This release makes Grok 4.6 the default Grok model, adds a Coder provider with OAuth login, redesigns the workspace chrome, and introduces a durable per-workspace timeline.
Models
- Grok 4.6 as the new default Grok model, with native
xhighreasoning effort and official pricing - Grok priority processing (Fast mode) and a combined thinking + fast-mode selector
- Grok Responses default to
store=falsefor zero-data-retention parity - New Coder provider with "Login with Coder" OAuth
- OpenAI GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra price cuts applied
Chat & workspace
- Redesigned workspace chrome: footer info bar, title header, creation hero, and composer
- Durable per-workspace timeline with machine-authored turn classification and a transcript card
- Copy/download context menu and richer previews for tool result images
- Project switcher on the scratch creation page
- Stack-aware PR indicator with a gh-stack dropdown
Agents & tasks
- Simplified persistent sub-agent lifecycle; parents can update sub-agent guidance mid-flight
- Task kind, spawn intent, model, and thinking level surfaced in task_await summaries and reports
- Sub-agent reports resume parents directly and collapse by default
Platform
- Experimental settings backup to a git repository
- Experimental Agent Plugins 1.0.0 support (skills + MCP)
- MCP client migrated to the official TypeScript SDK v2 with 2026-07-28 spec support
- Analytics timezone mode
Plus roughly 30 fixes and performance improvements across transcripts, streaming, mobile layouts, task management, and idle CPU usage.
Full Changelog: v0.28.1...v0.28.2