Release v2.1.40 · iOfficeAI/AionUi

Highlights

Claude and Codex now run over a new direct-CLI session path that talks to each CLI's native protocol instead of going through a third-party ACP shim. Sessions get a persistent per-conversation process that resumes with your model, mode, MCP servers, and permission settings intact.
The chat stream now surfaces backend advisories — like a rejected model/mode switch or a Codex deprecation notice — as inline tips, without confusing the running/timer state.

Entering a team session no longer wakes up every member behind a full-screen overlay. Only the leader warms up first; teammates stay dormant (shown with a distinct outlined badge) and wake lazily when work is first delivered to them.
If a single member fails to start, it no longer takes the whole team down — you can retry starting just that member.
The sidebar now shows a live running indicator on each team while it is accepting, executing, or cancelling work, even when you navigate away from the team page.

Permission requests from both built-in and ACP agents now share one cleaner inline panel: a clear operation badge (execute / edit / read), simple option rows, and a single explicit Confirm action. New requests no longer steal focus from the chat composer.

New "Enabled" tab in Assistant Settings lets you drag-and-drop reorder all enabled assistants in one list — CLI, custom, and official alike. The saved order applies everywhere assistants are picked: new conversation, home, team creation, and scheduled tasks.
Custom agents can now use image avatars, not just emoji — pick from the built-in gallery or upload your own image.

Every conversation row in history now has a timer action that pre-fills a localized /cron example, so turning an existing conversation into a scheduled task takes one click.
Input placeholders now hint at hidden affordances: "/" for commands on the home input and ↑/↓ for message history in conversations.

Update downloads can be minimized again — the downloading card no longer blocks the chat input until the transfer finishes.
Messages with many attached files no longer stretch the conversation wider than the window; the file list scrolls internally as designed.
ACP file change panels are back: edit diffs render with the full file changes panel and insertion/deletion counts instead of collapsing into a bare path label.

Aion CLI file edits are far more reliable: exact matches are prioritized, and line-ending differences (CRLF vs LF) no longer cause edit failures.
Streaming is more robust: partial UTF-8 characters split across network chunks no longer corrupt output, and errors embedded in streaming responses are handled gracefully instead of breaking the turn.
Context compaction now accounts tokens correctly, and an agent stuck on repeatedly failing tools finalizes its answer instead of looping.
Conversation cron schedules now use the host machine's timezone, so tasks fire when you expect.
Grok startup environment is hardened with npx recovery, and the system keep-awake lock is properly released on shutdown.
Groundwork landed for an upcoming Project Explorer feature (project/folder data layer) — no user-visible change yet.

fix(update): allow minimizing active downloads by @eyaeya in #3663
fix(chat): bound HorizontalFileList to conversation width to prevent overflow by @taekchef in #3659
fix(chat): restore ACP file change panels by @eyaeya in #3665
feat(team): show running state in sidebar by @eyaeya in #3666
feat(cron): add scheduled-task action to history by @eyaeya in #3674
feat(desktop): support image avatars for custom agents (#3599) by @taekchef in #3667
fix(i18n): add discoverability hints to input placeholders by @taekchef in #3658
feat(team): dormant teammate UI with lazy warmup and per-member retry-start by @piorpua in #3712
feat(permissions): redesign request panel by @eyaeya in #3676
feat(assistants): support reordering enabled assistants by @taekchef in #3696
feat(session-port): AionUi frontend support for the direct-CLI claude/codex session path by @BlackKeyZ in #3572
chore: bump version to 2.1.40 by @piorpua in #3716

Full Changelog: v2.1.39...v2.1.40