Grok Build Changelog

August 12, 2026Aug 12, 2026

v1.0.3

Grok Build 1.0.3

/session-info lets you click any row to copy its value, with hover highlights and a copy-all shortcut
Subagent spawning is much faster when you have many sessions in ~/.grok
TUI rendering automatically matches high-refresh displays (120 Hz+) for smoother scrolling and painting

August 11, 2026Aug 11, 2026

v1.0.2

Grok Build 1.0.2

Tool-call argument streaming shows a distinct spinner label instead of a generic waiting message
Large sessions with images no longer exceed limits during compaction
Recovery from server-rejected images no longer leaves sessions permanently unusable
Startup timeout messages show which step took longest, elapsed times, and actionable advice
Worktree copies of large repos no longer inherit dangerous fetch specs or stale shallow grafts
Privacy banner can be dismissed from Settings even when you are already opted out
Grouped tool calls stay grouped when hooks attach metadata, and show hook results in the header
Cmd+click on autolinks in Apple Terminal opens the correct URL when multiple messages are visible

August 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026

v1.0.1

Grok Build 1.0.1

/rewind only truncates conversation history instead of files as well, and asks for confirmation by default
Subagent spawning is bounded; wide fan-outs queue instead of exhausting file descriptors
New grok du command shows disk usage of ~/.grok including worktrees and sessions
Tools report whether they only read data, enabling safer restricted agents and subagents
Renaming a session from the dashboard starts with the current title prefilled
/usage, /session-info, and /context open in a tabbed modal instead of adding text to the conversation
grok trace exports now bundle memory trace files for easier debugging
Session rename enforces a 100-character limit and preserves manual titles across machines
New /rename --auto unpins a manual session title so automatic titling resumes
Video generation from references supports preset voices, single-image input, 1–15 s durations, and 4:3 / 3:4 aspect ratios
Sandbox config entries ending in /** grant the parent directory instead of creating a literal ** subdirectory
Failed channel updates suggest the matching GROK_CHANNEL reinstall command
On Apple Silicon, grok installs the native arm64 build even from a Rosetta shell or x86_64 updater
Skills that share names with built-in commands appear alongside them in the slash menu with qualified names
Notebook permission rules imported from other tools are ignored with a warning instead of applying broadly
Goal evaluation at round end no longer fails due to timeouts
Tool timeouts no longer hang the agent when child processes are stuck or hold pipes open
Home and End move to the start or end of the current logical line when the prompt is wrapped
Worktree sessions show their branch in the status bar and keep status when switching directories, resuming, or opening the dashboard
Recaps are written in the same language as your conversation
Plugin suggestions no longer flash incorrectly while typing
Send Now works during active goals without cancelling the goal
Headless sessions wait for MCP servers before tool use
Non-interactive sessions (grok -p) no longer fail when the agent asks for user input or plan approval
Session load and creation no longer freeze forever when .envrc evaluation blocks
Deleting a session stops and waits for running subagents before wiping history
Permission and plan-approval notification hooks no longer fire on auto-allowed tools
Mid-turn steering sent with double-Enter or Ctrl+Enter tells the model it arrived while work was in progress
Scrollback drag selection no longer gets stuck after releasing the mouse outside VS Code or Cursor terminals
Video generation tools show a clear error when storage requirements are not met instead of silently disappearing
Esc on the cancel-turn panel closes the panel and keeps the current turn running
Git status and diff no longer cause high CPU or memory use on large repositories or histories
History search no longer leaks background threads in long sessions with many subagents
Resuming large sessions is significantly faster and no longer shows an incomplete transcript while replay is still applying

August 7, 2026Aug 7, 2026

v1.0.0

Grok Build 1.0.0

Dashboard rows show a short summary of what the agent did in the previous turn
Extensions modal groups items alphabetically with collapsible Skills sections
Grok skips the project-directory prompt when launched from home or other non-project directories
/feedback opens a dedicated report box instead of prompt mode
Auto theme detection works over SSH and inside tmux
Markdown tables reflow inside cells on narrow panes instead of clipping
Permission prompts show the complete script; long bash bodies expand with Ctrl-F
MCP tools that return images no longer drop or corrupt large screenshots
Sandboxed Grok starts on large directories with many deny-glob matches
Rapid send-now presses no longer lose earlier queued messages
Esc and stop prevent background tasks from restarting the model after cancel
Login no longer skips when an invalid API key is in the environment
Model picker and command palette work while reviewing a plan
Tab and Esc behave consistently on question, permission, and cancel-turn cards
/new from the dashboard returns to the dashboard from an empty prompt
Codebase restore no longer hangs on large or shallow git repositories
Remote resume restores conversation only unless --restore-code is passed
Copying CJK text with the mouse includes every character at the selection edges
API errors appear as clean banners instead of raw JSON dumps
Typing exit or quit in the dashboard exits the CLI
Mode indicator (plan/agent/ask) stays in sync after resume and mode changes
/delete returns to the dashboard when you delete a session opened from it
Enter in the slash command menu runs the highlighted command
Grok retries more server errors during outages
Session-only slash commands show a message when used from the dashboard
Queued prompts stay visible while waiting on subagents, and slash/image rows can be reordered
Auto recaps no longer appear mid-turn or while busy
/btw error messages wrap fully
Forking very large sessions no longer uses many times the session file size in memory
Exiting an empty session is instant, even on slow networks

August 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026

v0.2.120

Grok Build 0.2.120

Model picker updates the status bar and /model menu immediately, even before the first prompt creates a session
Background task completions consume less memory over ACP

August 2, 2026Aug 2, 2026

v0.2.119

Grok Build 0.2.119

Always-allow for bash commands lets you edit a free-form glob pattern instead of only word-prefix scopes
Long responses show a clickable arrow that jumps back to the start of the answer
Auto mode auto-approves more common read-only git commands and harmless file appends
Plan previews show Mermaid diagram buttons (Open Image, Copy Image Path, Copy Source)
Question cards let you Tab through answers instead of losing focus to the scrollback
Resume picker no longer tries to load a session from invalid input when you press Enter
Background task completion messages no longer grow unbounded for huge task logs
Plan viewer scrollbar responds to clicks on the border column and renders without dark stripes in Terminal.app
Expired external auth provider credentials trigger interactive sign-in instead of a silent 401 loop
/btw side questions reuse the parent session's cached prefix for faster responses
grok doctor and tmux-backed startup are faster when no live tmux processes remain

July 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026

v0.2.118

Grok Build 0.2.118

Sessions can be permanently deleted from the dashboard or welcome list
Keyboard shortcuts help (Ctrl+.) documents prompt history and conversation search
grok doctor warns when tmux is reducing colors and can fix the config
[stop] / Ctrl+C during /compact now cancels instead of no-opping
/btw retries on temporary model overload instead of failing immediately
Automatic recaps no longer appear twice after the same turn
Background tasks no longer stay stuck as Running when they finish quickly
Plan mode indicator disappears right after approving a plan
Dragging the scrollbar in the plan preview works as expected
Compaction handles certain context-length errors

July 30, 2026Jul 30, 2026

v0.2.117

Grok Build 0.2.117

GROK_EXTRA_CA_BUNDLE env var allows adding custom TLS root certificates
Stop command now terminates all background subagents from prior turns
kill_task reports when a task does not exist over ACP connections
get_task_output no longer waits the full timeout for already-finished tasks over ACP
Plan approval no longer starts Build when pressing Enter without notes in revise mode
Terminal resize is much faster on long conversations in fullscreen mode

July 30, 2026Jul 30, 2026

v0.2.116

Grok Build 0.2.116

Headless streaming output includes tool calls, results, and usage with --output-format streaming-json
New /undo slash command restores files and chat to an earlier turn (alias for /rewind)
Slash commands are hidden or refused in minimal/fullscreen mode based on their declared support
Fixed repeated forced re-logins after laptop sleep or network hiccups during token refresh
Suppressed spurious history load warnings on draft conversations with no server history yet
Settings enum pickers keep the selected radio button on the current value until you press Enter
Deep-linked settings such as /privacy close the settings modal on Esc or Enter instead of returning to the list

July 29, 2026Jul 29, 2026

v0.2.115

Grok Build 0.2.115

Fixed chat history corruption that could duplicate tool results or cause later 400 errors after repeated identical tool calls
Fixed infinite redirect loops in embedded previews when the browser blocks the required cookie
Improved the action-stationarity nudge so it no longer incorrectly claims tool results were identical
Fixed external auth provider commands (auth_provider_command) on Windows
Fixed incorrect 'Turn cancelled by user' messages on internal send-now wake turns
Fixed language server crashes (e.g. Roslyn on every edit) and missing C# diagnostics; improved diagnostics reliability for other servers
Improved prompt caching for long conversations, reducing repeated billing on growing transcripts

July 29, 2026Jul 29, 2026

v0.2.114

Grok Build 0.2.114

New /delete slash command removes the current session after confirmation
Grok no longer crashes on startup when the host machine has no free threads

July 28, 2026Jul 28, 2026

v0.2.113

Grok Build 0.2.113

MCP servers can be enabled or disabled from the CLI with grok mcp enable <name> and grok mcp disable <name>
Full plan markdown can be copied to the clipboard with y during plan approval or preview
Automatic recovery from repetitive loops in model output is enabled by default
Terminal command output is no longer lost or duplicated when the gateway is unreachable
Invalid MCP server entries in config.toml no longer prevent Grok from starting; problems are shown in grok inspect
SessionEnd hooks run on exit in non-leader TUI and headless sessions
Paste chips display with the correct background in inline prompts and question inputs
Background task status shows only elapsed duration instead of absolute timestamps
Session lists no longer drop real sessions when the remote registry reports an outdated turn count of zero
/loop stores prompts that include stop conditions so recurring tasks can terminate themselves when done
Reduced spurious warning messages for common auth and config scenarios
Fixed conda activation (and other sourced scripts that read $@) when using persistent or login-capture shells
Background task status rows clear correctly after long foreground shell commands complete
Agent subprocesses and idle inhibitors are cleaned up when the parent CLI process dies unexpectedly
Fixed truncated plans in minimal mode and improved visual separation between reasoning and output (including NO_COLOR)
Fixed credential loss across multiple grok processes sharing the same auth file
Fixed doubled Delete and other keys on older Alacritty terminals
Fixed false paywall messages for free-tier and unmatched users
Cold start shows the UI instantly while models and settings load in the background
Large session forks and resumes use far less memory and avoid spikes
Limited the workspace daemon's worker threads to prevent thread exhaustion on high-core shared machines

July 24, 2026Jul 24, 2026

v0.2.112

Grok Build 0.2.112

CLI version policy now has separate soft update floors/ceilings and hard startup requirements
New /tutorial slash command opens an opt-in nine-topic onboarding tour of Grok
Terminal and environment fixes are now consolidated under the /doctor command with clearer guidance; grok doctor fix can now repair common tmux clipboard and passthrough problems
Marketplace add now rejects non-git URLs at add time instead of failing later
Slash commands can now show optional bracket tags (e.g. [new])
Queued prompts now offer an [edit] mouse button alongside Send now and cancel
Voice shortcut toggle in settings can disable the Ctrl+Space/F8 keybind without disabling voice entirely
Image edit can now use a remotely configured model slug instead of the hardcoded default
Per-provider auth helpers now work on Windows and can run from a configurable working directory
/resume now shows only native Grok sessions by default and shows a hint when external sessions are hidden
grok --resume can now resume a session by its title as well as by ID
Workflows overlay now shows live per-agent progress and automatically follows the active phase
Workflow runs that failed can now be resumed; scratch file limits were also increased
Hooks can now be defined in config.toml in addition to JSON files
Clicking the "still running" status now opens the tasks pane
File attachments now appear correctly when resuming or replaying conversations
Marketplace source refreshes no longer hang the TUI or trap you in the extensions modal
Dashboard overlay now correctly returns after forking a dashboard-attached session
Linux voice dictation now works on PipeWire versions before 1.6
Fork from a rewound session now copies the correct live-branch history
Voice mode now lets you edit already-dictated text without closing the microphone
Fixed startup hangs on Linux after concurrent launches or rapid restarts
MCP tools now appear without restart after enrolling or updating a managed service
Plugin subagents now see the same MCP tools as the parent session
Copy confirmations now show shorter messages when the clipboard succeeds
Repeated identical tool calls now end the turn silently instead of showing a stop banner
Web search now defaults to grok-4.5
Voice dictation text is no longer dropped when pressing Enter to send
Bash mode (!) now shows yellow prefix and action label in minimal mode

July 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026

v0.2.111

Grok Build 0.2.111

Workflows are now enabled by default
Users can now disable image generation and video generation tools (and their slash commands) via config.toml or environment variables
/session-info now displays whether the session uses OAuth or an API key and where to manage the account
You can now run grok doctor fix commands directly from inside the TUI instead of only from the CLI
!cmd commands now allow up to one hour before timing out
Startup warnings now point to /doctor for details and fixes
Dashboard hover and clicks no longer miss the gaps between items in wide mode
Shift/Alt+Enter now inserts a newline while editing a queued prompt
Queued prompt edits under combine mode no longer lose changes due to premature hold release
Forking a session that used compaction no longer causes later rewinds to fail with missing checkpoint errors
When a permission prompt appears while viewing scrollback, focus now correctly moves to the prompt so you can answer
Pressing Esc once now cancels the current agent turn (except in fullscreen vim scrollback mode)
Grok now automatically stops a turn that keeps repeating the exact same tool call many times in a row
Background subagent completion messages no longer leak into unrelated sessions when multiple sessions are active
When the auto-permission classifier times out or fails, Grok now shows a normal permission prompt instead of silently denying
Managed MCP tools no longer time out prematurely on slow operations like Notion updates
Voice dictation on macOS now uses less memory by running capture in a temporary helper process

July 21, 2026Jul 21, 2026

v0.2.110

Grok Build 0.2.110

Removing MCP servers, plugins, or hook sources in the Extensions modal now asks for confirmation (press y to proceed)
Session creation failures (including disk full) now show an error message instead of hanging on "Starting session…"
Auto-compact that fails due to an expired token now lets you log in and automatically retry the compact + original prompt

July 21, 2026Jul 21, 2026

v0.2.109

Grok Build 0.2.109

/usage now shows token counts and cost for the current session
grok doctor fix terminal.ssh-wrap can install the recommended SSH wrapper alias
[model_providers.<id>] lets operators share gateway settings across custom models
Queued follow-ups can now be batched into a single model turn with the new combine_queued_prompts setting
/doctor is now the main slash command for terminal, tmux, clipboard and keyboard diagnostics
Voice dictation now explains when the microphone delivered only silence (macOS permission) versus no speech detected
Duplicate 'Worked for' markers no longer stack in the transcript when background tasks defer during a parked turn
The idle status row now clearly says '1 subagent still running' instead of 'watching · 1 subagent' when background work remains
Background /loop iterations no longer overlap when descendant subagents are still running

July 21, 2026Jul 21, 2026

v0.2.108

Grok Build 0.2.108

Sessions can now be resumed after moving the working directory or switching machines
Ctrl+G in minimal mode opens the current prompt draft in an external editor without sending it; fullscreen keeps the tasks pane
grok doctor now shows standalone terminal, tmux, clipboard, and keyboard diagnostics without starting the TUI
Image paste over grok wrap now works on headless remotes

July 20, 2026Jul 20, 2026

v0.2.107

Grok Build 0.2.107

Stop hooks can now keep the agent running by feeding feedback back to the model instead of ending the turn
Sessions can now be imported and resumed from mirrored state across hosts
Auto mode now continues after classifier blocks by telling the agent the reason, escalating only after repeated denials
Ctrl+B now backgrounds running commands; Ctrl+G toggles the tasks pane
OAuth popups in live preview now redirect correctly after login
Git status shown to the model at startup now includes unstaged and untracked files
Minimal mode now shows full reasoning in scrollback and collapses successful lookup results to one-line headers
Recap summaries after idle now load much faster by reusing the previous turn's cached context

July 18, 2026Jul 18, 2026

v0.2.106

Grok Build 0.2.106

Added GROK_CLIPBOARD_NO_OSC52 env var to stop clipboard sequences from appearing as garbage in unsupported terminals
Scheduled tasks can now be updated in place; one-time tasks are retired in favor of background commands
Copies now always write a backup file so text remains recoverable when the terminal clipboard fails
Syntax highlighting in --minimal mode is now visible on light terminals

July 18, 2026Jul 18, 2026

v0.2.105

Grok Build 0.2.105

/btw now works inside grok --minimal, showing answers in the live area and committing them to scrollback on Esc
New Appearance setting "Snap prompt to top on send" lets you keep the viewport where it is instead of jumping to the new prompt
New /summarize slash command is now available as an alias for /recap to request an on-demand session summary
Local shell tools now see the same environment variables, aliases, and functions as your login shell
Syntax highlighting in diffs and the file viewer no longer miscolors strings or comments that span multiple lines
Global rules from ~/.grok/rules and compatible vendor homes are now discovered correctly
Background tasks that finish after you press Ctrl+C no longer automatically resume the model
Ctrl+\ out of the dashboard now returns you to the agent you came from
MCP OAuth logins now succeed against servers that require the RFC 9207 issuer parameter in the callback
Agent dashboard now shows fleet roster entries even when the local agent list is empty
Long-session compaction no longer fails on servers that reject tool_choice none when tools are attached
Scrolling feels smoother and less jagged under load or over slow connections

July 17, 2026Jul 17, 2026

v0.2.104

Grok Build 0.2.104

Background work counts now appear in a persistent status line instead of repeated transcript messages
Fixed authentication recovery for idle sessions after token timeouts
Retry failed messages no longer contain raw HTML error pages
Rate limit messages now show the server detail without the wire prefix
In-place prompt editing is temporarily disabled due to scroll behavior issues

July 17, 2026Jul 17, 2026

v0.2.103

Grok Build 0.2.103

MCP servers from plugins can now require setup choices such as a regional site before connecting
Quitting a fullscreen session now shows the session title and last exchange above the resume command
SSH sessions now show a one-time tip recommending grok wrap ssh <host> for clipboard and terminal restore
Fixed GitHub PR status detection when the gh CLI inherits forcing color environment variables
Fixed a race where an early cancel could permanently wedge a session's turn slot
grok and the agent binary now stay in sync even when no update is installed
Copying a multiline queued prompt now copies the complete text instead of a collapsed summary
grok wrap now restores the terminal after SSH disconnects or other abrupt child exits
Voice speech-to-text now works with per-model API keys in config.toml without requiring grok login
Copy over SSH or in containers now shows clearer feedback when delivery cannot be confirmed
Local Bash sessions no longer keep a persistent shell across calls, avoiding failures after directory deletion

July 16, 2026Jul 16, 2026

v0.2.102

Grok Build 0.2.102

--minimal and --fullscreen flags now apply only to the current session
New /jump slash command lets you quickly jump to any previous turn in the conversation
New /timeline sidebar shows a clickable tick rail for fast navigation between conversation turns
grok login now requests Grok Projects scopes so workspace listing works after consent
Permission mode can now be set fleet-wide via remote config when no local setting exists
Edit tool output has a setting to show a compact one-line summary instead of always-expanded diffs
Tab completion in !bash mode now works like a normal terminal (prefix fill, dropdown, directory drill-down)
Enterprise deployments can now disable voice dictation via requirements.toml so /voice and Ctrl+Space are hidden for everyone
User prompts now appear bold only in --minimal mode; fullscreen keeps normal weight
grok plugin install now accepts a marketplace's registered name as a qualifier
Consecutive edits to the same file now collapse into a single scrollback row when collapsed edit blocks are enabled
Local sessions now inherit your shell environment variables and keep the current directory across commands
Login and re-login no longer stack multiple device-code polls or leave stale flows running
Background task tools now render with correct icons and titles instead of the generic MCP wrench
Task tool now correctly validates and displays allowed model slugs for subagents
Rewind now correctly handles bash transcripts, permission follow-ups, and sessions that mix old and new prompt markers
Re-login during a session now immediately uses the new token instead of requiring a new session
Terminal commands using globs now behave the same on zsh as on bash and no longer fail with shell errors
Installer no longer replaces stowed shell configuration symlinks with plain files on upgrade
Voice transcription now works with enterprise API bases and API-key authentication
Fixed crashes on some network-mounted home directories by using a safer SQLite journal mode
Home and End keys now move to the ends of the current wrapped line in the prompt
Arrow keys and Esc now work correctly inside viewers opened from the dashboard
Warns at startup when user and project sandbox profiles define the same name differently
Billing upgrade links now show the full URL in the transcript (and copy it) when a browser cannot be opened
Fixed Ctrl+Y yank no longer working after sending a prompt
No longer shows permission prompts seconds after a turn was cancelled with Esc or Ctrl+C
Page Up and Page Down now move the highlighted entry to the top or bottom of the visible scrollback area
Conflicting project and user sandbox profiles now show a clear warning on the welcome screen
OAuth login URLs no longer contain duplicate referrer parameters
File links in official VS Code Remote-SSH terminals now use VS Code's native path handling
Minimal mode now shows the folder-trust prompt after sign-in when required
Skills whose names collide with built-in slash commands are now reachable via qualified names
Fixed background task tracking when using grok -p --no-wait-for-background so tasks are properly reaped on exit
Rate limit errors (429) now show specific server messages (capacity, team limits, free-usage) instead of generic upgrade prompts, with correct copy based on auth type
/copy slash command is now available in minimal mode
Improved recap and compaction behavior

July 13, 2026Jul 13, 2026

v0.2.101

Grok Build 0.2.101

grok inspect now shows effective compatibility settings for Cursor, Claude, and Codex sessions
New setting "Match display refresh rate" lets high-refresh displays run the TUI at native cadence
Parked subagent status no longer duplicates or interleaves incorrectly in scrollback
Status line during waits now shows elapsed time before the queued-message hint
Queued messages sent with Enter now appear immediately instead of vanishing briefly
Resume hint after quitting minimal mode now prints the correct grok --minimal --resume command
Rate-limit messages now correctly direct API-key users to team plans instead of personal upgrades

July 13, 2026Jul 13, 2026

v0.2.100

Grok Build 0.2.100

Session picker now resumes recent Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor sessions
Welcome screen now offers a one-click resume nudge for recent Claude, Codex, or Cursor sessions
Web fetch tool preserves full truncated page content as readable artifacts instead of discarding it
Multiline mode now correctly sends the top queued message on empty Enter when a turn is running
Queued commands no longer disappear or delay when pressing Enter twice quickly during a running turn
Minimal mode text is now readable on dark terminals with proper contrast and highlighted user prompts
Grok no longer crashes when printing resume hints after the terminal pane has closed
Long-running turns with multiple waits now show updated status markers in the transcript instead of appearing stuck
Claude and Cursor hooks are now correctly disabled at session start when disabled in config

July 12, 2026Jul 12, 2026

v0.2.99

Grok Build 0.2.99

Multiline input now works on the agent dashboard the same way it does in regular sessions
PageUp and PageDown now scroll the conversation while the prompt is focused
Keyboard Shortcuts modal now follows Vim mode navigation keys when enabled

July 12, 2026Jul 12, 2026

v0.2.98

Grok Build 0.2.98

You can now pin authentication to API key or OIDC in config.toml; the unpinned method is no longer tried automatically
/context now shows token costs for skills and MCP servers
Linux middle-click paste from the primary selection now works; clipboard errors are handled more reliably
/terminal-setup now shows your terminal's color support level and which themes are available
grok setup --json prints your team's managed configuration without installing it
Messages you type while the model waits on tasks now stay queued; pressing Enter twice sends them immediately by cancelling the current turn
How-to Guides modal now shows a tip linking to Ask Grok above the footer shortcuts
Subagent task and spawn_subagent tools now accept an optional model parameter in the CLI
Keyboard Shortcuts modal now lists the paste key binding for images under the Input section
A pre_tool_use deny now feeds the reason back so the model can retry instead of cancelling the turn
Plan mode now strictly rejects edits outside the plan file, even under always-approve
Web search and X search no longer fail when both a local function tool and the backend hosted tool are active
SQLite databases no longer cause bus errors on network filesystems such as NFS
Resuming a session that is already open now focuses the existing view instead of creating duplicates
Turn completion markers in scrollback now read "Worked for …" instead of "Turn completed in …"
/btw loading spinner now animates correctly when the main session is idle
Mid-turn wait spinners now correctly show "Waiting on task output…" instead of Thinking
Scrollbar thumb is now visible in the oscura-midnight theme
Status messages for background work now end with a period
Editing queued prompts no longer freezes the terminal or duplicates text into the composer

July 11, 2026Jul 11, 2026

v0.2.97

Grok Build 0.2.97

Headless JSON output now includes token usage and cost per prompt and session
SDK turns now expose detailed token usage and cost information via Turn.usage
Double-click or Enter on a previous user message now lets you edit and resubmit it directly from the transcript
Text selection in scrollback now works better when starting on chrome, gaps, or while scrolling
Shell commands using rg (ripgrep) no longer require permission prompts by default
Voice mode is now available for API-key sessions
New environment variables allow tuning scroll and draw cadence for high-refresh displays
Background tasks started by the model in headless mode are now killed on exit instead of leaking
Agent process leaks on failed spawns and missing-stdio teardown are now prevented
Parked turn markers no longer appear after interjections and now count down as background tasks finish
The /context tool definitions line no longer shows the cryptic disclaimer suffix
Terminal release waits boundedly for the process to exit and repeated waits share the drain grace
Fixed a crash when the agent asked a question on narrow terminals
Fixed misleading keyboard hints in the /mcps panel in minimal mode
Clipboard copy now reports success correctly when using iTerm2 over SSH
Fixed scroll/input conflicts when plan approval appeared over an open edit block
Fixed frequent MCP and skills reloads that could freeze sessions on devboxes
MCP servers using HTTP (such as nebula for Slack) now automatically recover from disconnects
Next reset time in /usage now shows in your local timezone instead of Pacific Time

July 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026

v0.2.96

Grok Build 0.2.96

System notifications now carry structured kind/title/body for better rendering
x.ai/pr/status now reports whether an open PR is in the merge queue
Compact mode now activates automatically on very small terminals
Up arrow on an empty prompt now browses prompt history; /history searches it
Stop hook runs now appear inline on the turn-completed line instead of a separate block
Subagent rows now fold into verb-group headers and the tasks pane shows live activity labels
Dashboard shortcuts now advertise ? instead of Ctrl+. on terminals that cannot deliver the latter
Double-clicking scrollback while Text selection is fold/nav now shows a tip offering Ctrl+Y to enable Word select
grok worktree ls now works as a short alias for grok worktree list
MCP tool output truncation can now be set per-repo in .grok/config.toml
Auto-send of queued follow-ups during task waits can now be enabled fleet-wide via remote settings
Welcome screen now offers one-click resume of a recent Claude Code session via ctrl+u
Vim l key now opens the selected agent detail view in the dashboard
Terminal commands with no args now run through a shell, matching the CLI
Agent teardown no longer crashes on slim Linux images that lack the ps command
Esc now dismisses an open /btw panel before backing out of a dashboard overlay
Resumed grok.com chats now use the conversation's last model instead of the gateway default
JetBrains terminals on Windows now default to minimal mode to avoid raw mouse-report leaks in the prompt
Skill token highlights now survive line wraps and the slash menu opens when typing / before existing text
Truncated or tiny images are now dropped before sending and previously poisoned sessions self-heal on restart
Session switch hints after /new or fork now show the working command in minimal mode
Progress bars in Ghostty and WezTerm now stop correctly for parked task waits
/effort now rejects levels the current model does not support instead of sending a bad value to the API
/recap on a fresh session now says "No messages yet" instead of failing
Monitor and system messages no longer appear as user prompts when resuming old sessions
/rewind completion now appears as a brief toast instead of a permanent transcript line
Auto recaps no longer appear under a newer user message when you start typing again
Authentication retries after token refresh no longer hang for minutes or days
Text selection tip no longer appears on the first double-click or on non-assistant blocks
Skill slash commands queued while a turn runs can now be sent immediately with Enter or the interject chord
Drag text selection now works inside the dashboard dispatch input box
Multi-line paste chips in dashboard inputs now support preview and expand like the main prompt
Live previews now always fetch the latest content without browser or CDN caching

July 9, 2026Jul 9, 2026

v0.2.95

Grok Build 0.2.95

Teams can now ship default allowed commands via managed_config.toml (user deny rules still win)
Mid-turn interjections now appear as normal user prompts (❯) instead of a separate cyan block
IME text input in Otty no longer attaches unrelated clipboard images on every character
Rewind now fully removes the selected turn from both scrollback and the model's conversation history
Queued prompts now abort long blocking waits instead of waiting for the full timeout
File links and media now work for worktree sessions under ~/.grok/worktrees/
Collapsed Read/Edit tool rows now show only the filename instead of long absolute paths
Clipboard copies on Wayland now succeed even when the terminal loses focus mid-copy
User messages queued behind an auto-wake turn are no longer lost when the user presses Ctrl+C
Slash completion now shows sibling skills that share a frontmatter name and correctly sizes wrapped descriptions
Single tool calls that belong to a verb group now collapse into an aggregated header row
Fixed sessions that became permanently stuck after tool-use history corruption
/always-approve and /auto now toggle their mode on and off when run repeatedly
Terminal command cards on grok.com now correctly settle after foreground bash tasks
Copy failure toast now recommends trying /minimal for native terminal rendering
File watching on Linux now uses far fewer system resources for large projects with many dependencies

July 9, 2026Jul 9, 2026

v0.2.94

Grok Build 0.2.94

/sessions now opens the Agent Dashboard instead of a separate picker
New /goal <objective> slash command is now available
grok inspect now lists skills from [skills].paths and correctly labels bundled vs user skills
--minimal and --fullscreen choices are now remembered for future plain grok launches
Queued bash commands promoted at turn end now render their output instead of disappearing
Xcode / Foundation ACP clients can now drive grok agent stdio without silent parse drops on session/* calls
read_file now returns full single-line content (minified JSON, large dumps) instead of silently clipping at 2000 characters
Background task command preambles with newlines now render on separate lines instead of collapsing
Text selections now highlight uniformly even over inline code, links, and syntax-colored spans
grok --minimal now supports native drag-select on classic Windows conhost terminals
Skill tokens are now highlighted teal when used mid-sentence
Fixed a crash when a filtered list shrinks while the filter is active
Scroll lines and scroll speed settings now support fine unit-step adjustments
Project-specific plugins are no longer visible outside their project directory
First prompt no longer stalls for many seconds on large repositories while the filesystem watcher starts

July 8, 2026Jul 8, 2026

v0.2.93

Grok Build 0.2.93

Esc no longer cancels a running turn; use Ctrl+C instead. Double-Esc rewind now works while focused on scrollback
MCP permission prompts now show the planned arguments so you can judge what the tool will actually do
The "Managed by grok.com" link in the Extensions modal is now clickable and underlined
Dragging inside rendered markdown tables now selects whole cells or rectangular ranges and copies as TSV
Shift+Tab now goes straight to Plan mode when the plan-mode tip is showing
grok --minimal now aligns the prompt, status bar, and messages flush-left with the welcome card
/plugins no longer lists never-installed Claude marketplace entries and now groups plugins by their real source
Successful image compression no longer leaves a permanent line in the transcript
--no-ask-user now also disables ask_user_question for subagents
Fixed a crash shortly after launch on some systems caused by the telemetry exporter

July 8, 2026Jul 8, 2026

v0.2.92

Grok Build 0.2.92

/minimal and /fullscreen commands let you switch the current session between minimal and fullscreen modes
ask_user_question tool can now be enabled or disabled via config.toml, environment variables, or remote flags while defaulting to on
User-run shell commands now display their complete output after finishing instead of silently dropping middle lines
Edit tool output now correctly highlights multi-line strings and scopes that previously spilled across hunks
Always allow grants for MCP, web_fetch and bash now take effect immediately in auto mode without re-prompting
Cmd/Ctrl+click on bare http(s) links now opens only once on Warp terminals
Cmd/Ctrl+click now works on imagine media paths and URLs that wrap across multiple terminal rows
grok update on Windows no longer fails when a previous .old executable is still running
Pasting images on macOS is now ~65× faster by reading the pasteboard directly instead of via osascript

July 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026

v0.2.91

Grok Build 0.2.91

Voice dictation indicator and stop button now remain visible and clickable during plan mode review
New Worktree dialog now expands to show long names and scrolls with a leading … when the terminal is narrow

July 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026

v0.2.90

Grok Build 0.2.90

Session titles from /rename now appear on the prompt box border after resume
grok models banner now correctly reports per-model API keys and deployment keys
MCP tool output size limit is now configurable via environment variable, config.toml, or GrowthBook (default unchanged)
Chat conversations listed in the unified sidebar can now be renamed or deleted from the desktop app
You can now add a local directory as a plugin marketplace source with grok plugin marketplace add
Auto permission mode now prompts far less often on routine development commands
Short media paths the model prints (images/1.jpg) are now clickable and open the file
Preview now prefers common dev ports like 8080 when multiple HTTP servers are detected
Model list now refreshes after upgrading from a free to a paid subscription tier
Extensions modal now shows clearer enable/disable and install hints that match what each key actually does
Cursor:Shell now accepts foreground '&'
Folder trust no longer prompts for or scans the entire home directory when it is a git repo
Code blocks no longer lose their background shading on the final line of unterminated fences
Plan mode now activates immediately when toggled during an active turn instead of waiting for the next prompt
Clicking back into the terminal window now focuses the prompt immediately when a permission or plan-approval panel is waiting
Paths the model emits inside quotes no longer end with literal backslash-n characters and cause file-not-found errors
Next reset time shown by /usage is now correct during daylight saving time
The ask-user-question tool now waits up to 30 minutes by default before timing out
The free-usage paywall no longer offers a Try Again button
Inline images no longer bleed through when entering or leaving the fullscreen subagent view
The [Open Image] button under generated media is now colored like a link
Preview routing now auto-selects well-known ports like 8080 even with framework signals on obscure ports
Login screen now centers the authentication URL when it fits on one line
Enter key now queues follow-ups by default while the agent waits on task output

July 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026

v0.2.89

Grok Build 0.2.89

Voice dictation now works on Linux (requires pipewire, pulseaudio-utils or alsa-utils)
New /auto slash command switches to classifier permission mode; the menu now shows only the other mode
--effort and --reasoning-effort are now interchangeable CLI flags for setting reasoning effort
Image edits now use the higher-quality Imagine model for better output
Try Again on the free-usage paywall now correctly resubmits after rate-limit retries
Cursor now respects your terminal’s default blink style instead of always blinking
Skill commands in scrollback now highlight only the command name, not the arguments
Plan files now default to .grok/plan.md to match Grok conventions
Shell state (cwd, env) now persists across tool calls in Cursor:Shell sessions
LaTeX math renders correctly for display equations and complex subscripts
Queue hint in the terminal no longer shows incorrect bold text on part of the message
Git operations like rebase no longer cause long pauses from repeated full-repo scans

July 6, 2026Jul 6, 2026

v0.2.88

Grok Build 0.2.88

Scrolling feels smoother with better trackpad and wheel handling plus configurable speed and mode
Session search now returns tighter multi-word results and handles filenames and plurals better
Session picker now always searches conversation content for queries of two or more characters
Tool call grouping is now enabled by default, folding consecutive reads and searches into single rows
Plugins tab now supports u to update the selected plugin and shows non-blocking success feedback
Reasoning effort used for a session is now recorded in summary.json and conversation history
Session content search now correctly indexes messages containing escape sequences like newlines and quotes
Formatted links now keep their link color when wrapped in bold, italic, or strikethrough
Resuming sessions no longer fails permanently when history files contain corrupted lines from interrupted writes

July 5, 2026Jul 5, 2026

v0.2.87

Grok Build 0.2.87

Subscription upgrades are now detected automatically without restarting the CLI
Bash permission prompts now offer a "Never allow" choice that persists the deny rule
New /docs slash command opens How-to Guides picker, browses web docs, or jumps directly to a guide by title
Per-model reasoning effort menus are now configurable from the server and config.toml without a client release
Finished thinking blocks now fold into grouped tool-call rows when group_tool_verbs is enabled
--minimal mode now always uses your terminal’s own colors so text stays readable on any background
Invalid fields in [model.*] config blocks no longer cause the whole model to disappear from the picker
File tools no longer target paths with literal trailing newlines or whitespace from model output
Fixed interactions in no-freeform question modals so clicks below the last option no longer enter input mode
Background tasks now correctly wake the agent after a cancelled blocking wait instead of staying idle
Copying quoted text from rendered responses no longer includes the quote bar prefix in pretty mode

July 4, 2026Jul 4, 2026

v0.2.86

Grok Build 0.2.86

Voice language setting now lets you pick speech-to-text language (including System) in the Editor settings
Tab autocomplete now suggests your next prompt as ghost text after each turn
/usage (and /cost) is now hidden for free and X Basic personal accounts
Media generation no longer hits per-session file limits; image and video byte budgets increased
--minimal flag now shows in grok --help
Claude-style Bash(cmd:*) permission rules are now correctly translated to prefix matches

July 3, 2026Jul 3, 2026

v0.2.85

Grok Build 0.2.85

Pressing Enter on an empty prompt now sends the top queued follow-up immediately while a turn is running
Tool call grouping can now be enabled via config.toml or settings to collapse consecutive read/search/list calls
Consecutive tool calls of the same kind can now be folded into a single row when group_tool_verbs is enabled
Subagent conversations now receive the same type-specific instructions in gateway chat as in the CLI
Scheduled automation tasks now show their header panel correctly in gateway chat sessions
Promotional announcements now appear with clickable CTAs and can be non-dismissible
Subagents now run in the background by default unless explicitly set to false
Permission prompts now correctly wrap long bash commands while preserving structure and quotes
Claude Code settings with permissions.defaultMode are now correctly honored
Project skills and commands are now discovered even when their directories are gitignored
Inline LaTeX math with padding spaces now renders correctly instead of showing raw dollar signs
Manual /recap now works on the same turn and long auto recaps are hidden from view while still saved
Always allow for common commands like ls and git status now remembers just the command instead of extra arguments

July 3, 2026Jul 3, 2026

v0.2.84

Grok Build 0.2.84

Announcements now update live during active sessions without restart or /new
Hiding an announcement no longer suppresses later criticals; new ones reappear automatically
run_terminal_cmd now requires a one-sentence description rationale in every invocation
ask_user_question timeout policy is now configurable in config.toml and /settings
Ask-Question timeout can now be toggled from /settings (Agent & Approval)
Thinking/reasoning blocks are now shown by default while the model is working
Critical announcements now show a red title with a clickable [hide] button and aligned message
Added remote_fetch option under [features] in config.toml to disable all backend catalog and settings fetches for air-gapped environments
Images pasted or read from GIF, BMP or TIFF files are now automatically converted so they work with image generation
Queue panel now shows action buttons on hover and the status bar displays a compact done/total task count
Hook matchers now correctly see the real MCP tool name instead of the internal dispatcher name
Copy now succeeds when running inside containers even when the terminal brand cannot be detected
Tool result previews no longer paint opaque panels in grok --minimal
grok wrap now correctly handles quoted strings and shell aliases
Text selection settings now correctly honor explicit keep_text_selection values even when legacy keys remain
Fixed a freeze that could occur when editing and sending the last message in the queue
Fixed a startup crash on minimal Linux systems lacking system CA certificates
Grep now stops early on broad searches, returning faster results with far less memory use
Idle CPU and memory usage after long sessions or resume is now dramatically lower

July 2, 2026Jul 2, 2026

v0.2.83

Grok Build 0.2.83

Critical announcements now appear in a top banner during active sessions with a hide command
Pasting the same text again next to a paste chip now expands the chip into editable text instead of duplicating it
Paste preview now shows a hint explaining how to expand the chip

July 2, 2026Jul 2, 2026

v0.2.82

Grok Build 0.2.82

Managed connectors links now include the team ID when opening from a team session
Chat conversation titles from the gateway are now shown in the sidebar
New /effort slash command changes reasoning effort on the active model
Double-click a pasted text chip to expand it into editable text
Skill descriptions are now recovered correctly even when frontmatter YAML is malformed
[Esc] hint in /btw panels now stays visible even on narrow terminals
Background monitors now wake the agent on natural exit the same way bash tasks do
Long option labels in question prompts are now always visible instead of disappearing when unfocused
Pasted text preview now appears immediately after inserting a paste chip
Hex color codes now render as colored dots with no extra space
Pressing voice on the welcome screen now starts a new session

July 1, 2026Jul 1, 2026

v0.2.81

Grok Build 0.2.81

New stream transforms let hosts hide, unwrap, or rewrite tool calls for display without affecting agent transcripts
cancel() now accepts a timeout so a stuck turn cannot hang the session forever
Run tool blocks now show the model’s description as the main title when provided
Hex color codes in prose now render as colored dots on truecolor terminals
New setting "Show thinking blocks" controls whether agent reasoning is visible in the scrollback
Spinners now show the description or short command of the task being waited on when available
Fixed sessions that remained stuck on the thinking indicator after the model finished responding
Mermaid diagrams now correctly display angle brackets and symbols instead of literal HTML entities in labels
Recap requests no longer trigger context-length 400 errors on long conversations
Grep searches now time out after 20 seconds by default (60s on WSL) instead of always waiting 60s

July 1, 2026Jul 1, 2026

v0.2.80

Grok Build 0.2.80

Command timeouts can now be configured per-session with a foreground-only ceiling
Background tasks and TODO lists now survive compaction and remain visible to the model
Voice dictation STT feature: uses Ctrl+Space or F8, with optional hold-to-talk on supported terminals
Contextual hints can now be toggled individually for undo, plan mode, and image input
Subagent dialogs now reliably show full transcripts on open and reopen
Recap blocks now copy only the summary body, not the header label
Vim navigation keys now type into dashboard prompts; modals properly handle Esc/Left
Network connections are now more resilient to proxy/LB drops

June 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026

v0.2.79

Grok Build 0.2.79

Contextual hints now show shortcuts like plan mode or clipboard paste when relevant
Graceful shutdowns now allow interrupted turns to resume with a configurable pause budget
Grok.com chat sessions now integrate fully with the gateway bridge for model catalog and resume
Question prompts now time out after 6 minutes instead of blocking forever
Fixed a crash that could occur during conversation integrity repairs while a turn was active
Compaction can now run part of its work in the background before it blocks the session

June 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026

v0.2.78

Grok Build 0.2.78

Chat sessions show the grok.com model catalog in the picker
Tabs pasted into the prompt now align correctly with proper cursor positioning
Pasting images into dashboard peek replies now works and survives turn cancellation
Links in /btw panels are now clickable and highlight on hover
Prompt history is now saved even on fast Ctrl+C quit
Stuck scrollback text selection can now be cleared with Esc or any non-drag input
LaTeX math now renders inside markdown tables in the TUI
Background shell commands started by the agent are now cleaned up when the CLI exits
grok update downloads have a longer timeout

June 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026

v0.2.77

Grok Build 0.2.77

Pasting images from the local clipboard now works when running commands through grok wrap
Turn status spinner now shows what the agent is waiting on (response, subagent, task output, etc.)
Double-click word selection is now a discoverable option in the Text selection setting and stays in sync with highlight behavior
Credit limit errors now show clearer upgrade or buy-credits messaging based on billing type

June 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026

v0.2.76

Grok Build 0.2.76

Auto permission mode is now added to the top of Shift+Tab cycles and enabled by default in settings
grok agent stdio now checks for updates in the background like other modes
Idle sessions no longer send repeated empty frames to the terminal, reducing CPU usage in the terminal emulator

June 29, 2026Jun 29, 2026

v0.2.75

Grok Build 0.2.75

Prompt history (Up arrow / Ctrl+R) now shows only the current session’s prompts, with the newest selected at the bottom

June 29, 2026Jun 29, 2026

v0.2.74

Grok Build 0.2.74

Esc now cancels a running turn immediately; double-Esc clears prompt or opens rewind when idle
grok wrap now shows copy success over SSH and suggests native drag-select when paste fails
Clipboard copy now succeeds reliably on Wayland and KDE desktops instead of showing false positives

June 28, 2026Jun 28, 2026

v0.2.73

Grok Build 0.2.73

New "Keep text selection highlight" setting keeps drag selections visible until dismissed
Doubled lines after tab switches or focus changes in tmux or editor terminals are now healed
Clipboard copy now only shows success when the pasteboard actually received the text via a trusted path

June 28, 2026Jun 28, 2026

v0.2.72

Grok Build 0.2.72

No longer triggers browser login at startup when an API key is already configured for inference

June 27, 2026Jun 27, 2026

v0.2.71

Grok Build 0.2.71

Fixed grok agent stdio hangs on Windows when used with persistent clients such as VS Code

June 27, 2026Jun 27, 2026

v0.2.70

Grok Build 0.2.70

Added grok wrap to run any command with local clipboard support
Ctrl+4 now toggles the prompt queue on local macOS VS Code terminals
Session recaps (/recap and return-from-away) now show the full summary instead of being cut off mid-sentence
Vim mode now focuses the prompt when you press / on a brand-new empty session
Fixed grok agent stdio startup hangs on Windows when used with persistent clients such as VS Code or grok-desktop
/mcps list no longer shows stale disabled entries when managed gateway tools are enabled
Mermaid diagrams opened via [Open Image] now render at higher resolution instead of terminal size
Pressing r in scrollback no longer accidentally rewinds the session
Shortcuts cheatsheet now shows Ctrl+X on terminals that cannot deliver Ctrl+.
Folder trust prompts no longer re-appear for every standalone worktree clone
Reasoning effort no longer silently resets from a user-chosen value after catalog refreshes
Fixed clipboard copy inside editor terminals nested in tmux by emitting plain OSC 52

June 26, 2026Jun 26, 2026

v0.2.69

Grok Build 0.2.69

The agent dashboard now shows each agent’s model and mode in the peek panel, lets you cycle modes with Shift+Tab, collapses the Inactive section by default, and hides older idle agents behind a "N more" row
Tool usage cards for search, directory listing, file deletion and glob now render as distinct typed cards instead of generic MCP entries
The keyboard shortcuts help now shows richer descriptions and correctly scrolls wrapped text in the detail view
You can now pass --json-schema to grok -p and receive a validated JSON object instead of free text
Ctrl+L now interjects mid-turn in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and Zed terminals
Local plugins installed from your home directory are now automatically refreshed when you start a session, so new agents or skills added to the source appear immediately
The /context command now reports the same number of tool definitions that are actually sent to the model
In vim mode the agent dashboard peek no longer steals keyboard focus from the list, so j and k keep moving between agents
/sessions on the agent dashboard no longer freezes the interface
Dashboard now focuses the overview list immediately when agents exist

June 26, 2026Jun 26, 2026

v0.2.68

Grok Build 0.2.68

MCP servers from host integrations can now be added, replaced, or removed without restarting the session
Agent-run terminal commands now set GROK_AGENT=1 so host tools can tell them apart from interactive shells
Attached images are now saved to real disk paths so the model can read them in any terminal
/resume now selects the correct model when a saved model name is ambiguous
Slash and completion menus no longer crash if the terminal is resized while open

June 25, 2026Jun 25, 2026

v0.2.67

Grok Build 0.2.67

Added --json-schema flag for headless mode to constrain model output to a supplied JSON Schema
Idle detection can now ignore background tasks when the env flag is set (off by default)
Preview panes no longer hibernate while actively viewed or polled
Manual /rename now persists correctly and appears in /session-info even after auto title generation or resume
Find and grep now transparently use faster bfs and ugrep binaries when present in the harness

June 25, 2026Jun 25, 2026

v0.2.66

Grok Build 0.2.66

Custom sandbox profiles can now kernel-deny specific files and directories for reads/writes
Marketplace plugins in subdirectories of a git repo can now be installed and loaded correctly
Folder trust prompt now appears before starting a session when the feature is enabled
Preview panes no longer hibernate while actively viewed
Keyboard shortcuts help now expands inline for individual entries instead of only sections
Idle detection can now ignore background tasks when the env flag is set (off by default)
Sandbox deny lists now accept glob patterns like **/*.pem in addition to exact paths
Local MCP servers now auto-recover after disconnects or session expiry
OIDC sessions with XAI_API_KEY present no longer lose refresh on idle
Inline video previews now show an install command only when the package manager is on PATH
list_dir now reliably shows all immediate child directories even inside large monorepos
Clicking a model in the dashboard /model dropdown no longer opens the wrong session
Strikethrough now only applies to ~~double tildes~~; single ~tildes~ render literally
Session cycling with Ctrl+[ / ] now switches from the session you are currently viewing
Prompt history (Up / Ctrl+R) now shows the complete recent list instead of a scrambled partial one
Authentication now correctly prefers the session method when both API key and cached token are present
xychart-beta diagrams with category labels now render correctly as images

June 24, 2026Jun 24, 2026

v0.2.65

Grok Build 0.2.65

grok -w --ref <branch> now creates worktrees based on the specified ref instead of HEAD
Unidentified Windows consoles are now treated as Windows Terminal for capability decisions
Esc in the dashboard input now moves focus to the list without clearing your typed draft
Copying a tool header now copies just the path or command, not the Read/Run label
Execute activity lines and headers no longer repeat a redundant cd into the session directory
Inline video previews now show an install hint instead of a spinner when ffmpeg is missing
Headless and stdio sessions no longer start unnecessary filesystem watchers, saving CPU and IO
Scrolling feels more responsive in VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf integrated terminals

June 24, 2026Jun 24, 2026

v0.2.64

Grok Build 0.2.64

Dashboard now displays the current directory and branch; click or press Ctrl+L to change location, or Ctrl+W to dispatch new agents into fresh git worktrees
/recap now appears as a collapsible tool-style block with a loading spinner while generating
Dashboard arrow keys open agent details and exit overlays; closing an agent now selects the neighboring row
/usage command and credit warnings are now hidden for API-key authentication
MCP servers from your user config no longer appear labeled as project-scoped when running from your home directory

June 23, 2026Jun 23, 2026

v0.2.63

Grok Build 0.2.63

Fixed hook matchers so pipe-list and alias patterns no longer silently over-match unrelated tool names

June 23, 2026Jun 23, 2026

v0.2.62

Grok Build 0.2.62

Hosts can now register hooks over the agent connection instead of only on-disk files
Prompt and /usage warnings now correctly reflect prepaid credits and auto top-up status
Desktop clients can now detect when a terminal is busy running a foreground process
TODO list remains visible to the model after compaction so it can continue working on pending items
/recap is now available by default — it generates a quick summary of your current session so you can catch up on what’s happened so far
MCP server connections no longer time out during slow cold starts of stdio servers that download dependencies
File paths containing spaces (e.g. macOS app bundles) are now correctly turned into clickable hyperlinks in the terminal
Resume now correctly picks the most recently active session instead of one that only had metadata updates
/goal slash command now appears in the menu on the welcome screen before any prompt is sent when the feature is enabled
Session picker no longer shows a stale row highlight when keyboard focus moves to the search bar
Usage percentages in /usage and warnings now match backend flooring and show pay-as-you-go limits when applicable
Team accounts can now list sessions after re-login; previously returned 403 on conversations API

June 22, 2026Jun 22, 2026

v0.2.61

Grok Build 0.2.61

Closing a terminal tab with a running process now shows a confirmation dialog instead of killing it immediately
/usage now shows prepaid credits balance and auto top-up status
Clipboard copy on Wayland now also tries wl-copy; per-leg outcomes are now logged for diagnostics
Goal mode toggles and limits can now be set in config.toml under the [features] table
All /goal options (toggles, limits, role models) are now configurable together in a [goal] table
Clipboard copies from VS Code over SSH now warn when non-ASCII text may be garbled
Focus reports no longer leak as literal text when split across reads over SSH
--disable-web-search now honored in grok -p and grok agent; auxiliary model routing respects catalog overrides
Focus events now fire correctly for SSH-split focus reports
--disable-web-search is now honored in grok -p and grok agent; auxiliary model routing respects catalog overrides
Session last-active timestamps and message counts no longer regress under concurrent writers
iTerm2 now always uses text/metadata image fallback instead of broken OSC 1337 overlays
Model switches no longer leave the prompt queue stuck after a reconnect
Closing a terminal tab with a running process no longer shows a confirmation dialog
Custom agent profiles now correctly use the harness required by their pinned model
Subagents under custom profiles now adopt the correct harness from the parent’s model
Changelog and release-notes modals now scroll with the mouse wheel and arrow keys

June 21, 2026Jun 21, 2026

v0.2.60

Grok Build 0.2.60

/resume now shows sessions from your current working directory’s repo at the top of the list
Too-wide Mermaid diagrams now show a hint below the fallback box pointing to the Open Image button
Cancel behavior for running subagents can now be set to always stop or always continue in config.toml
Compaction no longer hangs indefinitely when the summarizer stream stalls after the server has finished
Slash command completion now shows consistent suggestions and remembers recently used commands
Queued prompts now reappear reliably after deleting the last item and re-queuing
Headless sessions no longer produce authentication error noise from unauthenticated MCP servers
Mermaid flowchart labels with long identifiers are now kept whole instead of being cut mid-word
Cmd+Backspace now deletes only from the cursor to the start of the line instead of clearing the whole prompt
Inline Mermaid previews now break long identifiers at word boundaries instead of mid-segment
Signed git commits no longer corrupt the TUI by letting pinentry draw over the screen
Arrow keys now move the prompt cursor or open history while a /btw answer panel is visible
Long option descriptions in question prompts now expand fully when the row is focused
Large MCP tool results are now truncated inline and saved to disk to avoid unnecessary context compaction

June 19, 2026Jun 19, 2026

v0.2.59

Grok Build 0.2.59

Session recaps no longer display doubled labels and manual recap now correctly suppresses the next automatic recap

June 19, 2026Jun 19, 2026

v0.2.58

Grok Build 0.2.58

Terminal command output files are now capped at 5 GB during execution and truncated to 64 MB after the process exits
Interjection messages now display the actual user text instead of a generic header
The legacy agent command is now kept in sync with grok after running grok update
Headless (grok -p) runs now wait for background tasks and subagents to finish before exiting

June 18, 2026Jun 18, 2026

v0.2.57

Grok Build 0.2.57

Improved resilience to network blips during long responses by resuming instead of failing the turn
grok plugin install <name> now resolves plugins from registered marketplaces instead of only local paths
Fixed cases where long-running conversation compaction could hang indefinitely
Notification hooks now fire only for real user-attention events and no longer trigger constantly during tool use
Fixed literal display of HTML entities such as < and > in responses and tool output
Typing [ in the pager prompt no longer appears delayed
Copy now tries all available Linux clipboard tools so paste works reliably in more terminals

June 18, 2026Jun 18, 2026

v0.2.56

Grok Build 0.2.56

resume_from now continues a finished sub-agent in place instead of forking a new conversation
grok sessions delete <id> now lets you permanently remove a session from the CLI
MCP server connections no longer get torn down during rapid config reloads
Stale leader processes are now cleaned up when leader mode is disabled via config or remote settings
Sandbox profile is now preserved when resuming sessions so commands continue to work as before
list_dir now shows more relevant files when a large directory appears early in alphabetical order
Cancel button in turn status always shows [stop]; queue pane highlight now follows theme changes
grok quit no longer hangs when background git or network tasks are slow
The token count shown after auto-compaction now matches the context bar exactly
The git branch icon now renders correctly in iTerm2 without a Nerd Font
list_dir now gives clearer guidance when a directory is too large, using the actual tool names available in your session
Ctrl+Enter now sends the prompt when the agent is idle (same behavior as Enter)
resume_from now correctly continues a sub-agent in the same working directory it was using before
Files with non-ASCII names (e.g. Chinese) no longer crash the session when plan mode checks for markdown
Session lists (welcome screen, /resume, grok sessions list) are now sorted by the same activity time shown in the UI
Fixed bash tool failures when models send numeric arguments such as timeout as JSON strings instead of numbers
Prevented crashes during bash command output streaming when building progress frames
Disabled inline image rendering on iTerm2 terminals where scrollback overlays cannot be supported
Fast tools like grep now show as completed immediately even when other tools in the same round are still running
Long sessions that display inline images no longer grow to multi-GB memory usage

June 16, 2026Jun 16, 2026

v0.2.55

Grok Build 0.2.55

Added option to fully disable the hunk tracker via --hunk-tracker-mode, GROK_HUNK_TRACKER, or config
Windows install scripts now download and run cleanly via irm | iex without spurious BOM errors
Tables and wide content no longer leave stray characters next to timestamps in the scrollback
Mermaid diagrams now render node labels cleanly without HTML tags or raw markdown syntax
MCP servers using HTTP now recover automatically after temporary connection drops instead of becoming permanently unavailable
Very long sessions can now scroll all the way to the bottom of the conversation history

June 16, 2026Jun 16, 2026

v0.2.54

Grok Build 0.2.54

Rewind now works end-to-end across conversation and file state with proper CAS handling
Git branch icons now render correctly on Windows without Nerd Fonts
Mermaid diagrams now render inline without the model suggesting external viewers
MCP connection errors now show the actual failure reason to the model
MCP servers with noisy stdout no longer disconnect unexpectedly
Usage warnings now always display "Usage left: N%" instead of varying between "Free credits left" and "Credits left"
Window title no longer flashes or oscillates during permission prompts while the terminal window is focused
Fixed pager freezes and 100% CPU usage when rendering very long agent reasoning outputs with thousands of styled spans

June 15, 2026Jun 15, 2026

v0.2.53

Grok Build 0.2.53

Minor bug fixes

June 15, 2026Jun 15, 2026

v0.2.52

Grok Build 0.2.52

Tool auto-approval state is now tracked end-to-end in server-side agent sessions
ER diagrams now render as entity boxes with attributes and relationships in the TUI
New "Respect manual folds" setting keeps hand-expanded blocks stable while content streams in
Ctrl+X now stops running turns or closes sessions from inside the agent detail view
Grok can now export usage metrics and events to your own OpenTelemetry collector when enabled
WezTerm users now receive guidance when Shift+Enter fails because kitty keyboard protocol is disabled
Long-running sessions now tell the model when the local calendar date changes past midnight
Agent Dashboard now works without leader mode and shows local idle sessions from disk
Fixed oversized session replay logs that prevented large sessions from loading
MCP server connections no longer flood reconnects on repeated stream errors
Mermaid PNG export now handles quoted cardinalities in class diagrams and readable ER rows on dark theme
Skill catalog no longer shows duplicate "Use when:" labels and check-work skill now prompts the model to read its instructions
Compaction now rejects overly-short summaries that would discard real conversation state
Background tasks no longer emit spurious failure messages when a session is resumed
Fixed Windows path handling so external tools and model prompts receive clean paths without \?\ prefixes
Images and media no longer remain visible when switching from an agent view to the dashboard
Clipboard paste (Ctrl+V) now works for images on pure Wayland sessions
Modals such as /sessions no longer crash on narrow terminals
ptyctl resize now correctly notifies the child process
Concurrent updates to the same version no longer fail with permission or EEXIST errors
Mermaid diagrams containing CJK or other non-Latin text now render correctly instead of tofu boxes
grok dashboard now reliably opens the dashboard instead of silently falling through to a normal session
Sessions no longer remain blocked forever after a transient model catalog outage during reconnect
Cancel no longer leaves the interface stuck on "Cancelling…" after lost responses during reconnects
Forked sessions now retain the parent’s full pre-compaction transcripts instead of only the compacted summary
web_fetch errors on GitHub hosts now recommend using the gh CLI when internal access is blocked
MCP server connections no longer hang when stdio servers emit undecodable lines
Ctrl+C cancels now complete in under 50 ms instead of blocking for seconds
Repeated varied edit failures on one file no longer trigger doom-loop warnings or terminations
Compaction now reuses cached prompt prefix instead of full prefill
Compaction summaries now use the concise trained prompt for non-cursor agents

June 11, 2026Jun 11, 2026

v0.2.51

Grok Build 0.2.51

grok mcp add now accepts positional arguments (e.g. grok mcp add filesystem -- npx ...), supports --scope project, and adds -e/-H flags for env/headers
Mermaid flowcharts now render subgraph blocks as titled frames with correct internal and cross-boundary edges
Class diagrams in Mermaid now render as proper UML boxes with attributes, methods and inheritance arrows instead of raw source
Permission prompts now accept a double-click on an option to submit it, matching the existing Enter and number-key shortcuts
New /code-review slash command now ships with the CLI and is always available
Plan mode exit reminders no longer appear after the model has already started implementing the plan
Expanded thinking blocks in scrollback now remain expanded when the agent finishes them
grok update no longer downloads the same binary twice when multiple updaters or leader checks run concurrently
Background task IDs after /compact are now shown verbatim so the model can reference them correctly in later tool calls
Typing / while scrollback is focused now focuses the prompt and opens the slash-command dropdown
Dashboard empty state is now a single hint line; dispatch and peek placeholders appear only when unfocused
Fixed memory leaks that could cause the CLI to use tens of gigabytes during long sessions with many tool calls
Login on SSH or headless machines now tells you when the browser cannot be opened automatically and shows the URL to visit manually
Fixed git clone failures on Windows when the CLI tries to clone marketplace plugins into ~/.grok
Large code blocks inside lists no longer cause multi-second UI stalls while streaming responses

June 11, 2026Jun 11, 2026

v0.2.50

Grok Build 0.2.50

Mermaid flowcharts now render edge crossings clearly instead of fusing unrelated connections
Sequence diagrams with activate, autonumber, par, and more now render instead of showing parse errors
MCP servers menu and slash commands now work when starting grok outside a project directory
Ctrl+W in the prompt now deletes whole words like bash instead of stopping at punctuation
Login no longer quits when an authentication code contains the letter q

June 11, 2026Jun 11, 2026

v0.2.49

Grok Build 0.2.49

Marketplace plugin listings now show skills, MCP servers, and commands when the catalog is published
Mermaid flowcharts now render with fewer avoidable edge crossings
stateDiagram mermaid blocks now render as Unicode diagrams instead of source fallback
Skill reloads no longer corrupt active tool calls or produce duplicate results in the conversation
grok --resume now correctly finds the real session instead of failing on empty image-only folders
Pasted images and relative paths now use the correct directory when resuming a session created elsewhere
Mermaid flowcharts now correctly render node groups, arrow endings, self-loops and line styles
Fixed "unknown session id" errors that occurred after the leader process crashed or was killed
Pasted images now survive interjections and queue edits instead of being dropped
Managed MCP connectors (Slack, Linear, etc.) now appear correctly when using leader mode

June 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026

v0.2.47

Grok Build 0.2.47

stateDiagram Mermaid blocks now render as diagrams instead of source fallback
Pasted images now survive interjections and queue edits instead of being dropped
Managed MCP connectors (Slack, Linear, etc.) now appear correctly when using leader mode

June 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026

v0.2.46

Grok Build 0.2.46

Mermaid flowcharts now render with fewer avoidable edge crossings
Fixed grok --resume failing on empty image-only session folders left by cross-directory pastes
Fixed pasted images and relative paths using the wrong directory after cross-cwd resume
Fixed Mermaid flowcharts that silently rendered wrong diagrams for & groups, circle/cross endings and self-loops
Fixed zsh tab-completion for subcommands after the optional prompt argument was added
Parallel tool calls on the same path now execute concurrently

June 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026

v0.2.45

Grok Build 0.2.45

Mermaid diagrams now render to images when you click Open in a code block (on by default)
Fixed rare conversation corruption when skills changed while a tool call was still running
Fixed grok --resume failing on empty image-only session folders left by cross-directory pastes
Fixed pasted images and relative paths using the wrong directory after resuming a session from another folder
Welcome screen logo no longer renders as invalid characters on legacy Windows command prompts and PowerShell
Fixed "unknown session id" errors that occurred after the leader process crashed or was killed

June 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026

v0.2.44

Grok Build 0.2.44

K/J keys snap the viewport to the top of previous or next assistant responses
J/K vim mode navigates between assistant responses in scrollback
sequenceDiagram mermaid blocks render as Unicode lifeline diagrams instead of source fallback
Interjecting while editing a queued prompt no longer strands the composer or blocks the queue
Mid-turn interjections now appear as separate user messages instead of being appended to tool results
Inference requests recover faster from silent engine stalls instead of waiting the full idle timeout

June 9, 2026Jun 9, 2026

v0.2.43

Grok Build 0.2.43

ask_user_question tool can now be enabled in allowlists without requiring plan-mode tools
Shift+Tab mode cycling works again in the agent view
Ctrl+C now cancels a blocking grok update cleanly instead of leaving an orphaned download

June 9, 2026Jun 9, 2026

v0.2.42

Grok Build 0.2.42

MCP servers provided at session start now persist across config hot-reloads

June 9, 2026Jun 9, 2026

v0.2.41

Grok Build 0.2.41

Compaction completion message now shows before to after token reduction instead of only the final count
Fixed token count after compaction so the displayed number no longer jumps back up on the next model response
Fixed plugin skill loading when a manifest lists skill directories directly instead of a parent skills/ folder
Fixed memory context injection on resume so the prompt prefix stays byte-stable and KV cache is preserved

June 9, 2026Jun 9, 2026

v0.2.40

Grok Build 0.2.40

grok --debug now produces per-session log files under ~/.grok/debug/ even with a leader process
Doom-loop warnings now correctly describe cycles and distinct edit failures instead of claiming identical arguments
Model list changes from config or cache now appear in already-connected TUI and IDE clients without restart

June 9, 2026Jun 9, 2026

v0.2.39

Grok Build 0.2.39

run_terminal_cmd can stream live stdout/stderr chunks when the workspace flag is enabled
/session-info now displays the current turn index
Background & operator is now allowed by default in terminal commands
Resumed subagents no longer loop forever during auto-compaction on large context windows
Background task descriptions and & rejection messages now correctly name the real parameters
Doom-loop detection no longer falsely triggers on distinct failing tool calls

June 8, 2026Jun 8, 2026

v0.2.38

Grok Build 0.2.38

Watching status line for background monitors
Default model selection fix

June 8, 2026Jun 8, 2026

v0.2.37

Grok Build 0.2.37

MCP tool result queries now list only command-line tools actually present on your system
grok update now restarts any older running leader so all clients get the new binary
Long-running bash commands that hit the timeout are now moved to the background by default instead of killed
Subagents now correctly receive web_search and x_search tools from the parent session

June 8, 2026Jun 8, 2026

v0.2.36

Grok Build 0.2.36

Large MCP tool results are now saved with the correct extension and the model receives better hints for querying them
Fixed false-positive doom-loop terminations when many parallel tool calls fail together in one batch
Fixed a crash that could occur during auto-compaction when resuming a session containing reasoning content

June 7, 2026Jun 7, 2026

v0.2.34

Grok Build 0.2.34

grok login now defaults to device code flow, which works reliably in SSH, WSL, VPN, and browser-restricted environments
Fixed a hang during auth refresh

June 7, 2026Jun 7, 2026

v0.2.33

Grok Build 0.2.33

Fixed duplicate turn output when attaching a second client to an active leader session
Fixed "Send now" on queued prompts

June 6, 2026Jun 6, 2026

v0.2.32

Grok Build 0.2.32

Slash commands from project plugins now appear correctly in every open conversation after a plugin change
Prompts submitted rapidly now stay in correct submission order in the queue
Grep searches on large repositories are now substantially faster and no longer hit the 60-second timeout

June 6, 2026Jun 6, 2026

v0.2.31

Grok Build 0.2.31

Marketplace skills without proper descriptions are now hidden from listings instead of flooding the model with tables
Prompts submitted rapidly now stay in correct submission order in the queue
Grep searches on large repositories are now substantially faster and no longer hit the 60-second timeout

June 5, 2026Jun 5, 2026

v0.2.30

Grok Build 0.2.30

A new plugin install suggestion appears above the prompt when you type a known marketplace plugin name or domain
Resumed sessions no longer pad the sticky prompt with empty rows; cancelling a turn now keeps the rest of the prompt queue intact
Cancelling a running prompt no longer leaves the interface stuck on the cancelling spinner

June 5, 2026Jun 5, 2026

v0.2.29

Grok Build 0.2.29

/rewind before a compaction boundary no longer leaves later prompts in context
Resuming large sessions is now substantially faster with no data loss

June 5, 2026Jun 5, 2026

v0.2.28

Grok Build 0.2.28

Images read via read_file are now downscaled even when small in bytes but large in pixels

June 4, 2026Jun 4, 2026

v0.2.27

Grok Build 0.2.27

Image and video generation tools now include the saved filename and session folder in their output
Monitor output no longer appears as raw XML in the conversation view during leader sessions
Windows commands containing & are no longer incorrectly rejected by run_terminal_cmd
python -c save-to-file reminder now suggests correct commands on Windows

June 4, 2026Jun 4, 2026

v0.2.26

Grok Build 0.2.26

Large pasted content no longer triggers context-window errors or breaks compaction and memory flush
API-key users can now run grok agent --leader without forced interactive login or timeouts
Compaction no longer retries endlessly on credit, size, or auth failures; shows a clear message instead
Windows PowerShell and cmd.exe no longer falsely reject commands containing &
web_fetch no longer crashes the CLI on pages whose root element matches a cleaning selector

June 3, 2026Jun 3, 2026

v0.2.23

Grok Build 0.2.23

Leader sessions can now be viewed and controlled from multiple clients with a live dashboard
Sessions can now be deleted directly from the /resume history picker
MCP plugin servers with bundled OAuth client IDs now authenticate correctly

June 3, 2026Jun 3, 2026

v0.2.20

Grok Build 0.2.20

Eliminate ghost-cell artifacts in markdown table rendering
Make monitors visible and killable to the model
Preserve soft breaks in plan preview
Add image_to_video and reference_to_video tools
Add bundled imagine skill
Convert ICO images to PNG
Resolve [Image #N] attachment references in image_edit
Open fullscreen viewer on Enter for Search and ListDir blocks
Route MCP lifecycle notifications by sessionId + bound per-server init
Route mouse-wheel scroll to /btw overlay panel
Compaction: neutralize echoed summarization instruction in summary seed
Structured compaction prompt (successor-assistant, carry-forward, <analysis> block)
Dedupe between-turn subagent completion reminders
Allow auto-update to downgrade on rollback
Dedupe MCP servers declared in both .mcp.json and plugin.json
Fix local stdio MCP servers on Windows

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

v0.2.16

Grok Build 0.2.16

Fix stuck "Starting session..." / "Connecting MCPs (0/0)..."
Show where external skills/mcps/hooks/plugins originate in grok inspect
Fix Terminal.app unsafe shortcuts
Render streaming bash output
Use LLM to derive /loop interval from the request instead of hardcoded parsing
Fix parent session state (background tasks, monitor) leaking into subagent conversations
Make Claude/Cursor skills, AGENTS, mcps, and plugins configurable
Wire --permission-mode acceptEdits to auto-approve edits
Share FS watchers by working directory
Expose btrfs snapshot worktrees via symlink
Inject UTF-8 env defaults for Windows child processes
Fix blank completed bash / code-execution cards
Fix scroll wrap on scrolling vs. shortcuts on all menus

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

v0.2.15

Grok Build 0.2.15

Remember your last permission choice across tools, with a configurable first-prompt default in config.toml

May 30, 2026May 30, 2026

v0.2.14

Grok Build 0.2.14

Open generated images and videos directly from the terminal UI via buttons or clicks
Group the background tasks panel into collapsible sections with clearer styling for monitors and loops
Generate session titles reliably using a fixed default model
Make --permission-mode override the permission_mode setting from config.toml

May 30, 2026May 30, 2026

v0.2.13

Grok Build 0.2.13

Show timestamps on pinned user messages at top of scrollback
Fix command highlighting when prompt has paste chips
Update the context-usage indicator to show tokens by default
ANSI16 fallback for themes
Better context usage breakdown/rendering
Update highlighting for /loop, monitor, tag colors
Group Subagents → Tasks → Watchers, within subagents, order by agent type (Explore, General, Plan)
Tab now cycles Prompt → Scrollback → Tasks → Prompt
Order gateway turn-completion after streamed content
Formatting: fix language-tagged fenced code blocks and fix code under a list item

May 29, 2026May 29, 2026

v0.2.11

Grok Build 0.2.11

Make tab bar arrow-focusable in picker modals (MCPs, plugins, hooks)
Show "Switched to mode" banner above prompt for Shift+Tab cycles
Instant loading indicator on model switch
Fix broken branch glyph on Windows
Fix WSL Ctrl+V image paste
Fix UX bug where /context always showed "Auto-compact at 85%"
Fix slash command autocomplete and rendering
Boost terminal video playback to 30fps
Left/Right arrows switch tabs in extensions modal
Up/Down arrows at list edges focus search input
Fix terminal resize on multiplexer
Open buttons for imagine media output
Render streaming bash tool output
Increase default retry budget to ~5 min and simplify retry UI

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

v0.2.8

Grok Build 0.2.8

Support interject action for queued prompts
Restore prompt focus on terminal tab click/FocusGained
Highlight commands in inline ghost and multi-line prompts
Reject 8×8 images on the client
Force static CRT linking on Windows to fix ARM64 DLL_NOT_FOUND
Fix dim terminal when the /rewind menu is open
Mouse-click support for cancel-turn and /rewind
Append transcript path to compaction summary
Fix stale 5-min default in monitor timeout_ms prompting
Clean up the system prompt further for task adherence

May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

v0.2.7

Grok Build 0.2.7

Wrap around on Up/Down in slash menu and history search
Restore subagent UI and replay on session resume
Fix Ctrl+Delete on Windows
Windows drag-and-drop screenshot images and Ctrl/Alt+V image input
Add Windows-friendly alternatives for Ctrl+Enter / Ctrl+;
Strip base64 string images from read_file tool calls and pass as multimodal vision tokens
Share terminal backend, scheduler, and monitor across subagent sessions
Image pipeline improvements (fix truncation, min pixels)
/login command to reauth from inside the TUI
Add /usage
Handle Cmd+A in prompt to select all text in Ghostty

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

v0.2.3

Grok Build 0.2.3

Add "Yes, and don’t ask again for anything" always-approve mode
Add alpha/stable channel indicator to welcome screen
JetBrains / JediTerm terminal detection so the TUI does not misidentify the host
Persist model ID instead of display name for default_model
Clamp Q&A height to prevent ratatui buffer overflow
Better UX for tmux-inside-ssh copy/paste issues
Store vim mode persistently in config.toml so it survives restart
Memory usage improvements for managing chat history on the hot path

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026

v0.1.220

Grok Build 0.1.220

Support gt and git in /execute-plan
Always-approve is now an option during permission selection
Fix routing for hook commands starting with tilde
Make group collapse header an independent selectable entry
Fix copy/paste on Linux Wayland (Omarchy, CachyOS, Hyprland)
Skip KKP for unknown terminals with no multiplexer (fixes broken Shift)
Paste file-path text instead of [Image #1] for non-image files
Improve legibility on legacy Windows Console Host
Delete misleading post-compaction todo reseed reminder
Auto-background long-running user-triggered bash-mode commands when invoked via !

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026

v0.1.219

Grok Build 0.1.219

Fix usage-limit bugs with prompt caching
Fix layout-shifted chars in Kitty terminal
Replace Shift+Enter with Alt+Enter on VTE-based terminals (GNOME Terminal, Ptyxis, kgx, Tilix, etc.)
Default-expand search_replace, write_file, and run_terminal_command calls on scrollback
Mixed prose + URL paste no longer silently drops prose
Fix set_images byte-length collision losing chips
Make multi-line markdown link URLs clickable across word-wrap
Clear selection when expanding a truncated group
Remove read_file duplicate-read check that breaks after compaction

May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

v0.1.218

Grok Build 0.1.218

Ctrl+X as default shortcuts-help binding on Windows
Fix image pasting and shortcuts keybinding on Linux
User-specified duration for video generation tool
Support temporary screenshot images on macOS
Validate image bytes to prevent retries
Improve compaction prompt (match training and rehydrate skills)
Increase ulimit on macOS and Linux, preventing ENOSPC errors from bricking the CLI
Multi-line image links are no longer clickable (and no longer break)

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026

v0.1.217

Grok Build 0.1.217

Proactive system-reminders to reduce laziness
Improve compaction via prompt tuning and context management
Add /export
Fix rendering on extra-large monitors
Fix grok -w crash when git index is empty
Show path on image and video generation
Show first tool call when group is expanded
/config-agents modal
Expose session agent name in session/info
Laziness detector and todo reminder
Fix UTF-8 truncation in tool-call output causing crashes

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

v0.1.214

Grok Build 0.1.214

Rolling out X search and a much faster web search
Fix Windows rendering bugs on PowerShell
Fix arrow-up keybinding in modals
Fix non-vim mode keybinding hints
Fix Cmd+Click on wrapped links
Filter out sessions that had no user input from the picker
Support hookSpecificOutput.tool_input override
Prevent crash on exit when there are MCP servers with expiring tokens
Auto-refresh Skills when plugins change

May 20, 2026May 20, 2026

v0.1.212

Grok Build 0.1.212

macOS x86_64 (Intel) support
Windows ARM64 (aarch64) support
Render links inside table cells
Shift+Enter newline insertion on Windows Terminal
Space / Enter / click toggle sections in shortcuts help modal
Enable Kitty Graphics Protocol for Warp terminal
Multi-image paste and drop
Add PowerPoint text extraction support to read_file
Hash cwd for CJK characters to fix path references
Improve compaction prompt
Condense the <user_guide> system prompt
Surface silent background sub-agent failures
Harden background tool to support no timeouts and self-kills

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

v0.1.211

Grok Build 0.1.211

Copy only path on ReadTool block
Redirect stderr to /dev/null to fix incorrect TUI text interleaving
Distinguish system- and user-initiated cancellations
Guard against crash conditions in event loop
Prevent mouse event leaks
Interactive read-file viewer
Improve pending-state UI
Lower MCP use_tool output limit to 20 KB
Fix agent waiting on background task and subagent completion
Embed read_file (images and PDFs) directly in tool-result message
Auto-update and OSC9 bug fixes
Improve skills to mitigate potential model laziness

May 18, 2026May 18, 2026

v0.1.210

Grok Build 0.1.210

Fix Windows contrast/color/theme rendering
Fix German QWERTZ AltGr on Windows
Convert session timestamps to local timezone
Add backslash continuation to plan mode
Fix auth for plugin-provided MCP servers
Default to PowerShell on Windows
Improve search tool on BM25 queries
Decrease large bash-tool output to 20k chars front-and-back
Auto-install shell completions for bash, zsh, and fish
Force-refetch managed MCP configs
Don’t auto-wake the model on cancelled/killed tasks or subagents
Return images in tool response instead of a deferred message

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026

v0.1.209

Grok Build 0.1.209

Plan-mode controls are more intuitive with improved shortcuts
Fix terminal setup for cases where copy-on-highlight or paste did not work
Improvements to how skills prompting works in Grok Build
Absolute line numbers instead of relative line numbers in the edit panel
Stop background tasks from blowing up the context window
Nudge the model to use /tmp instead of writing inline Python scripts