Factory AI Release Notes

New features - Stream responses as they arrive - A new terminal setting renders Droid's replies and thinking progressively instead of waiting for each block to finish - Web Search control - Organization managers can now remove the Web Search tool so Droid cannot search the public web Improvements - Payment during onboarding - Paid signup now collects card or bank payment details directly in the onboarding flow (app) - Composer mode descriptions - The composer mode menu now explains what each mode does (app) - Consistent panel animations - The file tree and right panel now open and close with the session sidebar's timing (app) - Model access exceptions - Managers can now block individual models while new ones stay available under Allow All - Unified connector settings - Connectors and integrations now share one settings table, with organization availability moved under Enterprise Controls (app) - Session Wiki navigation - The session Wiki action now opens the full Wiki page instead of an inline panel (app) Bug fixes - Scrollbar and notification behavior - Interrupted scrollbar drags no longer clear text selection, and new notifications no longer inherit an earlier timer (app) - Bring your own key errors - Retry failures with your own model key can now show the provider's status code and message - Network error details - Network errors now name the host, protocol, and port that actually failed - Usage limit resets - The first message after your usage limit resets is no longer t…

New features - LaTeX math in chat - Chat messages now render supported LaTeX math expressions instead of displaying their markup (app) - Settings search - Search settings by name from the sidebar to find matching pages and controls (app) Improvements - Service account connector warning - Connecting a service account connector now shows a shared-access warning before you continue (app) - Status command details - The /status command now shows your user ID and connection details for troubleshooting - Organization connector controls - Organization managers can now control connector availability from the Connectors settings page (app) Bug fixes - Mermaid diagram labels - Mermaid diagrams now improve label contrast on custom node backgrounds (app) - Git commit authorship - Droid now uses your configured Git identity when creating commits - Lossless keyboard input - Fast typing and pastes now preserve characters across input updates - Named worktree branches - Passing an existing branch name to --worktree now checks out that branch instead of creating a copy - Thinking block duration - Thinking durations now stop updating when Droid starts replying or running tools - MCP server status - MCP servers blocked by your organization now show as disabled instead of appearing to connect - Auto Model after compaction - Auto Model now reevaluates its model choice after conversation compaction

New features - Exec tool selection - Select tools with --only-tools, --add-tools, and --remove-tools, including individual MCP tools or entire servers Improvements - Faster terminal startup - The CLI now overlaps startup work with settings loading so you can begin typing sooner - Expanded table viewing - Expanded tables now use more of the window while keeping their scrollbars visible (app) - Quiet command efficiency - Long-running commands with little output now use less CPU while running in the CLI - Environment panel default - The environment panel now opens by default unless you previously chose to close it (app) - Consistent monospace text - Monospace text now uses Geist Mono (app) Bug fixes - Follow-up message handling - Droid now carries earlier instructions forward when several follow-up messages arrive while it is working - Droid logo display - The Droid logo no longer shows unwanted scrollbars (app) - Desktop download links - Selecting a Desktop download now opens the installer link correctly (app) - Stalled response recovery - Improved recovery when a response stops arriving midstream - Empty session directory changes - Changing directories with /cwd before your first message no longer leaves the session unable to reload - VS Code diff fallback - The CLI now stays open and keeps the inline diff visible when the VS Code command is unavailable - Large local file attachments - Oversized or unsupported files can now be attached by reference in local Desktop sessions (a…

New features - Recent session picker - Use --resume to choose a recent session, or add --last to reopen the latest session in the current folder Improvements - Web access after signup - Paid accounts now have a Continue on web link after completing signup (app) - Mission input indicators - Started missions now show an amber status and a sidebar indicator when they need your response (app) - Rename while sharing - Rename your session directly from the sharing dialog (app) - Update status notices - Update completion and error notices now appear even with drafted text, and dismiss when you edit it - Droid Shield setting descriptions - The Droid Shield setting now shows its description inline instead of in a tooltip (app) Bug fixes - Task session recovery - Task sessions now resume after permission timeouts without a temporary reload error (app) - Session tile drops - Dragging external text or links into Desktop no longer creates an invalid session tile (app) - Interrupted session loading - Returning to a session now recovers loading interrupted by navigation instead of leaving the session stuck (app) - Usage statistics heading - The /stats view now uses a year-neutral heading instead of outdated annual recap text - Task approval status - Tasks waiting for your approval now show Waiting for confirmation instead of appearing complete (app) - Repeated response recovery - Droid now retries once when a response gets stuck repeating itself - Airgapped security reviews - Deep security…

Improvements - Numbered question options - Questions now show number shortcuts beside the first nine answer options - You.com server icon - You.com tool results now display the service’s icon instead of a generic icon (app) - Clickable file references - Droid now formats workspace file references as clickable paths in chat (app) - Configuration diagnostics - The doctor command now includes configuration checks and lets you run them separately with --config Bug fixes - Mission session ordering - Mission sessions now follow their numbered order instead of placing validation sessions first (app) - Menu scroll stability - Model and MCP menus no longer jump when you move between search and the results list - File editor alignment - The file editor now keeps the cursor aligned with the text you are editing (app) - HTML file attachments - You can now attach HTML files to chat, including when starting a session (app) - Empty session visibility - Empty sessions now stay hidden from the sidebar unless selected or still running (app) - Diagnostic text wrapping - Long paths and error messages now wrap to fit the diagnostics panel - Mission resume recovery - Paused missions now resume the current session rather than an outdated one - Custom model retries - Custom model requests now retry temporary capacity errors for longer before stopping - Accurate edit counts - Edit results now keep their full added and removed line counts when previews are shortened - Built-in tool responsiveness - Bu…

New features - Archive sessions from chat - Archive the current session with /archive or Ctrl+X, and restore sessions from the Archived tab Improvements - New default model - Sessions with no model selected now default to GPT-5.6 Sol - Faster startup with organization settings - The CLI now starts on time when organization settings load slowly, applying them once they arrive Bug fixes - Diff text selection - Text selected in a diff no longer clears when the session sidebar updates (app) - Environment panel visibility - The environment panel now stays visible while repository details load or refresh (app) - File link line targets - Opening a file link now centers the target line in the file view (app) - Droid Core model suggestion - Running out of credits now suggests an available Droid Core model instead of a retired one

New features - Verified domain invitations - Organization owners can now require people on verified email domains to join by invitation instead of creating a new organization Improvements - Sharper image reading - Screenshots, diagrams, and tables now keep fine detail when Droid resizes images - New session progress - The /new and /clear commands now show progress while your next session is created - You.com MCP server - You.com is now available in the MCP server registry for web search and research - Faster slash commands - Built-in slash commands now run immediately instead of waiting for command discovery to finish Bug fixes - Mission milestone validation - Mission milestones now run their validation steps even after a session is interrupted, paused, or resumed - Windows plugin hooks - Plugin hooks now run on Windows when their command path contains spaces - Unresponsive MCP servers - Unresponsive MCP servers no longer stall the CLI, and a notice names the server that failed - Airgapped session warnings - Airgapped sessions no longer log blocked connection warnings, and /bug explains it cannot send reports - Exit command - Typing /exit now quits the CLI instead of running a different suggested command - Local session loading - Opening a local session from the sidebar now shows a loading state while its details load (app) - Desktop integration sign-in - Connecting an integration from Desktop now uses the organization you selected (app)

Improvements - Cross-repository guidance - Droid now applies project guidance when searching or listing files outside the current repository - Faster CLI startup - The CLI now accepts input sooner by postponing work until it is needed Bug fixes - Session reconnections - Long-running sessions now continue cleanly when Droid needs to reconnect - Responsive session controls - Session archiving, renaming, and selection no longer hang when favorites fail to refresh - First message cancellation - You can now cancel your first message immediately after sending it - Custom model context limits - Droid now recognizes more custom model context limit errors and recovers normally - Sleeping laptop commands - Running commands no longer time out solely because your laptop went to sleep - Connected tool cancellation - Interrupting a turn now cancels active connected tool calls instead of leaving the session stuck

New features - Mark sessions unread - You can now mark a session as unread from its sidebar menu for later review (app) Improvements - Smoother background updates - Background updates now keep the CLI responsive while you type Bug fixes - VS Code windows - Opening a project in VS Code now creates a new window and handles folder paths correctly (app) - Smoother account switching - Switching organizations now starts a fresh session, while logout returns directly to the login screen - Local session creation - Local sessions can now start without waiting for organization defaults to load (app) - Pending session requests - Pending questions and approvals now remain available when a session reconnects (app) - Clearer file failures - Failed file changes now display a clear error state without misleading diff details (app)

New features - Edit queued messages - You can now move a queued or pending steering message back into the composer to change its text or attachments before it is sent (app) Improvements - Retention change warnings - Turning on or shortening session retention now warns you that existing sessions past the limit are permanently deleted before you save Bug fixes - Inline skill commands - You can now start a skill command after other text in your request, and text that begins with an unmatched slash submits normally instead of being blocked - Session switching - Switching between sessions no longer flashes, drops focus in the composer, or scrolls the page unexpectedly (app) - Session reload on focus - A session now reloads when you focus the window again, so it recovers after the app has been minimized (app) - Voice dictation at usage limits - Voice dictation now stops cleanly when you reach a usage limit instead of continuing to record audio it cannot transcribe (app) - Large document attachments - Attaching a very large spreadsheet or document no longer stalls the session on every turn (app)

New features - Image generation control - Org admins can now turn off image generation for everyone in the organization - Voucher redemption - You can now redeem a voucher from your billing settings, including on an annual plan (app) Improvements - Faster CLI startup - The CLI now starts up faster - Markdown table rendering - Markdown tables in a session now render more clearly (app) - Message actions on hover - The actions for a message now appear when you hover over it (app) - Generated document downloads - Documents Droid generates now finish as files you can download (app) - Apply changes tooltip - A tooltip now explains why Apply changes is unavailable (app) Bug fixes - Lifecycle hooks - Lifecycle hooks now run again instead of being skipped - Local plugin caches - A damaged local plugin cache now repairs itself instead of leaving your plugins unavailable - Chinese translations - Simplified Chinese text in the interface is now translated correctly - Unarchived sessions - Your sessions now load right after you unarchive one (app) - Session state across pages - Your open session is kept when you move to another page in the app and come back (app) - Overage preference updates - Your overage preference now shows the new setting right after you change it (app) - Self-hosted Git connections - You can again start a self-hosted Git provider connection from Source Control settings (app) - Stray startup notification - The app no longer shows a startup notification when it connects…

Improvements - Failed pull confirmation - When a Git pull fails, Droid now asks before changing your working tree to fix it instead of doing so on its own - Faster session startup - File search tooling now loads only when it is needed, so a session is ready to use sooner - Model list search - The model list now has a search box, so you can find a model without scrolling through the whole list (app) Bug fixes - Background process IDs - Starting a command in the background now reports its real process ID, so you can check on it or stop it - MCP server reauthentication - Connections to MCP servers now stay authenticated instead of asking you to sign in again on the next reconnect - Inherited subagent reasoning - A subagent can now inherit the session's reasoning setting instead of being forced onto a fixed one (app)

New features - SDK custom system prompts - The TypeScript SDK can now set a custom system prompt for a session, and it is kept when the session resumes - Managed BYOK model defaults - Org admins can now pick BYOK custom models as managed defaults for sessions and subagents in Enterprise Controls - Service account model policies - Service accounts now appear in Enterprise Controls model policies, so admins can set which models each one may use Improvements - Explorer tool access - The built-in explorer droid can now use every read-only tool, including command execution, web search, and MCP tools, while file edits stay blocked - Question prompt keyboard controls - You can now pick answers with Space or the number keys, move between questions with Tab, and go back to edit an answer you already gave - Mermaid diagram rendering - Diagrams in a session now render with the official Mermaid engine, so more diagram types display correctly (app) - Faster session rendering - Long sessions and streaming command output now render with less lag, so scrolling and typing stay responsive while the agent runs (app) - Mission model settings - You can now choose the models and reasoning defaults a mission uses from its settings (app) Bug fixes - Agent question context - The context the agent includes with a question now stays visible while you answer it

Improvements - Diff line wrapping - Long lines in a diff now wrap by default so you can read them without scrolling sideways (app) - Clearer empty response error - When a model finishes without producing an answer, the message now explains why and suggests retrying or switching models Bug fixes - Diff search navigation - Stepping to the next or previous diff search match now scrolls to it instead of stopping when the match is still loading (app) - Model selector search - The model selector keeps focus in its search box so your typing is no longer lost while filtering models (app) - Chat activity while thinking - The chat keeps showing the running tool while the agent is thinking instead of clearing it (app) - Empty draft sessions - Sessions that were opened but never used no longer pile up in your session list and resume picker - Missions after sleep - A mission now moves a stuck worker onto a fresh one after your machine sleeps instead of hanging - Mission model defaults - A mission now starts with the mission models from your defaults, and every connected client shows the models the run is actually using

Improvements - Escape interrupt confirmation - Pressing Escape while the agent is running now asks whether to stop it, and remembers your choice (app) Bug fixes - Stable sidebar width - The sidebar keeps the width you set when you resize the window or collapse and reopen it (app) - Text selection after resizing - Text stays selectable and clicks keep working after a panel resize is interrupted (app) - Recent sessions in the sidebar - Your most recent sessions stay visible in the sidebar instead of being crowded out by sessions with many child sessions (app) - Polling tool calls - A turn no longer stops early when the same tool call is repeated to watch output that keeps changing - Plugin file watching - Droid no longer uses up your system's file watchers when you have plugin marketplaces installed, and cleans up files left behind by an interrupted install