What's Changed
- make tag required for /chat by @sethtroisi in #2904
 - Reduce the threshold for when we compress history. by @vachan-shetty in #2898
 - help: add shift+tab tip by @abhipatel12 in #2892
 - Update notification template by @eddie-santos in #3035
 - Fix typo in README by @mpcarolin in #3061
 - feat(workflows): add automated and scheduled PR triage by @jerop in #3062
 - refactor(ci): improve pr triage by @jerop in #3082
 - docs: fix typos in CONTRIBUTING.md by @acktsap in #2722
 - fix: remove unnecessary whitespace by @joshmoon827 in #2781
 - Use AccentBlue: 'blue' in ANSI theme instead of hard-coded #0000FF by @fnune in #3100
 - fix: show ctrl+s shortcut to expand debug console #2002 by @devpool007 in #2491
 - feat(cli): update ascii art for smaller screens by @rmedranollamas in #3117
 - fix(client): get model from config in flashFallbackHandler by @SunskyXH in #2118
 - Fixed Google User Id pass to Clearcut by @bdmorgan in #3147
 - Add and improve JSDoc comments for core tool methods by @joshmoon827 in #3128
 - Refactor text-buffer to use reducer by @SandyTao520 in #2652
 - Releasing: Utilizing Github Actions and Tagging for release. by @mattKorwel in #2852
 - fix tagging for nightly by @mattKorwel in #3202
 - Mk nightly relase tag formatting by @mattKorwel in #3204
 - chore: typo fixes by @kumar-mithlesh in #3203
 - ci: update issue templates to use GitHub alert by @jackwotherspoon in #3167
 - Mk nightly relase tag formatting by @mattKorwel in #3206
 - Signing tags by @mattKorwel in #3254
 - Mk sign nightly release commits by @mattKorwel in #3264
 - fix a command usage issue in deployment.md
by @doggy8088 in #2862 - Doc: update gemini-cli README.md to require Node.js version 20+ by @nedn in #3247
 - feat: Update minimum Node.js version to 20 by @mattKorwel in #3277
 - fix typos in diverse files by @didier-durand in #3284
 - Mk nohup by @mattKorwel in #3285
 - fix: small typo by @0ldh in #3183
 - fix(cli): Group cancelled tool call responses to prevent API errors by @NTaylorMullen in #3333
 - Relase: Clean up and condensing by @mattKorwel in #3321
 - cleaning up prompts for release by @mattKorwel in #3335
 - fix(core): Sanitize tool parameters to fix 400 API errors by @BigUncle in #3300
 - Fix #2922: Prevent @ concatenation to valid paths in shellmode. by @siba2893 in #2932
 - feat: Handle inline content modification in tool scheduler by @adamfweidman in #2883
 - Update @google/genai -> 1.8.0 by @NTaylorMullen in #3339
 - feat: add user startup warnings, add home directory check by @psinha40898 in #3056
 - feat: YOLO mode shorctut displayed inside /help by @devpool007 in #3367
 - Release misc by @mattKorwel in #3418
 - feat(core): improve error messages in isCommandAllowed by @y-okt in #3349
 - fix: respect env variables in .env for settings.json variable substitution by @jackwotherspoon in #3416
 - Fix nested markdown Rendering for table headers and rows #3331 by @zfflxx in #3362
 - @file don't respect config respectGitIgnore=false (#3382) by @zfflxx in #3387
 - feat: add .svg support by @PugazhendhiDev in #3229
 - Migrate Gemini CLI Action workflows to Direct WIF authentication by @jerop in #3456
 - Re-enable backticks in shell tool usage. by @NTaylorMullen in #3360
 - Add excludeTools and includeTools to mcpServers config by @jdemeulenaere in #2976
 - Add new test to verify that when an Authorization header is provided by @gennadiycivil in #3023
 - Add --allowed_mcp_server_names flag by @teeler in #3464
 - fix: EditTool can clobber human edits to the same file. by @mainroach in #3043
 - Update README.md to show API key usage for Vertex by @chrisheecho in #3060
 - Remove unneeded code. by @scidomino in #3467
 - fix(cli): Prevent Tab from auto-executing incomplete slash commands by @sambhavKhanna in #2919
 - refactor: rename allowed_mcp_server_names to allowed-mcp-server-names by @teeler in #3469
 - feature(commands) - Refactor Slash Command + Vision For the Future by @abhipatel12 in #3175
 - Enable Gemini CLI to reuse user's auth in Cloud Shell by @mboshernitsan in #3070
 - Initialize MCP tools once at start up instead of every time we auth. by @scidomino in #3483
 - Fix typo and add tests for auth validation. by @scidomino in #3491
 - Fix double "esc" bug in Auth dialog by @scidomino in #3493
 - Release and Packaging: Clean up by @mattKorwel in #3489
 - chore: add general usage message to --help message by @jackwotherspoon in #3500
 - ci: disable scheduled jobs in forked repo by @warjiang in #3093
 - Fix infinite loop in start.js on Windows by @SandyTao520 in #3506
 - style: Format execution time as minutes, seconds by @Aisha630 in #2707
 - Preserve recent history when compressing. by @scidomino in #3049
 - Fix nightly Release by @mattKorwel in #3511
 - Improve Function Call argument validation and typing by @scidomino in #2881
 - Don't enforce leading slash since that's not true on Windows by @scidomino in #3545
 - Improve auth env var validation logic and messaging to detect settings that confuse GenAI SDK by @mboshernitsan in #1381
 - Add a command line option to enable and list extensions by @bbiggs in #3191
 - fix: Honor DEBUG and CLI_TITLE environment variables by @mboshernitsan in #3560
 - refactor: consolidate all flags to use hyphens (deprecate underscore flags) by @jackwotherspoon in #3541
 - Fix bad request in model check by @SandyTao520 in #3568
 - fix(auth): do not blindly default to API key auth by @swissspidy in #3235
 
New Contributors
- @mpcarolin made their first contribution in #3061
 - @acktsap made their first contribution in #2722
 - @joshmoon827 made their first contribution in #2781
 - @fnune made their first contribution in #3100
 - @rmedranollamas made their first contribution in #3117
 - @SunskyXH made their first contribution in #2118
 - @kumar-mithlesh made their first contribution in #3203
 - @jackwotherspoon made their first contribution in #3167
 - @nedn made their first contribution in #3247
 - @didier-durand made their first contribution in #3284
 - @0ldh made their first contribution in #3183
 - @BigUncle made their first contribution in #3300
 - @siba2893 made their first contribution in #2932
 - @adamfweidman made their first contribution in #2883
 - @y-okt made their first contribution in #3349
 - @zfflxx made their first contribution in #3362
 - @PugazhendhiDev made their first contribution in #3229
 - @gennadiycivil made their first contribution in #3023
 - @mainroach made their first contribution in #3043
 - @chrisheecho made their first contribution in #3060
 - @sambhavKhanna made their first contribution in #2919
 - @warjiang made their first contribution in #3093
 - @Aisha630 made their first contribution in #2707
 - @swissspidy made their first contribution in #3235
 
Full Changelog: v0.1.9...v0.1.9-nightly.250709.c8cf954e