Kiro CLI v1.28.1

Release Context

• This was the 5th Kiro CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
• It shipped 18 days after Kiro CLI v1.27.0 (March 2, 2026).

Shipped around the same time

Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:

• Claude Code v2.1.81 (March 20, 2026)
• GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.10 (March 20, 2026)
• Claude Code v2.1.80 (March 19, 2026)
• OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.116.0 (March 19, 2026)
• GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.9 (March 19, 2026)

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