Cline Desktop 0.0.49 adds changed-file views, a project tree, read-only viewer, terminal and local-model management. Desktop and extension 4.1.26 both cap model retries, recover turns that disconnect after reasoning, prevent repeated compaction with unknown context size and fix Gemini API-key failures that could drop tools.
Cline makes changed files and failure recovery visible across desktop and extension
2026-10-26Verified announcementTRIAL
Cline Desktop 0.0.49 adds changed-file views, a project tree, read-only viewer, terminal and local-model management. Desktop and extension 4.1.26 both cap model retries, recover turns that disconnect after reasoning, prevent repeated compaction with unknown context size and fix Gemini API-key failures that could drop tools.
Availability: Stable GitHub releases
What this means for you
For coding-agent users, the release exposes what changed and hardens several failure paths that can otherwise duplicate work or strand a turn. Reliability improvements are release-note claims and still need regression tests against real repositories.
Evidence & related material
Technical details & scores
| Releases | Desktop 0.0.49 and extension 4.1.26 |
|---|---|
| Availability | Stable GitHub releases |
| Failure Controls | Maximum three model retries; reasoning-only disconnect recovery; bounded compaction |
| Workflow | Changed-files pane, project tree, viewer and terminal |
| Time Basis | GitHub releases published at 2026-10-26T04:49:34Z and 2026-10-26T09:06:50Z |
Technical impact 3
Engineering value 4
Adoption signal 4
Maturity 3
Verification cost 2
Risk 2