Devin Desktop Updates & Release Notes

Devin Desktop

@-mention pills in Cascade now show type-specific icons.

Restyled the command palette in the Agent Command Center.

Hiding the status bar by default in the Agent Command Center (set "workbench.statusBar.visible": true in user settings to restore it).

New worktree-backed sessions now open instantly and stay interactive while the worktree is created in the background.

“View usage” now opens eligible Devin users’ personal analytics page directly.

The devin.* settings for gitignore access, completion mode, and auto-continue are now honored.

Resuming an agent session now uses its original working directory, so Claude sessions started in another folder can be reloaded.

Fixed a crash when opening the Recent Chat History modal in Cascade.

On Windows, the auto-updater now clears stale Devin.exe processes before applying updates.

Devin Cloud

Long Devin Cloud sessions render, scroll, and type faster and stay responsive while streaming.

A brief remote-connection drop no longer flashes a “disconnected” banner.

You can now configure a session’s network policy and grant or deny network access requests inline from the chat, without switching to the web app.

Devin Local

Devin Local customizations and the sidebar skills count now span all open workspace folders.

The Hooks tab in Devin Local Customizations now lists configured hooks with their source and trigger events.

Added a command to migrate Windsurf hooks into Devin hooks across every workspace folder.

Added a subtle timeline navigator for Devin Local sessions.

Added Fast Context support in Devin Local sessions.

Devin Desktop

Added “New session in space” to the session kebab menu.

Devin Cloud sessions now auto-reconnect when the network returns.

Images can now be copied from chat via the context menu.

New users now default to agent mode.

The agent sidebar now stays visible when sending problems or explain-and-fix to Cascade in agent window mode.

Fixed branch checkout silently failing to open a worktree.

Very large sessions no longer crash the window when reading or writing the session event cache.

The “Scroll to top” button in long sessions now has a solid background so it stays visible in dark themes.

Orphaned Devin ACP agent processes are now detected and cleaned up on startup, including on Windows.

Fixed analytics connection failures under TLS-intercepting proxies.

Devin Local

Edits produced in autonomous mode now produce reviewable diffs.

ACU usage is now shown in the /usage command.

Skill permissions: frontmatter now applies to auto-approvals.

Enterprise login policies are now enforced in the CLI.

Added a sandbox.excluded allow/ask/deny config (user and team settings) to run specific commands outside the sandbox; excluded commands also skip the sandbox proxy environment.

Fixed command approval parsing for PowerShell $variable assignment prefixes.

Devin Desktop

Devin ACU usage is now displayed in the client.

Fixed settings and extensions migration for Windows system-wide installs.

CLI and Devin Local

On Windows, bash now resolves to Git Bash instead of the WSL launcher stub.

Subagents can now be configured with a default model.

The MCP registry cache is now warmed during startup, so MCP servers are ready sooner.

Injected context is no longer included in auto-generated session titles.

Fixed agent messages over-merging in Claude ACP sessions.

Added an attribution option to the Devin Local config file; set it to false to suppress Devin mentions in commit messages.

The 3.2 series brings Devin Local enhancements and continued Devin Desktop polish.

Devin Local

• Added a devin plugin system for extending Devin Local — in preview and opt-in for enterprises.
• Subagents can now call MCP tools directly.
• Teams can enforce terminal allow/deny lists through CLI permission scopes.

Agent and Editor modes

• Enabled the Cmd+. mode-toggle shortcut from the empty editor welcome panel.

Other improvements

• Improved handling for less common MCP server features.
• Removed the Explain sparkle button from the editor breadcrumbs.

The 3.1 series builds on the Devin Desktop rebrand with a smoother Agent/Editor experience, Devin Local improvements, and continued polish.

Agent and Editor modes

Added the Agent/Editor switch to the collapsed-sidebar titlebar, and unified the search icon to open agent search.

Kept the sidebar toggle in place when opening and closing the drawer.

Smoothed switching between Agent and Editor modes so auxiliary windows no longer close and restore.

Devin Local

Renamed the “Devin CLI” settings section to “Devin Local”.

Added a notification when Devin Local agent sign-in fails.

Updated the bundled Devin Local agent to v2026.5.26-8.

Other improvements

Added .devinignore support alongside .windsurfignore and .codeiumignore.

Settings and MCP marketplace pages now scroll across the full panel width and keep content centered on wide panels.

Bug fixes and improvements

General

Increased remote server startup timeout from 2.5s to 6s.

Devin Local

This release updates the bundled Devin Local agent to 2026.5.26. See the changelog for the full list of changes.

Devin Local is now aware of the files you have open in the editor as part of its context.

When prompted for an MCP tool permission in Devin Local, two additional server-level options are now offered: approve all tools on the server for the current session, or permanently.

Repaired hooks for Devin Local to allow blocking user prompts.

Improved plan mode in Devin Local to work in the OS sandbox.

“Always Allow” permission grants in Devin Local now persist across sessions.

Image attachments in Devin Local now show the correct warning when the selected model does not support images.

Devin Review & Quick Review

All Windsurf IDE users now have access to Devin Review and Quick Review with your existing subscription.

Devin Review is available for all self-serve users, with a 2 week free trial.

Enterprise users can only use Devin Review with a Cognition platform agreement.

Agent Command Center

• Added list display option for the agent inbox
• Improved sessions sidebar sorting and filtering
• Performance improvements for loading and switching sessions

Windows updates

We have fixed a bug preventing updates for some users on Windows. To upgrade to this version, you may need to:

• Wait for the update to download.
• Once it is downloaded, open Windows Task Manager and close all devin.exe processes
• Proceed with installing the update and restarting Windsurf

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed bugs with some MCP servers
• Improved reliability of Devin Local agent