{"version":"0.167.0","date":"2026-07-07","dateFormatted":"July 7, 2026","url":"https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes#v0.167.0","jsonUrl":"https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/releases/0.167.0.json","summary":"Port-forwarding for droid computers, faster startup and search, and Windows and Linux fixes","surfaces":["cli","app"],"changes":[{"type":"feature","surface":"cli","title":"Port-forward for droid computers"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Faster app startup"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"Faster session search"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"Full-screen help"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"Slash menu filtering"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Cleaner model names"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Cleaner chat transcript"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Update rollback"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Image paste on Windows"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Safe exit during updates"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"SessionStart hooks"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Completion sound"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Windows home directory"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Draft attachments"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Sandboxed hooks"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Detailed transcript freeze"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"New session shortcut"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Truncated sessions"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Linux clipboard"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Special characters"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Unavailable tools"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Highlighted code"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Airgap mode"}],"security":[],"deprecations":[],"contentText":"New features\n\n- Port-forward for droid computers - New droid computer port-forward command to forward ports from a droid computer to your local machine\n\nImprovements\n\n- Faster app startup - Startup boot phases now run in parallel, reducing time to a usable window (app)\n- Faster session search - Session search is quicker and returns better-ranked results\n- Full-screen help - Help now opens as a full-screen overlay you can dismiss with ? or Esc\n- Slash menu filtering - Filtered slash menu results are flattened with a clearer category block\n- Cleaner model names - Model names display more clearly across the app (app)\n- Cleaner chat transcript - Internal tool lookups no longer clutter the chat transcript (app)\n- Update rollback - The app can now roll back to a previous version when needed (app)\n\nBug fixes\n\n- Image paste on Windows - Fixed pasting images into the composer on Windows\n- Safe exit during updates - You can now exit safely while a background update is in progress\n- SessionStart hooks - A hung SessionStart hook no longer blocks session initialization\n- Completion sound - Restored the completion sound\n- Windows home directory - Fixed resolving the home directory for non-ASCII Windows usernames\n- Draft attachments - Draft attachments are now preserved when the screen repaints\n- Sandboxed hooks - Fixed hook command execution under the sandbox\n- Detailed transcript freeze - Capped detailed transcript tool results to stop Ctrl+O from freezing\n- New session shortcut - The new-session shortcut now ignores Shift (app)\n- Truncated sessions - Fixed context handling in truncated sessions\n- Linux clipboard - Text clipboard is now Wayland-first on Linux\n- Special characters - Typing å, Å, or ´ is no longer treated as an Option shortcut\n- Unavailable tools - Calls to unavailable tools are now clearly marked as errors\n- Highlighted code - Highlighted code text is now preserved (app)\n- Airgap mode - Improved the reliability of airgap mode (app)"}