{"version":"0.242.0","versions":{"cli":"0.242.0","desktop":"0.199.0"},"date":"2026-10-15","dateFormatted":"October 15, 2026","url":"https://docs.factory.com/changelog/release-notes#v0.242.0","jsonUrl":"https://docs.factory.com/changelog/releases/0.242.0.json","summary":"Ask Side Chat about highlighted text, resume a session by id, and CLI and app fixes","surfaces":["cli","app"],"changes":[{"type":"feature","surface":"app","title":"Ask Side Chat about text","description":"Highlighting Droid's response now offers Ask side chat, which opens the side chat with the text quoted"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Request timeout retries","description":"A request that times out is now retried instead of immediately failing your turn"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Custom model output limits","description":"Requests to a custom model now stay within the output limit configured for it"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Output after a model switch","description":"A turn that switches models no longer keeps the first model's unfinished reasoning or tool calls"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Browser pane auto-open","description":"The desktop browser pane now opens only after Droid loads a page, and stays closed briefly after you dismiss it"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Secret scan time limit","description":"Scanning a long push history now gets more time before the scan blocks the command"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Connector logos while scrolling","description":"Connector logos in a tool summary no longer paint over the pinned message while you scroll"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Deleted Slack message error","description":"A request started from a Slack message that was deleted now returns a clear error"},{"type":"security","surface":"cli","title":"Excel skill dependencies","description":"The Excel skill now installs a pinned spreadsheet library and skips its install scripts"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Long responses cut short","description":"A response cut off mid-stream is now retried so the turn can finish"},{"type":"feature","surface":"cli","title":"Resume a session by id","description":"The new /resume command, and /sessions, now open a session directly when you pass its id"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Duplicate usage reports","description":"Usage reported for your own model key is no longer recorded twice when a report is retried"},{"type":"feature","surface":"app","title":"Continue a spec in chat","description":"An approved spec can now continue in a new chat that starts with the spec's context"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Right pane key presses","description":"Pressing Enter on a right pane control no longer answers a pending question in chat"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Automation folder icons","description":"A project group in the sidebar now shows the automation folder icon only when every session is an automation"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Process kill commands","description":"Droid now refuses a kill command that would signal its own process"}],"contentText":"New features\n\n- Ask Side Chat about text - Highlighting Droid's response now offers Ask side chat, which opens the side chat with the text quoted\n- Resume a session by id - The new /resume command, and /sessions, now open a session directly when you pass its id\n- Continue a spec in chat - An approved spec can now continue in a new chat that starts with the spec's context\n\nBug fixes\n\n- Request timeout retries - A request that times out is now retried instead of immediately failing your turn\n- Custom model output limits - Requests to a custom model now stay within the output limit configured for it\n- Output after a model switch - A turn that switches models no longer keeps the first model's unfinished reasoning or tool calls\n- Browser pane auto-open - The desktop browser pane now opens only after Droid loads a page, and stays closed briefly after you dismiss it\n- Secret scan time limit - Scanning a long push history now gets more time before the scan blocks the command\n- Connector logos while scrolling - Connector logos in a tool summary no longer paint over the pinned message while you scroll\n- Deleted Slack message error - A request started from a Slack message that was deleted now returns a clear error\n- Long responses cut short - A response cut off mid-stream is now retried so the turn can finish\n- Duplicate usage reports - Usage reported for your own model key is no longer recorded twice when a report is retried\n- Right pane key presses - Pressing Enter on a right pane control no longer answers a pending question in chat\n- Automation folder icons - A project group in the sidebar now shows the automation folder icon only when every session is an automation\n- Process kill commands - Droid now refuses a kill command that would signal its own process\n\nSecurity\n\n- Excel skill dependencies - The Excel skill now installs a pinned spreadsheet library and skips its install scripts"}