Grok Build v1.0.13
Grok Build v1.0.13 was released on .
Summary
Grok Build 1.0.13 now handles long responses and network hiccups gracefully by continuing automatically instead of failing, while hooks give you fine-grained control over tool calls with confirmation prompts. We've also squashed dozens of edge cases across Windows, images, ses...
Release Context
- This was the 126th Grok Build release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Grok Build v1.0.12 (August 27, 2026).
Why it matters: Never lose progress, automatically recover from failures.
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.151.0 (August 29, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.251 (August 28, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.250 (August 27, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.248 (August 27, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.81 (August 27, 2026)
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Release Notes
Grok Build 1.0.13
- Length-truncated responses continue automatically instead of failing the turn
- Hooks can ask you to confirm a tool call instead of only allowing or denying
- Pasted images show a live pixel preview in the prompt box on iTerm2
- Transient inference failures (stalls, drops, 5xx) retry automatically instead of ending the turn
- Windows users can correctly open ~/.grok and worktree sessions
- Session data is saved more reliably after prompts and on power loss
- Compaction failures show the actual error instead of a generic message
- Truncation error messages show the right guidance instead of an unhelpful retry suggestion
- Truncated tool calls execute when arguments are complete instead of failing the turn
- Images larger than 2000px no longer brick sessions on many-image requests
- Wrapped hyperlinks in the pager stay fully clickable on Windows Terminal
- Recurring scheduled tasks include a reminder to stop the monitor when work finishes
- Scheduled task IDs use full UUIDs to avoid collisions when tasks are created in the same millisecond
- Subagent spawning is faster when connections drop during bursts
- Session startup with MCP servers is much faster when auth is already configured
- MCP server startup no longer stalls behind a fixed batch size
- CLI downloads are compressed, making fresh installs and updates substantially faster
Other Recent Grok Build Releases
- v1.0.11 (August 26, 2026)
- v1.0.10 (August 24, 2026)
- v1.0.9 (August 24, 2026)
- v1.0.8 (August 20, 2026)
- v1.0.7 (August 19, 2026)
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