Config files Cline has changed
Config you own — hooks, permission rules, MCP servers, settings — that releases below state a change to. Counted from the release notes we track, newest change first. How a harness is layered.
MCP server config8 changes · 24 releases touched it · latest Oct 7, 2026 · SDK 0.0.91 ↗
skills and plugins8 changes · 22 releases touched it · latest Oct 16, 2026 · CLI 3.0.72 ↗
background and headless runs4 changes · 13 releases touched it · latest Sep 30, 2026 · SDK 0.0.88 ↗
hooks3 changes · 16 releases touched it · latest Sep 22, 2026 · v4.1.20 ↗
slash commands2 changes · 4 releases touched it · latest Sep 25, 2026 · Desktop 0.0.36 ↗
context and compaction settings1 change · 5 releases touched it · latest Sep 24, 2026 · SDK 0.0.86 ↗
subagent definitions1 change · 3 releases touched it · latest Sep 22, 2026 · SDK 0.0.84 ↗
Security advisories
3 published for Cline CLI, from the GitHub Advisory Database.
Fixed in 3.0.30 · CVE-2026-59723 · Sep 24, 2026
Affects up to 2.13.0 · CVE-2026-44211 · May 8, 2026
Fixed in 2.4.0 · Feb 19, 2026
Release signals
ClineDesktop 0.0.3Jul 22, 2026
Clinedesktop-latestJul 22, 2026
ne Code desktop (auto-update feed)
Rolling release backing the desktop app auto-updater. · The latest.json asset points at the newest desktop-vX.Y.Z release. · Do not delete.Primary source ↗ClineDesktop 0.0.2Jul 22, 2026
First public release of Cline Code for macOS: a desktop app for running and inspecting Cline agent sessions, signed and notarized for Apple Silicon and Intel.
- Automatic updates: the app checks on launch and every 2 hours, downloads new versions in the background, and prompts for a one-click restart.
- Ignored updates apply on the next launch.
- Download the DMG once from GitHub Releases — every future release arrives automatically.
Clinev4.0.10Jul 20, 2026
Add telemetry to track when Cline reaches the consecutive mistake limit.
Primary source ↗ClineCLI 3.0.46Jul 19, 2026
Fixed out-of-credits detection so the CLI reliably recognizes the Cline API's real `insufficient_credits` (402) error and shows the "add credits" card instead of a generic error
Primary source ↗ClineCLI 3.0.45Jul 19, 2026
Smaller install: the Claude Code and Codex providers are now optional and loaded on demand, cutting `npm i -g cline` from ~640MB to ~285MB (from SDK v0.0.65)
- Kimi K3 is now available as a ClinePass model (from SDK v0.0.65)
- Runs now retry once after refreshing expired OAuth credentials (from SDK v0.0.65)
- Team runs: the spawn tool is no longer exposed to teammates, and errored teammate runs now report as failed instead of completed (from SDK v0.0.65)
- Hub status output now includes version numbers
- Updated the bundled model catalog (from SDK v0.0.65)
ClineSDK 0.0.65Jul 19, 2026
Claude Code and Codex provider SDKs are now optional peer dependencies loaded on demand, dramatically cutting install size
- Added Kimi K3 to the bundled ClinePass model fallback
- Runs now retry once after refreshing expired OAuth credentials
- Team runs: the spawn tool is no longer exposed to teammate agents
- Team runs: errored teammate runs now report as failed instead of completed
- Improved shell-command parsing to fix a Windows shell mismatch
- New `@cline/ui` agent chat components with Storybook and npm packaging
- Updated the bundled model catalog
ClineCLI 3.0.44Jul 17, 2026
Improved max output token handling across providers (gateway routing, OpenAI vendor, and reasoning models) (from SDK v0.0.64)
- Frontmatter and configuration files that start with a UTF-8 byte order mark (e.g. saved by Windows editors) now parse correctly (from SDK v0.0.64)
ClineSDK 0.0.64Jul 17, 2026
Improved max output token handling across providers (gateway routing, OpenAI vendor, and reasoning models)
- Frontmatter and user-instruction files that start with a UTF-8 byte order mark (e.g. saved by Windows editors) now parse correctly
ClineCLI 3.0.43Jul 17, 2026
The CLI now automatically trusts your operating system's certificate store, so it works behind corporate proxies and TLS-inspecting firewalls without manually setting `NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS` (fixes "unable to get local issuer certificate" errors, including Windows intermediate CA stores)
Primary source ↗ClineSDK 0.0.63Jul 17, 2026
The session runtime now emits `task.mistake_limit_reached` telemetry when the consecutive-mistake limit is hit, so every host (CLI, VS Code extension, hub daemon) captures it — including auto-stops when no host prompt is configured
Primary source ↗Clinev4.0.9Jul 16, 2026
Add GPT-5.6 ChatGPT subscription models.
- Soften and shorten the message shown when Cline hits the consecutive mistake limit.
- Handle cumulative usage snapshots from OpenAI-compatible providers so token counts are no longer over-reported.
- Load skills from files saved as UTF-8 with a byte-order mark (BOM).
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- _Manually created due to a GitHub API outage — the automated workflow published v4.0.9 to the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX Registry successfully, but the GitHub API degradation caused its release-creation step to fail afterward._
ClineCLI 3.0.42Jul 16, 2026
Fixed Ollama native API routing so context window and timeout settings work again
Primary source ↗ClineSDK 0.0.62Jul 16, 2026
Fixed Ollama native API routing so context window and timeout settings work again
- Telemetry is no longer attached to hub tool contexts
ClineCLI 3.0.41Jul 15, 2026
Compaction now shows progress status in the TUI
- Model IDs are now suggested from OpenAI-compatible endpoints when configuring a provider
- Workspace git info (branch/remote) is now persisted and refreshed across sessions
- Compaction no longer runs during an active turn
- Fixed a crash when the terminal title was updated during TUI teardown
- The API key fallback hint is now highlighted for better visibility
- Benign git states are no longer reported as workspace initialization errors
Polled sources
[github-releases] GitHub Releases
GitHub Releases · last read Oct 25, 2026
https://github.com/cline/cline/releases[changelog-md] CHANGELOG.md
Changelog · last read Oct 25, 2026
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md