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v1.2.14-vscode

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Summary

This release focuses heavily on improving the Command Line Interface (CLI) experience, including better context visibility and stability fixes. New features include faster Grok processing and UI refinements like smaller thinking blocks. Numerous bug fixes address issues related to context handling, prompt application, and headless mode stability.

New Features

  • Enabled faster Grok code processing (grok code fast 1).
  • Introduced the ability to skip checking for updates when running in development mode in the CLI.
  • Enabled always showing the context percentage in the CLI.
  • Added a warning message to show configured Mission Control Providers (MCPs).
  • Removed applied rules from the chat history display.
  • Added reporting for tool failures.
  • Enabled filtering CLI output lines that exceed 1000 characters.
  • Kept the stream error toggle open by default.
  • Designed thinking blocks to occupy less screen space.
  • Added Sonnet lazy apply prompt functionality.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed context pollution between sessions in the CLI.
  • Fixed an issue where 'instant reject all' did not work correctly in VS Code.
  • Fixed typechecking for write file arguments.
  • Fixed the apply prompt to correctly preserve comments in code changes.
  • Fixed CLI validation for required parameters in tool calls.
  • Fixed an issue where the prepended fim_prefix tag was incorrectly used in the mercury coder.
  • Fixed a loading bug that occurred in headless mode.
  • Prevented sensitive files from being included in next edit diffs.
  • Fixed the command title from 'View History' to 'View Logs'.
  • Fixed Mission Control Processor (MCP) error output and related bugs.
  • Fixed an auto compaction loop in the CLI and ensured messages are pruned until valid.
  • Fixed the use of system prompts for default endpoint type instances in the next edit operation.

Improvements

  • Added description truncation for slash commands displayed in the CLI UI.
  • Improved memory allocation in IntelliJ by implementing a GsonService singleton.
  • Passed all environment variables to the MCP server instead of just PATH.
  • Removed the beta warning message from the CLI introduction.
  • Deprecated `continue.telemetryEnabled` in VS Code preferences.
  • Updated the command title from 'View History' to 'View Logs'.
  • Added guidance to Bash tools to prioritize edit tools over direct bash commands.
  • Replaced the Discord link with a GitHub Discussions link in the interface/documentation.

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