v2.13.9

Forge v2.13.9

CLI/TUI and desktop release v2.13.9; mobile remains on its compatible native version.

• CLI / TUI — binaries below (*.tar.gz / *.zip) or brew upgrade forge
• Desktop (macOS · Windows · Linux) — app bundles below + in-app auto-update
• Mobile (iOS) — production OTA by default; native/TestFlight builds are manual when required

Fixed

• A fresh install could fail its very first prompt with a usable model sitting right there. With
  no catalog yet the router only ever tried the classified tier's built-in seeds; the trivial tier
  is a local ollama plus groq, so on a machine with no API keys and ollama not running the chain
  exhausted and the turn failed — while a logged-in codex CLI could have served it. The seed chain
  now carries the other tiers as a deduped tail (the tier's own candidates still lead, so the
  primary pick is unchanged), and codex-cli:: joins claude-cli:: as a default seed: it was in no
  tier list at all (crates/forge-mesh/src/lib.rs, crates/forge-config/src/lib.rs).
• A first-run failure named an adapter instead of a next step. The verdict only offered setup
  guidance when EVERY attempt reported missing credentials, and a keyless candidate fails as
  "provider unavailable", so a machine with nothing configured was told "attempted providers failed
  for mixed reasons". It now leads with forge setup / forge auth whenever no API key and no
  logged-in CLI exist, keeping the failure mix after it. Neither "binary on PATH" nor "not known
  logged out" proves a login, so the check requires positive evidence
  (crates/forge-core/src/failure_verdict.rs).
• A read-only turn inside a build session is no longer re-driven to produce a diff. #1266 fixed
  which contract such a turn derives, but the empty-diff nudge and the code-change classification
  still read the session-wide flag a worktree daemon session arms for its whole life, so the turn
  was still pushed to "implement the fix now" against its own instruction
  (crates/forge-core/src/lib.rs).
• The CLI-bridge terms notice reads like Forge, not a raw timestamped log line wedged between
  the routing line and the model's first token. It also survives the failover path, which is how a
  keyless run reaches a bridge at all (crates/forge-provider/src/lib.rs).
• A bare bridge id reads as what it means. claude-cli:: is a valid pin for "whatever model
  that CLI is configured to use" and the first built-in complex-tier default, but printed verbatim
  it looked like a truncated id on a new user's first turn. It now renders as
  claude-cli (its default model) (crates/forge-tui/src/lib.rs).
• A relay link that has never exchanged is no longer reported as disconnected. The two states
  call for different actions: one is still coming up, the other needs a forge serve restart
  (crates/forge-cli/src/anywhere/state.rs).

Changed

• The use_skill listing costs about 626 fewer tokens on every tool-bearing turn. It advertises
  every skill in its own description — 64 skills at 100 characters was 7,438 characters riding every
  request, a quarter of the whole tool payload and more than the system prompt. Each summary is
  clipped to 60 characters; discovery is unchanged since every skill is still listed by name
  (crates/forge-core/src/lib.rs).

What's Changed

• chore(dist): update package manifests to v2.13.8 by @github-actions[bot] in #1274
• chore(deps): bump the cargo-minor-patch group across 1 directory with 6 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1272
• fix(anywhere): a link that has never exchanged is not a dropped link by @florisvoskamp in #1273
• fix(cli): the CLI-bridge terms notice reads like Forge, not like a log line by @florisvoskamp in #1275
• perf(core): the skill listing costs ~600 fewer tokens on every tool-bearing turn by @florisvoskamp in #1276
• fix(tui): a bare bridge id reads as the CLI's default model, not a truncated id by @florisvoskamp in #1277
• fix(core): a zero-credential install is told how to set up, whatever failed first by @florisvoskamp in #1278
• fix(mesh): a first run no longer dies with a usable bridge one tier away by @florisvoskamp in #1279
• chore: prepare v2.13.9 release by @florisvoskamp in #1280

Full Changelog: v2.13.8...v2.13.9