Factory Droid v1.4.0

Factory Droid v1.4.0 was released on .

Summary

Loops now run on Droid Computers and keep their schedule through idle pauses. Plus, session resume and Windows command fixes landed. Curious what else changed in 1.4.0?

Release Context

  • This was the 62nd Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v1.3.0 (November 4, 2026).
  • Factory Droid: ships every 1.6 days — 23 releases in the last month.

Why it matters: Loops now run on Droid Computers, even while idle.

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Release Notes

CLI v1.4.0, Desktop v1.4.0: Loops on Droid Computers, session resume and Windows command fixes, and clearer app panels New features - Loops on Droid Computers - Loops now run on Droid Computers and keep their schedule across idle pauses Improvements - Environment panel popover tooltips - Tooltips in the environment panel popover now open beside it instead of covering nearby rows - Empty usage table message - The usage limit table now says No usage found when it lists no rows - Long session updates - Droid now spends far less time and memory refreshing sessions with thousands of messages - Session tree view - The /tree view stays readable in long sessions, and /sessions groups forked sessions together - Secret name entry - A computer secret name now uppercases as you type, with a clearer placeholder and error text - Image preview toolbar - Navigation, zoom, download, and close now share one floating toolbar in the image preview - Loading placeholders - Loading placeholders in the session sidebar and the new computer repository list are now visible Bug fixes - Usage bar label alignment - Bars in a usage list now share one start and length instead of shifting per row - Messages during environment launch - A message sent while an environment starts now arrives even if you leave the session page - Icons beside long labels - An icon next to a truncated label now keeps its size instead of shrinking to a sliver - Notion artifact titles - Notion pages and databases in the environment panel now show their real titles - Text size inside alerts - Text nested in an alert now matches the alert description size instead of rendering larger - Resuming after a task ends - Resuming right after a delegated task finishes no longer fails with an exit error - Resumed session saving - Resuming an older session now saves its messages and settings instead of silently dropping each turn - Exit while a session loads - Pressing Ctrl+C while a session is still loading now stops its work before Droid exits - Windows command cleanup - Commands on Windows no longer wait five seconds for cleanup on a busy machine - Queued messages for offline machines - A queued message for an offline remote machine now waits instead of resending and repeating notices - Droid Shield on large renames - A change with many renamed files no longer pushes Droid Shield into an extra approval - Stopped delegated task waits - Droid stops waiting on a delegated task that was shut down while its approval went unanswered - Models added mid-session - Picking a model your organization added after the session started no longer fails as unknown - Unreachable computer on follow-up - A follow-up now reboots a computer that stays unreachable and reconnects instead of failing - Plugin marketplace syncing - A plugin marketplace whose manifest starts with a byte order mark now syncs instead of failing

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