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Kimi CLI changelog

Moonshot AI's terminal coding agent powered by Kimi models.

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1.52.0
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Recent updates

Tuesday, September 22Sep 22, 2026

Monday, September 21Sep 21, 2026

Release 1.51.0

Kimi CLI 1.51.0

What's Changed chore: archive kimi-cli and point users to Kimi Code CLI by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2659 chore(release): bump kimi-cli to 1.51.0 by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2660 Full Changelog:…

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Tuesday, September 1Sep 1, 2026

Release 1.50.0

Kimi CLI 1.50.0

What's Changed fix(kosong): omit empty anthropic-beta header when no beta features declared by @7Sageer in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2580 chore(release): bump kosong to 0.56.0 by @jackfish212 in…

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Thursday, July 16Jul 16, 2026

Release 1.49.0

Kimi CLI 1.49.0

What's Changed fix(kimi): use remaining context for completion budget by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2494 fix(kosong): preserve empty-string reasoning_content as ThinkPart by @bigeagle in…

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Monday, June 22Jun 22, 2026

Release 1.48.0

Kimi CLI 1.48.0

What's Changed fix(kosong): round-trip empty reasoning content by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2446 feat(soul): escalate repeated-tool-call reminders and force-stop on dead-end streak by @jackfish212 in…

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Friday, June 5Jun 5, 2026

Release 1.47.0

Kimi CLI 1.47.0

What's Changed fix(tools): include trailing output in error briefs and render brief as plain text by @liruifengv in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2389 docs: rename project to Kimi CLI and link to Kimi Code CLI successor by @RealKai42 in…

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Friday, May 29May 29, 2026

Release 1.46.0

Kimi CLI 1.46.0

What's Changed docs: announce evolution to Kimi Code successor project by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2377 docs: fix router auto language redirect by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2378 feat(shell):…

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Wednesday, May 27May 27, 2026

Release 1.45.0

Kimi CLI 1.45.0

What's Changed fix(shell): Fix misleading "Quota exceeded" prefix shown on every 403 error by @liruifengv in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2342 feat(toolset): improve dedup with sparse reminders and canonical args by @jackfish212 in…

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Thursday, May 14May 14, 2026

Release 1.44.0

Kimi CLI 1.44.0

What's Changed refactor(telemetry): track btw side question as tool_call event by @jackfish212 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2257 chore(release): bump kimi-cli and kimi-code to 1.44.0 by @jackfish212 in…

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Tuesday, May 12May 12, 2026

Release 1.43.0

Kimi CLI 1.43.0

What's Changed feat(ui): improve shell spacing, link highlighting and notification duration by @jackfish212 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2230 feat(telemetry): polish event schema with outcome enum, lifecycle tracking and error enrichment by…

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/compare/1.42.0...1.43.0

Monday, May 11May 11, 2026

Release 1.42.0

Kimi CLI 1.42.0

What's Changed fix(soul): clear partial UI output when LLM step is retried by @7Sageer in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2177 fix(tests): unbreak main CI after #2177 by @7Sageer in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2213 fix(shell):…

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Thursday, April 30Apr 30, 2026

Release 1.41.0

Kimi CLI 1.41.0

What's Changed fix(clipboard): enable clipboard paste on headless Linux over SSH by @ZichenWen1 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2115 fix(plugin): support installing from .zip URL by @tempurai in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2126…

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Tuesday, April 28Apr 28, 2026

Release 1.40.0

Kimi CLI 1.40.0

What's Changed fix(shell): show active agent task count in prompt status bar by @wbxl2000 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2041 fix(auth): recover OAuth flows after transient failures by @wbxl2000 in…

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Friday, April 24Apr 24, 2026

Release 1.39.0

Kimi CLI 1.39.0

What's Changed fix(shell): approval request text input should render caret correctly by @kermanx in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/2005 feat(kimi): add KIMI_MODEL_THINKING_KEEP env for preserved thinking by @RealKai42 in…

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Wednesday, April 22Apr 22, 2026

Release 1.38.0

Kimi CLI 1.38.0

What's Changed feat(telemetry): integrate telemetry tracking across interactive and … by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1798 fix(kosong/anthropic): merge parallel tool_results into one user msg by @wbxl2000 in…

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/compare/1.37.0...1.38.0

Monday, April 20Apr 20, 2026

Release 1.37.0

Kimi CLI 1.37.0

What's Changed docs(config): clarify quoted TOML keys for dotted model names by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1870 feat(auth): auto-refresh managed models at startup and surface API display_name by @RealKai42 in…

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Friday, April 17Apr 17, 2026

Release 1.36.0

Kimi CLI 1.36.0

What's Changed feat(core): increase default max_steps_per_turn from 100 to 500 by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1908 fix(shell): show moon spinner fallback during all active turn gaps by @RealKai42 in…

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Wednesday, April 15Apr 15, 2026

Release 1.35.0

Kimi CLI 1.35.0

What's Changed docs(release-notes): fix misplaced 1.34.0 entries under Unreleased EN/ZH changelogs by @liruifengv in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1885 fix(web): clear stale in-flight prompts on error to prevent session busy deadlock by…

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Tuesday, April 14Apr 14, 2026

Release 1.34.0

Kimi CLI 1.34.0

What's Changed docs: update en/zh docs for new features and tool changes by @ahyangyi in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1842 fix(diff): align inline highlight offsets with tab-expanded text by @ahyangyi in…

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Monday, April 13Apr 13, 2026

Release 1.33.0

Kimi CLI 1.33.0

What's Changed refactor: unify managed model display as "Kimi for Code" by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1860 chore: bump kimi-cli 1.33.0 by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1861 Full Changelog:…

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Release 1.32.0

Kimi CLI 1.32.0

What's Changed fix(pyinstaller): include lazy CLI subcommands by @tempurai in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1831 fix(tools): truncate MCP tool output and handle unsupported content types by @n-WN in…

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Friday, April 10Apr 10, 2026

Release 1.31.0

Kimi CLI 1.31.0

What's Changed fix(shell): prevent Rich default markdown styles from leaking background colors by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1739 feat(tools): add totalLines and tail mode to ReadFile tool by @RealKai42 in…

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Thursday, April 2Apr 2, 2026

Release 1.30.0

Kimi CLI 1.30.0

What's Changed fix: resolve full PowerShell path on Windows by @elis132 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1703 fix: add path validation and fallback for Windows PowerShell detection by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1713…

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Wednesday, April 1Apr 1, 2026

Release 1.29.0

Kimi CLI 1.29.0

What's Changed fix(web): prevent auto-title from overwriting manual session rename by @Jesse-XIE in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1640 docs: fix subject-verb agreement in CONTRIBUTING.md by @wbxl2000 in…

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Monday, March 30Mar 30, 2026

Release 1.28.0

Kimi CLI 1.28.0

What's Changed fix(skills): restore --skills-dir override behavior by @tempurai in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1605 fix(cli): update --skills-dir help text by @tempurai in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1626 refactor(skills):…

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Friday, March 27Mar 27, 2026

Release 1.27.0

Kimi CLI 1.27.0

What's Changed feat(ui): incremental markdown streaming and spinner enhancements by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1598 feat: add PlanDisplay wire type and inline rendering support by @RealKai42 in…

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Wednesday, March 25Mar 25, 2026

Release 1.26.0

Kimi CLI 1.26.0

What's Changed docs: mark plugin system as beta by @tempurai in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1558 fix: replace removed acp.TerminalHandle with Client terminal methods by @howardpen9 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1400 fix:…

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Monday, March 23Mar 23, 2026

Release 1.25.0

Kimi CLI 1.25.0

What's Changed fix(web): sync tool execution status on cancel and approval by @n-WN in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1504 feat: add plugin system (Skills + Tools) by @tempurai in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1503 feat(prompt): add…

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Wednesday, March 18Mar 18, 2026

Release 1.24.0

Kimi CLI 1.24.0

What's Changed feat(plan): allow StrReplaceFile to edit plan files in plan mode by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1490 feat: unified prompt router with persistent input during agent runs by @RealKai42 in…

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Tuesday, March 17Mar 17, 2026

Release 1.23.0

Kimi CLI 1.23.0

What's Changed fix(web): refresh global config on other tabs when model is changed by @zhiyuan1i in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1447 feat: add background bash tasks and notification infrastructure by @RealKai42 in…

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Friday, March 13Mar 13, 2026

Release 1.22.0

Kimi CLI 1.22.0

What's Changed feat(tests): add end-to-end tests for shell PTY and session management by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1424 feat(shell): enhance slash command completer and menu functionality by @RealKai42 in…

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Thursday, March 12Mar 12, 2026

Release 1.21.0

Kimi CLI 1.21.0

What's Changed feat(setup): enhance platform setup with API key verification and imp… by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1415 feat(vis): add session dir actions and Windows open-in support by @RealKai42 in…

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Wednesday, March 11Mar 11, 2026

Release 1.20.0

Kimi CLI 1.20.0

What's Changed fix(web): refresh @ file mention index on session switch and staleness by @YoungY620 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1385 fix(compaction): filter media parts to prevent API error by @howardpen9 in…

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Tuesday, March 10Mar 10, 2026

Release 1.19.0

Kimi CLI 1.19.0

What's Changed fix(web): prevent WebSocket reconnection storm in session stream by @YoungY620 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1386 feat(vis): add session tracing visualization system by @RealKai42 in…

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Monday, March 9Mar 9, 2026

Release 1.18.0

Kimi CLI 1.18.0

What's Changed feat(llm): pass session user_id to Anthropic via metadata by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1336 Fix typo: published to public to published publicly by @04cb in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1333 fix:…

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Tuesday, March 3Mar 3, 2026

Release 1.17.0

Kimi CLI 1.17.0

What's Changed chore(changelog): add release notes for version 1.16.0 by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1281 feat(acp): protocol version negotiation and session/resume by @YoungY620 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1100…

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Friday, February 27Feb 27, 2026

Release 1.16.0

Kimi CLI 1.16.0

What's Changed feat(toolset): Hide AskUserQuestion tool when client doesn't support questions by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1267 feat(shell): add /new slash command to start and switch to a fresh session by @RealKai42 in…

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Thursday, February 26Feb 26, 2026

Release 1.15.0

Kimi CLI 1.15.0

What's Changed feat(core): set process titles for CLI and web workers by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1254 feat(ui): add tabbed ask-user question navigation with state restoration by @RealKai42 in…

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Wednesday, February 25Feb 25, 2026

Release 1.14.0

Kimi CLI 1.14.0

What's Changed docs: add kimi web and kimi acp usage modes to getting started by @YoungY620 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1225 feat(wire): add steer support for wire mode by @stdrc in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1228 fix(web):…

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Tuesday, February 24Feb 24, 2026

Release 1.13.0

Kimi CLI 1.13.0

What's Changed feat: implement retryable chat provider interface and recovery mechanism by @RealKai42 in https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli/pull/1219 chore: bump kimi-cli 1.13.0, kosong 0.43.0 by @RealKai42 in…

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