Gemini CLI v0.63.0 ships reliability and agent-loop fixes
AI summary
Google released Gemini CLI v0.63.0 with fixes for connection-recovery progress indicators, MCP configuration errors, paused stdin, tool-output limits, temporary-directory cleanup, and authentication loops. The release also enables autonomous plan execution in non-interactive mode and includes related changelog entries for earlier preview and stable versions.
Why it matters: The update improves reliability for long-running and non-interactive Gemini CLI workflows.
What's Changed
- fix(cli): display retry progress indicator during connection recovery (#28340) by @amelidev in #29468
- Changelog for v0.61.0-preview.1 by @gemini-cli-robot in #29469
- Changelog for v0.61.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in #29472
- fix(cli): distinguish missing MCP enablement config from malformed JSON by @jesussamuel-byte in #29446
- fix(cli): restore paused stdin after capability detection by @ugorla-dev in #29487
- fix(core): bound tool output size and optimize memory lifecycle in long-running agent loops by @diegogodinezr in #29451
- fix(core): remove invalid diff.external override by @urielefrenvirtusa in #29467
- chore(release): bump version to 0.63.0-nightly.20260923.gf50ba8608 by @gemini-cli-robot in #29471
- Changelog for v0.62.0-preview.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in #29470
- fix(core): clean up temporary directory when background shell execution exits by @jesussamuel-byte in #29437
- fix(acp): resolve session before config initialization and avoid same-minute filename collisions by @jesussamuel-byte in #29463
- fix(core): align policy redirection gates, path validation, and workflow parsing by @DavidAPierce in #29506
- fix(auth): prevent infinite auth loop from file contention, headless keyring, and supervisor state drops (#28341) by @villahernandez-coder in #29448
- fix(core): enable autonomous plan execution in non-interactive mode by @urielefrenvirtusa in #29539
- fix(core): disable truncation when maxChars <= 0 in formatTruncatedToolOutput by @diegogodinezr in #29542
Full Changelog: v0.62.0...v0.63.0
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