stablyai/orca v1.4.190 on GitHub

Thank you so much for using Orca and for your continued support! ❤️

Please note: It usually takes 48–72 hours for a landed PR to be released (except P0+ fixes). We have many more exciting PRs and features coming in later versions!

Notable changes

More reliable agent sessions, terminals, and recovery after a restart.
Better reliability when using Windows, WSL, and remote workspaces.
Improvements across worktrees, skills, the dashboard, automations, and everyday app polish.

UI / workspace

fix(ui): keep dialog title and footer inside the panel by @ppw-stack in #15707
fix(linear): unbound list-issues by default, surface truncation, bind cursor workspace by @brennanb2025 in #15824
Change 'SEÑOR' to 'MR' in Spanish locale by @YerayAlonso in #15594
fix(editor): detect .liquid files as Liquid by @webdevtodayjason in #15213
fix(i18n): correct five Korean strings that changed meaning in machine translation by @nwparker in #15875
Retry transient ripgrep spawn failures instead of demanding install by @AmethystLiang in #15983
UX: compact native density for context + dropdown menus by @nwparker in #15924
fix(i18n): match CheckRunJobs succeeded to its sibling count-label register by @erishforG in #16013
fix(composer): close the Create Workspace dialog on the first Escape by @nwparker in #16027
feat(dictation): add sound-reactive grape visualizer by @nwparker in #16017
fix(github): add GHES avatar fallback to PR and task views by @erishforG in #13981
fix(dictation): address visualizer review feedback by @nwparker in #16035

Worktrees

fix(worktrees): honor absolute Linux worktree base paths for WSL repos (STA-4772) by @OrcaWin in #15384
fix(worktree): let a configured worktree base outrank a built-in visibility source (#15232) by @OrcaWin in #15430
fix(ssh): let fork-PR worktrees add their contributor remote via the relay by @nwparker in #15827
fix(worktree): drop a just-added fork remote when its head fetch fails by @nwparker in #15850
Move worktree palette search to top of sidebar nav by @AmethystLiang in #15854
Fix Cmd+J Enter for worktree creation by @AmethystLiang in #15970
fix(worktree): stop warning about a stale local base branch that does not exist yet (#15331) by @nwparker in #15871
fix(git): enable Windows long paths for worktree creation (local, sparse, and SSH hosts) by @nwparker in #15866

Agents / native chat

fix(skills): isolate concurrent upload staging by @Jinwoo-H in #15693
fix(rate-limits): support Codex 0.149 approval policy by @Jinwoo-H in #15823
fix(codex): suppress false restart notices after reauth by @Jinwoo-H in #15835
feat(dashboard): add a keyboard shortcut to toggle the Agent Dashboard by @DNX in #15353
Remove agent map view from dashboard by @AmethystLiang in #15853
fix(agent-catalog): update outdated Claude Code doc links by @heychs in #15387
fix(skills): normalize contributor-facing paths in the skill guide generator by @nwparker in #15861
Add Artifacts and Skills pages to navigation history by @AmethystLiang in #15969
fix(ui): clear agent attention icon when Floating Workspace tab activated via keyboard by @buf0-bot[bot] in #15745
test(orchestration): distinguish the heartbeat straggler guard from the row's initial null by @nwparker in #15869
fix(rate-limits): stop showing Gemini failures as Antigravity "Refresh failed" by @nwparker in #15876
fix(agent-resume): restore Copilot sessions after restart by @nwparker in #15879
feat(orcad): boot the Orca runtime on plain Node by @nwparker in #15968
fix(skills): discover Hermes home skills by @nwparker in #15862
fix(agent-resume): restore Kimi Code sessions after restart by @nwparker in #15883

Terminal

fix(terminal): keep a quick command queued until its own spawn takes it by @AmethystLiang in #15630
fix(terminal): mark captured shortcut input interactive by @itisvincent in #13800
fix(terminal): preserve Shift+Enter during routing confirmation by @itisvincent in #13598
fix(terminal): stop orphaning live agent terminals across host restarts and graph syncs by @Jinwoo-H in #15644
fix(windows): own PTY process trees with job objects by @nwparker in #15755
fix(windows): reach the pty job on the teardown path that actually runs by @nwparker in #15886
fix(cli): allow an empty --value for storage set commands by @nwparker in #15863
fix(pty): wrap codex without expanding or destroying a user alias by @nwparker in #15873
fix(terminal): drop conda's orphaned CONDA_SHLVL sentinel by @nwparker in #15885
fix(terminal): arm the restore baseline only on a snapshot that painted content by @AmethystLiang in #16009
fix(settings): an empty agent detection must not erase the saved default by @nwparker in #16043

Windows, WSL, remote server / SSH

fix(grok): stop the Windows status hook from spawning two interpreters per event by @OrcaWin in #15595
fix(windows): one chokepoint for every child process by @nwparker in #15746
perf(windows): read the process table natively instead of forking PowerShell by @nwparker in #15749
feat(wsl): one runner for every wsl.exe invocation by @nwparker in #15903
fix(wsl): migrate 21 call sites onto the WSL runner by @nwparker in #15923
refactor(host): route secret storage through a SecretStore port by @nwparker in #15916
refactor(wsl): delete the environment-policy layer the reviews kept failing on by @nwparker in #16007
refactor(host): route app paths and version through an AppEnvironment port by @nwparker in #16019
fix(project-groups): route rename and delete to the group's owning host by @nwparker in #15889
refactor(ipc): split preflight and SSH registry out of the ipcMain modules by @nwparker in #15927
fix(remote): keep editor focus after unfocused HTML side preview (STA-5001) by @brennanb2025 in #15716
fix(preflight): do not count a Windows binary reached through interop as a WSL install by @nwparker in #16028
fix(wsl): budget the whole command line, not just the script by @nwparker in #16032
Fix Windows Git Bash console-capacity failures by @OrcaWin in #16045
perf(preflight): read the WSL mount table once, and make launch agree with detection by @nwparker in #16053

Browser

fix(cmd-j): host-qualify browser and simulator tab candidates (STA-4965) by @Jinwoo-H in #15686
fix(win32): hide the console window for agent-browser and git helpers by @nwparker in #15887

Mobile

Update Android download links to 0.0.44 by @AmethystLiang in #15898
Revert premature Android link update merge by @AmethystLiang in #15899
Reland Android download links for 0.0.44 by @AmethystLiang in #15905
fix(mobile): remove close tabs to the right action by @AmethystLiang in #15894

Automations

feat(automations): navigate table search results with arrows by @OrcaWin in #15805
fix(automations): localize schedule weekday names and labels by @nwparker in #15884
test(automations): assert in-place language switch on mounted picker by @AmethystLiang in #15977

Performance / reliability

fix(runtime): recover adopted tui-idle and pin worker fixtures by @Jinwoo-H in #15569
fix(ports): report a Stop as succeeded when the listener already exited by @nwparker in #15888
fix(secrets): tell Linux users when their secrets are only obfuscated by @nwparker in #16033
fix(secrets): report the protection gap on change, not on every launch by @nwparker in #16044
fix(secrets): probe the Linux-only storage backend defensively by @nwparker in #16046
fix(runtime): prevent restored workers from appearing idle while busy by @AmethystLiang in #15998

Tests / CI

Fix flaky CI tests by adding retry logic and increasing timeouts by @AmethystLiang in #15635
fix(ci): restrict release test token permissions (STA-4970) by @Jinwoo-H in #15675
test(e2e): extract paired client window reveal into helper by @AmethystLiang in #15991
test(runtime): use the platform submit delay in the cancellation-during-verification test by @nwparker in #15870
build(runtime): gate new Electron imports reachable from the Orca runtime by @nwparker in #15919

Full Changelog: v1.4.188...v1.4.190