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The agent's terminal and browser stay honest

0.2.0-beta.139 · October 10, 2026

The agent's terminal and browser now report what is actually happening: the line it submits is the line the shell is holding, a password prompt is never typed into, and a browser still is never reused after the page has moved on.

Improved

  • The agent's terminal checks the whole line before submitting, including anything you typed while you held it. If a key rewrote the line in a way it cannot see (history recall, cursor movement, completion), it asks before running it.
  • A password prompt is never typed into. Ctrl-C stays available so the agent can back out instead of getting stuck.
  • If you take the terminal back after the agent sent a line, it is told the line was sent so it does not send it twice.
  • A terminal the agent opened in another chat no longer shows its banner in yours, and closing a terminal clears its state.
  • Modifier shortcuts (⌘S, ⌘C, ⌘F) no longer pause the agent by taking the terminal back, and the find bar stays out of the way.
  • A paused terminal shows a "hand this terminal back" bar.
  • A remote terminal reports where the shell actually starts instead of a path it is not in.

Fixed

  • A browser still captured before the last navigation is never reused, so a parked pane cannot show the previous page.
  • Reading the page's DOM is gated like the console and network views, and typing into whatever the page has focused is treated as sensitive as a screenshot click.
  • A browser control handoff applies in one step, gives up with a message if it never answers, and taking control always means you have it.
  • Back and forward start disabled until the page says otherwise, and Escape reverts to the last committed address.
  • The agent overlay stays out of the way while a question is on screen, and only a left-click takes the browser over.
  • A bare element ref explains that it is missing its snapshot generation instead of being read as a selector.
  • A pinch-zoomed page clamps clicks into the right box.
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