gemini-cli/docs/changelogs/latest.md

Latest stable release: v0.26.0

Released: January 27, 2026

For most users, our latest stable release is the recommended release. Install the latest stable version with:

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

Highlights

• Enhanced Agent and Skill Capabilities: This release introduces the new skill-creator built-in skill, enables Agent Skills by default, and adds a generalist agent to improve task routing. Security for skill installation has also been enhanced with new consent prompts.
• Improved UI and UX: A new "Rewind" feature lets you walk back through conversation history. We've also added an /introspect command for debugging and unified various shell confirmation dialogs for a more consistent user experience.
• Core Stability and Performance: This release includes significant performance improvements, including a fix for PDF token estimation, optimizations for large inputs, and prevention of OOM crashes. Key memory management components like LRUCache have also been updated.
• Scheduler and Policy Refactoring: The core tool scheduler has been decoupled into distinct orchestration, policy, and confirmation components, and we've added an experimental event-driven scheduler to improve performance and reliability.

What's Changed

• fix: PDF token estimation (#16494) by @korade-krushna in #16527
• chore(release): bump version to 0.26.0-nightly.20260114.bb6c57414 by @gemini-cli-robot in #16604
• docs: clarify F12 to open debug console by @jackwotherspoon in #16570
• docs: Remove .md extension from internal links in architecture.md by @medic-code in #12899
• Add an experimental setting for extension config by @chrstnb in #16506
• feat: add Rewind Confirmation dialog and Rewind Viewer component by @Adib234 in #15717
• fix(a2a): Don't throw errors for GeminiEventType Retry and InvalidStream. by @ehedlund in #16541
• prefactor: add rootCommands as array so it can be used for policy parsing by @abhipatel12 in #16640
• remove unnecessary \x7f key bindings by @scidomino in #16646
• docs(skills): use body-file in pr-creator skill for better reliability by @abhipatel12 in #16642
• chore(automation): recursive labeling for workstream descendants by @bdmorgan in #16609
• feat: introduce 'skill-creator' built-in skill and CJS management tools by @NTaylorMullen in #16394
• chore(automation): remove automated PR size and complexity labeler by @bdmorgan in #16648
• refactor(skills): replace 'project' with 'workspace' scope by @NTaylorMullen in #16380
• Docs: Update release notes for 1/13/2026 by @jkcinouye in #16583
• Simplify paste handling by @scidomino in #16654
• chore(automation): improve scheduled issue triage discovery and throughput by @bdmorgan in #16652
• fix(acp): run exit cleanup when stdin closes by @codefromthecrypt in #14953
• feat(scheduler): add types needed for event driven scheduler by @abhipatel12 in #16641
• Remove unused rewind key binding by @scidomino in #16659
• Remove sequence binding by @scidomino in #16664
• feat(cli): undeprecate the --prompt flag by @alexaustin007 in #13981
• chore: update dependabot configuration by @cosmopax in #13507
• feat(config): add 'auto' alias for default model selection by @sehoon38 in #16661
• Enable & disable agents by @sehoon38 in #16225
• cleanup: Improve keybindings by @scidomino in #16672
• Add timeout for shell-utils to prevent hangs. by @jacob314 in #16667
• feat(plan): add experimental plan flag by @jerop in #16650
• feat(cli): add security consent prompts for skill installation by @NTaylorMullen in #16549
• fix: replace 3 consecutive periods with ellipsis character by @Vist233 in #16587
• chore(automation): ensure status/need-triage is applied and never cleared automatically by @bdmorgan in #16657
• fix: Handle colons in skill description frontmatter by @maru0804 in #16345
• refactor(core): harden skill frontmatter parsing by @NTaylorMullen in #16705
• feat(skills): add conflict detection and warnings for skill overrides by @NTaylorMullen in #16709
• feat(scheduler): add SchedulerStateManager for reactive tool state by @abhipatel12 in #16651
• chore(automation): enforce 'help wanted' label permissions and update guidelines by @bdmorgan in #16707
• fix(core): resolve circular dependency via tsconfig paths by @sehoon38 in #16730
• chore/release: bump version to 0.26.0-nightly.20260115.6cb3ae4e0 by @gemini-cli-robot in #16738
• fix(automation): correct status/need-issue label matching wildcard by @bdmorgan in #16727
• fix(automation): prevent label-enforcer loop by ignoring all bots by @bdmorgan in #16746
• Add links to supported locations and minor fixes by @g-samroberts in #16476
• feat(policy): add source tracking to policy rules by @allenhutchison in #16670
• feat(automation): enforce '🔒 maintainer only' and fix bot loop by @bdmorgan in #16751
• Make merged settings non-nullable and fix all lints related to that. by @jacob314 in #16647
• fix(core): prevent ModelInfo event emission on aborted signal by @sehoon38 in #16752
• Replace relative paths to fix website build by @chrstnb in #16755
• Restricting to localhost by @cocosheng-g in #16548
• fix(cli): add explicit dependency on color-convert by @sehoon38 in #16757
• fix(automation): robust label enforcement with permission checks by @bdmorgan in #16762
• fix(cli): prevent OOM crash by limiting file search traversal and adding timeout by @galz10 in #16696
• fix(cli): safely handle /dev/tty access on macOS by @korade-krushna in #16531
• docs: clarify workspace test execution in GEMINI.md by @mattKorwel in #16764
• Add support for running available commands prior to MCP servers loading by @Adib234 in #15596
• feat(plan): add experimental 'plan' approval mode by @jerop in #16753
• feat(scheduler): add functional awaitConfirmation utility by @abhipatel12 in #16721
• fix(infra): update maintainer rollup label to 'workstream-rollup' by @bdmorgan in #16809
• fix(infra): use GraphQL to detect direct parents in rollup workflow by @bdmorgan in #16811
• chore(workflows): rename label-workstream-rollup workflow by @bdmorgan in #16818
• skip simple-mcp-server.test.ts by @scidomino in #16842
• Steer outer agent to use expert subagents when present by @gundermanc in #16763
• Fix race condition by awaiting scheduleToolCalls by @chrstnb in #16759
• cleanup: Organize key bindings by @scidomino in #16798
• feat(core): Add generalist agent. by @joshualitt in #16638
• perf(ui): optimize text buffer and highlighting for large inputs by @NTaylorMullen in #16782
• fix(core): fix PTY descriptor shell leak by @galz10 in #16773
• feat(plan): enforce strict read-only policy and halt execution on violation by @jerop in #16849
• remove need-triage label from bug_report template by @sehoon38 in #16864
• fix(core): truncate large telemetry log entries by @sehoon38 in #16769
• docs(extensions): add Agent Skills support and mark feature as experimental by @NTaylorMullen in #16859
• fix(core): surface warnings for invalid hook event names in configuration (#16788) by @sehoon38 in #16873
• feat(plan): remove read_many_files from approval mode policies by @jerop in #16876
• feat(admin): implement admin controls polling and restart prompt by @skeshive in #16627
• Remove LRUCache class migrating to mnemoist by @jacob314 in #16872
• feat(settings): rename negative settings to positive naming (disable* -> enable*) by @afarber in #14142
• refactor(cli): unify shell confirmation dialogs by @NTaylorMullen in #16828
• feat(agent): enable agent skills by default by @NTaylorMullen in #16736
• refactor(core): foundational truncation refactoring and token estimation optimization by @NTaylorMullen in #16824
• fix(hooks): enable /hooks disable to reliably stop single hooks by @abhipatel12 in #16804
• Don't commit unless user asks us to. by @gundermanc in #16902
• chore: remove a2a-adapter and bump @a2a-js/sdk to 0.3.8 by @adamfweidman in #16800
• fix: Show experiment values in settings UI for compressionThreshold by @ishaanxgupta in #16267
• feat(cli): replace relative keyboard shortcuts link with web URL by @imaliabbas in #16479
• fix(core): resolve PKCE length issue and stabilize OAuth redirect port by @sehoon38 in #16815
• Delete rewind documentation for now by @Adib234 in #16932
• Stabilize skill-creator CI and package format by @NTaylorMullen in #17001
• Stabilize the git evals by @gundermanc in #16989
• fix(core): attempt compression before context overflow check by @NTaylorMullen in #16914
• Fix inverted logic. by @gundermanc in #17007
• chore(scripts): add duplicate issue closer script and fix lint errors by @bdmorgan in #16997
• docs: update README and config guide to reference Gemini 3 by @JayadityaGit in #15806
• fix(cli): correct Homebrew installation detection by @kij in #14727
• Demote git evals to nightly run. by @gundermanc in #17030
• fix(cli): use OSC-52 clipboard copy in Windows Terminal by @Thomas-Shephard in #16920
• Fix: Process all parts in response chunks when thought is first by @pyrytakala in #13539
• fix(automation): fix jq quoting error in pr-triage.sh by @Kimsoo0119 in #16958
• refactor(core): decouple scheduler into orchestration, policy, and confirmation by @abhipatel12 in #16895
• feat: add /introspect slash command by @NTaylorMullen in #17048
• refactor(cli): centralize tool mapping and decouple legacy scheduler by @abhipatel12 in #17044
• fix(ui): ensure rationale renders before tool calls by @NTaylorMullen in #17043
• fix(workflows): use author_association for maintainer check by @bdmorgan in #17060
• fix return type of fireSessionStartEvent to defaultHookOutput by @ved015 in #16833
• feat(cli): add experiment gate for event-driven scheduler by @abhipatel12 in #17055
• feat(core): improve shell redirection transparency and security by @NTaylorMullen in #16486
• fix(core): deduplicate ModelInfo emission in GeminiClient by @NTaylorMullen in #17075
• docs(themes): remove unsupported DiffModified color key by @jw409 in #17073
• fix: update currentSequenceModel when modelChanged by @adamfweidman in #17051
• feat(core): enhanced anchored iterative context compression with self-verification by @rmedranollamas in #15710
• Fix mcp instructions by @chrstnb in #16439
• [A2A] Disable checkpointing if git is not installed by @cocosheng-g in #16896
• feat(admin): set admin.skills.enabled based on advancedFeaturesEnabled setting by @skeshive in #17095
• Test coverage for hook exit code cases by @gundermanc in #17041
• Revert "Revert "Update extension examples"" by @chrstnb in #16445
• fix(core): Provide compact, actionable errors for agent delegation failures by @SandyTao520 in #16493
• fix: migrate BeforeModel and AfterModel hooks to HookSystem by @ved015 in #16599
• feat(admin): apply admin settings to gemini skills/mcp/extensions commands by @skeshive in #17102
• fix(core): update telemetry token count after session resume by @psinha40898 in #15491
• Demote the subagent test to nightly by @gundermanc in #17105
• feat(plan): telemetry to track adoption and usage of plan mode by @Adib234 in #16863
• feat: Add flash lite utility fallback chain by @adamfweidman in #17056
• Fixes Windows crash: "Cannot resize a pty that has already exited" by @dzammit in #15757
• feat(core): Add initial eval for generalist agent. by @joshualitt in #16856
• feat(core): unify agent enabled and disabled flags by @SandyTao520 in #17127
• fix(core): resolve auto model in default strategy by @sehoon38 in #17116
• docs: update project context and pr-creator workflow by @NTaylorMullen in #17119
• fix(cli): send gemini-cli version as mcp client version by @dsp in #13407
• fix(cli): resolve Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+J newline issues by @imadraude in #17021
• Remove missing sidebar item by @chrstnb in #17145
• feat(core): Ensure all properties in hooks object are event names. by @joshualitt in #16870
• fix(cli): fix newline support broken in previous PR by @scidomino in #17159
• Add interactive ValidationDialog for handling 403 VALIDATION_REQUIRED errors. by @gsquared94 in #16231
• Add Esc-Esc to clear prompt when it's not empty by @Adib234 in #17131
• Avoid spurious warnings about unexpected renders triggered by appEvents and coreEvents. by @jacob314 in #17160
• fix(cli): resolve home/end keybinding conflict by @scidomino in #17124
• fix(cli): display 'http' type on mcp list by @pamanta in #16915
• fix bad fallback logic external editor logic by @scidomino in #17166
• Fix bug where System scopes weren't migrated. by @jacob314 in #17174
• Fix mcp tool lookup in tool registry by @werdnum in #17054

Full changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.25.2...v0.26.0