Released: November 25, 2025
Our preview release includes the latest, new, and experimental features. This release may not be as stable as our latest weekly release.
To install the preview release:
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@preview
- Use lenient MCP output schema validator by @cornmander in google-gemini#13521
- Update persistence state to track counts of messages instead of times banner has been displayed by @Adib234 in google-gemini#13428
- update docs for http proxy by @scidomino in google-gemini#13538
- move stdio by @jacob314 in google-gemini#13528
- chore(release): bump version to 0.19.0-nightly.20251120.8e531dc02 by @gemini-cli-robot in google-gemini#13540
- Skip pre-commit hooks for shadow repo (#13331) by @vishvananda in google-gemini#13488
- fix(ui): Correct mouse click cursor positioning for wide characters by @SandyTao520 in google-gemini#13537
- fix(core): correct bash @P prompt transformation detection by @pyrytakala in google-gemini#13544
- Optimize and improve test coverage for cli/src/config by @megha1188 in google-gemini#13485
- Improve code coverage for cli/src/ui/privacy package by @megha1188 in google-gemini#13493
- docs: fix typos in source code and documentation by @fancive in google-gemini#13577
- Improved code coverage for cli/src/zed-integration by @megha1188 in google-gemini#13570
- feat(ui): build interactive session browser component by @bl-ue in google-gemini#13351
- Fix multiple bugs with auth flow including using the implemented but unused restart support. by @jacob314 in google-gemini#13565
- feat(core): add modelAvailabilityService for managing and tracking model health by @adamfweidman in google-gemini#13426
- docs: fix grammar typo "a MCP" to "an MCP" by @noahacgn in google-gemini#13595
- feat: custom loading phrase when interactive shell requires input by @jackwotherspoon in google-gemini#12535
- docs: Update uninstall command to reflect multiple extension support by @JayadityaGit in google-gemini#13582
- bug(core): Ensure we use thinking budget on fallback to 2.5 by @joshualitt in google-gemini#13596
- Remove useModelRouter experimental flag by @Adib234 in google-gemini#13593
- feat(docs): Ensure multiline JS objects are rendered properly. by @joshualitt in google-gemini#13535
- Fix exp id logging by @owenofbrien in google-gemini#13430
- Moved client id logging into createBasicLogEvent by @owenofbrien in google-gemini#13607
- Restore bracketed paste mode after external editor exit by @scidomino in google-gemini#13606
- feat(core): Add support for custom aliases for model configs. by @joshualitt in google-gemini#13546
- feat(core): Add
BaseLlmClient.generateContent. by @joshualitt in google-gemini#13591 - Turn off alternate buffer mode by default. by @jacob314 in google-gemini#13623
- fix(cli): Prevent stdout/stderr patching for extension commands by @chrstnb in google-gemini#13600
- Improve test coverage for cli/src/ui/components by @megha1188 in google-gemini#13598
- Update ink version to 6.4.6 by @jacob314 in google-gemini#13631
- chore/release: bump version to 0.19.0-nightly.20251122.42c2e1b21 by @gemini-cli-robot in google-gemini#13637
- chore/release: bump version to 0.19.0-nightly.20251123.dadd606c0 by @gemini-cli-robot in google-gemini#13675
- chore/release: bump version to 0.19.0-nightly.20251124.e177314a4 by @gemini-cli-robot in google-gemini#13713
- fix(core): Fix context window overflow warning for PDF files by @kkitase in google-gemini#13548
- feat :rephrasing the extension logging messages to run the explore command when there are no extensions installed by @JayadityaGit in google-gemini#13740
- Improve code coverage for cli package by @megha1188 in google-gemini#13724
- Add session subtask in /stats command by @Adib234 in google-gemini#13750
- feat(core): Migrate chatCompressionService to model configs. by @joshualitt in google-gemini#12863
- feat(hooks): Hook Telemetry Infrastructure by @Edilmo in google-gemini#9082
- fix: (some minor improvements to configs and getPackageJson return behaviour) by @grMLEqomlkkU5Eeinz4brIrOVCUCkJuN in google-gemini#12510
- feat(hooks): Hook Event Handling by @Edilmo in google-gemini#9097
- feat(hooks): Hook Agent Lifecycle Integration by @Edilmo in google-gemini#9105
- feat(core): Land bool for alternate system prompt. by @joshualitt in google-gemini#13764
- bug(core): Add default chat compression config. by @joshualitt in google-gemini#13766
- feat(model-availability): introduce ModelPolicy and PolicyCatalog by @adamfweidman in google-gemini#13751
- feat(hooks): Hook System Orchestration by @Edilmo in google-gemini#9102
- feat(config): add isModelAvailabilityServiceEnabled setting by @adamfweidman in google-gemini#13777
- chore/release: bump version to 0.19.0-nightly.20251125.f6d97d448 by @gemini-cli-robot in google-gemini#13782
- chore: remove console.error by @adamfweidman in google-gemini#13779
- fix: Add $schema property to settings.schema.json by @sacrosanctic in google-gemini#12763
- fix(cli): allow non-GitHub SCP-styled URLs for extension installation by @m0ps in google-gemini#13800
- fix(resume): allow passing a prompt via stdin while resuming using --resume by @bl-ue in google-gemini#13520
- feat(sessions): add /resume slash command to open the session browser by @bl-ue in google-gemini#13621
- docs(sessions): add documentation for chat recording and session management by @bl-ue in google-gemini#13667
- Fix TypeError: "URL.parse is not a function" for Node.js < v22 by @macarronesc in google-gemini#13698
- fallback to flash for TerminalQuota errors by @sehoon38 in google-gemini#13791
- Update Code Wiki README badge by @PatoBeltran in google-gemini#13768
- Add Databricks auth support and custom header option to gemini cli by @AarushiShah in google-gemini#11893
- Update dependency for modelcontextprotocol/sdk to 1.23.0 by @bbiggs in google-gemini#13827
Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.18.0-preview.4...v0.19.0-preview.0