VT Code

What's Changed

0.89.0 - 2026-03-15

Highlights

Bug Fixes

• Add missing environment variables for Rust compilation in Dockerfile (4a51a588)
• Update success message and fallback logic for OpenAI API key (3895d00d)
• Enhance OpenAI OAuth handling and improve error reporting (9dd80633)

Features

• Add OpenAI hosted shell support and validation checks (46031529)
• Enhance tool permission handling with new prompt options and decision logic (d8f448ba)
• Add OpenAI hosted shell configuration and validation for skills (c0383c1d)
• Implement context-generic provider wiring and enhance provider configuration (6c5d1910)
• Add prompt metadata to SnapshotMetadata and enhance hydration logic (79ca0b4b)
• Enhance OpenAI provider with max output tokens and previous response ID handling (f4e5237e)
• Enhance LLM request handling with non-streaming support and structured history integration (4180821a)
• Update default model to gpt-5.3-codex and enhance reasoning handling in OpenAI provider (6f8b0c13)
• Add manual input support for OpenAI OAuth flow and enhance session handling (ad2107c2)

Other Changes

Other

• Implement auto-compaction for turn loop and enhance skill templates with routing guidance (31aef8a1)
• Refactor plan file template for clarity and structure (df3764eb)
• Add support for blocked handoff events and quiet success output in hooks (f978598b)
• Update AGENTS instructions (b584d382)
• Add fallback filenames to ProjectDocOptions and related functions; enhance clickable link handling in ANSI renderer; implement session history persistence settings; introduce new FileOpener and HistoryPersistence enums in config. (3e4f1ea1)
• Add request_permissions field to RejectConfig and update related logic (54430912)
• Add support for explicit transcript links in the TUI session (31add726)
• Enhance exit summary output with model and reasoning details; update configuration for new provider and model (228f5909)
• Implement CGP integration facade for ToolRegistry with pipeline support (68bd7f63)
• Add direct tool completion handling and refactor related logic (ab246cb8)
• Scan commits for potential bugs (c6b7ac99)
• Implement mouse selection and interaction for modal lists and input areas (e618c0da)
• Enhance observability and model validation for LLM requests and tool executions (fc5c883a)
• Update documentation and improve terminal setup handling (6b7b82ea)
• Implement Vim mode support with key handling and text operations (e77c61e5)
• Implement Vim-style prompt editing engine with core functionality and tests (a722f56b)
• Add interactive features for prompt suggestions and job management (89c79954)
• Update prompt suggestion docs (aa3aaaae)
• Update TODO (d23690fc)
• Add OpenAI ChatGPT authentication support and update provider configuration (860a1d65)
• Add new GPT-5 Codex models and update related functionality (0cc7a335)
• Add client request ID handling and improve responses API integration (fb3220ac)
• Scan recent commits for bugs (dbb30d99)
• Enhance LLM response processing and metrics logging; update OpenAI model handling (bc8dd6aa)

Refactors

• Streamline OAuth handling and improve prompt rendering logic (91a3c73d)
• Enhance instruction rendering and highlight extraction in project documentation (cf116dac)
• Improve compaction handling and documentation across multiple files (fe86c4c5)
• Use get_config_dir for configuration directory retrieval in DotManager (28c82ef6)
• Replace provider resolution logic with infer_provider_from_model in create_provider_for_model (a8c208e3)
• Improve command processing and rendering efficiency in drive_terminal (e33ed10d)
• Update provider client creation logic and add debug logging for provider usage (9c947bde)
• Enhance conversation handling and user guidance in agent interactions (f16808a8)
• Enhance tool completion replies with LLM-generated suggestions and fallback logic (1ad0b3de)
• Integrate InlineHeaderContext into event handling and model selection (75c6bbc0)
• Consolidate session archive handling and improve debug log directory management (71f0b686)
• Reorganize imports and improve code formatting in interactive features (20817b85)
• Clean up code formatting and improve readability in multiple files (dffcbdae)
• Remove unused content delta handling in OpenAIStreamTelemetry (44da3f56)
• Remove PR review status handling and optimize TUI tick rates (737a2c75)

Contributors

@vinhnx

Full Changelog: https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode/compare/0.88.5...0.89.0