PandaPaw Release Notes
PandaPaw release notes list published versions, release dates, and summaries of user-visible changes. Check the history when verifying an update or a fix.
Updated
- Added: support for OpenCode, DSH, and Pi in managed sessions.
- Improved: the app reconnects automatically after usage limits, waiting, or dropped connections.
- Fixed: your unsent messages are no longer lost or cleared unexpectedly.
- Added: clearer status when a managed virtual machine starts, pauses, or stops.
- Fixed: stalled helper tasks no longer leave your session stuck.
- Added: You can install Claude Code, Codex, and Node with faster, more reliable downloads.
- Fixed: Your auto-compact setting is now remembered after restarting.
- Fixed: The app no longer reconnects in the background every five minutes when idle.
- Fixed: Terminal sessions now become ready only when they are actually ready.
- Fixed: Restarts during a task are delayed; forced restarts show as interrupted.
- Fixed: Input is no longer lost if an automatic restart fails.
- Fixed: Same-name agents are now matched and replaced correctly, without accidental swaps.
- Fixed: Activity from sub-agents in side conversations now appears in the nested list.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Fixed: Long messages in team inboxes no longer fail or get cut off.
- Fixed: Terminal titles no longer change on their own in some Claude sessions.
- Improved: Background cleanup is more reliable, so the app is less likely to get stuck.
- Fixed: Resuming a team no longer loses its inbox, and teammates can wake each other.
- Fixed: Tool connections reconnect more reliably and report success only when ready.
- Fixed: Draft messages no longer look faded when certain text colors are used.
- Improved: resuming a session now brings back your teammates and their team history
- Fixed: teammates you had stopped stay stopped when you resume a session
- Added: /mcp and /mcp reconnect now show the list of servers and their results
- Fixed: the loading spinner no longer disappears when a command is refused
- Fixed: items in the sidebar now nest and line up the way they should
- Fixed: After a restart, waiting teammate messages now reach the lead, without duplicates.
- Fixed: Error messages during AI replies now stay in your chat history.
- Improved: uses less memory when left idle and resumes your sessions more reliably.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Added: You can now see nested helper agents and Workflow runs in one place.
- Fixed: Passwords and tokens in project addresses are hidden, and unusual addresses are handled safely.
- Improved: Syncing now checks the connection first and runs every 5 minutes instead of every minute.
- Added: ChatGPT Pro can now be used as a helper, with owner approval.
- Fixed: Session permissions now stay in place and command approvals are clearer.
- Fixed: Browser tabs now keep the right permissions and session, even after reconnecting.
- Fixed: Cancelling a running command no longer stops background helpers.
- Improved: Resuming a chat waits for the previous session to finish before starting.
- Added: Browser tools now run in a background tab and won't take over your typing.
- Added: You can now choose how many background tasks run at the same time.
- Fixed: Background tasks now finish properly and won't be interrupted by updates.
- Fixed: After reaching a usage limit, the app now waits longer before trying again.
- Fixed: Windows downloads now fall back to a working source if the main one fails.
- Improved: Adding a new device now requires an online connection.
- Improved: PandaPaw image uploads, screen actions, and on-screen display are more secure.
- Added: PandaPaw now updates automatically when your cloud computer starts or wakes.
- Improved: Image uploads and screen controls now need a secure connection.
- Improved: Pairing a new device now needs your cloud computer online.
- Fixed: Updates now recover more safely if something goes wrong.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Improved: Your cloud PC storage now grows when you upgrade your plan, and won't shrink.
- Fixed: Your cloud PC reconnects more reliably after a brief network drop.
- Fixed: After an update, the app no longer gets stuck on 'Restarting'.
- Fixed: Automatic updates now stay on the channel you installed from.
- Added: Long sessions can be automatically compressed, with settings and safe recovery.
- Improved: Resuming a session continues from the latest live state, and updates stop old sessions.
- Fixed: Replies from helper tasks now appear in the main conversation, with their instructions shown.
- Fixed: Canceling an idle session no longer stops other work running in the background.
- Improved: Git auto-sync is faster and remembers your login.
- Fixed: Unnecessary refreshes from hidden version-control files, now also on Windows.
- Improved: Fewer repeated refreshes when many file changes happen at once.
- Fixed: Your project-level settings are no longer lost after restarting the app.
- Fixed: The status display now shows the automatic compression window in effect.
- Fixed: Updating the app no longer shows a false failure or leaves two copies running at once.
- Fixed: Browsing back through history no longer skips entries that contain content.
- Fixed: The sidebar's helper count no longer flickers or shows the wrong number.
- Fixed: Resuming a chat now applies updated settings without resetting your model choices.
- Improved: Very long chats now follow your chosen 1M limit instead of the global setting.
- Fixed: New sessions no longer wait up to 30 seconds to show the welcome screen.
- Fixed: Maintenance logs no longer show garbled text or miss entries while being written.
- Fixed: The app no longer gets stuck showing a task as still running when it has already finished.
- Fixed: The working/away indicator is now more accurate and updates only when something actually changes.
- Improved: Connections that go quiet now reconnect on their own instead of leaving the app idle.
- Fixed: The app now tells the difference between being offline and needing to sign in again.
- Improved: you can now see CPU and network usage for running sandboxes
- Fixed: the sign-in prompt now reappears when you return to a session that is waiting for you to log in
- Added: long chats can be shortened automatically to save space, set per chat or for a whole project
- Added: A sign-in card now appears when you open a Codex session if you're signed out.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Fixed: Codex sign-in prompts that expire while signing in are shown again with the time left.
- Fixed: If your Codex sign-in expires mid-session, you can sign in again and continue.
- Fixed: Claude no longer gets stuck on its setup screen; an error appears instead.
- Fixed: Chat replies no longer show a result before they finish.
- Fixed: Pausing, resuming, and shutting down your workspace are more reliable.
- Fixed: The update banner now shows the correct version for your device.
- Fixed: Stopping an already stopped session no longer shows an error.
- Fixed: Closing the app no longer leaves background helper processes running.
- Improved: Startup timeout errors now include more helpful status details.
- Fixed: Helper agent replies now show a placeholder, then the final answer.
- Fixed: Restarting PandaPaw no longer closes other copies running elsewhere.
- Fixed: Requests to hosted Codex models now work reliably.
- Fixed: Creating several sandboxes at once no longer causes conflicts between them.
- Fixed: The app no longer freezes or loses access to its settings.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Fixed: The model you last chose stays after restart, and copied chats use the same model.
- Improved: Background task status is now more accurate and updates live, even when changes happen at once.
- Improved: Updates and repairs are more reliable and use any connection on your device.
- Fixed: App updates now recover cleanly after interruptions, timeouts, or restarts.
- Fixed: Sandbox failures no longer risk your system disk or cause network conflicts.
- Fixed: After a cold start, sessions keep the model you last used.
- Improved: Agent statuses now update correctly and don't show duplicates.
- Fixed: Live updates now stay in sync with the correct item when you browse.
- Improved: Older messages load only when you scroll up; helper lists and images work better.
- Fixed: The reasoning level shown now matches the assistant selected for each chat.
- Fixed: Restoring a chat no longer opens a new one if it fails; new chats use the project default model.
- Fixed: Nested and migrated projects now keep their memories separate.
- Fixed: Invalid working folders are now rejected before a session starts.
- Fixed: Signing in, resuming, and staying signed in are now more reliable.
- Fixed: Your typed messages are no longer lost when a session is starting.
- Fixed: Finished sessions now close cleanly and no longer leave stuck processes.
- Fixed: Failed session starts are kept so you can recover them instead of disappearing.
- Improved: Sessions use disk space better and start faster after a restart.
- Fixed: Restored running status display and page-by-page history loading.
- Fixed: Sub-agent list and details no longer follow the main text when paging.
- Fixed: Saved chats now restore one at a time and won't switch to a new one if that fails.
- Fixed: Older messages now load only when you scroll up.
- Fixed: Images in older messages now display correctly, even in long chats.
- Added: The installer is now available on our download page.
- Fixed: The app now starts automatically when you sign in to Windows after an update.
- Fixed: The AI assistant now uses your latest settings instead of outdated cached ones.
- Fixed: Confirming an update now restarts disconnected services.
- Fixed: Updates and recovery are no longer blocked when your account is idle.
- Added: Agent home page now detects your engine and lets you set its location.
- Fixed: Show a clear error before sign-in when the app folder or working folder is missing or invalid.
- Fixed: Restored the first voice reply, and the app no longer speaks over you.
- Fixed: Projects in long Windows folder paths now open and save correctly.
- Improved: Conversation recordings are now transcribed using the subscription on your paired device.
- Improved: The assistant is now private to each user, so chats aren't shared.
- Fixed: Restoring an external agent card now shows the real state of its session.
- Fixed: Deleted memories no longer reappear, including after project migration.
- Fixed: Global voice no longer repeats or echoes, and character subtitles now appear.
- Added: Fable subagents now appear in the chat and send back results.
- Added: The assistant is now everywhere; tasks from all connections appear in one inbox.
- Added: Each answer shows the assistant's thinking time and the time it took to write.
- Fixed: Real-time voice now waits for what you say next before responding.
- Added: You can now see how long the assistant spent thinking before using a tool.
- Fixed: New Codex chats now use the project's default model.
- Fixed: AI assistant history now loads fully and messages show the correct sender.
- Fixed: Restarting the app no longer removes full access permission.
- Fixed: The app now remembers your chosen reasoning level for each AI model.
- Added: Live calls can now read out the question card for the current conversation.
- Added: You can now have real-time voice conversations.
- Fixed: Voice playback no longer stops when the voice list is unavailable.
- Fixed: Voice is more reliable when canceling or losing connection.
- Added: Your work is saved and resumed if the app updates.
- Improved: The app keeps your selected model and sidebar state after an update.
- Fixed: Your message is now kept as a draft when sending too many screenshots.
- Improved: Screenshots now open correctly across devices.
- Improved: The app now checks for and installs updates more reliably.
- Fixed: App no longer stays stuck on 'Connecting...'; it now times out after 30s.
- Fixed: Ghost or empty entries no longer appear in the agent list.
- Fixed: Resuming a past session no longer mixes up messages or freezes when it’s large.
- Fixed: The app no longer says “Stopped” when an older copy is still running.
- Improved: Your AI login is no longer stored on this computer, and outages won’t crash it.
- Added: Your settings are now saved in your home folder, so they apply across projects.
- Fixed: The plugin page shows the correct status again.
- Fixed: Choosing 'Trust folder' no longer accidentally selects 'No, exit'.
- Fixed: Automatic updates no longer interrupt signing.
- Added: When signing fails, the app now shows the sign-in window so you can see what went wrong.
- Improved: Sign-in windows and verification codes are now handled more reliably.
- Improved: Images generated or opened in the assistant now show up in the conversation.
- Added: Remote terminal sessions now stay open across app restarts and updates.
- Improved: Sign-in now happens before you place an order.
- Added: You'll see exactly why signing can't proceed.
- Fixed: A Windows issue that could stop signing has been resolved.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Fixed: Opening an older chat no longer makes your messages disappear.
- Fixed: The app no longer disconnects after being idle for a while.
- Fixed: The SimplySign code pop-up no longer keeps popping up while you wait for a code.
- Fixed: Unconnected accounts no longer appear as ghost entries in the app.
- Fixed: Adding software to a container no longer disconnects all your sessions.
- Fixed: After Claude upgrades, the model list now refreshes instead of keeping the old options.
- Fixed: Fingerprint mode now works for most people the first time they use it.
- Fixed: Restarting now fully applies settings after changing channels or in the background.
- Improved: Updating the app now restarts it automatically to run the new version.
- Added: You can now update without restarting, if you prefer.
- Fixed: Restarting after an update now works reliably in all setups.
- Added: A Settings option to skip the startup disclaimer and arrow keys to continue.
- Fixed: App now remembers a pending update and will remind you to restart later.
- Fixed: The AI model name is now shown correctly.
- Added: Scheduled tasks are now linked to agent sessions.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Added: All skills you've used now appear on the home screen in a new Skills section.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Added: History view now loads older messages in smaller batches and keeps long lines intact.
- Added: PandaNPC now works with Claude, PandaCode, and Codex.
- Improved: Updates no longer restart the app during an active session.
- Fixed: The app could freeze when checking sign-in status; now it stays responsive.
- Fixed: Reconnecting to the same session no longer hangs.
- Fixed: Images now appear correctly in new messages, including translated ones.
- Fixed: Plugin cards now appear instantly on both desktop and web.
- Fixed: Updates after a release now show up right away instead of after 20 minutes.
- Fixed: The app no longer fails to launch on Mac computers.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Added: A remote desktop or browser can now be controlled by only one session at a time.
- Fixed: Sessions could get stuck or stop responding.
- Fixed: A desktop can no longer be taken over by someone who doesn't own it.
- Improved: Installers are now versioned and only the latest five are kept.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- A failed setup check no longer clears your PandaCode options and settings.
- PandaPaw now starts again reliably after it has been stopped.
- New installations now launch the connection between PandaPaw and PandaCode correctly.
- Setup now explains what is missing instead of failing without a reason.
- General reliability improvements.
- PandaPaw now keeps its own settings separate to avoid unexpected startup problems.
- Setup now recognizes parts you started yourself and won't open duplicate copies.
- Setup no longer starts duplicate background work.
- Updates now fill in missing parts so PandaCode starts correctly after installation.
- Installation detection now works properly on Mac.
- PandaPaw and PandaCode can now start correctly in more hosted environments.
- Installs and updates now prepare every newly added part correctly.
- PandaPaw can now install, update, and run everything it needs.
- Setup prepares these parts automatically without changing existing installations.
- The engines no longer check Anthropic subscription limits.
- Stuck Claude Code sessions are no longer counted as active, and reconnecting keeps your messages.
- PandaPaw's internal engine was updated to prepare for Pi Coding Agent.
- Active sessions now block new connections, so you can't be kicked out accidentally.
- Settings copied to another machine automatically get a fresh identity.
- All messages are now shown entirely in English.
- Codex is now found correctly when ChatGPT desktop is installed, with a fresh check each time.
- Messages from named subagents now appear under their own names in Claude Code.
- New subagents show up in the activity list immediately.
- History navigation works as soon as it opens.
- Paging through very long history lines no longer gets stuck.
- You can now page upward through main history.
- History opens at the latest entries and pages smoothly.
- Windows downloads are faster and more reliable.
- General reliability improvements.
- General reliability improvements.
- Subagent transcripts can now be deleted for good.
- Workflow subagents now show up in the agent sidebar.
- Browser actions now report real results instead of false success or timeouts.
- Connection retries are gentler and follow server guidance.
- Browser status messages now explain why something is unavailable.
- Subagent history now shows the correct subagent name.
- Conflicting changes now display correctly in all views.
- The display is no longer cluttered with subagent data.
- Compact summaries are no longer accidentally cleared.
- Subagents that finish before you open them now appear in history instead of disappearing.
- Subagent history now stays intact across devices.
- Subagent conversations can now be replayed with timestamps.
- Subagent transcript details are now more reliable.
- You can now create a full copy of a session.
- General reliability improvements.
- Initial prompts now start properly.
- Scheduled tasks now show the actual error.
- Codex commands with quotes now work correctly.
- History and tools now work reliably.
- PandaPaw now keeps project memory in sync across devices.
- Permission checks now work properly on Windows.
- PandaPaw now starts correctly and external tools are visible.
- You are now asked to confirm that you trust a folder.
- Queued messages are no longer lost, and logging in is more reliable.
- Claude login now works in more cases, and Codex subagents no longer get stuck in loops.
- You can set Codex reasoning effort per turn, and changes apply right away and stay for later turns.
- iOS preview and conversation interactions are smoother.
- Remote Codex plugin installs now ask for your confirmation.
- You can now switch the reasoning effort in Codex.
- General reliability improvements.
- Codex plugin installation confirmations now work correctly.
- Codex no longer loses track of sessions when they reconnect.
- Codex subagents, images, and tools now display consistently.
- PandaCode can now be updated independently.
- Agent Team nodes without a model no longer appear.
- Agent Team interruptions now retry automatically after a short wait.
- Codex tool cards now look consistent.
- PandaCode team chat now works properly, and it correctly falls back to the default model.
- Remote teammates now use the correct model settings.
- Team connection issues are now handled immediately.
- PandaCode now handles secure connections better.
- General reliability improvements.
- General reliability improvements.
- You can now see Codex subagent activity and notifications.
- You can now switch reasoning effort from the on-screen display.
- Remote login information is no longer exposed.
- Long file paths on Windows now work correctly.
- After you disconnect, background tasks and agent teams keep running for a week.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- You can now see whether your account is paired with this machine, and adding another machine is quicker.
- Self-updates now work for regular user accounts, even without administrator access.
- No longer gets stuck in a restart loop when you haven't set up any projects yet.
- On CentOS 7, service status now shows correctly instead of saying everything is stopped.
- Update downloads are more reliable and no longer risk incomplete installs.
- Installation now works correctly on CentOS 7 and similar Linux systems.
- The pandapaw command works right away in your current terminal after installing.
- The terminal view no longer confuses Claude Code's messages with a prompt and sends an accidental Enter.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Windows console output is cleaner, with no more garbled characters, and interactive use is less cluttered.
- Restarting no longer stops services without bringing them back up.
- Chinese-language error messages from Windows scheduled tasks are no longer garbled.
- Updating now also checks for and installs the PandaCode engine, even if everything else is up to date.
- Claude Code question cards now show their introductory text, not just the answer choices.
- Follow-up messages sent mid-task are no longer lost.
- Manually stopping a task now also stops any tools that are still running.
- Installation is faster and more reliable in some regions because it automatically picks the quickest download source.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Changes to rules, skills, and memory now sync between your machines faster.
- Memory now has its own sync history, separate from your project's history.
- Codex now shows images returned by tools directly in the conversation.
- Device-mesh networking status is now detected correctly even when it is not installed in the default location.
- Updates download faster and more reliably on Windows.
- Restarting the networking service on Windows no longer leaves it stopped.
- Updating PandaPaw now also updates its networking component, and restarting does the same.
- Update downloads are faster everywhere.
- Changes to your rules, skills, and memory files are picked up and synced much faster.
- If one item fails to sync, the rest of your rules, skills, and memory still sync normally.
- You can now see when syncing gets stuck instead of it failing silently.
- A problem with one rule or skill file no longer blocks the others from syncing.
- You can now use a simple command to add a memory.
- PandaCode automatically reads instructions from subfolders.
- Scheduled tasks no longer fail when their folder path contains a home-directory shortcut.
- Syncing of rules, skills, and memory is more reliable and won't get stuck.
- Restarting after an update now works even if you're already on the latest version.
- A background hiccup no longer blocks logging in or setting up.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- You can now set up PandaPaw in one automatic step.
- The installer automatically installs Claude Code and Codex if needed.
- Installing and logging in are more reliable on Mac, Linux, and Windows.
- You can now delete memory topics that were previously stuck.
- Memory commands now work as intended instead of being sent as plain text.
- New memory topics now appear on all your devices.
- Changes made in subfolders are now synced back properly instead of being lost.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Rules now stay consistent across Claude Code, Codex, and PandaCode.
- You can have multiple terminal sessions open at once without being signed out.
- Agent teams can now keep working across multiple computers.
- PandaCode now stays in sync with your rules, skills, and memory in Agent Center.
- Usage and cost info now shows correctly for active sessions.
- Codex now lets you clear the conversation, condense it, or switch models.
- The weekly usage meter in Codex now shows the right numbers.
- When you return to a chat on the web, you now see a preview of the conversation history.
- Usage numbers now match across all views of the same conversation.
- Resumed Codex conversations now have the same tools and abilities as new ones.
- Session history is now shown in a cleaner way.
- You can now sign in to PandaPaw from your browser instead of only the terminal or a QR code.
- Setting up a new computer is now simpler: approve it from your PandaNpc account instead of copying codes.
- The rules and skills sync no longer gets stuck in a loop after saving changes.
- Syncing your rules and skills is faster because unchanged items are skipped.
- Resuming Codex sessions is now more reliable.
- Terminal connections are more stable.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- Terminal session history works again.
- Terminal sessions and their history are now preserved reliably.
- Codex now works fully in the terminal and usage display.
- Memory syncing no longer gets mixed up.
- On Linux, the remote-desktop control feature was removed because it didn't work.
- PandaCode now loads project context the same way Claude Code does.
- Codex now works in the same agent flow as Claude Code.
- Memory loading and syncing are now more reliable.
- Memory syncing no longer freezes in certain conditions.
- No user-facing changes in this release.
- PandaPaw now uses proper version numbers.
- PandaPaw won't accidentally downgrade you.