Rudder publishes stable releases for the user-facing install path:
npx @rudderhq/cli@latest start
This changelog tracks stable releases only. Canary builds are published more frequently for validation and Desktop asset testing; use GitHub Releases when you need prerelease history.

v0.3.1

Released: 2026-06-06 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Improved Messenger issue workflows with split issue notifications, pinned rows, concrete Messenger issue links, default thread filters, clearer row alignment, and agent avatars in chat surfaces.
  • Tightened issue and comment handling around follow-up closeout, stale sidebar rows, comment mention wake boundaries, cleared goals, issue search, and run activity labels.
  • Polished Library and workspace surfaces with launcher submenus, project icons, better tab chrome, quieter empty states, editable mention tokens, and consistent corner radii.
  • Added chat and composer refinements including code-block copy controls, Library-folder mentions, preserved composer text after references, relative timestamps, and comment-link markdown copying.
  • Hardened runtime and lifecycle behavior with inactive heartbeat timeouts, stalled-run handling, recoverable UI refresh recovery, local validation routing, and reviewer-lens skill guidance.

Install

npx @rudderhq/cli@latest start

v0.3.0

Released: 2026-06-04 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Promoted Library as the main navigation home for organization folders, project files, bundled skill references, and workspace launchers.
  • Added Library-folder mentions to chat, comments, markdown editors, and Milkdown surfaces so operators can link shared context from composer flows.
  • Improved issue detail readability with sticky sidebar behavior, clearer status icons, muted empty-title creation, inherited sub-issue workspace validation, and run-duration display.
  • Tightened Messenger and chat interactions with sidebar density controls, copy-message tooltips, relative activity timestamps, and refined mention search.
  • Added runtime and Calendar safeguards around heartbeat instruction scenes, inherited project context, and calendar event details.

Install

npx @rudderhq/cli@latest start

v0.2.9

Released: 2026-05-29 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Fixed runtime cache installs so optional npm dependencies such as Windows embedded Postgres packages are preserved during first-run startup.
  • Restored packaged Windows Desktop icon resources.
  • Collapsed failed issue run output so long failure logs do not overwhelm issue detail.
  • Added run occurrence timestamps to agent run lists.
  • Added heartbeat agent avatars and tightened long assignee labels.
  • Improved chat and proposal ownership handling.
  • Reduced hot-path query pressure by paginating Messenger issue threads and capping heartbeat run list queries.

v0.2.8

Released: 2026-05-27 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Added run skill filters to the agent run timeline.
  • Improved proposal review readability and E2E coverage.
  • Hardened first-run and update behavior with direct Desktop asset downloads, layered Desktop shell updates, and staged runtime package caching.
  • Added dedicated docs staging and production release workflows.
  • Updated Claude local runtime authentication guidance and parsing.
  • Refreshed README links and imagery for the public website and documentation.

v0.2.7

Released: 2026-05-27 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Added organization intelligence profiles for reusable operating context.
  • Expanded chat, Messenger, and automation workflows with multi-select ask-user questions, chat-created automations, agent attribution navigation, proposal review improvements, and attachment previews.
  • Improved control-plane performance with cheaper Messenger summaries, sidebar badge aggregation, monthly cost spend rollups, and approval summary indexing.
  • Refined agent and run surfaces with run skill filters, fallback avatars, working-issue counts, and recent issue behavior.
  • Hardened scheduled database backups, heartbeat closeout behavior, release workflow serialization, and maintainer skill routing.
  • Refreshed README and public documentation across English and Chinese onboarding, runtime configuration, agent creation, concepts, issue lifecycle, and first-organization guides.

v0.2.6

Released: 2026-05-22 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Fixed Desktop release packaging across Windows portable archives, asset collection, signing behavior, and workspace launcher icon decoding.
  • Improved CLI startup by falling back to the latest compatible server package when an exact server version is not yet available on npm.
  • Expanded chat and automation behavior with image attachments for native runtimes, ask-user attachments, automation replies that can start new chats, clearer delivery rules, and more natural activity copy.
  • Added issue hierarchy controls, widened sub-issue selection, task-neutral assignment prompts, and better agent detail loading states.
  • Hardened workspace backup browsing and related E2E coverage.
  • Strengthened maintainer skills and release process guidance.

v0.2.5

Released: 2026-05-20 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Fixed a Desktop dev shell regression caused by leftover extracted update flow code.
  • Hardened Desktop startup, update, and packaging paths with server-package verification, safer post-update reload handling, workspace launcher icon resilience, and update force-quit targeting.
  • Added and refined maintainer skills for development lifecycle routing, review loops, UI polish, data-path diagnosis, mock data, and run-transcript debugging.
  • Split large server, runtime, Desktop, CLI, and UI modules into narrower source files while preserving behavior.
  • Improved issue, chat, Messenger, automation, and approval workflows.
  • Updated release, publishing, and bundled-skill references for current package and CLI behavior.

v0.2.4

Released: 2026-05-18 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Hardened Desktop and CLI startup/update behavior with safer quit handoff, packaged CLI stdout flushing, cached portable asset handling, workspace launcher icon fixes, and runtime install coverage.
  • Expanded the agent-facing CLI with private skill creation, richer issue search/comment/document commands, and synchronized bundled skill references.
  • Improved issue workflows with starred issues, activity principal filters, reviewer and approval coverage, comment persistence signals, ownership boundary fixes for mentions, and approval-blocked issue reactivation.
  • Refined automation, Calendar, and activity UI.
  • Polished chat and board presentation with expandable long message previews, chat response quality gating, better headings, constrained card metadata, and improved avatars.

v0.2.3

Released: 2026-05-16 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Hardened Desktop and CLI update handling with cached release assets, safer stable/canary comparisons, explicit restart confirmation, and macOS icon and CLI shim auth fixes.
  • Added runtime cache retention so stale local runtime downloads are pruned.
  • Improved managed workspace preflight coverage and resilience.
  • Refined issue, chat, and automation workflows with better sub-issue creation, parent context display, ask-user answer rendering, mention insertion, and command palette behavior.
  • Polished app shell and organization surfaces with guided product tour support, improved agent avatars, restored organization skills scrolling, and better run, cost, and kanban metadata display.
  • Updated Chinese onboarding and concept docs plus screenshot/demo assets.

v0.2.2

Released: 2026-05-14 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Hardened Windows Desktop installation from the CLI by avoiding pnpm store filesystem edge cases, using Windows-native extraction and copy commands, and preserving the active package manager.
  • Improved Desktop update feedback.
  • Continued Desktop release hardening around public downloads, stable update channel checks, and packaged staging output.
  • Refined app shell, agent views, issue hierarchy, mobile subissue rows, workspace routes, and run-duration display.
  • Updated public documentation and screenshot/demo guidance.

v0.2.1

Released: 2026-05-14 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Improved Messenger and issue-chat workflows with contextual issue chat entry, retry for failed chat replies, unread controls, safer linked-issue prompt context, optimistic chat titles, image context actions, and clearer comment labels.
  • Added memory-update visibility and developer-diagnostics controls in run transcripts.
  • Hardened local runtime execution with GitHub keyring and credential-helper bridging.
  • Expanded and refined the public docs site with bilingual Mintlify content, navigation fixes, image assets, and installation guidance.
  • Improved agent, dashboard, and workspace UI behavior.
  • Cleaned up chat and issue contracts by removing the routing-suggestion result kind and moving approvals into activity.

v0.2.0

Released: 2026-05-10 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Added reviewer-aware issue workflows, including reviewer display, blocked reviewer handoffs, reviewer closeout recovery, and clearer approval rendering.
  • Improved Messenger-driven issue work with selected-agent runtime routing, plan-mode approval gates, persistent streaming, hidden-conversation unread handling, Markdown rendering, mentions, image attachments, and draft issue autosave isolation.
  • Expanded visibility with organization cost trends, per-agent run cost charts, cost breakdown avatars, transcript/tool rendering improvements, and Langfuse prompt I/O exposure.
  • Hardened local runtime and CLI surfaces with git identity guards, managed runtime auth preservation, server-backed issue search, CLI runtime caching, image upload, and safer issue/document context.
  • Improved Desktop release and update behavior.
  • Refined product polish across chat, issue cards, tabs, tooltips, priority visuals, onboarding seeds, and localization cleanup.

v0.1.0

Released: 2026-05-05 GitHub Release

Highlights

  • Added the stable first-run CLI path: npx @rudderhq/cli@latest start.
  • Shipped Desktop portable builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux through GitHub Releases.
  • Added organization-scoped task, goal, issue, agent, workflow, memory, and activity surfaces for end-to-end agent-work loops.
  • Included local agent runtime support for Codex, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode, Pi, and OpenClaw gateway adapters.
  • Added plugin and bundled-skill distribution surfaces for repeatable agent workflows.
  • Added release automation for npm packages, GitHub Releases, Desktop assets, checksums, and public install smoke tests.