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v5.6.0
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Release date: October 23, 2026
Description: Runtime Stability and Bug Fixes
Compare: v5.5.0...v5.6.0

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Symbiote 5.6.0 is a bug fixes and stability update. It adds HttpMcpBridge support for remote n8n connections, stabilizes the Electron gateway lifecycle, fixes stale OpenRouter key propagation, and improves UI/UX consistency across the workspace.

Highlights

Stability and bug fixes

  • Electron gateway lifecycle: stabilized the desktop-to-Gateway lifecycle handling for more reliable communication.
  • OpenRouter key propagation: fixed stale OpenRouter key propagation to ensure credentials are correctly refreshed.
  • Workspace hero graph: fixed overflow issues in the workspace hero graph visualization.
  • HeroAgentOrb: fixed dimension and style consistency issues for improved rendering.
  • Surfacaced errors: fixed surfaced errors and added Windows app icon.

Enhanced integrations

  • HttpMcpBridge integration: added support for remote n8n connections through the HttpMcpBridge, enhancing MCP server handling for external workflow orchestration.
  • WhatsApp QR support: added WhatsApp QR code display to the GatewayStatus channel tiles for streamlined WhatsApp channel setup.

Health telemetry

  • Enhanced health telemetry: improved gateway issue tracking and added provider call tracking with gateway lifecycle events for better observability.
  • Activity states: updated activity states and enhanced UI components for improved runtime visibility.

Tool reliability

  • Idempotency metadata: added idempotency metadata to all 62 tool definitions across 51 tool files, improving tool execution reliability and preventing duplicate operations.

UI/UX refinements

  • Uptime stopwatch and channel tiles: updated styles for improved visual consistency.
  • Workspace graph interactions: improved styling for graph interaction elements.
  • General UI components: updated styles and components across the application for improved UX.

Documentation and cleanup

  • Updated documentation files and cleaned up unused code sections.
  • Removed release notes for Symbiote v5.3.0.

Upgrade and installation

No configuration migration is required. Symbiote requires Node.js 20 or newer.

Build from a source checkout or extracted source archive:

npm ci
npm run build

On Windows, run the x64 MSI to install the Gateway service. On Linux and macOS, follow the source installation and daemon instructions in the installation guide and production deployment guide.

Release artifacts

The release page includes the Windows MSI and source archives (.tar.gz and .zip). Linux and macOS do not require a separate installer package; install from source.

Full Changelog: v5.5.0...v5.6.0

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