v1.4.190

Thank you so much for using Orca and for your continued support! ❤️

Please note: It usually takes 48–72 hours for a landed PR to be released (except P0+ fixes). We have many more exciting PRs and features coming in later versions!

Notable changes

• More reliable agent sessions, terminals, and recovery after a restart.
• Better reliability when using Windows, WSL, and remote workspaces.
• Improvements across worktrees, skills, the dashboard, automations, and everyday app polish.

UI / workspace

• fix(ui): keep dialog title and footer inside the panel by @ppw-stack in #15707
• fix(linear): unbound list-issues by default, surface truncation, bind cursor workspace by @brennanb2025 in #15824
• Change 'SEÑOR' to 'MR' in Spanish locale by @YerayAlonso in #15594
• fix(editor): detect .liquid files as Liquid by @webdevtodayjason in #15213
• fix(i18n): correct five Korean strings that changed meaning in machine translation by @nwparker in #15875
• Retry transient ripgrep spawn failures instead of demanding install by @AmethystLiang in #15983
• UX: compact native density for context + dropdown menus by @nwparker in #15924
• fix(i18n): match CheckRunJobs succeeded to its sibling count-label register by @erishforG in #16013
• fix(composer): close the Create Workspace dialog on the first Escape by @nwparker in #16027
• feat(dictation): add sound-reactive grape visualizer by @nwparker in #16017
• fix(github): add GHES avatar fallback to PR and task views by @erishforG in #13981
• fix(dictation): address visualizer review feedback by @nwparker in #16035

Worktrees

• fix(worktrees): honor absolute Linux worktree base paths for WSL repos (STA-4772) by @OrcaWin in #15384
• fix(worktree): let a configured worktree base outrank a built-in visibility source (#15232) by @OrcaWin in #15430
• fix(ssh): let fork-PR worktrees add their contributor remote via the relay by @nwparker in #15827
• fix(worktree): drop a just-added fork remote when its head fetch fails by @nwparker in #15850
• Move worktree palette search to top of sidebar nav by @AmethystLiang in #15854
• Fix Cmd+J Enter for worktree creation by @AmethystLiang in #15970
• fix(worktree): stop warning about a stale local base branch that does not exist yet (#15331) by @nwparker in #15871
• fix(git): enable Windows long paths for worktree creation (local, sparse, and SSH hosts) by @nwparker in #15866

Agents / native chat

• fix(skills): isolate concurrent upload staging by @Jinwoo-H in #15693
• fix(rate-limits): support Codex 0.149 approval policy by @Jinwoo-H in #15823
• fix(codex): suppress false restart notices after reauth by @Jinwoo-H in #15835
• feat(dashboard): add a keyboard shortcut to toggle the Agent Dashboard by @DNX in #15353
• Remove agent map view from dashboard by @AmethystLiang in #15853
• fix(agent-catalog): update outdated Claude Code doc links by @heychs in #15387
• fix(skills): normalize contributor-facing paths in the skill guide generator by @nwparker in #15861
• Add Artifacts and Skills pages to navigation history by @AmethystLiang in #15969
• fix(ui): clear agent attention icon when Floating Workspace tab activated via keyboard by @buf0-bot[bot] in #15745
• test(orchestration): distinguish the heartbeat straggler guard from the row's initial null by @nwparker in #15869
• fix(rate-limits): stop showing Gemini failures as Antigravity "Refresh failed" by @nwparker in #15876
• fix(agent-resume): restore Copilot sessions after restart by @nwparker in #15879
• feat(orcad): boot the Orca runtime on plain Node by @nwparker in #15968
• fix(skills): discover Hermes home skills by @nwparker in #15862
• fix(agent-resume): restore Kimi Code sessions after restart by @nwparker in #15883

Terminal

• fix(terminal): keep a quick command queued until its own spawn takes it by @AmethystLiang in #15630
• fix(terminal): mark captured shortcut input interactive by @itisvincent in #13800
• fix(terminal): preserve Shift+Enter during routing confirmation by @itisvincent in #13598
• fix(terminal): stop orphaning live agent terminals across host restarts and graph syncs by @Jinwoo-H in #15644
• fix(windows): own PTY process trees with job objects by @nwparker in #15755
• fix(windows): reach the pty job on the teardown path that actually runs by @nwparker in #15886
• fix(cli): allow an empty --value for storage set commands by @nwparker in #15863
• fix(pty): wrap codex without expanding or destroying a user alias by @nwparker in #15873
• fix(terminal): drop conda's orphaned CONDA_SHLVL sentinel by @nwparker in #15885
• fix(terminal): arm the restore baseline only on a snapshot that painted content by @AmethystLiang in #16009
• fix(settings): an empty agent detection must not erase the saved default by @nwparker in #16043

Windows, WSL, remote server / SSH

• fix(grok): stop the Windows status hook from spawning two interpreters per event by @OrcaWin in #15595
• fix(windows): one chokepoint for every child process by @nwparker in #15746
• perf(windows): read the process table natively instead of forking PowerShell by @nwparker in #15749
• feat(wsl): one runner for every wsl.exe invocation by @nwparker in #15903
• fix(wsl): migrate 21 call sites onto the WSL runner by @nwparker in #15923
• refactor(host): route secret storage through a SecretStore port by @nwparker in #15916
• refactor(wsl): delete the environment-policy layer the reviews kept failing on by @nwparker in #16007
• refactor(host): route app paths and version through an AppEnvironment port by @nwparker in #16019
• fix(project-groups): route rename and delete to the group's owning host by @nwparker in #15889
• refactor(ipc): split preflight and SSH registry out of the ipcMain modules by @nwparker in #15927
• fix(remote): keep editor focus after unfocused HTML side preview (STA-5001) by @brennanb2025 in #15716
• fix(preflight): do not count a Windows binary reached through interop as a WSL install by @nwparker in #16028
• fix(wsl): budget the whole command line, not just the script by @nwparker in #16032
• Fix Windows Git Bash console-capacity failures by @OrcaWin in #16045
• perf(preflight): read the WSL mount table once, and make launch agree with detection by @nwparker in #16053

Browser

• fix(cmd-j): host-qualify browser and simulator tab candidates (STA-4965) by @Jinwoo-H in #15686
• fix(win32): hide the console window for agent-browser and git helpers by @nwparker in #15887

Mobile

• Update Android download links to 0.0.44 by @AmethystLiang in #15898
• Revert premature Android link update merge by @AmethystLiang in #15899
• Reland Android download links for 0.0.44 by @AmethystLiang in #15905
• fix(mobile): remove close tabs to the right action by @AmethystLiang in #15894

Automations

• feat(automations): navigate table search results with arrows by @OrcaWin in #15805
• fix(automations): localize schedule weekday names and labels by @nwparker in #15884
• test(automations): assert in-place language switch on mounted picker by @AmethystLiang in #15977

Performance / reliability

• fix(runtime): recover adopted tui-idle and pin worker fixtures by @Jinwoo-H in #15569
• fix(ports): report a Stop as succeeded when the listener already exited by @nwparker in #15888
• fix(secrets): tell Linux users when their secrets are only obfuscated by @nwparker in #16033
• fix(secrets): report the protection gap on change, not on every launch by @nwparker in #16044
• fix(secrets): probe the Linux-only storage backend defensively by @nwparker in #16046
• fix(runtime): prevent restored workers from appearing idle while busy by @AmethystLiang in #15998

Tests / CI

• Fix flaky CI tests by adding retry logic and increasing timeouts by @AmethystLiang in #15635
• fix(ci): restrict release test token permissions (STA-4970) by @Jinwoo-H in #15675
• test(e2e): extract paired client window reveal into helper by @AmethystLiang in #15991
• test(runtime): use the platform submit delay in the cancellation-during-verification test by @nwparker in #15870
• build(runtime): gate new Electron imports reachable from the Orca runtime by @nwparker in #15919

Full Changelog: v1.4.188...v1.4.190