Changelog

What shipped, and when.

Downloads below use the latest published build when a matching GitHub tag is not yet available.

10 October 2026

v1.1.1-beta.0

Workbench 1.1.1 beta: fix your reviewers' comments in a click, run more of your review from Slack, and let fixes reach every repo a change touches.

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Fix reviewer comments
  • Fix comments from reviewers without running a full review first
  • Inline threads, review messages, and PR comments sit in one list, with author and status
  • Pick the ones you want, filter by author, and send them to a session with one click
  • Comments Workbench posted for its own findings stay out of the list
Fixes across repos
  • When a full system review finds an issue in a connected repo, the fix session now opens that repo too
  • Workbench uses the matching branch, or starts a new one from the main branch
  • The confirmation, in the app and in Slack, names every repo that will be opened
More from Slack
  • A pull request panel with buttons to review, see findings and threads, post, fix, and merge
  • Post every unposted finding at once, submit a review, or merge a pull request or a whole stack
  • Reply, reply and resolve, or send the suggested reply on a thread
  • Explore fix options for a finding, or ask about a walkthrough step and post the answer as a comment
  • Fix one thread, one comment, or everything still open
Settings and start screen
  • Settings and Knowledge folder changes now show what will change and ask you to confirm before saving
  • The start screen lists only the Orchestrator and standalone agents. Tools that belong to a feature live with that feature
8 October 2026

v1.1.0-beta.0

Workbench 1.1 beta: run your sessions and reviews from Slack, right from your phone.

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Slack remote control
  • Connect your own Slack bot in Settings > Slack, with no public URL needed
  • Name your bot and choose your own slash command
  • Only the Slack users you allow can control Workbench
  • Start sessions, turn on Loop or Mesh, check status, switch sessions, or stop the agent
  • A guided menu in direct messages, made for your phone
  • Each session gets its own Slack thread with status, mode changes, ready-to-test alerts, and pull request updates
  • Answer the agent's questions by replying with a number
Review from Slack
  • Run a review, list findings, comment, submit a review, resolve threads, or send fixes to a session
  • Each review gets its own Slack thread
Safety
  • Anything that writes to GitHub, or tells the agent to start building, asks you to confirm first
  • Secrets are hidden from Slack messages
  • Recent Slack activity is listed in Settings
7 October 2026

v1.0.2-beta.3

Beta 1.0.2 update — sign in to your agent CLI from Settings, and explore fixes for a review finding before you pick one.

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Agent sign-in
  • See which of your agent CLIs are signed in, right in Settings
  • Sign in to Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex with one button — the browser login opens, no terminal needed
  • OpenCode shows the one command to run, and its free models need no sign-in
  • Already signed in? Workbench uses the login you have
Fixes
  • Cursor on Mac no longer asks you to sign in when you already have
  • If the agent isn’t signed in, the session tells you and shows how to fix it
  • Better agent detection on Windows, with no admin rights needed
Review
  • Explore fixes on any finding — the agent lays out the options and what each one changes before anything is touched
  • Pick a path, or park it as known debt with a note — your choice is recorded on the review
  • Re-check now covers PR conversation comments and review summaries, not just inline threads
  • Each finding shows its verdict and the next step: reply, resolve, or jump to the thread
5 October 2026

v1.0.2-beta.0

Beta 1.0.2 — suggested replies for open review threads, so closing the loop with a PR author takes seconds.

Suggested replies
  • For threads that are still open, the agent drafts a reply to the PR author
  • Each draft explains what was asked, what the code does now, and the steps to resolve it
  • When a change takes a different route, the draft asks why instead of guessing
  • Edit the draft, then Approve & respond — or Dismiss it
Review
  • Refreshing a PR walkthrough now re-checks every open thread too
  • Review a PR and fix it in a session on the same branch without the two getting in each other’s way
Knowledge
  • Your shared project templates are protected from agent edits and restored after each knowledge session
2 October 2026

v1.0.1-beta.1

Beta 1.0.1 update — clearer recovery when setup goes wrong, so a session never just stops.

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Sessions
  • Plain guidance when the GitHub CLI is missing, a repo has no commits yet, or a clone fails
  • Each problem comes with the steps to fix it
  • Resume rebuilds a missing session workspace instead of failing
1 October 2026

v1.0.1-beta.0

Beta 1.0.1 — check that feedback actually got fixed, and review a change against the whole system it touches.

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Re-check fixes
  • One click re-checks earlier findings and open PR threads against your new commits
  • Each item comes back as fixed, still open, or needs a reply
  • Reply to and resolve fixed threads on GitHub, only after you confirm the list
Full system review
  • Review a PR alongside the connected repos around it, not just its own diff
  • Spot changes that break another part of the system before they land
  • Send cross-repo findings straight into a fix session
You stay in control
  • The agent never posts on its own — choose Post or Dismiss after each run
  • Findings already on the PR are skipped, so nothing is posted twice
1 October 2026

v1.0.0-beta.10

Beta 10 turn review feedback into fixes in one click, and ship every repo in a change together.

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Review
  • Pick review findings and send them straight into a fix session
  • Bring open review threads along, or let Loop work through the fixes
  • Clearer feedback when refreshing a PR walkthrough that is already running or queued
Ship
  • Open pull requests for every repo you changed in one step
30 September 2026

v1.0.0-beta.9

Beta 9 work across several repos in one session, and post review feedback without waiting.

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Sessions
  • One session can now span multiple repos
  • Changes are grouped by repo on the canvas and in review
  • Commit and push across every repo in the session
Review
  • Comments post in the background so you can keep reviewing
  • Post a batch of findings to the PR at once
26 September 2026

v1.0.0-beta.8

Beta 8 richer review and canvas: GitHub attachments where you work, and a clearer file tree for what changed.

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Review & canvas
  • GitHub attachment media shows up in review and session flows
  • Change file tree on the session canvas and review page so you can scan what moved
21 September 2026

v1.0.0-beta.7

Beta 7 merge pull requests (and stacks) from Pulls without leaving Workbench.

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Pulls
  • Merge a PR from the pulls list
  • Merge a related stack when you are ready to land the whole change
18 September 2026

v1.0.0-beta.4

Beta 4–5 packaging and dependency lock updates for the public builds.

Platform
  • Installer and lockfile updates behind the Linux, Windows, and macOS downloads
18 September 2026

v1.0.0-beta.3

Beta 3: per-mode agent CLI and models, session memory across CLI switches, and signed macOS builds.

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Platform
  • macOS downloads available: signed and notarized .dmg
  • Linux, Windows, and macOS on the Download page
Per-mode Agent CLI & models
  • Optional CLI per Research, Innovate, Plan, Execute, and Review, with Loop as the fallback when a mode has no override
  • Per-mode model picks; free chat and Loop follow the current bench mode
  • Each mode loads models for its resolved CLI; activity bar shows CLI switches clearly
Session memory across CLIs
  • Session mini-brain keeps objective and mode digests as you work
  • Switching agent CLI hands off session memory and the task file so the new CLI stays oriented
  • Open Brain shows This session, then Project memory
Session & Knowledge UX
  • Tighter session space: composer, panels, and canvas exit polish
  • Merged-PR empty local diff falls back to GitHub when needed
  • Skills and Rules redesigned like Knowledge overlays; Vaults folded into Knowledge
  • Knowledge chrome compacted: help in a popover; links collapsed by default
12 September 2026

v1.0.0-beta.1

Beta 1: the first combined public beta for Linux and Windows.

Platform
  • Public Beta 1 builds for Linux (AppImage, .deb) and Windows (.exe)
  • Desktop app with profiles, tray, focused window, and crash-safe session recovery
  • Local-first: no Workbench account, no cloud sync; agent calls go only to the provider you chose
  • Works with Cursor Agent, Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode under one rulebook
Sessions & Bench
  • Bench mode: Research, Plan, Execute, Test, Review, Ship with plan approval before Ship
  • Clarifications as cards, live activity ticker, stop agent and change model between turns
  • Domain-scoped sessions with pause on drift; resume interrupted work from History
  • Multi-repo Work: companion graph, canvas repo filter, Ship targets the selected repo
  • Canvas with diffs, full file, reasoning timeline, and context-aware replies
  • Live context usage (CLI window fill + cumulative in/out) and View context for the session
Loop & Mesh
  • Loop mode: set a goal, enable Loop, send; post-turn continue, Go test checklist, send again to resume
  • Loop orchestration auto-accepts Specter plans and runs session QA before Ship unlocks
  • Mesh mode: breadth diamonds (Research, Code review, Security audit) with parallel workers and merge
  • Saved Meshes, Execute from findings, Meshing composer status while workers run
Knowledge & Brain
  • Knowledge vault for project notes you own; Brain maps Systems with hubs and links
  • Narrow working set injected each turn instead of pasting the whole vault
  • One Knowledge helper for agents (alignment, domain, architecture, general, spec, QA)
  • Brain Systems: connect repos, Build graph, Deep analyse, Traverse a concern
  • Remotes Pull/Push, writable vault provisioning, project systems kept separate from global templates
Review, Ship & Ops
  • PR review with clear diffs, inline comments, stacked PR walkthrough, and visualizer
  • Ship panel: stage, commit, push, open PR; suggested commit draft after Execute / Loop
  • Ops on the session (and review): Docker Compose up/down/status/rebuild, custom runs, ops log
  • Environment panel with masked secrets, seed from example, stack preflight with one-click install
Agents & polish
  • Rules and skills delivered to provider-native dirs; agents catalog for skills, subagents, MCP
  • Website builder and project-doc pipelines with sealed architecture briefs
  • Desktop notifications for clarify, Go test, failures, and visualizer ready
  • Optional local Whisper dictation; Terms acceptance recorded locally before first use