v1.6.24

git-ai-project/git-aiv1.6.24Aug 23, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release focuses on enhancing installation and hook management for Windows and macOS users, alongside improvements to daemon stability and integration with cost estimation services.

Key Highlights

  • Enhanced install-hooks command with --env flag for Unix shell PATH configuration
  • Improved daemon stability with self-healing for trace draining and telemetry isolation
  • Integration with models.dev catalog for usage cost estimates
  • Automated WSL installs for Windows MSI

New Features

  • install-hooks --env flag with Unix shell PATH configuration
  • Windows user PATH and Git Bash config in install-hooks
  • Automated WSL installs
  • Weekly workflow to refresh models.dev pricing
  • Normalization of lowercase HEAD revisions in commands

Full Release Notes

## git-ai v1.6.24

### Release Channel
`latest`

> **Beta:** The Windows MSI and macOS PKG installers are beta.

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### Installation
Install this specific version with checksum verification:

**macOS/Linux:**
```bash
curl -fsSL https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/releases/download/v1.6.24/install.sh | bash
```

**Windows (PowerShell):**
```powershell
irm https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/releases/download/v1.6.24/install.ps1 | iex
```

### Downloads
- **Linux (x64)**: `git-ai-linux-x64`
- **Linux (ARM64)**: `git-ai-linux-arm64`
- **Windows (x64)**: `git-ai-windows-x64.exe`
- **Windows (ARM64)**: `git-ai-windows-arm64.exe`
- **Windows MSI (x64)**: `git-ai-windows-x64.msi`
- **Windows MSI (ARM64)**: `git-ai-windows-arm64.msi`
- **macOS (Intel)**: `git-ai-macos-x64`
- **macOS (Apple Silicon)**: `git-ai-macos-arm64`
- **macOS PKG (Intel)**: `git-ai-macos-x64.pkg`
- **macOS PKG (Apple Silicon)**: `git-ai-macos-arm64.pkg`
- **macOS PKG (Universal)**: `git-ai-macos-universal.pkg`

### SHA256 Checksums
```
$(cat release/SHA256SUMS)
```

### Attestation Verification
Verify build provenance with the GitHub CLI:
```bash
gh attestation verify git-ai-<platform> --repo git-ai-project/git-ai
```


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## What's Changed
### Other Changes
* Normalize lowercase HEAD revisions in git-ai commands by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2176
* Add install-hooks --env flag with Unix shell PATH configuration by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2172
* Add Windows user PATH and Git Bash config to install-hooks --env by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2173
* Move shell/env config out of install scripts to install-hooks --env by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2174
* Use install-hooks --env in the MSI and macOS PKG installers by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2184
* feat/windows automate wsl installs by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2185
* Enable WSL installs by default in Windows MSI by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2186
* Make the trace accept loop accept-and-spawn only by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2177
* Add end-to-end trace drain self-healing to the daemon by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2178
* Isolate telemetry from core daemon processing by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2179
* Contain control-plane peer errors and make ingest loss loud by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2180
* Drop unconsumed trace2 frames at ingestion by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2191
* Source usage cost estimates from the models.dev catalog by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2188
* Add weekly workflow to refresh the models.dev pricing snapshot by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2189
* ci/actions zizmor gate by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2201
* fix/quiet flush skip logs by @svarlamov-git-ai in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2202
* fix(claude): accept case-insensitive hook tool names by @mikemikimike in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2203

## New Contributors
* @mikemikimike made their first contribution in https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/pull/2203

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/compare/v1.6.23...v1.6.24