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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

Cline3.83.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.83.0]

Show a clear "Searching..." state in the @-mention file picker · Improve @-mention file search performance · Allow write_to_file to create or overwrite files with empty content. · Fix validation failures for MCP servers that require an object. · Enable OpenRouter prompt cache control for Qwen models. · Update Axios and SAP Connectivity dependencies · Use the VS Code-specific README.marketplace.md when packaging and publishing the VS Code extension · Add telemetry to @-mention search to help diagnose local, remote, and multi-root workspace search behavior.Primary source ↗

Cline3.82.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.82.0]

Restore VS Code foreground terminal support and settings. · Add latest OpenAI, SAP AI Core, and Z AI models. · Fix hook template JSON escaping. · Improve ripgrep file search error handling. · Remove hardcoded model lists from docs.Primary source ↗

Cline3.81.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.81.0]

Add GPT-5.5 model support for OpenAI Codex subscription users. · Remove hardcoded "What’s New" fallback items in webview; only remote-configured welcome banners are shown. · Improve cline-core memory diagnostics used by the extension runtime: · enable near-heap-limit heap snapshots · add periodic memory usage logging · log discovered heap snapshots on abnormal exits for easier OOM debuggingPrimary source ↗

Cline3.80.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.80.0]

Wire up remote globalSkills from enterprise remote config with full UI, toggle support, and system prompt integration — enterprise-managed skills now appear under a dedicated "Enterprise Skills" section and support alwaysEnabled enforcement · Onboarding flow now uses dynamically fetched recommended models instead of a hardcoded list, with a fallback to the welcome view on failure · Add dedicated "Quota Exceeded" error message in the chat error UI when Cline account spend caps are hit · +5 more changes

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Added

Wire up remote globalSkills from enterprise remote config with full UI, toggle support, and system prompt integration — enterprise-managed skills now appear under a dedicated "Enterprise Skills" section and support alwaysEnabled enforcement
Onboarding flow now uses dynamically fetched recommended models instead of a hardcoded list, with a fallback to the welcome view on failure
Add dedicated "Quota Exceeded" error message in the chat error UI when Cline account spend caps are hit

Fixed

Fix OOM crashes during long conversations by setting --max-old-space-size=8192 for the cline-core Node.js process (was defaulting to ~2 GB)
Show detailed error information in the chat error row instead of a generic caught error message
Update axios to 1.15.0 across all packages

Changed

Remove foreground terminal mode — all task command execution now defaults to background mode, removing the VS Code integrated terminal dependency and related settings UI
Remove old hardcoded announcement banners

Primary source ↗

Cline3.79.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.79.0]

Add Claude Opus 4.7 model support · Add Azure Blob Storage as a storage provider · Add globalSkills to remote config · Inline value reuse in user-level remote-config discovery · Fix cache reflection for Cline and Vercel API handlers · Fix stuck command_output ask when terminal command ends unexpectedly · Add use_subagents to system prompt for GLM, Hermes, and XS models · Fix action injection security risk · Remove deprecated evals toolPrimary source ↗

Cline3.78.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.78.0]

Add a dedicated "Spend Limit Reached" error UI when spend caps are hit · Docs updates · Show actual read_file line ranges in chat UIPrimary source ↗

Cline3.77.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.77.0]

Add "Lazy Teammate Mode" experimental toggle · read_file tool now supports chunked reading for targeted file access · Exclude new_task tool from system prompt in yolo/headless mode · Fix Kanban demo video formatting · Polish Notification hook functionalityPrimary source ↗

Cline3.76.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.76.0]

Add Cline Kanban launch modal in webview; · CLI now launches Kanban by default with a migration view · Add toggle to disable feature tips in chat · Add repeated tool call loop detection to prevent infinite loops wasting tokens · Fix CLI Kanban spawn on Windows by enabling shell mode for npx.cmdPrimary source ↗

Cline3.75.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.75.0]

Latency improvements for remote workspaces · Stabilize flaky hooks tests · Remove example hooks in favor of reading the docsPrimary source ↗

Cline3.74.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.74.0]

Implement dynamic free model detection for Cline API · Add file read deduplication cache to prevent repeated reads · Add feature tips tooltip during thinking state · Replace error message when not logged in to Cline · Align ClineRulesToggleModal padding with ServersToggleModal · Skip WebP for GLM and Devstral models running through llama.cpp · Respect user-configured context window in LiteLLM getModel() · Honor explicit model IDs outside static catalog in W&B provider · Add missing Fireworks serverless models and pricingPrimary source ↗

Cline3.73.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.73.0]

Added W&B Inference by CoreWeave as a new API provider with 17 models · Improved parallel tool calling support for OpenRouter and Cline providers · Claude Code Provider: handle rate limit events, empty content arrays, error results, and unknown content types without crashing · Tool handlers (read_file, list_files, list_code_definition_names, search_files) now return graceful errors instead of crashingPrimary source ↗

Cline3.72.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.72.0]

Added Anthropic Opus 4.6 fast mode variants · Resolved native tool placeholder interpolation in prompts · Gemini: capped Flash output tokens to 8192 across providers · Fixed Windows unit test path normalization · Fixed flaky hooks tests on Windows · Bedrock: handle thinking and redacted_thinking blocks correctly in message conversion and streaming · Prevent crash when list_files or list_code_definition_names receives a file path · Updated Jupyter Notebook GIFs · Markdown image loading now requires user consent · Added .github/copilot-instructions.md for coding agents · +1 more changePrimary source ↗

Cline3.71.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.71.0]

Added GPT-5.4 models for ChatGPT subscription users · Hooks: Added a Notification hook for attention and completion boundaries · Handle streamable HTTP MCP reconnects more reliably after disconnectsPrimary source ↗

Cline3.70.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.70.0]

New Cline API docs: Getting Started, Auth, Chat Completions, Models, Errors, and SDK Examples · Hook payloads now include model.provider and model.slug · Token/cost updates now happen immediately as usage chunks arrive, not after tool execution · Improve subagent context compaction logic · Subagent stream retry delay increased to reduce noise from transient failures · State serialization errors are now caught and logged instead of crashing · Removed incorrect max_tokens from OpenRouter requests · Windows test cleanup now retries on locked files and applies per-test timeouts · +1 more changePrimary source ↗

Cline3.69.0Jul 26, 2026

[3.69.0]

Add User-Agent header to requests sent to the Cline backend · Add default auto-tag workflow for publish release flow · Show Cline SDK docs on the Cline page · Retry nested git restore and prevent silent .git_disabled leftovers in checkpoints · Prevent Chinese filename escaping in diff view · Trigger auto-compaction on OpenRouter context overflow errors · Restore GPT-OSS native file editing on OpenAI-compatible models · Update Cline SDK docs · Improve hooks support for Windows PowerShellPrimary source ↗

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