v1.3.33-vscode
ContinueSummary
This release focuses heavily on model integration and performance, introducing support for Claude Sonnet/Opus 4.6, z.ai, and enabling ai-sdk integration for providers like xai and deepseek. Key enhancements include turn-level prompt caching and background execution for bash tools. Several security fixes were also implemented, including resolving minimatch vulnerabilities and adding checks to the file creation tool.
New Features
- Enabled background execution for bash tool commands.
- Introduced turn-level prompt caching for improved response times.
- Integrated support for Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.6 models.
- Added support for z.ai models.
- Enabled integration of the ai-sdk provider.
- Added pre-install suggestions via CLI in devbox blueprints.
- Enabled AI SDK usage via an environment variable.
- Added ai-sdk support for xai and deepseek models.
- Introduced quiz answers functionality in the CLI.
- Enabled checking for background job permissions by default.
- Added a hooks system for CLI event interception.
- Added 5 new agent checks derived from codebase history.
- Added an alias for /title, allowing use of /rename.
- Documented the check CLI for running checks locally.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed detection of embedded 429 (Too Many Requests) errors from Gemini/VertexAI APIs.
- Fixed calculation of cache hit rate and corrected Vercel stream tool call handling.
- Fixed security vulnerability (CWE-22) by adding a security check to the createNewFile tool.
- Fixed duplicate predefined tools appearing in the dynamic tools system message.
- Fixed configuration not refreshing when creating a new assistant file.
- Fixed handling of spaces in filepaths for JetBrains autocomplete functionality.
- Fixed resolution of file paths starting with a dot in the ls tool.
- Fixed displaying the diff line when instantly applying changes in JetBrains extensions.
- Fixed showing the create new assistant option in the CLI when the user is logged in.
- Resolved high severity minimatch vulnerabilities through dependency upgrades.
- Fixed npm OIDC publishing issues by restoring registry-url, clearing tokens, and using Node 22/24.
Improvements
- Simplified the quickstart guide documentation to point to continue.dev/check.
- Added PostHog metrics and live API tests alongside prompt caching.
- Added conversation message caching specifically for AnthropicApi.
- Added cache token data to PostHog telemetry events.
- Removed directory structure information from the system prompt.
- Removed the beta release workflow.
- Updated documentation URLs for extensions.