v1.29.0
cortezaproject/cortezav1.29.0Mar 31, 2026by github-actions[bot]
AI Summary
This release focuses on enhancing Model Context Protocol (MCP) capabilities, introducing new providers like Gemini-ACP, and improving desktop UI management. It also includes security enhancements through Sigstore/SLSA verification and various performance optimizations.
Key Highlights
- Manage sub recipes in desktop UI
- Sigstore/SLSA provenance verification for Rust self-update
- Gemini-ACP provider with subscription models support
- Orchestration support
- CodeMode ToolDisclosure variants support
New Features
- Manage sub recipes in desktop UI
- Display delegate sub agents logs in UI
- Pass toolInfo to MCP Apps via hostContext
- Expand sidebar to see chat names
- Sigstore/SLSA provenance verification for Rust self-update
- GOOSE_SHELL env var to configure preferred shell
- CodeMode ToolDisclosure variants support
- Feature-gate local inference dependencies
- ACP session/set_config stabilization
- Gemini-ACP provider with subscription models support
- Orchestration support
- Upgrade ink for performance (stdio instead of http)
- Filter tools by MCP Apps visibility metadata
Full Release Notes
## ✨ Features - Ability to manage sub recipes in desktop UI [#6360](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/6360) - Display delegate sub agents logs in UI [#7519](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7519) - Pass toolInfo to MCP Apps via hostContext [#7506](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7506) - Ability to expand sidebar to see chat names [#7816](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7816) - Sigstore/SLSA provenance verification for Rust self-update [#7818](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7818) - `GOOSE_SHELL` env var to configure preferred shell [#7909](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7909) - CodeMode ToolDisclosure variants support [#7926](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7926) - Feature-gate local inference dependencies [#7976](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7976) - ACP session/set_config and stabilize list, delete and close [#7984](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7984) - Gemini-ACP provider with subscription models support [#8000](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8000) - Orchestration support [#7999](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7999) - Upgrade ink for performance, use stdio instead of http [#8004](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8004) - Filter tools by MCP Apps visibility metadata [#8022](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8022) ## 🐛 Bug Fixes - Empty tool results from resource content (e.g. auto visualiser) [#7866](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7866) - Clean up OAuth token cache on provider deletion [#7908](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7908) - SSE parsers to accept optional space after data: prefix [#7929](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7929) - Hard-coded tool call id in code mode callback [#7939](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7939) - Config for GOOSE_MAX_BACKGROUND_TASKS [#7940](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7940) - Unregister goosed child process's listener [#7956](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7956) - Include token usage in Databricks streaming responses [#7959](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7959) - Overwrite the deprecated googledrive extension config [#7974](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7974) - Emit user-facing message on compaction failure [#7975](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7975) - Use Responses API for gpt-5.4 [#7982](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7982) - Auto-focus chat input on Hub mount [#8007](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8007) - Apps extension: coerce string arguments from inner LLM responses [#8030](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8030) - Handle mid-stream error events in OpenAI SSE streaming [#8031](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8031) - Fullscreen header bar + always-visible close controls [#8033](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8033) - Use default provider and model when provider in session no longer exists [#8035](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8035) - Gemini models via Databricks [#8042](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8042) - Handle reasoning content blocks in OpenAI-compat streaming parser [#8078](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8078) - Remove configured marker when deleting OAuth provider configuration [#7887](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7887) - Download manager [#7933](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7933) - macOS Intel signing [#8218](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8218) ## 🔧 Improvements - Improve formatting of tool calls, show thinking, treat Reasoning and Thinking the same [#7626](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7626) - Separate SSE streaming from POST work submission [#7834](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7834) - Optimize tool summarization [#7938](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7938) - Support reasoning and gpt-5.4 for ChatGPT Codex [#7941](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7941) - Fix N+1 thinking message storage issue [#7958](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7958) - Remove unnecessary Arc<Mutex> from tool execution pipeline [#7979](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7979) - Remove lead/worker provider [#7989](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7989) - Allow delete all types [#8018](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8018) - Improve terminal output formatting and visual clarity [#8025](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8025) - Consolidate duplicated dependencies into workspace [#8041](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8041) - Show setup instructions for ACP providers in settings modal [#8065](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8065) - Replace sigstore-verification with sigstore-verify to remove vulnerabilities [#8064](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8064) - Update tar version to avoid CVE-2026-33056 [#8073](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8073) - Code review step using short-lived provider token [#7932](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7932) ## 📚 Documentation - Remote Access section with Telegram Gateway documentation [#7955](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7955) - WebMCP for Beginners blog post [#7957](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7957) - GOOSE_INPUT_LIMIT in config-files.md [#7961](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7961) - Claude Code approve mode permission routing [#7949](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/7949) - VMware-AIOps MCP extension documentation [#8055](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8055) - Correct `gosoe` typo to `goose` [#8062](https://github.com/block/goose/pull/8062)