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CLI v0.219.0, Desktop v0.176.0: Hidden files, sidebar settings shortcut, expandable panes, Slack follow-ups, and steadier subagent progress

Published Sep 15, 2026 (). Newer: CLI v0.247.0, Desktop v0.204.0: PDF preview rendering, Environment session grouping, Files panel speed, and CLI and app fixes (Oct 22, 2026)

Changelog

CLI v0.219.0, Desktop v0.176.0: Hidden files, sidebar settings shortcut, expandable panes, Slack follow-ups, and steadier subagent progress

New features - Sidebar settings shortcut - The sidebar profile row now has a settings button that opens general settings (app) - Local session policy - Organizations can now stop members from starting Local desktop sessions and require remote targets - Hidden files in Files panel - The Files panel now lists dot-prefixed entries and lets you toggle their visibility (app) Improvements - Grouped organization settings - Organization session defaults are now grouped into separate searchable sections in settings - Expandable session panes - Files, diffs, and browser panes now expand to full width from the session toolbar (app) - Integration connection errors - A failed connection attempt now returns to settings with the reason and where to fix it (app) - Slack participant mentions - Droid can now mention the right people by handle when replying in a Slack thread - Task parent session IDs - The sessions API now reports the parent session that launched each subagent session Bug fixes - Voice dictation composer - The composer hides the recording waveform when dictation is off and keeps your draft (app) - Connector tool updates - Connector tool changes now apply on the next turn after you leave tool settings - Pinned messages on mobile - Chat on narrow mobile screens no longer overlays the pinned message on the transcript - Copy session link - Copying a session link now gives its hosted address, and local-only sessions hide the action (app) - Image-heavy session compaction - Compaction now counts image size, so sessions with many screenshots stay within request limits - Mode selector hover hint - Hovering the mode selector now shows its mode and shortcut instead of a generic hint (app) - Resumed session titles - Resuming a heavily compacted session keeps its title and skips repeated first-turn context - Slack follow-up replies - Follow-ups sent while Droid is finishing a reply in Slack now get answered - Organization picker sizing - The settings organization picker fits the selected organization and truncates only on narrow screens (app) - Exec authentication errors - Non-interactive runs now report the real authentication failure instead of an unrelated final message - API key validation errors - Droid now says when your API key could not be validated because Factory was unreachable - Computer resume reliability - Paused computers now come back reliably when a fast resume is unavailable - Integration disconnect guidance - Disconnect confirmations now say where to uninstall Factory for each connected workspace (app) - Unmatched account guidance - When Droid cannot match your chat account, it now asks you to align your account email - Uploaded file previews - Files uploaded to a computer now stay visible as previews in the composer (app) - Live subagent progress - Subagent activity keeps updating after a reconnect instead of appearing already finished (app) - Bug report progress - The bug report dialog now shows progress while your report is submitted (app) - Template session labels - Session headers now show the template name that created the session, matching the sidebar (app) Security - Workspace connection conflicts - Connecting an integration workspace that another organization already holds is now rejected