Factory Droid v0.206.0

Factory Droid v0.206.0 was released on .

Summary

CLI v0.206.0, Desktop v0.163.0: Faster CLI startup, reliable session controls, project guidance across repositories, and resilient commands Improvements - Cross-repository guidance - Droid now appl...

Release Context

  • This was the 9th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 2 days after Factory Droid v0.205.0 (August 26, 2026).

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Release Notes

CLI v0.206.0, Desktop v0.163.0: Faster CLI startup, reliable session controls, project guidance across repositories, and resilient commands Improvements - Cross-repository guidance - Droid now applies project guidance when searching or listing files outside the current repository - Faster CLI startup - The CLI now accepts input sooner by postponing work until it is needed Bug fixes - Session reconnections - Long-running sessions now continue cleanly when Droid needs to reconnect - Responsive session controls - Session archiving, renaming, and selection no longer hang when favorites fail to refresh - First message cancellation - You can now cancel your first message immediately after sending it - Custom model context limits - Droid now recognizes more custom model context limit errors and recovers normally - Sleeping laptop commands - Running commands no longer time out solely because your laptop went to sleep - Connected tool cancellation - Interrupting a turn now cancels active connected tool calls instead of leaving the session stuck

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