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• v1.15.0 b5693d7b7e

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  v1.15.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-05-06 17:57:10 -07:00 | 0 commits to main since this release

  v1.15.0

  ✨ New Features

  • Effort Level Setting — Configure Claude's reasoning effort via a new UI dropdown (--effort flag; supports low, medium, high, xhigh, and max)
  • Prompt Caching TTL — Control prompt caching behaviour with new environment variable options (ENABLE_PROMPT_CACHING_1H or FORCE_PROMPT_CACHING_5M)
  • PreCompact Hook — Hikari now shows a toast notification and enters thinking state when context compaction is about to begin
  • Plugin Error Surfacing — MCP plugin errors reported at session init are now surfaced as visible error output instead of being silently discarded
  • claude-opus-4-7 Support — Added Opus 4.7 to the model picker

  🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed claude-opus-4-6 context window displaying as 200K instead of the correct 1M

  🔧 Maintenance

  • Supported CLI version bumped to v2.1.131
  • Fixed unnecessary_sort_by Clippy lint in sessions.rs
  • Fixed manual_checked_ops Clippy lint in wsl_bridge.rs

  Downloads

  • hikari-desktop-1.15.0-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-05-06 17:41:04 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.15.0_amd64.AppImage
    84 MiB

    2026-05-06 17:41:27 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.15.0_amd64.deb
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    2026-05-06 17:41:08 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.15.0_x64-setup.exe
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    2026-05-06 17:40:57 -07:00
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• v1.14.0 7a1ab89ad8

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  v1.14.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-04-13 16:18:51 -07:00 | 2 commits to main since this release

  v1.14.0

  ✨ New Features

  • Global CLAUDE.md editor — Edit your ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md (global Claude Code instructions) directly from the Settings sidebar without needing to touch the filesystem manually
  • CwdChanged hook event — Hikari now tracks when Claude Code changes its working directory mid-session
  • FileChanged hook event — File change notifications from Claude Code are now captured and emitted
  • TaskCreated hook event — Task creation events are now captured and emitted
  • PermissionDenied hook event — Permission denial events are now captured, emitted, and trigger the permission character animation
  • Bare mode — New config toggle that passes --bare to Claude Code, suppressing UI chrome for headless scripted use
  • Show clear context prompt on plan accept — New config toggle to control whether the clear context prompt appears when accepting a plan
  • Custom model option — New config field that sets ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_MODEL_OPTION for custom model providers
  • disableSkillShellExecution toggle — Claude Code's skill shell execution setting is now exposed in the Settings sidebar
  • Monitor tool support — The Monitor tool now correctly maps to the searching character animation

  🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed disable_cron and disable_skill_shell_execution being saved to config but never passed to Claude Code at session start
  • Fixed the Global CLAUDE.md editor showing an empty text box on Windows (was resolving to the Windows home directory instead of the WSL home directory)

  🔧 Maintenance

  • Supported CLI version updated to 2.1.104
  • Forward-compatibility fields from newer CLI versions (output_style, fast_mode_state, model_usage, total_cost_usd) are now accepted gracefully

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  • hikari-desktop-1.14.0-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-04-13 16:19:28 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.14.0_amd64.AppImage
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    2026-04-13 16:19:46 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.14.0_amd64.deb
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    2026-04-13 16:19:23 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.14.0_x64-setup.exe
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    2026-04-13 16:19:15 -07:00
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• v1.13.0 542d2eb315

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  v1.13.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-03-23 14:50:45 -07:00 | 6 commits to main since this release

  v1.13.0

  ✨ New Features

  • Elicitation support — New ElicitationModal component handles Elicitation and ElicitationResult hook events, allowing Claude to prompt for additional input mid-session
  • StopFailure hook handling — API error turns now surface an error toast and trigger the error character state
  • PostCompact hook handling — Context compaction events now show an info toast and trigger the success character state
  • Session naming — The --name CLI flag is now passed at startup, setting a proper session name
  • Memory file timestamps — The Memory Browser panel now displays the last-modified time for each memory file
  • 128k output tokens — Max output tokens input raised to 128,000 with updated helper text reflecting model-dependent defaults and the 128k ceiling for Opus/Sonnet 4.6
  • Cron tool support — CronCreate, CronDelete, and CronList tools are now handled with character state mapping and a CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_CRON settings toggle
  • Worktree tool support — EnterWorktree and ExitWorktree are now handled in character state mapping and tool display, with toast notifications for WorktreeCreate and WorktreeRemove hook events
  • CLI update check — A live npm registry indicator in the version bar shows whether your Claude Code CLI is up to date
  • Agent tool rename — agent_type field added; the Agent tool rename introduced in CLI v2.1.69 is fully supported
  • Per-agent model override display — The agent monitor tree now shows the model override for each running agent
  • CLI built-in slash commands — /simplify, /loop, /batch, /memory, and /context are now exposed in the command menu with CLI badges
  • includeGitInstructions toggle — New settings toggle to control whether git instructions are included in Claude's context
  • ENABLE_CLAUDEAI_MCP_SERVERS opt-out — New setting to disable Claude.ai MCP servers
  • Binary file linkification — MCP binary file paths (PDFs, audio, Office documents) in markdown output are now clickable links
  • Unified toast notification system — Replaces the old achievement and update notification components with a single, consistent toast system
  • Auto-memory panel & /memory shortcut — New auto-memory browser panel and a /memory slash command shortcut
  • Session resume sorting — The session resume list is now sorted by most recent activity, with the most recent user message shown as a preview
  • WSL path conversion — WSL Linux paths are automatically converted to Windows UNC paths when opening binary files via open_binary_file
  • autoMemoryDirectory setting — Exposed in the Agent Settings section of the config sidebar
  • modelOverrides setting — Exposed as a JSON textarea in the config sidebar for AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, and other model routing configurations

  🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Removed deprecated Claude Opus 4.0 and 4.1 models from the model selector
  • Users pinned to deprecated models are automatically migrated to Opus 4.6
  • Startup watchdog tightened from 60 seconds to 30 seconds; corrected a misleading comment that said "5 minutes"
  • Default model fallback updated from claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 to claude-sonnet-4-6

  🔧 Maintenance

  • Supported CLI version updated to 2.1.80
  • Added documentation clarifying that char-based cost estimation is unaffected by the CLI v2.1.75 token overcounting fix
  • Added documentation clarifying that the 5-minute stuck watchdog is intentionally larger than the CLI's 2-minute non-streaming API fallback

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  • hikari-desktop-1.13.0-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-03-23 14:47:24 -07:00
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    2026-03-23 14:47:21 -07:00
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    2026-03-23 14:47:20 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.13.0_x64-setup.exe
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    2026-03-23 14:50:26 -07:00
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• v1.12.0 8220ab6b85

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  v1.12.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-03-13 01:39:27 -07:00 | 8 commits to main since this release

  [1.12.0] - 2026-03-13

  CLI Compatibility (v2.1.68–v2.1.74)

  This release brings Hikari Desktop to full compatibility with Claude Code CLI v2.1.74, covering every changelog from v2.1.68 through v2.1.74.

  New Features

  • Auto-memory panel — Browse and manage Claude's auto-memory files directly in the app, accessible via the nav menu or the /memory slash command; live toast notifications appear whenever Claude writes to a memory file mid-session
  • Unified toast system — All notifications (achievements, updates, auto-memory writes, worktree events) now flow through a single stacked toast container in the top-right corner; the update notification now links to the releases page instead of showing action buttons
  • CLI built-ins in slash command menu — /simplify, /loop, /batch, /memory, and /context are now surfaced in the slash command picker with a "CLI" badge
  • Cron tool support — CronCreate, CronDelete, and CronList tools are fully handled with character state mapping; CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_CRON toggle added to Agent Settings
  • Worktree tools — EnterWorktree and ExitWorktree tools are now recognised and mapped to the correct character state, with toast notifications on create and remove
  • Agent tool rename — The Task tool was renamed to Agent in CLI v2.1.69; both names are now handled, along with the new agent_type field in tool inputs
  • Per-agent model display — The agent monitor now shows the model override for each subagent where specified
  • Worktree status in agent monitor — Agent monitor reflects the worktree field from status line hook events
  • CLI update indicator — Version bar now shows a badge when a newer CLI version is available on npm
  • MCP binary file links — File paths for PDFs, audio files, and Office documents saved by MCP tools are rendered as clickable links in markdown output; WSL paths are automatically converted to Windows UNC paths before opening
  • autoMemoryDirectory setting — Exposes Claude's autoMemoryDirectory option in Agent Settings; passed via --settings at session start
  • modelOverrides setting — Exposes Claude's modelOverrides option as a JSON textarea in ConfigSidebar, for Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry users who need to map model names to provider-specific IDs
  • includeGitInstructions toggle — New setting to opt out of Claude's automatic git instructions
  • ENABLE_CLAUDEAI_MCP_SERVERS toggle — New setting to opt out of Claude's bundled claude.ai MCP servers

  Improvements

  • Session resume list — Sessions are now sorted by most recent activity, with the most recent user message shown as the preview instead of the first few messages
  • /memory command — Now opens the in-app memory browser panel rather than attempting to invoke the CLI's interactive TUI, which is incompatible with stream-JSON output

  Bug Fixes

  • Fixed /memory silently doing nothing when invoked via the slash command menu
  • Fixed custom persona agents and MCP-spawned agents displaying unknown as their type; they now correctly default to general-purpose
  • Removed deprecated Claude Opus 4.0 and 4.1 model IDs from the model selector; Opus 4.6 is now the default Opus option

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  • hikari-desktop-1.12.0-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-03-13 01:38:33 -07:00
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    2026-03-13 01:39:22 -07:00
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    2026-03-13 01:38:57 -07:00
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    2026-03-13 01:38:18 -07:00
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• v1.11.1 a690a4969b

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  v1.11.1 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-03-09 19:16:33 -07:00 | 10 commits to main since this release

  [1.11.1] - 2026-03-09

  Fixed

  • isProcessing was initialised as false and never set to true in production, making all submission guards no-ops. Submitting a message now correctly sets isProcessing = true (disabling the textarea and blocking duplicate submissions), and clears when the backend emits an idle, success, or error state.
  • Auto-granted tools were being dropped from the allowed list when PermissionModal triggered a reconnect — only session-granted tools were passed to start_claude, silently omitting config.auto_granted_tools. Tools marked as defaults in Settings will no longer re-prompt after a permission approval. (#198)
  • If Claude Code goes silent for 5 minutes after a message is sent, the Rust backend now terminates the process and triggers the standard disconnect/error flow, re-enabling the textarea. A generation counter ensures watchdogs from previous sessions exit cleanly when a new session starts.

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  • hikari-desktop-1.11.1-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-03-09 19:16:08 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.11.1_amd64.AppImage
    84 MiB

    2026-03-09 19:16:32 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.11.1_amd64.deb
    15 MiB

    2026-03-09 19:16:20 -07:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.11.1_x64-setup.exe
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    2026-03-09 19:15:59 -07:00
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• v1.11.0 ff0ba7b6d0

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  v1.11.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-03-07 03:24:48 -08:00 | 12 commits to main since this release

  [1.11.0] - 2026-03-07

  Added

  • Pretty diff viewer: the Git panel now shows colour-coded unified diffs with syntax highlighting and line numbers instead of raw text output
  • Guided Project Workflow panel: a four-phase workflow (Discuss → Plan → Execute → Verify) to keep projects structured from idea to completion; phases 2 and 3 open the PRD Creator and Task Loop panels directly, and state is persisted to workflow-state.json in the working directory
  • PRD Creator panel: generate a structured product requirements document and task list from a natural language description; outputs hikari-tasks.json for the Task Loop to consume; tasks support inter-task dependencies for wave-based execution
  • Task Loop panel: automated per-task conversation orchestration; each task gets its own Claude conversation, runs in dependency order, and can be committed automatically on completion
  • Wave-based parallel task execution: tasks in the Task Loop now run in dependency-aware waves with configurable concurrency (default 3); independent tasks execute in parallel, and blocked tasks are marked automatically when their dependencies fail
  • Auto-commit after task completion: the Task Loop can optionally commit changes after each completed task with a configurable conventional-commit prefix and optional SUMMARY.md generation
  • Project Context panel: persist PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, ROADMAP.md, and STATE.md in the working directory; these are injected into Claude's context automatically on every message
  • Codebase Mapper: generates a CODEBASE.md architectural summary of the current project so Claude understands the project structure before starting work
  • Community preset themes: Dracula, Catppuccin Mocha, Nord, Solarized Dark, Gruvbox Dark, and Rosé Pine added as one-click built-in theme presets alongside the existing custom colour controls
  • In-app changelog panel: fetches release notes from the repository at runtime and displays the full version history inside the app
  • Full embedded documentation: the single-page help modal has been replaced with a 12-page paginated docs browser covering every feature; includes a sidebar table of contents, prev/next navigation, arrow-key support, and a ? keyboard shortcut to open it from anywhere

  Fixed

  • Ctrl+C now copies selected text to the clipboard as expected; it only interrupts Claude when no text is selected

  Performance

  • Conversation history now uses virtual windowing to render only visible messages, keeping the UI responsive in long sessions; markdown rendering is memoised and history search is debounced

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  • hikari-desktop-1.11.0-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-03-07 03:23:29 -08:00
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    2026-03-07 03:23:47 -08:00
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    2026-03-07 03:23:33 -08:00
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    2026-03-07 03:24:42 -08:00
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• v1.10.0 9af61a4a29

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  v1.10.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-03-03 20:34:35 -08:00 | 15 commits to main since this release

  [1.10.0] - 2026-03-03

  Added

  • Custom terminal font: set your preferred monospace font for the chat/terminal area
  • Custom UI font: set a separate font for the app chrome (buttons, labels, tabs, sidebar)
  • Configurable max output tokens setting
  • Conversation tabs now get random creative names instead of numeric identifiers
  • Memory file list now shows the first heading from each file as a friendly display name rather than the raw filename
  • Tool calls now render as collapsible blocks, matching the Extended Thinking block aesthetic

  Fixed

  • show_thinking_blocks setting now correctly persists across sessions — it was being silently dropped by serde on every save/load

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  • hikari-desktop-1.10.0-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-03-03 20:34:11 -08:00
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    84 MiB

    2026-03-03 20:34:33 -08:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.10.0_amd64.deb
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    2026-03-03 20:34:16 -08:00
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    2026-03-03 20:34:05 -08:00
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• v1.9.0 97b8243d24

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  v1.9.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-02-27 15:52:01 -08:00 | 17 commits to main since this release

  [1.9.0] - 2026-02-27

  Added

  • Saved drafts: save the current input as a named draft using the floppy-disk icon in the input bar; drafts persist across sessions via the Tauri store plugin
  • Drafts panel (pencil icon in the top control row): browse all saved drafts, insert one into the input, delete individual drafts with two-step confirmation, or delete all at once

  Fixed

  • Input bar now clears correctly when switching to a tab with no saved draft; previously, the last sent message was displayed instead of an empty input
  • "Working on it!" notification sound now plays exactly once per user message regardless of how many tool calls are made; previously it would replay on every tool call during a multi-tool response

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  • hikari-desktop-1.9.0-1.x86_64.rpm
    15 MiB

    2026-02-27 15:42:39 -08:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.9.0_amd64.AppImage
    84 MiB

    2026-02-27 15:48:40 -08:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.9.0_amd64.deb
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    2026-02-27 15:42:43 -08:00
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    2026-02-27 15:48:26 -08:00
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• v1.8.1 fe7027c585

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  v1.8.1 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-02-26 23:44:13 -08:00 | 19 commits to main since this release

  [1.8.1] - 2026-02-26

  Fixed

  • Markdown bullet points and numbered lists now render correctly in the chat terminal; Tauri's WebView strips browser default list styles, so list-style-type is now set explicitly for ul (disc) and ol (decimal)
  • All per-task sounds (success, error, permission request, task start) have been moved from a global characterState subscription to the per-conversation event handler; background tabs now receive their completion sounds correctly, and switching back to a finished tab no longer replays a sound that already fired (closes #172)
  • Text typed into the prompt input is now saved per conversation tab; switching to another tab and returning restores the in-progress draft exactly as it was left
  • Vague "Process interrupted" and "Disconnected" messages now include the specific cause — keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+C), stop button, or unexpected crash
  • When Claude Code exits whilst a prompt is in-flight, a visible error message now appears explaining that the last prompt was not processed and prompting reconnection
  • An intentional_stop flag now prevents the stdout EOF path from emitting a duplicate "Disconnected from Claude Code unexpectedly" message when the stop was user-initiated
  • Fixed two cooperating reactivity bugs that were preventing the tool permission modal from appearing: pendingPermissions was being mutated in-place (causing Svelte's derived-store chain to skip re-renders), and PermissionModal.svelte was using $state() where a plain let binding is required for correct store-subscription reactivity

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  • hikari-desktop-1.8.1-1.x86_64.rpm
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    2026-02-26 23:43:50 -08:00
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    84 MiB

    2026-02-26 23:43:57 -08:00
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    2026-02-26 23:43:44 -08:00
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    2026-02-26 23:43:55 -08:00
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• v1.8.0 2e3f203508

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  v1.8.0 Stable

  naomi released this 2026-02-25 23:10:50 -08:00 | 21 commits to main since this release

  [1.8.0] - 2026-02-25

  Added

  • Workspace trust gate — detects hooks, MCP servers, and custom slash commands in a project before connecting; trust decisions are persisted so users are not prompted again for the same workspace
  • Custom background image — set a wallpaper with configurable opacity via the Appearance section; the character panel and compact mode go transparent when an image is active
  • Draggable tab reordering — conversation tabs can be reordered by dragging and dropping
  • Org UUID display — the organisation UUID from claude auth status is now shown in the Account section alongside the existing email and org name

  Fixed

  • Closing the file editor no longer causes all chat tabs to show a false unread notification dot
  • Connections that never receive the system:init message from the Claude CLI are now automatically killed after 60 seconds with a visible error, rather than leaving the UI stuck in a "Connected" state indefinitely
  • Shell commands (notifications, MCP list fetching, file operations, etc.) no longer briefly flash a terminal window on Windows
  • Raw HTML tags in markdown output are now properly escaped, preventing injected HTML elements such as <input> or <script> from rendering as live DOM nodes

  Changed

  • Supported Claude CLI version bumped to 2.1.53
  • All npm dependencies updated to latest compatible versions with exact version pinning
  • Rust dependencies updated via cargo update

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    2026-02-25 23:10:18 -08:00
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    84 MiB

    2026-02-25 23:10:45 -08:00
  • hikari-desktop_1.8.0_amd64.deb
    15 MiB

    2026-02-25 23:10:13 -08:00
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    2026-02-25 23:10:06 -08:00
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