A cleaner task home

2026-05-23 — v1.1.16

Your task home now opens to a tidy list, splits In Progress into clear substates, and groups automation runs under the automation they came from. Background tasks now show their tool activity and lifecycle in the transcript, with controls to pause and resume them.

What changed:

• Tasks: Home opens to a list by default, with In Progress split into clear substates
• Automations: Runs from the same automation collapse under a single entry in the sidebar
• Background tasks: Tool activity and lifecycle from background tasks now show in the transcript, with controls to manage them
• Todos: Edit suggested todo titles before accepting them; scheduled dispatches lean toward earlier check-ins
• Tools: Edit local tool servers from settings, with visibility into which tools are blocked by the edit policy
• Compaction: After repeated compactions, the window tightens on its own; the usage tip stays centered when it repeats
• Context: The 1M context window only turns on for models that support it
• Heartbeat: The sweep summary reads as a chief-of-staff briefing rather than a status dump
• Reliability: Scheduled runs wait until the device wakes stably; Runner's own tools come up immediately on launch
• Editing: Markdown edits in chat are no longer capped by the merge policy
• Fixed transcripts that didn't recover after a session moved working directories, or that loaded with parts missing
• Fixed session model selection that ignored the default connection
• Fixed misaligned action buttons in expanded tool settings
• Fixed voice transcription that could fail on certain inputs

Why it matters: As Runner does more in the background, you need to see what it's doing without digging. The redesigned task home and in-transcript background activity make the work legible at a glance — and the clearer substates tell you what's actually moving versus waiting on you.