Droid (Factory AI)

Streaming file hook events

May 18, 2026

• •​New features: Streaming file hook events - File hook execution events now stream so you can follow progress as hooks run
• •​Improvements: Faster large session rendering - Large session transcripts now render faster by trimming at the cutoff before derivation
• •​Bug fixes: Esc cancels tool activity - Pressing Esc now reliably cancels in-progress tool activity
• •​Bug fixes: MCP tools with complex schemas - Listing MCP tools no longer fails when schemas contain unresolvable references
• •​Bug fixes: Claude Code subagent import - Subagent import is now skipped when there is no project root to import into
• •​Bug fixes: Session load file snapshots - File snapshots are now initialized when reloading a saved session
• •​Bug fixes: ACP todo updates - Hardened parsing of todo updates over ACP against missing fields
• •​Bug fixes: Read-only badge layout - Read-only badges no longer get compressed in narrow layouts (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Pinned group new session action - Removed an unintended new-session action on pinned groups (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Desktop session recovery - Desktop sessions now recover after a period of daemon inactivity (app)

Stale Computer registrations

May 15, 2026

• •​Bug fixes: Stale Computer registrations - Sessions now reconcile stale Droid Computer registrations automatically

Bulk session archiving

May 14, 2026

• •​New features: Bulk session archiving - New settings page for managing and bulk-archiving sessions (app)
• •​New features: EU data residency - Sessions and LLM inference for EU customers now stay within an EU-only data plane
• •​New features: Built-in security review - The /security-review skill is now bundled with the CLI by default
• •​New features: Copy bug report ID - Added a copy button next to bug report IDs (app)
• •​Improvements: Faster Computer restarts - Sped up restarting Droid Computers (app)
• •​Improvements: Lighter CLI startup - Reduced redundant requests during CLI startup
• •​Improvements: Persistent desktop preferences - Desktop preferences are now saved alongside other settings (app)
• •​Improvements: Windows pending update cleanup - Cleaned up stale pending updates on Windows
• •​Bug fixes: Structured output validation - Strengthened validation of structured tool output
• •​Bug fixes: Task token count - Removed an incorrect zero token count from Task tool results
• •​Bug fixes: Windows installer packaging - Repaired Windows installer packaging
• •​Bug fixes: Limits reset on plan change - Plan changes now correctly reset usage limits (app)
• •​Bug fixes: MCP servers for running sessions - MCP servers now load when reopening already-running sessions (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Local daemon warning during setup - Suppressed a spurious local daemon warning during initial setup (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Session not found errors - Fixed spurious session not found errors (app)

v0.125.1

May 14, 2026

ACP config options

May 13, 2026

• •​New features: ACP config options - The CLI now advertises configuration options to ACP clients and supports session/set_config_option for per-session overrides
• •​Improvements: Larger Task tool results - Raised the truncation limit on Task tool results so more output is preserved
• •​Bug fixes: Stale tool shimmer - Tool calls no longer leave a stale shimmer behind in the transcript
• •​Bug fixes: Stale Slack shimmer heartbeat - Stopped a stale shimmer heartbeat from lingering in Slack threads
• •​Bug fixes: Return to session on interaction prompt - The CLI now returns to the session view when a user interaction box surfaces
• •​Bug fixes: Gemini thinking signatures on replay - Gemini thinking signatures are now preserved when sessions replay
• •​Bug fixes: Title bar path on hover - The title bar now shows the full working directory path on hover (app)

Deep and shallow security review modes

May 12, 2026

• •​New features: Deep and shallow security review modes - /security-review now supports dedicated deep and shallow review modes
• •​New features: Login redirect URIs - The login flow now supports a redirect URI so you land where you started after signing in (app)
• •​Improvements: Sharper fuzzy search - Refined fuzzy search behavior in the CLI
• •​Improvements: Minimum context savings shown - Context savings now display a clear minimum percent for easier interpretation
• •​Improvements: Aligned MCP status indicators - MCP server status indicators now line up consistently
• •​Improvements: Faster setting updates - Settings changes are applied in place, avoiding unnecessary MCP and skill refetches (app)
• •​Improvements: Light mode polish - Small component styling refinements in light mode
• •​Bug fixes: Bounded resume history - Resume now renders a bounded history so large sessions stay responsive
• •​Bug fixes: Message send flash - Fixed a visual flash when submitting a message (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Desktop tutorial in desktop app - The “install desktop” onboarding step is now skipped when you’re already in the desktop app (app)

Factory token usage in mission control

May 11, 2026

• •​New features: Factory token usage in mission control - Factory token usage is now persisted to session settings, with a toggle to show it in mission control
• •​New features: Model deprecation notices - Factory now surfaces notices when a model is scheduled for deprecation
• •​New features: Optimistic message submit - Messages can now be submitted before the session connection is ready (app)
• •​Improvements: Clearer parallel execute approvals - Parallel execute approval prompts now make it clearer what’s being approved
• •​Improvements: Chat notice display - Refreshed how chat notices render (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Spec reasoning tab cycle - Restored cycling through tabs in the spec reasoning view
• •​Bug fixes: Duplicate spec rendering - Specs no longer render twice
• •​Bug fixes: Padded multiline status lines - Multiline status lines now render with consistent padding
• •​Bug fixes: Subagent tokens in mission control - Mission control token counts now include subagent tokens
• •​Bug fixes: Queued messages during /compress - Messages typed while /compress is running are now queued instead of dropped
• •​Bug fixes: Stale /missions prompt - Fixed a stale /missions prompt lingering after dismissal
• •​Bug fixes: Provider tool name handling - Improved handling of tool names returned by model providers
• •​Bug fixes: Stuck session loading - Fixed sessions that could get stuck loading (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Ghost update badge - Fixed a spurious update-available badge caused by an update manifest mismatch (app)

Manager-only API key creation

May 8, 2026

• •​Improvements: Manager-only API key creation - Organization API keys can now only be created by managers (app)
• •​Improvements: Stricter Computer name validation - Computer names are limited to lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens, with clearer error states (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Working directory from computer wizard - Working directory is now seeded correctly when navigating from the computer wizard to a new session (app)
• •​Bug fixes: Duplicate collapsed groups - Fixed duplicate collapsed groups in the CLI
• •​Bug fixes: Droid header spacing - Restored a missing trailing space in the Droid header
• •​Bug fixes: Extra usage on subscription end - Remaining extra usage is now transferred to your account balance when a subscription ends (app)

Thinking duration

May 7, 2026

• •​New features: Thinking duration - CLI and app now show how long a droid spent thinking
• •​New features: Scroll to most recent prompt - You can now scroll down directly to the most recent prompt in the CLI
• •​Improvements: Smoother transcript scrollback - Cached static transcript markdown rendering for faster scrolling
• •​Improvements: Better session titles - Session titles are now well-formed, with redundant syncs deduplicated
• •​Improvements: Tighter /sessions layout - Column widths in /sessions are now distributed more evenly
• •​Improvements: Faster setup failure feedback - Setup now fails fast with a clearer error when the daemon can’t connect
• •​Bug fixes: Pasting long blocks - Fixed issues when pasting large blocks of text into the CLI
• •​Bug fixes: ACP tool call lifecycle - Repaired the tool call lifecycle for ACP sessions
• •​Bug fixes: Droid binary download - Fixed an installation error when downloading the droid binary on some systems
• •​Bug fixes: Droid Computer reconnection - Droid Computers now reconnect automatically on activity (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Clearer daemon error messages - Improved daemon error messaging in the Factory App

Per-user Droid Computer controls

May 6, 2026

• •​New features: Per-user Droid Computer controls - Admins can now toggle managed and bring-your-own-machine (BYOM) Droid Computers on a per-user basis (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Windows performance - Sped up CLI responsiveness on Windows
• •​Improvements: More reliable OpenAI file edits - File edits now use the native patch tool for better reliability on OpenAI models
• •​Bug fixes: Wrapped hyperlink targets - Hyperlinks that wrap across lines now preserve the correct target
• •​Bug fixes: Working directory after Droid Computer change - The working directory is now restored when the selected Droid Computer changes (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Non-ASCII paths on Windows - Native Windows tools now handle non-ASCII paths correctly
• •​Bug fixes: Repeated context management notices - Stopped showing the same context management notice multiple times in a row
• •​Bug fixes: Windows daemon port retry - Daemon now retries binding correctly when a port is already in use on Windows
• •​Bug fixes: Plan cache after upgrade - Organization cache now refreshes after plan changes so the new plan appears immediately (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Droid Shield reliability - Additional fixes to Droid Shield
• •​Bug fixes: Applying patch header - Removed a redundant “applying patch” header
• •​Bug fixes: Droid message crash - Fixed a rare crash when rendering droid messages (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Payment methods for new organizations - Organizations without a billing profile now see an empty payment method list instead of an error (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Outdated thinking settings hint - Removed a stale hint related to thinking settings

Windows setup script

May 6, 2026

• •​New features: Windows setup script - New setup script simplifies installing the Droid CLI on Windows
• •​New features: MCP menu revamp - Redesigned MCP menu for clearer server and tool management
• •​New features: Sticky user messages - User messages stay anchored as you scroll, with a full-session view (Factory App)
• •​New features: Delete Wiki Runs - You can now delete Wiki Runs directly from the Factory App
• •​Improvements: Factory App auto-updater UX - Overhauled the Factory App auto-updater experience for a clearer update flow
• •​Improvements: Droid Computer wizard polish - Streamlined the new Droid Computer wizard (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Cleaner ask-user prompts - Polished the ask-user prompt UI in the CLI
• •​Improvements: Refined Thinking/Exploring previews - Tightened the look of Thinking and Exploring summary previews
• •​Improvements: Light mode chat polish - Improved chat styling in light mode
• •​Improvements: Missions overage error clarity - Distinguishes Missions overage network errors from generic failures
• •​Bug fixes: Status line working directory - Status line now uses the last known working directory instead of a stale path
• •​Bug fixes: AutoWiki history dropdown - AutoWiki history dropdown is no longer cut off by the surrounding layout (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: BYOK reasoning effort range - Full reasoning effort range now applies to custom BYOK models
• •​Bug fixes: Stale custom provider routing - Fixed stale routing persisting across custom BYOK provider switches
• •​Bug fixes: Download Factory App banner on web - “Download Factory App” banner no longer appears on the web

Custom working directory for sessions

May 5, 2026

• •​New features: Custom working directory for sessions - The public Sessions API now accepts an optional cwd field to start Droid Computer-backed sessions in a specific directory
• •​Bug fixes: Clearer working directory errors - Invalid working directories now fail fast with a structured error instead of silently falling back to the wrong directory

Live streaming in the Factory App

May 4, 2026

• •​New features: Live streaming in the Factory App - Factory App now streams partial text and thinking updates as a droid works
• •​New features: Bulk Usage Limit updates - Admins can update Usage Limits for multiple users at once (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Smarter readiness hints - Readiness hints now detect more cases where guidance helps before continuing
• •​Improvements: Localized review findings - Review findings now match your language instead of the source file’s language
• •​Improvements: Plus plan rename - Pro Plus has been renamed to Plus throughout the product
• •​Improvements: Directory-managed roles - Role dropdown is now disabled for users managed by directory sync (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Paused response recovery - Improved recovery from paused model responses
• •​Bug fixes: System notification color - Fixed color of system notification body copy
• •​Bug fixes: Slack session link unfurls - Session links no longer auto-unfurl in Slack threads
• •​Bug fixes: Slack persona on replies - Droid persona is now preserved on Slack replies

Individual plans

May 3, 2026

• •​Improvements: Individual plans - Self-serve plans are now grouped under Individual, with smoother loading states (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Sharper LLM error classification - Overloaded and context-length errors now surface as their own error types
• •​Bug fixes: Execute summary while streaming - Execute tool summary is now hidden while a response is still streaming
• •​Bug fixes: Chat log polish - Minor visual fixes to the chat log
• •​Bug fixes: /missions reminder in Mission Mode - The /missions system reminder no longer shows when you’re already in Mission Mode
• •​Bug fixes: Empty template cloud session - Submitting a cloud session with an empty template now works (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Thinking signature recovery - Improved recovery from interrupted thinking signatures

Runtime-aware Execute tool

May 2, 2026

• •​New features: Runtime-aware Execute tool - Execute tool descriptions now adapt to your runtime, with WSL-specific guidance and an expanded bashism detector
• •​New features: No-report readiness hint - CLI surfaces a dynamic hint when a report isn’t needed
• •​New features: Payment method in onboarding - You can now add a payment method during the final onboarding step (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Lingering prompts after resume - User prompts are now cleared correctly after a droid resumes
• •​Bug fixes: Gemini turn handling - Scoped Gemini reasoning signals to the active turn for more reliable continuations
• •​Bug fixes: Billing error classification - Payment-required responses now surface as billing errors instead of generic invalid-request errors
• •​Bug fixes: Working directory persistence - Validated working directory is now persisted and locked until the Droid Computer connects (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Droid Computer details on transient errors - Droid Computer details now remain visible during transient query errors (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Factory App updater download - Factory App updater now downloads the new version only after you click to install

PDF support for Gemini 3.1 Pro

May 1, 2026

• •​New features: PDF support for Gemini 3.1 Pro - Gemini 3.1 Pro now accepts PDF inputs
• •​New features: GLM-5.1 reasoning - Added reasoning support for GLM-5.1
• •​New features: Bulk image drag-and-drop - Drop multiple images into the CLI at once
• •​New features: PDF uploads - Upload PDF files directly in chat (Factory App)
• •​New features: No Droid Computer state on new session - The new session page now handles cases when no Droid Computers are available (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Resilient session resume - Resuming a session that references a retired model now triggers a clean model migration
• •​Improvements: Cloud sync stability - Hardened cloud sync against session race conditions
• •​Bug fixes: Terminal tab title - Terminal tab title now updates when the active session changes
• •​Bug fixes: Phantom lines in narrow terminals - Fixed phantom lines that could appear in narrow terminals
• •​Bug fixes: Mermaid terminal rendering - Guarded Mermaid diagram rendering in the terminal against crashes
• •​Bug fixes: Clearer auth errors - Improved authentication error messages
• •​Bug fixes: ACP session cancellation - You can now cancel ACP sessions, and the correct auth code is shown
• •​Bug fixes: Spinner rendering - Fixed a spinner rendering issue
• •​Bug fixes: Linear delegation matching - Relaxed matching in the Linear delegation picker (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Session timeout messages - Cleaner timeout messages and fixed a working directory error (Factory App)

BYOM admin toggle

April 30, 2026

• •​New features: BYOM admin toggle - Organization admins can now enable or disable bring-your-own-machine (BYOM) Droid Computers from enterprise settings (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Droid Shield push scan - Push scanning now targets only commits not yet on any remote, reducing duplicate scans
• •​Improvements: AutoWiki UI polish - Visual refinements across the AutoWiki interface (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Agent loop continuation - Agent loop now continues when a model response has no visible output
• •​Bug fixes: Bash result spacing - Removed an unwanted gap between bash commands and their results
• •​Bug fixes: AskUser answer alignment - Your own answer row in AskUser is now aligned with other rows
• •​Bug fixes: Windows Python execution - Python commands run on Windows now use a UTF-8 environment by default

Mission Control shortcuts

April 29, 2026

• •​New features: Mission Control shortcuts - New g/G keyboard shortcuts to jump between workers and the features list in Mission Control
• •​New features: Deny-list command explanations - CLI now explains why a command was deny-listed when prompting for approval
• •​New features: Force-kill occupied ports - Reclaim a port that’s already in use directly from the CLI
• •​New features: Readiness hints - CLI now surfaces occasional readiness hints to help guide your next step
• •​New features: Draft messages - Save and resume in-progress chat messages between sessions (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Randomized Academy quiz options - Quiz answer choices are now randomized per question (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Cloud Machines status label - Renamed Cloud Machines status from “deprecated” to “superseded” (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Draggable window during startup - Factory App window stays draggable while the app finishes loading
• •​Bug fixes: Git AI attribution - Git AI attribution now records commit authors correctly
• •​Bug fixes: Mission skill validation - Mission skills are now validated when starting a mission run
• •​Bug fixes: Archived sessions - CLI no longer pulls archived sessions
• •​Bug fixes: Slack delegation formatting - Slack-delegated sessions now respond using Slack-native formatting
• •​Bug fixes: Fewer Git diff failures - Reduced intermittent Git diff failures during sessions
• •​Bug fixes: Invite seat limits - Invite flow now consistently enforces organization seat limits (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Default model selection - New sessions now validate the persisted model against available models (Factory App)

DeepSeek V4 Pro

April 28, 2026

• •​New features: DeepSeek V4 Pro - Added support for the DeepSeek V4 Pro model
• •​New features: Resume MCP elicitations - Elicitation prompts from MCP tools can now be resumed after interruption
• •​New features: Extra-usage payment status - Failed and succeeded extra-usage payment statuses are now surfaced in the payment modal (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Security review on by default - The security-review skill is now enabled by default
• •​Improvements: Non-retryable 4xx responses - 4xx responses (other than 429) are no longer retried, so failures surface faster
• •​Improvements: Persistent Slack loading status - Slack loading indicators now stay visible past status updates for clearer progress feedback (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: ApplyPatch absolute paths - Absolute paths are now honored verbatim in the ApplyPatch tool
• •​Bug fixes: Working directory redraw - Fixed working directory redraw and fork cwd overrides
• •​Bug fixes: Missions model settings - Missions model settings are now snapshotted at launch so they don’t drift mid-run
• •​Bug fixes: Custom statusline - Custom statusline now uses session-scoped data instead of leaking across sessions
• •​Bug fixes: Model-switch tool history - Tool history is now sanitized when switching models to prevent rendering issues
• •​Bug fixes: Context window error detection - Recognize additional context-window error phrasings so recovery is more reliable
• •​Bug fixes: Spec approval comments - Spec approval comments now align with conversation messages
• •​Bug fixes: Factory App local default - Factory App now consistently defaults to local connections
• •​Bug fixes: Onboarding loading state - Fixed a stuck loading state during onboarding (Factory App)

Italian translations

April 28, 2026

• •​New features: Italian translations - The Droid CLI is now available in Italian
• •​New features: interval loop command - New CLI command for running tasks on an interval
• •​New features: Refreshed hooks UI - Updated UI for managing hooks
• •​New features: Custom commands in Task prompts - Task tool prompts now expand resolved custom slash commands
• •​New features: Chat transcript scroll keybinds - New keyboard shortcuts to jump between turns in the chat view
• •​New features: Missions Rate Limits - Missions now handle Rate Limit responses gracefully
• •​New features: Missions entry overage gating - Missions entry now respects your organization’s overage preference
• •​New features: Per-run automation viewer - New visual viewer to inspect each automation run (Factory App)
• •​New features: Model access table - New UI for managing organization-level model access (Factory App)
• •​New features: Factory Academy certification tiers - Detect certification tiers and expanded quizzes to 30 questions (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Faster Grep tool - Grep tool now uses a hybrid ripgrep engine for better performance
• •​Improvements: Stronger secret scrubbing - Expanded secret scrubber patterns and applied scrubbing to Read tool output
• •​Improvements: Faster /new and /clear - Daemon session is now eagerly initialized on /new and /clear
• •​Improvements: Centered settings on wide screens - Settings content is now capped at 1024px and centered on wide displays (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Clearer schedule timezones - Automation schedule timezone and run history timestamps are clearer (Factory App)

Auto-fallback to Droid Core

April 26, 2026

• •​New features: Auto-fallback to Droid Core - Sessions that hit Rate Limits now automatically fall back to Droid Core when your overage preference is set to Droid Core
• •​New features: Per-tool MCP autonomy overrides - New mcpAutonomyOverrides setting lets you configure autonomy levels for individual MCP tools
• •​New features: System theming - Factory App now follows your system theme
• •​New features: New Factory App updater - Improved auto-update flow for the Factory App
• •​New features: Per-channel Slack auto-run model - Choose which model is used for each Slack auto-run channel (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Larger Droid Shield buffer - Increased Droid Shield max buffer from 20MB to 64MB to handle larger outputs
• •​Improvements: Faster hibernation detection - Droid Computer hibernation is now detected more quickly
• •​Improvements: Sorted model list - CLI model list is now sorted by release date, newest first
• •​Improvements: Cleaner MCP tool parameters - MCP tool parameters show truncated JSON instead of [object Object]
• •​Bug fixes: Lost subagent output - Fixed an issue where subagent output could be lost
• •​Bug fixes: MCP tool selection refresh - Tool selection now refreshes after MCP updates
• •​Bug fixes: Slash command initialization - Slash commands now wait for initialization to finish before running
• •​Bug fixes: Spec mode approval comments - Spec approval comments now work in both live and resumed sessions
• •​Bug fixes: --auto level in exec runs - --auto level is now applied in exec runs even when the session inherits spec mode
• •​Bug fixes: Tool confirmation state - Restored correct tool execution state after a tool-confirmation approval

Fast-mode toggle

April 23, 2026

• •​New features: Fast-mode toggle - Single opt-in toggle to enable fast-mode model variants
• •​New features: Droid Computer registration improvements - Smoother register/remove flow with better handling of duplicate Droid Computer names
• •​New features: Missions artifact validation - Missions artifacts are now schema-validated on create, edit, and apply-patch
• •​Improvements: Faster Windows worker startup - Reduced worker startup latency on Windows
• •​Improvements: Cleaner Ctrl+O transcripts - Verbose transcript bodies are now hidden for easier reading
• •​Improvements: Quieter CLI logs - Reduced noisy log volume during normal use
• •​Improvements: Mermaid rendering - Various improvements to Mermaid diagram rendering
• •​Bug fixes: Spec mode approval flow - Stabilized the approval flow in spec mode
• •​Bug fixes: IDE diagnostics on disconnect - Guarded against errors when the IDE client is disconnected
• •​Bug fixes: Background process cleanup - Background processes are now cleaned up when the CLI exits
• •​Bug fixes: Sessions during silent tools - Sessions are kept alive during silent tool execution
• •​Bug fixes: Session tool IDs - Session enabledToolIds are now treated as additive
• •​Bug fixes: Secret scanner on large diffs - Improved secret scanner reliability on large diffs
• •​Bug fixes: /rename persistence - /rename now persists across daemon sync and refreshes the cloud title (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Auto-allow-new toggle - Toggling auto-allow-new no longer clears every model (Factory App)

Consolidated Missions files

April 22, 2026

• •​New features: Consolidated Missions files - Files related to Missions now live together under ~/.factory for easier discoverability
• •​New features: Compute usage on billing pages - Billing and usage pages now surface compute usage alongside other usage data (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Missions wake-lock on Linux - Missions wake-lock now also blocks idle and lid-switch suspend so long-running Missions runs aren’t interrupted
• •​Bug fixes: Terminal focus feedback loop - Fixed a terminal focus-in feedback loop in the TUI
• •​Bug fixes: JSON-RPC error handling - Improved error handling for JSON-RPC communication
• •​Bug fixes: Subagents in sidebar - Restored subagents in the sidebar (Factory App)

/btw command

April 21, 2026

• •​New features: /btw command - New /btw slash command for sending side messages to the current session
• •​New features: Upgraded /copy selector - Improved selector UI for the /copy command
• •​New features: Full-project security audit - New full-project audit mode in the security-review skill
• •​New features: /copy slash command - /copy slash command and user message hover actions are now available in the app (Factory App)
• •​New features: Search by session ID - Search sessions directly by session ID (Factory App)
• •​New features: Member role filter - Filter the organization members list by role (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Timeout error handling - Improved handling of timeout errors with longer retry delays
• •​Improvements: Corporate network error detection - Corporate firewall, DNS, and TLS errors are now treated as non-retryable
• •​Improvements: Context limit classification - Requests exceeding a model’s context window are now classified as context-limit errors with clearer messaging
• •​Bug fixes: Subagent permission requests - Subagent permission requests are now auto-rejected instead of crashing the session
• •​Bug fixes: Auto suggestions after command - Auto suggestions no longer appear after a command is accepted
• •​Bug fixes: Auth error retries - 401 and 403 authentication errors are no longer retried
• •​Bug fixes: Default model preserved - The user’s configured default model is no longer rewritten on reads
• •​Bug fixes: Dismissed handoff items - Dismissed handoff items are now preserved during validation
• •​Bug fixes: Bug report fallback - Bug reports now fall back to local submission when the background daemon is unavailable

Spec mode option selection

April 21, 2026

• •​Improvements: Spec mode option selection - Simplified the flow for choosing between multiple proposal options in spec mode
• •​Improvements: droid computer list output - Hides the default “active” status column for cleaner output
• •​Bug fixes: Kimi tool call handling - Fixed an issue with Kimi tool calls that could cause stream errors
• •​Bug fixes: Auto-update on exit - CLI now waits for in-flight auto-updates to finish before exiting to avoid interrupted installs
• •​Bug fixes: Droid Computer connection reliability - Better detection and recovery when a Droid Computer connection stalls
• •​Bug fixes: Droid Computer connection warning - Suppressed a spurious “Failed to get computer connection state” warning (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Onboarding wizard display - Fixed display issues in the onboarding wizard (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Send button when disconnected - Send button is now properly disabled in disconnected sessions (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Banner import error - Fixed a banner import error (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Sidebar grouping collapse - Fixed unrelated groups collapsing together in the sidebar (Factory App)

Kimi K2.6 support

April 20, 2026

• •​New features: Kimi K2.6 support - Added support for the Kimi K2.6 model
• •​New features: Simplify built-in skill - Simplify is now a built-in skill, no installation required
• •​New features: AutoWiki / GitHub Wiki sync - Wikis generated by AutoWiki can now sync to GitHub Wiki, with additional Wiki reader fixes
• •​New features: Managed Droid Computer enterprise control - New managed Droid Computer toggle in enterprise controls (Factory App)
• •​New features: Missions access policy - Enterprise admins can now control access to Missions
• •​New features: Session title in browser tab - Factory App sessions now use the session title as the page title
• •​New features: Revamped Droid Computer creation - Redesigned flow for creating Droid Computers (Factory App)
• •​New features: Nested sidebar - Sidebar now supports nesting along with other polish improvements (Factory App)
• •​New features: Droid Computer connection status - Machine selector now shows the connection status for each Droid Computer (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Compaction model for BYOK - Compaction now defaults to your current model and is used for BYOK
• •​Improvements: PowerShell syntax warning - Execute tool now detects PowerShell and warns when Bash syntax is used
• •​Improvements: Windows path normalization - Glob tool now returns normalized backslash paths on Windows
• •​Bug fixes: Spec option selection - Fixed the user-selected spec option not being passed to the model
• •​Bug fixes: Execute tool header - Fixed the last character being clipped in the Execute tool header
• •​Bug fixes: Invalid JSON rendering - JSON renderer now hides output when the JSON is invalid

Custom ripgrep path

April 17, 2026

• •​New features: Custom ripgrep path - New environment variable to point Factory at a custom ripgrep binary
• •​New features: BYOK config in bug reports - Bug reports now include resolved BYOK configuration to make troubleshooting easier
• •​Improvements: Full Execute command in approval - The approval dialog now shows the full command that will run
• •​Improvements: Selected confirmation option visibility - The selected option in tool confirmation prompts is now bolded for better visibility
• •​Improvements: Hidden daemon log output - Background daemon output no longer appears in the session
• •​Bug fixes: Spec edits in confirmation flow - Fixed spec edits being dropped during the confirmation flow
• •​Bug fixes: Manual spec edits respected - Fixed manual edits to specs not being preserved during handoff
• •​Bug fixes: Image upload compression - Fixed image upload compression issues
• •​Bug fixes: Assistant active timer - Fixed the assistant active timer not persisting across unmounts
• •​Bug fixes: Daemon connection and bug reports - Fixed daemon connection issues and bug report errors (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Local reconnect on machine change - Local machine reconnect now works reliably when switching connections, with a clearer warning when not connected (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: Tool rendering parity - Improved DefaultTool and TaskTool rendering to match the CLI (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: ApplyPatch diff rendering - Fixed ApplyPatch tool diff rendering for the CLI input format (Factory App)

Sessions page redesign

April 16, 2026

• •​New features: Sessions page redesign - The sessions page has been refreshed with a new layout and design (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Denied command confirmation - Redesigned the confirmation UI when running blocked or risky commands
• •​Improvements: Dead code detection in reviews - Code review now detects dead and unused code
• •​Improvements: QA report formatting - QA skill now includes structured report format sections
• •​Bug fixes: File overwriting - File creation and patch tools can now properly overwrite existing files
• •​Bug fixes: Model selection after spec approval - Fixed the session model not being restored after approving a spec
• •​Bug fixes: Inactive session reload - Fixed inactive TUI sessions not reloading on demand
• •​Bug fixes: Parallel tool calls in spec mode - Fixed tool calls running in parallel incorrectly during spec approval
• •​Bug fixes: Skill details refresh - Fixed selected skill details not updating when the skills list changes (Factory App)

Security review checks

April 15, 2026

• •​New features: Security review checks - Code review now includes security checks for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, LLM-specific risks, and supply chain issues
• •​New features: AutoWiki images - AutoWiki pages now support and display embedded images
• •​Improvements: Max autonomy enforcement - App now properly enforces max autonomy settings (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Large PR review support - CLI now gracefully handles large PR diffs by using local git diff as a fallback
• •​Bug fixes: Spec approval comments - Fixed spec approval comments not being preserved during handoff
• •​Bug fixes: Tool result spacing - Fixed excessive margin between tool header and result in the CLI
• •​Bug fixes: Mermaid diagram rendering - Fixed rendering issues with mermaid diagrams on the web
• •​Bug fixes: Personal integrations visibility - Fixed personal integrations not showing for regular users (Factory App)

/install-slack-app command

April 14, 2026

• •​New features: /install-slack-app command - New /install-slack-app command to set up the Slack app integration for your workspace
• •​Improvements: CLI spinner redesign - Updated CLI spinner animation for a refreshed look
• •​Improvements: Usage Limit warning - Warning banner now shown when setting a global Usage Limit (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Droid Computer source control warning - Warning displayed when creating a Droid Computer without source control configured (Factory App)
• •​Improvements: Usage Limits clarity - Usage Limits now clearly display values in millions of Factory Standard Credits (Factory App)
• •​Bug fixes: File tool accuracy - File tools now use the actual filesystem state for more reliable results
• •​Bug fixes: File edit previews - Fixed structured previews not displaying correctly for file edit results
• •​Bug fixes: Duplicate spec sessions - Fixed duplicate sessions being created during spec handoff