Gemini CLI v0.17.0

Gemini CLI v0.17.0 was released on November 20, 2025.

Summary

What's Changed chore(release): bump version to 0.17.0-nightly.20251113.48e3932f6 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13027

Release Notes

What's Changed

• chore(release): bump version to 0.17.0-nightly.20251113.48e3932f6 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13027
• Show model in history by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13034
• Update comment and undo unnecessary logging by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13025
• chore/release: bump version to 0.17.0-nightly.20251114.0fcbff506 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13040
• slightly adjust model message formatting by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13043
• Improve test code coverage for cli/command/extensions package by @megha1188 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12994
• docs: remove references to deprecated flags (--checkpointing, --sandbox-image) by @nayong2021 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12578
• docs: remove references to deprecated --checkpointing flag by @SunHuawei in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12477
• feat(auth): Add option for metadata server application default credentials without project override by @rosecm in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12948
• Change default compress threshold to 0.7 for api key users by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13079
• fix(cli): Exit CLI when trust save unsuccessful during launch by @shrutip90 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11968
• bug(ui) make it clear when users need to enter selection mode and fix clear issue. by @jacob314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13083
• Change flag name to flag id for existing flags by @Adib234 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13073
• feat: Update permissions command to support modifying trust for other… by @shrutip90 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11642
• Only warn about mouse movement when the mouse is down. by @jacob314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13101
• Increase paste timeout + add warning. by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13099
• Check folder trust before allowing add directory by @shrutip90 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12652
• Docs: Clarify Project-Scoped Behavior of Chat Sub-commands by @samucodesh in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10458
• Refactored core package ut by @IamRiddhi in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13139
• chore/release: bump version to 0.17.0-nightly.20251116.e650a4ee5 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13154
• Fix: Animated scrollbar renders black in NO_COLOR mode by @jacob314 in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13188
• Refactored 3 files of tools package by @IamRiddhi in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13231
• rework MCP tool discovery and invocation by @cornmander in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13160
• Fix test to not leave terminal in mouse mode by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13232
• Refactored 4 files of tools package by @IamRiddhi in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13235
• Right click to paste in Alternate Buffer mode by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13234
• update glob version by @scidomino in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13242
• feat: Show tip on first request and refactor phrases by @JayadityaGit in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12952
• feat :uninstall multiple extensions by @JayadityaGit in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13016
• Docs: Add changelog for v.0.15.0 by @jkcinouye in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13276
• feat: launch Gemini 3 in Gemini CLI 🚀🚀🚀 (in main) by @skeshive in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13287
• fix(patch): cherry-pick ff725de to release/v0.17.0-preview.0-pr-13477 to patch version v0.17.0-preview.0 and create version 0.17.0-preview.1 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13511
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 049a299 to release/v0.17.0-preview.1-pr-13483 to patch version v0.17.0-preview.1 and create version 0.17.0-preview.2 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13518
• fix(patch): cherry-pick c7b5dcd to release/v0.17.0-preview.2-pr-13517 to patch version v0.17.0-preview.2 and create version 0.17.0-preview.3 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13529
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 4adfdad to release/v0.17.0-preview.3-pr-13464 to patch version v0.17.0-preview.3 and create version 0.17.0-preview.4 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13533
• fix(patch): cherry-pick ade9dfe to release/v0.17.0-preview.4-pr-13515 to patch version v0.17.0-preview.4 and create version 0.17.0-preview.5 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13536

New Contributors

• @nayong2021 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12578
• @SunHuawei made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12477
• @rosecm made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12948
• @samucodesh made their first contribution in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10458

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0

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