Cline v3.56.1
Cline v3.56.1 was released on .
Summary
Added - CLI authentication: Added Vercel AI Gateway and Cline API key provider support for headless CI/automation workflows - New model: Added Kimi-K2.5 model to Moonshot provider (262K context, im...
Release Context
- This was the 12th Cline release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped the same day as Cline v3.56.0 (January 30, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
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Release Notes
Added - CLI authentication: Added Vercel AI Gateway and Cline API key provider support for headless CI/automation workflows - New model: Added Kimi-K2.5 model to Moonshot provider (262K context, image support, prompt caching) - Prompt variant: Added Trinity Large prompt variant for improved tool-calling support - OpenTelemetry: Added support for custom headers on metrics and logs endpoints - Social links: Added community icons (X, Discord, GitHub, Reddit, LinkedIn) to the What's New modal Fixed - LiteLLM: Fixed thinking configuration not appearing for reasoning-capable models - OpenTelemetry: Fixed endpoint path handling (no longer incorrectly appends /v1/logs or /v1/metrics) and ensured logs are sent regardless of VSCode telemetry settings - CLI auth: Fixed cline auth displaying incorrect provider information after configuration Changed - Hooks: Hook scripts now run from the workspace repository root instead of filesystem root - Default settings: Enabled multi-root workspaces, parallel tool calling, and skills by default; disabled strict plan mode by default - Settings UI: Refreshed feature settings section with collapsible design Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.56.0...v3.56.1
Other Recent Cline Releases
- v4.1.25 (October 16, 2026)
- v4.1.24 (October 13, 2026)
- v4.1.23 (October 7, 2026)
- v4.1.22 (September 30, 2026)
- v4.1.21 (September 24, 2026)
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