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Kilocode CLI

7 days since its last release · 7.8.27 ·

Kilocode is an AI coding tool from Kilo Org. Its latest release is 7.8.27, released on 5 Nov 2026. It shipped 16 releases in the last 30 days, and we have tracked 261 since 13 Oct 2025.

Latest
7.8.27
5 Nov 2026
Last 30 days
16
releases
Usual gap
~2d
between releases
Tracked
261
since 13 Oct 2025
Homepage
kilo.ai

Releases per month

last 12 months
  1. 14 Dec
  2. 20 Jan
  3. 26 Feb
  4. 31 Mar
  5. 36 Apr
  6. 30 May
  7. 24 Jun
  8. 14 Jul
  9. 10 Aug
  10. 23 Sep
  11. 18 Oct
  12. 2 Nov

Release history

261 releases

Releases 69

  1. 7.8.26 Notable

    Hand off a local worktree to Cloud from Agent Manager

    • Agent Manager can continue a local worktree in Cloud, copy its open conversations, and open the Cloud workspace in a browser or copy its link
    • New OpenShell-ready Docker image keeps Kilo's own sandbox off and skips the network calls that OpenShell blocks
    • Images from image models such as Google Nano Banana and from the image generation tool now show inline in the chat
    • Kilo can be installed through the Nix overlay again, and the existing opencode attribute still works
    • Many dependency updates fix critical, high, moderate and low severity security advisories
    Release notes
  2. 7.8.21 Notable

    Local API can now manage hosted Cloud workspaces and sessions

    • Local session-host API can list, create, read, check status of and delete hosted workspaces
    • List workspace sessions and profiles, and start another session in a workspace via the local Kilo API
    • New local system feed route streams Cloud session preparation and status events
    • Stored credentials are exchanged for short-lived Cloud Agent control tokens and never sent to the Worker
    • Hosted attachments stop working once their session or workspace is deleted
    Release notes
  3. 7.8.20 Notable

    CLI now installable as a conda package on Anaconda.org

    • The CLI is now published as the kilo-cli conda package for Linux, macOS and Windows, installable with pixi or conda
    • Agents can choose the base branch when starting Agent Manager worktree sessions
    • Linked custom auto router entries reuse platform benchmarks, with model suggestions and per-variant link status
    • Fixed auto-compaction starting too early and looping on models with unknown context size or after being stopped
    • Patched zod in the VS Code extension to fix a memory-exhaustion advisory
    Release notes
  4. 7.8.18 Notable

    Hosted cloud sessions now available through the local Kilo API

    • Editors can find, read and work with hosted cloud sessions through the local Kilo API without ever handling the session's provider credentials
    • Remote MCP servers that redirect to another origin, or answer POST with a 301, 302 or 303 redirect, no longer connect; use the server's final URL instead
    • MCP TypeScript SDK updated to 1.32.1 to fix security issues, including MCP HTTP and OAuth requests following cross-origin redirects
    • VS Code: copying selected chat text with Cmd/Ctrl+C or right-click Copy works again in VS Code 1.143, without clearing the selection or moving focus
    • VS Code: DOMPurify and vite updated to fix sanitization issues and an editor CLI flag vulnerability (CVE-2026-112944)
    Release notes
  5. 7.8.15 Notable

    Custom auto routers can now pick and run models on your machine

    • kilo-auto/custom routers now route on the client, using your own provider models and running the chosen model locally
    • New kilo auto router add, remove and list commands manage which provider models a router can use
    • kilo auto eval runs missing client evals in Docker and uploads each result as it finishes
    • The browseropen permission prompt can now remember always-allow rules for the current origin or all origins, and it appears in Auto-Approve settings
    • Fixed subagents losing edit and write when delegated by an agent that only allows edits on specific paths
    Release notes
  6. 7.8.13 Notable

    Agent Manager sessions can run custom agents, plus a redesigned worktree dialog

    • Agents starting Agent Manager sessions can now pick which agent runs them, so custom agents and their permission rules apply instead of the workspace default
    • Redesigned New Worktree dialog in VS Code: base branch, branch name and versions sit inline, and the Advanced options section is gone
    • Kilo mobile app can now see and use the agents a remote-controlled CLI can run, including project agents from .kilo/agents
    • Custom agents' own edit rules no longer limit the subagents they start; use a session-level edit restriction to confine delegated writes
    • Model pickers now show why a provider failed to load and offer to sign in again when credentials were rejected
    Release notes
  7. 7.8.12 Notable

    Kilo Gateway traffic now goes through a new default endpoint

    • Chat, models, embeddings, autocomplete and transcription traffic now goes through ai-gateway.kilo.ai by default
    • New KILOAIGATEWAYURL environment variable overrides the gateway URL, and setting only KILOAPIURL still routes traffic through that server
    • Experimental Search Ignored Paths setting lets the glob tool search chosen ignored folders or files, such as build output
    • The mobile app can fork a session from a specific message onto a remote CLI, restoring only the file edits made before it
    • Fixes for grep on non-UTF-8 files, MCP sign-in resets and Windows background jobs that stayed active
    Release notes
  8. 7.8.10 Notable

    Setting to let file search reach ignored folders, plus fixes

    • New experimental Search Ignored Paths setting lists ignored folders or files, such as build output, that the agent's glob tool should still search
    • Mobile app can fork a session from a specific message onto a remote CLI, keeping only the transcript and file edits up to that point
    • .gitignored files and folders such as nodemodules are now kept out of glob results and grep include searches
    • MCP sign-in no longer resets, and signing in to a remote MCP server updates the auth warning in every open session
    • Windows background jobs use less CPU and stop properly, and grep no longer fails on files that aren't valid UTF-8
    Release notes
  9. 7.8.9 Notable

    Combined agent, model and reasoning picker, plus many CLI fixes

    • VS Code prompt toolbar now shows agent, model and reasoning selectors as one split control, with less used actions moving into a More actions menu
    • Projects in the Agent Manager sidebar can be reordered with drag and drop, and the order is kept after a restart
    • Integrated Browser pages can open in the external default browser, and Shift-click opens chat links in the system browser
    • A plugin or config command named goal no longer hides every slash command and is now available as /goal:command
    • Permission prompts now persist across TUI session switches, and compaction failures are reported instead of silently stopping
    Release notes
  10. 7.8.7 Notable

    MCP OAuth sign-in, subagent steering and multi-project Agent Manager

    • MCP servers now support OAuth sign-in, with recoverable auth failures flagged as needing sign-in and credentials kept when sign-in is cancelled
    • In the TUI you can steer a running subagent from its view, or press Esc twice to stop it while the parent session keeps working
    • New memorymodel setting in kilo.jsonc picks a separate model for automatic project memory saves
    • VS Code: multi-project Agent Manager is now on by default, the Integrated Browser works in any session and Settings now has search
    • Fixes a TUI that could start to a blank screen, write and edit failing in the Linux sandbox, and security issues in simple-git
    Release notes
  11. 7.8.3 Notable

    Clickable next-step suggestions and auto-recovery from context limits

    • Suggested next steps now appear in the CLI as clickable action buttons, showing whether each was accepted or dismissed
    • Context-limit errors from providers are now handled by compacting the conversation and retrying
    • Claude Sonnet, Opus and Claude-family aliases use the full output limit, so long reasoning responses no longer end early
    • Failed reverts or redos now show an error instead of failing silently
    • Sessions waiting on a wakeup or cron task now show as scheduled, along with their wake time
    Release notes
  12. 7.8.2 Notable

    Clickable next-step suggestions and automatic recovery from context limits

    • CLI shows suggested next steps as clickable action buttons and marks whether each was accepted or dismissed
    • Context-limit errors from a provider now trigger automatic compaction and a retry
    • Claude Sonnet, Opus and Claude-family aliases use the full output limit, so long reasoning no longer ends early
    • VS Code: @ mentions suggest files from every folder in a multi-root workspace, and single sub-agents can be stopped from their task card
    • Failed reverts and redos now show an error instead of failing silently
    Release notes
  13. 7.8.0 Notable

    Agent Manager browser previews can now load public HTTPS pages

    • Localhost previews now load public HTTPS pages and CDN resources in a high-resolution streamed Agent Manager browser
    • The TUI shows network errors inline, waits for the connection to return and then resumes on its own instead of appearing to hang
    • A running session cleanup can be stopped from settings, and the session database now shrinks on disk after cleanup
    • Azure Entra ID sign-in accepts a resource name or a full endpoint URL
    • Adds Cloudflare AI Gateway routing, GPT-5.6 none reasoning effort and more reliable Bedrock reasoning handling
    Release notes
  14. 7.7.12 Notable

    MCP servers with companion skills arrive in the marketplace

    • Install MCP servers bundled with companion skills from the marketplace, preview the included skills, and remove them along with the server
    • Choosing a model, provider or reasoning effort for each subagent task is now on by default, with no experimental flag needed
    • MCP OAuth now supports client metadata documents alongside dynamic registration and configured client credentials
    • Smoother tool-call animations in VS Code chat, with live file paths and change counts while edits are being written
    • Agent Manager fixes keep tabs, review context and browser pages when switching worktrees, and stop slow re-renders
    Release notes
  15. 7.7.9 Notable

    Agents can schedule cron tasks, set goals and install Marketplace plugins

    • Session cron scheduling with croncreate, cronlist and crondelete fires recurring or one-shot tasks between turns, and the tasks survive --resume
    • New monitor action for backgroundprocess streams a long command's output as it arrives, so the agent no longer has to poll logs
    • The agent can start or resume a session goal itself with the new goal tool, controlled by the goal permission
    • Plugins can now be installed from the Kilo Marketplace, including from git repositories pinned to a ref
    • Fixes kilo mcp auth failures, links sessions to pull requests more reliably, and stops empty compactions from replacing the conversation
    Release notes
  16. 7.7.7 Notable

    Conversation-aware compaction and wider reasoning effort support

    • Pulls in OpenCode v1.18.16 to v1.18.18 changes, including conversation-aware compaction and support for more reasoning effort settings
    • Adds provider compatibility fixes and better retry handling from upstream OpenCode
    • Pulls in OpenCode v1.18.14 to v1.18.15 changes: message ordering fixes, compaction serialization, more locale coverage and TUI improvements
    • VS Code: approving permissions now retries after brief connection drops, so agents no longer get stuck waiting after auto or manual approval
    Release notes
  17. 7.7.6 Notable

    Auto-compaction fix and "Sent by Kilo" labels on automatic prompts

    • Auto-compaction no longer triggers far below the configured context threshold and now uses provider-reported token usage
    • Prompts Kilo sends for you, like expanded slash commands and code actions, get a "Sent by Kilo" header and collapse when long
    • Supports encrypted reasoning from OpenAI models accessed through Amazon Bedrock
    • semanticsearch now names the root it searched and says if an empty result came from an incomplete, disabled or failed index
    • Fixes MCP requests repeating every second, and project files with ${env:...} or ${file:...} placeholders now load
    Release notes
  18. 7.7.4 Notable

    Sessions now link to GitLab and Bitbucket pull requests too

    • CLI sessions can link to GitLab merge requests and Bitbucket pull requests, and kilo pr status keeps the link after the session exits
    • New experimental Programmatic Tool Calling setting lets the agent call MCP tools from a confined JavaScript program, sending fewer tool definitions to the model
    • Read-only gh commands run without a prompt in Plan and Ask modes and the Explore agent, and read-only git commands no longer ask to leave the sandbox
    • Session titles are generated once there is enough context, instead of from a short first message
    • kilo remote now logs when each remote session starts and ends, with model, working directory, exit reason and duration
    Release notes
  19. 7.7.3 Notable

    KiloClaw removed, plus ChatGPT Codex quota in usage view

    • KiloClaw is removed, including the /kiloclaw TUI command and chat view, the Kilo Chat client and its gateway endpoints
    • ChatGPT Codex quota now appears alongside other provider usage in the CLI and VS Code
    • Deleting an Agent Manager worktree is now near-instant in large repositories, with checkpoint cleanup finishing in the background
    • Deprecated /local-review and /local-review-uncommitted aliases are removed; use /review with its scopes instead
    • Skills listed in skills.paths with a leading slash, such as /.github/skills, now load from the project root
    Release notes
  20. 7.7.2 Notable

    Marketplace moves into the CLI and malformed tool calls stop looping

    • Marketplace catalog, installs, removals and installed-item detection now run in the CLI backend, so editor clients share one marketplace API
    • A turn now aborts with an error after three identical invalid tool calls instead of retrying the same broken call forever
    • Kilo Swarm setting moves from Experimental to Agent Behaviour and stays on by default
    • The Kilo Swarm setting now uses the top-level sharedagentboard key; experimental.sharedagentboard is ignored and logs a warning if still set
    Release notes
  21. 7.7.1 Notable

    Faster, smarter session search across long conversation histories

    • Local session recall is faster for common search terms across large conversation histories
    • Whole-word matches now rank above matches inside longer words
    • When no session contains every term, flagged partial matches are returned instead
    • Small typos are now matched against session titles
    Release notes
  22. 7.7.0 Notable

    Scheduled session wakeups, permission feedback and faster worktrees

    • The agent can schedule a session to resume later, list its pending wakeups and cancel them before they fire
    • Permission denials can include feedback so the agent can adjust before retrying
    • Kilo Swarm shared board is now on by default and can be turned off in Agent Behaviour settings
    • Agent Manager creates worktrees faster by pre-warming reusable checkouts, and first snapshots start several times faster
    • In VS Code, inline review comments can be posted to a checked-out GitHub pull request or sent to Kilo
    Release notes
  23. 7.6.2 Notable

    Experimental Kilo Swarm agent board can now be enabled via env vars

    • The experimental shared agent board (Kilo Swarm) can be turned on with the KILOEXPERIMENTALSHAREDAGENTBOARD environment variable
    • The umbrella KILOEXPERIMENTAL environment variable also enables it
    • The existing experimental.sharedagentboard config key still works
    Release notes
  24. 7.6.1 Notable

    Mention a model inline with @ in VS Code, plus faster chat rendering

    • VS Code: type @ in the prompt to open a model picker and insert an @provider/model mention for Agent Manager or subagent instructions
    • VS Code: streamed text and reasoning now appear smoothly as they arrive, and bash, diff and to-do tool cards render faster
    • Agent Manager notifications now open the right session, and duplicate permission prompts are fixed
    • The working timer now pauses while a turn waits for your permission or answer
    • CLI: Enter submits and Escape cancels a custom answer in the TUI question dialog when autocomplete is active
    Release notes
  25. 7.6.0 Notable

    New /goal command keeps agents working toward a session goal

    • New /goal command keeps working toward a session goal, with pause, resume and clear controls and completion or blocker reports
    • Breaking: the interactiveterminal tool and in-session terminal controls are removed, so run commands that need keyboard input in your own terminal
    • New /caffeinate command, plus notifications that explain when Kilo keeps the computer awake while agents work
    • Opt-in one-time import of global Claude Code instructions, simple skills and MCP definitions
    • View and reset the shared agent board without stopping agents or clearing conversations
    Release notes
  26. 7.5.16 Notable

    PR review threads, CI fixes and Keep Awake come to Agent Manager

    • GitHub PR review threads now show inline with avatars, with jump-to-diff, copy, send-to-chat and emoji reactions
    • Failed CI checks can be sent to the agent from the PR panel, and PR checks are grouped with failures kept visible
    • New default-off Keep Awake toggle prevents system sleep while agents work, without keeping the display on
    • Agent Manager sessions can start in a chosen existing worktree and reply to the session that prompted them
    • Large sessions load faster and live subagent transcripts perform better with many parallel agents
    Release notes
  27. 7.5.12 Notable

    Experimental Kilo Swarm board and richer Agent Manager PR tools

    • Kilo Swarm, an opt-in experimental shared board, lets parallel agents in a session post and read messages with boardpost and boardread
    • Agent Manager PR view now shows discussion comments, review submissions, unresolved thread counts and a refresh button
    • New /update-from-base command updates a worktree from its saved base branch without discarding uncommitted work
    • The @ menu now searches files, past chats and entries with one ranked query, including names with spaces
    • Agents can set default answers for single-select questions, confirmed with Enter in the CLI and VS Code
    Release notes
  28. 7.5.11 Notable

    Kilo Swarm shared board for parallel agents, richer PR tools

    • New experimental Kilo Swarm lets agents in a session post to and read from a shared board, opt-in via Experimental settings
    • Agent Manager PR view now shows discussion comments and reviews, unresolved thread counts and a refresh button
    • Update a worktree from its base branch with /update-from-base without stashing or discarding uncommitted work
    • The @ menu now searches files, past chats and entries together with one query, including names with spaces
    • Agents can set default answers for single-select questions, confirmed with Enter in the CLI and VS Code
    Release notes
  29. 7.5.9 Notable

    Preview local apps in Agent Manager with built-in developer tools

    • Preview local applications in Agent Manager with embedded developer tools, grouped diagnostics and element-level feedback for frontend changes
    • Experimental setting lets the orchestrating agent pick the model, provider and reasoning effort for each subagent task
    • Agent Manager terminal tabs, worktrees and subagent tabs now show live status: working, waiting for input, retrying, errors and completed
    • Edit queued messages in VS Code before they are sent, keeping their text and attachments
    • Stop the main agent without cancelling background agents, plus a Stop all button and faster forking of long sessions
    Release notes
  30. 7.5.8 Notable

    Preview local apps in Agent Manager with built-in dev tools

    • Preview local applications in Agent Manager with embedded developer tools, grouped diagnostics and element-level feedback for frontend changes
    • Experimental setting lets the orchestrating agent pick the model, provider and reasoning effort for each subagent task
    • Agent Manager terminal tabs, worktrees and subagent tabs now show live status such as working, waiting for input, retrying, errors and completed
    • Edit queued messages in VS Code before they are sent, keeping their text and attachments
    • Stop the main agent without cancelling background agents, plus a Stop all button and faster forking of long sessions
    Release notes
  31. 7.5.6 Notable

    Agent Manager worktrees gain an @ picker and /review worktree

    • Reference other Agent Manager worktrees with a searchable @ picker to share paths, branches and session IDs
    • Review all committed and uncommitted worktree changes with /review worktree
    • Choose a separate model for conversation compaction in Context settings
    • Follow-up prompts in Agent Manager are queued when a session is busy instead of rejected
    • Faster change loading, consistent status indicators and many fixes to background agents and chat
    Release notes
  32. 7.5.0 Notable

    Background subagents on by default, plus Agent Manager upgrades

    • Background subagents are now on by default, with completion notifications and a collapsible strip in the chat header showing running agents
    • Edit, write and patch changes now open in the Agent Manager side panel, and multi-file patches show every changed file
    • New Agent Manager document inspector previews Markdown with inline review comments you can send to the agent
    • See your provider plan usage and quota windows in the CLI and VS Code profile
    • Orchestrating agents can now answer a managed session's pending question instead of only stopping it
    Release notes
  33. 7.4.23 Notable

    Reworked PR review comments in Agent Manager, now sent to the agent

    • Agent Manager PR panel reworks review comments: resolved threads collapse into a group, replies show, and one button sends all unresolved comments to the agent
    • Delegated subagent sessions open in Agent Manager inspector tabs alongside terminals
    • New Display settings for the default open or collapsed state of MCP and tool blocks, and token throughput now shows by default
    • Agent Manager shortcuts now follow the focused area, and terminals and nested sessions stay alive across config reloads
    • NVIDIA Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 is the new default speech-to-text model, and experimental tool-output pruning has been removed
    Release notes
  34. 7.4.22 Notable

    Clickable file references in agent responses and PR comment actions

    • File paths in agent responses now become clickable links that open the file at the referenced line, with a warning for dead links
    • Agent Manager can resolve and unresolve PR review threads and jump to the comments section
    • Built-in experimental Morph WarpGrep codebase search tool removed
    • Subagents can now run their own allowed bash commands without inheriting a parent agent's read-only limits
    • Bedrock and Vertex AI connections in VS Code accept structured AWS keys and Google Cloud service-account JSON
    Release notes
  35. 7.4.21 Notable

    Agent Manager gets terminal shortcuts and repo picker for worktrees

    • Agent Manager adds keyboard shortcuts to focus, create, switch and hide embedded terminals, and Cmd+Shift+M now focuses its prompt
    • New --auto flag starts the TUI in a run-scoped auto-approve mode that can be exited mid-session from the command palette
    • The /review command adds staged, unpushed and quick modes, with nested suggestions in VS Code
    • MCP servers can add their instructions to the model context, and MCP resources are available as tools
    • Model search ranks results by provider and suggests models based on your usage; multi-project worktrees let you pick the repository
    Release notes
  36. 7.4.20 Notable

    Speech-to-text models now discovered from the Kilo Gateway

    • Available speech-to-text models are now fetched from the Kilo Gateway, with offline fallback and organization model restrictions still applied
    • The first Agent Manager terminal prompt appears sooner because optional terminal enhancements now load after the initial paint
    • The last file stays visible when you expand multi-file patch results
    Release notes
  37. 7.4.19 Notable

    Choose a model and reasoning level for each workflow

    • Set a model and reasoning variant per workflow from Agent Behaviour settings
    • Voice input bound to Cmd/Ctrl+K with hold-to-talk and release-to-send, and starts faster on macOS
    • Agent Manager sections and worktree drag-and-drop work again when multiple projects are shown
    • Multi-file patch tool calls now show total added and removed line counts
    • Agent Manager keeps prompt and terminal focus per session, and ended terminals restart when you type
    Release notes
  38. 7.4.17 Notable

    Multi-tab side-panel terminals in Agent Manager and a prompt navigator rail

    • Agent Manager terminals can open in the VS Code terminal or an embedded side panel that keeps running in the background
    • Side panel supports multiple terminal tabs with reordering, closing and live titles from the running program
    • New prompt navigator rail in the chat transcript lists your prompts and jumps to any turn
    • Holding Cmd/Ctrl now shows 1-9 shortcut badges on Agent Manager sidebar cards
    • kilo console URLs now include basic-auth credentials for headless hosts, plus many MCP and checkpoint fixes
    Release notes
  39. 7.4.16 Notable

    Reference past chats with @ to reuse earlier conversations as context

    • Typing @ in the prompt opens a searchable picker of past chats and attaches the chosen session's transcript as context, in the CLI TUI and VS Code
    • Expanding a tool call now shows why it was auto-approved and which rule allowed it, from agent, project or global config, or YOLO mode
    • Queued chat messages can be deleted in VS Code before they run, and remote clients can now show queued messages
    • The /sessions history is now filtered to sessions in the current Agent Manager worktree, and the sidebar tab bar gets a searchable open-tabs switcher
    • Request and Gateway generation IDs are now shown when a model response ends unexpectedly, and plan implementation sessions open immediately
    Release notes
  40. 7.4.15 Notable

    Simpler project memory settings with new slash-command completion

    • Project memory settings simplified, with folder inspection replacing direct editing and legacy memory audit logs removed
    • Nested memory slash commands now autocomplete and have status views, and empty projects are handled better
    • Clear warning when a running session blocks a reload, instead of a generic Reload failed error
    • Linux sandbox setup no longer fails when a writable directory contains an unreadable subdirectory
    • Scroll position now resets when switching between diff files in chat and the diff viewer
    Release notes
  41. 7.4.13 Notable

    Per-model reasoning effort in Compare Models, plus Shift+Tab effort cycling

    • Agent Manager Compare Models can now set a reasoning effort per model, so worktrees can run the same prompt at different effort levels
    • Shift+Tab cycles reasoning effort variants in prompt inputs, and a setting can turn it off to restore focus navigation
    • Agents can now stop and remove a targeted Agent Manager session
    • Codebase indexing supports a custom file extension allowlist to limit scans and cover more text formats
    • Chat now renders right-to-left and mixed-language text correctly, and JetBrains gains Context settings for compaction and ignore patterns
    Release notes
  42. 7.4.11 Notable

    Project memory gets a VS Code menu, quick actions and verbose details

    • Project-memory activity in VS Code now has a task-header menu, quick actions and optional verbose details
    • New verbose project-memory setting shows recalled memory snippets in conversation markers
    • Distinct icons for context, project memory and code indexing, with grouped controls that keep task titles visible in narrow sidebars
    • Fixed sessions freezing after submitting or dismissing a question
    • Newly submitted messages now appear immediately after reverting a conversation
    Release notes
  43. 7.4.9 Notable

    Chat search opens from the Command Palette and expands matching blocks

    • Chat search can now be toggled from the Command Palette, and focus returns to the chat input when it closes
    • Search auto-expands the collapsed tool call or reasoning block that holds the current match
    • File @mentions now work for filenames with spaces or non-ASCII characters instead of failing with "File not found"
    Release notes
  44. 7.4.8 Notable

    Agent Manager can now inspect and prompt other idle sessions

    • The native Agent Manager tool can inspect managed sessions and send a prompt to an idle one, with separate explicit approval required
    • Hovering a bar in the task timeline highlights the matching tool call in the transcript
    • Prompt enhancer added to the New Worktree dialog
    • Closing a session tab or the Agent Manager tab now stops active sessions and their subagents
    • File mentions now respect read and ignore permissions, and sandbox state carries over to new Agent Manager sessions
    Release notes
  45. 7.4.7 Notable

    In-chat search and multi-session tabs come to VS Code

    • Search the current conversation in VS Code, with match case, whole word and regex options, and step through matches
    • Open several sessions from the same repository as tabs from the sidebar and editor-tab chats
    • New Browse files option in the @ mention menu lets you mention files outside the workspace
    • Sandboxed tools can now reach network destinations you configure while other network access stays restricted
    • JetBrains sessions gain rollback and redo controls, and orphaned kilo serve processes now shut down automatically
    Release notes
  46. 7.4.6 Notable

    In-chat search and multi-session tabs come to the VS Code extension

    • Search the current conversation from the session header, with match case, whole word and regex options plus next/previous navigation
    • Open multiple sessions from the same repository as tabs in the sidebar and editor-tab chats
    • New Browse files option in the @ mention dropdown lets you mention files outside the current workspace
    • Sandboxed tools can now be allowed to reach specific network destinations while other network access stays restricted
    • JetBrains sessions gain rollback and redo controls, and headless kilo serve now shuts down when its editor exits
    Release notes
  47. 7.4.3 Notable

    Experimental AI image generation, plus a reload command for config and skills

    • Experimental image generation tool for text-to-image and image editing, enabled via experimental.imagegeneration in config
    • New /reload action picks up config, skills, agents, commands and MCP prompts changed on disk without losing sessions
    • Project memory comes to the VS Code extension with settings controls, a /memory command and command-palette entries
    • Images the agent reads now render inline in chat, and autocomplete works in Jupyter notebooks
    • Commit messages are generated in the selected UI language, and codebase indexing respects nested ignore files
    Release notes
  48. 7.4.2 Notable

    Experimental AI image generation, plus a reload command for config and skills

    • Experimental image generation tool for text-to-image and image editing via Kilo Gateway or your own OpenRouter key, enabled in config
    • New reload action picks up changed config, skills, agents, commands and MCP prompts without losing sessions
    • Images the agent reads now appear inline in chat with a click-to-open full-size preview
    • Project memory comes to the VS Code extension with settings controls, a /memory command and command-palette entries
    • Autocomplete in Jupyter notebooks, clickable task timeline navigation, and commit messages in your UI language
    Release notes
  49. 7.4.1 Notable

    Bidirectional text in prompts, plus sandbox and worktree fixes

    • Prompt input now supports bidirectional text
    • Fixed sandboxed file operations failing with "Module not found" due to a missing worker file in the VS Code extension bundle
    • Fixed the reasoning-variant and mode pickers in the New Worktree dialog so selections actually apply
    Release notes
  50. 7.4.0 Notable

    Agent Manager now names branches automatically after the task

    • Agent Manager branches get task-focused names once the conversation's workstream is clear, with optional prefixes and a setting to turn it off
    • Plan mode shows an Implement / Keep refining panel instead of asking you to type a numbered choice
    • New opt-in Session Cost Alert warns before you continue a session that has spent more than a set dollar amount
    • Closed read-only bash escapes where allowed commands could run any program through flags such as rg --pre and sort --compress-program
    • Fixed slow message loading when opening or switching sessions with large histories
    Release notes
  51. 7.3.63 Notable

    Optional sandbox limits agent network and file access on macOS and Linux

    • Optional macOS and Linux sandboxes block outbound network access and confine agent writes to project and Kilo state directories
    • Toggle the sandbox per session with /sandbox, or per worktree in the Agent Manager New Worktree modal
    • Read, edit, run and create Jupyter notebook cells from Kilo in VS Code, with autocomplete now working in notebooks
    • Marketplace lists skills, agents and MCP servers together, filters them to your workspace and suggests matching items
    • New Anaconda Desktop local model provider, NVIDIA Parakeet speech-to-text, and per-session model and reasoning choice in Agent Manager
    Release notes
  52. 7.3.52 Notable

    Background agents push live updates, plus OpenAI WebSocket support

    • Experimental background agents now push updates without polling
    • Experimental WebSocket transport for OpenAI responses, enabled with KILOEXPERIMENTALWEBSOCKETS=true
    • Sessions can store custom metadata through the API and SDK, and config now loads from the opened location upward
    • TUI adds a workspace management dialog and a prompt that resizes with terminal width
    • Fixes for Google tool calling, Anthropic Opus 4.7+ adaptive reasoning, MCP server removal and resumed sessions
    Release notes
  53. 7.3.50 Notable

    BYOK badge for Kilo Gateway models, plus chat and Agent Manager fixes

    • Kilo Gateway models that can use your enabled personal or organization provider key now show a BYOK badge
    • The chat reading area is wider, up from 88 to 98 characters, so conversations, tools and diffs use more of the editor
    • Fixed chat output that stopped updating after you reverted and resubmitted a prompt, and Redo controls that disappeared after rewinding a session
    • Agent Manager no longer goes blank during concurrent subagent updates or fails to start when another extension has registered panel commands
    • Completion sounds now play only for parent agent sessions, and worktree hover cards appear and dismiss faster
    Release notes
  54. 7.3.49 Notable

    Import past conversations from Roo Code into Kilo sessions

    • New Import Sessions from Roo Code button in the About settings tab
    • Finds conversation history from an existing Roo Code installation and imports it
    • Reuses the existing migration wizard to bring sessions over
    Release notes
  55. 7.3.48 Notable

    Richer custom providers, a TUI diff viewer and pinned sessions

    • Custom providers now support multiple provider APIs, adaptive thinking, split reasoning and output effort variants
    • The terminal UI gets a diff viewer with a file tree for reviewing changes, on by default
    • Pinned sessions with quick-switch slots, an expandable thinking view, and --replay to show recent history when resuming runs
    • Grok OAuth sign-in with device-code login, plus PDF attachments for Grok
    • Agent Manager adds session and worktree search, opt-in attention sounds, a shortcut to open a worktree's pull request, and remote control
    Release notes
  56. 7.3.46 Notable

    Per-model reasoning settings for subagents, plus several fixes

    • Task subagents, including custom ones with their own model and variant, can now use model-specific reasoning overrides
    • Reasoning can now be turned off again on custom provider models after being enabled
    • Clearer permission prompts and auto-approval rules for potential loops, with localized tool names
    • Redo now restores reverted sessions on the first click, and question responses go to the worktree where the question was asked
    • Removing a skill no longer recursively deletes working directories
    Release notes
  57. 7.3.45 Notable

    Pick an agent autonomy preset during VS Code onboarding

    • VS Code onboarding now lets you choose an agent autonomy preset
    • VS Code deep links can now select Kilo Gateway catalog models
    • Escape now stops Agent Manager prompts even while their sessions are still starting
    • Submitted review comments now appear as interactive message cards instead of raw markdown
    • Turn outcome warnings no longer appear when the only cause is unfinished to-dos
    Release notes
  58. 7.3.44 Notable

    Semantic search indexing now works without a separate Qdrant server

    • Embedded LanceDB is now the default vector store for semantic search; Qdrant and Intel Mac users can choose qdrant with indexing.vectorStore
    • Code indexing can be configured separately for global and project settings in Kilo Console, the CLI TUI and VS Code
    • Large chat transcripts, session forks, subagent transcripts and Agent Manager reviews load and scroll faster
    • Agent Manager terminals now use the integrated terminal font settings, including Nerd Font glyphs
    • Fixes for duplicate tool call execution, stale permission prompts and permission approvals in worktree sessions
    Release notes
  59. 7.3.42 Notable

    Fork completed Agent Manager sessions, plus smoother chat scrolling

    • New Fork Session button on completed Agent Manager sessions
    • Task timelines stay in place while you review earlier activity, and resume following from the latest bar
    • Chat auto-scroll pauses when you scroll up over nested tool output
    • JetBrains reasoning blocks open while streaming, collapse when done, and hide when empty
    • JetBrains chat hides separator lines and shows search tool paths relative to the repository
    Release notes
  60. 7.3.41 Notable

    Terminal Bench scores in model details and cloud session file restore

    • Model details now show Terminal Bench completion scores and per-attempt costs for supported models
    • Importing cloud sessions restores filesystem changes from synced session diffs, including changes inherited across forks
    • Long streamed responses are faster because only the active part of the Markdown is re-rendered
    • Agent Manager stays responsive with multiple concurrent sessions and sends permission approvals to the correct worktree
    • Removed the obsolete speech-to-text enabled setting and renamed Mercury autocomplete labels to separate FIM and Next Edit modes
    Release notes
  61. 7.3.29 Notable

    JetBrains chat gets smoother streaming and lower memory use

    • Hidden JetBrains session UIs are now disposed after a configurable timeout to reduce memory usage
    • JetBrains chat streaming is faster and code fences stay intact without showing raw markers
    • Markdown code blocks in JetBrains show as multiline boxed editors that expand to full height
    • Selection and copy now work across fragments of a JetBrains session transcript
    • Kilo HTTP API clients keep worktree routing, and inherited task-subagent restrictions stay active
    Release notes
  62. 7.3.28 Notable

    Clearer free-model training notices and faster session switching

    • Free models now say when your data may be used for training and are marked with a brain circuit icon
    • Shell command descriptions now appear in permission approval prompts
    • Faster VS Code session switching for long transcripts
    • Cloud Agent transcripts are back in VS Code session previews, and stalled cloud previews no longer load forever
    • Fixes for Marketplace skill installs, message order after compaction, chat auto-scroll and unfinished inline review comments
    Release notes
  63. 7.3.20 Notable

    Experimental Kilo Console now served from the local daemon

    • Experimental: Kilo Console can now be served from the local daemon, and the kilo console command opens it automatically
    • VS Code shows a retryable connection error and keeps unsent prompts when the background CLI process exits
    • The Changes review keeps its scroll position while agents update files
    • Background-process port discovery now runs only in the TUI and stops after startup, cutting unnecessary polling
    Release notes
  64. 7.3.18 Notable

    DeepSeek joins Popular Providers and chat errors look clearer

    • DeepSeek now appears in the Popular Providers list, replacing GitHub Copilot
    • Improved styling of chat error messages in the VS Code extension
    Release notes
  65. 7.3.15 Notable

    DeepSeek joins Popular Providers, plus clearer chat error styling

    • DeepSeek now appears in the Popular Providers list, replacing GitHub Copilot
    • Chat errors in the VS Code extension are styled more clearly
    Release notes
  66. 7.3.14 Notable

    Mercury Next Edit autocomplete predicts multi-line edits

    • New opt-in Mercury Next Edit autocomplete mode predicts multi-line and off-cursor edits, with Tab to jump and Tab to apply
    • Mercury Next Edit also available through the Kilo Gateway using your Kilo account, so no separate Inception API key is needed
    • Autocomplete model picker adds a "Not set (use server default)" option to follow the recommended default automatically
    • Agent Manager tool is now available by default in VS Code
    • Sessions can be renamed inline from the chat header and History, and a warning appears when a turn stops unexpectedly or leaves to-dos unfinished
    Release notes
  67. 7.3.12 Notable

    Pick agent model and variant overrides from dropdowns

    • Agent model and variant overrides can now be chosen from dropdowns
    • Set a default model and reasoning effort for task subagents, falling back to the calling agent's model if unavailable
    • New Mistral and Inception autocomplete options use your connected provider API keys
    • Voice transcription now appears automatically when signed in with the Kilo provider
    • Smoother streaming for inline subagents and Markdown code blocks, plus restored diff highlights in VS Code
    Release notes
  68. 7.3.11 Notable

    Pick agent models and variant overrides from dropdowns

    • Agent model and variant overrides can now be chosen from dropdowns
    • Set the default task subagent model and reasoning effort, falling back to the calling agent's model if the override is unavailable
    • New Mistral and Inception autocomplete options use your connected provider API keys
    • Voice transcription now appears automatically when signed in with the Kilo provider
    • Fixes for diff highlighting in VS Code themes, streamed code block stability and subagent streaming responsiveness
    Release notes
  69. 7.3.9 Notable

    Agents can now run and manage long-running background processes

    • Agents can start tracked background processes, such as dev servers, in the CLI and VS Code
    • Background processes are cleaned up automatically when a session changes or ends
    • The CLI adds process management UI with status and logs
    • The TUI sidebar and process detail dialog show the ports each background process is using
    Release notes

Smaller updates 31

  1. 7.8.27

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  2. 7.8.25

    Keeps the package manager's user-agent when reading npm config

  3. 7.8.23

    Fixes for background job exit codes, compaction and multi-process use

  4. 7.8.22

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  5. 7.8.17

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  6. 7.8.16

    Security hardening for URLs, MCP prompts and TLS certificates

  7. 7.8.14

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  8. 7.8.8

    Security fix keeps MCP OAuth credentials tied to their issuing server

  9. 7.8.1

    Every release artifact now ships with a signed software bill of materials

  10. 7.7.5

    Fixes for agent switching and read-only bash commands in Ask mode

  11. 7.5.15

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  12. 7.5.14

    Lower CPU use in large repos and fixes for codebase indexing

  13. 7.5.13

    Shift+Tab works with slash menu open; clearer Agent Manager buttons

  14. 7.5.5

    Fixes Windows startup blocked by PowerShell execution aliases

  15. 7.5.4

    Fixes black-screen and Windows startup failures from v7.5.0

  16. 7.5.3

    Security fix for markdown sanitization and less Agent Manager Git activity

  17. 7.4.5

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  18. 7.3.54

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  19. 7.3.53

    Fixes file reads that could produce unusable tool output

  20. 7.3.51

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  21. 7.3.40

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  22. 7.3.39

    Smoother chat auto-scroll and steadier layout

  23. 7.3.33

    Fixes CLI failing to start on Apple Silicon Macs

  24. 7.3.32

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  25. 7.3.31

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  26. 7.3.30

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  27. 7.3.22

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  28. 7.3.21

    Maintenance release with no notable changes

  29. 7.3.17

    DeepSeek joins Popular Providers and chat errors get a cleaner look

  30. 7.3.16

    DeepSeek replaces GitHub Copilot in Popular Providers list

  31. 7.3.10

    Skills in .agents/skills stay on with Claude Code Compatibility off

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