Factory Droid v0.244.0
Factory Droid v0.244.0 was released on .
Summary
CLI v0.244.0, Desktop v0.201.0: Offline session archiving, session arrangement tiles, signed macOS download, and CLI and app fixes New features - Session arrangement tiles - New sessions now open i...
Release Context
- This was the 48th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v0.242.0 (October 15, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
CLI v0.244.0, Desktop v0.201.0: Offline session archiving, session arrangement tiles, signed macOS download, and CLI and app fixes New features - Session arrangement tiles - New sessions now open in an empty arrangement slot, and you can drag dividers to resize tiles Improvements - Welcome screen title - The welcome screen now leads with its title instead of a decorative label above it - Update download progress - Running an update now shows how much of the download has finished - Late connector tools - A turn that began before your connector or MCP tools finished loading now continues once they are ready Bug fixes - Archiving offline sessions - Archiving a session on a disconnected machine now succeeds right away, and that machine catches up when it reconnects - Signed macOS download - The macOS desktop app download is now signed and served from a stable link - Organization-required review workflows - A required review workflow whose rule names a branch now runs Droid instead of being refused - Markdown table columns - Narrow columns in a markdown table now keep their words whole when the table shrinks - Plan status replies - Droid no longer shows a plan status line in the transcript when no work is left - Replies after interrupted tools - A message sent right after you interrupt a tool now gets an answer instead of another tool call - Spec comment box - Starting a comment on a long spec now keeps the spec and the comment box in view
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v1.12.0 (November 14, 2026)
- v1.10.1 (November 13, 2026)
- v1.11.0 (November 13, 2026)
- v1.10.0 (November 12, 2026)
- v1.8.0 (November 11, 2026)
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