v1.6.0

1.6.0 (2026-07-24)

What's Changed

Features

• feat: offer one-click restart to activate chat-installed skills by @hieptl in #1830
• feat: show actionable connection health on installed server cards by @hieptl in #1833
• feat: show plugin contents in the plugin detail modal by @hieptl in #1690
• feat: add electron desktop app by @hieptl in #1864
• feat: add expandable startup-log console to desktop loading screen by @hieptl in #1878
• feat: cloud-aware Skills/Plugins nav, rename Cloud settings link, add Integrations link by @jpelletier1 in #1890
• feat: add Agent Canvas update-availability card to settings by @hieptl in #1898
• feat: add macos build workflow and document the install path by @hieptl in #1911
• feat: Add cloud org id to telemetry context by @malhotra5 in #1924
• feat: forward automation telemetry context by @malhotra5 in #1917
• feat: add windows desktop installer build, docs, and win32 fixes by @hieptl in #1897
• feat(settings): add title generation profile preference by @simonrosenberg in #1910

Bug Fixes

• fix: spawn dev services without a shell on Windows by @VascoSch92 in #1859
• fix: remove TelemetryConsentBanner from onboarding by @hieptl in #1831
• fix: suppress telemetry consent prompt in Cloud Canvas by @malhotra5 in #1848
• fix(streaming): render final event authoritatively and dedupe reconnect side-effects by @VascoSch92 in #1865
• fix: match desktop loading screen styling to Agent Canvas UI by @hieptl in #1876
• fix: add runtime versions to telemetry by @malhotra5 in #1872
• fix(streaming): dedupe streamed reasoning against the action that renders it by @VascoSch92 in #1896
• fix: locked Cloud backend reconnect modal by @neubig in #1807
• fix: preserve secret values on edit by @saurya in #1889
• fix: keep PostHog identity stable for Cloud context by @malhotra5 in #1892
• fix(settings): keep LLM Profiles reachable while an ACP agent is active by @VascoSch92 in #1915
• fix: Cache automation SDK version telemetry lookup by @malhotra5 in #1919

Documentation

• docs: refresh agent guidance by @VascoSch92 in #1909

Maintenance

• ci: exempt bot PRs from title and description checks by @VascoSch92 in #1861
• chore: bump @openhands/extensions 0.11.0 by @hieptl in #1880
• refactor(acp): finish #678 — drop obsolete ClientAcpProviderRegistry cast, use SDK type by @VascoSch92 in #1873
• chore: let release-please maintain helm appVersion by @VascoSch92 in #1884
• chore: bump software-agent-sdk to 1.37.0 and automation to 1.2.0 by @hieptl in #1906
• chore: bump automation to 1.3.1 by @malhotra5 in #1934

Other Changes

• Fix paginated workspace folder listings by @VascoSch92 in #1566

New Contributors

• @saurya made their first contribution in #1889

Full Changelog: v1.5.2...v1.6.0

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