VT Code

What's Changed

0.85.2 - 2026-03-02

Highlights

Bug Fixes

• Use RngExt trait for random_range method in slug.rs (b9b03932)
• Trim whitespace from custom config and data directory environment variables (179f1ef9)

Documentation

• Add final notes and principles for coding agents in AGENTS.md (9d2e061c)

Features

• Include git version info in long_version and add tests (8a1fe108)
• Add snapshot files for history picker and slash widget tests (b397909d)
• Implement TUI log capture feature and enhance panic hook handling (89813122)
• Integrate color-eyre for enhanced error reporting in debug mode (05591670)

Other Changes

Other

• Enhance skill authoring and routing logic; add response chaining support (121a8ece)
• Add thiserror integration for improved error handling across multiple modules (b5081d89)
• Add websocket connection limit error handling and update API versioning (6f76cfb7)
• Add installation scripts to release artifacts and update installation documentation (816c6d41)
• Refactor error log collector to use a bounded buffer and enhance link rendering in markdown (c7ef605b)
• Refactor line truncation logic and introduce utility module for consistent ellipsis handling (69742626)
• Refactor websocket header insertion and update apply_patch handler to use Arc for session and turn context (13e4b403)
• Add error log buffer size limit and refactor tool context for constrained policies (f8b71916)
• Refactor tool routing and permission handling; improve URL-aware text wrapping (564fdad7)
• Refactor tool permission caching and enhance error handling; improve text wrapping utilities (ed68b7fd)
• Add support for zsh exec wrapper and enhance PTY configuration (9d992fed)
• Add data-oriented design plan and optimization phases for vtcode (98175726)
• Enhance status line configuration and improve token extraction logic for file references (68bb39d4)
• Document applied default status line items pattern and outline data-oriented design plan for vtcode (db98b328)
• Add tests for PtyConfig validation and refactor session creation methods (8cd350ef)
• Refactor TODO.md to improve formatting and clarify implementation instructions (265c835a)
• Enhance file palette key handling to manage selection and normal submit behavior (309e8b22)
• Refactor process group termination logic for robust child process cleanup (bb1ab07f)
• Refactor WebSocket session handling and enhance incremental input validation (e874c269)
• Refactor sandbox permissions and enhance tool execution handling (f997edb2)
• Implement fine-grained rejection controls for approval prompts and update related logic (3b9a7775)
• Refactor caching mechanisms to use inner struct with RwLock for improved concurrency (46102de4)
• Refactor session initialization to encapsulate execution and metadata contexts (ef3d1020)
• Enhance TurnProcessingContext with new as_turn_processing_context method for improved context management (c0b47e4d)
• Refactor RunLoopContext and TurnProcessingContext to use constructor methods for improved clarity and maintainability (cd9d63a5)
• Refactor TurnProcessingContext to use parts for better modularity and readability (b133ff3d)
• Refactor code for improved readability and consistency in multiple files (2565bbdb)
• Add Clippy configuration for vtcode with custom lint settings (fac8a298)
• Implement theme synchronization for Alacritty, Ghostty, and Kitty terminals; remove CachedStyleParser and replace with LrMap for improved performance; add terminal color probe for enhanced theme detection; update Cargo.toml files for Rust 1.85 compatibility. (c7dd0f28)
• Refactor code to use parking_lot::RwLock instead of std::sync::RwLock for improved performance; update various imports and method calls across multiple files; bump Rust version to 1.88 in Cargo.toml files. (10892d08)
• Refactor code for improved readability and consistency across multiple files (d876e596)
• Refactor command processing, improve output handling, and enhance telemetry reporting (ec20b546)
• Refactor tests and improve code readability (2c2ade2b)
• Add color policy module and integrate into styling and error display (3287a044)
• Add fuzzing adoption plan for security parsers and initial setup (4b4d8d8f)
• Refactor code for consistency and readability across multiple modules (502cda47)
• Refactor middleware chain initialization to use push method (2368dec1)
• Update integration tests to replace 'cargo test' with 'cargo check' and adjust access count assertions (862c07df)
• Add fuzzing support for security parsers and update documentation (bd445376)
• Refactor command safety checks and improve loop detection tests (b8ede10b)
• Enhance command validation and tool execution with unified action handling (0c3d4b86)

Refactors

• Remove unnecessary Clear widget calls in header and input rendering (fb1c8de7)
• Streamline architecture documentation and enhance clarity (565ea315)
• Rename color-eyre hook functions for clarity and consistency (3c555a86)
• Update approval policy handling to use Arc for thread safety (3b91595f)
• Create sync_mcp_approval_policy_for_context function for improved clarity (92a6cf82)
• Improve error handling and simplify string conversion in terminal color probe and LM Studio client (e41acb42)
• Update exit summary formatting and remove unused functions (7c58ff16)
• Streamline lint configuration and enhance exit summary output (eaca32a6)
• Enhance exit summary formatting and improve file indexing logic (d143fe97)

Contributors

@vinhnx

Full Changelog: https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode/compare/0.85.0...0.85.2