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v0.4.0 Feature

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

Published 7d CLI & Terminal
✓ No known CVEs patched
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✓ No known CVEs patched in this version

Topics

ai-agent ai-terminal coding-assistant devops docker fastapi
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Summary

AI summary

Updates Terminal reliability and automation, Codex and AI setup, and Frontend and operations across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Feature Medium

Adds ChatGPT Codex OAuth login and model support with manual callback handling.

Adds ChatGPT Codex OAuth login and model support with manual callback handling.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Redesigns AI provider setup, isolating WinkTerm credentials from system Codex login.

Redesigns AI provider setup, isolating WinkTerm credentials from system Codex login.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Adds real credential validation, token refresh, model checks, and Codex client-version reporting.

Adds real credential validation, token refresh, model checks, and Codex client-version reporting.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Adds Agent instructions and long‑term memory editing via `agents.md` and `memory.md`.

Adds Agent instructions and long‑term memory editing via `agents.md` and `memory.md`.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Adds managed terminal runs and richer external‑agent terminal APIs.

Adds managed terminal runs and richer external‑agent terminal APIs.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Adds final‑message delivery for providers that do not emit LangChain stream events.

Adds final‑message delivery for providers that do not emit LangChain stream events.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Adds global toast notifications, SSH soft‑delete with undo, collapsible side panels, and improved narrow‑layout behavior.

Adds global toast notifications, SSH soft‑delete with undo, collapsible side panels, and improved narrow‑layout behavior.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Feature Low

Adds MSI packaging for Windows installer.

Adds MSI packaging for Windows installer.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-19-audit

Confidence: low

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Feature Low

Fixes Docker lockfile issues in deployment pipeline.

Fixes Docker lockfile issues in deployment pipeline.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-19-audit

Confidence: low

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes `#` command routing to prevent accidental reuse of earlier AI input or output.

Fixes `#` command routing to prevent accidental reuse of earlier AI input or output.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes stale WebSocket output callbacks across reconnects.

Fixes stale WebSocket output callbacks across reconnects.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Closes every PTY during backend reload/shutdown, blocking delayed spawn races that could leave orphaned PowerShell processes.

Closes every PTY during backend reload/shutdown, blocking delayed spawn races that could leave orphaned PowerShell processes.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-19

Confidence: high

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Full changelog

Highlights

WinkTerm v0.4.0 expands Codex integration, managed terminal automation, desktop update support, and terminal reliability. It also includes the Windows installer packaging introduced after v0.3.0.

Codex and AI setup

  • Added ChatGPT Codex OAuth login and model support, including manual callback handling for remote deployments.
  • Redesigned AI provider setup and isolated WinkTerm credentials from the system Codex login.
  • Added real credential validation, token refresh, model checks, and Codex client-version reporting.
  • Added Agent instructions and long-term memory editing through agents.md and memory.md.

Terminal reliability and automation

  • Added managed terminal runs and richer external-agent terminal APIs.
  • Fixed # command routing so plain shell commands cannot accidentally reuse earlier AI input or # winkterm: output.
  • Added final-message delivery for providers that do not emit LangChain stream events.
  • Fixed stale WebSocket output callbacks across reconnects.
  • Closed every PTY during backend reload/shutdown and blocked delayed spawn races that could leave orphaned PowerShell processes.
  • Added unit, reconnect, reload-race, and real browser terminal regression coverage.

Frontend and operations

  • Added global toast notifications and SSH soft-delete with undo.
  • Added collapsible side panels and improved narrow-layout behavior.
  • Improved settings guidance, update UI, and secret retention.
  • Added MSI packaging, Docker lockfile fixes, and deployment pipeline corrections.

Verification

  • Backend automated tests, frontend lint/build/typecheck, terminal API and WebSocket reconnect smoke tests, and browser E2E passed before release.
  • Windows MSI passed WiX validation; internal ProductVersion is 0.4.0.

Download

  • WinkTerm-Windows-x64.msi — Windows x64 installer.
  • SHA256: 2C675CDB2C5AA4768306DB816FEEFCCE23477393718BC7D96311715B60D5DEFA

A macOS DMG is not included in this release because the current release environment is Windows-only.

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