Kilo Updates & Release Notes
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- Sep 10, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 10, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 11, 2026
v7.6.2 (release)
Kilo CLI 7.6.2 adds experimental shared agent board support via environment variables and config.
CLI
7.6.2
Patch Changes
- #14013 d2381d7 - Enable the experimental shared agent board (Kilo Swarm) with the KILO_EXPERIMENTAL_SHARED_AGENT_BOARD environment variable, or the umbrella KILO_EXPERIMENTAL, in addition to the experimental.shared_agent_board config key.
- Sep 10, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 10, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 11, 2026
v7.6.1 (release)
Kilo ships VS Code and CLI 7.6.1 with faster chat and Agent Manager workflows, smoother streamed text and reasoning, better tool card rendering, improved permission handling, and a cleaner model picker for @provider/model mentions.
VS Code
7.6.1
Minor Changes
- #14006 e9f18b7 - Reference a model inline in the prompt with @, opening a model picker that inserts an @provider/model mention for Agent Manager or subagent instructions.
Patch Changes
- #13932 a508228 Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Open attention notifications for Agent Manager sessions in Agent Manager instead of the sidebar, selecting the right project, worktree or Local tab, and session
- #14007 546321e - Speed up rendering of expanded bash tool cards in the VS Code chat webview.
- #13995 685afc6 Thanks @WebReflection! - Remove the redundant "(Experimental)" suffix from the Claude Code Migration label in the Experimental settings tab
- #14011 ee6ff21 - Render collapsed diff tool cards without parsing and mount deferred tool bodies within a frame budget, so expanded transcripts fill in faster.
- #13936 35c487f - Pause the working timer while a turn is waiting on your permission or question response, so the reported working time no longer includes time spent waiting for you.
- #13993 b41b3d2 - Keep unlisted Auto models in the regular provider list instead of featuring them in the Auto Models section.
- #13977 d12a139 Thanks @WebReflection! - Prevent duplicate permission prompts and response races in Agent Manager.
- #14000 7e0bc21 - Speed up Agent Manager worktree deletion by skipping a redundant source project resolve when sessions move without their changes.
- #14012 c0e4d51 - Render tool cards faster by not building collapsed tool content on mount.
- #14002 8d5cae6 - Render streamed assistant text and reasoning at frame cadence in the VS Code webview instead of waiting for the fixed 100 ms throttle, so text appears smoothly as it arrives. Completed history still renders at the slower cadence.
- #14004 5d1e7a2 - Show a neutral frame shimmer while a subagent starts, then animate it into the agent's identity glyph once the child session is known, and label the card with the agent type instead of the internal tool name.
- #14005 2205cdb - Speed up rendering of to-do list tool cards in the chat.
CLI
7.6.1
Patch Changes
- #14003 7c23a3e - Fix the TUI question dialog so Enter submits and Escape cancels a custom answer while the prompt autocomplete mode is active.
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- Sep 10, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 10, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 11, 2026
v7.6.0 (release)
Kilo releases 7.6.0 with smarter PR workflows, goal mode, caffeinate support, notifications, and shared agent board improvements, plus a faster, more polished VS Code and CLI experience with better comments, reasoning blocks, worktrees, and startup performance.
VS Code
7.6.0
Minor Changes
- #13951 492a2ff - Ask the agent to commit and push when you send pull request CI failures or review comments from the Agent Manager PR panel, or update a worktree from its base, so the pull request updates without a follow-up prompt. Permission prompts still confirm each commit and push. Turn off "Push Pull Request Fixes" in Settings, Agent Behaviour to keep commits manual.
- #13927 ed3cdc6 - Add the /caffeinate command and notifications that explain when Kilo keeps the computer awake while agents work.
- #13929 9dae829 Thanks @WebReflection! - Add an opt-in, one-time import of supported global Claude Code instructions, simple skills, and disabled MCP definitions into Kilo.
- #13965 6bbe6ac - Click the thinking indicator to scroll the current chat to the latest message.
- #13903 99eab84 - Write and preview multiline PR comments and code suggestions, reply from the PR panel or diff view, and edit or delete your own comments directly in Agent Manager.
Comment on selected PR diff lines, submit reviews, and preview and apply suggested changes to the local worktree without staging, committing, or pushing.
- #13771 3c28e7a Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Alert you when Kilo finishes a task, needs your input, needs permission, or hits a terminal error. Enable VS Code notifications, native OS notifications (Windows, macOS, and Linux), or both — OS notifications reach you while the editor is in the background, and VS Code notifications wait for you with a Show action that opens the session and jumps to the latest message. Notifications are skipped for the session you are already looking at, they follow your selected language, and a Test button confirms native notifications work on your system.
- #13958 4c2a6eb - Show commits, force pushes, merges, approvals, and the pull request description in the Agent Manager PR conversation, in the order they happened.
- #13953 3c04a86 - Show pull request approvals and merge readiness in Agent Manager, with GitHub-backed branch updates, merge methods, auto-merge, and conflict resolution with Kilo.
- #13679 e27ff0a - Keep working toward a session goal with /goal, with shared pause, resume, and clear controls in the terminal and VS Code. Pause goals after no-action replies, terminal failures, Stop, new messages, and backend restarts. Rename custom commands or MCP prompts named goal to use this reserved command. Show a labeled Goal icon with hover details while work runs.
Compose multiline goals with images and file attachments in VS Code. Select /goal to enter goal mode, or cancel to keep the draft as ordinary chat. Keep drafts and attachments when submission fails.
Keep the current goal running when replacement attachments are invalid. Make pending Goal submissions read-only, and preserve the draft when Cancel exits Goal mode before acknowledgement.
Disable clarification questions during active goals and delegated work while keeping permission approvals unchanged. Make safe, reversible decisions autonomously and report completion or blockers.
Retain Active, Complete, Blocked, and Paused goals with their objective and reason until explicitly cleared. Let the working model explicitly report completion or a blocker with the Goal-only reporting tool, without a separate evaluator or independent verification claim. Pause no-action turns that have no explicit report. Keep complete goals complete after a backend restart and label their resume action as Restart.
Starting a Goal while a response is running replaces that response after the Goal request is validated.
- #13940 b8fe009 - Identify subagents with consistent theme-colored avatars in Task cards, background agents, subagent tabs, and swarm messages. Show all participants in board message headers, and animate running avatars instead of showing a separate loading indicator.
- #13782 4d2d800 - View and reset the shared agent board from its owning session without stopping agents or clearing conversations.
Patch Changes
- #13926 818d31d - Explain that Agent Manager requires a specific project folder when the VS Code workspace is the home folder or a filesystem root.
- #13975 e85805f - Keep the Agent Manager PR push toggle synchronized with the Settings value across open Kilo views.
- #13916 1ec6268 - Regroup the Agent Manager toolbar: optional session panels (documents, subagents) sit left of a separator, and the fixed workbench (changes, PR, apply, open in VS Code, browser, run, terminal) keeps stable positions on the right. Toolbar icons render at a uniform 1px stroke and dim when disabled. Open the full-screen review from the changes panel header instead of a toolbar button.
- #13990 7febec5 - Report the direct recipient execution state in board_post results and warn when that recipient stopped, failed, was cancelled, or is unknown, so agents do not assume a finished subagent will read the message.
- #13967 0aad88e - Resolve agent board route metadata from the session store while a message is still being written, so sender and recipient avatars and titles appear without waiting for the completed tool result.
- #13920 05c763f - Show an actionable message when creating worktrees from a repository with no commits.
- #13925 cdbb926 - Reduce Kilo Console startup time by loading project, terminal, diff, and configuration features on demand.
- #13970 fa986a1 - Defer automatic plan previews until their agent session is active.
- #13991 448c821 - Keep disclosure chevron buttons unhighlighted when expanded, so Agent Manager section headers and chat task headers render consistently. Expanded and collapsed section headers now use the same chevron glyph.
- #13928 3e05727 - Fix Agent Manager terminal tabs getting stuck at an expanded width after closing a tab.
- #13959 29a16ff - Keep expanded Agent Manager PR comments readable by hiding their duplicate header previews.
- #13943 ada216a - Keep multi-project Agent Manager behind its existing experimental setting while remaining state bugs and the project worktree-start control are addressed. The worktree-start control can currently scroll out of view, so this rollback does not introduce a sticky or replacement control.
- #13949 a658942 - Fix a crash when session repository metadata is resolved without an instance context (e.g. the API fallback path): it now degrades to no git metadata instead of throwing.
- #13913 2c99cd6 - Keep deleted diff bars visible without coloring deleted line numbers.
- #13966 8992b3c - Open Agent Manager worktree PR buttons in the internal PR sidebar instead of directly in GitHub.
- #13952 19d6dbc - Show reviewer avatars and GitHub-style review states in the Agent Manager PR sidebar, and remove the redundant review decision row.
- #13971 6d21b59 - Keep the speech-to-text button pointer stable while microphone capture or transcription is in progress.
- #13987 5026f6d - Keep tool reveal animations from replaying when switching Agent Manager worktrees or sessions, and settle encrypted reasoning blocks as soon as the response moves on instead of pulsing until the whole reasoning item finishes.
- #13962 b9433fc - Smooth out reasoning blocks with auto-collapse enabled: the streaming viewport scrolls smoothly without a flickering scrollbar, finished blocks rest in place instead of jumping and collapsing, and new tool calls grow in instead of popping.
- #13976 df4bc06 - Refine the Agent Manager auto-merge button with centered content, a muted blue split-button treatment, and a clean chevron hover state.
- #13949 a658942 - Remote sessions started outside the selected repository now show the correct repository name and branch in the sessions list.
- #13973 e67ea3c - Resize and right-align the Agent Manager Create Worktree button.
- #13974 d3dfa36 - Keep reasoning blocks at a steady width and stop them from flickering while the reasoning streams.
- #13948 a5667d2 - Unify icon-button sizing, states, accessibility, and split-button interactions across Kilo webviews.
Updated dependencies [448c821, 2c99cd6, b5cf426, e27ff0a, 4d2d800, a5667d2]:
@kilocode/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]
@opencode-ai/[email protected]
@opencode-ai/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]CLI
7.6.0
Major Changes
- #13793 b5cf426 - Remove the interactive_terminal tool, in-session terminal controls, and related API endpoints. Run commands that need keyboard input in your own terminal instead.
Minor Changes
- #13927 ed3cdc6 - Add the /caffeinate command and notifications that explain when Kilo keeps the computer awake while agents work.
- #13929 9dae829 Thanks @WebReflection! - Add an opt-in, one-time import of supported global Claude Code instructions, simple skills, and disabled MCP definitions into Kilo.
- #13679 e27ff0a - Keep working toward a session goal with /goal, with shared pause, resume, and clear controls in the terminal and VS Code. Pause goals after no-action replies, terminal failures, Stop, new messages, and backend restarts. Rename custom commands or MCP prompts named goal to use this reserved command. Show a labeled Goal icon with hover details while work runs.
Compose multiline goals with images and file attachments in VS Code. Select /goal to enter goal mode, or cancel to keep the draft as ordinary chat. Keep drafts and attachments when submission fails.
Keep the current goal running when replacement attachments are invalid. Make pending Goal submissions read-only, and preserve the draft when Cancel exits Goal mode before acknowledgement.
Disable clarification questions during active goals and delegated work while keeping permission approvals unchanged. Make safe, reversible decisions autonomously and report completion or blockers.
Retain Active, Complete, Blocked, and Paused goals with their objective and reason until explicitly cleared. Let the working model explicitly report completion or a blocker with the Goal-only reporting tool, without a separate evaluator or independent verification claim. Pause no-action turns that have no explicit report. Keep complete goals complete after a backend restart and label their resume action as Restart.
Starting a Goal while a response is running replaces that response after the Goal request is validated.
- #13782 4d2d800 - View and reset the shared agent board from its owning session without stopping agents or clearing conversations.
Patch Changes
- #13990 7febec5 - Report the direct recipient execution state in board_post results and warn when that recipient stopped, failed, was cancelled, or is unknown, so agents do not assume a finished subagent will read the message.
- #13944 1423442 - Improve CLI link activation and hover feedback across terminal emulators.
- #13921 36d6d7d - Include CLI changes alongside VS Code changes in GitHub release notes.
- #13960 445660b - Keep TypeScript file edits responsive while refreshing diagnostics after parallel edits, moves, deletes, and failed checks.
- #13945 9db9718 - Prevent interrupted snapshot progress from poisoning future prompts, and skip snapshot lock waits when snapshots are disabled.
Updated dependencies [b5cf426, 4d2d800]:
Original source
@kilocode/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]
@opencode-ai/[email protected]
@opencode-ai/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected]
@opencode-ai/[email protected]
@kilocode/[email protected] - Sep 8, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 8, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 9, 2026
v7.5.16 (release)
Kilo ships a broad Agent Manager and pull request update with easier PR review handling, clearer CI feedback, inline review threads, emoji reactions, smarter worktree and session controls, faster session loading, and multiple quality-of-life fixes across chat, diffs, and tabs.
Minor Changes
- #12974 822d0aa - Add a default-off Keep Awake toggle for busy agent sessions without keeping the display on or disabling screen locking. Remember the safety notice after its first acceptance. Keep multi-project toolbar controls visible in narrow sidebars.
- #13878 512efb6 - Group and collapse PR checks in the Agent Manager while keeping failures and pending checks visible.
- #13867 1210261 - Send failed CI checks to the agent from the PR panel, with compact feedback and on-demand log retrieval.
- #13541 3141112 - Show GitHub PR review threads with author avatars inline in the PR panel, Agent Manager, and Changes. Use committed PR code for thread previews so local edits do not move current comments out of the diff. Jump to a comment's diff location, copy the thread, or send it to chat.
- #13861 e207b42 - Support starting Agent Manager sessions in an explicitly selected existing managed worktree.
- #13877 a1c674a - Allow Agent Manager sessions to reply to the session that sent them a prompt.
- #13881 077c744 - Add emoji reactions to GitHub pull request comments in Agent Manager, including comments shown in diffs.
- #13810 ef48a50 Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Jump to matching options by typing in the agent and reasoning effort selectors.
Patch Changes
- #13908 6ec7f10 - Keep the webview aligned when jumping through chat messages, search results, and pull request comments.
- #13794 2dc5951 - Keep chat input undo and redo from changing files open in Markdown custom editors.
- #13876 b174266 - Show source attribution inside initial and follow-up Agent Manager messages, with navigation to an already open source session. Hide internal markers from displayed and copied text.
- #13890 a99f63a - Show a filled coffee icon and clarify that Keep Awake prevents system sleep while Kilo agents work.
- #13868 66053ef - Load recent messages faster when opening large sessions, speed up token-usage totals across child sessions, and keep older history available on demand.
- #13847 9903abb - Improve live subagent transcript performance in editor tabs and Agent Manager, especially with many parallel agents and shared-board messages.
- #13885 6f35a32 - Fix Agent Manager worktree deletion after closing all tabs.
- #13859 111cf3f - Use the selected model, reasoning effort, and agent for the active session's Update from base command.
- #13892 c65dd72 - Fix /update-from-base silently failing when sending the selected model.
- #13863 c373eb3 - Prevent invalid Git output from becoming the indexing directory when resolving worktree projects with older Git versions.
- #13874 99a5856 - Allow removing stale Agent Manager entries for deleted worktrees when terminal cleanup cannot reach the backend.
- #13871 3ef395a - Collapse files marked linguist-generated in repository .gitattributes rules while keeping explicitly visible files such as English and German translations expanded by default.
- #13853 1be0f7e - Show relative dates on inline pull request review comments.
- #13901 3256564 - Keep automatic plan opens scoped to the active agent session and its worktree.
- #13883 6024a76 - Open saved plan files automatically when an agent requests user review in VS Code.
- #13911 4416661 - Show GitHub review-thread reactions and timestamps for every comment reply in Agent Manager.
- #13866 7a9e5f1 - Use clearer "Fix with Kilo" actions for PR review comments in Agent Manager.
- #13904 44febac - Show Fix with Kilo and jump-to-section actions in the Agent Manager PR summary, so CI failures, review threads, and PR comments can be handed to Kilo without scrolling.
- #13860 18e1ac4 - Preserve explicit Git branch names in Agent Manager and expose automatic branch naming and prefix controls in its settings.
- #13906 ba2bc26 - Preserve Local tab order and remember the active tab when switching worktrees and projects in Agent Manager.
- #13872 a74df51 - Prevent new worktrees from showing unrelated merged or closed pull requests that share the same commit.
- #13862 35ba4aa - Use the diff theme color for deleted-line indicators, including when line numbers are hidden.
- #13879 f7ba2fc - Keep Agent Manager PR comment headers and toggles consistent when expanding or collapsing a thread, and remove the top ellipsis strip from diff previews.
- #13869 e930067 - Remove deleted worktree cards with a smoother exit: the row acknowledges the click immediately, the title is crossed out from left to right, and the card is swept away in about a third of a second, only after successful deletion. Respect reduced motion and require the explicit Delete? button to confirm deletion instead of a card click.
- #13907 5cdba6e - Use the default white spinner for GitHub PR checks and review processing indicators.
Updated dependencies [3141112]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- Sep 8, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 8, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 9, 2026
JetBrains 7.1.6
Kilo adds worktree editor actions to move or fork sessions, keyboard shortcuts for mode and model controls, and status surfacing in the Agent Manager. It also improves performance and fixes several worktree, badge, and cost display issues.
Added
- Move a session to a worktree directly from the worktree editor.
- Fork a session from the worktree editor.
- Add Ctrl+1/2/3/0 shortcuts to cycle mode, model, and reasoning effort.
- Exclude Kilo worktrees from IntelliJ project indexing.
- Run project run configurations delegated to Gradle inside a worktree.
- Surface pull request and run status in the Agent Manager worktree list.
Fixed
- Refresh pull request badges app-wide when the IDE regains focus.
- Settle attention badges correctly during auto-approve.
- Fill session dialog cards with a raised surface instead of a flat background.
- Fixed config warnings being attributed to the IDE's working directory instead of the actual project, which could show a stray "home directory" warning banner.
- Fixed worktree deletion blocking the UI for large directories and failing when other worktrees were busy at the same time.
- Fixed the worktree session list unexpectedly expanding when starting or forking a session.
- Reduced CLI startup overhead on Windows.
- Sped up cold session loading.
- Fixed inference cost showing as $0 for OpenRouter BYOK sessions.
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- Sep 8, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 8, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 9, 2026
JetBrains 7.1.6-rc.3
Kilo fixes config warning attribution, worktree deletion and session list issues, improves session loading and Windows CLI startup, and corrects kilo run exit codes plus OpenRouter BYOK cost display.
Fixed
Fixed config warnings being attributed to the IDE's working directory instead of the actual project, which could show a stray "home directory" warning banner.
Fixed worktree deletion blocking the UI for large directories and failing when other worktrees were busy at the same time.
Fixed the worktree session list unexpectedly expanding when starting or forking a session.
Fixed kilo run returning a success exit code even when no assistant message was produced.
Reduced CLI startup overhead on Windows.
Sped up cold session loading.
Fixed inference cost showing as $0 for OpenRouter BYOK sessions.
Original source - Sep 6, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 6, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 7, 2026
JetBrains 7.1.6-rc.2
Kilo fixes the worktree live-run indicator by replacing internal IntelliJ badge-icon APIs and resolving a plugin verification failure.
Fixed
Replace internal IntelliJ badge-icon APIs used for the worktree live-run indicator with a supported approach, fixing a plugin verification failure.
Original source - Sep 6, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 6, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 7, 2026
jetbrains/v7.1.6-rc.1: Merge pull request #13816 from Kilo-Org/verbena-clove
Kilo fixes the CLI to show GPT-6 Astra for ChatGPT OAuth.
fix(cli): show GPT-6 Astra for ChatGPT OAuth
Original source - Sep 4, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 4, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 5, 2026
v7.5.14 (release)
Kilo ships 7.5.14 patch updates to keep indexing current, support non-ASCII workspace paths, and reduce CPU use.
7.5.14
Patch Changes
- #13796 626d1cc - Keep codebase indexing status current and support workspace paths with non-ASCII characters.
- #13795 2fd7123 - Pause Changes, Review, and chat badge polling while their panels are hidden, and reuse unchanged file counts to reduce CPU use in large repositories.
- Sep 4, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 4, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 5, 2026
v7.5.13 (release)
Kilo fixes Shift+Tab cycling in the slash menu and polishes Agent Manager toolbar buttons with clear tooltips.
7.5.13
Patch Changes
- #13792 5d2038d - Keep Shift+Tab available for reasoning variant cycling while the slash command menu is open, without selecting a command or changing the draft.
- #13791 294219b - Use consistent icon buttons with clear tooltips for Open, Apply, and Run in the Agent Manager toolbar.
- Sep 4, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 4, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 5, 2026
v7.5.12 (release)
Kilo improves Agent Manager with better worktree and pull request handling, refreshed session status, smarter prompts and permissions, and faster large-repo performance. It also introduces Kilo Swarm for opt-in shared board collaboration and adds broader @ menu search and workflow polish.
7.5.12
Patch Changes
- #13789 b1ed65e - Keep model and reasoning selectors open during automatic prompt focus restoration.
7.5.11
Minor Changes
- #13734 d95e20d - Explain worktrees, parallel agents, PR status, and conflict resolution with an inline Agent Manager introduction. Remember whether it is enabled and let users restore it from the welcome screen.
- #13776 46dfbbc - Show pull request discussion comments and review submissions at the bottom of the Agent Manager PR view with actions to send them to the agent or terminal, copy, and dismiss.
- #13779 737fba0 - Add a refresh button to fetch the latest pull request state in Agent Manager.
- #13735 5a1da63 - Ask the worktree agent to update from its saved base branch with /update-from-base, the worktree menu, or Command Palette, without stashing or discarding uncommitted work.
- #13592 6a224d2 Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Search the whole @ menu with one query. Names with spaces are now searchable, so @my report.txt finds the file it names, and past chats are found by title in the list instead of only behind Past chats. Files, chats, and entries such as Terminal, Git changes, and Browse files... are ranked together by how well they fit the query, rather than listed in fixed groups.
- #13733 d969f8b - Show unresolved review thread counts beside worktree PR numbers in Agent Manager, with a shortcut to open the comments.
- #13727 ce274e6 - Support agent-defined default answers for single-select questions, with Enter confirmation in the CLI and VS Code.
- #13629 c0eba39 - Introduce Kilo Swarm, an opt-in shared board scoped to a main session and its task descendants, with persistent session history and fixed activity notices in tool results. Enable Kilo Swarm in Experimental settings for parallel solution attempts or complementary work, not every task. Post messages with board_post and read peer messages explicitly with board_read, without treating them as user requests or approval. Posting a message does not guarantee delivery or reading, or start an agent. Keep experimental.shared_agent_board, tool names, stored identifiers, history, and permissions unchanged.
Keep background task status available for models without a reasoning variant.
Warn when a direct board post targets a task known to be inactive, without restarting it.
Keep peer content out of user turns and privileged instructions. Coalesce activity notices on genuine tool results, with message bodies available only through explicit reads. Preserve the parent's model and reasoning settings when background tasks finish.
Patch Changes
- #13753 62c3660 - Reference /update-from-base in the Agent Manager introduction to explain how to merge the latest base branch changes into a worktree.
- #13730 64123bc - Show the target session and full outgoing prompt when asking permission to send a prompt through Agent Manager.
- #13731 05ae514 - Clear completed session indicators when you return to their chat across sidebar, editor, worktree, and subagent tabs. Keep indicators for sessions that finish while already open, and preserve unresolved input requests, errors, and turn diagnostics.
- #13758 64df333 Thanks @WebReflection! - Reduce Agent Manager change-detection key sizes without changing update behavior.
- #13707 e14b4db - Speed up worktree deletion when multiple terminals need to close, while preserving conversation history and process cleanup checks.
- #13777 6876856 - Restore worktree delete actions when Agent Manager misses a shortcut modifier key release
- #13706 9a8ce09 - Restore sending all Agent Manager diff comments with a second Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter, including quick consecutive presses.
- #13775 d842b97 - Clear stale Agent Manager running indicators when a background agent finishes while another project is selected.
- #13704 3c04984 - Clear subagent permission prompts after approval or denial, even when the subagent view is closed, and prevent stale recovery responses from restoring resolved prompts.
- #13738 8d347a9 - Show initial Agent Manager worktree prompts immediately while they are being sent.
- #13692 8c077fb Thanks @WebReflection! - Use organization model defaults in VS Code while preserving valid preferences. Return consistent defaults from the CLI provider APIs, respect environment credential overrides, and prevent public-model fallbacks for Org accounts.
- #13773 f18516e - Keep Agent Manager sections collapsed when deleting worktrees and select the nearest visible worktree with a session instead.
- #13728 0c72ddd - Reduce change-badge overhead in large repositories by reusing unchanged file counts and limiting concurrent file reads.
- #13783 1ac2666 - Remove the help icon from the Agent Manager toolbar.
- #13716 05a9013 - Suggest /review worktree first in Agent Manager worktrees.
- #13743 62acc16 - Show sessions that end with a review suggestion as completed in Agent Manager.
- #13732 beb84eb - Show session titles and agent icons in board communication routes, with readable long-name tooltips and each message body shown once. Expose available agent execution state and report inactive or unknown recipients without implying delivery or reading.
- #13715 54689a5 - Keep terminal-only tabs active when switching between Agent Manager worktrees and Local, without adding a new session when returning from another project.
- #13774 7b4f502 - Allow Update from base to dismiss unanswered questions and preserve local work with recovery data isolated per worktree, without asking how to save it or bypassing permission approvals.
- #13683 e0dd6c8 Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Open images attached to sent chat messages in an editor tab preview instead of a modal, matching the behavior of images attached in the prompt input.
- #13714 e7f66a8 - Select the nearest worktree with an open session after deleting a worktree in Agent Manager.
Updated dependencies [bbc26e4, 8c077fb, ce274e6, b8e1dae, c0eba39, beb84eb]:
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- Sep 4, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 4, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 5, 2026
v7.5.11 (pre-release)
Kilo improves Agent Manager with clearer PR review workflows, refresh and restore controls, faster worktree handling, smarter prompts, and better session cleanup. It also adds Kilo Swarm for opt-in shared board-based collaboration and expands search, defaults, and message handling.
Minor Changes
- #13734 d95e20d - Explain worktrees, parallel agents, PR status, and conflict resolution with an inline Agent Manager introduction. Remember whether it is enabled and let users restore it from the welcome screen.
- #13776 46dfbbc - Show pull request discussion comments and review submissions at the bottom of the Agent Manager PR view with actions to send them to the agent or terminal, copy, and dismiss.
- #13779 737fba0 - Add a refresh button to fetch the latest pull request state in Agent Manager.
- #13735 5a1da63 - Ask the worktree agent to update from its saved base branch with /update-from-base, the worktree menu, or Command Palette, without stashing or discarding uncommitted work.
- #13592 6a224d2 Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Search the whole @ menu with one query. Names with spaces are now searchable, so @my report.txt finds the file it names, and past chats are found by title in the list instead of only behind Past chats. Files, chats, and entries such as Terminal, Git changes, and Browse files... are ranked together by how well they fit the query, rather than listed in fixed groups.
- #13733 d969f8b - Show unresolved review thread counts beside worktree PR numbers in Agent Manager, with a shortcut to open the comments.
- #13727 ce274e6 - Support agent-defined default answers for single-select questions, with Enter confirmation in the CLI and VS Code.
- #13629 c0eba39 - Introduce Kilo Swarm, an opt-in shared board scoped to a main session and its task descendants, with persistent session history and fixed activity notices in tool results. Enable Kilo Swarm in Experimental settings for parallel solution attempts or complementary work, not every task. Post messages with board_post and read peer messages explicitly with board_read, without treating them as user requests or approval. Posting a message does not guarantee delivery or reading, or start an agent. Keep experimental.shared_agent_board, tool names, stored identifiers, history, and permissions unchanged.
Keep background task status available for models without a reasoning variant.
Warn when a direct board post targets a task known to be inactive, without restarting it.
Keep peer content out of user turns and privileged instructions. Coalesce activity notices on genuine tool results, with message bodies available only through explicit reads. Preserve the parent's model and reasoning settings when background tasks finish.
Patch Changes
- #13753 62c3660 - Reference /update-from-base in the Agent Manager introduction to explain how to merge the latest base branch changes into a worktree.
- #13730 64123bc - Show the target session and full outgoing prompt when asking permission to send a prompt through Agent Manager.
- #13731 05ae514 - Clear completed session indicators when you return to their chat across sidebar, editor, worktree, and subagent tabs. Keep indicators for sessions that finish while already open, and preserve unresolved input requests, errors, and turn diagnostics.
- #13758 64df333 Thanks @WebReflection! - Reduce Agent Manager change-detection key sizes without changing update behavior.
- #13707 e14b4db - Speed up worktree deletion when multiple terminals need to close, while preserving conversation history and process cleanup checks.
- #13777 6876856 - Restore worktree delete actions when Agent Manager misses a shortcut modifier key release
- #13706 9a8ce09 - Restore sending all Agent Manager diff comments with a second Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter, including quick consecutive presses.
- #13775 d842b97 - Clear stale Agent Manager running indicators when a background agent finishes while another project is selected.
- #13704 3c04984 - Clear subagent permission prompts after approval or denial, even when the subagent view is closed, and prevent stale recovery responses from restoring resolved prompts.
- #13738 8d347a9 - Show initial Agent Manager worktree prompts immediately while they are being sent.
- #13692 8c077fb Thanks @WebReflection! - Use organization model defaults in VS Code while preserving valid preferences. Return consistent defaults from the CLI provider APIs, respect environment credential overrides, and prevent public-model fallbacks for Org accounts.
- #13773 f18516e - Keep Agent Manager sections collapsed when deleting worktrees and select the nearest visible worktree with a session instead.
- #13728 0c72ddd - Reduce change-badge overhead in large repositories by reusing unchanged file counts and limiting concurrent file reads.
- #13783 1ac2666 - Remove the help icon from the Agent Manager toolbar.
- #13716 05a9013 - Suggest /review worktree first in Agent Manager worktrees.
- #13743 62acc16 - Show sessions that end with a review suggestion as completed in Agent Manager.
- #13732 beb84eb - Show session titles and agent icons in board communication routes, with readable long-name tooltips and each message body shown once. Expose available agent execution state and report inactive or unknown recipients without implying delivery or reading.
- #13715 54689a5 - Keep terminal-only tabs active when switching between Agent Manager worktrees and Local, without adding a new session when returning from another project.
- #13774 7b4f502 - Allow Update from base to dismiss unanswered questions and preserve local work with recovery data isolated per worktree, without asking how to save it or bypassing permission approvals.
- #13683 e0dd6c8 Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Open images attached to sent chat messages in an editor tab preview instead of a modal, matching the behavior of images attached in the prompt input.
- #13714 e7f66a8 - Select the nearest worktree with an open session after deleting a worktree in Agent Manager.
Updated dependencies [bbc26e4, 8c077fb, ce274e6, b8e1dae, c0eba39, beb84eb]:
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- Sep 2, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 2, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 3, 2026
v7.5.9 (release)
Kilo ships minor updates to Agent Manager, VS Code, and the CLI, including local app previews, editable queued messages, richer heartbeat info, clearer background agent status, faster long-session forking, and broader controls for subagents and worktrees.
7.5.8
Minor Changes
- #13501 9231c25 - Preview local applications in Agent Manager with embedded developer tools, grouped diagnostics, and review-style element feedback for precise frontend changes.
- #13556 52d4247 - Edit queued messages in VS Code before they are sent, while preserving their text and attachments.
- #13565 49692a6 - Advertise optional instance kind, process start time, and current Git branch in CLI heartbeats.
- #13557 6624c1a - Allow the orchestrating agent to choose a model, provider, and reasoning effort for each subagent task behind an experimental setting.
- #13645 cd366ce - Show CLI activity in Agent Manager terminal tabs and worktree indicators, including working, waiting for input, retrying, errors, and completed tasks.
Patch Changes
- #13630 242bb18 - Use the Agent Manager panel for terminals by default when no destination is configured, while preserving existing choices.
- #13663 17bb54d - Keep finished background agents in the compact header with status icons, and automatically collapse their list when all agents finish.
- #13666 2e76572 - Speed up forking long sessions while preserving conversation history and independent child sessions.
- #13646 e803815 - Fix the invisible collapse icon in the background agents panel.
- #13637 36804b0 - Fix an empty extension sidebar after installing a build with browser automation support.
- #13597 915b4a2 - Show live activity indicators for subagent tabs in Agent Manager, including running, retrying, waiting for input, completed, and error states.
- #13468 32e4b0a - Release worktree processes and terminals before removing Agent Manager worktrees on Windows.
- #13601 438dbe7 - Show deliberately stopped agent sessions as idle instead of finished.
- #13641 dd390c1 - Support stopping the main agent without cancelling background agents, and add Stop all to the VS Code background-agent bar.
- #13650 a6bdd6f - Keep Agent Manager inspector panels open during state updates when browser automation is disabled.
- #13665 bb87cc8 - Open all background agents at once with compact, matching toolbar controls.
- #13667 1d8689f - Match answered question text to other tool output and respect the Kilo font size setting.
- #13610 b5ee423 - Restore Agent Manager side panels for each project, worktree, and session when navigating, while keeping closed panels closed.
- #13605 25d9448 - Stop checking for unsupported legacy Kilo migrations at startup while keeping Roo Code session import available.
- #13604 edb929d - Keep background agent spinners animating smoothly during status updates.
- #13602 0701c5f - Allow subagent task headers to collapse and share the saved timeline preference with the main agent.
- #13603 08757f7 - Reduce empty space below the chat prompt in wide Agent Manager panes while preserving the side margins.
Updated dependencies [7c845aa, dd390c1, 6624c1a]:
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- Sep 2, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 2, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 3, 2026
v7.5.8 (pre-release)
Kilo adds Agent Manager and VS Code workflow upgrades, including local app previews, queued message editing, richer CLI and subagent status updates, and better background agent controls, while also improving session handling, Windows cleanup, and overall UI stability.
Minor Changes
- #13501 9231c25 - Preview local applications in Agent Manager with embedded developer tools, grouped diagnostics, and review-style element feedback for precise frontend changes.
- #13556 52d4247 - Edit queued messages in VS Code before they are sent, while preserving their text and attachments.
- #13565 49692a6 - Advertise optional instance kind, process start time, and current Git branch in CLI heartbeats.
- #13557 6624c1a - Allow the orchestrating agent to choose a model, provider, and reasoning effort for each subagent task behind an experimental setting.
- #13645 cd366ce - Show CLI activity in Agent Manager terminal tabs and worktree indicators, including working, waiting for input, retrying, errors, and completed tasks.
Patch Changes
- #13630 242bb18 - Use the Agent Manager panel for terminals by default when no destination is configured, while preserving existing choices.
- #13663 17bb54d - Keep finished background agents in the compact header with status icons, and automatically collapse their list when all agents finish.
- #13666 2e76572 - Speed up forking long sessions while preserving conversation history and independent child sessions.
- #13646 e803815 - Fix the invisible collapse icon in the background agents panel.
- #13637 36804b0 - Fix an empty extension sidebar after installing a build with browser automation support.
- #13597 915b4a2 - Show live activity indicators for subagent tabs in Agent Manager, including running, retrying, waiting for input, completed, and error states.
- #13468 32e4b0a - Release worktree processes and terminals before removing Agent Manager worktrees on Windows.
- #13601 438dbe7 - Show deliberately stopped agent sessions as idle instead of finished.
- #13641 dd390c1 - Support stopping the main agent without cancelling background agents, and add Stop all to the VS Code background-agent bar.
- #13650 a6bdd6f - Keep Agent Manager inspector panels open during state updates when browser automation is disabled.
- #13665 bb87cc8 - Open all background agents at once with compact, matching toolbar controls.
- #13667 1d8689f - Match answered question text to other tool output and respect the Kilo font size setting.
- #13610 b5ee423 - Restore Agent Manager side panels for each project, worktree, and session when navigating, while keeping closed panels closed.
- #13605 25d9448 - Stop checking for unsupported legacy Kilo migrations at startup while keeping Roo Code session import available.
- #13604 edb929d - Keep background agent spinners animating smoothly during status updates.
- #13602 0701c5f - Allow subagent task headers to collapse and share the saved timeline preference with the main agent.
- #13603 08757f7 - Reduce empty space below the chat prompt in wide Agent Manager panes while preserving the side margins.
Updated dependencies [7c845aa, dd390c1, 6624c1a]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- @opencode-ai/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- @kilocode/[email protected]
- Sep 1, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 1, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 2, 2026
JetBrains 7.1.5
Kilo fixes Keep Agent Manager run and action buttons so they stay available during IDE indexing.
Fixed
Keep Agent Manager run/action buttons available while the IDE is indexing, instead of disabling them and showing "waits for analysis" tooltips.
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