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Kiro 2.20.2

Released · AWS / Kiro

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2.20.2 Aug 31, 2026 2.20.1 Aug 27, 2026 Full-Screen Spec Task Execution and Preserve Scrollback This release gives V3 spec runs a full-screen task execution view with real-time progress and task scope selection. The new Preserve scrollback toggle keeps terminal history available through overflow and resize redraws. Full-screen spec task execution (V3) Run a spec with /spec run to open the dedicated full-screen task execution view. Follow progress in real time and choose the task scope before execution begins. Learn more -> Improvements Fixes Patches Aug 25, 2026 0.4.0 Crew First-Class Windows and Linux, a Secrets Vault, and a Code-Editing Dashboard This version makes Windows and Linux first-class installs, moves your secrets out of the config file and into an encrypted vault, and turns the dashboard into a place to edit code, not just discuss it. Every messaging channel reaches parity with Slack and three new ones arrive, MCP servers stop guessing about safe process sharing, and boot uses far less memory. Windows and Linux Become First-Class Installs Windows now ships a signed installer with in-app auto-updates on the stable channel, and the desktop app installs on Linux from .deb or .rpm with a fixed install path, a desktop entry, and per-format in-app updates. The Linux desktop app needs glibc 2.34 or newer; on an older host the one-line CLI install still works. Kiro Crew can also read and drive native Windows applications through UI Automation, so Computer Use is no longer macOS-only, and the Windows agent tree now runs under a Job-object process and memory ceiling that mirrors the Linux control. Learn more -> Secrets Leave Your Config File Secrets are now stored in an encrypted vault, managed from a new Settings > Secrets page where values stay masked and are never sent to the browser, and can be withheld from agents on a denylist. An MCP server's environment can reference a stored value as secret://NAME , resolved from the vault at spawn time so t