Kiro CLI v2.8.1

Release Context

• This was the 25th Kiro CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
• It shipped 1 day after Kiro CLI v2.7.1 (June 16, 2026).

Shipped around the same time

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

• Antigravity CLI v1.0.10 (June 19, 2026)
• Claude Code v2.1.183 (June 19, 2026)
• Grok Build v0.2.59 (June 19, 2026)
• Grok Build v0.2.58 (June 19, 2026)
• OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.141.0 (June 18, 2026)

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