during droid exec

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New features

• Task tool live streaming - Real-time subagent tool progress display and Execute tool output streaming in web and desktop apps (app)
• Image pasting - Paste images directly into the chat composer (app)
• .agent skills folders - Skills can now be loaded from .agent folders in your project for custom skill support

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Improvements

• Skills filtering - Skills are now filtered by model invocability so only relevant skills appear in the Skill tool

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Bug fixes

• File suggestion UX - Trailing space now added after file suggestion selection for smoother typing

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New features

• Full text search - Search across your session history and codebase directly in the CLI
• MiniMax M2.1 - Added MiniMax M2.1 model support

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Bug fixes

• AskUser tool - Improved questionnaire parsing and interaction reliability

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New features

• ASCII mermaid diagrams - Mermaid diagrams now render as ASCII art directly in the terminal

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Improvements

• MCP tool management - Improved MCP tool status tracking to prevent cross-contamination between servers

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Bug fixes

• Read tool images - Fixed image support in the Read tool, along with rate limit retry and reasoning fixes
• Cache block limits - Ensured no more than 3 cache blocks are sent to the LLM to prevent context issues

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New features

• ACP daemon mode - New daemon mode for Agent Control Protocol enabling persistent background sessions with improved session loading
• Lazy session loading - Sessions now load messages lazily for faster startup when resuming large sessions
• Dynamic default settings - Settings now support dynamic defaults for better configuration flexibility

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Improvements

• Parallel context gathering - Mission workers now encouraged to read all context files in parallel for faster startup

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Bug fixes

• MCP tool schema isolation - Broken tool schemas in one MCP server no longer affect other MCP servers
• Symlinked skill directories - Fixed discovery of symlinked skill directories in .factory/skills
• Windows spec mode UI - Fixed spec mode UI and autonomy mode text rendering on Windows
• AskUser parallel tool calling - Fixed parallel tool calling with AskUser tool
• Skills menu rendering - Fixed skills menu to always render correctly
• OpenAI custom model routing - Fixed routing bug for OpenAI custom models
• Linear remote delegation - Fixed Linear remote delegation issues
• Authentication atomic writes - Auth writes now use atomic operations to prevent corruption
• ACP session loading - Fixed multiple issues with ACP session loading

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New features

• Marketplace auto-updates - New management UI with auto-update setting and silent auto-installation of missing marketplaces on startup
• --allow-background-processes flag - Added flag support for interactive and resumed sessions

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Bug fixes

• AskUser tool parsing - Improved parsing logic for questionnaire formatting

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New features

• OpenTelemetry tracing - Implemented OTEL tracing for the CLI to improve observability and debugging
• Mandatory bug report titles - Added title requirement for /bug reporting to ensure clearer issue tracking

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Bug fixes

• /review default branch - Fixed the /review command to correctly identify and use the repository’s default branch
• Authentication - Fixed several issues around authentication persistence and stability

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New features

• Autonomy mode reskin - Refreshed UI for autonomy mode indicators and transitions for better clarity
• Agent-browser integration - CLI now uses the agent-browser CLI for browser automations, providing more reliable and token-efficient interactions

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New features

• OTEL metrics for hooks and slash commands - Customer metrics for droid.hook.invocations and droid.slash_command.invocations
• Optional /readiness-report model switching - Users can now continue with their current model while seeing a recommendation, instead of being forced to switch

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Improvements

• Autonomy indicator format - Updated format to show Spec | Auto (X) when spec mode is active; Medium shortened to Med

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Bug fixes

• AskUser tool improvements - Questionnaire parsing now supports bullets/1) numbering, ignores headers/code fences, normalizes multi-word topics. AskUser can now run alongside TodoWrite with other tools deferred properly. Fixed TUI input handling via KeypressProvider subscription
• Windows UI - Improved autonomy/spec mode status text rendering on Windows terminals

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New features

• /readiness-report in exec mode - Support for /readiness-report slash command in droid exec mode with optional custom instructions

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Bug fixes

• Settings.json corruption prevention - Settings file now uses atomic writes to prevent corruption
• Terminal info disabled - Disabled getTerminalInfo to prevent issues
• Authentication stability - Bundled keychain dependency in packaged builds to reduce flaky sign-in setups

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New features

• /share command - Share your current session with organization members, copies share URL to clipboard

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Improvements

• Ctrl+Z suspend - Handle ctrl+z suspend like other TUIs
• Decoupled modes and autonomy - Modes and autonomy levels are now independent settings in the TUI

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Bug fixes

• Task tool view - Fixed Ctrl+O view for Task tool
• Settings file writes - Avoid unnecessary file writes when updating unrelated settings
• Unified tool display - Fixed tool result pending display issue
• Subagent version - Fixed subagent spawning to use correct droid version

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New features

• CLI Axiom skill - New skill for querying CLI metrics and logs with relevant datasets and fields

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Improvements

• Custom model requests - Custom models now properly map to equivalent built-in models for correct request formatting

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Bug fixes

• iTerm scrollback clearing - Fixed scrollback clearing for iTerm users with “Disable E3 scrollback clearing” preference enabled
• Memory leak fix - Fixed memory leak by cleaning up Performance API entries and hinting Bun GC
• Session title generation - Fixed session title generation for empty strings
• Warmup requests - Warmup requests no longer consume unnecessary tokens by disabling thinking budget
• Light mode submenus - Fixed light mode display issues for submenus
• Linux autoupdate - Fixed autoupdate issues on Linux

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Improvements

• Windows autoupdate - Updates now work correctly on Windows using a deferred update strategy, applied on next startup
• Model selector - Removed GLM 4.6 from the model selector

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Bug fixes

• Tool result rendering - Internal placeholder markers no longer displayed in CLI output
• Session loading - Fixed “Failed to load session” errors on cloud sessions
• Droid startup timeout - Increased timeout for start droid to prevent timeouts

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Bug fixes

• Read tool infinite loop - Fixed infinite loop when Read tool returns empty string
• Session title generation - Fixed race condition causing “Session must have at least 1 message” error
• Windows sound paths - Fixed Bun virtual FS sound path extraction on Windows

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New features

• /create-skill command - Create custom skills directly from the CLI with guided flow
• Skills in exec mode - Skill tool now enabled when running droid exec
• /rename command - Rename sessions with a new slash command, plus auto-generated session names based on conversation content

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Improvements

• PR overview in FetchUrl - GitHub PR fetch results now include an overview section with files changed, comment counts, and table of contents
• Create-skill UX - Improved create-skill flow with better guidance and examples
• Review branch fetch - Git review now fetches current branch when opening instead of on mount

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Bug fixes

• Background process output - Output from background processes now properly piped to droid
• Cloud sync settings - Fixed settings cloud sync with droid status tracking
• ESC cancel duplication - Fixed queued messages being duplicated when pressing ESC to cancel

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Bug fixes

• Ctrl+O detailed view - Now shows full accumulated command output instead of truncated view
• File autocomplete - Menu now closes properly on Ctrl+C
• MCP modal - Fixed modal and status notification display issues
• Autonomy level - Fixed autonomy level not being applied correctly

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New features

• /statusline command - Configure custom status line, can import PS1 from shell config
• Bulk MCP tool management - Manage multiple MCP tools at once via ToolsOverviewView
• Auto-include Skill tool - Custom droids (subagents) now automatically include the Skill tool

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Improvements

• Expand diffs with Ctrl+O - Tool confirmation prompts now support Ctrl+O to expand diffs

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Bug fixes

• Session resume system info - Session resume now shows correct/up-to-date system info and local date
• Model display alignment - Fixed model display alignment in UI
• MCP project server config - MCP tool modifications now work correctly for project-defined servers

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Bug fixes

• Terminal panel display - Fixed terminal being cut off when plan panel is shown
• Chat input width - Chat input now extends to full terminal width
• Spec mode transitions - droid exec --use-spec correctly exits spec mode after ExitSpecMode
• Default session settings - Session defaults properly loaded from settings.json on each new session

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Improvements

• GLM 4.7 support - Updated GLM model deployments
• Gemini SDK upgrade - Improved Gemini support
• Expandable tool results - Tool results can now be expanded to show full details in Web/Desktop apps

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Bug fixes

• Fixed light mode color themes in expanded mode
• Fixed memory leak from unbounded tool executions
• Fixed GitHub app installation OAuth flow
• Fixed dotenv loading order with settings
• Fixed token usage not preserved across manual compaction
• Fixed onboarding error when user has existing org (app)
• Fixed users getting stuck in onboarding due to stage issues (app)
• Fixed mobile onboarding layout (app)

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New features

• /wrapped command - Year-in-review stats showing your Droid usage, badges earned, model preferences, and session metrics (cli)
• Fast model switching - Faster provider/model switches without LLM compaction (cli)
• Batched tool permissions - Parallel tool calls now show single permission prompt (cli)
• Custom BYOK models - Custom models now appear in model selector (cli)
• Auto-sync repos - GitHub/GitLab repos sync when opening template modal (app)

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Improvements

• PDF & text file uploads - Attach PDFs and text files to chat in Web/Desktop apps (app)
• Send button - Visual send button in session chat input (app)
• ASCII startup animation - Animated Droid logo on CLI startup (configurable) (cli)
• Token multiplier display - Shows Factory token rates in model descriptions (cli)

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Bug fixes

• Fixed users getting stuck in broken onboarding state (app)
• Fixed CLI onboarding redirect for terminal-only users
• Fixed missing repos in GitHub org management modal (app)
• Fixed multi-option spec mode selection (cli)
• Fixed catch-22 bug preventing subscription start (app)

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New features

• Custom models from settings - Load custom models directly from settings.json
• Parallel tool confirmations - Single permission request for parallel tool calls instead of individual prompts
• Multi-option spec mode - Spec mode can now present multiple implementation options for user selection
• Settings file watching - Settings automatically reload when the settings file changes
• Token usage in exec mode - Token usage is now displayed in exec streaming output
• Stop hook improvements - Decision and reason support for Stop hook to match Claude code spec

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Bug fixes

• Opus 4.5 model fix - Fixed Opus 4.5 to work as an effort model with thinking guard improvements
• Tool completion fix - Fixed issue where tools weren’t properly completed on new assistant messages
• Web search date fix - Web search tool now includes dynamic date for more accurate results

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New features

• Context utilization setting - New setting to display token usage indicator in the status bar
• Custom Droids enabled by default - Custom Droids feature is now available to all users without requiring opt-in

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Bug fixes

• Grep tool fix - Fixed pattern argument handling in the Grep tool
• BYOK Grok fix - Fixed crash when using Grok models with thinking/reasoning streams
• Warmup improvements - Added option to disable warmup requests and skip warmup for slash commands
• Non-git directory support - Use current working directory as project directory when not in a git repository

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Bug fixes

• GPT-5.2 improvements - Fixed request parameters and reasoning effort options for better model performance
• Prevent .env auto-loading - CLI no longer automatically loads .env files from the working directory in standalone builds, making behavior more predictable

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Improvements

• Todo tool improvements - Simplified todo format and refreshed UI for better reliability
• Chrome DevTools MCP server - Added Chrome DevTools Protocol to the MCP registry
• Model cleanup - Removed obsolete models

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Bug fixes

• Fixed API request handling for Codex models

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New features

• Gemini 3 Flash model - Added support for Gemini 3 Flash

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Improvements

• Agent readiness signals - Expanded agent readiness signals in readiness reports

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Bug fixes

• Fixed overly strict filtering by allowing common read-only git commands
• Fixed copy/paste issues on WSL
• Fixed repository deduplication in /readiness reports

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New features

• GPT-5.2 model - Added support for GPT-5.2 model
• MCP tool enable/disable - Add ability to enable/disable individual MCP tools per server

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New features

• MCP tools in droid creation - MCP tools are now displayed during custom droid creation and edit flows

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Bug fixes

• Fixed droid deletion when filename doesn’t match metadata name
• Standardized help text position and format in droid creation/edit flows
• Add reasoning_effort to stream-json system init event

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Bug fixes

• Fixed autonomy mode not being properly set on tool confirmations
• Improved @-tagged file truncation by character count to prevent context overflow
• Updated Opus 4.5 pricing with dismissable notice
• Restored Figma MCP server to the registry

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Bug fixes

• Press ESC to close the expanded tool result view
• Improved input box cursor up/down movement with wrapped lines
• Fixed Windows pasting issues
• Fixed npm run format conflict with legacy Windows format command in denylist
• Fixed auth issues with Microsoft MCP servers
• /readiness command is now enabled by default

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New features

• GPT-5.1-Codex-Max model - Added support for GPT-5.1-Codex-Max model
• Image compression - Images are now compressed before upload to reduce bandwidth
• IDE auto-connect setting - Added setting to automatically connect to IDE from external terminals
• Disable hooks flag - Added --no-hooks flag to disable hooks execution

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Bug fixes

• Improved Droid docs search
• Long Execute tool commands now truncated in the UI header
• Fixed on-disk images not being cleared after upload
• Fixed thinking level changing mid-conversation by locking it per agent turn
• Fixed review preset items using incorrect color for non-selected items
• Fixed input box handling of multi-width characters like CJK and emoji
• Fixed left/right arrow key navigation when @ suggestion menu is open
• Bundled code-signed ripgrep binary for improved security and reliability

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New features

• Search hidden files - Grep and Glob tools now include hidden files in search results
• Session search - Added search functionality to the session selector for quickly finding sessions
• Image indicator - User messages now display an image indicator when images are attached

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Bug fixes

• Fixed EPERM permission errors on certain file operations - Windows file rename retry logic
• Fixed ESC key navigation in /review and /bg-process commands for Ghostty terminal
• MCP registry updates

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Improvements

• Certificate caching - Certificates are now cached on startup for faster loading
• Image upload limits - Conversation images are now limited to prevent 413 errors when uploading large images
• MCP registry helper - Added note for STDIO servers in MCP registry explaining installation requirements

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Bug fixes

• Fixed invalid signature in thinking block after assistant message interrupt
• Fixed settings menu not showing all options when loading asynchronously

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New features

• Show all sessions - View and manage all your sessions across directories
• Windowed slash command navigation - Improved navigation in the slash command menu with windowed scrolling
• Improved thinking display - Refactored thinking block rendering for better clarity
• Figma MCP server - Added support for Figma MCP server integration

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Bug fixes

• Fixed detection of Cerebras-style context length exceeded errors
• Fixed duplicate spec modes and double empty line above input
• Added promo price label for Opus model
• Fixed /install-github-app command issues

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New features

• Interleaved thinking support - Display multiple thinking blocks during streaming, including redacted thinking blocks with safety messages
• Show thinking setting - Show AI thinking/reasoning on the main view, turn on/off in /settings
• Hooks always enabled - The hooks feature is now permanently enabled and available via the /hooks command

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Bug fixes

• Fixed ESC/Q navigation in /model menus - pressing ESC or Q now properly navigates back to previous menu level instead of closing all menus
• Fixed garbage characters appearing in prompt input caused by terminal response bytes leaking into stdin
• Fixed reasoning effort display in spec mode to correctly reflect the actual reasoning effort being used
• Fixed OpenAI chat completions streaming for tool calls
• Improved Gemini’s usage of the todo tool with better prompting
• Fixed model warmup for GLM-4.6
• Fixed /install-github-app command issues

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New features

• Project-level MCP configs - Configure MCP servers at the project level using .factory/mcp.json
• /ide command - New command to manage VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf IDE integrations. Shows current extension version or prompts to install
• Extra args in custom models - Pass additional arguments to custom model configurations e.g. service_tier, temperature, top_p, etc

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Bug fixes

• Fixed task tool infinite wait when running subagents
• Fixed expanding tilde (~) paths when loading sessions
• Improved @ search rankings - exact filename matches now appear at the top with VSCode-style two-column display
• Removed automatic creation of .factory/skills folders
• Show compacting state when triggered
• Consolidate markdown rendering (fixes missing character in spec mode)
• Parallelize loading certificates on Windows

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New features

• Improved rewind functionality - new /rewind command, plus speed and UX improvements.
• /install-github-app command - New command to install the Factory GitHub app directly from the CLI.
• Images in MCP tool responses - MCP tools can now return images that are properly sent to the LLM.

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Bug fixes

• Upgraded to bun 1.3.3
• Safer mechanism to check if ripgrep is installed
• Fixed gpt-5.1-codex reasoning
• Shift+Backspace deletes single characters like Backspace
• Fix GLM4.6 as a spec mode model
• Fix exitSpecMode prompt
• Fix custom models for subdroids
• Prevent console logs during startup
• Fix spec mode for Gemini

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New features

• /review command that provides an interactive code review workflow. Review code changes in different ways: comparing against a base branch, reviewing specific commits, examining uncommitted changes, or providing custom review instructions.

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Bug fixes

• Gemini 3 Pro now uses the updated 0.8× pricing multiplier - replacing introductory pricing
• MCP navigator now fills the terminal
• Update routing for /resume to filter correctly to /sessions
• Position cursor at start when navigating history
• Make all views in the mcp navigator full width
• Fixed garbled character rendering on Windows
• Unify LLM retry logic and do more retries in exec mode
• Removed the deprecated Figma MCP server

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New features

• MCP Registry Expansion - Added 30+ new MCP server integrations including development tools (Playwright, Braintrust, Honeycomb), databases (Supabase, MongoDB, Prisma, Neon), security scanning (Snyk, Semgrep), and more

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Bug fixes

• Fixed race conditions where model changes mid-turn
• Fixed bug report command
• Fixed support for duplicate model IDs in custom model configurations
• Fix PowerShell command execution on Windows

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New features

• Background Processes Support - Added support for running and managing background processes in the CLI. Includes a new bg-process command to list, kill, and clean up processes, with persistent process state tracking.
• MCP Registry Search - Added search functionality to the MCP registry list view (/mcp). Filter available MCP servers by typing directly in the list interface.

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Bug fixes

• Fixed race conditions and rendering issues when suspending/resuming the TUI (e.g., when opening an external editor).
• Fixed circular dependency issues in grep tool logging.

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New features

• Directory-Specific Sessions - Sessions are now stored per directory and automatically switch to the correct working directory when loaded. The /sessions command shows only sessions created in your current directory plus favorited sessions
• MCP Image Support - MCP tools can now return images that are sent to the LLM for analysis
• Custom Models for Subdroids - Subdroids can now use custom models instead of inheriting from parent session

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Bug fixes

• Fixed console output issues in exec mode
• Fixed spec mode for Gemini models
• Fixed exit spec mode prompt behavior

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New features

• Skills Enabled by Default - Skills command now enabled for all users
• Claude Code Hooks Auto-Migration - Automatically detects and imports hooks from Claude Code CLI with interactive prompts. Smart translation converts bash_tool to Execute and CLAUDE_CWD to DROID_CWD, preventing duplicates and tracking migration state
• @ Suggestions Improvements - Now includes folders in addition to files with better UI and performance

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Bug fixes

• Fixed GLM4.6 configuration issues preventing it from working in spec mode
• Fixed warmup API calls
• Shift+Backspace now deletes single character like Backspace

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New features

• Skills System - Claude Code-compatible .factory/skills support for modular, prompt-based capabilities. Use the /skills command to manage skills and import from .claude/skills directories
• Session Favorites - New /favorite command to pin/unpin sessions, keeping your active projects at the top of the session list
• Enhanced Bug Reporting - The /bug command now zips session context, uploads it to Factory, and returns a shareable report ID automatically
• Cleaner Diff Viewer - Improved UI with horizontal lines instead of borders

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Bug fixes

• Always prompt to accept or reject generated specs and pass the correct labels to the UI flow
• droid spec now writes files to the expected default path without manual overrides
• Fixed autonomy handling so MCP tools respect the configured confirmation level in every session
• Better error handling in pre-update logic
• Added Axiom MCP server to the registry

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New features

• Enhanced Hooks System - Added 7 new hook types for complete lifecycle control:
  • UserPromptSubmit - Modify or validate prompts before they’re sent to the agent
  • Stop - Execute custom logic when the agent completes (e.g., metrics collection)
  • SubagentStop - Track and log subagent task completion
  • PreCompact - Run custom logic before conversation compaction (can block compaction if needed)
  • SessionStart - Initialize sessions and inject environment variables
  • SessionEnd - Cleanup tasks when sessions end (triggered on logout, quit, Ctrl+C)
• MCP Tool Autonomy Levels - Granular control over MCP tool confirmations: low autonomy requires confirmation for read-only MCP tools, high autonomy requires confirmation for all MCP tool calls
• Execute Tool Streaming - Long-running commands now display the last two non-empty lines of output in real-time. No more wondering if Droid is stuck or slow.

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Bug fixes

• Fixed paste handling in hooks UI - no more escape sequence artifacts when pasting commands
• Fixed message ID alignment after conversation compaction
• Fixed unfinished tool uses being cleared when switching providers to retry
• Fixed markdown prompt usage for GPT models
• Fixed /mcp rendering for narrow terminal windows
• Fixed bracketed paste handling when suspending TUI
• Authentication errors now appear directly in the CLI with clear error messages

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New features

• Hooks - Introduced a powerful hooks system allowing you to run custom scripts before/after tool executions with configurable exit codes for different behaviors (success, warning, block, abort) - [Experimental - turn on in /settings]
• Interactive Spec Editing - Added ability to interactively edit specs before execution
• Prompt Cache Warmup - Added prompt-cache warmup while you’re typing for faster responses

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Bug fixes

• Fixed model switching to correctly handle conversation compaction when needed
• Fixed spec mode tab cycling for reasoning levels
• Fixed bracketed paste when suspending TUI
• Corrected line numbers in ApplyPatch tool diff display
• Eliminated race condition in ripgrep path resolution
• Various agent loop stability improvements
• Tool execution now correctly respects autonomy mode
• Applied workaround for Figma MCP server compatibility

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New features

• Markdown table rendering - CLI now properly renders markdown tables for better display of structured data and documentation
• Pinned todo plans - Pin important todo items to keep them visible and track tasks during long-running sessions
• MCP tool result formatting - Improved formatting for MCP tool results with cleaner, more readable output

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Bug fixes

• Fixed thinking block support for chat completion APIs to enable extended reasoning in compatible models
• Fixed issue with baseline versions reverting back to non-baseline builds on update
• Fixed autonomy mode handling in droid exec command for more reliable execution
• Restored Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut functionality on Windows

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New features

• Tab to cycle reasoning levels - Navigate through different reasoning levels using the Tab key for better control
• Expanded bash mode outputs - Transcript view now expands and displays bash command outputs for better visibility

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Bug fixes

• Fixed MCP tool discovery for droid exec so tools appear correctly in —list-tools and pass validation
• Fixed diff view to line wrap for better readability of long lines
• Fixed OAuth refresh for MCP servers
• Fixed markdown rendering bug in transcript view
• Fixed message cancellation handling in TUI
• Fixed prompt cache key handling in completions
• Brought back Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut on Windows

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New features

• Quit/exit aliases - type ‘quit’ or ‘exit’ commands for exiting sessions

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Bug fixes

• Collect all AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md files for system reminders
• Fixed MCP server argument parsing when adding servers through the UI
• Improved system diagnostics utilities for better troubleshooting
• Cleaning and dynamic rendering of the pending tools to make it clear Droid is not stuck

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New features

• Context7 MCP server - Added Context7 MCP server to the MCP registry

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Bug fixes

• Improved droid exec run type tracking
• Improved MCP client info handling

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New features

• OAuth Discovery - Automatically discover OAuth providers to streamline authentication setup for MCP
• OpenAI Reasoning Summaries - Display OpenAI’s extended reasoning summaries in expanded session view

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Bug fixes

• Fixed copy-pasting behavior in terminal sessions
• Improved timeout handling for more reliable operations
• Enhanced Windows compatibility
• Enable custom droids by default
• Improved error logging and diagnostics

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New features

• MCP Registry - Added a curated selection of MCP servers for easy discovery and setup
• Tool Permissions Support - Implemented request tool permissions flow in stream-jsonrpc mode with support for multiple concurrent tool confirmations
• Session Resume - Show resume command on exit (Ctrl+C or /quit) with new -r, --resume flag to continue sessions
• Thinking Traces Display - Added UI component to show thinking blocks in expanded session view

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Bug fixes

• Fixed CLI completion sounds by extracting embedded sound files to host filesystem, making them accessible to external shell commands
• Fixed tool use in user message after tool cancellation
• Added baseline builds for x64 CPUs (pre-2013) that don’t support AVX2 SIMD instructions
• Updated static split logic to use text messages as stable checkpoints, reducing flickering during rendering
• Fixed storage and sending of Gemini thinking content from delta.extra_content.google
• Removed MultiEdit tool due to low success rate (~80%)
• Added recovery from malformed optional arguments using optimistic JSON parsing

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New features

• Reasoning field support in streaming responses - Added support for displaying reasoning fields in chat completion streaming chunks for models that provide extended reasoning
• Import from Claude restored - Re-enabled the “Import from Claude” option in the droids menu for easier conversation migration

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Bug fixes

• Fixed MCP status indicator to only show when MCP servers are actually configured
• Fixed message list flickering
• Added support for custom headers when adding MCP servers
• Fixed sound files not being included in SEA binary releases
• Fixed Ctrl+C interruption messages to only display to users and not appear in logs for cleaner output
• Resolved issue where tool use would incorrectly appear in user messages after tool cancellation

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New features

• MCP Revamp: Complete overhaul of Model Context Protocol implementation (docs updated)

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Bug fixes

• Fixed issue with OpenAI organization field
• Restore Import (I) options in Droids (subagents) menu

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Bug fixes

• Default Model Behavior: Improved default model behavior

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Bug fixes

• Restored Report Previews: Re-enabled HTML preview for reliability reports so you can view them directly in the web
• Fixed —help text: Running droid exec —help was previously giving incorrect info for using droid exec in streaming mode. This has now been updated to include the correct flag name with correct instructions.

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New features and enhancements

• Detailed transcript view (Ctrl+O): Press Ctrl+O to view comprehensive tool execution details with complete breakdowns for all tool types including Execute, Edit, MultiEdit, Create, and more
• Customizable completion sounds: Configure sound notifications when commands complete, with support for different sounds in focus mode and custom sound file paths
• Terminal setup support: Added automated setup support for Warp, iTerm2, and macOS Terminal with automatic terminal indicators for improved integration
• PowerShell update: Now uses pwsh.exe for better PowerShell compatibility and reliability on Windows systems
• Drag-and-drop image support: Attach images to CLI sessions via drag-and-drop for easier multimodal interactions
• Custom models in subagents: Added support for using custom models when executing subagents via Task tool
• Custom droid descriptions: Moved custom droid descriptions to Task tool for better organization and usability
• droid exec custom model support: Added support for custom models in droid exec sessions

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Bug fixes and stability

• Resolved issues with prompt caching to improve performance and reduce costs
• Added model ID logging on CLI tool execution for better observability
• Limited messages rendered in Ctrl+O view to improve performance with large transcripts
• Fixed sound files not being included in SEA binary releases
• Fixed readonly value change issues that caused unexpected behavior
• Fixed ExitSpecMode flickering issues for smoother user experience
• Removed duplicate custom models header in settings
• Improved session persistence to legacy sessions to maintain backward compatibility
• Fixed infinite render issues on Windows systems
• Fixed 400 error handling and validation
• Added model validation error messages for better debugging
• Fixed certificate loading timing to occur after logging initialization

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New features and enhancements

• MCP OAuth support: Added OAuth authentication support for Model Context Protocol in TUI for secure server connections
• System certificates support: Added support for loading system certificates on Windows and macOS, with additional Windows system certificates support
• Fuzzy search implementation: New fuzzy search for improved CLI command and option discovery
• Rewind fork workflow: Added ability to rewind and fork from previous points in conversation sessions
• Bug report enhancements: Added version, OS, and shell information to bug reports for better troubleshooting
• Live updates for subagent tool: Added real-time progress updates when using the Task tool
• Enhanced custom droid prompts: Improved prompts to encourage more proactive usage of custom droids
• Droid Shield optional setting: Made Droid Shield an optional configurable setting with toggle support

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Bug fixes and stability

• Added session_id to stream-json output format for better tracking and debugging
• Enhanced authentication flow for smoother onboarding
• Streamlined first-run experience by removing redundant onboarding steps
• Fixed OAuth callback server port collision issues that prevented authentication
• Fixed certificate loading timing issues causing TLS errors
• Improved error metadata logging for better debugging
• Fixed terminal setup issues across different shell environments
• Better error messages when ripgrep (rg) isn’t available in PATH
• Improved handling of corrupted unicode normalization in file paths
• Fixed impact level default value handling

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New features and enhancements

• droid exec Slack integration: Added slack_post_message tool to droid exec for posting updates to Slack channels
• droid exec streaming JSON input mode: Added streaming JSON input mode for multi-turn exec sessions for better automation workflows
• droid exec tool configuration: Added ability to enable/disable specific tools in droid exec sessions
• droid exec pre-created session IDs: Added support for pre-created session IDs in droid exec for better session management
• Initial prompt support: Added support for launching TUI with an initial prompt via command line
• GLM-4.6 support: Added LLM proxy support for GLM-4.6 with Fireworks, Baseten, and DeepInfra providers
• Azure OpenAI for GPT-5: Added Azure OpenAI support for GPT-5 Codex in TUI
• Custom droid generation: Added auto-generation of custom droids using LLM for faster setup
• MCP streamable HTTP servers: Added support for streamable HTTP MCP servers
• Model selector refresh: Updated model selector UI with improved organization and image support warnings
• Tab key auto-complete: Tab key now auto-completes custom commands without submitting for better UX

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Bug fixes and stability

• droid exec session continuation fix: Fixed droid exec to correctly continue an existing session instead of overwriting session data
• Dynamic reasoning label for Codex models in UI
• AGENTS.md source paths now shown in settings for better transparency
• Better error messages when custom model JSON configuration is broken
• Manual update instructions when auto-update isn’t available
• Fixed task subagents to properly terminate on abort
• Fixed file rename retry logic on Windows systems
• Fixed backslash rendering issues on Windows
• Major improvements to custom subagents reliability
• Fixed task tool subagents prompt for better execution
• Don’t stop agent on cancelled file edits in spec mode
• Validated working directory exists before executing ripgrep
• Fixed subagents to inherit model from TUI parent session
• Truncated large MCP tool results to prevent context overflow
• Fixed /cost command with Fireworks cached input
• Added user-agent header to LLM requests for better tracking
• Locked down file system permissions for better security
• Fixed rendering for failed edit calls in spec mode
• Fixed compaction logic and retry without tool results
• Applied output transforms before compaction/caching
• Persisted session’s token usage for accurate cost tracking
• Fixed /new command to reset timer and sessionId properly
• Fixed compaction retry without tool results
• Fixed screenshot reading with unicode normalization fallback