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CLI v1.6.0, Desktop v1.6.0: Side chat with /side, desktop telemetry and dragging fixes, and tidier settings and skills screens

Published Nov 7, 2026 (). Latest update.

Changelog

CLI v1.6.0, Desktop v1.6.0: Side chat with /side, desktop telemetry and dragging fixes, and tidier settings and skills screens

New features - Side chat with /side - The /side command now opens Side Chat, matching /btw Improvements - Settings page layout - Settings pages now space sections evenly and share one loading, empty, and error state - Faster worktree session archiving - Archiving or deleting a worktree session no longer waits for its checkout files on macOS and Linux - Bug report export note - The bug report modal's export note now matches the smaller body text around it - Session view while verifying computers - Verifying a Droid Computer's identity no longer reloads the session view you are reading - Create Skill modal layout - The Create Skill modal now leads with the description field, then examples and a short how-it-works list - Skills search focus - Opening the skills browser now focuses its search field so typing filters the list - Custom deployment sign-in naming - Sign-in now offers a Factory Custom Deployment instead of naming it Factory Private - New session startup - Starting a new session no longer flashes Initializing Session before the session opens Bug fixes - Steered background Task answers - A background Task now reports its final answer when you steer a message into it - Sidebar header window dragging - You can again drag the desktop window by the open sidebar header - Telemetry setting in Desktop - The desktop app now honors telemetry turned off in your user or organization settings - Sidebar text font - The sidebar profile name and the Show more row now use the sidebar font - Paused computer status - A paused Droid Computer no longer shows as running after a delayed status update