Grok Build v1.0.51

Grok Build v1.0.51 was released on October 9, 2026.

Summary

Grok Build 1.0.51 keeps your workspace files safe when editing and resending long sessions, and gives you new control over background workflows so you can monitor and stop them right from the dashboard. We've also refined memory settings, keyboard shortcuts, and session manage...

Release Notes

Grok Build 1.0.51

• Cancel and edit-resend on long sessions no longer revert workspace files
• Memory is only an on or off switch ([memory] enabled)
• The /share command and session sharing are removed from the CLI
• Headless grok -p waits for background goals to finish and reports their outcome
• /density and the Tool call density setting control how much detail tool calls show
• Slash command completion updates live when skills change, and shows the correct name for files under commands/
• /feedback Drafts supports G / Home and End to jump to the first or last draft
• Pinned dashboard sessions stay in the order you pinned them, and survive restarts
• Shift+Enter, Ctrl+., Ctrl+/, and Ctrl+[ / ] work inside tmux when extended-keys are enabled
• grok -p --output-format json reports the worktree folder used, including after -w name collisions
• Bare hook commands such as my-guard run from PATH when they are not next to the hook file
• grok sessions list and /resume show worktree sessions started from the same subfolder, and hide sessions from a sibling submodule
• /exit in a dashboard details view closes only that session
• --background-wait-timeout also stops an active headless goal after the timeout
• /workflow lists, stops, and resumes background workflow runs, and those runs appear in the tasks pane with a stop button
• Hooks that ask about web searches or file deletes show the hook name on the approval card
• Hook load errors in /hooks can be expanded
• grok worktree works inside Jujutsu repositories
• Images pasted with skill commands such as /pr-workflow are sent to the model
• Ctrl+C on a goal pauses the goal
• grok -p runs auth_provider_command when no login is stored
• Reopening a chat with an active goal continues the goal
• --allowed-tools is accepted as an alias for --allow in headless mode
• Slash command suggestions no longer hide the text after the cursor
• Sessions that open without a model list use Auto
• Very large pasted prompts are offloaded to a file instead of being sent inline
• Sign-in failures show a clear next step instead of a raw error
• Logging out stops running turns on local sessions
• Typing, arrows, Enter, or send-now (Ctrl+Enter) no longer answers a permission, question, or MCP prompt card
• /find keeps match counts accurate while output streams, and scrolls to the wrapped row that contains the match
• Images from tools are validated so a bad file no longer breaks the turn
• Dragging images from a file manager onto a terminal attaches them
• Plan comments added while a revision runs are preserved and sent when the plan is approved
• --disallowed-tools accepts the names shown to the model, such as run_terminal_command and spawn_subagent
• Long pastes without bracketed-paste markers are read in full instead of stalling after about 1 KB
• Worktree creation no longer hangs when the repo contains named pipes or sockets
• Write approval cards show the existing file contents that will be replaced
• Ctrl+C during a turn cancels the turn even when a modal is open
• grok -w opens at the worktree root, with a note, when the original launch folder is missing
• /cd and the location picker accept quoted or escaped folder paths
• Large file writes or many screenshots no longer end the session
• /delete with extra text shows an error instead of deleting the current session
• Number-key picks in the dashboard peek no longer go to the wrong agent after Up/Down
• Worktrees created with -w stay tracked when GROK_HOME is a symlink
• grok worktree rm and gc clean up names after a folder is deleted by hand, and restore names after a db rebuild
• grok worktree list shows unfinished copies left by an interrupted create
• grok worktree rm without -f keeps worktrees when the unsaved-work check fails or times out
• grok worktree rm and gc remove worktrees whose only untracked content is empty folders
• Typing a hidden command such as /cd runs it instead of a near-match skill
• @-file completion no longer accepts a match…

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Other Recent Grok Build Releases

• v1.0.49 (October 2, 2026)
• v1.0.48 (October 2, 2026)
• v1.0.47 (October 1, 2026)
• v1.0.46 (September 30, 2026)
• v1.0.45 (September 29, 2026)

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