Factory Droid v0.202.0
Factory Droid v0.202.0 was released on .
Summary
CLI v0.202.0, Desktop v0.159.0: The CLI starts faster, admins can turn image generation off, and a batch of app fixes land for sessions, billing, and markdown tables New features - Image generation...
Release Context
- This was the 5th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v0.200.0 (August 20, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
CLI v0.202.0, Desktop v0.159.0: The CLI starts faster, admins can turn image generation off, and a batch of app fixes land for sessions, billing, and markdown tables New features - Image generation control - Org admins can now turn off image generation for everyone in the organization - Voucher redemption - You can now redeem a voucher from your billing settings, including on an annual plan (app) Improvements - Faster CLI startup - The CLI now starts up faster - Markdown table rendering - Markdown tables in a session now render more clearly (app) - Message actions on hover - The actions for a message now appear when you hover over it (app) - Generated document downloads - Documents Droid generates now finish as files you can download (app) - Apply changes tooltip - A tooltip now explains why Apply changes is unavailable (app) Bug fixes - Lifecycle hooks - Lifecycle hooks now run again instead of being skipped - Local plugin caches - A damaged local plugin cache now repairs itself instead of leaving your plugins unavailable - Chinese translations - Simplified Chinese text in the interface is now translated correctly - Unarchived sessions - Your sessions now load right after you unarchive one (app) - Session state across pages - Your open session is kept when you move to another page in the app and come back (app) - Overage preference updates - Your overage preference now shows the new setting right after you change it (app) - Self-hosted Git connections - You can again start a self-hosted Git provider connection from Source Control settings (app) - Stray startup notification - The app no longer shows a startup notification when it connects to your local machine (app) - Complete org member list - The org members list now shows every member of your organization
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v0.245.0 (October 20, 2026)
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