Codewhale Computer Use 0.11.2 — shared-desktop reliability

Computer Use 0.11.2 improves shared-desktop control and adds an experimental Windows download.

• macOS beta: background typing and action routes refuse fallbacks that would borrow keyboard focus. Busy-desktop checks, per-app consent, and separate foreground consent make control more explicit.
• Windows preview: unsigned x64 ZIP with bundled Node. UI Automation targeting, geometry, control pipes, and controlled-desktop acceptance are exercised in Windows CI.
• Linux/Docker: semantic edits verify the result without replaying uncertain writes; orderly container shutdown now supports repeated display restarts.

Downloads: Mac users should choose the notarized universal DMG; the ZIP is also available for installation and updates. Windows users can extract windows-x64-preview.zip and launch Codewhale Computer Use.cmd from the extracted folder; the included Node runtime needs no separate installation. Linux remains available from source and Docker. The source plugin ZIP is for plugin hosts, not a desktop installer.

The Mac app and DMG are Developer ID signed, Apple notarized, stapled, and Gatekeeper verified. release.json, SHA256SUMS.txt, and release-provenance.json describe the shipped assets. Windows is unsigned and is not a production installer.

Remaining limits: continuous physical keyboard coexistence, fresh-machine permission flows, native sharing-picker integration, and physical Windows mixed-DPI qualification remain open. Foreground work still shares the user's input surface; use an isolated computer for uninterrupted native desktop automation. This release does not claim full Codex computer-use parity.

Codewhale Engine ships separately. Its installed 0.10.0 acceptance and pending-approval Stop fix were checked against its own embedded plugin revision; they are not a claim that this standalone release is already embedded in every client.

Source: canonical commit, three-platform CI, marketplace mirror.