Factory Droid v1.7.0
Factory Droid v1.7.0 was released on .
Summary
Droid 1.7.0 keeps your session sidebar snappy even during busy streams, and merge commits now check only your own conflict fixes. Curious what else changed in sign-in and token messages?
Release Context
- This was the 66th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped the same day as Factory Droid v1.7.1 (November 10, 2026).
- Factory Droid: ships every 1.6 days — 22 releases in the last month.
Why it matters: Session sidebar stays fast even during busy streaming.
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
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- Antigravity CLI v1.5.5 (November 10, 2026)
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- Antigravity CLI v1.5.4 (November 10, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.322 (November 10, 2026)
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Release Notes
CLI v1.7.0, Desktop v1.7.0: Session sidebar performance, spec and merge commit fixes, and clearer sign-in and token messages Improvements - Session sidebar performance - Streaming sessions no longer redraw the whole session list, keeping the sidebar responsive during busy sessions - Environment panel git actions - Git actions in the environment panel now open from a menu on the Changes row - Offline Droid Computer retries - An offline Droid Computer no longer retries connections in a loop that slows the session sidebar - Next question for typed answers - In a set of questions, typing your own answer now shows Next question instead of only accepting Enter - Cloud machine deprecation notices - Cloud Machine notices now name Environments as the replacement and link to Environments settings Bug fixes - Checks on merge commits - Committing a merge now checks only your conflict resolutions instead of every change the merge brings in - GitLab token scope errors - Saving a GitLab token that lacks a required scope now says so instead of calling it invalid - Sign-in walls when fetching pages - Droid now reports a page that requires sign-in and offers the matching connector to connect - Approved spec after compaction - Compacting a long session now keeps the spec you approved and the comment you left with it
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v1.6.0 (November 7, 2026)
- v1.5.0 (November 6, 2026)
- v1.4.0 (November 5, 2026)
- v1.3.0 (November 4, 2026)
- v1.2.0 (November 3, 2026)
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