Release v0.69.0-preview.0

What's Changed

• fix(core,cli): preserve literal $ characters during template placeholder replacement by @jesussamuel-byte in #30136
• feat(cli): add /stats heatmap subcommand for daily token usage by @jvargassanchez-dot in #30135
• fix(core): prevent GCLI_EXPAND_TARGET env collision in expandEnvVars by @villahernandez-coder in #30138
• chore(release): bump version to 0.69.0-nightly.20261104.g89e9d25d6 by @gemini-cli-robot in #30140
• fix(cli): serialize AnsiOutput to text content in ACP tool call updates by @diegogodinezr in #30141
• Changelog for v0.67.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in #30145
• Changelog for v0.68.0-preview.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in #30146
• fix(core): fix Windows PowerShell substitution false positives and policy handling by @duvanka-prasad in #30110
• fix(cli): preserve leading and trailing whitespace in @file references by @duvanka-prasad in #30150
• fix(core): prevent thoughtSignature-only turns and preserve multimodal tool responses by @tadipavan in #30153
• fix(cli): wait for piped stdin EOF and avoid destroying process.stdin by @villahernandez-coder in #30163
• fix(cli): preserve pending tool confirmation when escaping editor selection by @jvargassanchez-dot in #30147
• feat(cli): support standalone theme.json configuration for custom themes by @jesussamuel-byte in #30119
• fix(cli): normalize error payloads in headless CLI formatting by @jvargassanchez-dot in #30117
• fix(core): require path-separator boundary in tildeifyPath by @villahernandez-coder in #30124
• fix(cli): validate model names and support direct arguments in /model command by @jesussamuel-byte in #30137
• fix(cli): handle file watcher errors and permit FSEvents in macOS permissive sandbox by @diegogodinezr in #30143
• fix(core): bound multi-part tool outputs and evict older multimodal inlineData by @tadipavan in #30180
• fix(vscode): eliminate barrel import bundle bloat and redundant setContext calls by @ugorla-dev in #30181
• fix(acp): handle mid-stream retries to prevent text concatenation by @urielefrenvirtusa in #30165
• fix(core,cli): prevent silent multi-minute loading hangs on network failures by @villahernandez-coder in #30182
• fix(core,cli): prevent terminal model-turn 400s on resume and main-thread JSONL freezes by @villahernandez-coder in #30186
• fix(core): prevent multi-hour quota retries and notify ACP client on retry attempts by @urielefrenvirtusa in #30187
• fix(core): close orphan /dev/ptmx master FD leaked on macOS PTY spawn by @ugorla-dev in #30184
• fix(core,cli): allow overriding 60s API headers timeout across all auth modes (model.requestTimeoutMs / GEMINI_API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS) by @jesussamuel-byte in #30183
• fix(cli): use isSubpath for theme file home-directory check by @duvanka-prasad in #30160
• fix(cli): resolve folder trust before entering the macOS Seatbelt sandbox by @diegogodinezr in #30164
• fix(cli,core): kill child processes, record cancelled tools, and preserve signal exit code on headless abort by @duvanka-prasad in #30204
• fix(cli): prevent recursive interactive gemini sessions in shell mode by @jvargassanchez-dot in #30185
• fix(core): reject MessageBus.request() immediately when publish fails by @luisfelipe-alt in #30189
• fix(core): ensure read-many-files only inlines explicitly requested binary assets (#29045) by @urielefrenvirtusa in #30211
• fix(core): recognize TortoiseGitPlink as PuTTY-family SSH client (#29917) by @urielefrenvirtusa in #30214
• fix(core): prevent PDF inlineData and telemetry buffer memory retention by @tadipavan in #30217

Full Changelog: v0.68.0-preview.0...v0.69.0-preview.0