Factory Droid v0.215.0

Factory Droid v0.215.0 was released on .

Summary

CLI v0.215.0, Desktop v0.172.0: Streaming terminal responses, organization Web Search control, unified connector settings, and steadier sessions New features - Stream responses as they arrive - A n...

Release Context

  • This was the 17th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 3 days after Factory Droid v0.213.0 (September 5, 2026).

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Release Notes

CLI v0.215.0, Desktop v0.172.0: Streaming terminal responses, organization Web Search control, unified connector settings, and steadier sessions New features - Stream responses as they arrive - A new terminal setting renders Droid's replies and thinking progressively instead of waiting for each block to finish - Web Search control - Organization managers can now remove the Web Search tool so Droid cannot search the public web Improvements - Payment during onboarding - Paid signup now collects card or bank payment details directly in the onboarding flow (app) - Composer mode descriptions - The composer mode menu now explains what each mode does (app) - Consistent panel animations - The file tree and right panel now open and close with the session sidebar's timing (app) - Model access exceptions - Managers can now block individual models while new ones stay available under Allow All - Unified connector settings - Connectors and integrations now share one settings table, with organization availability moved under Enterprise Controls (app) - Session Wiki navigation - The session Wiki action now opens the full Wiki page instead of an inline panel (app) Bug fixes - Scrollbar and notification behavior - Interrupted scrollbar drags no longer clear text selection, and new notifications no longer inherit an earlier timer (app) - Bring your own key errors - Retry failures with your own model key can now show the provider's status code and message - Network error details - Network errors now name the host, protocol, and port that actually failed - Usage limit resets - The first message after your usage limit resets is no longer treated as over the limit - Session titles under model policy - Sessions in organizations that restrict models now get generated titles instead of failing - Expanded browser panel toolbar - The expanded browser toolbar now clears the macOS window controls and keeps its sidebar button (app) - Live command output - Running commands can now be expanded to watch their output before the result arrives (app) - Factory name on macOS - Desktop now shows the Factory name in macOS system UI instead of its executable name (app) - Computers stay active while typing - A cloud computer no longer pauses while you type in its session or reconnect to it (app) - Local MCP server sign-in - Desktop now completes MCP server sign-in on your own machine for local sessions (app) - Continued model discounts - A discounted model rate now continues when a shorter promotion on the same model expires - Fewer false secret warnings - Droid Shield no longer warns about public service identifiers that are safe to commit

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