Continue v1.2.17-vscode Release Notes

What's Changed

chore: move .continue/agents to .continue/checks by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10596
Add banner image to README by @TyDunn in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10605
docs: add Improving Your Checks page by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10604
feat: Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.6 updates by @RomneyDa in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10600
feat: integrate ai-sdk provider by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10467
feat: bash tool execution in background by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10285
docs: simplify quickstart to continue.dev/check by @Patrick-Erichsen in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10665
feat: model updates and + z.ai by @RomneyDa in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10638
feat: pre-install suggestions CLI in devbox blueprints by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10734
chore: remove feature flagged ai sdk usage by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10622
chore: upgrade ai sdk to v6 by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10642
fix: detect embedded 429 errors from Gemini/VertexAI APIs by @RomneyDa in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10674
feat: add turn-level prompt caching + PostHog metrics + live API tests by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10801
Remove NODE_AUTH_TOKEN from stable-release workflow by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10950
feat: use env variable to enable ai sdk by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10775
feat: ai-sdk support for xai and deepseek by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10784
feat(cli): quiz answers by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10845
feat: allow background job perm check by default by @uinstinct in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10874
Fix stable release npm publish with OIDC trusted publishing by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10951
Add smoke tests for real API connectivity by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10953
Add conversation message caching to AnthropicApi by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10935
Add cache token data to PostHog telemetry events by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10936
Remove directory structure from system prompt by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10937
Upgrade npm for OIDC trusted publishing in stable release by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10952
Fix npm OIDC publish by removing setup-node registry config by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10958
Remove beta release workflow by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10959
Fix npm OIDC publish: restore registry-url, clear token, use Node 22 by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10961
Fix npm OIDC: Node 24 for publish, unset bogus token by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10964
Document check CLI for running checks locally by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10991
fix: correct cache_hit_rate calculation and fix Vercel stream tool call handling by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10994
feat: add hooks system for CLI event interception by @sestinj in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11029
Add workflow section to running-locally docs by @TyDunn in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11046
feat: add 5 agent checks derived from codebase history by @TyDunn in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10401
chore(deps): bump express-rate-limit from 8.2.1 to 8.3.0 in /core by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11134
chore(deps): bump tar from 7.5.7 to 7.5.10 in /core by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11048
chore(deps): bump ajv in /core by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10714
chore(deps): bump minimatch in /binary by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10912
chore(deps-dev): bump minimatch from 3.1.2 to 3.1.5 in /gui by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10913
chore(deps): bump hono from 4.11.7 to 4.12.5 in /gui by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11033
chore(deps): bump @hono/node-server from 1.19.9 to 1.19.10 in /gui by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11034
chore(deps): bump @hono/node-server from 1.19.9 to 1.19.10 in /core by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11035
chore(deps): bump hono from 4.11.7 to 4.12.5 in /core by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/11032
chore(deps): bump ajv in /gui by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10720
chore(deps-dev): bump minimatch from 3.1.2 to 3.1.5 in /core by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10911
chore(deps): bump minimatch in /packages/hub by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10955
chore(deps): bump minimatch in /packages/config-yaml by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/continuedev/continue/pull/10927

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