Grok Build v0.2.84

Grok Build v0.2.84 was released on July 3, 2026.

Summary

Grok Build 0.2.84 now updates announcements live without interruptions and shows your model's thinking process in real time. We've also made critical announcements more prominent with better controls, plus improvements for air-gapped environments and container support. See wha...

Release Context

This was the 76th Grok Build release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
It shipped 1 day after Grok Build v0.2.83 (July 2, 2026).

Shipped around the same time

Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:

Devin Desktop v3.4.22 (July 4, 2026)
Claude Code v2.1.201 (July 3, 2026)
Claude Code v2.1.200 (July 3, 2026)
Antigravity CLI v1.0.16 (July 2, 2026)
Kiro CLI v2.11.0 (July 2, 2026)

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Release Notes

Grok Build 0.2.84

Announcements now update live during active sessions without restart or /new
Hiding an announcement no longer suppresses later criticals; new ones reappear automatically
run_terminal_cmd now requires a one-sentence description rationale in every invocation
ask_user_question timeout policy is now configurable in config.toml and /settings
Ask-Question timeout can now be toggled from /settings (Agent & Approval)
Thinking/reasoning blocks are now shown by default while the model is working
Critical announcements now show a red title with a clickable [hide] button and aligned message
Added remote_fetch option under [features] in config.toml to disable all backend catalog and settings fetches for air-gapped environments
Images pasted or read from GIF, BMP or TIFF files are now automatically converted so they work with image generation
Queue panel now shows action buttons on hover and the status bar displays a compact done/total task count
Hook matchers now correctly see the real MCP tool name instead of the internal dispatcher name
Copy now succeeds when running inside containers even when the terminal brand cannot be detected
Tool result previews no longer paint opaque panels in grok --minimal
grok wrap now correctly handles quoted strings and shell aliases
Text selection settings now correctly honor explicit keep_text_selection values even when legacy keys remain
Fixed a freeze that could occur when editing and sending the last message in the queue
Fixed a startup crash on minimal Linux systems lacking system CA certificates
Grep now stops early on broad searches, returning faster results with far less memory use
Idle CPU and memory usage after long sessions or resume is now dramatically lower

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