Factory AI Droid CLI for agentic development workflows
Complete changelog with every version since the first release.
Latest Version:v0.167.0
Total Releases:167
Source:Web Changelog
Releases (167)
v0.167.0New
Port-forward for droid computers
July 7, 2026
- •New features: Port-forward for droid computers - New droid computer port-forward command to forward ports from a droid computer to your local machine
- •Improvements: Faster app startup - Startup boot phases now run in parallel, reducing time to a usable window (app)
- •Improvements: Faster session search - Session search is quicker and returns better-ranked results
- •Improvements: Full-screen help - Help now opens as a full-screen overlay you can dismiss with ? or Esc
- •Improvements: Slash menu filtering - Filtered slash menu results are flattened with a clearer category block
- •Improvements: Cleaner model names - Model names display more clearly across the app (app)
- •Improvements: Cleaner chat transcript - Internal tool lookups no longer clutter the chat transcript (app)
- •Improvements: Update rollback - The app can now roll back to a previous version when needed (app)
- •Bug fixes: Image paste on Windows - Fixed pasting images into the composer on Windows
- •Bug fixes: Safe exit during updates - You can now exit safely while a background update is in progress
- •Bug fixes: SessionStart hooks - A hung SessionStart hook no longer blocks session initialization
- •Bug fixes: Completion sound - Restored the completion sound
- •Bug fixes: Windows home directory - Fixed resolving the home directory for non-ASCII Windows usernames
- •Bug fixes: Draft attachments - Draft attachments are now preserved when the screen repaints
- •Bug fixes: Sandboxed hooks - Fixed hook command execution under the sandbox
v0.164.0
Grouped slash commands
July 2, 2026
- •New features: Grouped slash commands - Slash commands are now organized by category for easier browsing
- •New features: Cloud sync control - New setting to control whether your data syncs to the cloud (app)
- •Improvements: Linear model picker - Model names now display cleanly in the Linear delegation picker (app)
- •Improvements: Computer provisioning wizard - Clarified copy in the droid computer provisioning wizard (app)
- •Bug fixes: MCP tool names - Tool names containing dots are now accepted per the MCP specification
- •Bug fixes: MCP authentication - Restored sign-in to MCP servers that reject certain OAuth client registration
- •Bug fixes: Background processes in droid exec - Agent-spawned background processes now keep running after droid exec exits
- •Bug fixes: Editor for allow/deny lists - The CLI now honors $EDITOR when editing allow and deny lists on headless hosts
- •Bug fixes: Gemini reasoning - Fixed handling of invalid Gemini reasoning blocks
- •Bug fixes: Droid computer SSH - Fixed connecting to a droid computer by its exact name
- •Bug fixes: Cross-org login - Fixed login issues when working across multiple organizations (app)
v0.162.0
Cloned repos in projects
June 30, 2026
- •New features: Cloned repos in projects - Cloned repositories now appear in the new-session projects dropdown (app)
- •Improvements: Lower memory usage - Reduced memory use during long and idle sessions
- •Improvements: Word-wise navigation - Option+Left/Right now jumps between words in secondary text inputs
- •Bug fixes: Resumed hooks - Hook rows now render correctly after you resume a session
- •Bug fixes: File encoding - Edited files now keep their original encoding instead of always saving as UTF-8
- •Bug fixes: MCP authentication - Restored basic auth fallback when signing in to MCP servers over OAuth
- •Bug fixes: Org switching - Fixed selecting the active organization when switching organizations, including in the EU (app)
v0.161.0
Hooks manager overhaul
June 29, 2026
- •New features: Hooks manager overhaul - Redesigned the hooks manager for viewing and configuring your hooks
- •New features: WezTerm setup - Added terminal setup support for WezTerm
- •New features: Chat transcript search - Search within a chat transcript (app)
- •Improvements: Faster searches - Avoided unnecessary search cache rebuilds
v0.159.0
Archive projects
June 25, 2026
- •New features: Archive projects - Archive projects you’re no longer working on to keep your project list tidy (app)
- •Improvements: Clearer MCP auth guidance - When an MCP server fails to authenticate, the CLI now explains how to resolve it
- •Bug fixes: MCP config errors - MCP configuration parse errors are now surfaced clearly instead of failing silently
v0.158.0
Enable and disable plugins
June 24, 2026
- •New features: Enable and disable plugins - Turn individual plugins on or off with a new toggle
- •Improvements: Tab to complete slash commands - Press Tab to complete slash commands
- •Improvements: MCP authentication - Improved handling of MCP authentication responses and desktop redirects
- •Improvements: Account credit checkout - Subscribe to or upgrade your plan using account credit
- •Bug fixes: Invalid API key login - The CLI now exits with an error on an invalid FACTORY_API_KEY instead of stalling at login
- •Bug fixes: Cancel AskUser prompts - Cancelling an AskUser prompt now interrupts the agent instead of letting it continue
- •Bug fixes: Duplicate tool approvals - Approval-gated tool executions now render only once
- •Bug fixes: Windows background processes - Fixed cleanup of background processes on exit on Windows
- •Bug fixes: Document skills location - Document skills are now written to your current working directory
- •Bug fixes: Dark mode toggles - Dark mode toggles are now visible and loading spinners animate correctly (app)
- •Bug fixes: Editable composer - The composer stays editable during session blockers (app)
v0.157.0
Edit prompts externally
June 23, 2026
- •New features: Edit prompts externally - Open and edit your prompt in an external editor for composing longer messages
- •Bug fixes: Caps-lock cursor keys - Fixed cursor key handling when caps lock is on
- •Bug fixes: Onboarding crash - Fixed a crash that could occur when connecting before onboarding finished (app)
v0.156.2
Rewind conversation
June 22, 2026
- •New features: Rewind conversation - The new /rewind-conversation command rewinds the chat and restores your files to an earlier point (app)
- •New features: Org hooks governance - Organizations can now centrally control hooks settings across their members
- •Improvements: Clickable message links - URLs in your messages are now clickable
- •Improvements: Light terminal colors - Improved white rendering in the light terminal theme
- •Bug fixes: Reasoning indicator - Non-thinking models no longer show a reasoning indicator
- •Bug fixes: Execute step shimmer - Fixed a stale loading shimmer left on completed execute steps
- •Bug fixes: Windows hooks - Preserved command quoting for hooks on Windows
- •Bug fixes: MCP server logos - MCP server logos now keep their original colors
v0.152.0
Autonomy flag
June 18, 2026
- •New features: Autonomy flag - Set Droid’s autonomy level straight from the command line with droid --auto high
- •New features: Org MCP and marketplace controls - Organizations can centrally govern MCP server and plugin marketplace access
- •New features: In-app membership controls - Manage organization members directly in the app (app)
- •Improvements: Private npm registry plugins - Plugin sources can now authenticate to private npm registries using an auth token environment variable
- •Improvements: Onboarding copy - Clearer guidance during Droid setup onboarding (app)
- •Bug fixes: Status after interrupt - Droid’s status now clears correctly after you interrupt it
- •Bug fixes: Event hooks - Multiple hooks configured for the same event are now combined correctly
- •Bug fixes: Summaries across directories - Fixed conversation summaries when your working directory changes
- •Bug fixes: Streaming placeholder - Fixed a stale placeholder that could linger in the chat (app)
- •Bug fixes: Connection stability - Reduced session UI flicker during brief connection drops (app)
v0.151.0
Skill slash commands in editors
June 17, 2026
- •New features: Skill slash commands in editors - Skill slash commands are now available when connecting from external editors
- •Improvements: macOS installer branding - The macOS DMG installer is now branded (app)
- •Improvements: MCP results as markdown - MCP tool results returned as JSON now render as formatted markdown
- •Bug fixes: Session reconnection - Sessions now stay rendered and reconnect instead of redirecting to a Session Unavailable page (app)
- •Bug fixes: Org switcher - The desktop organization switcher now shows the currently selected organization (app)
- •Bug fixes: Desktop MCP sign-in - Improved desktop MCP authentication callback handling (app)
- •Bug fixes: Composer actions layout - Composer actions now stay on a single line (app)
v0.150.0
npm plugin sources
June 16, 2026
- •New features: npm plugin sources - Plugin marketplace definitions can now reference plugins published as npm packages
- •New features: Quit confirmation - Desktop now asks for confirmation before quitting or closing would interrupt an active Droid session (app)
- •Improvements: Long session performance - Improved chat performance in long sessions (app)
- •Improvements: MCP authentication page - Polished the MCP authentication success page
- •Improvements: Overdue invoice banner - Billing settings now show a banner when an invoice is overdue (app)
- •Bug fixes: Rate limit reset display - Fixed the rate limit reset time shown for sub-hour resets
v0.148.0
MCP connection status
June 14, 2026
- •New features: MCP connection status - droid mcp list and your session now show each MCP server’s connection and authentication status
- •New features: Org-wide auto-update control - Organizations can turn off CLI auto-updates with a new disableAutoUpdate setting
- •Improvements: Log rotation - The CLI now rotates its log files to avoid filling up disk space
- •Improvements: Faster MCP loading in editors - MCP servers load without blocking when connecting from external editors
- •Improvements: Streamlined desktop sign-up - Signing up on desktop now takes you straight to login (app)
- •Improvements: Clearer unsaved changes banner - The unsaved changes banner is now easier to spot (app)
- •Bug fixes: Duplicate BYOK models - Removed duplicate models from the bring-your-own-key model selector
- •Bug fixes: BYOK custom endpoints - Fixed compatibility with custom bring-your-own-key model endpoints
- •Bug fixes: Duplicate transcript - Fixed a duplicate transcript appearing in the session view
- •Bug fixes: Plugins slash command - The /plugins command now appears before a session finishes initializing (app)
- •Bug fixes: Wiki reader dragging - Restored window dragging in the wiki reader (app)
- •Bug fixes: MCP authentication notices - Improved how MCP authentication prompts are shown
v0.147.0
Command blocklist
June 12, 2026
- •New features: Command blocklist - The new commandBlocklist setting hard-stops specified commands so they can never run, even under full autonomy or skipped approvals
- •New features: Welcome screen sign-in - Added log-in and sign-up CTAs to the welcome screen (app)
- •Improvements: MCP OAuth - MCP servers can now authenticate using Client ID Metadata Documents (CIMD), with improved compatibility for servers that require a resource indicator
- •Improvements: Updated tooltips - Refreshed tooltips for clearer guidance
- •Bug fixes: Ctrl+Enter tooltip - Fixed the Ctrl+Enter tooltip
- •Bug fixes: Desktop MCP OAuth banner - The MCP OAuth banner now points at the MCP button (app)
v0.146.0
Browser-based desktop onboarding
June 12, 2026
- •New features: Browser-based desktop onboarding - Desktop onboarding now opens in your browser for a smoother first-run setup (app)
- •Improvements: Queue message shortcut - Queue a message with Ctrl+Enter
- •Improvements: Earlier session titles - Droid now names your session earlier in the conversation
- •Bug fixes: Chat cursor on resize - The chat input now keeps your cursor position when the terminal is resized
- •Bug fixes: Context summarization hangs - Fixed a rare hang that could occur while summarizing long conversations
- •Bug fixes: Content filtering - Responses blocked by a content filter are now surfaced as a clear moderation error
- •Bug fixes: Desktop MCP OAuth - Desktop MCP OAuth now flows through the hosted callback (app)
- •Bug fixes: Desktop onboarding top bar - The top bar can now be dragged on desktop onboarding screens (app)
- •Bug fixes: Data retention dialog - The data retention dialog no longer interferes with desktop navigation (app)
v0.144.0
Session file suggestions
June 9, 2026
- •New features: Session file suggestions - The new session page now suggests relevant files as you get started (app)
- •Improvements: Safer command risk handling - Commands that could destroy your working tree are now treated as high risk
- •Improvements: tmux key support - Improved keyboard handling when running inside tmux
- •Bug fixes: MCP reliability - Improved reliability of MCP authentication and connectors
v0.143.0
Self-serve organization deactivation
June 8, 2026
- •New features: Self-serve organization deactivation - Deactivate your organization yourself, with subscription cancellation now available in billing settings (app)
- •Improvements: Richer Jira details - Fetching a Jira issue now includes more fields, comments, and linked-issue URLs
- •Improvements: Quieter hooks - Hooks can hide their output block in the TUI by setting suppressOutput
- •Bug fixes: Windows home directory - Fixed home directory resolution on Windows to avoid username corruption (app)
- •Bug fixes: Session integrity - Fixed an issue that could overwrite an existing session
v0.142.0
GitLab code review setup
June 5, 2026
- •Improvements: GitLab code review setup - The install-code-review skill now configures review pipelines using a GitLab CI Component
- •Bug fixes: Duplicate chat messages - Fixed duplicate messages appearing in chat
- •Bug fixes: Diff viewer counts - The diff viewer now refreshes its change counts correctly (app)
v0.141.0
Large command output
June 4, 2026
- •Improvements: Large command output - Command execution now handles very large outputs more reliably
- •Bug fixes: Input hint placement - The running hint now stays below your typed input
- •Bug fixes: Guidelines in non-git projects - Droid no longer looks for guideline files in parent directories when you’re not inside a git repository
v0.140.0
Claude Opus 4.8
June 3, 2026
- •New features: Claude Opus 4.8 - Added support for Claude Opus 4.8, including a faster Fast Mode variant
- •New features: Gemini 3.5 Flash - Added support for Gemini 3.5 Flash
- •New features: MCP tool search - Droid can now search and load MCP tools on demand, keeping large MCP setups fast and context-efficient
- •New features: Incident response - Droid can automatically investigate production alerts posted to a configured Slack channel and work toward a root-cause analysis
- •Improvements: Accurate status banners - Spinner status banners now reflect the true state of the current turn
- •Improvements: Context menu text actions - Added text actions to the right-click context menu (app)
- •Bug fixes: Terminal write errors - The CLI no longer crashes when the terminal rejects output writes
- •Bug fixes: Paste handling - Fixed a crash on certain pasted input and corrected handling of split bracketed pastes
- •Bug fixes: Agent loop stalls - The agent loop no longer runs unbounded when turns produce no output
- •Bug fixes: Empty chat placeholder - Restored the placeholder shown in empty chats (app)
- •Bug fixes: Machine connection crash - Fixed a crash when loading sessions with older machine connection types (app)
v0.139.0
Custom commands and skills in the slash menu
June 2, 2026
- •New features: Custom commands and skills in the slash menu - Your custom commands and skills now appear directly in the slash menu
- •Bug fixes: MCP schema compatibility - Improved handling of MCP servers with incompatible tool schemas
- •Bug fixes: Clearing MCP server fields - You can now clear fields when editing an MCP server
- •Bug fixes: Local session labels - Local sessions are now labeled “Local” instead of “Ephemeral” (app)
v0.138.0
Interactive MCP management
June 1, 2026
- •New features: Interactive MCP management - Add, remove, and list MCP servers interactively
- •New features: MCP credential variables - MCP server configs can now expand credential variables at runtime
- •New features: Configurable MCP call timeout - Set a custom timeout for MCP tool calls
- •New features: mcp off shortcut - Quickly disable MCP servers with a new shortcut
- •New features: MCP servers for custom droids - Choose which MCP servers are available to custom droids
- •New features: Per-server MCP risk - Configure command risk levels for each MCP server
- •New features: Mermaid export - Export Mermaid diagrams from chat (app)
- •Improvements: Highlighted new models - New models now appear highlighted at the top of /models
- •Improvements: MCP embedded resources - MCP servers’ embedded resources are now surfaced in chat
- •Improvements: Composer loading state - The message composer now shows a loading state (app)
- •Improvements: Session archiving - Unified the session archive flow across the app and desktop (app)
- •Improvements: Pinned messages - Clicking a pinned message now scrolls to its source (app)
- •Bug fixes: Turn cancellation - Canceling a turn now takes effect immediately
- •Bug fixes: Session rename - Renamed session titles are now trimmed of extra whitespace (app)
v0.137.0
Duplicate thinking output
May 29, 2026
- •Bug fixes: Duplicate thinking output - Thinking output no longer renders twice
- •Bug fixes: MCP permission persistence - MCP permissions now persist across all confirmation paths
- •Bug fixes: Context usage meter - Fixed alignment of the context usage meter
v0.136.0
Deep review skill
May 28, 2026
- •New features: Deep review skill - New /deep-review skill for a more thorough, multi-pass code review
- •New features: Side questions in the app - The /btw side questions panel is now available in the app (app)
- •New features: Auto-compression toggle - Turn automatic session compression on or off to manage long sessions
- •New features: Configurable compression model - Choose which model handles automatic session compression
- •Improvements: Org details in /status - The /status command now shows your organization details
- •Improvements: Standardized hooks config path - Hooks configuration now uses a standardized file path with automatic migration
- •Improvements: Faster large pastes - Sped up pasting large amounts of text
- •Improvements: Tool summary hover affordance - Tool summaries now show a hover affordance for available actions (app)
- •Bug fixes: Autoscroll fixes - Fixed several autoscroll issues in the session view (app)
- •Bug fixes: Reasoning-only turns - Fixed sessions stalling when the assistant returned only reasoning
- •Bug fixes: DeepSeek tool calls - Improved reliability of multi-step tool calls when using DeepSeek models
v0.135.0
Adaptive terminal theme
May 27, 2026
- •New features: Adaptive terminal theme - The CLI now auto-detects your terminal background and picks a matching theme
- •Improvements: Agent-browser update - Updated the bundled agent-browser skill to a newer release with better automation reliability
- •Improvements: Subagent type badges - Subagent type badges in TaskOutput now render in PascalCase for easier reading
- •Bug fixes: Message draft attachments - Message draft attachments are now preserved when switching contexts (app)
- •Bug fixes: Session activity indicator - Improved the activity indicator in the session panel (app)
- •Bug fixes: Enterprise Controls forms - Empty arrays and records are no longer written when saving Enterprise Controls (app)
- •Bug fixes: Enterprise Controls layout - Aligned control heights across Enterprise Controls forms (app)
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