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Grok Build by xAI

Grok Build 0.2.97

Grok Build adds richer usage and cost tracking, Voice mode for API-key sessions, better transcript editing and scrollback, and smoother agent and MCP handling. It also improves terminal behavior, fixes several crashes and freezes, and localizes /usage reset times.

Headless JSON output now includes token usage and cost per prompt and session

SDK turns now expose detailed token usage and cost information via Turn.usage

Double-click or Enter on a previous user message now lets you edit and resubmit it directly from the transcript

Text selection in scrollback now works better when starting on chrome, gaps, or while scrolling

Shell commands using rg (ripgrep) no longer require permission prompts by default

Voice mode is now available for API-key sessions

New environment variables allow tuning scroll and draw cadence for high-refresh displays

Background tasks started by the model in headless mode are now killed on exit instead of leaking

Agent process leaks on failed spawns and missing-stdio teardown are now prevented

Parked turn markers no longer appear after interjections and now count down as background tasks finish

The /context tool definitions line no longer shows the cryptic disclaimer suffix

Terminal release waits boundedly for the process to exit and repeated waits share the drain grace

Fixed a crash when the agent asked a question on narrow terminals

Fixed misleading keyboard hints in the /mcps panel in minimal mode

Clipboard copy now reports success correctly when using iTerm2 over SSH

Fixed scroll/input conflicts when plan approval appeared over an open edit block

Fixed frequent MCP and skills reloads that could freeze sessions on devboxes

MCP servers using HTTP (such as nebula for Slack) now automatically recover from disconnects

Next reset time in /usage now shows in your local timezone instead of Pacific Time
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Claude Code by Anthropic

2.1.207

Claude Code adds auto mode by default on Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Foundry, updates Bedrock to Claude Opus 4.8, and tightens settings handling. This release also improves agent view and Remote Control, while fixing freezes, crashes, credential issues, and several worktree and plugin bugs.
Auto mode is now available without CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_AUTO_MODE opt-in on Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Foundry; disable via disableAutoMode in settings

Fixed the terminal freezing and keystrokes lagging while streaming responses containing very long lists, tables, paragraphs, or code blocks

Fixed remote managed settings from a non-interactive run (claude -p, the SDK) being permanently recorded as consented without ever showing the security consent dialog

Fixed spurious prompt-injection warnings triggered by benign system-generated conversation updates

Fixed the auto-updater overwriting a custom launcher script or symlink at ~/.local/bin/claude on every release; /doctor now reports an externally managed launcher

Fixed compound commands with cd prompting for permission when the only output redirect was to /dev/null

Fixed the transcript jumping above the start of the answer when a response finishes streaming

Fixed extensions.worktreeConfig being left in the repo's .git/config (breaking go-git tools like tea) after the last worktree.sparsePaths worktree was removed

Fixed malformed bracket patterns in rules globs, skill paths, .ignore, and .worktreeinclude breaking file reads, file suggestions, and worktree creation

Fixed a crash loop in agent teams where a malformed teammate mailbox message caused repeated errors every second until the mailbox file was manually deleted

Fixed background sessions auto-named by accepting a plan not showing that name on their agent-view row

Fixed background sessions that entered a git worktree resuming blank after a cold reopen from the agent list

Fixed Remote Control task status updates being lost when the connection recovered from a network interruption or credential refresh

Fixed Remote Control sessions hosted by the desktop app not showing background agent and workflow progress on mobile and web

Fixed Deep research runs labeling every Fetch-phase agent "unknown" — chips now show the source hostname

Fixed Bedrock repeatedly requesting fresh AWS SSO credentials from IAM Identity Center on every API request

Improved agent view: pasting the same text again now expands the collapsed [Pasted text #N] placeholder instead of adding a second one

Improved agent view: blocked session peeks now lead with the question and show a worded staleness clock (waiting 3m) instead of the same timestamp twice

Changed Bedrock, Vertex, and Claude Platform on AWS to default to Claude Opus 4.8

Changed auto mode to no longer read autoMode from .claude/settings.local.json (repo-resident); use ~/.claude/settings.json instead

Fixed an indefinite hang on Windows when AWS credential resolution stalls (e.g. a stuck credential_process): the 60-second stall guard now fires instead of waiting forever.

Plugin hooks/monitors/MCP headersHelper: ${user_config.*} in shell-form commands is now rejected (shell-injection fix). Hooks: use exec form (args array) or $CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_<KEY>; monitors and headersHelper: read the value inside the script (config file or the server's env block).

Plugin option values (pluginConfigs) are no longer read from project-level .claude/settings.json; only user, --settings, and managed settings are honored

Fixed /usage-credits amount inputs silently stripping malformed values (e.g. a pasted timestamp) to digits; malformed amounts are now rejected with an error, and amounts over $1,000 require a typed confirmation

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Grok Build by xAI

Grok Build 0.2.96

Grok Build adds a broad set of terminal and dashboard improvements, including smarter session history, better prompt and selection behavior, live task activity updates, safer image handling, faster follow-up sending, and multiple fixes for resumes, progress bars, authentication, and live previews.

System notifications now carry structured kind/title/body for better rendering

x.ai/pr/status now reports whether an open PR is in the merge queue

Compact mode now activates automatically on very small terminals

Up arrow on an empty prompt now browses prompt history; /history searches it

Stop hook runs now appear inline on the turn-completed line instead of a separate block

Subagent rows now fold into verb-group headers and the tasks pane shows live activity labels

Dashboard shortcuts now advertise ? instead of Ctrl+. on terminals that cannot deliver the latter

Double-clicking scrollback while Text selection is fold/nav now shows a tip offering Ctrl+Y to enable Word select

grok worktree ls now works as a short alias for grok worktree list

MCP tool output truncation can now be set per-repo in .grok/config.toml

Auto-send of queued follow-ups during task waits can now be enabled fleet-wide via remote settings

Welcome screen now offers one-click resume of a recent Claude Code session via ctrl+u

Vim l key now opens the selected agent detail view in the dashboard

Terminal commands with no args now run through a shell, matching the CLI

Agent teardown no longer crashes on slim Linux images that lack the ps command

Esc now dismisses an open /btw panel before backing out of a dashboard overlay

Resumed grok.com chats now use the conversation's last model instead of the gateway default

JetBrains terminals on Windows now default to minimal mode to avoid raw mouse-report leaks in the prompt

Skill token highlights now survive line wraps and the slash menu opens when typing / before existing text

Truncated or tiny images are now dropped before sending and previously poisoned sessions self-heal on restart

Session switch hints after /new or fork now show the working command in minimal mode

Progress bars in Ghostty and WezTerm now stop correctly for parked task waits

/effort now rejects levels the current model does not support instead of sending a bad value to the API

/recap on a fresh session now says "No messages yet" instead of failing

Monitor and system messages no longer appear as user prompts when resuming old sessions

/rewind completion now appears as a brief toast instead of a permanent transcript line

Auto recaps no longer appear under a newer user message when you start typing again

Authentication retries after token refresh no longer hang for minutes or days

Text selection tip no longer appears on the first double-click or on non-assistant blocks

Skill slash commands queued while a turn runs can now be sent immediately with Enter or the interject chord

Drag text selection now works inside the dashboard dispatch input box

Multi-line paste chips in dashboard inputs now support preview and expand like the main prompt

Live previews now always fetch the latest content without browser or CDN caching
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Kilo by Kilo Code

JetBrains 7.0.4

Kilo fixes Windows process cleanup and CLI shutdown to prevent lingering serve processes and IDE launch issues.

Fixed

Stop orphaned Kilo Core processes on Windows so closing the IDE no longer leaves a lingering kilo serve process or blocks the next IDE launch.

Improve JetBrains CLI shutdown ordering so app close kills the process tree before closing streams, preventing Windows shutdown deadlocks.
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Kilo by Kilo Code

JetBrains 7.0.3

Kilo adds JetBrains rollback and revert controls, inline revert progress, and broader Kilo Core support for localized commit messages, AI image generation, bash-output pruning, and clearer model usage. It also improves startup, reload recovery, and revert reliability.

Added

Add rollback redo controls in JetBrains sessions so reverted changes can be restored from the chat UI.

Add inline revert progress in JetBrains sessions, including localized status text and safer cancellation handling.

Add Kilo Core support for localized commit-message generation, AI image generation, large bash-output pruning, and improved model-usage display.

Fixed

Harden Kilo Core startup and shutdown so startup failures show clearer diagnostics, app close stops the CLI process, and lingering child processes are cleaned up more reliably.

Fix workspace reload recovery so stale reload state no longer disrupts the session connection.

Fix JetBrains rollback and revert flows so prompt focus, scroll state, diff order, and turn state are preserved more reliably.

Fix Kilo Core Bedrock SSO credential resolution and commit-message error handling when no changes are available.

Changed

Update the JetBrains plugin to download Kilo Core 7.4.5.
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Cursor

Side Chats and Conversation Search

Cursor adds side chats, agent transcript search, and simpler project and repo pickers to keep users in flow. It also expands cloud agent hooks for better control and observation of conversation, prompts, responses, thinking, subagents, and turn completion.

This release makes it easier to stay in flow with side chats that run alongside your main chat, the ability to search agent transcripts, and simplified project and repo pickers.

Side chats

Open a side chat to ask questions, explore ideas, and investigate tangents without interrupting your main agent conversation. Use /side, /btw, or the plus button at the top of the chat panel to create a new side chat that has context from the main chat.

Each side chat is a durable, full agent conversation that you can follow up on, revisit later, and at-mention to pull context back into the main thread.

By default, side chats focus on reading, searching, and answering. Use them to ask clarification questions, research alternatives without committing to a pivot, and sanity-check a decision while the main agent continues running.

Conversation search

Find past agent chats faster with search results that go beyond names and PR numbers. In the Agents Window, you can search agent transcripts from the command palette (Cmd+K). Cursor builds a local search index that scales search to thousands of conversations with snappy performance.

You can also search within an existing conversation using Cmd+F. Jump between matches, see a match counter, and keep searching as you scroll through long transcripts.

Redesigned project and repo pickers

We've simplified the project and repo pickers and made them more powerful. You can now stay in the picker for workflows that used to send you elsewhere. For example, you can create a project and connect GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps without leaving the picker.

Search is now scoped to where you're working—This Computer, Cloud, or a specific remote machine—instead of one global search box. You can also remove projects from Recents with one click.

New cloud agent hooks

Cloud agents already support team hooks around tool execution and file/shell work. We've added new hooks that let you observe and control the agent conversation itself: prompts, responses, thinking, subagents, compaction, and turn completion. See all the supported hooks in our docs.

New hooks like beforeSubmitPrompt, afterAgentResponse, afterAgentThought, stop, subagentStart, and more allow you to better observe output and reasoning, control subagents, and build self-correcting loops with cloud agents.
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Claude Code by Anthropic

Week 28 · July 6–10, 2026

Claude Code adds a built-in desktop browser, upgrades /doctor into a fix-it setup checkup, and improves auto mode safety, agent view, and background agent updates. It also trims auto-update memory use, adds /login gateway support, and boosts code review quality.

Browse external sites from the Desktop app’s built-in browser, run a full setup checkup with /doctor, and pick up auto mode transcript protections and agent view upgrades.

In-app browser on Desktop

Claude Code on desktop now has a built-in browser. Claude can pull up docs, designs, or any other site, and read, click through, and interact with pages the same way it does with your local dev server previews. The browser is sandboxed and configurable: you choose whether browsing sessions persist, and safety classifiers review actions on external sites.

/doctor is a full setup checkup

v2.1.205

/doctor now diagnoses issues and can fix them, instead of printing a read-only report. It checks installation health, finds unused skills, MCP servers, and plugins versus their context cost, deduplicates local CLAUDE.md files against checked-in ones, proposes trimming CLAUDE.md content Claude could derive from the codebase, and flags slow hooks. It reports findings first and asks for confirmation before changing anything. /checkup is its alias.

Run a checkup from any session:

/doctor

Other wins

Auto mode now blocks tampering with session transcript files, and asks before running rm -rf on a variable it can’t resolve from context

/cd now suggests directory paths as you type, matching /add-dir

/commit-push-pr auto-allows git push to the repo’s configured push remote in addition to origin

Gateway: /login now supports Anthropic-operated public gateway endpoints

EnterWorktree asks for confirmation before entering a git worktree outside the project’s .claude/worktrees/ directory

Background agents upgrade to a new version in the background right after a Claude Code update, instead of paying a slow stale-session upgrade when you attach

Agent view rows now show a colored state word and a classifier-written headline instead of raw tool call text, and sessions that edit, merge, comment on, or push to an existing PR link it in claude agents

Auto-update binary downloads now stream to disk instead of buffering in memory, cutting the updater’s peak memory usage by roughly 400 MB

Background task notifications now explicitly state that no human input has occurred, preventing fabricated in-transcript approvals from being acted on

Improved /code-review findings quality on Opus 4.8 across all effort levels
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ZCode by Z.AI

3.3.4

ZCode adds background tasks for sub-agents and bash, SSH syncing for local plugins and the marketplace, and a wider chat area on large screens. It also improves markdown table viewing and fixes several mobile, login, remote environment, model, and layout issues.
New Features

New background tasks have been added, which can be executed in the background by both sub-agents and bash.

SSH scenarios support synchronizing local plugins and the marketplace. Markdown tables support expandable viewing and horizontal scrolling.

The chat content area appears wider on large screens. Members will be notified after the team subscription plan is successfully activated.

Bug Fixes

Fix the issue of the input box automatically zooming in on mobile devices.

Fix the issue where recovery may fail when login credentials are abnormal.

Fix the issue of unstable initialization of the remote environment.

Fix the issue where background subtasks may get stuck.

Fixed the issue where unavailable models were not properly prompted.

Fix the issue where model selection and default configuration may be lost.

Fix the display jitter when the chat width changes.

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Copilot CLI by GitHub

1.0.71-0

Copilot CLI adds pinned prompts and new Repo scope tabs in /settings, along with better shell controls, clearer validation, and smoother task and session behavior across interactive workflows.
Added

Add a pinned prompts setting in /settings to control prompt pinning

Add Repo and Repo (local) scope tabs to the /settings dashboard

Improved

Use targeted validation commands and lighter install guidance by default

Use ctrl+x → x to close a session and ctrl+x → h to hide the split sidebar

Fixed

Interactive shell commands now fail with a retryable "reconfiguring" message instead of an "unknown shellManager handle" error after the shell manager is disposed, and a detached command's completion notification is no longer lost when the shell context is reconfigured while a read is in progress

Reject custom-agent names that would create hidden files

Reject malformed --allow-tool and --deny-tool patterns with an error message

Show retained shell output in /tasks Shell Details for finished tasks

Remove duplicate Error: prefixes from plugin command failures

Shell completions stop suggesting subcommands as flag values

Show singular message counts in /usage activity graph

Keep /cd from switching to files or inaccessible directories

Dismissing the quick-help overlay with ? no longer leaves a stray ? in the prompt

--sandbox and --no-sandbox now show their "ignored" warning during interactive startup when the sandbox feature is unavailable (previously it was only visible in non-interactive mode)

Show the full command with its arguments (not just the wrapper) in the /mcp server detail view

Hide the inert navigate and view-log hints in the empty /lsp logs (LSP Services) panel

Exit non-interactive prompt runs with a failure code when a prompt is blocked before responding

Show the Auto discount in the redesigned inline model picker

New sessions start in the default directory instead of the active session's cwd

Fish completion only offers enum values for closed-choice flags

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Copilot CLI by GitHub

1.0.70

Copilot CLI adds GPT-5.6 support and a broad round of CLI and workflow upgrades, including better MCP and plugin handling, new sandbox and prompt tools, clearer errors, improved remote terminal behavior, and refinements to model, session, and timeline controls.
2026-07-09

Add GPT-5.6 model support

Show a single Error prefix for mcp and skill command failures

Show the real parse error when --agent selects a malformed custom agent

web_fetch works through mandatory HTTPS proxies

Hide / search on the Gists tab

Treat superseded subagent runs as cancellations instead of failures

Add paginated session.mcp.resources read/list/listTemplates RPCs for MCP server resources

preToolUse hooks that exit with code 2 deny tool calls

Create draft skills when Forge finds a clear workflow pattern

Hide the GitHub App install nudge in remote terminals

Pin plugins to an exact commit SHA using the sha field in plugin source configuration

Add --sandbox and --no-sandbox flags to turn the OS-level shell sandbox on or off for the current session only, without changing your saved sandbox setting (useful with -p)

Add /refine to rewrite a rough, stream-of-consciousness prompt into a clear one

Add --repo and --local flags to /settings and /model

Add a setting to show or hide timeline timestamps

Let a trusted repository pin the model, effort level, and context tier and extend the URL/MCP/skill deny lists via .github/copilot/settings.json

Expose SDK APIs to manage live MCP servers in running sessions

Show the active user's models after /user switch

Declining an extension's permission prompt no longer disables tool approvals for the rest of the session

Avoid redundant background agent notifications after a blocking read_agent returns its result

Startup auth errors recommend the real copilot login command

Keep merge-semantics settings editable in /settings

Re-sync managed plugins when their cache is missing or empty

Copy the last assistant response even after command echoes

Persist the last-logged-in user on every login so a restarted runtime client stays authenticated

Hide /agent picker navigation hints when there is nothing to select

Open the plan file or research report with Ctrl+Y in any mode

Keep terminal color scheme changes in sync over SSH and remote shells

Prefill /chronicle search so it can accept a query

Show a distinct scrollbar thumb glyph in the /model picker on the no-color path (--no-color, non-color terminals) so the scroll position stays visible

Skip launching a browser in remote terminals

Arrow keys in /search and reverse search stay in search instead of switching tabs

Restore tool event ordering so permission prompts appear after tool start

Show only one cancellation message when streaming is aborted

Keep /pr tables aligned in compact timeline view

Show clear validation errors for empty or non-ASCII skill and command names

Keep footer selection highlights aligned when the session bar is open

Fail fast when marketplace plugin git auth needs a terminal prompt

Dismiss other pending read and fetch sandbox-bypass prompts after you disable the sandbox

Fix a crash on Windows triggered by desktop toast notifications

Improve GPT-5.6 commentary guidance for tool-driven progress updates

Highlight the sidebar toggle hint in the input footer

Make markdown links and bare URLs in the timeline and tool output clickable

Reclaim the blank line under the home tab bar: the timeline (and Sessions+Current split) sits flush under the tabs when a prompt is pinned, keeping one breathing line only while nothing is pinned

Press Tab to switch the context window in /model

Long-running sessions refresh enterprise managed settings hourly

Mark locally-spawned MCP servers that run inside the sandbox in /mcp list (e.g. connected (sandboxed))

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Latest AI Coding Assistants Updates

Grok Build 0.2.97

Headless JSON output now includes token usage and cost per prompt and session

SDK turns now expose detailed token usage and cost information via Turn.usage

Double-click or Enter on a previous user message now lets you edit and resubmit it directly from the transcript

Text selection in scrollback now works better when starting on chrome, gaps, or while scrolling

Shell commands using rg (ripgrep) no longer require permission prompts by default

Voice mode is now available for API-key sessions

New environment variables allow tuning scroll and draw cadence for high-refresh displays

Background tasks started by the model in headless mode are now killed on exit instead of leaking

Agent process leaks on failed spawns and missing-stdio teardown are now prevented

Parked turn markers no longer appear after interjections and now count down as background tasks finish

The /context tool definitions line no longer shows the cryptic disclaimer suffix

Terminal release waits boundedly for the process to exit and repeated waits share the drain grace

Fixed a crash when the agent asked a question on narrow terminals

Fixed misleading keyboard hints in the /mcps panel in minimal mode

Clipboard copy now reports success correctly when using iTerm2 over SSH

Fixed scroll/input conflicts when plan approval appeared over an open edit block

Fixed frequent MCP and skills reloads that could freeze sessions on devboxes

MCP servers using HTTP (such as nebula for Slack) now automatically recover from disconnects

Next reset time in /usage now shows in your local timezone instead of Pacific Time

2.1.207

Grok Build 0.2.96

JetBrains 7.0.4

Fixed

JetBrains 7.0.3

Added

Fixed

Changed

Side Chats and Conversation Search

Side chats

Conversation search

Redesigned project and repo pickers

New cloud agent hooks

Week 28 · July 6–10, 2026

In-app browser on Desktop

/doctor is a full setup checkup

Other wins

3.3.4

New Features

Bug Fixes

1.0.71-0

Added

Improved

Fixed

1.0.70

2026-07-09