Gemini CLI 0.25.0

What's Changed

• feat(core): improve activate_skill tool and use lowercase XML tags
• Add initiation method telemetry property
• chore(release): bump version to 0.25.0-nightly.20260107.59a18e710
• Hx support
• [Skills] Foundation: Centralize management logic and feedback rendering
• Introduce GEMINI_CLI_HOME for strict test isolation
• [Skills] Multi-scope skill enablement and shadowing fix
• policy: extract legacy policy from core tool scheduler to policy engine
• Enhance TestRig with process management and timeouts
• Update troubleshooting doc for UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY
• Add keytar to dependencies
• Simplify extension settings command
• feat(admin): implement extensions disabled
• Core data structure updates for Rewind functionality
• feat(hooks): simplify hook firing with HookSystem wrapper methods
• Add exp.gws_experiment field to LogEventEntry
• Revert "feat(admin): implement extensions disabled"
• feat(core): Decouple enabling hooks UI from subsystem.
• docs: add docs for hooks + extensions
• feat(core): Preliminary changes for subagent model routing.
• Optimize CI workflow: Parallelize jobs and cache linters
• Add option to fallback for capacity errors in ProQuotaDi…
• feat: add confirmation details support + jsonrpc vs http rest support
• fix(workflows): fix and limit labels for pr-triage.sh script
• Fix and rename introspection agent -> cli help agent
• Docs: Changelogs update 20260105
• enable cli_help agent by default
• Optimize json-output tests with mock responses
• Fix CI for forks
• Reduce nags about PRs that reference issues but don't fix them.
• feat(cli): add filepath autosuggestion after slash commands
• Add upgrade option for paid users
• [Skills] UX Polishing: Transparent feedback and CLI refinements
• Polish: Move 'Failed to load skills' warning to debug logs
• feat(cli): export chat history in /bug and prefill GitHub issue
• bug(core): fix issue with overrides to bases.
• enableInteractiveShell for external tooling relying on a2a server
• Reapply "feat(admin): implement extensions disabled" (#16082)
• bug(core): Fix spewie getter in hookTranslator.ts
• feat(hooks): add mcp_context to BeforeTool and AfterTool hook inputs
• Add extension linking capabilities in cli
• Update the page's title to be consistent and show in site.
• docs: correct typo in bufferFastReturn JSDoc ("accomodate" → "accommodate")
• fix: typo in MCP servers settings description
• fix: yolo should auto allow redirection
• fix(cli): disableYoloMode shouldn't enforce default approval mode against args
• feat: add native Sublime Text support to IDE detection
• refactor(core): extract ToolModificationHandler from scheduler
• Add support for Antigravity terminal in terminal setup utility
• feat(core): Wire up model routing to subagents.
• feat(cli): add /agents slash command to list available agents
• docs(cli): fix includeDirectories nesting in configuration.md
• feat: implement file system reversion utilities for rewind
• Always enable redaction in GitHub actions.
• fix: remove unsupported 'enabled' key from workflow config
• docs: Remove redundant and duplicate documentation files
• docs: shorten run command and use published version
• test(command-registry): increase initialization test timeout
• Ensure TERM is set to xterm-256color
• The telemetry.js script should handle paths that contain spaces
• ci: guard links workflow from running on forks
• ci: guard nightly release workflow from running on forks
• Support @ suggestions for subagenets
• feat(hooks): Support explicit stop and block execution control in model hooks
• Refine Gemini 3 system instructions to reduce model verbosity
• chore: clean up unused models and use consts
• Always enable bracketed paste
• refactor: migrate clearCommand hook calls to HookSystem
• refactor: migrate app containter hook calls to hook system
• Show settings source in extensions lists
• feat(skills): add pr-creator skill and enable skills
• fix: handle Shift+Space in Kitty keyboard protocol terminals
• feat(core, ui): Add /agents refresh command.
• feat(core): add local experiments override via GEMINI_EXP
• feat(ui): reduce home directory warning noise and add opt-out setting
• refactor: migrate chatCompressionService to use HookSystem
• fix: properly use systemMessage for hooks in UI
• Infer modifyOtherKeys support
• feat(core): Cache ignore instances for performance
• feat: apply remote admin settings (no-op)
• Autogenerate docs/cli/settings.md docs/getting-started/configuration.md was already autogenerated but settings.md was not.
• refactor(config): remove legacy V1 settings migration logic
• Fix an issue where the agent stops prematurely
• Update system prompt to prefer non-interactive commands
• Update ink version to 6.4.7
• Support for Built-in Agent Skills
• fix(skills): remove "Restart required" message from non-interactive commands
• remove unused sessionHookTriggers and exports
• Triage action cleanup
• fix: Add event-driven trigger to issue triage workflow
• fix(workflows): resolve triage workflow failures and actionlint errors
• docs: add note about experimental hooks
• feat(cli): implement passive activity logger for session analysis
• feat(cli): add /chat debug command for nightly builds
• style: format pr-creator skill
• feat(cli): Hooks enable-all/disable-all feature with dynamic status
• fix(core): ensure silent local subagent delegation while allowing remote confirmation
• Markdown w/ Frontmatter Agent Parser
• Fix crash on unicode character
• Attempt to resolve OOM w/ useMemo on history items
• fix(core): ensure sub-agent schema and prompt refresh during runtime
• Update extension examples
• revert the change that was recently added from a fix
• Add other hook wrapper methods to hooksystem
• feat: introduce useRewindLogic hook for conversation history navigation
• docs: Fix formatting issue in memport documentation
• fix(policy): enhance shell command safety and parsing
• fix(core): avoid 'activate_skill' re-registration warning
• perf(workflows): optimize PR triage script for faster execution
• feat(admin): prompt user to restart the CLI if they change auth to oauth mid-session or don't have auth type selected at start of session
• Update cli-help agent's system prompt in sub-agents section
• Revert "Update extension examples"
• Fix: add back fastreturn support
• feat(a2a): Introduce /memory command for a2a server
• docs: fix broken internal link by using relative path
• migrate yolo/auto-edit keybindings
• feat(cli): add install and uninstall commands for skills
• feat(ui): use Tab to switch focus between shell and input
• feat(core): support shipping built-in skills with the CLI
• Collect hardware details telemetry.
• feat(agents): improve UI feedback and parser reliability
• Migrate keybindings
• feat(cli): cleanup activity logs alongside session files
• feat(cli): implement dynamic terminal tab titles for CLI status
• feat(core): add disableLLMCorrection setting to skip auto-correction in edit tools
• fix: Set both tab and window title instead of just window title
• fix(policy): ensure MCP policies match unqualified names in non-interactive mode
• fix(cli): refine 'Action Required' indicator and focus hints
• Refactor beforeAgent and afterAgent hookEvents to follow desired output
• feat(agents): clarify mandatory YAML frontmatter for sub-agents
• docs(telemetry): add Google Cloud Monitoring dashboard documentation
• Implement support for subagents as extensions.
• refactor: make baseTimestamp optional in addItem and remove redundant calls
• Improve key binding names and descriptions
• feat(core, cli): Add support for agents in settings.json.
• fix(cli): fix 'gemini skills install' unknown argument error
• chore(ui): optimize AgentsStatus layout with dense list style and group separation
• fix(cli): allow @ file selector on slash command lines
• fix(ui): resolve sticky header regression in tool messages
• feat(core): Align internal agent settings with configs exposed through settings.json
• fix(cli): copy uses OSC52 only in SSH/WSL
• docs(skills): clarify skill directory structure and file location
• Fix: make ctrl+x use preferred editor
• fix(core): Resolve race condition in tool response reporting
• feat(ui): highlight persist mode status in ModelDialog
• refactor: clean up A2A task output for users and LLMs
• feat(core/ui): enhance retry mechanism and UX
• Modernize MaxSizedBox to use and ResizeObservers
• Behavioral evals framework.
• Aggregate test results.
• feat(admin): support admin-enforced settings for Agent Skills
• fix(patch): cherry-pick cfdc4cf to release/v0.25.0-preview.0-pr-16759 to patch version v0.25.0-preview.0 and create version 0.25.0-preview.1
• Patch #16730 into v0.25.0 preview
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 3b55581 to release/v0.25.0-preview.2-pr-16506 to patch version v0.25.0-preview.2 and create version 0.25.0-preview.3