Factory Droid v1.12.0
Factory Droid v1.12.0 was released on .
Summary
Droid 1.12.0 is here: tool rows now show namespaces, fewer terminal redraws, and a batch of fixes across sessions and connectors. Ever wonder what changed under the hood?
Release Context
- This was the 72nd Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v1.10.1 (November 13, 2026).
- Factory Droid: ships every 1 days — 23 releases in the last month.
Why it matters: Namespaced tool names and fewer terminal redraws.
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- Antigravity CLI v1.5.9 (November 14, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.112 (November 13, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.325 (November 13, 2026)
- Grok Build v1.0.85 (November 13, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.111 (November 13, 2026)
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Release Notes
CLI v1.12.0, Desktop v1.12.0: Namespaced tool names, fewer terminal redraws, and fixes across sessions, settings, and connectors Improvements - Namespaced tool names - Tool rows now show the namespace and capability for Droid command, connector, and MCP calls - Push and pull request risk - A plain push or pull request now counts as medium risk, while force pushes stay high - Service account key audits - Revoking a service account key now records an audit entry for your organization - Automation sessions in the sidebar - The session sidebar now hides automation sessions until you turn that filter on Bug fixes - Organization settings after account switch - Switching accounts no longer saves one account's organization settings under the other - Code spans across lines - A code span that crosses a line break no longer joins the words around it - Todo list updates - A todo list is now recorded once, in the session whose call wrote it - Terminal resize redraws - Resizing the terminal no longer blanks the screen while the transcript is redrawn - Resumed session history - Starting a run on a saved session id now sends its earlier conversation with the first request - Connector load errors - Connectors settings now shows a load error with Retry instead of saying none are available - Folder trust after /cwd - Trusting a folder from /cwd no longer clears the terminal or erases the change notice - New sessions after switching accounts - Starting a session right after switching accounts now runs as the account you are signed in to - Artifacts from failed commands - A failed gh or glab command whose error a pipe hides no longer records an artifact - Alerts in narrow panes - Alert actions now stack under the text in narrow panes instead of squeezing it - Renaming a session - Renaming a session no longer clears the terminal and replays the transcript - Telemetry setting coverage - Turning telemetry off now also stops onboarding events from being sent
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v1.11.0 (November 13, 2026)
- v1.10.0 (November 12, 2026)
- v1.8.0 (November 11, 2026)
- v1.9.0 (November 11, 2026)
- v1.7.0 (November 10, 2026)
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