Cline v4.0.11 → v4.1.25: what changed
26 releases shipped between v4.0.11 (July 24, 2026) and v4.1.25 (October 16, 2026).
Changelog entries in this range
- 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