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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

Cline3.67.0Jul 26, 2026

Add support for skills and optional modelId in subagent configuration

  • Add AgentConfigLoader for file-based agent configs
  • Add Responses API support for OpenAI native provider
  • Preconnect websocket to reduce response latency
  • Fetch featured models from backend with local fallback
  • Add /q command to quit CLI
  • Add MCP enterprise configuration details
  • Pull Cline's recommended models from internal endpoint
  • Add dynamic flag to adjust banner cache duration
  • Fix reasoning delta crash on usage-only stream chunks
  • Fix OpenAI tool ID transformation restricted to native provider only
  • +8 more changes
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Added

  • Add support for skills and optional modelId in subagent configuration
  • Add AgentConfigLoader for file-based agent configs
  • Add Responses API support for OpenAI native provider
  • Preconnect websocket to reduce response latency
  • Fetch featured models from backend with local fallback
  • Add /q command to quit CLI
  • Add MCP enterprise configuration details
  • Pull Cline's recommended models from internal endpoint
  • Add dynamic flag to adjust banner cache duration

Fixed

  • Fix reasoning delta crash on usage-only stream chunks
  • Fix OpenAI tool ID transformation restricted to native provider only
  • Fix auth check for ACP mode
  • Fix CLI yolo mode to not persist yolo setting to disk
  • Fix inline focus-chain slider within its feature row
  • Fix Gemini 3.1 Pro compatibility
  • Fix Cline auth with ACP flag

Changed

  • Move PR skill to .agents/skills
  • SambaNova provider: update models list
  • Remove changeset-converter GitHub Action and npm run changeset
Primary source ↗
Cline3.58.0Jul 26, 2026

Subagent: replace legacy subagents with the native `use_subagents` tool

  • Bundle `endpoints.json` support so packaged distributions can ship required endpoints out-of-the-box
  • Amazon Bedrock: support parallel tool calling
  • New "double-check completion" experimental feature to verify work before marking tasks complete
  • CLI: new task controls/flags including custom `--thinking` token budget and `--max-consecutive-mistakes` for yolo runs
  • Remote config: new UI/options (including connection/test buttons) and support for syncing deletion of remotely configured MCP servers
  • +16 more changes
Read the full release note

Added

  • Subagent: replace legacy subagents with the native use_subagents tool
  • Bundle endpoints.json support so packaged distributions can ship required endpoints out-of-the-box
  • Amazon Bedrock: support parallel tool calling
  • New "double-check completion" experimental feature to verify work before marking tasks complete
  • CLI: new task controls/flags including custom --thinking token budget and --max-consecutive-mistakes for yolo runs
  • Remote config: new UI/options (including connection/test buttons) and support for syncing deletion of remotely configured MCP servers
  • Vertex / Claude Code: add 1M context model options for Claude Opus 4.6
  • ZAI/GLM: add GLM-5

Fixed

  • CLI: handle stdin redirection correctly in CI/headless environments
  • CLI: preserve OAuth callback paths during auth redirects
  • VS Code Web: generate auth callback URLs via vscode.env.asExternalUri (OAuth callback reliability)
  • Terminal: surface command exit codes in results and improve long-running execute_command timeout behavior
  • UI: add loading indicator and fix api_req_started rendering
  • Task streaming: prevent duplicate streamed text rows after completion

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Polled sources

[docs-site] Cline Docs

Product page · not polled

https://docs.cline.bot

[github-releases] GitHub Releases

GitHub Releases · last read Oct 24, 2026

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

[changelog-md] CHANGELOG.md

Changelog · last read Oct 24, 2026

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