v1.18.9

Core

Bugfixes

• Restored compatibility with legacy MCP SDK clients.

Desktop

Bugfixes

• Fixed a Solid cleanup crash that could break navigation in the desktop app.
• Fixed home session loading so the session list can update without suspending the whole page.

Improvements

• Removed the extra vertical borders from the V2 home projects view.
• Added an opt-in V2 desktop sidecar backed by the bundled CLI service.
• Added collapsible model provider sections in V2 settings.

Thank you to 1 community contributor:

• @roborew:
  • fix(desktop): patch @dnd-kit/solid to preserve core scroll plugins (#38119)

v1.18.8

Core

Improvements

• Improved compatibility with newer MCP servers and OAuth flows.

Bugfixes

• Reconnects MCP servers after expired SDK sessions, including concurrent requests.
• Honors configured MCP OAuth callback ports in mcp debug.
• Stops sending deprecated sampling defaults to newer Gemini models.

Desktop

Improvements

• Added a shortcut to open the project selector in new sessions.

Bugfixes

• Tab keyboard navigation now follows the visible tab order.
• Opening files now expands Windows folders with trailing separators.
• Server status uses blue when an integration needs attention.
• Provider connection state now refreshes immediately after changes.
• Linux packages now install AppStream metadata. (@develop7)
• Local desktop runs now use the channel database.
• Prevents freezes when closing projects from the home view.
• Prevents the right panel from freezing the session view while loading.

Thank you to 2 community contributors:

• @OpeOginni:
  • fix(core): correct MCP environment field in built-in skill (#39175)
• @develop7:
  • fix(desktop): install AppStream metainfo in Linux packages (#36872)

v1.18.7

Desktop

Bugfixes

• Remove the extra titlebar inset in fullscreen on macOS.
• Keep command palette entries from reappearing incorrectly when shadowed commands are removed.
• Add scrolling to the project selector dropdown when the list is long. (@david1gp)

Thank you to 2 community contributors:

• @ProdigyRahul:
  • fix(ui): keep mutable selects open (#39027)
• @david1gp:
  • fix(app): add scroll to project selector dropdown (#39016)

v1.18.6

Core

Bugfixes

• Fixed branch-specific repository caches so refreshing one reference no longer moves another branch checkout.

Desktop

Improvements

• Improved compatibility with the newer client API across directory, project, session, and terminal flows.

Bugfixes

• Fixed legacy MCP state refreshing when opening a V1 workspace.
• Fixed provider lists not refreshing after connecting a provider or finishing provider OAuth on V1 servers.

v1.18.5

Core

Bugfixes

• Improve Claude adaptive thinking handling across more response shapes.
• Avoid OpenAI Responses phase handling that could break some conversations.
• Preserve grep symlink paths in search results. (@remixz)
• Preserve Mistral reasoning history across turns.
• Stabilize Mistral prompt caching.
• Use the correct prompt cache keys for each SDK.
• Fix MiniMax M3 thinking variant selection.

Desktop

Improvements

• Support the current server terminal transport.
• Support current-server review data in the desktop app.
• Update server discovery flows for current servers.
• Support current-server session actions, including prompts and commands.
• Render current-server session timelines.
• Stream current-server events in the desktop app.
• Detect legacy and current servers so the desktop app can work with both.

Bugfixes

• Restore optimistic timeline updates while responses are still streaming.
• Hide legacy-only features when connected to current servers.
• Preserve inline file mentions when sending prompts to legacy servers.
• Stop auto-accepting config permissions on current servers.
• Keep current servers out of the legacy layout.
• Show plain file contents in file-specific tabs instead of review diffs.
• Keep the prompt input agent toggle in sync.
• Keep paginated session timelines in the right order.
• Restore directory-scoped session status for legacy servers.
• Reload legacy session progress after hydration.

Thank you to 2 community contributors:

• @dleopold:
  • fix(app): classify existing web profiles for layout transition (#38117)
• @remixz:
  • fix(opencode): preserve grep symlink paths (#38581)

PR #38252 verification videos

Before/after verification recordings for PR #38252.

v1.18.4

Core

Improvements

• Use adaptive thinking controls for Kimi models on Anthropic-compatible providers, with summarized reasoning output by default. (@chouqin)

Bugfixes

• Reduce OpenAI provider header timeouts during slow connection setup.
• Respect provider-defined reasoning options instead of falling back to the wrong reasoning controls.
• Restore Azure Cognitive Services endpoint support for Azure-hosted models.

Desktop

Improvements

• Sync the embedded terminal theme with the app theme.
• Improve the review panel so open file tabs can stay aligned with the current diff view.
• Rewrite the v2 prompt input for more reliable command, context, shell, attachment, and history interactions.
• Improve review panel resizing and sticky controls.

Bugfixes

• Preserve command drafts in the command menu.
• Avoid session view failures when message parent links are missing.
• Prevent sending empty prompt text parts.
• Restore model variant selection accessibility.
• Show keybind tooltips on prompt input controls. (@ProdigyRahul)
• Deduplicate repeated file entries in diff summaries.
• Prevent recovery window handling from touching destroyed windows.

Thank you to 3 community contributors:

• @jerome-benoit:
  • fix(nix): relax Bun version check for desktop build (#36767)
  • fix(nix): restore desktop integration (#37197)
• @ProdigyRahul:
  • fix(app): show keybind tooltips on prompt input controls (#37824)
• @chouqin:
  • feat(opencode): use adaptive thinking effort for kimi family on anthr… (#37696)

PR #37967 final screenshots

Final visual evidence for PR #37967.

PR #37967 screenshots (final)

Final visual evidence for PR #37967.

PR #37967 screenshots

Visual evidence for PR #37967.