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Factory Droid

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Factory’s terminal and desktop coding agent (droid CLI): spec mode, subagents, MCP, AGENTS.md, and enterprise SDLC workflows.

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Config files Factory Droid 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.

hooks1 change · 2 releases touched it · latest Jul 7, 2026 · v0.167.0 ↗
background and headless runs1 change · 2 releases touched it · latest Jul 17, 2026 · v0.175.0 ↗
agent context files1 change · latest Jul 28, 2026 · v0.182.0 ↗

Release signals

Factory Droidv0.151.0Jun 17, 2026

(June 17, 2026)

Branded macOS installer with MCP and session reliability fixes · Skill slash commands in editors - Skill slash commands are now available when connecting from external editors · macOS installer branding - The macOS DMG installer is now branded (app) · MCP results as markdown - MCP tool results returned as JSON now render as formatted markdown · Session reconnection - Sessions now stay rendered and reconnect instead of redirecting to a Session Unavailable page (app) · Org switcher - The desktop organization switcher now shows the currently selected organization (app) · +2 more changes
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Branded macOS installer with MCP and session reliability fixes

New features

  • Skill slash commands in editors - Skill slash commands are now available when connecting from external editors

Improvements

  • macOS installer branding - The macOS DMG installer is now branded (app)
  • MCP results as markdown - MCP tool results returned as JSON now render as formatted markdown

Bug fixes

  • Session reconnection - Sessions now stay rendered and reconnect instead of redirecting to a Session Unavailable page (app)
  • Org switcher - The desktop organization switcher now shows the currently selected organization (app)
  • Desktop MCP sign-in - Improved desktop MCP authentication callback handling (app)
  • Composer actions layout - Composer actions now stay on a single line (app)
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Factory Droidv0.150.0Jun 16, 2026

(June 16, 2026)

npm plugin sources and long-session performance · npm plugin sources - Plugin marketplace definitions can now reference plugins published as npm packages · Quit confirmation - Desktop now asks for confirmation before quitting or closing would interrupt an active Droid session (app) · Long session performance - Improved chat performance in long sessions (app) · MCP authentication page - Polished the MCP authentication success page · Overdue invoice banner - Billing settings now show a banner when an invoice is overdue (app) · +1 more change
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npm plugin sources and long-session performance

New features

  • npm plugin sources - Plugin marketplace definitions can now reference plugins published as npm packages
  • Quit confirmation - Desktop now asks for confirmation before quitting or closing would interrupt an active Droid session (app)

Improvements

  • Long session performance - Improved chat performance in long sessions (app)
  • MCP authentication page - Polished the MCP authentication success page
  • Overdue invoice banner - Billing settings now show a banner when an invoice is overdue (app)

Bug fixes

  • Rate limit reset display - Fixed the rate limit reset time shown for sub-hour resets
Primary source ↗

Polled sources

[official-changelog] Factory release notes

Product page · not polled

https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes

[official-changelog-md] Factory release notes (markdown)

Changelog · last read Oct 9, 2026

https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes.md