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🐈 nanobot v0.2.2 is here β€” 140 PRs merged, 21 new contributors. The agent got sturdier!

The headline is durability. WebUI conversations now survive more of real life: transcripts are segmented instead of living in one fragile file, forked chats preserve replies more reliably, active turns scroll and replay more predictably, startup paths block less, and gateway shutdown is much calmer. Long sessions, stale providers, slow routes, broken config files, malformed history, stream stalls, and empty provider responses all got less likely to derail the work.

The second story is nanobot becoming a real Python runtime. The SDK is no longer just a thin convenience layer around the agent loop: concurrent run() calls are isolated, hooks are cleaner, MCP lifecycle handling is safer, runtime controls are broader, and the docs now teach the SDK from first principles. If you want to embed nanobot inside your own application, v0.2.2 is the first release where that path feels intentional.

The third story is the workbench getting broader and easier to live in. The WebUI gained automation management, prompt navigation, token usage visibility, mobile polish, better update checks, richer activity timing, and a faster settings surface. The ecosystem expanded with Firecrawl as a keyless Web Data app, Exa / Bocha / Keenable / Volcengine search, more transcription providers, custom image generation, better Mistral and Kimi handling, and many channel fixes across Telegram, Feishu, WhatsApp, Slack, Email, QQ, DingTalk, and more.

Highlights

  • More durable WebUI sessions β€” Segmented transcript storage keeps large conversations readable without throwing away old turns, fork/replay paths preserve assistant replies more reliably, session deletion cleans up legacy files, refreshes no longer revive stale content, and active turns stay anchored while the model works. The WebUI also got prompt navigation, better mobile layout, clearer activity durations, token usage rendering, safer startup fetches, and on-demand version checks.

  • Python SDK as a first-class runtime β€” The SDK now has safer concurrent run() behavior, explicit runtime controls, cleaner per-run hook handling, better MCP cleanup, improved facade lifecycle behavior, and more beginner-friendly documentation. This makes nanobot easier to embed in scripts, services, evaluations, and custom agent products.

  • Gateway and onboarding polish β€” The gateway gained background/service controls, cleaner foreground shutdown, safer Ctrl+C behavior, and better MCP stdio cleanup. The onboarding flow was simplified around provider-first Quick Start, more neutral provider selection, safer WebUI setup, rollback on WebSocket failure, and better keyboard navigation.

  • Search, speech, and provider coverage β€” Web search now covers Firecrawl, Exa, Bocha, Keenable, and Volcengine paths; transcription expanded with shared voice input plus OpenRouter, StepFun, SiliconFlow, Xiaomi MiMo, and AssemblyAI support. Providers got better Mistral reasoning handling, Kimi K2.7 thinking, OpenAI-compatible query/body controls, custom image generation, OpenAI image edits, safer Anthropic tool IDs, and stronger retry/fallback behavior.

  • Reliability hardening across the agent core β€” Recent-history context is token-capped, idle auto-compact is on by default, Dream explains empty runs, malformed history is skipped, history cursors stay monotonic, tool schema estimates are cached, unknown builtin tool parameters are rejected, provider fallback logs the primary error, and stream stalls can retry or fall back without returning a truncated answer.

  • Channels that behave more like real apps β€” Telegram gained richer message support with safer fallback detection; Feishu got streaming recovery, WebSocket card reading, table extraction, lazy SDK loading, and QR login; WhatsApp got read receipts, forwarded-message handling, and LID mapping; Slack allowlisted channels can require mentions; Email gained attachments and IMAP post-actions; QQ / Napcat, DingTalk, Weixin, Matrix, and others received targeted fixes.

  • Security and workspace boundaries β€” Unsafe MCP HTTP URLs are rejected before probing, local provider endpoints bypass env proxies while cloud endpoints still respect them, workspace write policy is clearer, git commands work from workspace subdirectories without relaxing path guards, bwrap gets a sane HOME, and stripped image inputs no longer leak misleading local paths.

Community

Huge thanks to everyone who shipped v0.2.2 β€” 140 PRs, 21 first-time contributors, and a lot of careful review work. This release is less about one big switch and more about making nanobot dependable enough to keep open every day: steadier sessions, cleaner extension points, broader providers, and fewer sharp edges when real work gets long.

What's Changed

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