stablyai/orca v1.4.258 on GitHub

Previous release: 1.4.257 — Smoother long chats, saved browser feedback and better dictation.

Smoother workspaces, restored phone scrolling & Copilot Chat ✨

Orca 1.4.258 cuts pauses when opening large workspace collections, moving windows and changing the layout. Local usage updates do less work on the process handling your keystrokes, helping Chat UI and terminal users keep working while usage refreshes.

📱 Scroll phone chats again: On chat pages served by the desktop, swipe through messages and sideways through wide code blocks. Pinch with two fingers to resize chat text without zooming the whole page.
💬 Use GitHub Copilot in Chat: Choose Launch chat to stream replies, inspect tool output and review file diffs in a conversation you can reopen after restarting Orca.
⌨️ Start Pi with your chosen model and thinking level: The terminal launcher applies your model choice and offers reasoning effort before you send the first prompt.
🗂️ Add projects with fewer steps: Browse a folder, clone a URL or create a project directly from Add project. Switch machines inside the menu; from New worktree, it starts with your selected Run on host.

Highlights

Keep conversations moving: Usage-limit Hand Off to Another Agent includes the full saved conversation. Generated images stay beside the final answer, and closing a window with a replying chat uses the running-work confirmation. Answer worker permission prompts from the coordinator, with pending requests above the composer and receipts in conversation order.
Browse, review and open files: Extensions are enabled by default in Settings → Browser. Git Graph reduces repeated work while scrolling and paging; idle editors stop polling copy hints. Unsupported document tabs offer Open with default app, downloading a copy first for SSH or paired-host files.
Switch Claude accounts remotely: Under Ask, a phone or CLI switch resumes terminal sessions on the selected account without a desktop dialog. Busy sessions finish their turn first; Never restart still keeps them as they are.
Read clearer phone code and history: Phone pages gain syntax colours, pinned diff gutters and PR-state icons. Session History finds compressed Codex archives, OMP profiles and larger OpenCode 2 sessions.

Compatibility & upgrade notes

Copilot Chat: Requires Copilot CLI 1.0.88+ and sign-in. Models appear after starting; plans without a model choice use Auto. Session History import into Chat is not supported yet. Avoid switching a chat’s session to allow-all in an external terminal: that permission setting persists when reopened, even if Orca shows Ask.
Phone updates: The desktop supplies updated phone web pages; it does not replace the installed native app. New native iOS builds from this source require iOS 16.4+. If a tab says Update mobile, update the phone app and reconnect.

What's Changed

Workspaces, performance & desktop UI

Large-profile saves, workspace startup, project admission, localization and desktop layout changes.

perf(persistence): window moves and UI edits no longer re-save the whole profile by @brennanb2025 in #40627
Avoid repeated repository hydration during large workspace startup by @brennanb2025 in #41088
Avoid sorting all folders when resolving one workspace host by @brennanb2025 in #41248
fix(activity): keep quiet agents with an open terminal listed as No recent update by @AmoabaKelvin in #40952
style(menus): roomier rows, lighter icons, solid surface by @OrcaWin in #40000
style(new-workspace): icon-only Create From tabs and shorter Create button by @nwparker in #41036
style(onboarding): compact icon-only Color mode picker and shorter copy by @nwparker in #41079
fix(sidebar): persist activity bar position across restarts by @innocarpe in #40891
fix(window): restore native fullscreen after a restart by @yohangwak in #40540
fix(tab-group): keep a window-drag handle when tabs fill the strip by @mousepotato03 in #33988
fix(workspace): name the GitHub link when it cannot be resolved by @BeamNawapat in #24465
fix(renderer): preserve Windows paths with spaced folders by @innocarpe in #24809
fix(computer-use): only SW_RESTORE minimized windows on Windows by @nwparker in #41253
fix(settings): flatten Worktree hooks into rows inside one card by @brennanb2025 in #40976
fix(worktrees): prevent overtaken worktree scans from pruning mid-scan lineage by @nwparker in #41284
feat: combine localization and status-bar formatting by @AmethystLiang in #40456
Run local usage services in a supervised backend process by @brennanb2025 in #40792
feat(project-admission): open menu-first Add project flow with synced host header by @nwparker in #41303

Chat UI & session history

Conversation startup, image placement, full-history handoffs and session discovery fixes.

fix(chat): show an image sent mid-turn in place instead of stuck under Claude's reply by @AmoabaKelvin in #40975
fix(native-chat): show when a Codex usage limit resets, like Claude by @AmoabaKelvin in #40992
fix(native-chat): let the first chat in a new worktree send and pick models while it starts by @AmoabaKelvin in #40912
fix(native-chat): show session skill argument hints in the picker by @innocarpe in #40788
fix(native-chat): open or reveal folder links, labeled "Open folder", instead of doing nothing by @AmoabaKelvin in #41040
fix(session-history): discover OMP profile session dirs by @duck1eee in #40264
fix(session-history): index Codex rollouts archived as .jsonl.zst by @Aboysky in #40593
fix(native-chat): show Claude/Codex startup dialogs as a chat card and lock Send while one is up by @AmoabaKelvin in #41083
fix(native-chat): usage-limit Hand Off gives the new agent the chat's full history by @AmoabaKelvin in #41096
fix(ai-vault): index OpenCode 2 sessions with large saved tool data instead of skipping them by @AmoabaKelvin in #41101
fix(ai-vault): show the recorded folder workspace on session history chips by @innocarpe in #41053
Keep agent details when chat startup fails by @brennanb2025 in #40901
fix(ai-vault): Session History Hand Off gives OpenCode chats their full history by @AmoabaKelvin in #41236
fix(chat): keep generated images visible with the final answer by @brennanb2025 in #40935
fix: warn before closing a window with a busy native chat by @brennanb2025 in #40953
fix(native-chat): lower unframed single-line paste threshold to 512 bytes by @nwparker in #41280
fix(ai-vault): show renamed terminal tab title in Session History on matching host by @nwparker in #41281
fix(native-chat): infer interrupt after acknowledged Escape on chat Stop by @nwparker in #41285
fix(native-chat): hide sent [Image #N] prompt markers in user messages by @nwparker in #41288
Refresh cached chat titles only when their saved inputs change by @brennanb2025 in #41242
fix(native-chat): refuse a startup card choice when the terminal highlight moved, and add the multi-server MCP card by @AmoabaKelvin in #41216
fix(native-chat): hold an automatic continue until the chat's account has usage again by @brennanb2025 in #40412
fix(native-chat): import Claude auth env vars from their moved module by @AmoabaKelvin in #41312
fix(native-chat): repair Claude auth environment owner import by @nwparker in #41310

Agents, models & accounts

Copilot Chat, model choices, account usage and agent-specific launch and status fixes.

fix(agent-status): show each OpenCode tab's own session, not every busy session in its folder by @AmoabaKelvin in #41002
fix(pi): start Pi terminal launches on the model picked in the launcher by @AmoabaKelvin in #41005
feat(pi): offer a thinking level for Pi terminal launches by @AmoabaKelvin in #41006
fix(agent-status): stop Cursor's tab and sidebar title flickering while it works by @AmoabaKelvin in #40996
fix(agent-status): a skipped Codex async question no longer stays pending by @nwparker in #41013
fix(kiro): keep the Kiro session when kiro-cli reports status over OSC 7501 by @LDH1103 in #40568
fix(cursor): list your account's Cursor models in the agent launch picker by @AmoabaKelvin in #41046
fix(agent-status): skipping a Codex async question clears it on SSH panes too by @nwparker in #41031
fix(claude-accounts): restart sessions after a phone or CLI account switch instead of asking on the desktop by @AmoabaKelvin in #41064
fix(agents): point DeepSeek Harness install link at the dsh-TUI it launches by @AmoabaKelvin in #41069
fix(kimi): start Full access in Never Ask mode (--auto) instead of --yolo by @AmoabaKelvin in #41080
fix(agents): deliver new-workspace prompts to dsh-TUI 0.19, which runs as dsh-tui by @AmoabaKelvin in #41086
fix(agent): match AGY acronym to Antigravity in new worktree and new tab by @nwparker in #41128
fix(droid): stop installing the unsupported PermissionRequest hook by @innocarpe in #40612
fix(opencode): send the first prompt on OpenCode 2.0.13 to 2.0.18 by @AmoabaKelvin in #41109
Settings and launch menus list your account models by @brennanb2025 in #40175
fix(usage): stop Orca usage totals dropping when a worktree is deleted by @AmoabaKelvin in #41218
fix(cursor): list your account's Cursor models in the Settings default-model menu by @AmoabaKelvin in #41219
fix(jcode): keep the Jcode agent row and show its turn on Linux by @AmoabaKelvin in #41103
fix(omp): resume a profile's history session under that profile by @AmoabaKelvin in #41221
fix(jcode): keep swarm helpers' hooks off the main agent's row by @AmoabaKelvin in #41233
fix(jcode): show a swarm helper's permission request on the main row by @AmoabaKelvin in #41240
Fix Codex account status for Bedrock providers by @brennanb2025 in #40905
fix(native-chat): keep a launching Codex task's session variables out of chat and text-generation agents by @AmoabaKelvin in #41243
fix(account): say 'Signed out of Orca' after signing out by @nwparker in #41264
feat(native-chat): run GitHub Copilot in Chat over its ACP server by @AmoabaKelvin in #41055
fix(agent-title): keep Claude task titles mentioning Gemini by @nwparker in #41272
fix(droid): stop installing the unsupported PermissionRequest hook by @brennanb2025 in #40923
fix(structured-sessions): strip inherited pane identity from agent chat children by @nwparker in #41282
fix(agent-picker): stop fuzzy-matching Blank Terminal on unrelated agent queries by @nwparker in #41271
Tidy the Settings → Agents installed list by @brennanb2025 in #41250

Terminals & CLI

Terminal launch, focus, input, restoration and CLI formatting fixes. Revert context: the chat-wait change below was reverted by #41241, along with the earlier #40836. orca chat list/read/send/wait are not available in this release; orca chat rename remains.

fix(dashboard): route macOS Cmd+V to app paste in the agent dashboard pop-out by @innocarpe in #40866
fix(claude): exec Claude from the profile subshell so it leads the foreground group by @innocarpe in #40962
fix(workspace): focus the active split pane when Cmd+J or the tab switch menu selects a terminal by @innocarpe in #41015
fix(terminal): stop workspace activation from opening a fresh tab per orphaned counter-id PTY by @jxnxts in #40950
Make chat wait check the chat's work state instead of reading its history every second by @brennanb2025 in #41129
Revert orca chat list/read/send/wait (#40836) and its perf repair (#41129) by @brennanb2025 in #41241
fix(terminal): keep a launching Codex task's session variables out of Orca terminals by @AmoabaKelvin in #41220
fix(terminal): preserve host focus when CLI splits a parked tab by @nwparker in #41203
fix(terminal): re-arm an escape a snapshot omitted where its seq cuts a chunk (#34435) by @registered2nd in #34272
fix(preflight): seed HOME and the distro bins into a packaged launch's env by @aashish254 in #23285
fix(terminal): keep word motion only for the US Option layer on B/F/D by @nwparker in #41255
fix(terminal): detect Codex drafts above a footer that names reasoning effort by @nwparker in #41256
fix(terminal): restore terminal focus when the context menu closes without taking it by @nwparker in #41274
fix(cli): align Linear CLI tables by terminal display width by @nwparker in #41287

Browser & extensions

Browser extension settings, page restoration, navigation and agent interaction changes.

feat(browser): move extensions out of Experimental into Settings › Browser, on by default by @AmoabaKelvin in #40939
fix(browser): keep Orca shortcuts working while an HTML document preview has focus by @AmoabaKelvin in #41066
Keep Reopen clickable on restored failed browser pages by @brennanb2025 in #41137
Update browser navigation state without blocking page attachment by @brennanb2025 in #41045
fix(browser): tell agents when a page waits on a passkey, and let them cancel it by @AmoabaKelvin in #41048
fix(browser): stop agent clicks from opening the system file picker over your work by @AmoabaKelvin in #41299

Source control, editor & files

Git Graph, repository connections, file opening, editing and clipboard changes.

feat(editor): open files Orca can't display with the default app from their tab by @AmoabaKelvin in #40971
fix(bitbucket): connect access tokens and API tokens without account access by @AmoabaKelvin in #41029
fix(azure-devops): recognize vs-ssh.visualstudio.com SSH remotes by @Hotragn in #40369
fix(source-control): name the base by its short ref in the empty state by @nwparker in #41033
fix(editor): live-update tabs opened through a symlinked folder by @AmoabaKelvin in #41075
fix(file-explorer): stop waiting to reveal paths under node_modules or .git by @innocarpe in #41047
Stop polling contextual-copy hints in idle editors by @brennanb2025 in #40886
Keep Git Graph work bounded during scrolling and paging by @brennanb2025 in #40944
feat(watcher): ignore mobile/monorepo build folders while keeping Pods live-watched by @stevedat in #28494
fix(source-control): stop cutting the AI commit subject at 72 characters by @nwparker in #41254
fix(editor): keep review note cards after an edit removes their lines by @gum798 in #18333
fix(github): resolve dotted SSH host aliases for account binding while preserving GHE hosts by @itigoppo in #31766
fix(clipboard): paste macOS URLs copied without standard text by @ooeunz in #36929
fix(github): gate non-origin remote probes in getGitHubApiRepositoryForRemote by @nwparker in #41276
fix(editor): preserve literal & < > prose entities when saving rich markdown by @nwparker in #41289
fix(pr-page): let the Start workspace button grow to fit its label by @brennanb2025 in #40900

Phone client & paired devices

Phone code, diffs, PR state, terminal sizing, dictation and touch scrolling, including updated web pages delivered by the desktop. This update does not replace installed native phone apps.

feat(mobile): GitHub syntax colours and the system code font for code, files and diffs by @AmoabaKelvin in #40942
feat(mobile): GitHub-style diff rows with a pinned gutter and sideways scroll by @AmoabaKelvin in #40961
feat(mobile): show merged, closed and draft PR icons by state by @AmoabaKelvin in #40921
fix(mobile): label desktop chats an old phone app can't show as Update mobile by @AmoabaKelvin in #41063
fix(mobile): resize the terminal when Desktop/Phone is toggled on a fresh terminal by @AmoabaKelvin in #41061
fix(mobile): show Loading for a new Tasks search instead of the previous search's rows by @AmoabaKelvin in #41067
fix(mobile): keep Android dictation text in the chat box when the keyboard mic opens a voice keyboard by @AmoabaKelvin in #41209
fix(mobile): let the chat transcript scroll by touch on the phone's web pages by @Jinwoo-H in #41578

Simulator

iOS Simulator video streaming, scrolling and device folding fixes in the desktop simulator pane.

perf(emulator): stream the iOS Simulator pane as H.264 video by @AmoabaKelvin in #41073
fix(emulator): keep wheel scrolling moving across simulator screen edges by @kiendle in #40362
fix(emulator): make iPhone Duo fold work in release builds and show serve-sim's real error by @AmoabaKelvin in #41051

Dictation & voice

Speech-model updates retain the existing model if installation cannot complete.

fix(speech): keep the old speech model when an update can't be moved into place by @AmoabaKelvin in #41037

Skills, plugins & sharing

Skill-package identity, plugin discovery and saved publishing-permission fixes.

fix(artifacts): preserve publishing permission in offline profile writes by @AmethystLiang in #40982
fix(skills): sort complete manifest paths before computing skill package identity by @yukurust in #40812
fix(plugins): hash dev-folder plugin workers with the same skip set as discovery by @innocarpe in #40729
fix(skills): ignore Claude desktop synced skills in feature install checks by @nwparker in #41257

Automations & worker coordination

Automation overview, environment recipes, paired-computer workers, recovery and permission-prompt handling. The initial #40756 permission-approval implementation was replaced by the corrected #41259 before this release; approvals ship in that corrected form.

fix(recipes): show credentials recipe scripts inherit, add opt-in passEnv allowlist by @nwparker in #40757
fix(orchestration): say the pairing is gone when a worker's server was removed by @Jinwoo-H in #40949
fix(orchestration): a chat worker that died with Orca can be stopped and followed up after restart by @Jinwoo-H in #40967
fix(orchestration): a worker whose terminal died with Orca can be reopened again by @Jinwoo-H in #40963
feat(automations): redesign the automation detail overview by @AmethystLiang in #40507
fix(orchestration): a worker report during an Orca restart is not rejected as a changed identity by @Jinwoo-H in #41014
fix(orchestration): archive a released chat worker's journal up to its 256 KB bound, not 200 rows by @AmoabaKelvin in #41049
feat(orchestration): a worker started with --on becomes the paired computer's own worker by @Jinwoo-H in #40731
feat(orchestration): answer workers' permission prompts from the coordinator by @Jinwoo-H in #40756
fix(orchestration): tell the coordinator when a worker is lost by @Jinwoo-H in #40983
perf(orchestration): an unreadable item holds back only its own conversation, and remote-owned queries use their indexes by @Jinwoo-H in #41121
perf(orchestration): open no database for non-users and read open-time sweeps through indexes by @Jinwoo-H in #41283
feat(orchestration): answer workers' permission prompts from the coordinator by @Jinwoo-H in #41259

Tests, CI & maintenance

Test cleanup and isolation, CI resilience, diagnostic updates, dependency upgrades and internal module organization.

test: remove 100 low-value tests and ten suites by @OrcaWin in #40970
test(ephemeral-vm): make VM runtime store suites pass on Windows by @nwparker in #40093
refactor(renderer): group terminal output and rendering owners by @nwparker in #40969
test: remove 180 low-value PTY, layout, and store cases by @OrcaWin in #40981
test: remove 234 low-value definitions and 13 entire suites by @OrcaWin in #40991
test: remove 130 low-value definitions and eight whole suites by @OrcaWin in #40997
Remove 129 low-value tests and four entire suites by @OrcaWin in #41000
Remove 181 low-value tests and 28 entire suites by @OrcaWin in #41007
refactor(renderer): group pane layout and terminal input owners by @nwparker in #40989
refactor(renderer): import launch and scroll definitions from owners by @nwparker in #41016
test: remove 79 low-value tests across 39 suites by @OrcaWin in #41012
test: remove 436 low-value cases and 79 whole suites by @OrcaWin in #41026
refactor(renderer): place library features with their owners by @nwparker in #41024
relay-edge: reconnect_gap diagnostic metric by @nwparker in #41034
test: remove 216 low-value cases and 42 whole suites by @OrcaWin in #41030
Update README downloads badge by @buf0-bot[bot] in #41050
refactor: give pane conversations a concrete owner and remove redundant wrappers by @nwparker in #41038
test: remove 167 low-value cases and 93 suites by @OrcaWin in #41057
refactor: organize usage and CSV modules by concrete owners by @nwparker in #41059
test: remove 337 low-value test definitions across 13 suites by @OrcaWin in #41071
test: remove 117 low-value test definitions and four suites by @OrcaWin in #41085
refactor(main): group search and profile implementation owners by @nwparker in #41082
test: remove 83 low-value test definitions and seven suites by @OrcaWin in #41098
test: remove 168 low-value test definitions and eleven suites by @OrcaWin in #41108
test: remove 127 low-value cases and unused observer harness by @OrcaWin in #41118
refactor(persistence): organize profile state and Store domains by @nwparker in #41106
test(orchestration): keep scripted Codex homes in each test directory by @gentslava in #40964
refactor: organize GitLab and Linear implementation owners by @nwparker in #41130
refactor: organize CLI installation and crash lifecycle owners by @nwparker in #41142
test: remove 263 low-value cases across 20 suites by @OrcaWin in #41144
Update README downloads badge by @buf0-bot[bot] in #41149
relay: skip the edge row read for hosts above the edge leave ceiling by @nwparker in #41150
refactor: group WSL and Orcad migration owners by @nwparker in #41148
refactor: group computer provider owners by @nwparker in #41154
test: remove 161 low-value cases and 12 suites by @OrcaWin in #41151
refactor: use concrete RPC and orchestration owners by @nwparker in #41158
test: remove 98 low-value cases and 17 suites by @OrcaWin in #41124
ci: fail over unavailable Ubuntu package mirrors by @nwparker in #41174
refactor: group Pi provider modules by owner by @nwparker in #41162
test: remove 198 low-value test registrations by @OrcaWin in #41175
test: remove 1,144 low-value test declarations by @OrcaWin in #41177
test: fix relay fence type-only import by @OrcaWin in #41197
refactor(opencode): organize provider integration owners by @nwparker in #41192
test: remove 192 low-value mobile tests by @OrcaWin in #41196
test: remove 101 low-value mobile terminal and harness tests by @OrcaWin in #41207
Keep runtime test databases isolated between runs by @brennanb2025 in #41122
test: remove 129 low-value cases and 21 whole suites by @OrcaWin in #41210
test: remove 37 low-value cases and five whole suites by @OrcaWin in #41223
test: remove weak suites and duplicate recorder replays by @OrcaWin in #41234
test: remove automatic reply matrices and weak suites by @OrcaWin in #41238
refactor(claude-accounts): organize sign-in and profile owners by @nwparker in #41222
refactor(cloud): organize push service by concrete owners by @nwparker in #41261
test: remove low-value suites, recorder snapshots, and repeated inputs by @OrcaWin in #41244
refactor(watchers): group filesystem process modules by owner by @nwparker in #41265
refactor(mobile): organize terminal document by concrete owners by @nwparker in #41267
test: remove shallow catalog, browser and launch checks by @OrcaWin in #41258
test: keep real git and shell test fixtures off developer config by @nwparker in #41278
docs(orchestration): replace hardcoded worker-start agent ids with placeholder by @nwparker in #41279
test: remove low-value CLI, mobile, and clipboard cases by @OrcaWin in #41273
refactor(plugins): organize panel and worker modules by concrete owners by @nwparker in #41277
build(mobile): upgrade to Expo SDK 58 and React Native 0.88 by @nwparker in #37935
refactor(mobile): organize notification delivery and lifecycle owners by @nwparker in #41290
test: remove 17 low-value wrapper and private-state suites by @OrcaWin in #41292
refactor(mobile): organize browser stream, input and pane modules by @nwparker in #41300
test: remove repeated wiring and disabled orchestration suites by @OrcaWin in #41302
Prevent new blocking work on Electron main in CI by @brennanb2025 in #41263
Update README downloads badge by @buf0-bot[bot] in #41313
refactor(git): group command execution under concrete owners by @nwparker in #41316
fix(daemon): stop the macOS logout watch adding a login record every two minutes by @AmoabaKelvin in #41056

Contributors

Thanks to @OrcaWin, @AmoabaKelvin, @nwparker, @AmethystLiang, @Jinwoo-H, @brennanb2025, @LDH1103, @innocarpe, @duck1eee, @Hotragn, @Aboysky, @buf0-bot[bot], @yukurust, @gentslava, @yohangwak, @jxnxts, @kiendle, @registered2nd, @mousepotato03, @aashish254, @stevedat, @BeamNawapat, @gum798, @itigoppo, @ooeunz.

New Contributors

@duck1eee made their first contribution in #40264
@yukurust made their first contribution in #40812
@jxnxts made their first contribution in #40950
@stevedat made their first contribution in #28494
@itigoppo made their first contribution in #31766
@ooeunz made their first contribution in #36929

Full Changelog: v1.4.257...v1.4.258

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