Factory Droid v1.6.0
Factory Droid v1.6.0 was released on .
Summary
Droid 1.6.0 is here: /side opens Side Chat, Settings and Skills get a cleaner layout, and worktree archiving is faster. Plus telemetry and window-dragging fixes. What else changed?
Release Context
- This was the 64th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v1.5.0 (November 6, 2026).
- Factory Droid: ships every 1.6 days — 24 releases in the last month.
Why it matters: Side chat lands with /side.
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- Amp 2026.11.10 (November 10, 2026)
- v0 2026.11.10 (November 10, 2026)
- Grok Build v1.0.80 (November 9, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.321 (November 9, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.108 (November 9, 2026)
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Release Notes
CLI v1.6.0, Desktop v1.6.0: Side chat with /side, desktop telemetry and dragging fixes, and tidier settings and skills screens New features - Side chat with /side - The /side command now opens Side Chat, matching /btw Improvements - Settings page layout - Settings pages now space sections evenly and share one loading, empty, and error state - Faster worktree session archiving - Archiving or deleting a worktree session no longer waits for its checkout files on macOS and Linux - Bug report export note - The bug report modal's export note now matches the smaller body text around it - Session view while verifying computers - Verifying a Droid Computer's identity no longer reloads the session view you are reading - Create Skill modal layout - The Create Skill modal now leads with the description field, then examples and a short how-it-works list - Skills search focus - Opening the skills browser now focuses its search field so typing filters the list - Custom deployment sign-in naming - Sign-in now offers a Factory Custom Deployment instead of naming it Factory Private - New session startup - Starting a new session no longer flashes Initializing Session before the session opens Bug fixes - Steered background Task answers - A background Task now reports its final answer when you steer a message into it - Sidebar header window dragging - You can again drag the desktop window by the open sidebar header - Telemetry setting in Desktop - The desktop app now honors telemetry turned off in your user or organization settings - Sidebar text font - The sidebar profile name and the Show more row now use the sidebar font - Paused computer status - A paused Droid Computer no longer shows as running after a delayed status update
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v1.7.0 (November 10, 2026)
- v1.4.0 (November 5, 2026)
- v1.3.0 (November 4, 2026)
- v1.2.0 (November 3, 2026)
- v1.1.0 (October 30, 2026)
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