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Development environment for parallel coding agents

Recorded release notes from official sources. Earlier releases may be missing.

Latest Version:v1.4.206
Recorded Releases:20
Source:Web Changelog

Releases (20)

v1.4.206New

Cross-computer session search, OpenCode 2 support, and collapsible diff regions

September 20, 2026

  • •Cross-computer agent session search — search past agent conversations from the Session History panel across all paired machines, or query the session index directly from the terminal with orca search
  • •OpenCode 2 and dedicated plan cards in Native Chat — run OpenCode 2 models in Native Chat, inspect proposed plans in structured checklist cards rather than generic approvals, and switch OMP models across desktop and mobile
  • •Collapsible diff regions and multi-line review comments — fold unchanged code blocks to focus on edits in diffs, and drag or use keyboard navigation to select multi-line ranges for review comments
v1.4.205New

Message rail in Native Chat, 2 GB file upload streaming, and nested agent history

September 17, 2026

  • •Prompt navigation rail in Native Chat — navigate long conversation threads with a message rail along the transcript edge that highlights your active turn, previews prompt text in an interactive hover panel, and jumps directly to any prompt on click
  • •Streamed large file uploads up to 2 GB — drag and drop large files onto remote workspace terminals with uploads up to 2 GB per file (8 GB per batch), streaming directly without consuming host memory
  • •Copy buttons on code blocks — quickly copy code snippets from Native Chat assistant messages with clean syntax formatting and language badges
v1.4.204

File drag and drop in Native Chat, Fast mode, and restored mobile push notifications

September 16, 2026

  • •File drag and drop in Native Chat — drag and drop files directly onto the chat pane to attach them to your prompt, complete with a full-pane drop target indicator
  • •Provider-aware Fast mode — toggle Fast mode in Native Chat for quicker, lower-latency agent responses when rapid turnarounds are needed
  • •AI Vault session search — search past agent conversation sessions and transcripts with a dedicated query engine and indexer
v1.4.201

Sidebar subagent rows, Codex session goals in Native Chat, and compact Cmd+J search

September 13, 2026

  • •Subagents in the worktree sidebar — Native Chat subagents now appear directly in the left sidebar as indented child rows under their session, matching the hierarchical layout of CLI agent runs
  • •Codex session goals in Native Chat — track session goals directly in the transcript with dedicated status rows when goals are set, updated, completed, or cleared, backed by provider event notifications
  • •Agent-handled slash commands — commands executed directly by the agent (such as /goal for Codex, or /init and /review for Claude) pass through to the model with attached files rather than being blocked
v1.4.200

Turn file change rollups, task progress checklists, and subagent visibility in Native Chat

September 11, 2026

  • •Turn file change rollups in Native Chat — completed turns summarize modified files in an expandable rollup header with net addition and deletion totals, grouping repeated edits per file and linking directly to individual diff cards
  • •Task checklists and composer progress panel — agent task and plan updates now stream into the transcript as inline checklists with status diffs, paired with a collapsible progress panel above the composer that tracks the latest checklist state
  • •Claude subagent activity in Native Chat — subagent execution now displays directly in the chat transcript with live running and completion counts, failure statuses, and expandable child agent details
v1.4.199

Unified Create menu, grouped tool batches in Native Chat, and durable multi-agent workflows

September 9, 2026

  • •Unified sidebar Create menu — Add project and New workspace are now combined into a single Create dropdown menu across all window widths with keyboard shortcut hints
  • •Grouped tool batches and execution details in Native Chat — agent tool runs collapse into clean, structured batch groups with execution details instead of noisy individual opcode rows
  • •Session rewind and chat context controls — roll back structured conversation turns with session rewind, reset or compact context with /clear and /compact, and rename chat tabs
v1.4.198

Inline diff cards in Native Chat, GitHub Roadmap timelines, and tab scrolling

September 8, 2026

  • •Inline diff cards in Native Chat — agent file edits now render as compact inline diff cards directly in structured chat, with split and move-to-pane actions to arrange chat alongside your editor
  • •GitHub Projects Roadmap timeline views — view GitHub Projects Roadmap boards as interactive horizontal timelines directly within Orca
  • •Tab scrollbar and compact tab sizing — navigate crowded tab bars with a dedicated tab scrollbar, with minimum tab widths reduced to 72px so more tabs stay visible
v1.4.197

Agents activity view, automation runs dashboard, and diff whitespace toggle

September 4, 2026

  • •Graduated Agents activity view — monitor your agent fleet in a dedicated workspace with host and project filters, unread and attention-needed views, collapsible task groups, and clear-completed actions with undo
  • •Automation runs dashboard — inspect centralized automation history via the Runs toolbar button, featuring cursor-based pagination, 24-hour and 7-day summary metrics, and status and host filters
  • •Show Whitespace toggle in diff viewer — reveal or ignore indentation and whitespace changes directly from the diff viewer action menu during reviews
v1.4.196

Live tool progress in Native Chat, pinned workspace names, and new-tab history search

September 3, 2026

  • •Live tool progress in Native Chat — structured agent sessions now display a pulsing Thinking state, per-turn Working and Worked timers, and grouped activity rows for shell commands and named tools with expandable result disclosures
  • •Pinned workspace names — custom workspace display names remain pinned across branch switches across desktop, mobile, SSH, and CLI, while auto-generated labels continue to track the active branch
  • •New-tab browser history search — the new-tab omnibox now searches and ranks browser and workspace document history by match tier and frecency with stable snapshot caching
v1.4.195

Image attachments in Native Chat, in-place browser navigation, and faster worktrees

September 2, 2026

  • •Native Chat image attachments — paste images directly into structured chat (including Codex sessions) with thumbnail previews of pending attachments before sending
  • •In-place browser navigation — address-bar convergence seamlessly converts web previews into full browser tabs, and SSH terminal links now offer to open directly in the Orca browser
  • •Inline browser annotations — view and edit a page annotation's comment and intent directly in the browser tray, with immediate visual feedback during page reloads
v1.4.193

Draft review actions, agent status heartbeats, and faster Markdown editing

August 31, 2026

  • •Draft PR and MR review actions — mark GitHub pull requests and GitLab merge requests ready for review or close them directly from the review sidebar, plus unlink and relink GitLab MRs from the Checks panel
  • •Agent state heartbeats and hover tooltips — background monitoring tasks now display a heartbeat glyph, and all nine agent state badges across the sidebar, tabs, and dashboard feature hover tooltips explaining their current state
  • •Faster rich Markdown editing — eliminates redundant code-block re-renders and delays language picker mounting for noticeably faster keystroke response in large documents
v1.4.192

Cross-host automations, remote HTML previews, and parent worktrees

August 29, 2026

  • •Cross-host automations — manage and create automations across all connected local and remote hosts, with destination host indicators and full prompt inspection
  • •Parent worktree selection — pick a parent worktree when creating a new workspace, search workspaces in the sidebar, and route terminal file links directly to sibling workspace tabs
  • •Remote HTML previews — render and preview HTML documents hosted on remote servers directly in the Orca browser
v1.4.190

Agent Dashboard shortcut, sound-reactive dictation, and Windows long paths

August 26, 2026

  • •Toggle Agent Dashboard shortcut — assign a custom global keybinding in Settings (dashboard.toggle) to quickly open or dismiss the Agent Dashboard drawer or popout from anywhere, including active terminal panes
  • •Sound-reactive dictation visualizer — voice dictation now features a dynamic grape audio visualizer that reacts to your voice in real time for immediate speech feedback
  • •Artifacts and Skills navigation history — back and forward navigation history tracks visits to Artifacts and Skills pages alongside Terminal, Tasks, and Automations
v1.4.188

Cmd+J recency ranking, sturdier remote workspaces, and Codex 0.149 support

August 22, 2026

  • •Cmd+J search ranking by recency — direct matches and recently active agent conversations and workspace tabs now rank first, making it faster to jump back into active sessions
  • •Authoritative project ordering — desktop-arranged project sorting stays authoritative across paired clients and SSH catalog publishes
  • •In-app browser storage access — embedded web applications support standard requestStorageAccess() for third-party logins and authentication flows
v1.4.187

Share private skills, passkey sign-in, and worktree location on create

August 21, 2026

  • •Share private skills and skill bundles between hosts — recipients install the exact version you reviewed
  • •Passkey sign-in in the in-app browser — when a site offers more than one account, pick which passkey to use
  • •Set a project's location from the Create worktree host picker, instead of moving the checkout afterwards
v1.4.183

Create stacked GitHub PRs, Bitbucket from Settings, and search from the new-tab bar

August 15, 2026

  • •Create stacked GitHub pull requests — Regular or Stacked in the review composer, with a parent preview; start a two-PR stack or append this branch above the current top (desktop, SSH, and WSL)
  • •Connect Bitbucket from Settings — email + API token or access token, verified before save, no restart; create Bitbucket pull requests from Orca
  • •Search from the new-tab bar — type a query to search with your configured engine, including Google; prefix with ? to force a search
v1.4.182

Prime Agent, device-filtered remotes, and Caffeinate on the status bar

August 13, 2026

  • •Prime Agent — Prime Intellect's coding CLI joins the agent catalog with session history and live status (desktop, SSH, and WSL)
  • •Hide workspaces created on other devices — filter the sidebar, workspace board, and Cmd+J on shared remote servers so you only see this machine's remotes
  • •Caffeinate on the status bar — keep this computer awake On, Off, or Agent (stays awake while an agent is working); the same control lives in Settings → Agents
v1.4.180

Stacked GitHub PRs, faster Grok launches, and sturdier remote agents

August 11, 2026

  • •Stacked GitHub pull requests — see the ordered stack map in review, stack-aware merge scope and progress, and GitHub atomic stack merge or merge queue when the stack is registered (desktop, SSH, and WSL)
  • •Task agents start correctly on remote hosts
  • •AskUserQuestion stays waiting when other tools finish in parallel
v1.4.179

Share HTML & Markdown artifacts, Grok chat pickers, and host-aware Quick Commands

August 10, 2026

  • •Artifact sharing (opt-in) — sign in with an Orca Account, enable publishing under Settings → Artifacts, then share HTML or Markdown as public links from the viewer, agent, or CLI, and manage them with search and preview
  • •Native Chat model and reasoning-effort pickers for Grok, matching the controls other agents already have
  • •Quick Commands list and edit collections per host so local and remote Orca servers keep their own shortcuts
v1.4.177

Recent chats in Cmd+J, open-tab search, and HTML diff previews

August 8, 2026

  • •Cmd+J shows Recent Chats & Terminals with ⌘1–⌘6 shortcuts so you can jump back to active sessions without searching
  • •Search open tabs from the new-tab omnibox; Cmd+J interleaves open tabs with worktrees in a larger, easier-to-scan palette
  • •View all combined diffs: open HTML changes in a side browser preview, with always-visible open-file actions