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Installer files 0.86.0
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Release notes
New Features
- Skill metadata can now be defined in SKILL.toml (names, descriptions, icons, brand color, default prompt) and surfaced in the app server and TUI (#9125)
- Clients can explicitly disable web search and signal eligibility via a header to align with server-side rollout controls (#9249)
Bug Fixes
- Accepting an MCP elicitation now sends an empty JSON payload instead of null to satisfy servers expecting content (#9196)
- Input prompt placeholder styling is back to non-italic to avoid terminal rendering issues (#9307)
- Empty paste events no longer trigger clipboard image reads (#9318)
- Unified exec cleans up background processes to prevent late End events after listeners stop (#9304)
Chores
- Refresh the orchestrator prompt to improve internal routing behavior (#9301)
- Reduce noisy needs_follow_up error logging (#9272)
Changelog
Full Changelog: rust-v0.85.0...rust-v0.86.0
- #9301 chore: better orchestrator prompt @jif-oai
- #9304 nit: clean unified exec background processes @jif-oai
- #9307 Revert recent styling change for input prompt placeholder text @etraut-openai
- #9125 Support SKILL.toml file. @xl-openai
- #9249 [search] allow explicitly disabling web search @sayan-oai
- #9272 remove needs_follow_up error log @pap-openai
- #9318 Revert empty paste image handling @aibrahim-oai
- #9196 fix: send non-null content on elicitation Accept @yuvrajangadsingh
