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Cline

Cline · ide agent · free

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 config7 changes · 14 releases touched it · latest Sep 2, 2026 · v4.1.17 ↗
background and headless runs3 changes · 11 releases touched it · latest Aug 2, 2026 · cli-v3.0.49 ↗
skills and plugins3 changes · 9 releases touched it · latest Sep 3, 2026 · desktop-v0.0.23 ↗
slash commands1 change · latest Aug 5, 2026 · cli-v3.0.50 ↗

Release signals

Clinedesktop-v0.0.5Jul 27, 2026

Major performance overhaul: the app now feels snappy end-to-end.

  • The animated background renders at a locked 60fps instead of ~10fps, typing in the composer no longer stutters (245 slow keystrokes → 3), streaming responses coalesce updates instead of re-rendering the whole chat per token, and app boot fetches the provider catalog once instead of three times.
  • The native folder picker and command execution no longer freeze the app while the sidecar writes session logs or discovers your editor.
  • Fixed the composer getting stuck on "Agent is working..." after queued turns finished.
  • +4 more changes
Read the full release note
  • Major performance overhaul: the app now feels snappy end-to-end. The animated background renders at a locked 60fps instead of ~10fps, typing in the composer no longer stutters (245 slow keystrokes → 3), streaming responses coalesce updates instead of re-rendering the whole chat per token, and app boot fetches the provider catalog once instead of three times.
  • The native folder picker and command execution no longer freeze the app while the sidecar writes session logs or discovers your editor.
  • Fixed the composer getting stuck on "Agent is working..." after queued turns finished.
  • Added a Cline API key path to onboarding, and you can now cancel a pending browser sign-in instead of being stuck waiting for it.
  • Fixed window dragging.
  • MCP server cards are now consistent across marketplace views, with a single uninstall action and setup guidance shown on installed servers.
  • Fixed agentic compaction silently falling back to basic compaction for OpenAI-Compatible providers, and manual /compact never actually reaching the model when auto-compaction was off.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/desktop-v0.0.4...desktop-v0.0.5

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Clinev4.0.11Jul 24, 2026

Add Claude Opus 5 across the Anthropic, Claude Code, Bedrock, Vertex, Cline, and OpenRouter providers, including 1M context window variants.

  • Add Moonshot Kimi K3 support.
  • Include the host plugin version in telemetry events.
  • Correct pricing for the Claude Opus 1M context variants, which overstated costs for requests above 200k tokens.
  • Enable native tool calling for Kimi K3 models, fixing empty responses.
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Clinedesktop-v0.0.4Jul 24, 2026

Start chatting without opening a project folder — the app now supports workspace-free chat sessions.

  • New first-run onboarding flow to get you set up on launch.
  • Drag and drop files directly onto the chat to attach them.
  • Image attachments now display inline in the chat transcript.
  • Schedule one-time routines (not just recurring ones), with navigation to jump to a routine's run.
  • New custom overlay title bar with in-app navigation.
  • Redesigned channel setup as expandable cards.
  • Added a setting to replay the new-user experience.
  • +5 more changes
Read the full release note
  • Start chatting without opening a project folder — the app now supports workspace-free chat sessions.
  • New first-run onboarding flow to get you set up on launch.
  • Drag and drop files directly onto the chat to attach them.
  • Image attachments now display inline in the chat transcript.
  • Schedule one-time routines (not just recurring ones), with navigation to jump to a routine's run.
  • New custom overlay title bar with in-app navigation.
  • Redesigned channel setup as expandable cards.
  • Added a setting to replay the new-user experience.
  • Cleaner chat markdown rendering, and external links now open correctly in your browser.
  • Agent sessions now use agentic compaction by default, keeping long conversations within context more intelligently.
  • Fixed the agent not finding gh and other CLI tools by resolving your login shell's PATH.
  • Headless routines now default to YOLO mode so they can run unattended.
  • Fixed request metering for the SAP AI Core provider.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/desktop-v0.0.3...desktop-v0.0.4

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Clinedesktop-v0.0.3Jul 22, 2026

The reasoning section in the chat transcript now reads simply "Thinking" — dropped the redundant status text and brain icon.

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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-v0.0.2Jul 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.
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Clinev4.0.10Jul 20, 2026

Add telemetry to track when Cline reaches the consecutive mistake limit.

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Clinecli-v3.0.46Jul 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

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Clinecli-v3.0.45Jul 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/sdk/v0.0.65Jul 19, 2026

SDK v0.0.65

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 catalogPrimary source ↗
Clinecli-v3.0.44Jul 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)
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Clinesdk/sdk/v0.0.64Jul 17, 2026

SDK v0.0.64

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 correctlyPrimary source ↗
Clinecli-v3.0.43Jul 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)

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Clinesdk/sdk/v0.0.63Jul 17, 2026

SDK v0.0.63

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 configuredPrimary 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._
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Polled sources

[docs-site] Cline Docs

html · every 720m

https://docs.cline.bot

[github-releases] GitHub Releases

github_releases · every 120m

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

[changelog-md] CHANGELOG.md

markdown_changelog · every 180m

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