Factory Droid v0.239.0

Factory Droid v0.239.0 was released on .

Summary

CLI v0.239.0, Desktop v0.196.0: Latest model pinning, clearer Script status, and CLI and app reliability and security fixes New features - Latest model aliases - Model flags and session defaults ca...

Release Context

  • This was the 44th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped the same day as Factory Droid v0.239.1 (October 12, 2026).

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Release Notes

CLI v0.239.0, Desktop v0.196.0: Latest model pinning, clearer Script status, and CLI and app reliability and security fixes New features - Latest model aliases - Model flags and session defaults can now pin the newest model in a tier or version line Improvements - Script status lines - Every Script run now ends with a status line carrying its result and wall time - Script progress reporting - Checking an unfinished Script run now reports its progress instead of calling it stalled - Ignored exec flag warning - Droid exec now warns which flags have no effect when you drive it with streaming input - Redesigned support page - The support page now shows version, platform, and connection details with copyable diagnostic rows Bug fixes - Script observation windows - A Script call now returns at its own wait window instead of blocking on nested work - Large attachments in requests - Older images and PDFs are dropped so a turn with large attachments still goes through - Script runs at exit - Droid exec now waits once for a running Script and names any run it stops - Request too large errors - A request refused for its size now explains that large attachments or tool output caused it - Empty update version - Droid update now rejects an empty version instead of quietly installing the latest release - Empty deployment section - General settings no longer show a deployment section with nothing in it - Compaction after a model switch - A session that switched models now compacts at the context limit instead of getting stuck - Responses with no output - Droid now stops with guidance when a model keeps ending its response before any output - Failed tool calls with images - A failed tool call that produced an image no longer makes the next request fail - Delegated tasks in exec - Droid exec no longer exits while a task it delegated in the background is still working - Repeating output recovery - Repeating output later in a turn is now retried instead of ending the turn - Staying signed in - Droid no longer signs you out when several requests renew your session at the same time Security - Credentials in wiki commands - Wiki commands now strip credentials from a repository URL before sending or printing it

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