Factory Droid

Terminal activity status, Script permission requests, skills in delegated tasks, plus CLI and app fixes

New features

• Terminal activity status - Terminals that support it now show whether Droid is working, waiting on you, or done

Improvements

• Headers in managed settings - Organization-managed custom model settings can now carry request headers that hold no credentials
• Faster session opening - Opening a session no longer waits on a load that never started (app)
• Active tool call summaries - Tool summaries now read in present tense with counts while Droid is still working (app)
• Resume by session link - Droid resume now accepts a session link in place of the session id

Bug fixes

• Script permission requests - Script calls whose input is built at run time now ask for permission when they run
• Custom Droid models - A custom Droid set to inherit now keeps the session's model and reasoning effort
• Slash command menu flicker - The slash command menu no longer blinks a loading row or flashes the footer

Legacy model upgrades, MCP tools on the first message, plus Script, plugin, and app fixes

New features

• Legacy model upgrades - A session on a legacy model now runs its replacement, and you can keep the legacy model

Improvements

• MCP tools on first message - Your first message can use MCP tools from your last session while servers finish connecting
• Command summary capitalization - Command summaries in a Droid message now start with a capital letter (app)
• Notification volume slider - The notification volume setting now uses the standard slider control with a percentage label (app)
• Script wait visibility - Pending Script waits now stay visible with elapsed time, and failed waits stay listed
• macOS Mission Control overlay - The overlay in macOS Mission Control now fades with a lighter tint and names the session (app)

Bug fixes

• Interrupted Script calls - A Script call left unresolved by a restart is now marked interrupted when the session reopens
• Computer repository selection - Creating a Droid Computer now limits repository selection to the number it can clone (app)

Resume with a message, Script output trimming, plus model window, custom model, and app fixes

New features

• Message when resuming a session - Text after a session id in a resume command now runs in that session

Improvements

• Script output trimming - Script results too long to keep in full now preserve their start and end

Bug fixes

• Cut-off replies now retry - A reply that ends early on some models now retries instead of showing cut-off output
• Connector list actions - Actions in the connectors list no longer overlap a connector's category tag
• Requests over the model window - Droid now shrinks an oversized request before sending it and stops retries that cannot shrink
• Custom model error guidance - A broken custom model entry now explains the failure and leaves your other models working
• Callout spacing in messages - Callouts in a Droid message keep their padding instead of sitting against the edge
• Resuming a paused computer - A Droid Computer resuming after a pause no longer reports a failed sign-in

Legacy model warnings, session sidebar sorting, faster MCP connections, plus Windows and Slack fixes

Improvements

• Model discount labels - Model pickers now state a discounted model's savings as a plain percentage off
• Session sidebar sorting - Sort sessions by status so ones needing input come first, and let recently active groups rise (app)
• Legacy model warning - Picking an older model now warns you first and offers to switch to its newer version
• Faster MCP connections - MCP servers you reach over HTTP now connect faster when a session starts

Bug fixes

• Windows command output - Commands Droid runs on Windows no longer write stray output into the terminal interface
• Rejected credential errors - A turn that stops because your model credentials were rejected now reports a credential failure
• Managed settings by region - Droid now reads organization-managed settings from your organization's own region
• Plugin marketplace removal - A plugin marketplace your organization or project provides can no longer be removed by hand
• Slack channel failures - Droid now tells you when a Slack channel you asked for could not be created

Transcript history paging, legacy models toggle, side chat shortcuts, template refresh, plus terminal and app fixes

Improvements

• Side chat keyboard shortcuts - Side chat now takes multi-line messages and keeps its keys from acting on the main session (app)
• Compression progress spinner - A spinner now shows while a session's history compresses (app)
• Scheduled template refresh - Droid Computer templates now refresh on their own once they fall out of date
• Legacy models toggle - The model picker now groups older models under a legacy toggle and marks them clearly
• Faster first response - Droid now starts answering your first message sooner because setup work no longer blocks it
• Transcript history paging - Alt or Option with the arrow keys now pages a session's full saved history in the terminal

Bug fixes

• Session settings at launch - Launching a session on a Droid Computer now keeps the model and settings you chose (app)
• Readable model errors - A model that cannot be served now reports it is temporarily unavailable instead of an empty error

Attached images kept across turns, faster Windows startup, plus session, Slack, and API fixes

Improvements

• Session artifact actions - Session records now report viewed, updated, closed, and merged pull requests and issues, not only created ones
• Enterprise command lists - Custom blocked commands collapse behind a count, and long command lists scroll in place
• Faster Windows startup - Droid starts faster on Windows by skipping a redundant console setup step

Bug fixes

• Startup with many sessions - Droid no longer freezes at startup on machines that hold thousands of sessions
• Pending questions across restarts - A question Droid is waiting on now survives a restart, so you can still answer it
• Session message order - A session now lists its messages in the order they happened
• Task reports after hooks - A background task now reports its full result even when a hook ran during the turn
• Faster reply after connection failure - Droid now starts its reply immediately instead of waiting out a retry delay after a failed connection

Custom model management, PDF viewer, quoted replies, voice dictation key, plus terminal and app fixes

New features

• Custom models in terminal - You can now add, edit, and remove your own custom models from the terminal
• Scheduled loops indicator - A pill above the chat input lists a session's loops and can pause, resume, or stop them (app)
• Quote a Droid reply - Select text in a Droid response and add it to your next message as a quote (app)
• Voice dictation key - Pick a single key that starts and stops voice dictation, or turn the shortcut off (app)
• PDF viewer - PDF files now open in a scrolling viewer with a page rail, thumbnails, and zoom (app)
• Save files outside the workspace - The Files panel can now save a file that lives outside your workspace folder (app)

Improvements

• Custom model JSON editing - You can now edit one of your own custom models as a form or as raw JSON (app)
• Session list edge fades - The session list now fades at its top and bottom edges while you scroll (app)
• Smoother file opening - Opening a file from a tool call no longer stutters as the side pane slides in (app)

Command palette rebuild, migrate command, mid-message skills, in-place compression, plus terminal and app fixes

New features

• Migration files view - When a /migrate workflow is active, the files panel can show its plan and validation documents (app)
• Delegation audit events - Audit logs now record who started a Droid session from a connected tool
• Image generation model choice - You can now choose which model Droid uses when it generates an image
• Expand attached images - You can now open an attached image at full size before you send it (app)
• Skills anywhere in a message - You can now complete and highlight a skill anywhere in your message, not only at the start
• Migrate workflow command - Run /migrate to take large work from an agreed plan to a verified outcome

Improvements

• Slack post attribution - Slack messages Droid posts outside your conversation now name the person who asked
• Command palette coverage - The command palette now reaches every page and setting, with category tabs and ranked results (app)
• Mid-session plugin discovery - Entering a repository during a session now loads that project's plugins

Model selector improvements, inline settings in chat, Droid Shield Git scanning, and transcript and compaction fixes

Improvements

• Settings search focus - Opening settings now puts your cursor in the search box so you can type right away (app)
• Light mode diff colors - Syntax colors in light mode diffs are now dark enough to read comfortably (app)
• Sessions awaiting your confirmation - The sidebar now bolds sessions that are waiting for you to confirm a tool call (app)
• New model badge - The model selector now marks recently added models as new (app)
• Skill activation in chat - Chat now shows a skill activation as a muted skill row instead of an ordinary message (app)
• Inline settings editing - You can now review and apply more settings changes in chat instead of opening the settings page (app)
• Diagram zoom steps - The expanded diagram view now zooms in ten percent steps for finer control (app)
• Tool schemas from the SDK - The SDK can now require input schemas when listing the tools a session offers
• Recent models in composer - The composer model selector now lists the models you picked most recently (app)

Voucher credits, ServiceNow connector, notification volume, draft copying, and session and chat fixes

New features

• Notification volume setting - You can now set the volume of Droid's notification sounds in terminal and app settings
• Copy draft shortcut - Ctrl+Shift+C now copies your unsent message in the terminal and confirms the copy
• Organization managed ServiceNow connector - Administrators can now set up ServiceNow so members connect it with their own account
• Voucher credit redemption - You can now redeem a voucher for account credit and keep your current plan (app)

Improvements

• Background task handling - Droid now finishes its reply while background tasks keep running instead of waiting for their reports
• Repository picker in Changes - Sessions with several repositories now switch repository in Changes, while Files and Terminal stay in the session folder (app)
• Session title search - Command-K search now finds sessions by title and ranks title matches above message matches (app)
• Fixing Droid Shield blocks - When you ask, Droid can now fix files Droid Shield flagged and rerun the blocked command

Default app file opening, subagent controls, Droid Shield accuracy, and desktop sign-in and menu fixes

New features

• Open files in default app - You can now open a session's files with your operating system's default application (app)
• Stop a running subagent - You can now stop a running subagent from its panel in the session transcript (app)

Improvements

• Droid Shield false positives - Droid Shield now stops fewer safe Git commands and flags fewer harmless strings as secrets
• Faster plugin marketplace installs - Installing and updating plugins from a Git marketplace now downloads only the files those plugins need
• Environment panel on narrow layouts - Environment now opens in a popover when the session is too narrow for the side rail (app)
• Streaming table columns - Markdown tables in chat now size their columns to the content while they stream (app)
• Connector catalog entries - Three more connectors now show their icon and category in connector settings (app)
• Branch menu styling - The branch menu in environment and diff views now matches the rest of the app's menus (app)

Computer management in sessions, onboarding plan selection, specification downloads, and CLI and chat fixes

New features

• Manage computer from session - You can now check usage, update Droid, reconnect, or reboot a session's computer from the session (app)
• Computer secrets settings - Computer secrets settings now separate personal and organization secrets with search and role-aware controls (app)
• Plan selection during onboarding - Onboarding now lets you choose a plan before entering payment details (app)
• Download specification proposals - You can now download a specification proposal as a Markdown file from its review panel (app)

Improvements

• QA setup self review - The QA setup command now reviews the files it generates before showing you the summary
• Review action version findings - Reviews no longer report a finding only because the review action version is pinned or older
• Steadier session list - The session list now stays responsive while sessions update, instead of redrawing every row (app)
• Composer during streaming - The composer now stays responsive while a reply streams in (app)

Bug fixes

Session forking, PyCharm, Databricks connector, streaming chat tables, and custom model credential fixes

New features

• Fork sessions from sidebar - You can now fork a session from its row in the session list (app)
• Organization managed Databricks connector - Administrators can now set up Databricks so members connect it with their own account
• PyCharm editor option - You can now open a session's files in PyCharm from the editor menu (app)
• Hook risk level setting - Hooks that rewrite a command can now be set to keep its existing risk level

Improvements

• Streaming chat tables - Markdown tables in chat now reveal complete rows as they stream instead of partial ones (app)
• Default autonomy level - Sessions now default to medium autonomy instead of off when you have not chosen one (app)
• Typing during startup - New sessions now let you type your first message while Droid finishes starting up
• Custom model list length - The model picker now shows eight custom models before you expand the full list
• Custom model credential notices - Sessions now tell you at startup when a custom model's credentials could not be resolved