Factory Droid v1.9.0

Factory Droid v1.9.0 was released on .

Summary

Droid 1.9.0 is out: right-click any link to open it in your browser, run more Tasks at once without hitting limits, and enjoy fewer stuck sessions. There are plenty of fixes under the hood too, including one you'll want to see.

Release Context

  • This was the 67th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v1.7.0 (November 10, 2026).
  • Factory Droid: ships every 1.4 days — 23 releases in the last month.

Why it matters: Right-click any web link to open it in your browser.

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Release Notes

CLI v1.9.0, Desktop v1.9.0: Open in Browser links, hook fixes, safer file edits, and fewer stuck sessions New features - Open in Browser menu - Right-clicking a web link in the desktop app now offers Open in Browser, which opens your default browser Improvements - Task concurrency limits - Running many Tasks at once no longer fails on a separate limit, and new sessions keep room to start - Public API reference - The public API reference now gives every operation a stable identifier and consistent error responses Bug fixes - Hook entry validation - One invalid hook entry no longer disables the rest of the file, and Droid reports it - Transcript position on resize - The transcript keeps its place instead of sliding under the composer when the composer changes height - Tasks inside Script runs - A Task no longer blocks the other calls in a Script run, and a failed run names the Tasks it stopped - Personal code provider connect - A personal code provider row now explains that your organization must set up its app instead of opening setup - Autonomy level in hooks - Hooks in an exec run now report the run's autonomy level and working directory from the first event - Sign-in errors during outages - A sign-in service outage now returns a temporary error instead of telling you to sign in again - Plugin hook environment - Plugin hooks now run with their own environment and arguments, and a plugin manifest's hooks load with it - Enterprise control history actors - Enterprise control history now names every actor instead of leaving some unnamed in a large organization - Pending tool calls on reload - A tool call Droid will never run now ends as interrupted instead of returning as pending on reopen - Approved edits and rewind - Approved edits now match the preview you saw, and rewinding a moved file restores it instead of losing it - Stopping a stalled session - Stopping a session is now answered instead of waiting behind an earlier request that never finished - Windows file writes - Saving on Windows no longer fails when another Droid process releases the same file's lock - Sandboxed Script on Linux - Sandboxed Script now starts on Linux hosts where its sandbox tools sit outside the default search path - Hooks with large inputs - A large message no longer stops a hook from running, and one failing hook keeps the others' results - Slack workspace reinstall - Reinstalling Factory in a new Slack workspace now matches your members again instead of leaving them unlinked - Custom Droid tool restrictions - Editing a custom Droid now keeps its tool restriction instead of giving it every tool - Checkout cleanup safety - A session's checkout is now kept when a commit lands while its cleanup runs Security - Organization owner safeguards - Concurrent member changes can no longer leave an organization without an Owner

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