Kilo Code Release Notes

VS Code

7.7.5

Minor Changes

• #14251 b3ef153 - Add @model, @past-chats, and @worktrees mentions to the Agent Manager New Worktree prompt. Past chats and worktrees are sent as attachments to the new session, and model references stay inline text.

• #14249 d73b514 - Run worktree-independent slash commands from the Agent Manager New Worktree prompt. Custom commands, skills, MCP prompts, and /goal now appear in the prompt menu and execute when a new worktree is created. Typing /goal alone starts a two-step flow, so the objective can be entered before the session starts.

Patch Changes

• #14274 d162846 - Keep the Agent Manager .kilo directory out of git in subdirectory workspaces and avoid creating it in folders that are not git repositories.

• #14277 d8eaefd - Recover permission approval dialogs that stall instead of leaving the approval buttons disabled. …

VS Code

7.7.4

Minor Changes

• #14233 b07646f - Open Mermaid diagrams in a fullscreen zoom viewer with zoom in/out, reset, mouse-wheel zoom, and drag-to-pan

• #14255 4881829 - Leftover worktree folders now show a count and total size in the warning banner, with a "Resolve…" action that opens a dialog listing each folder's path, size, and whether it still holds a git checkout. While the total is still being measured the banner says so, and if the measurement fails it reports the count alone instead of claiming 0 B. Measuring stops as soon as you start a delete, or whenever the folder list changes, rather than walking folders that are on their way out, and then re-measures whatever is left. The dialog's explanation starts collapsed to its first paragraph behind a "Show more" link, and its checkboxes are drawn the way each IDE draws its own. Deletion runs in the background so the UI never freezes, folders that still contain a checkout are unchecked by default, and a completion notification reports how many were removed. Worktree deletion is also more thorough: JetBrains now tears down backend state and removes the snapshot repository for a deleted worktree the same way VS Code already do…

VS Code

7.7.3

Major Changes

• #14209 3eaf47b - Remove KiloClaw: the VS Code chat panel and sidebar button, the /kiloclaw TUI command and chat view, the Kilo Chat client and token handling, and the kilo.claw.status and kilo.claw.chatCredentials gateway endpoints.

Minor Changes

• #14204 d202c80 - Animate the Kilo logo on the welcome screen: hover the mark to see it turn and play the yellow slot-machine animation.

• #13519 9e61d68 - Show ChatGPT Codex quota alongside other provider usage in the CLI and VS Code.

• #14170 36771e6 - Show large pasted text in the prompt input as an expandable [Pasted ~N lines] block that restores the full text when expanded, copied, or sent. …

Added

• Add a Marketplace page to JetBrains settings for browsing, installing, and removing marketplace agents, MCP servers, and skills without leaving the IDE.
• Add Kilo Swarm support to JetBrains, including an Agent Behavior toggle, readable board tool cards, and a board viewer for session collaboration.
• Add a cleanup flow for leftover Agent Manager worktree folders, with size reporting, git-checkout warnings, and safe removal from JetBrains.

Fixed

• Collapse pasted text in JetBrains only after larger 15-line or 4000-character blocks, matching VS Code and avoiding over-folding ordinary snippets.
• Recover shared agent board reads when a stale or foreign cursor appears, instead of leaving a sub-agent stuck on repeated tool errors.
• Clear stopped session status before publishing status events, so reload no longer stays blocked by a session that already finished.
• Reduce unnecessary sandbox escalation prompts for read-only git and gh commands while keeping mutating commands protected.

VS Code

7.7.2

Minor Changes

• #14155 f894108 - Show message timestamps on hover in the chat transcript, including the turn's finish time and duration.

• #14168 a16e5e9 - Show code added with "Add to Context" as a collapsible context card in the prompt input instead of pasting the path and code block as text

• #12714 23ecd42 - Move marketplace catalog, installation, removal, and installed-item detection into the CLI backend so editor clients use the shared marketplace API. …

VS Code

7.7.1

Minor Changes

• #14126 4fb9f38 - Copy a link to any PR review comment from the Agent Manager PR panel.

• #14144 53a553f - Add a Reasoning Blocks display setting with Expanded, Preview, and Headline modes. Headline shows only the reasoning header and streaming indicator until you open the block, and your open or closed choice is kept while the response streams. Preview keeps a short capped scrolling preview while the agent writes and stays compact after it finishes, and blocks from earlier sessions start collapsed. Expanded keeps the full text open. The setting replaces Auto-Collapse Reasoning; existing auto_collapse_reasoning: true configurations map to Preview.

  Keep the Preview viewport anchored to the newest reasoning text after the block finishes, so later tool calls no longer make it jump back to the top.

  Background subagent transcripts use the same Reasoning Blocks setting instead of always showing the capped preview.

Patch Changes …

VS Code

Minor Changes

• #14102 81ecad2 - Mention sessions, worktrees, terminals, and open documents by dragging their tab or card into the prompt.

• #14051 b30b2cf - Let permission denials include feedback so the agent can adjust before retrying.

  Keep saved approval rules unchanged unless explicitly selected, and show a clear message when an edit has no changes to review.

• #14025 1ef46bd - Post inline comments to a checked-out GitHub pull request from Changes and Agent Manager diff views. The compact composer saves locally, sends to Kilo, or posts to GitHub with an explicit destination choice. Cmd/Ctrl+Enter saves a comment, and pressing it again in the review view sends all comments to Kilo without publishing to GitHub. The toolbar shows separate send-all-to-Kilo and send-all-to-GitHub actions, and only the Kilo action carries the keyboard shortcut. GitHub posting stops on the first error so unpublished comments are kept. …

Added

• Fold and unfold large pasted text blocks directly from the prompt input and transcript.

Fixed

• Pause the working timer while waiting on a permission prompt or a question.
• Prevent snapshot progress from hanging a session.
• Keep diagnostics edits responsive during large edits.
• Warn when posting to the shared board targets a stopped subagent.
• Keep a session goal running when a new message arrives instead of dropping it.
• Only route auxiliary tasks to kilo-auto/small when using Kilo credentials.
• Stop looping on repeated malformed tool calls.
• Keep Keep Awake active while a wakeup is scheduled, and clear it when a session with pending wakeups is deleted.
• Speed up local recall searches and improve match ranking.
• Link sessions to their pull requests without a slow, timed gh pr view probe.
• Submit and cancel custom answers correctly in the question dialog.
• Format detailed code review findings as distinct sections.

Changed

• Speed up the first worktree snapshot by skipping unnecessary re-hashing of the checkout.
• Skip resolving the source project when moving sessions without changes, for faster session moves.
• Bump the bundled CLI to v7.7.2.

VS Code

7.6.1

Minor Changes

• #14006 e9f18b7 - Reference a model inline in the prompt with @, opening a model picker that inserts an @provider/model mention for Agent Manager or subagent instructions.

Patch Changes

• #13932 a508228 Thanks @sylwester-liljegren! - Open attention notifications for Agent Manager sessions in Agent Manager instead of the sidebar, selecting the right project, worktree or Local tab, and session

• #14007 546321e - Speed up rendering of expanded bash tool cards in the VS Code chat webview.

• #13995 685afc6 Thanks @WebReflection! - Remove the redundant "(Experimental)" suffix from the Claude Code Migration label in the Experimental settings tab …

VS Code

7.6.0

Minor Changes

• #13951 492a2ff - Ask the agent to commit and push when you send pull request CI failures or review comments from the Agent Manager PR panel, or update a worktree from its base, so the pull request updates without a follow-up prompt. Permission prompts still confirm each commit and push. Turn off "Push Pull Request Fixes" in Settings, Agent Behaviour to keep commits manual.

• #13927 ed3cdc6 - Add the /caffeinate command and notifications that explain when Kilo keeps the computer awake while agents work.

• #13929 9dae829 Thanks @WebReflection! - Add an opt-in, one-time import of supported global Claude Code instructions, simple skills, and disabled MCP definitions into Kilo.

• #13965 6bbe6ac - Click the thinking indicator to scroll the current chat to the latest message. …

7.5.16

Minor Changes

• #12974 822d0aa - Add a default-off Keep Awake toggle for busy agent sessions without keeping the display on or disabling screen locking. Remember the safety notice after its first acceptance. Keep multi-project toolbar controls visible in narrow sidebars.

• #13878 512efb6 - Group and collapse PR checks in the Agent Manager while keeping failures and pending checks visible.

• #13867 1210261 - Send failed CI checks to the agent from the PR panel, with compact feedback and on-demand log retrieval.

• #13541 3141112 - Show GitHub PR review threads with author avatars inline in the PR panel, Agent Manager, and Changes. Use committed PR code for thread previews so local edits do not move current comments out of the diff. Jump to a comment's diff location, copy the thread, or send it to chat. …

Added

• Move a session to a worktree directly from the worktree editor.
• Fork a session from the worktree editor.
• Add Ctrl+1/2/3/0 shortcuts to cycle mode, model, and reasoning effort.
• Exclude Kilo worktrees from IntelliJ project indexing.
• Run project run configurations delegated to Gradle inside a worktree.
• Surface pull request and run status in the Agent Manager worktree list.

Fixed

• Refresh pull request badges app-wide when the IDE regains focus.
• Settle attention badges correctly during auto-approve.
• Fill session dialog cards with a raised surface instead of a flat background.
• Fixed config warnings being attributed to the IDE's working directory instead of the actual project, which could show a stray "home directory" warning banner.
• Fixed worktree deletion blocking the UI for large directories and failing when other worktrees were busy at the same time.
• Fixed the worktree session list unexpectedly expanding when starting or forking a session.
• Reduced CLI startup overhead on Windows.
• Sped up cold session loading.
• Fixed inference cost showing as $0 for OpenRouter BYOK sessions.

Fixed

• Fixed config warnings being attributed to the IDE's working directory instead of the actual project, which could show a stray "home directory" warning banner.
• Fixed worktree deletion blocking the UI for large directories and failing when other worktrees were busy at the same time.
• Fixed the worktree session list unexpectedly expanding when starting or forking a session.
• Fixed kilo run returning a success exit code even when no assistant message was produced.
• Reduced CLI startup overhead on Windows.
• Sped up cold session loading.
• Fixed inference cost showing as $0 for OpenRouter BYOK sessions.