Grok Build v0.2.55
Grok Build v0.2.55 was released on .
Summary
Grok Build 0.2.55 makes Windows installation seamless and fixes display issues that were cluttering your scrollback with stray characters. We've also improved reliability for long sessions and better diagram rendering. Check out what else we've refined under the hood.
Release Context
- This was the 47th Grok Build release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped the same day as Grok Build v0.2.54 (June 16, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.141.0 (June 18, 2026)
- Gemini CLI v0.47.0 (June 18, 2026)
- Devin Desktop v3.2.19 (June 18, 2026)
- Cursor v3.8 (June 18, 2026)
- Devin Desktop v3.2.23 (June 18, 2026)
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Release Notes
Grok Build 0.2.55
- Added option to fully disable the hunk tracker via --hunk-tracker-mode, GROK_HUNK_TRACKER, or config
- Windows install scripts now download and run cleanly via irm | iex without spurious BOM errors
- Tables and wide content no longer leave stray characters next to timestamps in the scrollback
- Mermaid diagrams now render node labels cleanly without HTML tags or raw markdown syntax
- MCP servers using HTTP now recover automatically after temporary connection drops instead of becoming permanently unavailable
- Very long sessions can now scroll all the way to the bottom of the conversation history
Other Recent Grok Build Releases
- v1.0.13 (August 28, 2026)
- v1.0.12 (August 27, 2026)
- v1.0.11 (August 26, 2026)
- v1.0.10 (August 24, 2026)
- v1.0.9 (August 24, 2026)
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