Factory Droid v0.250.0

Factory Droid v0.250.0 was released on .

Summary

Factory Droid 0.250.0 is here: long messages collapse behind Show more, sessions show their PR state at a glance, and Slack only opens a channel for real code changes. Plus a batch of fixes. Take a look.

Release Context

  • This was the 56th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 3 days after Factory Droid v0.249.0 (October 24, 2026).
  • Factory Droid: ships every 1.2 days — 23 releases in the last month.

Why it matters: Collapsible long messages and PR status in your sessions.

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Release Notes

CLI v0.250.0, Desktop v0.207.0: Collapsible long messages, pull request state on sessions, Slack fixes, and CLI and app fixes New features - Long message collapsing - A long message you sent now starts clipped behind a Show more toggle so it no longer buries the transcript (app) - Pull request state on sessions - A session now shows whether its pull request is a draft, open, merged, or closed (app) Improvements - Slack channel decisions - Droid now opens a Slack channel only for a new code change it writes and stays in the thread otherwise Bug fixes - Browser pane page size - The browser pane now keeps its own page size instead of staying cropped by a viewport change (app) - Partial search results - A search now returns the matches found past an unreadable path, and a failed search says why - Session list renames - Renaming a session to an empty title now keeps it, and the session list tabs stay on one line - MCP settings layout - The MCP tools, add server, and registry views now keep their section spacing and title style (app) - Command cleanup with worker threads - Droid keeps stopping a command's processes when its main thread exits while other threads still run - Starter ideas spacing - The installed plugin row now sits below the starter idea cards instead of flush against them (app) - Stopped message with images - Stopping Droid now returns your mid-turn message with its images to the composer (app) - Refused safe commands - Droid no longer refuses safe commands such as batch-mode top or a redirect to /dev/null - Model after compaction - A session returns to your chosen model once compaction clears the content that forced a fallback - Recovery later in a run - A long run now recovers from a refused request again instead of only the first time - Early Slack channel messages - A message sent while a Slack code channel is still starting now waits instead of starting a second session - Duplicate Slack messages - A Slack turn no longer opens with two near-identical messages from Droid Security - Browser panel permissions - The browser panel now denies device access and asks before opening another app (app) - Folder trust on resume - Opening a saved session from another folder now asks you to trust that folder first

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