{"version":"1.6.0","versions":{"cli":"1.6.0","desktop":"1.6.0"},"date":"2026-11-07","dateFormatted":"November 7, 2026","url":"https://docs.factory.com/changelog/release-notes#v1.6.0","jsonUrl":"https://docs.factory.com/changelog/releases/1.6.0.json","summary":"Side chat with /side, desktop telemetry and dragging fixes, and tidier settings and skills screens","surfaces":["cli","app"],"changes":[{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Settings page layout","description":"Settings pages now space sections evenly and share one loading, empty, and error state"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"cli","title":"Faster worktree session archiving","description":"Archiving or deleting a worktree session no longer waits for its checkout files on macOS and Linux"},{"type":"fix","surface":"cli","title":"Steered background Task answers","description":"A background Task now reports its final answer when you steer a message into it"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Sidebar header window dragging","description":"You can again drag the desktop window by the open sidebar header"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Telemetry setting in Desktop","description":"The desktop app now honors telemetry turned off in your user or organization settings"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Bug report export note","description":"The bug report modal's export note now matches the smaller body text around it"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Session view while verifying computers","description":"Verifying a Droid Computer's identity no longer reloads the session view you are reading"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Create Skill modal layout","description":"The Create Skill modal now leads with the description field, then examples and a short how-it-works list"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Skills search focus","description":"Opening the skills browser now focuses its search field so typing filters the list"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"Custom deployment sign-in naming","description":"Sign-in now offers a Factory Custom Deployment instead of naming it Factory Private"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Sidebar text font","description":"The sidebar profile name and the Show more row now use the sidebar font"},{"type":"improvement","surface":"app","title":"New session startup","description":"Starting a new session no longer flashes Initializing Session before the session opens"},{"type":"fix","surface":"app","title":"Paused computer status","description":"A paused Droid Computer no longer shows as running after a delayed status update"},{"type":"feature","surface":"cli","title":"Side chat with /side","description":"The /side command now opens Side Chat, matching /btw"}],"contentText":"New features\n\n- Side chat with /side - The /side command now opens Side Chat, matching /btw\n\nImprovements\n\n- Settings page layout - Settings pages now space sections evenly and share one loading, empty, and error state\n- Faster worktree session archiving - Archiving or deleting a worktree session no longer waits for its checkout files on macOS and Linux\n- Bug report export note - The bug report modal's export note now matches the smaller body text around it\n- Session view while verifying computers - Verifying a Droid Computer's identity no longer reloads the session view you are reading\n- Create Skill modal layout - The Create Skill modal now leads with the description field, then examples and a short how-it-works list\n- Skills search focus - Opening the skills browser now focuses its search field so typing filters the list\n- Custom deployment sign-in naming - Sign-in now offers a Factory Custom Deployment instead of naming it Factory Private\n- New session startup - Starting a new session no longer flashes Initializing Session before the session opens\n\nBug fixes\n\n- Steered background Task answers - A background Task now reports its final answer when you steer a message into it\n- Sidebar header window dragging - You can again drag the desktop window by the open sidebar header\n- Telemetry setting in Desktop - The desktop app now honors telemetry turned off in your user or organization settings\n- Sidebar text font - The sidebar profile name and the Show more row now use the sidebar font\n- Paused computer status - A paused Droid Computer no longer shows as running after a delayed status update"}