Cline v3.38.2 → v4.1.25: what changed
108 releases shipped between v3.38.2 (November 24, 2025) and v4.1.25 (October 16, 2026).
Changelog entries in this range
- v3.38.3 — November 27, 2025: What's Changed feat: add support for Responses API for openai-native provider [ENG-1227] [ENG-1311] by @abeatrix in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/7504 fix
- v3.39.0 — December 2, 2025: What's Changed fix: unblock opening a task when using cline account by @saoudrizwan in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/7715 Add Claude Code GitHub Workflow
- v3.39.1 — December 2, 2025: What's Changed feat: enable ModelInfoView in OpenRouterModelPicker by @arafatkatze in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/7817 v3.39.1 Release Notes by @arafatk
- v3.39.2 — December 2, 2025: What's Changed Skip reasoningdetails on microwave model by @canvrno in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/7825 feat(cerebras): add X-Cerebras-3rd-Party-Integra
- v3.40.0 — December 4, 2025: What's Changed remove unused sentry dependency by @celestial-vault in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/7823 add atomic file write by @celestial-vault in http
- v3.40.1 — December 6, 2025: Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.40.0...v3.40.1
- v3.40.2 — December 10, 2025: Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.40.1...v3.40.2
- v3.41.0 — December 11, 2025: What's Changed feat(prompt): add command output limiting guidance to capabilities by @saoudrizwan in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/7884 remote config - ad
- v3.42.0 — December 12, 2025: What's Changed Refactor Terminal Module by @arafatkatze in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/7966 expose a getAvailableSlashCommands rpc endpoint in cline cor
- v3.43.1 — December 16, 2025: What's Changed Added - GLM-4.6 - kat-coder-pro - Add parsing of env variable patterns to the mcpconfig.json Fixed - updated OpenRouter model ID from zai to z-ai
- v3.44.0 — December 16, 2025: What's Changed feat: update banner for version 3.44.0 by @arafatkatze in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/8139 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline
- v3.44.1 — December 17, 2025: What's Changed - Fixed a critical bug where local MCP servers stopped connecting after v3.42.0—all user-configured stdio-based MCP servers should now work again
- v3.44.2 — December 17, 2025: What's Changed - Polished the model picker UI with checkmarks for selected models, tooltips on Plan/Act tabs, and consistent arrow pointers across all popup mod
- v3.45.0 — December 17, 2025: What's Changed feat: add new model configuration by @abeatrix in https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/8142 feat: add Gemini 3 Flash Preview model to model picker
- v3.45.1 — December 20, 2025: - Fixed MCP settings race condition where toggling auto-approve or changing timeout settings would cause the UI to flash and revert Full Changelog: https://gith
- v3.46.0 — December 22, 2025: Added - Added GLM 4.7 model - Enhanced background terminal execution with command tracking, log file output, zombie process prevention (10-minute timeout), and
- v3.46.1 — December 22, 2025: Fixed - Remove GLM 4.6 from free models Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.46.0...v3.46.1
- v3.47.0 — January 6, 2026: Added - Added experimental support for Background Edits (allows editing files in background without opening the diff view) - Updated free model to MiniMax M2.1
- v3.48.0 — January 9, 2026: Added - Add Skills system for reusable, on-demand agent instructions - Add new websearch tooling in Cline provider - Add zai-glm-4.7 to Cerebras model list - Ad
- v3.49.0 — January 10, 2026: - Enable configuring an OTEL collector at runtime - Removing Minimax-2.1 from free model list as the free trial has ended - Improved image display in MCP respon
- v3.49.1 — January 13, 2026: Added - Add telemetry to track usage of skills feature - Add version headers to Cline backend requests - Phase in Responses API usage instead of defaulting for
- v3.50.0 — January 14, 2026: Added - Add gpt-5.2-codex OpenAI model support - Add create-pull-request skill Fixed - Fix the selection of remotely configured providers - Fix actmoderespond t
- v3.51.0 — January 15, 2026: Added - Adding OpenAI gpt-5.2-codex model to the model picker Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.50.0...v3.51.0
- v3.53.0 — January 23, 2026: Fixed - Removed grok model from free tier Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.52.0...v3.53.0
- v3.53.1 — January 24, 2026: Fixed - Bug in responses API Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.53.0...v3.53.1
- v3.54.0 — January 27, 2026: Added - Native tool calls support for Ollama provider - Sonnet 4.5 is now the default Amazon Bedrock model id Fixed - Prevent infinite retry loops when replacei
- v3.55.0 — January 28, 2026: - Add new model: Arcee Trinity Large Preview - Add new model: Moonshot Kimi K2.5 - Add MCP prompts support - prompts from connected MCP servers now appear in sl
- v3.56.0 — January 30, 2026: 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 t
- v3.56.1 — January 30, 2026: 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 t
- v3.56.2 — January 30, 2026: 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 t
- v3.57.0 — February 5, 2026: Added - Cline CLI 2.0 now available. Install with npm install -g cline - Anthopic Opus 4.6 - Minimax-2.1 and Kimi-k2.5 now available for free for a limited time
- v3.57.1 — February 5, 2026: Fixed - Fixed Opus 4.6 for bedrock provider Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v3.57.0...v3.57.1
- v3.58.0 — February 12, 2026: Added - Subagent: replace legacy subagents with the native usesubagents tool - Bundle endpoints.json support so packaged distributions can ship required endpoin
- v3.59.0 — February 12, 2026: - Added Minimax 2.5 Free Promo - Fixed Response chaining for OpenAI's Responses API Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/cli-build-024bb65...v
- v3.60.0 — February 13, 2026: - Fixes for Minimax model family Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v2.2.1-cli...v3.60.0
- v3.61.0 — February 13, 2026: - UI/UX fixes with minimax model family Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v2.2.2-cli...v3.61.0
- v3.62.0 — February 13, 2026: Fixed - Banners now display immediately when opening the extension instead of requiring user interaction first - Resolved 17 security vulnerabilities including
- v3.63.0 — February 16, 2026: Added - added zai GLM 5 Free promo Fixed - Restore reasoning trace visibility in chat and improve the thinking row UX so reasoning is visible, then collapsible
- v3.64.0 — February 17, 2026: Added - added zai GLM 5 Free promo Fixed - Restore reasoning trace visibility in chat and improve the thinking row UX so reasoning is visible, then collapsible
- v3.65.0 — February 18, 2026: Added - Add /skills slash command to CLI for viewing and managing installed skills Fixed - Fix aggressive context compaction caused by accidental clicks on the
- v3.66.0 — February 19, 2026: Added - Gemini-3.1 Pro Preview Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v2.4.1-cli...v3.66.0
- v3.67.0 — February 24, 2026: Added - Add support for skills and optional modelId in subagent configuration - Add AgentConfigLoader for file-based agent configs - Add Responses API support f
- v3.67.1 — February 24, 2026: Added - Added Cline SDK API interface for programmatic access to Cline features and tools, enabling integration into custom applications. - Added Codex 5.3 mode
- v3.68.0 — February 27, 2026: Added - Add dynamic Cline provider model fetching from Cline endpoint - Add additional Markdown formatting in CLI - Add focus indicator on action buttons in ext
- v3.69.0 — March 3, 2026: Added - Add User-Agent header to requests sent to the Cline backend - Add default auto-tag workflow for publish release flow - Show Cline SDK docs on the Cline
- v3.70.0 — March 4, 2026: Added - New Cline API docs: Getting Started, Auth, Chat Completions, Models, Errors, and SDK Examples - Hook payloads now include model.provider and model.slug
- v3.71.0 — March 6, 2026: Added - Added GPT-5.4 models for ChatGPT subscription users - Hooks: Added a Notification hook for attention and completion boundaries Fixed - Handle streamable
- v3.72.0 — March 12, 2026: Added - Added Anthropic Opus 4.6 fast mode variants Fixed - Resolved native tool placeholder interpolation in prompts - Gemini: capped Flash output tokens to 81
- v3.73.0 — March 16, 2026: Added - Added W&B Inference by CoreWeave as a new API provider with 17 models - Improved parallel tool calling support for OpenRouter and Cline providers Fixed
- v3.74.0 — March 19, 2026: Added - Implement dynamic free model detection for Cline API - Add file read deduplication cache to prevent repeated reads - Add feature tips tooltip during thi
- v3.75.0 — March 20, 2026: Added - Latency improvements for remote workspaces Fixed - Stabilize flaky hooks tests Changed - Remove example hooks in favor of reading the docs Full Changelo
- v3.76.0 — March 26, 2026: Added - Add Cline Kanban launch modal in webview; CLI now launches Kanban by default with a migration view - Add toggle to disable feature tips in chat - Add re
- v3.77.0 — April 1, 2026: Added - Add "Lazy Teammate Mode" experimental toggle - readfile tool now supports chunked reading for targeted file access Fixed - Exclude newtask tool from sys
- v3.78.0 — April 10, 2026: Added - Add a dedicated "Spend Limit Reached" error UI when spend caps are hit - Docs updates Fixed - Show actual readfile line ranges in chat UI Full Changelog
- v3.79.0 — April 16, 2026: Added - Add Claude Opus 4.7 model support - Add Azure Blob Storage as a storage provider - Add globalSkills to remote config - Inline value reuse in user-level
- v3.80.0 — April 22, 2026: Added - Wire up remote globalSkills from enterprise remote config with full UI, toggle support, and system prompt integration — enterprise-managed skills now ap
- v3.81.0 — April 24, 2026: Added - Add GPT-5.5 model support for OpenAI Codex subscription users. Fixed - Remove hardcoded "What’s New" fallback items in webview; only remote-configured w
- v3.82.0 — May 1, 2026: Added - Restore VS Code foreground terminal support and settings. - Add latest OpenAI, SAP AI Core, and Z AI models. Fixed - Fix hook template JSON escaping. -
- v3.83.0 — May 13, 2026: Fixed - Show a clear "Searching..." state in the @-mention file picker - Improve @-mention file search performance - Allow writetofile to create or overwrite fi
- v3.84.0 — May 19, 2026: Added - Add SAP AI Core support for additional hosted models Fixed - Disable the MCP "Restart Server" button when a server is toggled off. Changed - Remove the
- v3.85.0 — May 25, 2026: Added - Add GPT-5.5 support to SAP AI Core. - Add DeepSeek V4 Flash and Pro models. - Add Gemini 3.5 Flash to Gemini and Vertex providers. - Add /lg-task URI we
- v3.86.0 — May 28, 2026: Added - Add Claude Opus 4.8 provider support, including 1M-context variants where available. - Add Moonshot Kimi K2.6 model support. Fixed - Show prompt-cache s
- v3.86.1 — June 1, 2026: Fixed - Fix @ file mentions failing to find files in some environments (notably VS Code Remote SSH, and after certain VS Code updates) by keeping the file-searc
- v3.86.2 — June 1, 2026: Fixed - Fix @ file mentions and workspace file search on VS Code 1.122+ by resolving the new bundled @vscode/ripgrep-universal per-platform binary layout before
- v3.87.0 — June 3, 2026: Added - Add MiniMax M3 model support. Fixed - Update VS Code extension dependencies to resolve security issues in @xmldom/xmldom, basic-ftp, axios, undici, and
- v3.88.0 — June 5, 2026: Added - Add the latest Fireworks AI serverless models and update the default Fireworks model to Kimi K2.6. Fixed - Fix MCP server delete/add flows so settings w
- v3.88.1 — June 7, 2026: Added - Add a debug section in settings for Cline testers. Fixed - Include the walkthrough markdown files in the VS Code extension package so the first-run walk
- v3.89.0 — June 9, 2026: Added - Add Claude Fable 5 model support. Fixed - Fix MiniMax M3 thinking controls across gateways. Changed - Clean up the Codex model list. Full Changelog: htt
- v3.89.1 — June 11, 2026: Fixed - Restore the Anthropic provider on VS Code 1.123 and later, where the updated Node 24 runtime broke the bundled Anthropic SDK. - Handle the DeepSeek V4 r
- v3.89.2 — June 11, 2026: Fixed - Complete the fix for the Anthropic provider on VS Code 1.123 and later by upgrading the bundled Anthropic SDK to a release compatible with the Node 24 r
- v4.0.0 — June 26, 2026: Added - Add the SDK-backed VS Code extension runtime. Cline now runs tasks through the shared Cline SDK session layer for agent turns, tools, Plan/Act mode coor
- v4.0.1 — June 28, 2026: Changed - Roll the stable VS Code extension back to the pre-SDK-migration codebase to resolve regressions reported in 4.0.0. This release ships the 3.89.2 exten
- v4.0.2 — June 29, 2026: Added - Add reasoning effort support (including xhigh) for DeepSeek thinking models. - Improve the ClinePass provider experience with clearer reasoning controls
- v4.0.3 — June 29, 2026: Changed - Enable the ClinePass provider for all users by removing the feature-flag gate that previously fell back to the standard Cline provider. Full Changelog
- v4.0.4 — June 29, 2026: Changed - Fully remove the ClinePass feature flag so ClinePass is available everywhere in the UI — onboarding, settings, the welcome promo banner, and the credi
- v4.0.5 — June 30, 2026: Added - Add support for Claude Sonnet 5 across the Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, Claude Code, SAP AI Core, OpenRouter, and Vercel AI Gateway providers, including
- v4.0.6 — July 2, 2026: Fixed - Generalize the model capability warning so it applies more broadly. Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v4.0.5...v4.0.6
- v4.0.7 — July 9, 2026: Added - Add a ClinePass limit-reached error with a one-click option to switch to Cline usage-based billing. - Allow selecting Cline free models on the ClinePass
- v4.0.8 — July 11, 2026: Added - Add more models to the GCP Vertex provider, plus a free-form entry option in the model dropdown for specifying custom Vertex models. Full Changelog: htt
- v4.0.9 — July 16, 2026: Added - Add GPT-5.6 ChatGPT subscription models. Changed - Soften and shorten the message shown when Cline hits the consecutive mistake limit. Fixed - Handle cu
- v4.0.10 — July 20, 2026: Added - Add telemetry to track when Cline reaches the consecutive mistake limit. Full Changelog: https://github.com/cline/cline/compare/v4.0.9...v4.0.10
- v4.0.11 — July 24, 2026: Added - Add Claude Opus 5 across the Anthropic, Claude Code, Bedrock, Vertex, Cline, and OpenRouter providers, including 1M context window variants. - Add Moons
- v4.0.12 — July 28, 2026: Added - Add support for free Cline models, shown as "(free)" in the model picker, with a dedicated error card that includes the reset time when the free limit i
- v4.1.0 — July 31, 2026: What's in 4.1.0 4.1.0 converts the stable extension to a combined A/B package: one VSIX containing both the current (legacy) extension and the new SDK-based ext
- v4.1.1 — July 31, 2026: Changed - Remove vestigial MCP server-key machinery from McpHub — native MCP tool calls now route by server name instead of a random in-memory uid, so routing s
- v4.1.2 — July 31, 2026: Added - Show which extension variant is active — "Legacy" or "Next" — next to the version in the settings About page, in both bundles of the combined rollout pa
- v4.1.3 — August 2, 2026: Fixed - Stop the two bundles of the combined rollout package from invalidating each other's Cline account session. A still-open legacy window that refreshed its
- v4.1.4 — August 5, 2026: Added - Recognize Chutes as a provider. - Show skills alongside workflows in the slash command menu, and disambiguate commands that share a name instead of lett
- v4.1.5 — August 5, 2026: Added - Explain when a free model promotion ends. Requests to a retired free model now show a dedicated notice with a button to pick another model, instead of a
- v4.1.6 — August 6, 2026: Added - Offer meta/muse-spark-1.2-contributor on the Cline provider, alongside a refreshed model catalog. Fixed - Attribute error telemetry to the model actuall
- v4.1.7 — August 9, 2026: Added - Restore the "View Changes" button on completion rows, backed by SDK checkpoints, so you can review everything a task touched from the completion card. -
- v4.1.8 — August 11, 2026: Added - Enter any Vertex model ID by hand, including models the catalog doesn't list yet. - Support Fable 5 on Vertex. Changed - Show the full model catalog for
- v4.1.9 — August 13, 2026: Changed - Use the editor's foreground color for diff block text, so diffs stay legible in themes where the previous hardcoded color washed them out. - Switch th
- v4.1.10 — August 14, 2026: Everything in this release lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle and not the legacy one. The legacy bundle is unchanged fro
- v4.1.11 — August 21, 2026: Everything here lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle — except the last section, which is a legacy-bundle fix. Added - Let
- v4.1.12 — August 21, 2026: Everything here lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle. Fixed - Enforce enterprise MCP controls on the Customize marketplace
- v4.1.13 — August 22, 2026: Everything here lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle. Fixed - Restore tool calling for custom OpenAI-Compatible models who
- v4.1.14 — August 23, 2026: Everything here lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle. Added - Refresh the built-in model catalog. New entries include Clau
- v4.1.15 — August 23, 2026: Everything here lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle. Fixed - Auto-approve every MCP tool call while the "Use MCP servers"
- v4.1.16 — August 26, 2026: Everything here lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle. Fixed - Cost estimates are no longer shown for providers billed by a
- v4.1.17 — September 2, 2026: Everything here lands through the SDK bundle, so it applies to windows running that bundle. Added - ClinePass is now surfaced across the app: a card on the acco
- v4.1.19 — September 17, 2026: Added - Images attached to a model that cannot read them are now flagged instead of silently discarded. Thumbnails get a warning badge and the composer explains
- v4.1.20 — September 22, 2026: Changed - Sub-agents spawned in the same step now run their tool calls at the same time rather than one after another. Tools that must run in order still do, an
- v4.1.21 — September 24, 2026: Added - New provider: ai&, an OpenAI-compatible endpoint serving open-weight models from Japan. Changed - Refreshed the model catalog to 6,386 models across 209
- v4.1.22 — September 30, 2026: Added - New providers: Bee (by HEOSSI) and Pareto Inference (PARETOAPIKEY). Changed - Direct Anthropic requests now use Anthropic's server-side refusal fallback
- v4.1.23 — October 7, 2026: Changed - If a model's response ends without a recognized finish reason, Cline asks it to continue once instead of treating the response as complete. - Refreshe
- v4.1.24 — October 13, 2026: Changed - With no model chosen, the Cline and OpenRouter providers now use Claude Sonnet 5.5. For Cline, that's the first model in Cline's recommended list. - S
- v4.1.25 — October 16, 2026: Added - Cline Cloud sessions, rolling out gradually: run a task in a hosted sandbox on a GitHub repo and branch you pick. Turn it on in Settings. Cloud tasks sh