@google/gemini-cli 0.9.0

Release v0.9.0

on Node.js NPM

What's Changed

• chore(release): bump version to 0.9.0-nightly.20251001.163dba7e by @skeshive in #10362
• Codebase Investigator: Separate initial query from system prompt and apply templateStrings in query and initialMessages by @silviojr in #10282
• feat(telemetry): add OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic convention metrics by @jerop in #10343
• feat: Add enableSubagents configuration and wire up subagent registration by @abhipatel12 in #9988
• Cleanup useSelectionList and fix infinite loop in debug mode issues. by @jacob314 in #10248
• Revert reducing margin on narrow screens by @bbiggs in #10375
• Switch to a reducer for tracking update state fixing flicker issues due to continuous renders by @jacob314 in #10280
• Smart Edit Strategy Logging by @mrcabbage972 in #10345
• Fix so paste timeout protection is much less invasive. by @jacob314 in #9284
• fix(ui): increase padding of settings dialog by @galz10 in #10376
• Docs IA update and Get Started section. by @jkcinouye in #10192
• fix(core): add telemetry support for smart edit correction events by @agmsb in #10378
• support giving a github repo URL with a trailing slash by @jakemac53 in #10360
• feat(ci): Add npx run testing to Release Verification Testing by @richieforeman in #10352
• fix(integration): Added shell specification for winpty by @davideast in #9497
• fix(ci) update wording of promote action output to be more clear by @skeshive in #10369
• fix(core): use constant for tool_output_truncated event name by @jerop in #10372
• fix: Stream parsing for Windows Zed integration by @benbrandt in #10339
• feat(ide extension): introduce debug logging by @skeshive in #10416
• Fix(infra) - Give merge queue skipper read-all access by @shishu314 in #10368
• fix(vscode): suppress update and install messages in managed IDEs by @skeshive in #10431
• refactor(agents): implement submit_final_output tool for agent completion by @abhipatel12 in #10377
• fix(infra) - Add pr number to the release branch name for final step of release by @shishu314 in #10364
• Docs: Add changelog section by @jkcinouye in #10388
• Modify GCLI system prompt to conditionally use the CodebaseInvestigator by @silviojr in #10419
• fix: prevent tools discovery error for prompt-only MCP servers by @vasayxtx in #10367
• Update patch PRs with additional content by @shishu314 in #10180
• fix(auto-update): suppress npx nag for transient installs by @ashmod in #10276
• Update GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT in README for disambiguation by @kuri-leo in #10310
• Adding list sub command to memoryCommand to list the path of GEMINI.md files by @sgnagnarella in #10108
• Change "Create Pull Request" action to not try merging by @scidomino in #10379
• fix(docs): several .md links in docs are incorrect by @mbleigh in #10449
• Fix /chat list not write terminal escape codes directly by @adamfweidman in #10415
• Docs: Minor change to website nav and headings by @jkcinouye in #10454
• chore(formatting): Fix formatting on main by @abhipatel12 in #10464
• feat(ci): Add some very basic smoke testing to CI.yml by @richieforeman in #10451
• fix(doc) -update release doc by @shishu314 in #10484
• feat(vscode-ide-companion): enforce auth token validation by @skeshive in #10481
• feat(ci): add ability to publish packages to private github registry for testing by @skeshive in #10348
• refactor(core): Unify retry logic and remove schema depth check by @SandyTao520 in #10453
• Fix oauth support for MCP servers by @jakemac53 in #10427
• Add function processOutput to AgentDefinition and typing for an agent's output by @silviojr in #10447
• feat(lint): add sensitive keyword linter by @skeshive in #10488
• Update dep versions to fix vulnerabilities by @scidomino in #10496
• fix(infra) - Add original PR number into hotfix branch by @shishu314 in #10499
• fix(doc) - Update releases doc by @shishu314 in #10504
• test: fix flaky integration tests for compress command by @hritan in #10371
• fix: handle request retries and model fallback correctly by @gsquared94 in #9407
• Stop logging tool call error message to clearcut by @owenofbrien in #10511
• fix(lint): Fixes silent pass for formatting mistakes in gh ci by @abhipatel12 in #10489
• Cleanup extension update logic by @jakemac53 in #10514
• Temporarily remove NPM integration tests till we resolve #10517 by @scidomino in #10520
• chore(actions): mark wombat-token-cli as required by @adamfweidman in #10590
• Re-submission: Make --allowed-tools work in non-interactive mode by @mistergarrison in #10289
• ci(release): remove 'dev' option from manual release by @galz10 in #10374
• feat(sessions): Add automatic session cleanup and retention policy by @bl-ue in #7662
• Modifying stale data by @jkcinouye in #10622
• fix(core): retain user message in history on stream failure by @SandyTao520 in #10608
• Update extensions docs by @chrstnb in #10621
• fix(ci): ensure dry-run is false for scheduled nightly releases by @SandyTao520 in #10571
• Fix link to Extension Releasing Guide (broken link) by @LyalinDotCom in #10635
• Update gemini extensions new by @chrstnb in #10629
• chore: fix folder trust tests by @adamfweidman in #10636
• use extract-zip and tar libraries to extract archives by @jakemac53 in #10414
• Remove separate --path argument for extensions install command by @chrstnb in #10628
• Fix quoting when echoing workflow JSON by @adamfweidman in #10596
• Enhance debug profiler to track tree framerate and dispatch errors by @jacob314 in #10502
• fix(infra) - Fix missing package error by @shishu314 in #10595
• Get around the initial empty response from gemini-2.5-flash. by @mrcabbage972 in #10508
• fix(core): Use 127.0.0.1 for IDE client connection by @skeshive in #10658
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 467a305 to release/v0.9.0-preview.0-pr-10661 to patch version v0.9.0-preview.0 and create version 0.9.0-preview.1 by @gemini-cli-robot in #10817
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 0b6c020 to release/v0.9.0-preview.1-pr-10828 [CONFLICTS] by @gemini-cli-robot in #10920
• fix(patch): cherry-pick dd01af6 to release/v0.9.0-preview.2-pr-11072 to patch version v0.9.0-preview.2 and create version 0.9.0-preview.3 by @gemini-cli-robot in #11076
• Cherrypick #10900 by @chrstnb in #11116
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 996c9f5 to release/v0.9.0-preview.4-pr-11164 [CONFLICTS] by @gemini-cli-robot in #11166

New Contributors

• @benbrandt made their first contribution in #10339
• @vasayxtx made their first contribution in #10367
• @kuri-leo made their first contribution in #10310

Full Changelog: v0.8.2...v0.9.0