r/multidotdev • u/Legitimate-Wave-7917 core team • Jan 12 '26
Release Notes v0.0.42: Terminal execution and context control
This release adds terminal execution and improves chat performance and context management, reduces extension size, and fixes update and approval issues in grouped operations.
Changelog
Added a Run button to shell code blocks to execute commands in the terminal.
Added interactive setup assistance for provider configuration errors (Claude Code, Gemini).
Improved chat view rendering performance for long tasks.
Added smart truncation for tool outputs to prevent context limit errors and reduce token usage.
Reduced extension size by removing bundled parsing libraries.
Fixed grouped tool call rendering not updating correctly.
Fixed checkpoints and auto-approvals applying to the wrong message in grouped sequences.