Release 18.4.0 – March 14 to June 13, 2026

✨ New Features

Add a new VT100-VT520 compatible built-in terminal emulator with full terminal support a9936b1 #3903
Add Docked Chat AI Support for easier access to AI features 82fcba0
Add OpenAI provider support for LLM integration f60c990
Add support for MoonshotAI LLM provider and improve UI defaults 4626e17
Add Context Compaction and Usage Tracking for chat history management b08e166
Add MCP Tools Configuration Dialog with per-tool enable/disable control aca2655
Add SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) parsing and execution support 84bf424
Add Agent SOP Resources and Summary Scanning capabilities ac2b4fb
Add WSL Distro Discovery to Builtin Terminals ec6d16a
Add Terminal Text Link Handling for clickable links in terminal output c0c82f9
Add LLM File Context Menu Integration for quick access to AI features ddf29aa
Add Multi-Select SFTP Context File Picker for remote file operations 014d66d
Add Context File Loading to Chat AI for better context awareness 23115121
Add ReadFileMetadata Tool and improve LSP performance dc38a3a
Add Directory Creation Support to File System Tools 1869cd9
Improve case-insensitive response handling and user prompts 6630f53
Improve AI Documentation, Slash Commands, and Agentic Loop Behavior b1d8a5a

Fix Claude Client goes out-of-sync 6cf94f8
Fix Git Root Detection for Worktree Repositories 22d622e
Fix Docstring Context Extraction and add JSON contains alias d90772a
Fix CTags Initialization and Symbol Parsing 6be1211
Fix Python Symbol Kind Mapping for CTags ff7c1a1
Fix CTags Invocation and skip duplicate implementations 0c4a5ea
Fix Remote File Loading and Breakpoint Paths for debugging 1fd8f31
Fix Workspace Mapping Initialization and deduplicate entries e349e4a
Fix Trust Handling for Tool Approval and Persistence 76da5db
Fix Tool Trust Level Dialog Activation and Persistence d8a6c12
Fix Directory Patch Target not working f784efc
Fix AI Tool Prompt hang during client shutdown c584ff4
Fix Label Extraction to skip prompt metadata 8be5ee1
Fix Default Terminal Detection on Windows d8c743a
Fix URL Character Validation in Markdown Styler 0c8c1d3
Fix Markdown Diff Styling and Line Start Detection 500f1e2
Fix man page install location 46458b1 #3875
Fix compilation with MSVC: No dllexport when class is fully inlined fea2ce9 #3900

Replace cJSON by nlohmann::ordered_json for better JSON handling 9b5cad8 #3896
Refactor Worker Thread Lifecycle to prevent use-after-free bugs 3294b1e
Refactor LLM Chat API to single-prompt model with completion handlers 330c6da
Refactor AI Chat History Management for better organization 24c8d93
Refactor Crash and Hang Stack Reporting b3f86b7
Refactor Terminal Options Storage and improve shell command prompt f206449
Refactor Tail Panel and File System Watcher 9251c9e
Improve AI configuration reloading robustness and error handling 40bab16
Add Find-In-Files Summary Mode and update Max Tokens UI to KB units b07a283
Add Markdown Styling for Check and Error Symbols bb28225
Add Lexer Installation for Standalone MinGW Builds (wxCrafter) 19acb13
Refactor Mac Flat Tab Rendering for better appearance 2517346
Update LSP Request Handling and CTags Symbol Parsing bdd0062
Refactor Ctags Lookup and handle parse errors gracefully d10693d
Refactor CTags Parsing APIs for C++ buffers 2a2a22d
Update MSYS2 Compiler Lookup path handling 796076d
Add Headless Wxcgen and share runtime shim for build tools 38df9d6 #3970
Update Assistant Submodule to latest version 30e600a

Update Inno Setup Theme Detection and installer font 177e1ba
Installer script improvements 21b16d1 #3887 #3872
Dropping ctagsd LSP in favor of universal symbol lookup 499638c #3882
wxCrafter: Allow extra model output parameters for MACRO wxcrafter_target 60fbb46 #3995
Add MacOS plist file extension support in workspace configuration d179727
Update CodeLite Logo Assets for Light & Dark themes 92bd98921

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