Enhanced file access beyond workspace, improved agent error handling, and CLI stability fixes
🚀 Major Features
📁 File Access Beyond Workspace
Enhanced file system access with permissions (#8298)
- Continue can now read files outside the IDE workspace with proper permission controls
- Secure file access management for expanded development workflows
- By @Patrick-Erichsen
✨ Improvements
🔄 Agent Error Handling
Improved error feedback in agent mode (#8301)
- Fetch errors are now properly returned to the agent for better debugging
- Enhanced error visibility and troubleshooting capabilities
- By @Patrick-Erichsen
🐛 Bug Fixes & Maintenance
CLI Improvements
- Agent Injected Blocks (#8361) - Fixed issue where agent injected blocks were being ignored in CLI - By @RomneyDa
- Message Text Testing (#8353) - Updated message text test for improved reliability - By @uinstinct
- Session Selector Preview (#8231) - Added preview panel to session selector (cn ls / /resume) - By @continue[bot]
- Exit on Print Response (#8271) - Fixed CLI to properly exit after printing response when using -p flag - By @uinstinct
- Loading Animation (#8285) - Added visual loading animation when updating version - By @uinstinct
Critical Hotfixes
- Anthropic Thinking Blocks (#8329) - Strip thinking blocks without signature and empty text parts for Anthropic models - By @RomneyDa
- Headless Config Fallback (#8356) - Allow default config fallback for headless CLI operations - By @RomneyDa
Model & Response Handling
- Gemini Bracket Stripping (#8280) - Fixed bracket stripping in Gemini responses - By @uinstinct
- Gemini Model Update (#8313) - Removed deprecated gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25 model - By @continue[bot]
UI/UX Enhancements
- Enter Button Fix (#8255) - Fixed clicking on enter button not working after streaming - By @uinstinct
- Autocomplete Keyboard Shortcut (#2571) - Added keyboard shortcut for toggling autocomplete in sidebar - By @minjeeki
- Punctuation Autocomplete (#2595) - Preserve punctuation in autocomplete suggestions - By @tomasz-stefaniak
- Full Screen UI Improvements (#2493) - Enhanced full screen interface experience - By @tomasz-stefaniak
Terminal & Security
- Terminal Security Check (#8226) - Fixed evaluatePolicy type definition for terminal security - By @continue[bot]
Local Takeover & Background Processing
- Local Takeover MVP (#8270) - Built MVP for local takeover functionality - By @tomasz-stefaniak
- Background/Async/Remote Mode (#8191) - Kickoff agents in /agents when using the extension - By @tomasz-stefaniak
📚 Documentation Updates
- Blocks Terminology (#8311) - Updated documentation to reflect new blocks terminology - By @BekahHW
- Telemetry Documentation (#8295) - Updated telemetry documentation for clarity - By @RomneyDa
- PR Linking Guidelines (#8316) - Added note about using keywords for linking PRs to issues - By @continue[bot]
- Workspace Agent Configuration (#8155) - Added documentation for workspace level agent configuration - By @letanloc1998
- FastApply Model Recommendations (#8249, #8253) - Added FastApply model to recommendations and linked to OpenRouter models - By @Olyray
🧪 Testing & Development
- Core Unit Test Prompt (#8317) - Fixed formatting of instructions in core unit test prompt - By @sestinj
- Oneper Utility Script (#6783) - Created utility script for development - By @Patrick-Erichsen
- Improved Telemetry (#2564) - Enhanced telemetry system for better insights - By @tomasz-stefaniak
🏢 JetBrains Support
- Per-IDE Tutorial Files (#2665) - Created separate tutorial files for each JetBrains IDE - By @Patrick-Erichsen
- Contributing Documentation (#2646) - Updated JetBrains contributing docs - By @Patrick-Erichsen
- Release Notes Link (#2645) - Added release notes link to JetBrains plugin - By @Patrick-Erichsen
👥 Contributors
Thanks to all contributors who made this release possible:
- @Patrick-Erichsen
- @RomneyDa
- @uinstinct
- @tomasz-stefaniak
- @sestinj
- @BekahHW
- @minjeeki
- @letanloc1998
- @Olyray (First contribution! 🎉)
- @continue[bot]