Gemini CLI v0.63.0
Gemini CLI v0.63.0 was released on .
Summary
Gemini CLI v0.63.0 improves reliability with better connection recovery feedback and smarter error handling that tells you exactly what went wrong. We've also optimized memory usage in long-running operations and fixed several stability issues that were causing unexpected inte...
Release Context
- This was the 80th Gemini CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 7 days after Gemini CLI v0.62.0 (September 29, 2026).
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Release Notes
What's Changed fix(cli): display retry progress indicator during connection recovery (28340) by @amelidev in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29468 Changelog for v0.61.0-preview.1 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29469 Changelog for v0.61.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29472 fix(cli): distinguish missing MCP enablement config from malformed JSON by @jesussamuel-byte in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29446 fix(cli): restore paused stdin after capability detection by @ugorla-dev in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29487 fix(core): bound tool output size and optimize memory lifecycle in long-running agent loops by @diegogodinezr in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29451 fix(core): remove invalid diff.external override by @urielefrenvirtusa in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29467 chore(release): bump version to 0.63.0-nightly.20260923.gf50ba8608 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29471 Changelog for v0.62.0-preview.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29470 fix(core): clean up temporary directory when background shell execution exits by @jesussamuel-byte in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29437 fix(acp): resolve session before config initialization and avoid same-minute filename collisions by @jesussamuel-byte in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29463 fix(core): align policy redirection gates, path validation, and workflow parsing by @DavidAPierce in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29506 fix(auth): prevent infinite auth loop from file contention, headless keyring, and supervisor state drops (28341) by @villahernandez-coder in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29448 fix(core): enable autonomous plan execution in non-interactive mode by @urielefrenvirtusa in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29539 fix(core): disable truncation when maxChars <= 0 in formatTruncatedToolOutput by @diegogodinezr in https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29542 Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.62.0...v0.63.0
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