v1.0.262

✨ New: background control and in-place updates

Cockpit can now keep running after you close the terminal, with first-class lifecycle commands:

cockpit start
cockpit status
cockpit restart
cockpit stop

Run cockpit update — or click the version pill in the sidebar — to install the latest release and restart in place. Failed installs roll back automatically, and open tabs now detect when a new build is ready and offer to reload.

✨ New: experimental native Windows support

Cockpit now runs directly on Windows, using Git Bash when available and PowerShell as a fallback. Process management, terminal startup, updates, and restarts have all been adapted for Windows rather than routing terminals through WSL.

🐛 Fix: sessions and previews

Session numbers now carry their running and unread state directly, and the project sidebar lists the active sessions you can jump to. Recent-session search is easier to find, engine pickers use calmer neutral styling, and image previews now include a Copy image action.

Fresh installs also have a clear Open Project path, project lists remain scrollable, Claude histories resolve correctly for paths containing spaces or underscores, and noisy git-status logging no longer buries useful diagnostics.

🌐 Site: a simpler way in

The opencockpit.dev homepage is now shorter and more direct: one install command, one product view, and a compact explanation of the Agent / Explorer / Console workflow.