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Hand off long-running local Cline sessions to Cloud with /handoff

Use Cline desktop-v0.0.15-beta.1’s /handoff so local chats, images, and a follow-up command continue in a Cloud workspace after you close the app, with preflight push checks and interrupt recovery.

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This beta adds session continuity: /handoff moves the conversation, attachments, and an optional follow-up into a cloud workspace that keeps working offline from the desktop app. Preflight verifies repo, branch, and commit are pushed before transfer; the composer shows progress and a receipt link. Interrupted handoffs (restart, network drop, branch move) recover or retry with draft and attachments restored. Cloud sits in the existing Local/Remote environment menu when the Cloud sessions flag is on. Teams running multi-hour agent work or needing to leave a machine can standardize push-then-handoff instead of leaving the desktop app open.

Proposed actions

  1. In Cline Beta (desktop-v0.0.15-beta.1), enable the Cloud sessions feature flag so Cloud appears as selectable in the Local / Remote environment menu (not "Coming soon").
  2. Before any handoff, push the active repository so preflight can confirm repository, branch, and commit are on the remote: git status && git push -u origin HEAD
  3. In a local session that should keep working after you close the app, run /handoff and attach an optional follow-up command describing the next agent step to run in the cloud workspace.
  4. After handoff completes, open the receipt link in the composer to confirm the cloud session and monitor progress from there instead of keeping the desktop app open.
  5. If a handoff was interrupted (app restart, network drop, or branch moved mid-transfer), reopen the same session so Cline can recover or cleanly retry and restore your typed draft and attachments.

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## Context
Assistant: Cline
Proposal: Hand off long-running local Cline sessions to Cloud with /handoff
Summary: Use Cline desktop-v0.0.15-beta.1’s /handoff so local chats, images, and a follow-up command continue in a Cloud workspace after you close the app, with preflight push checks and interrupt recovery.
Primary source: https://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/desktop-v0.0.15-beta.1

## Why it matters
This beta adds session continuity: /handoff moves the conversation, attachments, and an optional follow-up into a cloud workspace that keeps working offline from the desktop app. Preflight verifies repo, branch, and commit are pushed before transfer; the composer shows progress and a receipt link. Interrupted handoffs (restart, network drop, branch move) recover or retry with draft and attachments restored. Cloud sits in the existing Local/Remote environment menu when the Cloud sessions flag is on. Teams running multi-hour agent work or needing to leave a machine can standardize push-then-handoff instead of leaving the desktop app open.

## Suggested actions
1. In Cline Beta (desktop-v0.0.15-beta.1), enable the Cloud sessions feature flag so Cloud appears as selectable in the Local / Remote environment menu (not "Coming soon").
2. Before any handoff, push the active repository so preflight can confirm repository, branch, and commit are on the remote: git status && git push -u origin HEAD
3. In a local session that should keep working after you close the app, run /handoff and attach an optional follow-up command describing the next agent step to run in the cloud workspace.
4. After handoff completes, open the receipt link in the composer to confirm the cloud session and monitor progress from there instead of keeping the desktop app open.
5. If a handoff was interrupted (app restart, network drop, or branch moved mid-transfer), reopen the same session so Cline can recover or cleanly retry and restore your typed draft and attachments.


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1. Restate the change in one sentence.
2. Propose a minimal plan for my repo (or a throwaway pilot).
3. Implement only what I approve; prefer small diffs and tests.
4. Call out risks (permissions, breaking APIs, cost).

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Clinedesktop-v0.0.15-beta.1Aug 20, 2026

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Beta: hand off a local session to Cline Cloud with `/handoff` — the conversation, attached images, and an optional follow-up command move to a cloud workspace that keeps working after you close the app. · A preflight confirms the repository, branch, and commit are pushed; the composer shows handoff progress and finishes with a receipt linking to the cloud session. · Beta: Cloud now lives in the existing Local / Remote environment menu. · It is selectable when the Cloud sessions feature flag is on and shows as "Coming soon" otherwise. · +3 more changes

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- Beta: hand off a local session to Cline Cloud with `/handoff` — the conversation, attached images, and an optional follow-up command move to a cloud workspace that keeps working after you close the app. A preflight confirms the repository, branch, and commit are pushed; the composer shows handoff progress and finishes with a receipt linking to the cloud session.
- Beta: Cloud now lives in the existing Local / Remote environment menu. It is selectable when the Cloud sessions feature flag is on and shows as "Coming soon" otherwise. The separate Local / Cloud toggle is gone; repository and branch controls are unchanged.
- If a handoff is interrupted — the app restarts, the network drops, or the branch moves mid-transfer — reopening the session recovers or cleanly retries it, and your typed draft and attachments are restored.
- Includes the 0.0.14 stable release and everything on main since: the unified Plugins hub with a Marketplace page, recommended and free model tiers in the model picker, scheduled tasks for agents, and the app rename to "Cline" (this beta is now "Cline Beta").

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