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CLI v1.5.0, Desktop v1.5.0: New automation menu, older message loading fixes, connectors, and safer Environment choices

Published Nov 6, 2026 (). Newer: CLI v1.6.0, Desktop v1.6.0: Side chat with /side, desktop telemetry and dragging fixes, and tidier settings and skills screens (Nov 7, 2026)

Changelog

CLI v1.5.0, Desktop v1.5.0: New automation menu, older message loading fixes, connectors, and safer Environment choices

New features - New automation menu - New automation on the Automations list now offers Create from template, Create with Droid, or Create manually Improvements - Simpler custom model form - Adding a custom model now keeps Behaves like under Advanced options instead of the main form - Tool rows in light mode - Tool labels in light mode now sit back from Droid's text the way they do in dark mode Bug fixes - Saved pull request titles - The environment panel now shows a saved pull request's own title instead of a placeholder - Environment choices in New Session - New Session now offers only Environments your organization's computer policy allows, and explains a failed launch - Connector logos and categories - Splunk, Elasticsearch, and Google BigQuery now show their logo, description, and category in Connectors settings - Older messages after compaction - Reopening a session whose history was compacted now loads all of its older messages - Older messages on short sessions - Short transcripts now load their older messages instead of leaving a button that never loads - Environment names on shared automations - Automations shared by other members now name their Environment instead of showing Unknown environment Deprecations - PR Babysitter template removed - The automation template gallery no longer offers the PR Babysitter guided setup