Windsurf

v1.8.2 May 7, 2025 Cascade Customization Cascade UX Improvements

• Redesigned Model Selector
• Continue button when reaching individual tool call limit
• Opening conversations will now open the associated workspace
• Hunk accept/reject widget now has a compact mode to cover less code
• Improvements to commit message generation quality
• Commit message generation reads from global rules as context
• Ability to edit proposed terminal command Custom Workflows
• You can create “workflows”, saved prompts that Cascade can follow
• Workflows can be invoked via slash command
• Cascade can help create and edit workflows
• Workflow files are saved in the workspace, under .windsurf/workflows File-Based Rules
• You can create granular rules files that are always on, @mention-able, requested by Cascade, or attached to file globs
• Rules files are saved in the workspace, under .windsurf/rules Simultaneous Cascades
• Allow Cascade to keep running when switching to another conversation
• Add support for switching between conversations via a dropdown menu or keyboard shortcuts Cascade Plugins
• New panel in Cascade for managing MCP Servers
• Easier one-click uninstall and install
• Easier search

v1.8.0 May 6, 2025 Teams Features Teams: Windsurf Reviews

• Team admins can install a Github app for code review and PR title/description edits
• Available to Teams and Enterprise SAAS for 500 reviews/month Teams: Conversation Sharing
• Team users can generate a shareable URL to a Cascade conversation
• Only fellow team members can access this URL
• Available to Teams and Enterprise SaaS Teams: Knowledge
• Team admins can connect their Google account and curate relevant Google Docs
• Team members will be able to @mention these docs, and Cascade can retrieve them
• Available to Teams and Enterprise SaaS Teams Deploys
• Teams users can connect their Netlify account via Windsurf settings
• Deploy apps through Cascade directly to your Netlify team for full control
• Supports team-specific settings like SSO, custom domains, and more through the Netlify dashboard
• Team admins can manage Deploy permissions and settings for their team. Teams Analytics
• Teams users get a refreshed analytics dashboard for their team
• Includes new Cascade analytics such as messages sent, total tool calls, model usage, and more Misc
• Upgrade to VS Code 1.99.1 Download 1.8.0

v1.7.2 April 27, 2025 New App Icon & Upgraded Free Tier New App Icon

• Windsurf is now refreshed with a new app icon
• Windsurf.com has been updated with the new wordmark
• (Mac) Customizable app icons now use the new logo Upgraded Free Tier
• Free tier now has new, higher limits
• Ability to use Cascade in write mode
• Cascade prompt credits: 5 to 25 Cascade prompt credits per month
• Unlimited Fast Tab
• Unlimited Cascade Base
• Access to Previews
• 1 Deploy Performance Improvements
• Performance and reliability improvements when deploying an app using Deploys
• Allow users to create a new deployment even if they have an existing deployment config yaml
• Deploy web app tool now has a check deploy status tool call
• Stability improvements for remote extensions (WSL, SSH, Dev Containers)
• Performance improvements when typing in a large active diff zone Misc
• Adds GPT-4.1 to Command
• Upgraded to VSCode base version 1.98 Download 1.7.2

v1.6.1 April 2, 2025 Deploys Deploys (Beta)

• Deploy your application with one prompt to Netlify under a windsurf.build domain
• Claim your application’s URL via Netlify
• Once claimed, continue deploying to the same project as you make updates
• To deploy a new site or change your subdomain, just ask Cascade to deploy to a new subdomain
• Available to all users for all tiers, with more for paid plans Commit Message Generation (Beta)
• Generate commit messages with a click in the Source Control Panel
• Available to users on paid plans with no additional credit cost per use Improvements to Memories
• New memories tab in Cascade
• New ability to edit Cascade’s generated memories, including the memory’s title, content and tags
• New ability to search Cascade’s generated memories
• User setting toggle for Auto-Generate Memories
• When enabled, Cascade will autonomously generate memories to remember important context
• When disabled, Cascade will only create memories when you explicitly ask in your prompt Improvements to Long Conversations
• Introduced Cascade table of contents of all past user messages, which appears on conversation scroll