Factory Droid v0.238.0
Factory Droid v0.238.0 was released on .
Summary
CLI v0.238.0, Desktop v0.195.0: Chat history on scroll, a stricter telemetry opt-out, plus Script, plugin, and MCP improvements New features - Older chat messages on scroll - Older messages now loa...
Release Context
- This was the 42nd Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v0.237.0 (October 9, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
CLI v0.238.0, Desktop v0.195.0: Chat history on scroll, a stricter telemetry opt-out, plus Script, plugin, and MCP improvements New features - Older chat messages on scroll - Older messages now load as you scroll up instead of needing a button Improvements - Remote Control naming - Registering your own computer for remote access is now called Remote Control - Running Scripts after compaction - Droid keeps track of Scripts still running after a session compacts - Plugin loading at startup - Startup no longer waits on plugin downloads, and installed plugins stay available while updates finish - Long Script waits - Droid can now wait on a running Script for about an hour instead of stopping early - MCP server display names - MCP servers now show their official names in settings, the tools view, and search Bug fixes - Context view for custom models - The /context view now sizes itself from a custom model's declared context limit - Telemetry opt-out - Turning telemetry off now stops every Factory-bound log, trace, and metric from the CLI - Pinned sessions in the sidebar - Pinned sessions now show their details even when they fall outside your recent history - Files created under sudo - Running Droid with sudo no longer leaves files in your Factory folder owned by root - Faster reconnect after sleep - Remote Control reconnects a computer sooner after it sleeps instead of waiting out the full timeout Security - Editor MCP server access - The editor MCP server now accepts only local connections and rejects browser requests
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v0.245.0 (October 20, 2026)
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- v0.240.0 (October 13, 2026)
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