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Open-source autonomous coding agent in the IDE with plan/act workflows and MCP.

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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.

Release signals

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)
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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
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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._
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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
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Polled sources

[github-releases] GitHub Releases

GitHub Releases · last read Oct 25, 2026

https://github.com/cline/cline/releases

[docs-site] Cline Docs

Product page · not polled

https://docs.cline.bot

[changelog-md] CHANGELOG.md

Changelog · last read Oct 25, 2026

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md