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v1.6.0 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

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Summary

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Introduces Drones: reusable worker units with live runs, parallel read‑only execution, safety controls, and summoning.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature
Feature	Medium	Adds Drones: reusable worker units with creation, launch, monitoring, cancellation, and receipt saving. Adds Drones: reusable worker units with creation, launch, monitoring, cancellation, and receipt saving. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds Drone Reports window for live run history without cluttering main Worker area. Adds Drone Reports window for live run history without cluttering main Worker area. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds parallel execution support for read‑only Drones up to a bounded limit. Adds parallel execution support for read‑only Drones up to a bounded limit. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds write‑capable Drone safety using existing approval model and shared write lane. Adds write‑capable Drone safety using existing approval model and shared write lane. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds Aura‑summoned Drone suggestions with confirmation UI and optional auto‑summon setting. Adds Aura‑summoned Drone suggestions with confirmation UI and optional auto‑summon setting. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds "Save as Drone" capability to convert useful Worker runs into reusable Drones. Adds "Save as Drone" capability to convert useful Worker runs into reusable Drones. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds persistence of Drone Reports window geometry across sessions. Adds persistence of Drone Reports window geometry across sessions. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds Drone tool scaffolding support for dynamic tool creation from Drones. Adds Drone tool scaffolding support for dynamic tool creation from Drones. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds Drone context to Planner prompts and `summon_drone` planner tool routing. Adds Drone context to Planner prompts and `summon_drone` planner tool routing. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Adds a tiny bot‑head icon for the Drone rail button in the UI. Adds a tiny bot‑head icon for the Drone rail button in the UI. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08 Confidence: high	—

Full changelog

Aura 1.6.0 introduces Drones: reusable, visible worker units you can create, launch, monitor, cancel, and save receipts from.

This is a major step toward making Aura more than a coding chat or harness. Drones let users turn repeatable project workflows into small focused workers that live inside Aura’s execution surface.

Highlights

Drone Bay

A new Drone Bay lives on the right-side rail.

From Drone Bay, you can:

create project-specific Drones
edit saved Drones
duplicate Drones
delete Drones
launch Drones
view past Drone receipts
scaffold a Drone into a dynamic tool

Drones are saved locally per project under .aura/drones/.

Live Drone Runs

Launching a Drone now creates a live run with:

bounded tool access
status updates
tool output
cancellation
final receipt
run history

Drone runs appear in a dedicated Drone Reports popout so they do not crowd the main Worker area.

Rail Launch Indicators

The side rail now has a tiny Drone bot icon.

When a Drone launches, Aura shows a small bot animation and creates an active Drone indicator on the rail. Clicking an active indicator opens the Drone Reports window and focuses that run.

Parallel Read-Only Drones

Read-only Drones can run in parallel, up to a bounded limit.

This makes it possible to launch focused scouts like:

Release Check
Test Scout
Bug Scout
README Scout

Each run stays visible, cancellable, and receipt-backed.

Write-Capable Drone Safety

Write-capable Drones use Aura’s existing approval model.

They do not silently mutate files. File changes still go through visible diff approval, and write-capable Drone runs use a shared write lane so they do not trample each other.

Aura-Summoned Drones

Aura can now suggest summoning a saved Drone when it would help with the current task.

By default, summon requests are shown for confirmation. An optional auto-summon setting is available for users who want Aura to launch matching Drones automatically.

Save as Drone

Useful Worker runs can now be saved as reusable Drones.

This makes it easier to turn repeated workflows into project-local automation without writing config by hand.

Other Improvements

Added Drone receipts and run history.
Added Drone Reports window geometry persistence.
Added Drone tool scaffolding support.
Added Drone context to Planner prompts.
Added summon_drone planner tool routing.
Added focused tests for Drone storage, runner behavior, summon routing, and tool scaffolding.
Added a tiny bot-head icon for the Drone rail button.

Drones are designed to be visible, bounded, cancellable, and user-controlled.

Carrier online.

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