Factory Droid v0.217.0
Factory Droid v0.217.0 was released on .
Summary
CLI v0.217.0, Desktop v0.174.0: Browser shortcuts, smoother command animations, cleaner retries, and clearer organization controls Improvements - Smoother command animations - Long-running commands...
Release Context
- This was the 21st Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped the same day as Factory Droid v0.218.0 (September 11, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
CLI v0.217.0, Desktop v0.174.0: Browser shortcuts, smoother command animations, cleaner retries, and clearer organization controls Improvements - Smoother command animations - Long-running commands now keep a steady animation speed instead of visibly slowing down Bug fixes - Large request retries - Oversized requests now recover without repeating the same connection failure - Startup input handling - Terminal detection no longer leaves stray characters in the input field when Droid starts - MCP allowlist autocomplete - Selecting an MCP server suggestion now adds an allowlist entry that permits the selected server (app) - Retried response cleanup - Droid now removes unfinished response text and tool call displays before retrying an interrupted reply - Model policy name matching - Allowed models no longer fail organization policy checks when saved under an earlier name - Browser tab shortcuts - Browser tab shortcuts no longer switch Factory sessions, while numbered session shortcuts remain available in Desktop
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v0.245.0 (October 20, 2026)
- v0.243.0 (October 16, 2026)
- v0.244.0 (October 16, 2026)
- v0.242.0 (October 15, 2026)
- v0.240.0 (October 13, 2026)
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