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v0.26.0-nightly.20260115.6cb3ae4e014 features14 fixes
Jan 15, 2026

This release introduces significant new capabilities, including the ability to install and uninstall skills directly via CLI commands and support for defining agents in settings.json. Key fixes address issues with command registration warnings, title setting inconsistencies, and improved shell command safety. Users will also benefit from new UI features like dynamic terminal tab titles and enhanced retry mechanisms.

v0.24.025 features11 fixes
Jan 14, 2026

This release introduces significant enhancements to Agent Skills, including infrastructure setup, autonomous activation tools, and system prompt awareness. Key new features also include experimental in-CLI extension management and support for remote agents. Several stability improvements were made, such as fixing crashes related to I/O errors and enhancing policy engine granularity for shell command execution.

v0.25.0-preview.015 features8 fixes
Jan 14, 2026

This release introduces significant new capabilities, including native Sublime Text support, filepath autosuggestion in the CLI, and the ability to export chat history directly into GitHub issues via the /bug command. Key improvements focus on skill management centralization, better model routing to subagents, and enhanced stability for CI workflows and terminal compatibility.

v0.25.0-nightly.20260112.15891721a14 features11 fixes
Jan 12, 2026

This release focuses heavily on enhancing Agent Skills management, introducing new CLI commands for skills, and centralizing their representation. Key functional additions include support for remote agents, granular control over agent hooks, and improved security policies. Numerous bug fixes address stability issues across platforms, particularly on Windows, related to pasting and file system operations.

v0.23.015 features10 fixes
Jan 7, 2026

This release introduces significant new capabilities, including support for the Gemini 3 Flash model and the introduction of remote agent infrastructure. Key fixes address issues with command suggestion display and prevent infinite loops during prompt completion and relaunch attempts. Users will also benefit from new features like Windows clipboard image support and improved hook management.

v0.24.0-preview.025 features11 fixes
Jan 7, 2026

This release introduces significant enhancements to Agent Skills, including infrastructure setup, autonomous activation tools, and system prompt awareness. New features also include experimental in-CLI extension management and support for remote agents. Several stability improvements were made, such as fixing crashes related to I/O errors and enhancing policy engine granularity for shell command allowlisting.

v0.24.0-nightly.20260103.30f5c4af44 features4 fixes
Jan 3, 2026

This release significantly enhances Agent Skills by introducing autonomous activation, context injection, and system prompt awareness. Users will also benefit from new folder suggestions when adding directories via the /dir add command. Several core stability issues, including promise rejections and shell command handling, have also been resolved.

v0.24.0-nightly.20251231.05049b5ab5 features1 fix
Dec 31, 2025

This release introduces significant enhancements to agent capabilities, including support for remote agents and new Core Skill Infrastructure. Users will benefit from improved reliability with exponential back-off retries and fixes for duplicated agent hooks. Additionally, the system now supports modifying tool inputs and enforces authentication policies.

v0.21.0-nightly.20251226.546baf99310 features4 fixes
Dec 26, 2025

This release introduces significant new capabilities, including automatic model persistence across sessions and experimental in-CLI extension management. Key fixes address issues with .geminiignore support in search tools and prevent crashes related to I/O errors. Users will also benefit from improved security visibility around hooks and better error handling for schema validation.

v0.22.011 features11 fixes
Dec 22, 2025

This release introduces several new capabilities, including persistent "Always Allow" policies, support for multi-file image drag and drop, and the new `/init` command for the A2A server. Several critical bugs were fixed, such as correcting MCP tool error detection and improving authentication logic by prioritizing the GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable. Additionally, the codebase investigator now aligns its model usage with the main agent.

v0.23.0-preview.015 features10 fixes
Dec 22, 2025

This release introduces significant new capabilities, including the launch of Gemini 3 Flash and the introduction of remote agent infrastructure. Key usability updates include native Windows clipboard image support and a new `/auth logout` command for managing credentials. Several fixes address UI glitches, command completion behavior, and improve core stability, especially around hooks and tool execution.

v0.21.0-nightly.20251220.41a1a3eed3 features2 fixes
Dec 20, 2025

This release focuses on security and core functionality by implementing JIT context memory loading and sanitizing hook command expansion to prevent injection vulnerabilities. Users will also benefit from improved UX through simplified tool confirmations and reduced log verbosity.

v0.21.0-nightly.20251219.70696e3645 features2 fixes
Dec 19, 2025

This release introduces several new capabilities, including TOML parsing for agents and enhanced context injection via a new core tool. Key fixes address an infinite loop during prompt completion and improve the sorting and display of command suggestions in the UI. Users will also benefit from improved robustness in model statistics display.

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