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February 13, 2026

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Highlights

This week focused on polishing the developer experience in VS Code and making device workflows more reliable and discoverable. Improvements to message handling, command parity, and serial monitor interactions help you work faster and keep context when switching between editor and device tasks.

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New features

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Serial monitor and device workflows

Serial monitor output streams inline with tool calls and the UI has been simplified for clearer device interaction, including a sensible maximum of serial tabs and updated naming so you can manage monitors more easily. Bash (!) and serial (~) input modes are now available from the Embedder console, letting you quickly switch between and send bash and serial commands.
Embedder CLI in bash mode showing executed shell commands with output

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Miscellaneous

  • VS Code chat and command experience
  • Updated tab loading indicator placement
  • Improved models menu display in VS Code
  • Startup and I/O resilience
  • Fixed extra blank line before agent text
  • Fixed cancelled tool icon for aborted tool calls
Last modified on May 23, 2026