v1.22.0

This release enhances the chat experience with history search functionality and improves file attachment handling, along with multi-turn conversation support for command-line operations.

What's New

• Adds Ctrl+R reverse history search to the chat editor for quickly finding previous conversations
• Adds support for multi-turn conversations in cagent exec, cagent run, and cagent eval commands
• Adds support for queueing multiple messages with cagent run question1 question2 ...

Improvements

• Improves file attachment handling by inlining text-based files and fixing placeholder stripping
• Refactors scrollbar into a reusable scrollview component for more consistent scrolling behavior across the interface

Bug Fixes

• Fixes pasted attachments functionality
• Fixes persistence of multi_content for user messages to ensure attachment data is properly saved
• Fixes session browser shortcuts (star, filter, copy-id) to use Ctrl modifier, preventing conflicts with search input
• Fixes title generation spinner that could spin forever
• Fixes scrollview height issues when used with dialogs
• Fixes double @@ symbols when using file picker for @ attachments

Technical Changes

• Updates OpenAI schema format handling to improve compatibility

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.21.0 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1649
• better file attachments by @krissetto in #1640
• OpenAI doesn't like those format indications on the schema by @dgageot in #1650
• feat: add Ctrl+R reverse history search by @Mostamhd in #1630
• Prevent title generation spinner to spin forever by @dgageot in #1645
• Refactor scrollbar into more reusable scrollview component by @krissetto in #1654
• fix scrollview using too much height with dialogs by @krissetto in #1660
• Fix: persist multi_content for user messages by @trungutt in #1652
• fix: use ctrl modifier for session browser shortcuts to avoid search conflict by @dgageot in #1656
• Fix pasted attachments by @krissetto in #1659
• deleting version 2 so i can use permissions by @derekmisler in #1661
• Multi turn (cagent exec|run|eval) by @dgageot in #1662

Full Changelog: v1.21.0...v1.22.0

v1.21.0

This release adds a new generalist coding agent, improves agent configuration handling, and includes several bug fixes and UI improvements.

What's New

• Adds a generalist coding agent for enhanced coding assistance
• Adds OCI artifact wrapper for spec-compliant manifest with artifactType

Improvements

• Supports recursive ~/.agents/skills directory structure
• Wraps todo descriptions at word boundaries in sidebar for better display
• Preserves 429 error details on OpenAI for better error handling

Bug Fixes

• Fixes subagent delegation and validates model outputs when transfer_task is called
• Fixes YAML parsing issue with unquoted strings containing special characters like colons

Technical Changes

• Freezes config version v4 and bumps to v5

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.20.6 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1634
• Support recursive ~/.agents/skills by @dgageot in #1631
• Help fix #1419 by @dgageot in #1632
• Fix subagent logic by @krissetto in #1637
• Add OCI artifact wrapper for spec-compliant manifest with artifactType by @dgageot in #1633
• unquoted strings are fine until they contain special characters like : by @derekmisler in #1641
• Wrap todo descriptions at word boundaries in sidebar by @rumpl in #1643
• Preserve 429 error details on OpenAI by @dgageot in #1647
• Freeze v4 and bump config version to v5 by @dgageot in #1635
• Add a generalist coding agent by @dgageot in #1625
• Bump Go dependencies by @dgageot in #1646

Full Changelog: v1.20.6...v1.21.0

v1.20.6

This release introduces branching sessions, model fallbacks, and automated code quality scanning, along with performance improvements and enhanced file handling capabilities.

What's New

• Adds branching sessions feature that allows editing previous messages to create new session branches without losing original conversation history
• Adds automated nightly codebase scanner with multi-agent architecture for detecting code quality issues and creating GitHub issues
• Adds model fallback system that automatically retries with alternative models when inference providers fail
• Adds skill invocation via slash commands for enhanced workflow automation
• Adds --prompt-file CLI flag for including file contents as system context
• Adds debug title command for troubleshooting session title generation

Improvements

• Improves @ attachment performance to prevent UI hanging in large or deeply nested directories
• Switches to Anthropic Files API for file uploads instead of embedding content directly, dramatically reducing token usage
• Enhances scanner resilience and adds persistent memory system for learning from previous runs

Bug Fixes

• Fixes tool calls score rendering in evaluations
• Fixes title generation for OpenAI and Gemini models
• Fixes GitHub Actions directory creation issues

Technical Changes

• Refactors to use cagent's built-in memory system and text format for sub-agent output
• Enables additional golangci-lint linters and fixes code quality issues
• Simplifies PR review workflow by adopting reusable workflow from cagent-action
• Updates Model Context Protocol SDK and other dependencies

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.20.5 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1610
• Only create a new modelstore if none is given by @rumpl in #1612
• Improve @ attachments perf by @krissetto in #1611
• [evals] Fix tool calls score rendering by @dgageot in #1613
• Added space between release links by @derekmisler in #1614
• Simplifies PR review workflow by adopting the new reusable workflow from cagent-action by @derekmisler in #1595
• Automated nightly codebase scanner by @derekmisler in #1573
• Model fallbacks by @krissetto in #1589
• Opus 4.6 by @dgageot in #1617
• Update Go deps by @dgageot in #1621
• Fix schema and add drift test by @dgageot in #1624
• Add debug title command for session title generation by @dgageot in #1622
• Add skill invocation via slash commands by @dgageot in #1623
• Enable more linters and fix existing issues by @dgageot in #1627
• Update Nightly Scan Workflow by @derekmisler in #1619
• feat: add --prompt-file CLI flag for including file contents as system context by @derekmisler in #1618
• /attach use file upload instead of embedding in the context by @jeanlaurent in #1620
• Branching sessions on message edit by @krissetto in #1578

Full Changelog: v1.20.5...v1.20.6

v1.20.5

This release improves stability for non-interactive sessions, updates the default Anthropic model to Claude Sonnet 4.5, and adds support for private GitHub repositories and standard agent directories.

What's New

• Adds support for using agent YAML files from private GitHub repositories
• Adds support for standard .agents/skills directory structure
• Adds deepwiki integration to the librarian
• Adds timestamp tracking to runtime events
• Allows users to define their own default model in global configuration

Improvements

• Updates default Anthropic model to Claude Sonnet 4.5
• Adds reason explanations when relevance checks fail during evaluations
• Persists ACP sessions to default SQLite database unless specified with --session-db flag
• Makes aliased agent paths absolute for better path resolution
• Produces session database for evaluations to enable investigation of results

Bug Fixes

• Prevents panic when elicitation is requested in non-interactive sessions
• Fixes title generation hanging with Gemini 3 models by properly disabling thinking
• Fixes current agent display in TUI interface
• Prevents TUI dimensions from going negative when sidebar is collapsed
• Fixes flaky test issues

Technical Changes

• Simplifies ElicitationRequestEvent check to reduce code duplication
• Allows passing additional environment variables to Docker when running evaluations
• Passes LLM as judge on full transcript for better evaluation accuracy

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.20.4 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1577
• Fix cagent eval metric by @dgageot in #1579
• Update default anthropic model to sonnet 4.5 by @krissetto in #1580
• Support aliases to urls by @dgageot in #1581
• Bump dependencies by @dgageot in #1582
• Produce a session db for the evals by @dgageot in #1583
• Allow passing more env to docker run when running evals by @dgageot in #1585
• Fix flaky test by @dgageot in #1587
• Include reason in relevance check failures by @dgageot in #1584
• 🫡 by @krissetto in #1588
• Don't go negative in tui dimensions in collapsed sidebar by @krissetto in #1598
• Put back the sessions json. It was useful after all by @dgageot in #1597
• Add a timestamp to runtime events by @dgageot in #1590
• Fix current agent in TUI by @dgageot in #1596
• Support using agent yamls from private github repos by @dgageot in #1594
• Fix cagent acp session persitence by @krissetto in #1601
• cli: prevent panic when elicitation is requested in non-interactive s… by @Pnkcaht in #1567
• make aliased agent paths absolute by @krissetto in #1607
• Add deepwiki to the librarian by @dgageot in #1608
• Pass LLM as a judge on the full transcript by @dgageot in #1605
• fix: prevent title generation from hanging with Gemini 3 models by @dgageot in #1602
• Support for the .agents/skills standard by @krissetto in #1609

Full Changelog: v1.20.4...v1.20.5

v1.20.4

This release improves session handling with relative references and tool permissions, along with better table rendering in the TUI.

What's New

• Adds support for relative session references in --session flag (e.g., -1 for last session, -2 for second to last)
• Adds "always allow this tool" option to permanently approve specific tools or commands for the session
• Adds granular permission patterns for shell commands that auto-approve specific commands while requiring confirmation for others

Improvements

• Updates shell command selection to work with the new tool permission system
• Wraps tables properly in the TUI's experimental renderer to fit terminal width with smart column sizing

Bug Fixes

• Fixes reading of legacy sessions
• Fixes getting sub-session errors where session was not found

Technical Changes

• Adds test databases for better testing coverage
• Automatically runs PR reviewer for Docker organization members
• Exposes new approve-tool confirmation type via HTTP and ConnectRPC APIs

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.20.3 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1563
• Always permissions for tools commands by @stanislavHamara in #1558
• Test older database by @dgageot in #1576
• Handle relative session references in --session flag by @vvoland in #1559
• Wrap tables properly in the TUI by @krissetto in #1564
• Automatically run PR reviewer if author is org member by @derekmisler in #1565

Full Changelog: v1.20.3...v1.20.4

v1.20.3

This release migrates PR review workflows to packaged actions and includes visual improvements to the Nord theme.

Improvements

• Migrates PR review to packaged cagent-action sub-actions, reducing workflow complexity
• Changes code fences to blue color in Nord theme for better visual consistency

Technical Changes

• Adds task rebuild when themes change to ensure proper theme updates
• Removes local development configuration that was accidentally committed

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What's Changed

• Migrate PR review to packaged cagent-action sub-actions by @derekmisler in #1543
• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.20.1 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1556
• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.20.2 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1557
• Change the code fences to blue in nord by @rumpl in #1560
• task rebuild if themes change by @krissetto in #1561
• remove local dev oopsie by @krissetto in #1562

Full Changelog: v1.20.2...v1.20.3

v1.20.2

This release improves the tools system architecture and enhances TUI scrolling performance.

Improvements

• Improves render and mouse scroll performance in the TUI interface

Technical Changes

• Adds StartableToolSet and As[T] generic helper to tools package
• Adds capability interfaces for optional toolset features
• Adds ConfigureHandlers convenience function for tools
• Migrates StartableToolSet to tools package and cleans up ToolSet interface
• Removes BaseToolSet and DescriptionToolSet wrapper
• Reorganizes tool-related code structure

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What's Changed

• Work on Tool Wrappers by @dgageot in #1548
• Make TUI more responsive when scrolling by @krissetto in #1555

Full Changelog: v1.20.1...v1.20.2

v1.20.1

This release includes UI improvements, better error handling, and internal code organization enhancements.

Improvements

• Changes audio listening shortcut from ctrl-k to ctrl-l (ctrl-k is now reserved for line editing)
• Improves title editing by allowing double-click anywhere on the title instead of requiring precise icon clicks
• Keeps footer unchanged when using /session or /new commands unless something actually changes
• Shows better error messages when using "auto" model with no available providers or when dmr is not available

Bug Fixes

• Fixes flaky test that was causing CI failures
• Fixes cagent new command functionality
• Fixes title edit hitbox issues when title wraps to multiple lines

Technical Changes

• Organizes TUI messages by domain concern
• Introduces SessionStateReader interface for read-only access
• Introduces Subscription type for cleaner animation lifecycle management
• Improves tool registry API with declarative RegisterAll method
• Introduces HitTest for centralized mouse target detection in chat
• Makes sidebar View() function pure by moving SetWidth to SetSize
• Introduces cmdbatch package for fluent command batching
• Organizes chat runtime event handlers by category
• Introduces subscription package for external event sources
• Separates CollapsedViewModel from rendering in sidebar
• Improves provider handling and error messaging

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.20.0 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1538
• fix flaky test by @krissetto in #1537
• Keep footer unless something actually changes by @krissetto in #1541
• double click to edit title by @krissetto in #1542
• Use ctrl-l for the audio listening. ctrl-k is for line editing by @dgageot in #1545
• Fix and improve cagent new by @dgageot in #1546
• TUI refactor by @dgageot in #1547
• Show better errors if dmr not found or no providers for model: "auto" by @krissetto in #1552

Full Changelog: v1.20.0...v1.20.1

v1.20.0

This release introduces editable session titles, custom TUI themes, and improved evaluation capabilities, along with database improvements and bug fixes.

What's New

• Adds editable session titles with /title command and TUI support for renaming sessions
• Adds custom TUI theme support with built-in themes and hot-reloading capabilities
• Adds permissions view dialog for better visibility into agent permissions
• Adds concurrent LLM-as-a-judge relevance checks for faster evaluations
• Adds image cache to cagent eval for improved performance

Improvements

• Makes slash commands searchable in the command palette
• Improves command palette with scrolling, mouse support, and dynamic resizing
• Adds validation error display in elicitation dialogs when Enter is pressed
• Adds Ctrl+z support for suspending TUI application to background
• Adds --exit-on-stdin-eof flag for better integration control
• Adds --keep-containers flag to cagent eval for debugging

Bug Fixes

• Fixes auto-heal corrupted OCI local store by forcing re-pull when corruption is detected
• Fixes input token counting with Gemini models
• Fixes space key not working in elicitation text input fields
• Fixes session compaction issues
• Fixes stdin EOF checking to prevent cagent api from terminating unexpectedly in containers

Technical Changes

• Extracts messages from sessions table into normalized session_items table
• Adds database backup and recovery on migration failure
• Maintains backward/forward compatibility for session data
• Removes ESC key from main status bar (now shown in spinner)
• Removes progress bar from cagent eval logs
• Sends mouse events to dialogs only when open

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.19.7 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1507
• build(deps): bump the pip group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1509
• Remove ESC from main status bar by @dgageot in #1511
• Session messages by @rumpl in #1510
• Remove annoying warning by @dgageot in #1512
• improve check on stdin EOF by @krissetto in #1513
• Fix input tokens counting with Gemini by @dgageot in #1515
• Pass a custom base image to cagent eval by @dgageot in #1516
• Custom TUI themes by @krissetto in #1514
• Make /commands searchable in the command palette by @krissetto in #1521
• only change theme when actually changing theme by @krissetto in #1522
• Add more info to cagent eval's json by @dgageot in #1517
• avoid parallel tests in the teamloader load examples test by @krissetto in #1523
• improve command palette by @krissetto in #1524
• Send all mouse events only to dialogs when open by @krissetto in #1525
• Remove the progress bar from cagent eval's log by @dgageot in #1518
• make stdin EOF checking optional and enabled by flag by @krissetto in #1519
• fix: auto-heal corrupted OCI local store by forcing re-pull by @Pnkcaht in #1455
• Simpler cagent eval by @dgageot in #1526
• evaluation: add concurrent LLM-as-a-judge relevance checks by @dgageot in #1527
• Faster evals thanks to an image cache by @dgageot in #1528
• tui: Handle Ctrl+z by @vvoland in #1530
• Keep messages column for backward/forward compatibility by @dgageot in #1532
• Remove comment by @dgageot in #1533
• Fix space key not working in elicitation text input fields by @dgageot in #1535
• Fix the session compaction by @dgageot in #1531
• Show validation errors in elicitation dialog when Enter is pressed by @dgageot in #1536
• Permissions view dialog by @stanislavHamara in #1534
• Editable session titles by @krissetto in #1503

Full Changelog: v1.19.7...v1.20.0

v1.19.7

This release improves the user experience with better error handling and enhanced output formatting.

Improvements

• Improves error handling and user feedback throughout the application
• Enhances output formatting for better readability and user experience

Technical Changes

• Updates internal dependencies and build configurations
• Refactors code structure for improved maintainability
• Updates development and testing infrastructure

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What's Changed

• Add rate limits to the token_usage event by @dgageot in #1505
• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.19.6 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1506

Full Changelog: v1.19.6...v1.19.7