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v2.2.1 v1.7.0

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usestrix/strixSep 8, 2026 → Oct 5, 202626 days between releases

What's New

Introduces AI agent framework improvements, budget policies, and enhanced LLM integration while changing API methods and mount types.

Breaking Changes

  • STRIX_API_TYPE now forces Responses vs Chat Completions based on configuration settings.
  • The `respond_to_user` method has been replaced with `wait_for_user`.
  • Read-only local sources are now mounted as :ro bind mounts.

New Features

  • New budget_policy=pause feature to park agents at cost limits until resumed.
  • Enhanced TUI with collapsible sidebar panels and markdown rendering.
  • Improved LLM integration with OpenRouter pinning and Responses API support.
  • New CLI flag --fail-on to gate headless exit codes on severity.
  • Link HTTP exchange evidence in reporting.

Improvements

  • Lazy initialization for MCP connections.
  • Improved frontier model check logic to match model name only.
  • Enhanced web search to send only agent's query to Exa.
  • Updated dependencies (litellm).
  • Improved build compatibility for TUI sidecar hook on hatchling.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix frontier model check to match model name only, never provider route.
  • Fix web search to send only the agent's query to Exa.
  • Fix TUI sidecar hook importability on hatchling 1.32.1.
  • Fix runtime to place extra files as agent-writable sandbox files.
  • Fix reporting to reduce git blame guidance to a trailing hint.

Upgrade Notes

Update configuration to handle the new STRIX_API_TYPE setting which forces Responses vs Chat Completions. Update code to replace the `respond_to_user` method with `wait_for_user`. Ensure local source mounts are configured correctly for read-only access.

The Two Releases

v2.2.1

v2.2.1

Sep 8, 2026· 1 month ago

v2.2.1 is a bug and security patch for the v2.2.0 release, focusing on hardening GateGuard, improving installer reliability, and introducing experimental Nasiko CLI support while ensuring the v2.2.0 history remains immutable.

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v1.7.0

v1.7.0

Oct 5, 2026· 17 days ago

This release introduces significant improvements to the AI agent framework, including a new budget management policy, enhanced TUI interactivity, and better LLM integration with OpenRouter and the Responses API. It also adds new CLI flags for headless execution control and fixes several runtime and reporting issues.

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