Factory Droid v1.3.0

Factory Droid v1.3.0 was released on .

Summary

Email drafts just got editable cards you can copy or open right in your mail app. Droid also replies faster when hundreds of tools are on hand. Curious what else 1.3.0 quietly fixed?

Release Context

  • This was the 61st Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v1.2.0 (November 3, 2026).
  • Factory Droid: ships every 1.4 days — 22 releases in the last month.

Why it matters: Editable email drafts, ready to send in seconds.

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Release Notes

CLI v1.3.0, Desktop v1.3.0: Email draft cards, faster replies with many tools, and CLI connection and plugin fixes New features - Editable email draft cards - Email drafts now render as editable cards you can copy or open in your mail app Improvements - Onboarding finish on mobile - Phones and tablets now get a finish-on-your-computer note instead of desktop and CLI install cards - Instant sidebar view switching - Moving between the sessions sidebar and Settings, Wiki, or Analytics now renders at once without a slide - Faster replies with many tools - Droid starts replying sooner in sessions where hundreds of tools are available - Task permission inheritance - Tasks Droid starts now inherit the run's permission skipping instead of stalling for approval - Model switching in long sessions - Switching to a model from another provider is faster in sessions with long histories Bug fixes - MCP sign-in from remote sessions - Adding an OAuth MCP server from a session on another computer now signs in through your browser - Local notices on remote reload - Local notices such as clipboard warnings now stay in place when a remote session reloads - Computer port forward uploads - Large uploads through a computer port forward no longer lose bytes or grow memory use - GitHub plugin sources - Plugins from a GitHub source now install from that repository, and plugin errors name the cause - macOS startup with many skills - Droid no longer stalls at startup on macOS with many skill files and reloads skills behind symlinks - Reconnect attempt limits - Droid now stops after the configured reconnect attempts instead of retrying a failing connection forever Security - Public API identifier validation - Requests carrying a malformed identifier now return a validation error instead of an unexpected result

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