stablyai/orca v1.4.220 on GitHub

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

This patch is built from the October 2 daily build plus fixes picked from main. Pull requests that landed on main after that are not in this build.

The short version

Native chat (experimental): The "Stop" button ends Claude's process, including background commands and subagents. If Codex refuses or never answers a stop request, Orca ends it too. Unsent messages stay unsent until Retry, steered messages are not duplicated, and interrupted turns show a clearer status.
Chat polish: /clear switches chats immediately; the first message starts the new agent. Codex connection retries update one warning instead of stacking errors. You can send AI notes to open chats, and older Orca versions preserve newer chat histories as read-only.
Agent status: Esc cancellation settles Codex panes promptly, while Ctrl+C used to copy or leave /side no longer looks like an interruption. OpenCode shows failed and stopped turns correctly. Slow SSH connections no longer make agents look gone.
Usage meters: Antigravity shows its own quota without Gemini CLI sign-in or spending quota to check. Cursor sign-in checks no longer freeze on large databases or mistake a refused usage request for an expired login.
Workspaces: Creation is faster in large repositories, removal no longer stalls chat or files, and a workspace finishing in the background no longer switches your view. Local main updates are safer, and sidebar host tags can be hidden.
SSH hosts: An optional Orca runtime works without Node, npm, or a compiler on the host; Auto remains the default. Standard Windows SSH accounts work, and keystrokes typed during terminal reconnection are kept.
Terminals and files: macOS Option shortcuts reach terminal apps, background terminals return to their original tab, and wide paired-server panes use their full width. Huge Markdown previews no longer freeze Orca; review-note visibility and shell-file highlighting are fixed.
Stability and tools: Orca recovers from several Linux and Windows crash loops and retries failed window launches. The first Windows browser command no longer hangs, the iOS simulator works with Xcode 27, and orca file open stays in your current view unless given --focus.

Terminals open before this update keep using the previous background service; new terminals use the new one.

Known issues

Windows on ARM: The ARM64 package ships an x64 orca.exe command-line tool. Windows 11 on ARM runs it under emulation. Windows 10 on ARM can't run it, so the orca command does not work there (#24094).

OpenCode 2: OpenCode 2 panes that were already running before the update may show no status until you restart OpenCode in them. If you downgrade Orca after this update, duplicate OpenCode status plugins are left behind. After opencode run exits, its pane can keep showing "Done"; a fix is pending in #24472.

Codex: After you upgrade, Codex launches use Orca's managed Codex home until Codex approves Orca's new status hook. A resumed pane that uses ~/.codex can pause for up to 30 seconds (#23552).

Claude folder trust: Folder pre-trust is on by default (Settings → Agents → "Trust the folder when Orca starts an agent"). On Alpine WSL, Orca can't copy the file permissions it needs, so Claude shows its own trust prompt instead (#23744).

Product experience

Native chat

Experimental structured chats stop reliably, never send a message you were told was not sent, report crashed turns honestly, and keep their history when an older Orca opens them.

fix(claude): a Stop ends Claude's process, and the next message resumes the conversation by @brennanb2025 in #24235
fix(native-chat): a Codex Stop that Codex refuses or never answers ends the Codex process by @brennanb2025 in #24334
fix(native-chat): after a Stop whose exit can't be confirmed, the next message retries the stop instead of failing by @brennanb2025 in #24333
fix(native-chat): Stop's pause is worked out from the chat's history, so a steered message is never re-sent by @brennanb2025 in #24072
fix(native-chat): a message the chat said was not sent is never sent later on its own by @brennanb2025 in #24232
fix(native-chat): a Stop still reads as yours after Orca restarts, because the turn's end reads the Stop's event by @brennanb2025 in #24311
fix(agent-status): a turn a crash cut off reads Interrupted, an unproven end Couldn't confirm by @brennanb2025 in #23467
fix(claude): end a message Claude started but never confirmed, and keep Claude running while it holds one by @brennanb2025 in #23898
fix(codex): steer a mid-turn send into the running turn by name by @brennanb2025 in #21062
fix(native-chat): every chat action press is its own action (re-land #23916 on main) by @brennanb2025 in #24301
fix(native-chat): /clear starts nothing; the new chat's first message starts its agent by @brennanb2025 in #23935
fix(native-chat): chat failure messages appear in the app's language by @brennanb2025 in #23674
fix(native-chat): a Codex stream retry is one warning row that updates in place by @brennanb2025 in #23684
fix(native-chat): a failed Codex turn shows its error, not a raw thread-status row by @brennanb2025 in #23704
fix(claude): an informational note is a warning row in its own words, never a raw frame row by @brennanb2025 in #24471
fix(native-chat): the working line shows only what the agent is doing now by @brennanb2025 in #24218
fix(native-chat): a resting chat lists its model the way the running agent does, so no stray effort picker appears by @brennanb2025 in #24267
feat(native-chat): the chat strip and the sidebar read the host's child records by @brennanb2025 in #22614
feat(native-chat): register Codex default-mode helpers as subagents by @brennanb2025 in #22619
fix(notes): send AI notes to open structured chat sessions by @brennanb2025 in #24221
fix(native-chat): a paired server admits structured chat by client capability, not its own chat setting by @brennanb2025 in #24203
fix(native-chat): an older Orca keeps a chat with a newer row kind read-only instead of deleting the rest of its history by @brennanb2025 in #24477
fix(native-chat): a failed startup chat-lease save no longer puts the app into "Session restore failed" by @brennanb2025 in #23964
refactor(native-chat): keep agent-session records in the chat journal database by @brennanb2025 in #24006
refactor(native-chat): structured chat failures always reach the diagnostics log by @brennanb2025 in #24312

Codex & orchestration

Codex panes settle when you cancel with Esc or press Ctrl+C to copy, orchestration finds Antigravity, Cline and Prime Agent ready, and chat agents can learn their own Orca session ID.

fix(codex): install Codex's Interrupt hook so an Esc-cancelled turn settles by @Jinwoo-H in #24332
Fix Codex status after Ctrl+C copy and side-chat navigation by @nwparker in #24339
feat(orchestration): tell each agent its own orchestration address by @brennanb2025 in #22636
fix(orchestration): call the Orca session ID orca_session_id everywhere agents see it by @brennanb2025 in #24230
fix(runtime): read Antigravity, Cline and Prime Agent readiness from the live screen by @Jinwoo-H in #24222
refactor(runtime): read four agents' readiness from JSON rule files through one engine by @Jinwoo-H in #24348
refactor(runtime): read Codex, Claude, OpenCode, Pi, OMP and Gemini readiness from rule files by @Jinwoo-H in #24375
fix(runtime): settle tui-idle on hook state for agents whose hooks cover the whole turn by @Jinwoo-H in #24388
fix(cli): orca file open no longer moves your view unless you pass --focus by @brennanb2025 in #24244

Agents & agent integrations

Antigravity and Cursor usage meters show real numbers, OpenCode shows failed and stopped turns, and agents are no longer marked as exited when Orca simply couldn't check.

fix(agent-status): preserve hook presence when process checks cannot answer (step 1 of 3) by @brennanb2025 in #23947
fix(opencode): preserve turn outcomes and avoid auto permission attention by @nwparker in #24612
fix(opencode): keep absent session stores quiet by @nwparker in #24577
fix(rate-limits): read real Antigravity quota from the agy CLI, not the Gemini mirror by @nwparker in #24073
fix(status-bar): show Antigravity's model-group pools instead of an empty segment by @nwparker in #24074
fix(antigravity): gate free quota reads by CLI version and usage preference by @nwparker in #24593
fix(antigravity): discover skills from the CLI global config directory by @nwparker in #24592
fix(antigravity): launch POSIX hooks through sh with bounded JSON stdin by @nwparker in #24596
fix(cursor): read desktop login outside the main thread by @nwparker in #24572
fix(cursor): distinguish usage failures from expired login by @nwparker in #24575
fix(cursor): preserve UTF-8 in Windows hook transport by @nwparker in #24585
fix(dsh): support 0.2 positional profiles and first workspace launch by @nwparker in #24589
fix(ai-vault): follow ZCode stored transcript order by @nwparker in #24584

Terminal

Wide panes use their full width, Option shortcuts work on ABC keyboards, OpenCode tabs respond to clicks, and a background terminal returns to its own tab.

Fix terminal width cutoff on wide panes by @nwparker in #24687
Enable Option shortcuts for ABC keyboards in Auto mode by @nwparker in #24528
fix(terminal): pass single-pane OpenCode tab clicks through drag strip by @nwparker in #24591
fix(terminal): fill OpenCode DOM block glyphs in repainted rows by @nwparker in #24582
fix(terminal): reattach a background terminal to its own tab instead of opening a duplicate by @brennanb2025 in #24458
fix(terminal): stop parking pass queueing no-op renders that trip React #185 during worktree removal by @OrcaWin in #23636
fix(drop): route local terminal and composer drops through the resolver by @AmethystLiang in #24009

SSH & remote hosts

SSH hosts can run Orca on Orca's own Node so they need no Node, npm or compiler, Windows SSH hosts work for standard accounts, and typing during a reconnect is no longer lost.

feat(ssh): relay runtime fallback ladder, telemetry and host runtime setting by @OrcaWin in #24133
feat(ssh): opt-in SSH relay on the pinned Node with prebuilt addons by @OrcaWin in #24129
feat(ssh): pinned-Node relay on Windows SSH hosts by @OrcaWin in #24135
feat(ssh): rung B glibc 2.17 compat runtime; gate remote vault on host node:sqlite by @OrcaWin in #24148
feat(ssh): plain SSH terminals and SFTP browsing when no Orca runtime can run by @OrcaWin in #24147
feat(ssh): runtime-store GC in production and exec-stdin upload fallback by @OrcaWin in #24136
fix(ssh): collect relay versions only when provably exited; runtimes/ store GC by @OrcaWin in #24130
fix(ssh): Windows hosts without Add-Type staging; runtime-store GC on Windows by @OrcaWin in #24149
fix(ssh): launch the Windows relay outside sshd's job so standard users work by @OrcaWin in #24224
fix(ssh): keep keystrokes typed while a restored SSH terminal reattaches by @OrcaWin in #24166
fix(relay): treat EPIPE/ECONNRESET write failures as the client leaving by @OrcaWin in #24209
fix(ssh): name missing build tools when the relay has no node-pty by @AmoabaKelvin in #22670
fix(ai-vault): require node:sqlite backup support in remote SQLite probes by @OrcaWin in #24086
feat(ai-vault): read remote OpenCode history with the pinned Node; remove Bun by @OrcaWin in #24128
feat(orcad): run orcad on the pinned Node instead of Bun by @OrcaWin in #24110
refactor(orcad): make profile backup and preflight runtime-neutral by @OrcaWin in #24088
build(orcad): server node-pty slots at glibc 2.28, plus a glibc 2.17 compat slot by @OrcaWin in #24134
feat(packaging): ship the orcad server template in desktop builds by @OrcaWin in #24155

Mobile app & paired clients

The phone page slides between screens, iOS fields take typed text again, held buttons keep working, and OpenCode no longer leaves the phone terminal blank.

feat(mobile): slide the page's host stack on push and Back by @Jinwoo-H in #24268
fix(mobile): iOS shell keeps WebKit text interaction on so page fields take text by @Jinwoo-H in #24270
fix(mobile): hold-to-dictate, repeat keys and the browser long-press survive the page's long-press by @Jinwoo-H in #24277
Fix OpenCode startup parser crash in the mobile terminal engine by @nwparker in #24626
Preserve Mermaid exports through mobile bundling by @nwparker in #24661
Keep paired browser terminal insertion in the host's requested position by @nwparker in #24676
fix(mobile): publish the Android APK's size and checksum with the release by @nwparker in #24037

Browser & emulator

Annotate page element has a shortcut, the first browser command on Windows no longer hangs, and the iOS simulator works with Xcode 27.

feat(browser): add a rebindable shortcut for Annotate page element by @AmoabaKelvin in #23879
fix(browser): stop the first browser command on a new Windows tab hanging until it fails by @Jinwoo-H in #24237
fix(emulator): take serve-sim 0.1.47 so the iOS simulator works on Xcode 27 by @Jinwoo-H in #24228

Workspaces & sidebar

A finished workspace no longer pulls you away from where you are, removing worktrees no longer stalls the app, creation is faster in large repositories, and the host tag on cards can be turned off.

fix(worktrees): a finished create no longer pulls you off the workspace you switched to by @brennanb2025 in #23974
fix(worktrees): let git delete removed checkouts so chat sends never wait behind them by @brennanb2025 in #23837
fix(worktree): update local main safely, once per branch, alongside the checkout by @brennanb2025 in #23698
fix(worktrees): keep creation fast in large repositories by @nwparker in #24346
feat(sidebar): let the host pill be turned off per card by @nwparker in #24299
Improve scroll indicator visibility with larger sizes and opacity by @AmethystLiang in #24276

Editor, files & source control

Huge Markdown previews no longer freeze Orca, the Review Notes setting works, shell dotfiles get colors, and commit messages and times read better.

fix(markdown): cap rendered size of large Markdown previews to stop renderer freezes by @OrcaWin in #23634
fix(editor): honor the Markdown Review Notes setting by @Waynting in #24057
fix(editor): highlight shell startup dotfiles by @dunzkoi in #24066
fix(source-control): show git history commit times to the second by @AmoabaKelvin in #23954
fix(source-control): drop reasoning model think blocks from generated messages by @FenjuFu in #24005
fix(files): ignore nested generated directories on macOS by @nwparker in #24620

Reliability & languages

Orca recovers instead of crash-looping in small Linux containers, on Windows out of memory, and when the system briefly can't start its window, and Korean labels read naturally.

fix(linux): move Chromium shared memory off a tiny /dev/shm by @OrcaWin in #23751
fix(recovery): prompt instead of reloading into a repeat Windows OOM when commit is exhausted by @OrcaWin in #23886
fix: recover renderer launch failures in the running app by @OrcaWin in #24250
fix(i18n): correct Korean working and shell labels by @isairz in #24341

Windows & packaging

Windows and Linux packages no longer include the macOS-only iOS Simulator helper, and dependencies are updated.

chore(deps): update reviewed dependencies across Orca by @nwparker in #24561
feat(runtime): pin the Node 24.21.0 server runtime with an offline CI check by @OrcaWin in #24087
fix(packaging): ship serve-sim only in macOS builds by @Jinwoo-H in #25128

Relay service

Server-side work on Orca's relay fleet: new relay servers in Asia and the US, and server updates that no longer block sign-ins or get stuck.

fix(relay): re-place hosts off a draining cell without locking its row by @Jinwoo-H in #24216
fix(relay): refuse a redial at once while the host's own release holds its row by @Jinwoo-H in #24225
fix(relay): admit drained hosts through their own lane and stagger their return by @Jinwoo-H in #24446
fix(relay): define restart-safe by the cell runtime, and refuse waves without headroom by @Jinwoo-H in #24259
fix(relay): run the same-cap headroom gate in the modes the job actually receives by @Jinwoo-H in #24343
fix(relay): let a draining cell pass restart-safe through refused redials by @Jinwoo-H in #24347
fix(relay): anchor same-cap monitor evidence freshness to the run's authorisation, not job startup by @Jinwoo-H in #24349
fix(relay): accept MIG version-name reconciliation and recreate stranded cells without rewriting the MIG by @Jinwoo-H in #24373
refactor(relay): sample fleet health inside the same-cap roll instead of a separate monitor run by @Jinwoo-H in #24443
fix(relay): gate the Asia canary on Asia-targeted region fallbacks only by @Jinwoo-H in #24320
feat(relay): declare Asia cell c31 at the c30 shape by @Jinwoo-H in #24310
chore(relay): move Asia cell c31 to the general same-cap lists after promotion by @Jinwoo-H in #24318
feat(relay): declare US cells c32 and c33 at the 3,000-host shape by @Jinwoo-H in #24444

Reverted before release

Twenty-six pieces of in-progress SSH and server work were merged and then taken back out, so none of their changes are in this release.

revert: take the 26 Phase 3 (#16741 port) PRs back out of main by @OrcaWin in #24559
feat(relay): port the #16741 T1 seam (work drain, publication drain, release gate) by @OrcaWin in #24156
feat(relay): route relay handlers through work admission; producer publication drain by @OrcaWin in #24181
feat(relay): fence and drain file and git response streams on shutdown by @OrcaWin in #24185
refactor(runtime-rpc): extract the Node WebSocket lifecycle; opt-in pinned port by @OrcaWin in #24186
feat(ssh): port the SSH connection work ledger and transport close ledger (#16741 T2) by @OrcaWin in #24210
feat(relay): await owned watcher and agent children on shutdown (#16741 T2 P1) by @OrcaWin in #24400
feat(ssh): wire SshConnection through the work and transport close ledgers (#16741 T2 P2) by @OrcaWin in #24401
feat(daemon): tag daemon stream data with the PTY incarnation id (#16741 T2 P4a) by @OrcaWin in #24402
feat(profiles): carry markdown frontmatter visibility in project transfers (#16741 T2 P7) by @OrcaWin in #24405
feat(session): retry failed renderer session writes and verify local folder PTYs (#16741 T2 P9) by @OrcaWin in #24406
feat(ssh): track connection-manager drains, test probes and provider continuations (#16741 T2 P3+P8a) by @OrcaWin in #24407
feat(daemon): idle retirement, session census and recovery-only provider (#16741 T2 P4b) by @OrcaWin in #24409
fix(runtime): project the PTY incarnation onto mobile session tabs by @OrcaWin in #24413
feat(ssh): add pty.resumeClient and split SSH PTY process listing (#16741 T2 P5+P6) by @OrcaWin in #24414
feat(relay): capability-gated owner reset with a durable preparation journal (#16741 T3 R1) by @OrcaWin in #24418
feat(ssh): remote orcad primitives on the pinned Node runtime (#16741 T6-1) by @OrcaWin in #24419
feat(runtime): SSH access links for paired servers in a downgrade-safe sidecar (#16741 T5-1+T5-2) by @OrcaWin in #24420
fix(runtime): fence runtime-environment subscriptions and status probes by identity (#16741 T5-3) by @OrcaWin in #24421
feat(orcad): migration manifest and dormant-state contracts (#16741 T6-7) by @OrcaWin in #24422
feat(ssh): crash-safe orcad activation, rollback and recovery (#16741 T6-2) by @OrcaWin in #24423
feat(orcad): supervisable server — stop requests, managed stop receipts, lock-safe lifetime (#16741 T6-3) by @OrcaWin in #24433
feat(ssh): remote orcad stop by request file and journaled decommission (#16741 T6-4) by @OrcaWin in #24449
fix(ssh): orcad GC honors the activation journal; readiness requires proven daemon coverage (#16741 T6) by @OrcaWin in #24451
feat(ssh): deploy and pair an empty managed orcad server over SSH (#16741 T6-5) by @OrcaWin in #24453
feat(ssh): update, roll back, recover and stop a managed orcad server (#16741 T6-5 follow-up) by @OrcaWin in #24463
feat(orcad): source-side dormant export of a relay-hosted SSH target (#16741 T6-8) by @OrcaWin in #24519

Tests, CI & maintenance

Release builds pass their telemetry check, main builds again after crossed changes, CI spends less time on setup, and many flaky or stale tests were fixed.

refactor(native-chat): move the provider-exit proof out of structured-agent-session-adapter.ts so main's lint passes by @brennanb2025 in #24323
fix(native-chat): restore main typecheck after #24312 and #24334 crossed by @Jinwoo-H in #24437
fix(build): import the Electron remote capability list from its own module by @brennanb2025 in #24494
fix(native-chat): move the chat-tab surface out of the session host so main passes lint by @Jinwoo-H in #24496
ci(daemon): gate PRs on daemon protocol crossing from the newest release by @OrcaWin in #24089
ci(daemon): runtime-launcher protocol ratchet and Node slot marker by @OrcaWin in #24108
ci(ssh): hostile-host matrix for the relay runtime ladder by @OrcaWin in #24146
ci(ssh): macOS SSH-host lane for the pinned relay; fix uploads under a symlinked root by @OrcaWin in #24179
ci(ssh): Windows SSH-host lanes (inbox + preview OpenSSH) for the pinned relay by @OrcaWin in #24180
ci: share PR planning setup and reuse the static native cache by @nwparker in #24329
Free PR CI capacity by avoiding repeated setup and real-time test waits by @nwparker in #24355
Reuse qualified Windows server builds and dependency verification records by @nwparker in #24448
Speed up serializer checks and keep native caches stable by @nwparker in #24476
ci: run every cross-version wire test, picked up by folder so new ones can't be skipped by @brennanb2025 in #24499
Reduce redundant headless server CI work by @nwparker in #24527
Reduce CI setup costs and fixture failures by @nwparker in #24537
Reuse prepared Windows native builds in SSH CI by @nwparker in #24555
Stop stalled unit jobs after an hour by @nwparker in #24583
Bound E2E package setup and retain cancellation traces by @nwparker in #24617
Skip redundant package setup in SSH Linux builds by @nwparker in #24733
Bound package setup for the E2E native-cache job by @nwparker in #24758
test(native-chat): cancel the journal import test's tick before teardown by @brennanb2025 in #24071
test: stop main failing on three tests the store and close-cause changes crossed by @brennanb2025 in #24231
test(runtime): add a readiness census that pins every tui-idle verdict by @Jinwoo-H in #24336
test(orcad): skip the live-terminal runtime hand-over across a protocol bump by @Jinwoo-H in #24429
test(e2e): select the onboarding Codex card by its exact name by @brennanb2025 in #24439
test(e2e): fake Codex answers the --no-daemon --help probe without a spawn by @brennanb2025 in #24440
test(e2e): drag the manual-order worktree to a slot that changes the order by @brennanb2025 in #24441
test(e2e): give the sparse preset proof room to finish on CI by @brennanb2025 in #24442
test(e2e): retry the crash-recovery test's main-process reads on Electron's transient evaluate error by @brennanb2025 in #24479
Fix Codex Ctrl+C regression fixture on Linux by @nwparker in #24480
test(e2e): dismiss the correct tour before screenshot markup by @nwparker in #24534
test(wire): fix release fixtures and compatibility assertions by @nwparker in #24538
test: isolate scan fixtures and wait for completed work by @nwparker in #24544
test: isolate seeded Git repositories per Playwright worker by @nwparker in #24550
test: hold the usage snapshot burst clock fixed by @nwparker in #24551
test: update worktree setup and enforce cleanup results by @nwparker in #24552
test: restore delayed PTY writes in large-paste coverage by @nwparker in #24556
test: classify terminal driver input with the current PTY contract by @nwparker in #24560
test: align source-control fixtures with current store contracts by @nwparker in #24571
Remove empty passing sentinels from opt-in socket tests by @nwparker in #24621
Keep SSH typing replies visible during background pressure by @nwparker in #24629
Keep SSH benchmark replies readable in narrow split panes by @nwparker in #24682
Update sidebar test setup and remove an obsolete permission sentinel by @nwparker in #24734
Classify acknowledged remount input as driving in the adoption test by @nwparker in #24750
Check temporary worktree cleanup in the plugin test by @nwparker in #24779
Check E2E packages where the installer reads them by @nwparker in #24785

New Contributors

@FenjuFu made their first contribution in #24005
@Waynting made their first contribution in #24057
@dunzkoi made their first contribution in #24066
@isairz made their first contribution in #24341

Full Changelog: v1.4.219...v1.4.220