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The agent can use a terminal you can take back

0.2.0-beta.125 · October 6, 2026

The agent can open an interactive terminal, or ask to use one you already have open. A banner shows while it has control, and any keystroke, Escape, or Take control gives it back and pauses the run.

New

  • The agent can open a new terminal for work you may want to watch or join, such as a server, REPL, or debugger. One-shot commands still run on their own.
  • A terminal you already have open needs your approval, unless you handed it over from the tab menu. The card names the host, directory, and last command.
  • While the agent has the terminal, the tab shows it and a banner offers Take control. Typing, Escape, or that button pauses the run. Control ends when the run ends, and a terminal the agent opened stays open.
  • A submitted line is still checked. A local password prompt is refused. On an SSH terminal the agent hands it back instead of typing a secret.

Fixed

  • Copy works when the window is not focused, including chat, a terminal selection, images, and error details.
  • A provider timeout, rate limit, or error says so on the status row, with how long until the next try. Polling a command that already finished no longer reads as Waiting.
  • A sub-agent's task list stays pinned at the top of its inspector.
  • Quitting no longer waits forever if teardown stalls. Developer-mode browsers are closed first.
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