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What's Changed

chore(release): bump version to 0.9.0-nightly.20251001.163dba7e by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10362
Codebase Investigator: Separate initial query from system prompt and apply templateStrings in query and initialMessages by @silviojr in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10282
feat(telemetry): add OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic convention metrics by @jerop in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10343
feat: Add enableSubagents configuration and wire up subagent registration by @abhipatel12 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/9988
Cleanup useSelectionList and fix infinite loop in debug mode issues. by @jacob314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10248
Revert reducing margin on narrow screens by @bbiggs in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10375
Switch to a reducer for tracking update state fixing flicker issues due to continuous renders by @jacob314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10280
Smart Edit Strategy Logging by @mrcabbage972 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10345
Fix so paste timeout protection is much less invasive. by @jacob314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/9284
fix(ui): increase padding of settings dialog by @galz10 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10376
Docs IA update and Get Started section. by @jkcinouye in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10192
fix(core): add telemetry support for smart edit correction events by @agmsb in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10378
support giving a github repo URL with a trailing slash by @jakemac53 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10360
feat(ci): Add npx run testing to Release Verification Testing by @richieforeman in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10352
fix(integration): Added shell specification for winpty by @davideast in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/9497
fix(ci) update wording of promote action output to be more clear by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10369
fix(core): use constant for tool_output_truncated event name by @jerop in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10372
fix: Stream parsing for Windows Zed integration by @benbrandt in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10339
feat(ide extension): introduce debug logging by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10416
Fix(infra) - Give merge queue skipper read-all access by @shishu314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10368
fix(vscode): suppress update and install messages in managed IDEs by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10431
refactor(agents): implement submit_final_output tool for agent completion by @abhipatel12 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10377
fix(infra) - Add pr number to the release branch name for final step of release by @shishu314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10364
Docs: Add changelog section by @jkcinouye in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10388
Modify GCLI system prompt to conditionally use the CodebaseInvestigator by @silviojr in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10419
fix: prevent tools discovery error for prompt-only MCP servers by @vasayxtx in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10367
Update patch PRs with additional content by @shishu314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10180
fix(auto-update): suppress npx nag for transient installs by @ashmod in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10276
Update GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT in README for disambiguation by @kuri-leo in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10310
Adding list sub command to memoryCommand to list the path of GEMINI.md files by @sgnagnarella in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10108
Change "Create Pull Request" action to not try merging by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10379
fix(docs): several .md links in docs are incorrect by @mbleigh in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10449
Fix /chat list not write terminal escape codes directly by @adamfweidman in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10415
Docs: Minor change to website nav and headings by @jkcinouye in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10454
chore(formatting): Fix formatting on main by @abhipatel12 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10464
feat(ci): Add some very basic smoke testing to CI.yml by @richieforeman in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10451
fix(doc) -update release doc by @shishu314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10484
feat(vscode-ide-companion): enforce auth token validation by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10481
feat(ci): add ability to publish packages to private github registry for testing by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10348
refactor(core): Unify retry logic and remove schema depth check by @SandyTao520 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10453
Fix oauth support for MCP servers by @jakemac53 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10427
Add function processOutput to AgentDefinition and typing for an agent's output by @silviojr in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10447
feat(lint): add sensitive keyword linter by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10488
Update dep versions to fix vulnerabilities by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10496
fix(infra) - Add original PR number into hotfix branch by @shishu314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10499
fix(doc) - Update releases doc by @shishu314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10504
test: fix flaky integration tests for compress command by @hritan in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10371
fix: handle request retries and model fallback correctly by @gsquared94 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/9407
Stop logging tool call error message to clearcut by @owenofbrien in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10511
fix(lint): Fixes silent pass for formatting mistakes in gh ci by @abhipatel12 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10489
Cleanup extension update logic by @jakemac53 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10514
Temporarily remove NPM integration tests till we resolve #10517 by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10520
chore(actions): mark wombat-token-cli as required by @adamfweidman in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10590
Re-submission: Make --allowed-tools work in non-interactive mode by @mistergarrison in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10289
ci(release): remove 'dev' option from manual release by @galz10 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10374
feat(sessions): Add automatic session cleanup and retention policy by @bl-ue in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/7662
Modifying stale data by @jkcinouye in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10622
fix(core): retain user message in history on stream failure by @SandyTao520 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10608
Update extensions docs by @chrstnb in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10621
fix(ci): ensure dry-run is false for scheduled nightly releases by @SandyTao520 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10571
Fix link to Extension Releasing Guide (broken link) by @LyalinDotCom in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10635
Update gemini extensions new by @chrstnb in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10629
chore: fix folder trust tests by @adamfweidman in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10636
use extract-zip and tar libraries to extract archives by @jakemac53 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10414
Remove separate --path argument for extensions install command by @chrstnb in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10628
Fix quoting when echoing workflow JSON by @adamfweidman in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10596
Enhance debug profiler to track tree framerate and dispatch errors by @jacob314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10502
fix(infra) - Fix missing package error by @shishu314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10595
Get around the initial empty response from gemini-2.5-flash. by @mrcabbage972 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10508
fix(core): Use 127.0.0.1 for IDE client connection by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10658

New Contributors

@benbrandt made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10339
@vasayxtx made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10367
@kuri-leo made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10310
@sgnagnarella made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10108

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.8.0-preview.2...v0.9.0-preview.0