Gemini CLI 0.28.0

What's Changed

• feat(commands): add /prompt-suggest slash command
• feat(cli): align hooks enable/disable with skills and improve completion
• docs: add CLI reference documentation
• chore(release): bump version to 0.28.0-nightly.20260128.adc8e11bb
• feat(skills): final stable promotion cleanup
• test(core): mock fetch in OAuth transport fallback tests
• feat(cli): include auth method in /bug
• Add a email privacy note to bug_report template
• Rewind documentation
• fix: verify audio/video MIME types with content check
• feat(core): add support for positron ide (#15045)
• /oncall dedup - wrap texts to nextlines
• fix(admin): rename advanced features admin setting
• [extension config] Make breaking optional value non-optional
• Fix docs-writer skill issues
• fix(core): suppress duplicate hook failure warnings during streaming
• test: add more tests for AskUser
• feat(cli): enable activity logging for non-interactive mode and evals
• feat(core): add support for custom deny messages in policy rules
• Fix unintended credential exposure to MCP Servers
• feat(extensions): add support for custom themes in extensions
• fix: persist and restore workspace directories on session resume
• Update release notes pages for 0.26.0 and 0.27.0-preview.
• feat(ux): update cell border color and created test file for table rendering
• Change height for the ToolConfirmationQueue.
• feat(cli): add user identity info to stats command
• fix(ux): fixed off-by-some wrapping caused by fixed-width characters
• feat(cli): update undo/redo keybindings to Cmd+Z/Alt+Z and Shift+Cmd+Z/Shift+Alt+Z
• fix(evals): use absolute path for activity log directory
• test: add integration test to verify stdout/stderr routing
• fix(cli): list installed extensions when update target missing
• fix(cli): handle PAT tokens and credentials in git remote URL parsing
• fix(core): use returnDisplay for error result display
• Fix detection of bun as package manager
• feat(cli): show hooksConfig.enabled in settings dialog
• feat(cli): Display user identity (auth, email, tier) on startup
• fix: prevent ghost border for AskUserDialog
• docs: mark A2A subagents as experimental in subagents.md
• Resolve error thrown for sensitive values
• fix(admin): Rename secureModeEnabled to strictModeDisabled
• feat(ux): update truncate dots to be shorter in tables
• fix(core): resolve DEP0040 punycode deprecation via patch-package
• feat(plan): create generic Checklist component and refactor Todo
• Cleanup post delegate_to_agent removal
• fix(core): use GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL to isolate shadow git repo configuration - Fixes #17877
• Disable mouse tracking e2e
• fix(cli): use correct setting key for Cloud Shell auth
• chore: revert IDE specific ASCII logo
• Revert "fix(core): resolve DEP0040 punycode deprecation via patch-package"
• Refactoring of disabling of mouse tracking in e2e tests
• feat(core): Add GOOGLE_GENAI_API_VERSION environment variable support
• feat(core): Isolate and cleanup truncated tool outputs
• Create skills page, update commands, refine docs
• feat: preserve EOL in files
• Fix HalfLinePaddedBox in screenreader mode.
• bug(ux) vim mode fixes. Start in insert mode. Fix bug blocking F12 and ctrl-X in vim mode.
• feat(core): implement interactive and non-interactive consent for OAuth
• perf(core): optimize token calculation and add support for multimodal tool responses
• refactor(hooks): remove legacy tools.enableHooks setting
• feat(ci): add npx smoke test to verify installability
• feat(core): implement dynamic policy registration for subagents
• feat: Implement background shell commands
• feat(admin): provide actionable error messages for disabled features
• Fix bugs where Rewind and Resume showed Ugly and 100X too verbose content.
• Fix broken link in docs
• feat(plan): reuse standard tool confirmation for AskUser tool
• feat(core): enable overriding CODE_ASSIST_API_VERSION with env var
• run npx pointing to the specific commit SHA
• Add allowedExtensions setting
• feat(plan): refactor ToolConfirmationPayload to union type
• lower the default max retries to reduce contention
• fix(core): ensure YOLO mode auto-approves complex shell commands when parsing fails
• Fix broken link.
• Support ctrl-C and Ctrl-D correctly Refactor so InputPrompt has priority over AppContainer for input handling.
• Fix truncation for AskQuestion
• fix(workflow): update maintainer check logic to be inclusive and case-insensitive
• Fix Esc cancel during streaming
• feat(acp): add session resume support
• fix(ci): prevent stale PR closer from incorrectly closing new PRs
• chore: delete autoAccept setting unused in production
• feat(plan): use placeholder for choice question "Other" option
• docs: update clearContext to hookSpecificOutput
• docs-writer skill: Update docs writer skill
• Sehoon/oncall filter
• feat(core): add setting to disable loop detection
• Docs: Revise docs/index.md
• Fix up/down arrow regression and add test.
• fix(ui): prevent content leak in MaxSizedBox bottom overflow
• refactor: migrate checks.ts utility to core and deduplicate
• feat(core): implement tool name aliasing for backward compatibility
• docs: fix help-wanted label spelling
• feat(cli): implement automatic theme switching based on terminal background
• fix(ide): no-op refactoring that moves the connection logic to helper functions
• feat: update review-frontend-and-fix slash command to review-and-fix
• fix: improve Ctrl+R reverse search
• feat(plan): handle inconsistency in schedulers
• feat(plan): add core logic and exit_plan_mode tool definition
• feat(core): rename search_file_content tool to grep_search and add legacy alias
• fix(core): prioritize detailed error messages for code assist setup
• fix(cli): resolve environment loading and auth validation issues in ACP mode
• feat(core): add.agents/skills directory alias for skill discovery
• chore(core): reassign telemetry keys to avoid server conflict
• Add link to rewind doc in commands.md
• feat(core): add draft-2020-12 JSON Schema support with lenient fallback
• refactor(core): robust trimPreservingTrailingNewline and regression test
• Remove MCP servers on extension uninstall
• refactor: localize ACP error parsing logic to cli package
• feat(core): Add A2A auth config types
• Set default max attempts to 3 and use the common variable
• feat(plan): add exit_plan_mode ui and prompt
• fix(test): improve test isolation and enable subagent evaluations
• feat(plan): use custom deny messages in plan mode policies
• Match on extension ID when stopping extensions
• fix(core): Respect user's .gitignore preference
• docs: document GEMINI_CLI_HOME environment variable
• chore(core): explicitly state plan storage path in prompt
• A2a admin setting
• feat(a2a): Add pluggable auth provider infrastructure
• Fix handling of empty settings
• Reload skills when extensions change
• feat: Add markdown rendering to ask_user tool
• Add telemetry to rewind
• feat(admin): add support for MCP configuration via admin controls (pt1)
• feat(core): require user consent before MCP server OAuth
• fix(sandbox): propagate GOOGLE_GEMINI_BASE_URL&GOOGLE_VERTEX_BASE_URL env vars
• feat(ui): move user identity display to header
• fix: enforce folder trust for workspace settings, skills, and context
• fix(patch): cherry-pick aba8c5f to release/v0.28.0-preview.0-pr-17806 to patch version v0.28.0-preview.0 and create version 0.28.0-preview.1
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 9ca7300 to release/v0.28.0-preview.1-pr-18395 to patch version v0.28.0-preview.1 and create version 0.28.0-preview.2
• fix(patch): cherry-pick d86b1f7 to release/v0.28.0-preview.2-pr-18447 to patch version v0.28.0-preview.2 and create version 0.28.0-preview.3
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 1cae5ab to release/v0.28.0-preview.3-pr-18376 to patch version v0.28.0-preview.3 and create version 0.28.0-preview.4
• fix(patch): cherry-pick ec5836c to release/v0.28.0-preview.4-pr-18343 to patch version v0.28.0-preview.4 and create version 0.28.0-preview.5
• fix(patch): cherry-pick 81ccd80 to release/v0.28.0-preview.5-pr-18406 to patch version v0.28.0-preview.5 and create version 0.28.0-preview.6
• fix(patch): cherry-pick bce1cae to release/v0.28.0-preview.6-pr-18407 [CONFLICTS]