# 0.2.84 — 2026-07-03

## Features

- **Announcements** now update live during active sessions without restart or `/new`.
- **Hiding** an announcement no longer suppresses later criticals; new ones reappear automatically.
- **run_terminal_cmd** now requires a one-sentence `description` rationale in every invocation.
- **ask_user_question** timeout policy is now configurable in config.toml and `/settings`.
- **Ask-Question timeout** can now be toggled from `/settings` (Agent & Approval).
- **Thinking/reasoning blocks** are now shown by default while the model is working.
- **Critical announcements** now show a red title with a clickable [hide] button and aligned message.
- **Added remote_fetch option** under [features] in config.toml to disable all backend catalog and settings fetches for air-gapped environments.

## Bug Fixes

- **Images** pasted or read from GIF, BMP or TIFF files are now automatically converted so they work with image generation.
- **Queue panel** now shows action buttons on hover and the status bar displays a compact done/total task count.
- **Hook matchers** now correctly see the real MCP tool name instead of the internal dispatcher name.
- **Copy** now succeeds when running inside containers even when the terminal brand cannot be detected.
- **Tool result previews** no longer paint opaque panels in `grok --minimal`.
- **grok wrap** now correctly handles quoted strings and shell aliases.
- **Text selection** settings now correctly honor explicit keep_text_selection values even when legacy keys remain.
- **Fixed a freeze** that could occur when editing and sending the last message in the queue.
- **Fixed a startup crash** on minimal Linux systems lacking system CA certificates.

## Performance

- **Grep** now stops early on broad searches, returning faster results with far less memory use.
- **Idle CPU and memory** usage after long sessions or resume is now dramatically lower.