Devin Desktop Updates & Release Notes

SWE-1 Improvements

• Adds multi-modal (image) support to SWE-1

New Family of SWE-1 Models

SWE-1

• New SWE-1 Model made by Windsurf is available in Cascade
• SWE-1 is a new model with frontier model-level capabilities
• Free for a limited time for Pro Users

SWE-1-lite

• SWE-1-lite is a new, far more capable model replacing Cascade Base
• Free to use for all plans and tiers

SWE-1-mini

• SWE-1-Mini is our revamped model for tab completion in Windsurf

Misc

• Few memory leak bug fixes
• Various fixes to Cascade Plugin Panel

Cascade Customization

Cascade UX Improvements

• Redesigned Model Selector
• Continue button when reaching individual tool call limit
• Opening conversations will now open the associated workspace
• Hunk accept/reject widget now has a compact mode to cover less code
• Improvements to commit message generation quality
• Commit message generation reads from global rules as context
• Ability to edit proposed terminal command

Custom Workflows

• You can create “workflows”, saved prompts that Cascade can follow
• Workflows can be invoked via slash command
• Cascade can help create and edit workflows
• Workflow files are saved in the workspace, under .windsurf/workflows

File-Based Rules

• You can create granular rules files that are always on, @mention-able, requested by Cascade, or attached to file globs
• Rules files are saved in the workspace, under .windsurf/rules

Simultaneous Cascades

• Allow Cascade to keep running when switching to another conversation
• Add support for switching between conversations via a dropdown menu or keyboard shortcuts

Cascade Plugins

• New panel in Cascade for managing MCP Servers
• Easier one-click uninstall and install
• Easier search
• MCP now has MCP resources and multimodel responses
• More MCP Server options coming soon…

Teams Features

Teams: Windsurf Reviews

• Team admins can install a Github app for code review and PR title/description edits
• Available to Teams and Enterprise SAAS for 500 reviews/month

Teams: Conversation Sharing

• Team users can generate a shareable URL to a Cascade conversation
• Only fellow team members can access this URL
• Available to Teams and Enterprise SaaS

Teams: Knowledge

• Team admins can connect their Google account and curate relevant Google Docs
• Team members will be able to @mention these docs, and Cascade can retrieve them
• Available to Teams and Enterprise SaaS

Teams Deploys

• Teams users can connect their Netlify account via Windsurf settings
• Deploy apps through Cascade directly to your Netlify team for full control
• Supports team-specific settings like SSO, custom domains, and more through the Netlify dashboard
• Team admins can manage Deploy permissions and settings for their team.

Teams Analytics

• Teams users get a refreshed analytics dashboard for their team
• Includes new Cascade analytics such as messages sent, total tool calls, model usage, and more

Misc

• Upgrade to VS Code 1.99.1

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Patch Fixes

• Reduced errors for edit tool calls for Windows
• Fixed model selection and loading bugs on Command

New App Icon & Upgraded Free Tier

New App Icon

• Windsurf is now refreshed with a new app icon
• Windsurf.com has been updated with the new wordmark
• (Mac) Customizable app icons now use the new logo

Upgraded Free Tier

• Free tier now has new, higher limits
• Ability to use Cascade in write mode
• Cascade prompt credits: 5 to 25 Cascade prompt credits per month
• Unlimited Fast Tab
• Unlimited Cascade Base
• Access to Previews
• 1 Deploy

Performance Improvements

• Performance and reliability improvements when deploying an app using Deploys
• Allow users to create a new deployment even if they have an existing deployment config yaml
• Deploy web app tool now has a check deploy status tool call
• Stability improvements for remote extensions (WSL, SSH, Dev Containers)
• Performance improvements when typing in a large active diff zone

Misc

• Adds GPT-4.1 to Command
• Upgraded to VSCode base version 1.98

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Patch Fixes

• Updates IDE marketplace link by mirroring Open VSX

Updated & Simplified Pricing

We're getting rid of Flow Action Credits

• We're simplifying our pricing model by removing Flow Action Credits
• Change takes effect April 21st, 2025
• Plans now come with prompt credits with add-on credits available for purchase

User Prompt Credits

• Plans now come with prompt credits, which are consumed per every message sent and not via every tool call
• Add-on credits are available for purchase
• Auto-top off (with max limits) can be enabled via profile

Existing Plans

• Existing plans are migrating over to the new pricing model
• For more information, please visit the <a href="https://windsurf.com/pricing">Pricing page</a>

o4-mini Available

New o4-mini models available and Free (Limited Time)

• Windsurf now supports the o4-mini medium and o4-mini high models, which are free for all users
• Usage in Windsurf is free for a limited time from April 16th to April 21st

GPT 4.1 Available

New GPT 4.1 Model available and Free (Limited Time)

• Windsurf now supports the new GPT 4.1 model, which is free for all users
• Usage in Windsurf is free for a limited time from April 14th to April 21st

Patch Fixes

• Fixes to Commit Generation parsing on Windows
• UI Fixes to Rules
• Allow empty files on website deploy
• Better Deploys error visibility
• Ability to edit subdomain on website deploy
• Increased stability around MCP SSE connections
• Cascade bug fixes

Patch Fixes

• Fixes to "Remote - WSL" extension
• Minor UX fixes

Deploys

Deploys (Beta)

• Deploy your application with one prompt to Netlify under a windsurf.build domain
• Claim your application's URL via Netlify
• Once claimed, continue deploying to the same project as you make updates
• To deploy a new site or change your subdomain, just ask Cascade to deploy to a new subdomain
• Available to all users for all tiers, with more for paid plans

Commit Message Generation (Beta)

• Generate commit messages with a click in the Source Control Panel
• Available to users on paid plans with no additional credit cost per use

Improvements to Memories

• New memories tab in Cascade
• New ability to edit Cascade's generated memories, including the memory's title, content and tags
• New ability to search Cascade's generated memories
• User setting toggle for Auto-Generate Memories
• When enabled, Cascade will autonomously generate memories to remember important context
• When disabled, Cascade will only create memories when you explicitly ask in your prompt

Improvements to Long Conversations

• Introduced Cascade table of contents of all past user messages, which appears on conversation scroll
• Table of contents enables the ability to revert or scroll to any past message
• Improved performance when interacting with long conversations …

• Fix build for Mac x64

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Claude Opus 4.6 is now available in Windsurf with limited-time promotional pricing for self-serve users:

• No thinking: 2x credits
• With thinking: 3x credits

Opus 4.6 is available in Arena Mode's Frontier Arena and Hybrid Arena. Try it head-to-head against other frontier models to see how it performs on your real-world tasks.

Agents & Tool Execution

• Fixed Command-I functionality
• Fixed Ctrl+C during tool execution not working properly
• Fixed Go (fallback) processes not being killed properly
• Fixed handling of parallel tool call errors
• Improved MCP tool call visibility (show tool name, args, etc)
• Fixed fallback diff handling for nonexistent files in code actions

UI & Rendering

• Fixed incorrect indentation from code blocks in terminal rendering
• Fixed nested lists not rendering on new line in terminal markdown
• Fixed content spacing issues
• Fixed streaming flashes
• Enhanced code block file path display to hide line numbers for whole files
• Improved citation and language parsing in code blocks with a more robust regex pattern
• Updated the UI for code block title bars to properly handle long paths with truncation
• Improved the auto-run command menu interface and its display logic
• Added loading indicators when thinking or during long running operations
• Fix opening old Cascade diffs

Platform & Messaging

• Fixed rate limit error message to say "no credits were used" instead of "credits have been refunded"
• Fixed continuously rechecking for updates on macOS
• Added a user-facing message when API providers are exhausted

Workspace & Onboarding

• Allowed clicking items in the Windsurf onboarding pane
• Respect gitignore patterns in the workspace directory tree

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