Subagent & task status bar, editor warnings, and Windows fixes

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

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Written by AI from the official notes. Check them for exact details.

Google's Gemini and Antigravity introduced a new status bar for subagents, improved clipboard functionality, and fixed Windows issues.

Why it matters: Users of Gemini and Antigravity on Windows should care for enhanced usability and reliability.

New interactive status bar for subagents and background tasks, clipboard image pasting improvements, and Windows fixes.

Introduced a new interactive status indicator below the input box that displays active subagents and background tasks in real-time, making it easy to monitor and navigate parallel workflows at a glance.
Added ctrl+g on the artifact view to open $EDITOR. Also added a warning confirmation prompt before opening the editor in the artifact detail view if there are unsent comments, and ensured these comments are preserved upon reload if the artifact content was not modified.
Added alt+v as an alternative paste shortcut on Windows to resolve issues where ctrl+v is intercepted by the terminal emulator, enabling reliable image pasting.
Improved the /permissions panel to dynamically reload configurations from disk and prevent accidental overwrites.
Increased the MCP connection timeout to 60 seconds to improve reliability for slow-starting custom MCP servers.
Fixed a bug on Windows where print mode and other non-TUI command outputs were silently discarded when run in non-TTY environments (such as pipes or subprocesses).
Fixed Windows editor fallback to use "edit" or "notepad" when the editor setting is "auto" and no editor is configured, instead of attempting to use "vim".
Fixed the subagent approval TUI to dynamically render user-defined custom keybindings (such as alternative approval keys) instead of showing hardcoded defaults.
Fixed alignment and wrapping issues in the comment editor for multiline comments, ensuring all lines are indented consistently.

Full release notes9 changes

New interactive status bar for subagents and background tasks, clipboard image pasting improvements, and Windows fixes.

Introduced a new interactive status indicator below the input box that displays active subagents and background tasks in real-time, making it easy to monitor and navigate parallel workflows at a glance.
Added ctrl+g on the artifact view to open $EDITOR. Also added a warning confirmation prompt before opening the editor in the artifact detail view if there are unsent comments, and ensured these comments are preserved upon reload if the artifact content was not modified.
Added alt+v as an alternative paste shortcut on Windows to resolve issues where ctrl+v is intercepted by the terminal emulator, enabling reliable image pasting.
Improved the /permissions panel to dynamically reload configurations from disk and prevent accidental overwrites.
Increased the MCP connection timeout to 60 seconds to improve reliability for slow-starting custom MCP servers.
Fixed a bug on Windows where print mode and other non-TUI command outputs were silently discarded when run in non-TTY environments (such as pipes or subprocesses).
Fixed Windows editor fallback to use "edit" or "notepad" when the editor setting is "auto" and no editor is configured, instead of attempting to use "vim".
Fixed the subagent approval TUI to dynamically render user-defined custom keybindings (such as alternative approval keys) instead of showing hardcoded defaults.
Fixed alignment and wrapping issues in the comment editor for multiline comments, ensuring all lines are indented consistently.