Factory Droid v0.251.0
Factory Droid v0.251.0 was released on .
Summary
Droid 0.251.0 is here: pick plugins straight from your marketplaces, smoother typing after big pastes, and a cleaner transcript. Legacy analytics links now land on the new Analytics pages. What will you try first?
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).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
CLI v0.251.0, Desktop v0.208.0: Faster session and composer rendering, clearer transcript grouping, wiki and enterprise fixes, and retired legacy pages New features - Marketplace plugin picker - Admins now choose plugins from their registered marketplaces instead of typing plugin names by hand Improvements - Background session updates - The open session no longer redraws when a background session changes its state (app) - Hiding sidebar items - A hidden sidebar item now folds away instead of snapping the list shut (app) - Composer typing after a paste - Typing stays responsive after you paste a long log into the composer (app) Bug fixes - Model switch notice - A session now explains why your model changed when your plan no longer covers it (app) - Connector run grouping - A long run of connector actions now stays in one transcript group instead of splitting (app) - Pull requests from shell scripts - A pull request Droid opens inside a shell script now appears on its session - Wiki reader header actions - The wiki reader's version, export, share, and refresh buttons now respond, and a narrow header fits (app) - Transcript row spacing - A blank gap no longer opens between Droid's thinking and the tool it runs next (app) - Usage by Session card - The Personal Usage page now keeps its Usage by Session card instead of dropping it - Self-hosted Git connections - A self-hosted GitHub or GitLab connection no longer disconnects when two token refreshes overlap Deprecations - Legacy analytics pages - The legacy analytics pages are retired, and their saved links open the matching page in Analytics - Onboarding checklist - The post-onboarding checklist is gone, and New Session starter ideas suggest what to try next (app)
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v0.248.0 (October 23, 2026)
- v0.247.0 (October 22, 2026)
- v0.245.1 (October 21, 2026)
- v0.246.0 (October 21, 2026)
- v0.245.0 (October 20, 2026)
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