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Windsurf

Cognition / Codeium · ide · freemium

Agentic IDE experience (Devin Desktop) focused on Cascade flows and collaborative AI coding.

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Config files Windsurf 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.

agent context files1 change · 2 releases touched it · latest Mar 9, 2026 · v1.9577.24 ↗

Release signals

Windsurfv1.12.21Oct 17, 2025

v1.12.21 October 17, 2025

  • Patch Fixes
  • Resolved issues affecting SSH remote connections with high resource usage.
  • Fix certain models seeing increased error rates on editing files.
  • Improved diagnostics for third party extensions.
  • Download 1.12.21
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Windsurfv1.12.20Oct 16, 2025

v1.12.20 October 16, 2025

  • New Features
  • Fast Context : Introduced Fast Context subagent powered by SWE-grep, enabling agents to find relevant code context up to 20x faster with >2,800 tokens per second throughput.
  • Learn more on our blog .
  • Bug Fixes
  • Fixed issues with WSL compatibility.
  • Fixed bugs in Workflows and Rules UI.
  • Various stability improvements and minor bug fixes.
  • Download 1.12.20
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Windsurfv1.12.18Oct 14, 2025

v1.12.18 October 14, 2025

  • Patch Fixes
  • Fixes issue with custom MCP servers not being displayed correctly in the new MCP panel.
  • Improvements and bug fixes for the beta Codemaps feature.
  • Fixes issue where some bash commands would get stuck.
  • Fixes issue where certain models couldn’t create or edit Jupyter notebooks.
  • General bug fixes and improvements.
  • Download 1.12.18
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Windsurfv1.12.16Oct 10, 2025

v1.12.16 October 10, 2025

  • Codemaps
  • Codemaps is a beta feature for codebase understanding and navigation.
  • Open the codemaps pane to try it out!
  • Patch Fixes
  • Fixes to Cascade to reduce internal errors.
  • Fixes to Cascade not seeing terminal output.
  • Various other bug fixes and stability improvements.
  • Download 1.12.16
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Windsurfv1.12.1Sep 29, 2025

v1.12.1 September 29, 2025

  • Devin features in Windsurf, stability improvements, and a brand new UI
  • Stability & Performance : Over 100 bug fixes and reliability improvements.
  • DeepWiki in Windsurf : Hover over code symbols for intelligent DeepWiki-powered documentation.
  • Vibe and Replace : AI-powered find and replace functionality.
  • Apply intelligent transformations to multiple code matches.
  • Cascade Agent Improvements : Automatic planning mode with no manual toggles required.
  • Revamped tools with more accurate edits.
  • Enhanced code exploration leveraging long context models.
  • +4 more changes
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v1.12.1 September 29, 2025 Devin features in Windsurf, stability improvements, and a brand new UI

  • Stability & Performance : Over 100 bug fixes and reliability improvements.
  • DeepWiki in Windsurf : Hover over code symbols for intelligent DeepWiki-powered documentation.
  • Vibe and Replace : AI-powered find and replace functionality. Apply intelligent transformations to multiple code matches.
  • Cascade Agent Improvements : Automatic planning mode with no manual toggles required. Revamped tools with more accurate edits. Enhanced code exploration leveraging long context models.
  • Tab Autocomplete : New system with more frequent and smarter suggestions.
  • UI Redesign : All-new Chat, Cascade, and home screen panels.
  • Dev Containers : Support for development containers via remote SSH access. Download 1.12.1
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Windsurfv1.12.8Sep 23, 2025

v1.12.8 September 23, 2025

  • GPT-5-Codex is now in Windsurf!
  • GPT-5-Codex is now available for free (0x credits) for a limited time for paid users! Free users can use GPT-5-Codex as well for 0.5x credits.
  • Download 1.12.8
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Windsurfv1.12.6Sep 16, 2025

v1.12.6 September 16, 2025

  • Cascade Improvements
  • Queued messages
  • Users can now add follow-up messages to Cascade while it is working, and Cascade will process them in order after the current task is complete.
  • Mermaid diagram support
  • Cascade now renders mermaid diagrams in the conversation.
  • Deprecation
  • Windsurf Browser is now deprecated.
  • We plan to refactor and release a replacement feature in the coming months.
  • Please use Previews instead.
  • Patch Fixes
  • Made improvements to the sign up onboarding flow.
  • Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
  • Download 1.12.6
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Windsurfv1.11.5Aug 7, 2025

v1.11.5 August 7, 2025

  • GPT-5 Available
  • Windsurf now supports the GPT-5 suite of models including GPT-5 (low reasoning), GPT-5 (medium reasoning), and GPT-5 (high reasoning).
  • They are available for free for a limited time for paying users!
  • Patch Fixes
  • Minor improvements and bug fixes
  • Download 1.11.5
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Polled sources

[codeium-changelog] Codeium / Windsurf related docs

Product page · not polled

https://docs.windsurf.com/windsurf/getting-started

[official-changelog] Windsurf Changelog

Product page · last read Oct 24, 2026

https://windsurf.com/changelog

[devin-desktop-changelog] Devin Desktop (Windsurf) Changelog

Product page · last read Oct 24, 2026

https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/changelog