Gemini CLI 0.26.0

What's Changed

• fix: PDF token estimation (#16494)
• chore(release): bump version to 0.26.0-nightly.20260114.bb6c57414
• docs: clarify F12 to open debug console
• docs: Remove.md extension from internal links in architecture.md
• Add an experimental setting for extension config
• feat: add Rewind Confirmation dialog and Rewind Viewer component
• fix(a2a): Don't throw errors for GeminiEventType Retry and InvalidStream.
• prefactor: add rootCommands as array so it can be used for policy parsing
• remove unnecessary \x7f key bindings
• docs(skills): use body-file in pr-creator skill for better reliability
• chore(automation): recursive labeling for workstream descendants
• feat: introduce 'skill-creator' built-in skill and CJS management tools
• chore(automation): remove automated PR size and complexity labeler
• refactor(skills): replace 'project' with 'workspace' scope
• Docs: Update release notes for 1/13/2026
• Simplify paste handling
• chore(automation): improve scheduled issue triage discovery and throughput
• fix(acp): run exit cleanup when stdin closes
• feat(scheduler): add types needed for event driven scheduler
• Remove unused rewind key binding
• Remove sequence binding
• feat(cli): undeprecate the --prompt flag
• chore: update dependabot configuration
• feat(config): add 'auto' alias for default model selection
• Enable & disable agents
• cleanup: Improve keybindings
• Add timeout for shell-utils to prevent hangs.
• feat(plan): add experimental plan flag
• feat(cli): add security consent prompts for skill installation
• fix: replace 3 consecutive periods with ellipsis character
• chore(automation): ensure status/need-triage is applied and never cleared automatically
• fix: Handle colons in skill description frontmatter
• refactor(core): harden skill frontmatter parsing
• feat(skills): add conflict detection and warnings for skill overrides
• feat(scheduler): add SchedulerStateManager for reactive tool state
• chore(automation): enforce 'help wanted' label permissions and update guidelines
• fix(core): resolve circular dependency via tsconfig paths
• chore/release: bump version to 0.26.0-nightly.20260115.6cb3ae4e0
• fix(automation): correct status/need-issue label matching wildcard
• fix(automation): prevent label-enforcer loop by ignoring all bots
• Add links to supported locations and minor fixes
• feat(policy): add source tracking to policy rules
• feat(automation): enforce '🔒 maintainer only' and fix bot loop
• Make merged settings non-nullable and fix all lints related to that.
• fix(core): prevent ModelInfo event emission on aborted signal
• Replace relative paths to fix website build
• Restricting to localhost
• fix(cli): add explicit dependency on color-convert
• fix(automation): robust label enforcement with permission checks
• fix(cli): prevent OOM crash by limiting file search traversal and adding timeout
• fix(cli): safely handle /dev/tty access on macOS
• docs: clarify workspace test execution in GEMINI.md
• Add support for running available commands prior to MCP servers loading
• feat(plan): add experimental 'plan' approval mode
• feat(scheduler): add functional awaitConfirmation utility
• fix(infra): update maintainer rollup label to 'workstream-rollup'
• fix(infra): use GraphQL to detect direct parents in rollup workflow
• chore(workflows): rename label-workstream-rollup workflow
• skip simple-mcp-server.test.ts
• Steer outer agent to use expert subagents when present
• Fix race condition by awaiting scheduleToolCalls
• cleanup: Organize key bindings
• feat(core): Add generalist agent.
• perf(ui): optimize text buffer and highlighting for large inputs
• fix(core): fix PTY descriptor shell leak
• feat(plan): enforce strict read-only policy and halt execution on violation
• remove need-triage label from bug_report template
• fix(core): truncate large telemetry log entries
• docs(extensions): add Agent Skills support and mark feature as experimental
• fix(core): surface warnings for invalid hook event names in configuration (#16788)
• feat(plan): remove read_many_files from approval mode policies
• feat(admin): implement admin controls polling and restart prompt
• Remove LRUCache class migrating to mnemoist
• feat(settings): rename negative settings to positive naming (disable* -> enable*)
• refactor(cli): unify shell confirmation dialogs
• feat(agent): enable agent skills by default
• refactor(core): foundational truncation refactoring and token estimation optimization
• fix(hooks): enable /hooks disable to reliably stop single hooks
• Don't commit unless user asks us to.
• chore: remove a2a-adapter and bump @a2a-js/sdk to 0.3.8
• fix: Show experiment values in settings UI for compressionThreshold
• feat(cli): replace relative keyboard shortcuts link with web URL
• fix(core): resolve PKCE length issue and stabilize OAuth redirect port
• Delete rewind documentation for now
• Stabilize skill-creator CI and package format
• Stabilize the git evals
• fix(core): attempt compression before context overflow check
• Fix inverted logic.
• chore(scripts): add duplicate issue closer script and fix lint errors
• docs: update README and config guide to reference Gemini 3
• fix(cli): correct Homebrew installation detection
• Demote git evals to nightly run.
• fix(cli): use OSC-52 clipboard copy in Windows Terminal
• Fix: Process all parts in response chunks when thought is first
• fix(automation): fix jq quoting error in pr-triage.sh
• refactor(core): decouple scheduler into orchestration, policy, and confirmation
• feat: add /introspect slash command
• refactor(cli): centralize tool mapping and decouple legacy scheduler
• fix(ui): ensure rationale renders before tool calls
• fix(workflows): use author_association for maintainer check
• fix return type of fireSessionStartEvent to defaultHookOutput
• feat(cli): add experiment gate for event-driven scheduler
• feat(core): improve shell redirection transparency and security
• fix(core): deduplicate ModelInfo emission in GeminiClient
• docs(themes): remove unsupported DiffModified color key
• fix: update currentSequenceModel when modelChanged
• feat(core): enhanced anchored iterative context compression with self-verification
• Fix mcp instructions
• [A2A] Disable checkpointing if git is not installed
• feat(admin): set admin.skills.enabled based on advancedFeaturesEnabled setting
• Test coverage for hook exit code cases
• Revert "Revert "Update extension examples""
• fix(core): Provide compact, actionable errors for agent delegation failures
• fix: migrate BeforeModel and AfterModel hooks to HookSystem
• feat(admin): apply admin settings to gemini skills/mcp/extensions commands
• fix(core): update telemetry token count after session resume
• Demote the subagent test to nightly
• feat(plan): telemetry to track adoption and usage of plan mode
• feat: Add flash lite utility fallback chain
• Fixes Windows crash: "Cannot resize a pty that has already exited"
• feat(core): Add initial eval for generalist agent.
• feat(core): unify agent enabled and disabled flags
• fix(core): resolve auto model in default strategy
• docs: update project context and pr-creator workflow
• fix(cli): send gemini-cli version as mcp client version
• fix(cli): resolve Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+J newline issues
• Remove missing sidebar item
• feat(core): Ensure all properties in hooks object are event names.
• fix(cli): fix newline support broken in previous PR
• Add interactive ValidationDialog for handling 403 VALIDATION_REQUIRED errors.
• Add Esc-Esc to clear prompt when it's not empty
• Avoid spurious warnings about unexpected renders triggered by appEvents and coreEvents.
• fix(cli): resolve home/end keybinding conflict
• fix(cli): display 'http' type on mcp list
• fix bad fallback logic external editor logic
• Fix bug where System scopes weren't migrated.
• Fix mcp tool lookup in tool registry
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 61040d0 to release/v0.26.0-preview.0-pr-17247 to patch version v0.26.0-preview.0 and create version 0.26.0-preview.1
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 87a0db2 to release/v0.26.0-preview.1-pr-17308 [CONFLICTS]
• fix(patch): cherry-pick addb57c to release/v0.26.0-preview.2-pr-17331 [CONFLICTS]
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 12a5490 to release/v0.26.0-preview.3-pr-17395 [CONFLICTS]