{"version":"0.85.0","versions":{"cli":"0.85.0","desktop":"0.40.0"},"date":"2026-03-24","dateFormatted":"March 24, 2026","url":"https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes#v0.85.0","jsonUrl":"https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/releases/0.85.0.json","summary":"Session settings override, SSE for remote MCP servers, sidebar animations, and reliability fixes","surfaces":["cli"],"changes":[{"type":"feature","surface":"cli","title":"Session settings override","description":"Project and folder-level settings can now override organization session defaults"},{"type":"feature","surface":"cli","title":"SSE support for remote MCP servers","description":"Remote MCP servers now support Server-Sent Events (SSE) transport"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"Session group animations","description":"Session groups now animate smoothly when collapsing and expanding (Factory App)"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"AutoWiki sidebar polish","description":"Improved AutoWiki sidebar design with smoother pan transitions (Factory App)"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"Skills browser scrolling","description":"Improved scrollbar styling in the Skills browser (Factory App)"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"Managed settings error messages","description":"Clearer error messages when loading managed settings"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Session titles","description":"Fixed session titles intermittently displaying incorrectly (Factory App)"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Missions worker BYOK settings","description":"Fixed Missions worker settings not persisting correctly when using custom API keys"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Session ID display","description":"Fixed session IDs being truncated (Factory App)"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Background process reliability","description":"Hardened background process and task store against data corruption"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Spec mode file edits","description":"Fixed file edits to .factory/specs being blocked during spec mode"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Chat message alignment","description":"Fixed user message text not aligning with droid answers"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Directory selector stability","description":"Fixed directory selector jiggling when switching directories (Factory App)"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Keyboard shortcuts","description":"Restored keyboard shortcuts in the app (Factory App)"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Session list display","description":"Fixed session list not showing enough sessions"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Droid Computer connection reliability","description":"Improved timeouts for initial Droid Computer connections (Factory App)"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Unknown model handling","description":"Fixed handling of unknown model IDs"}],"contentText":"New features\n\n- Session settings override - Project and folder-level settings can now override organization session defaults\n- SSE support for remote MCP servers - Remote MCP servers now support Server-Sent Events (SSE) transport\n\nImprovements\n\n- Session group animations - Session groups now animate smoothly when collapsing and expanding (Factory App)\n- AutoWiki sidebar polish - Improved AutoWiki sidebar design with smoother pan transitions (Factory App)\n- Skills browser scrolling - Improved scrollbar styling in the Skills browser (Factory App)\n- Managed settings error messages - Clearer error messages when loading managed settings\n\nBug fixes\n\n- Session titles - Fixed session titles intermittently displaying incorrectly (Factory App)\n- Missions worker BYOK settings - Fixed Missions worker settings not persisting correctly when using custom API keys\n- Session ID display - Fixed session IDs being truncated (Factory App)\n- Background process reliability - Hardened background process and task store against data corruption\n- Spec mode file edits - Fixed file edits to .factory/specs being blocked during spec mode\n- Chat message alignment - Fixed user message text not aligning with droid answers\n- Directory selector stability - Fixed directory selector jiggling when switching directories (Factory App)\n- Keyboard shortcuts - Restored keyboard shortcuts in the app (Factory App)\n- Session list display - Fixed session list not showing enough sessions\n- Droid Computer connection reliability - Improved timeouts for initial Droid Computer connections (Factory App)\n- Unknown model handling - Fixed handling of unknown model IDs"}