Founding Bot X releases

New

• Pull request lists search the host when you filter by label or author, and filters narrow the list on every host that supports them.
• Usage includes Muse Code sessions.
• Screen readers announce when the open thread starts, needs you or finishes.
• PDFs in the preview can be annotated.
• In the mobile app, Usage and Settings are in the workspace navigation, and you can choose which tabs it shows.

Fixes

• Stop also stops a thread's subagents, and clears commands the server already finished.
• Browsers and Chrome that an agent starts close when the agent stops.
• A stuck quit no longer leaves the desktop app impossible to close, and the app crashes less when a preview tab fails during agent screenshots.
• Threads resume faster, database reads no longer wait behind writes, and new threads no longer hang when a project's machine is offline.
• Pairing with a server on a different version explains the mismatch instead of reconnecting forever, and the service's recovery steps name the exact install to run.
• Typing a reply to a pending Claude approval declines it and sends the reply to the agent that asked.
• A forked thread's first /compact compacts the history it inherited, and an instructed compact no longer runs a plain one first.
• Interrupts an agent starts no longer say "by user".
• Pull request watches wake when skipped or remaining checks finish, and periodic pull request discovery pauses while no app is open.
• Deleting a thread with subagents cleans up their worktrees.
• Claude subscription usage shows through proxies, Codex shows ChatGPT's current plan names, and usage notices keep Codex sign-in guidance.
• OpenCode retries its model list until it loads, Cursor turns that end in a connection error fail instead of hanging, and Pi no longer fails on blank input placeholders.
• Bitbucket no longer gets flooded with requests at startup.
• Pasted images show their upload tile at once, Cmd+K search hides subagents and favors recent, whole-word matches, and Cmd+B toggles the sidebar unless text is selected.
• Agent recordings follow the browser frame rate setting.
• Streaming replies and long terminal pastes use less CPU.
• The mobile app fixes layouts on iPad, the Duo and Android, keeps chips readable in light mode, opens links in pull request comments, and its Live Activity no longer shows a running-agent count.

New

• Settings can give instructions for how threads are titled.
• Messages from other agents fold into one-line rows, on desktop, web and mobile.
• Telemetry export settings show where the running endpoint came from.

Fixes

• The web app served by your own server no longer offers Founding Bot Connect sign-in, which couldn't return to it. Sign in from the desktop app, the mobile app or x.founding.bot.
• Managed Codex sign-ins renew during long turns, and Codex resumes a parent thread after its subagents finish.
• Pull request watches wake up when a repository reports no checks, and check counts stay in sync.
• Large databases load the shell faster, and subagent updates no longer slow the thread stream.
• The sidebar follows the active thread when you go back or forward.
• Provider updates no longer pop toasts at launch, and toasts use their full width.
• Tool images beyond the preview limit are marked, and tool icons keep their detail in light mode.
• The subagent bar stays readable in narrow chat columns.
• Codex usage counts the first request of an inherited thread.
• GitCafe lists, merge progress and reviews match git.cafe, and Forgejo merges follow the repository's delete-branch setting.
• On Windows, the server starts without waiting on the startup environment check.
• The mobile app moves between drafts and threads the same way everywhere, and undo toasts keep their action on one row.

Security

• On Windows, a chat message with an image or file link on a network path (\\host\share) could make Founding Bot X send your Windows sign-in hash to that host without a click. Network paths now only open inside the thread's project.

New

• Claude's idle compaction has a default in Settings, with overrides per Claude instance.
• When Claude asks for approval in full access, the request says why.
• Automation messages show as compact rows in the timeline.
• Webhook filters can match any item in a list with a [] path wildcard.
• GitCafe pull requests can request reviewers and add labels, and show line counts.
• ChatGPT Business usage limits offer a request you can copy to your admin.
• Exported telemetry includes how long runs take and how they end.

Fixes

• Project scripts and setup actions receive FOUNDINGBOT_X_PROJECT_ROOT and FOUNDINGBOT_X_WORKTREE_PATH, and agents and terminals no longer see T3 Code's setting names.
• Pull requests from forks check out to foundingbot-x/pr-<number>/<branch>.
• A Claude agent stops when the server that started it stops.
• SSH hosts no longer keep every old runtime after desktop updates.
• Removing a worktree on Windows no longer deletes what its junctions point to.
• Clones retry over HTTPS when the SSH key is refused.
• Pushes the remote refuses, and failed provider updates, say why.
• Answered questions say "already answered" instead of "not found".
• Agents get a short, current model list instead of the full catalog.
• Codex keeps every file of a multi-file patch.
• OpenCode shows its own out-of-funds message, and cancelled todos no longer keep its todo list running.
• Arabic and Hebrew text reads and navigates right to left.
• File mentions like posts.$postId.tsx or [id].tsx stay chips, and typing a price no longer opens the skill menu.
• Streaming replies re-render less of the window, so long threads stay smooth.
• GitLab 15.7 to 17.10 merge request diffs load, and Azure DevOps repositories with a space in the name list their pull requests.
• JetBrains IDEs open file links at the right column.
• The mobile app fixes a crash when opening a pull request and a possible freeze after closing search, and improves iPad and iPhone Duo layouts.

Upgrading

Update from 0.3.0 as usual: the desktop app updates itself, and foundingbot-x update updates the command line. If a project script reads T3CODE_PROJECT_ROOT or T3CODE_WORKTREE_PATH, switch it to the FOUNDINGBOT_X_ names. Developers running from source need Node 26.12.1.

New

• Run threads from the terminal. On the computer that runs Founding Bot X, foundingbot-x thread start, send, show, and list start a thread, message it, and read it back, no sign-in needed. See Scripts on the host.
• The composer stays usable while an agent waits for an approval. Sending a message declines the request and tells the agent what to do instead.
• Thread links in chat show as chips, and thread chips show their project's icon.

Fixes

• Founding Bot Connect addresses now start with foundingbot-relay-. A computer linked before this release keeps its old address until you link it again.
• The app says "Founding Bot account" everywhere it means your account.
• Checkpoint commits are authored by "Founding Bot", the same as stacked pull request rebases.
• Stop on a delegated task always clears it, even when it is stuck, and delegates finish once their leftover work settles.
• Stopping a thread sends the held messages you selected.
• Steering a finished turn starts a new block of work instead of stacking under the old one.
• ⌘Z undoes a settle even when the composer has focus.
• Thread search shows the same pull request badge as the sidebar.
• Images on their own line no longer sit beside their label.
• Stalled clones say "Stalled" instead of showing a frozen speed.
• Storage cleanup no longer counts space it didn't free.
• Codex compaction and resumed sessions no longer show usage warnings for skipped turns.
• Git commands start faster on macOS.
• The desktop app moves to Electron 44.9.3, which blocks compromised certificate authority keys.

Upgrading

Update from 0.2.1 as usual: the desktop app updates itself, and foundingbot-x update updates the command line.

New

• Webhook automations can pick which requests run. Add Filters to a webhook-triggered scheduled task so it runs only for matching requests, such as a pull request being opened. Set a Replay key to ignore repeated deliveries, or a Coalesce key to combine a burst into one run. See Webhook automations.
• Mermaid diagrams in chat use a new renderer.

Fixes

• Stopping a thread no longer sends a notification that it finished.
• Stopping a thread also cancels a delegated task's queued follow-up when the task's own thread is idle.
• The notice to reclaim database space lists every machine that needs it in one place.
• Dialogs keep their content while they close instead of going blank.
• Markdown tables are left-aligned again.
• The approval menu's actions are more compact.
• Limits bars show the even-pace mark as a small tick.

Upgrading

Update from 0.2.0 as usual: the desktop app updates itself, and foundingbot-x update updates the command line.

Founding Bot X

• Founding Bot Connect checks that your other devices can reach this computer. foundingbot-x connect status, the end of foundingbot-x connect setup, and Settings → Connections say whether the computer is reachable and, if not, which part fails and how to fix it, with a link to the new Founding Bot Connect troubleshooting guide.
• Founding Bot Connect answers faster: its servers now run next to its database. This is already live for every version.
• foundingbot-x doctor names the old database file it can delete (state.sqlite) instead of a version number.

New

• Run iOS Simulators in Expo's cloud: add an EAS Simulator host in Settings → Integrations. Sessions bill your Expo account, so each host limits how many run and for how long.
• Every pull request's +/− count shows how much is code, tests, and docs, without waiting for a hover.
• Adding a project to another machine takes you straight to it.

Fixes

• When a computer stops answering because it froze or is overloaded, the app says so instead of blaming your network or DNS.
• Snoozed threads stay hidden while their agent wakes for background work.
• Updates remove old runtimes nothing uses, instead of keeping every version on disk.
• Settings save again when the writing style has default fields.
• HTML visualizations show their full height instead of cropping and scrolling.
• Downloads in the built-in browser no longer echo the contents of data: links.

Rolled back

Two changes from 0.1.3 are withdrawn for more testing: the connecting screen while the desktop app's server starts (it still shows for WSL), and half-screen tiling on scaled displays.

Upgrading

Update from 0.1.3 as usual: the desktop app updates itself, and foundingbot-x update updates the command line.

Founding Bot X

• foundingbot-x connect logout now also revokes the command line's Founding Bot Connect sign-in on Founding Bot, not just on your machine.

New

• Add a project to another machine from the composer's machine picker: choose Add to another machine under Run on. Its .env files come along.
• Compact idle Claude threads before their prompt cache expires, so coming back to a long thread costs less: turn on Compact idle Claude threads (beta) in Settings → General.
• Choose what the in-app browser's address bar searches, including a custom search URL, in Settings → Integrations.
• Math in messages renders as LaTeX, and Mermaid diagrams show math labels.
• Limits bars mark where an even pace would put you, so you can see whether you're ahead of your quota.
• HEIC image attachments and PDFs in browser previews now display.

Faster

• Switching threads, streaming in other threads, provider status updates, and typing in dialogs re-render far less of the app.
• Opening a thread lands on the newest message right away, and scrolling a huge thread's history no longer loops.
• Large changed-file trees, long composer code blocks, and find in a long thread stay responsive.
• The desktop app shows a connecting screen while the local server starts, and a large database no longer blocks startup for minutes.
• Idle terminals, disabled providers, and Git status checks use less CPU in the background.

Fixes

• Claude Plan mode asks before writing files in Auto and Full access.
• Claude task lists survive a server restart and stay in the composer between turns.
• A full Claude context window no longer shows as a usage limit, and the context meter shows your auto-compact threshold.
• Claude, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode failures say why a turn couldn't start or was rejected.
• An OpenCode tool killed for using too much memory no longer stops every OpenCode thread.
• A failed run shows Failed, not Completed, and a stopped turn no longer hides the next turn's diff.
• Settings saved while the server starts are no longer lost, and saving settings no longer reverts your own edits to settings.json.
• File saves no longer follow symlinks out of the workspace.
• Sites in the built-in browser can't post notifications without your permission.
• Checkpoints work in Windows workspaces with paths over 260 characters.
• A slow server update download no longer fails after 10 minutes, and foundingbot-x update or foundingbot-x service restart run from inside Founding Bot X no longer leave the service stopped.
• SSH pairing asks for a password or a verification code, and an interrupted SSH pairing picks up where it left off.
• fish shells no longer stall for 10 seconds when a terminal starts.
• Threads that finish together play one completion sound.
• Snoozed threads no longer wake early after background updates.
• Status animations and scrolling respect Reduce Motion.
• Desktop: no more duplicate backends on macOS, half-screen tiling works on scaled displays, and the Windows Start Menu shortcut is back.

Upgrading

Update from 0.1.2 as usual: the desktop app updates itself, and foundingbot-x update updates the command line.

Founding Bot X

• Founding Bot Connect is here. Reach your computers from your other devices and from x.founding.bot, without setting up router forwarding or a private network.
  • On the desktop app, open Settings → Connections, sign in, and turn on Founding Bot Connect for that computer.
  • On a command-line host, run foundingbot-x connect and follow the sign-in instructions. Over SSH it prints a link and a short code you can approve from any device.
  • On your other devices, sign in to the same account and choose the computer.
• Sign in with your Founding Bot account in the desktop app, the web app, and the command line. Signing out of the desktop or web app revokes the sign-in.
• The welcome screen and Settings now point to Founding Bot's Privacy Policy instead of saying Founding Bot X collects anonymous usage data, which it doesn't.

See Remote access for setup and troubleshooting.

Upgrading

Update from 0.1.1 as usual: the desktop app updates itself, and foundingbot-x update updates the command line.

Founding Bot X

• The user guides are now online at founding.bot/x/docs.
• The list of models and agent versions Founding Bot X recommends now comes from founding.bot.
• @foundingbot/x on npm has its own page. The npm package and command-line downloads now include the license notices, and the apps list T3 Code's license.

New

• Step reasoning effort up or down from the keyboard: bind Composer: Increase Effort and Composer: Decrease Effort in Settings → Keybindings.
• A new pairing includes every permission unless you choose some with --scope. Devices you've already paired keep the permissions they have.

Faster

• The chat view, sidebar, settings, and dialogs re-render far less while agents work, reconnect, or update their status.

Fixes

• A slow but healthy Codex no longer shows as Unavailable.
• Follow-up messages sent while a thread is compacting are queued until it finishes.
• A running Claude workflow member shows its answer so far, and background subagents keep their Founding Bot X tools after the parent turn ends.
• Threads whose subagents' background work was cut short by a restart wake up again.
• Settings reads, startup logs, and preview snapshots no longer include sensitive values.
• Webhook request values reach the agent marked as request data.
• The sidebar no longer crashes when a thread leaves it.
• Switching machines no longer leaves a busy state behind or rewrites a draft you closed.
• Each reconnect gets its own grace period before the "unavailable" banner appears.
• Stopping a terminal on Windows no longer waits on timeouts.

Upgrading

Update from 0.1.0 as usual: the desktop app updates itself, and foundingbot-x update updates the command line.

Founding Bot X is now in Beta.

Founding Bot X everywhere

• The apps, the foundingbot-x command, and everything they print now say Founding Bot X. Remote access through an account is now called Founding Bot Connect; it isn't available yet, so connect your machines over your local network, Tailscale, or a pairing link for now.
• Agents now see Founding Bot X tools (foundingbot_x_*) and instructions.
• npx @foundingbot/x is now a small launcher. On first run, it downloads this release for your computer from founding.bot, checks it, and runs it.

New

• Delegated tasks run in their own worktrees.
• Drag a linked pull request into the composer to add it as context, choose to open pull request links on GitHub, and delete a pull request's branch after it's merged or closed.
• Worktrees of settled threads are cleaned up automatically, and auto-settling inactive threads can keep the ones with a pull request.
• foundingbot-x doctor reclaims unused database space, and the app tells you when there's space to reclaim.
• View visual replies full screen with zoom, and open images from HTML renders in the image viewer.
• Waiting threads show how long they've been waiting.

Fixes

• Command output streams live while the command runs.
• A dropped HTTP/2 connection no longer crashes the server.
• Resumed Claude subagents keep updating their own thread, and subagents follow their parent's renamed branch.
• ACP agents and Antigravity install on Windows on ARM.
• One malformed update from an ACP agent no longer ends its session.
• Many more fixes across the desktop, web, and mobile apps.

Upgrading

Upgrading from 0.0.49 or earlier isn't supported. If something doesn't work after updating, reinstall Founding Bot X.

Founding Bot X

• The desktop app now checks founding.bot for updates. Earlier versions couldn't find updates at all.
• The install guide sends desktop downloads to Founding Bot X's own releases.

Upgrading

Update the command line with foundingbot-x update. Install this desktop release by hand once; from here on the desktop app updates itself.

Founding Bot X

• The hosted web app is at x.founding.bot, and links in the apps point there.
• Configure Founding Bot X with FOUNDINGBOT_X_* environment variables, such as FOUNDINGBOT_X_HOME.
• The desktop app keeps its own profile, opens foundingbot-x:// links, and installs on Linux under its own package and app names.
• Codex knows it's running in Founding Bot X.
• On GNOME, the screenshot extension now has Founding Bot X's own identity.

Upgrading

0.0.47 was never released. Update from 0.0.46 with foundingbot-x update; reinstall the desktop app from this release.

The first release of Founding Bot X.

Founding Bot X

• Download the desktop app for macOS, Windows, or Linux below, or install the command line from npm as @foundingbot/x and run it as foundingbot-x.
• Founding Bot X keeps its data in ~/.foundingbot-x and runs its background service under its own name.
• Agents reach Founding Bot X through its own MCP server, foundingbot-x.
• Usage analytics are off.