> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.heygaia.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 2026 Releases

> Complete changelog for GAIA in 2026, covering WhatsApp bot support, MCP Apps Builder, deep research, artifacts, and more across all platforms.

<Update label="Jun 21, 2026" description="API, Web, Desktop, Mobile, Bots">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gaia-a3e7b78f/0IPmwuynsTZG3DSh/images/changelog/release-jun-21-2026.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=0IPmwuynsTZG3DSh&q=85&s=4684c8c707ee08291c6587c64ef49dea" alt="GAIA voice mode" width="1144" height="644" data-path="images/changelog/release-jun-21-2026.webp" />

  # Voice Mode & Smarter Models

  You can now talk to GAIA. Voice mode is a real-time, full-duplex conversation backed by LiveKit — GAIA listens while you speak, answers out loud, and can do everything in a call that it can in a chat. Paid plans also move to a sharper model, and GAIA now shows its thinking as it works.

  ## [API v0.20.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.20.0)

  ### Features

  * **Real-Time Voice Mode**: Talk to GAIA in a live, full-duplex call powered by LiveKit. A dedicated voice worker bridges your audio to the same agent that runs text chat, so voice has the full toolset — GAIA acknowledges right away, then narrates the answer as it works.
  * **Smarter Paid Model**: Paid plans now run on MiniMax M3 (free plans stay on Gemini), with reasoning enabled and provider routing hardened so tool calls and long answers stay reliable.
  * **Model Thinking in Chat**: GAIA streams its reasoning alongside each step and shows it as a collapsible Thinking row inside the tool card, so you can see how it reached an answer.
  * **User Skills in Settings**: Create, edit, and manage your own skills from a dedicated settings page.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **MCP Connections**: Migrated OAuth to the official SDK with more reliable auth detection, dynamic registration, and a smoother post-connect flow, plus repaired marketplace data.
  * **Integrations**: Unified per-user cache invalidation so connected integrations are discovered consistently by the agent.
  * **Agent Reliability**: Clearer agent prompting for more reliable generated UI and result surfacing, with subagent conversation history now persisted across turns.
  * **Code Sandbox**: Repaired the sandbox lifecycle and native files API, and hardened the coding tools.
  * **Background Worker**: The ARQ worker now rides out JuiceFS stalls instead of wedging, and the embedding sidecar uses less memory.

  ## [Web v0.21.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.21.0)

  ### Features

  * **Voice Mode**: A new in-app voice experience with live transcription, token-by-token replies, and tool cards that render right inside the call.
  * **Voice Selection**: Pick from a library of 100+ voices with country and language filters, starred favorites, and preview-on-select. Swap voices live, mid-call, from the "Customise voice" popover.
  * **Model Thinking**: Reasoning now appears as collapsible Thinking rows in the unified tool card, at both the main and subagent level.
  * **Queue Your Next Message**: Send a follow-up while GAIA is still replying and it waits in line — the composer's Send button morphs to Queue, and the queued message shows as pending until it's picked up.
  * **User Skills Management**: A settings page to manage your skills.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Smoother Streaming**: Reworked chat markdown rendering to remove per-token re-render lag and keep long, streaming answers fast.
  * **Reliable Retry**: Retrying a message now works without a page reload.
  * **Responsive Landing & Pricing**: Landing and pricing pages now lay out correctly on smaller screens.
  * **Desktop Downloads**: Download buttons resolve straight to the latest desktop release.

  ## [Desktop v0.4.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/desktop-v0.4.0)

  ### Features

  * **Hey GAIA Wake Word**: Say "Hey GAIA" to summon a Siri-style assistant popup and start talking without touching the keyboard.

  ## [Mobile v0.6.1](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/mobile-v0.6.1)

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Agent Reliability**: Picked up the clearer agent prompting for more reliable generated UI and result surfacing.

  ## [Bots v1.4.1](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/bots-v1.4.1)

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **WhatsApp Delivery**: Falls back to a template message whenever a free-form send fails, so replies still get through.
</Update>

<Update label="Jun 14, 2026" description="API, Web, CLI">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gaia-a3e7b78f/kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI/images/changelog/release-jun-14-2026.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI&q=85&s=12e0f68a684cf209b78af5cd6d07eefd" alt="GAIA memory graph" width="2056" height="1156" data-path="images/changelog/release-jun-14-2026.webp" />

  # A New Memory Engine

  GAIA's memory now runs entirely on our own infrastructure. We replaced the third-party memory service with a custom engine built on Postgres, Chroma, and Redis with local embedding and reranking models, so what GAIA learns about you never leaves our stack.

  ## [API v0.19.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.19.0)

  ### Features

  * **Local Memory Engine**: Rebuilt memory from the ground up as a fully local engine, replacing the previous cloud memory provider. Recall makes no external calls on the read path, so it is faster and more private.
  * **Four Kinds of Memory**: GAIA now organizes what it learns into facts filed in folders, a dated journal of what happened over time, auto-maintained core documents about you, and an entity graph of the people, tools, and projects in your life. See the [memory guide](/guides/memory) for how each one works.
  * **Sharper Recall**: Hybrid semantic and keyword search with local reranking surfaces the right memory even when your request never names it directly.
  * **Memory Tools for the Agent**: GAIA can search your memory, journal, and past conversations, and add, update, or forget specific facts on request, each shown inline as a card in chat.
  * **Conflict-Aware Updates**: When new information replaces something GAIA already knew, it updates the fact and keeps a version history instead of piling up duplicates.

  ## [Web v0.20.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.20.0)

  ### Features

  * **Redesigned Memory Settings**: A new memory page with Folders, Documents, Graph, Journal, and All views, so you can see exactly what GAIA knows and how it is organized.
  * **Entity Graph View**: Explore the network of people, tools, and projects GAIA has connected, and jump from any node to the memories behind it.
  * **Memory Journal**: A collapsible, day-by-day timeline of what GAIA recorded over time.
  * **Version History**: See how a memory changed across updates, and delete anything you don't want GAIA to keep.
  * **Email Previews with Avatars**: Email addresses in chat now show the person's name and photo, pulled from your contacts.

  ## [CLI v0.4.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/cli-v0.4.0)

  ### Improvements

  * **Self-Hosted Memory**: Self-hosting now runs the local memory engine out of the box, with no external memory service to configure.
</Update>

<Update label="Jun 13, 2026" description="API, Web, Mobile, Bots, CLI">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gaia-a3e7b78f/kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI/images/changelog/release-jun-13-2026.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI&q=85&s=81ce2c298c871a646776428034410787" alt="GAIA code sandbox" width="1672" height="941" data-path="images/changelog/release-jun-13-2026.webp" />

  # Code Sandbox, Hey GAIA Wake Word & Richer Bots

  ## [API v0.18.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.18.0)

  ### Features

  * **Code Sandbox**: Agents now run code in an isolated sandbox environment, making data analysis, scripting, and file generation safer and more reliable.
  * **Self-Managing Agent Workspace**: GAIA maintains its own working files across a task, so multi-step work carries context from one step to the next.
  * **Notification Tools**: Agents can proactively send you notifications when something needs your attention.
  * **Agent-Generated Files**: GAIA can create files during a task and deliver them straight to you, including over Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
  * **GAIA Self-Knowledge**: A dedicated subagent lets GAIA answer questions about its own features and how to use them.
  * **Per-Integration Custom Instructions**: Add your own instructions to any connected integration to tailor how GAIA uses it.
  * **Quick Actions and Community Workflows**: Refreshed quick actions plus a seeded set of community workflows to start from.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Overdue Reminders**: Reminders that fell past due are now settled and re-armed correctly instead of being skipped.
  * **Disconnected Integrations**: Logged-in users are no longer shown a login prompt when an integration simply needs reconnecting.
  * **MCP Connections**: More resilient MCP sessions with transparent reconnects and instant OAuth.
  * **Web Research**: Prevented fabricated URLs in web search and improved deep research result quality.
  * **Workflows and Todos**: Fixes across workflow execution, recurrence, and tracked todos.
  * **Security**: Patched six high-confidence vulnerabilities found during a security audit.

  ### Performance

  * **Lower Chat Cost**: Byte-stable prompt caching cut chat-stream input cost by roughly 46% with more accurate billing.
  * **Leaner Backend**: Reduced backend memory usage by dropping unused heavy dependencies.

  ***

  ## [Web v0.19.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.19.0)

  ### Features

  * **What's New in the App**: A new sidebar card and settings timeline surface the latest release notes right inside GAIA.
  * **Redesigned Chat**: A cleaner chat interface with less clutter and snappier interactions.
  * **Revamped Onboarding**: A rebuilt onboarding flow with a guided intelligence pipeline and a smoother card reveal sequence.
  * **Hey GAIA Wake Word**: On-device "Hey GAIA" detection so you can start a conversation hands-free.
  * **Todo Link Previews**: Links in todo titles now show inline favicons for quick context.
  * **Landing Page Overhaul**: Updated copy, navbar, pricing, comparison grid, and a live iPhone chat demo.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Integration Reconnect**: Logged-in users no longer see a login modal when an integration needs reconnecting.
  * **Workflow Schedules**: Schedule chips on workflow cards now show times in your own timezone.
  * **Desktop Downloads**: Download links now always resolve to the latest desktop release.

  ### Performance

  * **Faster Landing Page**: Largest Contentful Paint on the landing page dropped from about 6s to 0.47s.

  ***

  ## [Mobile v0.6.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/mobile-v0.6.0)

  ### Features

  * **Redesigned Chat**: The mobile chat interface picks up the same cleaner, faster redesign as the web app.
  * **Hey GAIA Wake Word**: On-device "Hey GAIA" detection for hands-free use on the go.
  * **Notification Tools and Agent Files**: GAIA can send you proactive notifications and deliver generated files on mobile.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Android Stability**: Fixed an audio playback crash on Android.

  ***

  ## [Bots v1.4.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/bots-v1.4.0)

  ### Features

  * **Media and Voice on WhatsApp and Telegram**: Send and receive images and voice messages directly in your bot conversations.
  * **Agent-Generated Files**: Files GAIA creates during a task are now delivered straight into your bot chat.
  * **Proactive Bot Messages**: Background tasks and notifications can reach you on your connected bot platforms.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **WhatsApp Polish**: A more reliable typing indicator and welcome message.
  * **Long Messages**: Long replies are split cleanly across multiple message bubbles.

  ***

  ## [CLI v0.3.1](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/cli-v0.3.1)

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Self-Hosting Reliability**: Fixes for self-host setup and non-interactive terminals, uncovered during end-to-end VM testing.
</Update>

<Update label="Apr 5, 2026" description="API, Web, Desktop, Mobile, Bots, CLI">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gaia-a3e7b78f/kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI/images/changelog/release-apr-5-2026.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI&q=85&s=6e06bcd9c97cca53010106d8e9e94e8a" alt="Your AI inside WhatsApp" width="1999" height="1125" data-path="images/changelog/release-apr-5-2026.webp" />

  # WhatsApp Bot, MCP Apps Builder & Deep Research

  ## [API v0.17.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.17.0)

  ### Features

  * **WhatsApp Bot Integration**: Connect GAIA to WhatsApp so you can chat with your agent directly from your phone's messaging app. See [bots overview](/bots/overview) for setup details.
  * **MCP Apps Builder**: Build and run custom [MCP-powered apps](/guides/adding-mcp-integrations) inside GAIA conversations, letting agents render interactive UI components on the fly.
  * **Deep Research Tool**: Agents can now perform multi-step web research with source citations. Free-tier users get search fallbacks so everyone benefits.
  * **Artifacts**: Agents can generate and display rich content like documents, tables, and code in a dedicated panel alongside the conversation.
  * **Calendar Attendees and Google Meet**: Create calendar events with attendees and auto-generate Google Meet links, all from a single prompt.
  * **Custom Integration Context**: Integrations can now pull in relevant context automatically, giving agents better awareness when using your connected tools.
  * **Streaming Calendar Data**: Calendar information now streams to the frontend in real time, so you see results as they arrive instead of waiting for a full response.

  ### Improvements

  * **Native Marketplace Integrations**: The [marketplace](/guides/marketplace) now highlights native integrations with dedicated cards, making them easier to discover and connect.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Billing Address Country**: You can now edit the billing address country on the payments page.
  * **Backend Stability**: Resolved an issue that could cause brief service interruptions under heavy load.
  * **Web Crawl Reliability**: Improved timeout handling and batching when agents crawl web pages, reducing failures on large sites.
  * **MCP Connection Recovery**: MCP connections now automatically refresh expired tokens and display clear status messages when re-authentication is needed.
  * **Research Tool Caching**: Fixed caching and validation in the research tool so repeated queries return consistent results.

  ### Performance

  * **Todos Performance**: Faster loading and smoother interactions across the [tasks and todos](/guides/tasks-todos) experience.

  ***

  ## [Web v0.18.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.18.0)

  ### Features

  * **MCP Apps Builder**: Build and preview MCP-powered mini-apps directly in the chat interface.
  * **Artifacts Panel**: View agent-generated documents, code, and tables in a dedicated side panel.
  * **Workflow Toast Actions**: Workflow completion toasts now include an "Open" button so you can jump straight to the result.
  * **Status Banner**: A new banner alerts you to service status changes and scheduled maintenance.

  ### Improvements

  * **Pricing Page Redesign**: Updated pricing page with clearer plan comparisons and streamlined checkout.
  * **Integration Sorting**: Integrations are now sorted more intuitively when searching in the marketplace.
  * **UI Animations and Responsiveness**: Smoother transitions and improved layout across screen sizes.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Billing Address Country**: Country field on the billing address form is now editable.
  * **Todo Sidebar**: Fixed an issue where the sidebar would not close after deleting the last todo in a filtered view.
  * **Toast Overflow**: Long toast notification titles no longer overflow their container.

  ### Performance

  * **Todos UX**: Significant speed improvements to the [tasks and todos](/guides/tasks-todos) view, including faster filtering and smoother animations.
  * **Frontend Load Times**: Reduced initial bundle size for faster page loads across the app.

  ***

  ## [Desktop v0.3.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/desktop-v0.3.0)

  ### Features

  * **Artifacts Support**: The [desktop app](/guides/desktop-app) now supports the new artifacts panel for viewing agent-generated content.

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Server URL Handling**: Fixed an edge case where the app could fail to connect when running outside the packaged environment.

  ***

  ## [Mobile v0.5.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/mobile-v0.5.0)

  ### Features

  * **WhatsApp Integration**: Chat with GAIA on WhatsApp, bringing your agent to your favorite messaging app.

  ### Performance

  * **Todos Performance**: Faster task loading and smoother scrolling in the mobile todos view.

  ***

  ## [Bots v1.3.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/bots-v1.3.0)

  ### Features

  * **WhatsApp Bot**: GAIA is now available on WhatsApp in addition to [Discord](/bots/discord), [Slack](/bots/slack), and [Telegram](/bots/telegram).

  ***

  ## [CLI v0.3.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/cli-v0.3.0)

  ### Improvements

  * **Dependency Updates**: Updated internal dependencies for improved stability.
</Update>

<Update label="Feb 27, 2026" description="API, Web, Desktop, Mobile, Bots, CLI">
  # System Workflows, Agent Skills & Desktop Auto-Updates

  ## [API v0.16.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.16.0)

  ### Features

  * **System Workflows for Gmail and Google Calendar**: Auto-created workflows when connecting Gmail or Google Calendar, delivering ready-to-use automations out of the box
  * **LangChain Middleware, VFS, and Skills**: New middleware layer for LangChain integrations, a virtual file system abstraction, and first-class skills support for agents
  * **Workflow Prompt and Description Split**: Display descriptions and execution prompts are now separate fields, giving users clearer context while preserving precise agent instructions
  * **Docker Image Optimization**: Slimmed down API images by pruning unused dependencies and improving layer caching

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Google OAuth Production Settings**: Added missing client ID and secret to ProductionSettings for Google OAuth flows
  * **Dockerfile Ownership and Permissions**: Corrected file ownership for the libs directory so setuptools can create package metadata
  * **Explore Workflow Payload Hardening**: Fixed payload handling for the description/prompt split in explore workflows
  * **Deployment Script Updates**: Improved service verification and environment setup in deployment configurations

  ***

  ## [Web v0.17.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.17.0)

  ### Features

  * **Vercel Web Analytics**: Production usage tracking integrated into the Next.js frontend
  * **Cloudflare Deployment Support**: Added Wrangler configuration, SSR chunk analysis scripts, and deploy/preview commands for Cloudflare Pages
  * **Server API Base URL Centralization**: Consistent API base URL handling across all server components via a shared utility and new provider architecture
  * **OAuth Success Toast**: Reintroduced global OAuth success notifications for a smoother post-auth experience

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **LazyMotionProvider for Animations**: Wrapped Navbar and main content in a lazy-loaded Framer Motion provider, reducing initial bundle size
  * **SEO Consolidation**: Unified crawl and index signals across all pages, removing SEO drift and conflicting directives
  * **Icon Consistency in Calendar**: Replaced ad-hoc icon components with the standard Chevron component in Calendar and DateTimePicker
  * **Base URL Refactor**: Migrated all base URL references to use siteConfig for consistency across environments

  ***

  ## [Desktop v0.2.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/desktop-v0.2.0)

  ### Features

  * **Deep Linking**: Protocol handler registration enables opening GAIA links directly in the desktop app
  * **Branded Splash Screen**: New splash screen with refined appearance during app startup
  * **Auto-Updater**: Built-in automatic update support keeps the desktop app current without manual downloads
  * **Modular Window Management**: Refactored window lifecycle into a modular architecture for better maintainability

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Server Shutdown Reliability**: Fixed graceful shutdown behavior and refined login UI styling
  * **Safer Protocol Registration on Linux**: Replaced execSync with spawnSync to prevent shell injection during protocol handler setup

  ***

  ## [Mobile v0.4.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/mobile-v0.4.0)

  ### Features

  * **LangChain Middleware and Skills Support**: Mobile app now benefits from the shared LangChain middleware layer, VFS abstraction, and agent skills system
  * **Dependency Updates**: Updated package dependencies for improved stability and compatibility

  ***

  ## [Bots v1.2.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/bots-v1.2.0)

  ### Improvements

  * **Docker Image Optimization**: Slimmed down bot container images with pruned dependencies and improved layer caching
  * **Dockerfile Permissions Fix**: Corrected file ownership and permissions for better runtime access

  ***

  ## [CLI v0.2.1](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/cli-v0.2.1)

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Dependency Updates**: Updated package dependencies and aligned with new Cloudflare configuration
</Update>

<Update label="Feb 23, 2026" description="API, Web, Bots, CLI">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gaia-a3e7b78f/kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI/images/changelog/release-feb-23-2026.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI&q=85&s=c7b4fc4667599e80b76adae637ddf007" alt="Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp" width="2056" height="1156" data-path="images/changelog/release-feb-23-2026.webp" />

  # Discord, Slack, Telegram Bots & CLI Setup

  ## [API v0.15.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.15.0)

  ### Features

  * **Bot Platform Endpoints**: Comprehensive API endpoints for bot platform integration, supporting Discord, Slack, and Telegram authentication and messaging
  * **Streaming Keepalives and Retries**: Server-sent keepalive events and client-side retry logic for transient streaming errors, with adjusted timeout thresholds
  * **Multi-Channel Notifications**: Push notifications to Telegram and Discord channels, letting GAIA proactively reach users on their preferred platform
  * **Secure Platform Linking**: Token-based platform linking flow with WorkOS SSO return URL handling, enabling users to connect bot accounts to their GAIA identity
  * **Bot API Key Authentication**: Dedicated middleware for bot API key auth, isolating bot traffic from user session auth
  * **Integration Status in Responses**: API responses now include integration connection status, surfaced in bot settings UI

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **User ID Fallback**: Added user ID fallback from metadata in handoff and retrieval nodes, preventing orphaned conversations
  * **Subagent Web Search**: Resolved KeyError in subagent web search tool and OpenRouter credit handling
  * **MCP OAuth Validation**: Raises a clear error when OAuth tokens are missing in the MCP client instead of failing silently

  ### Performance

  * **Agent Flow Latency**: Optimized agent execution flow to reduce tool-calling latency across all agent nodes

  ***

  ## [Web v0.16.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.16.0)

  ### Features

  * **Bots Landing Page**: Dedicated landing page introducing GAIA bots with platform highlights, setup instructions, and invite links for Discord, Slack, and Telegram
  * **Discord Bot Landing Page**: Standalone page for the Discord bot with feature overview and one-click server invite
  * **Platform Linking UI**: New settings panel where users can link and manage their Discord, Slack, and Telegram accounts
  * **Docs Structure and Styling**: Overhauled documentation site with improved navigation hierarchy, component styling, and content organization
  * **CLI Installation Page**: Dedicated page walking users through CLI installation and first-run setup
  * **Multi-Channel Notification Settings**: UI for configuring which platforms receive proactive notifications from GAIA

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Bot Deployment Audit**: Fixed deployment, security, and functional issues uncovered during the comprehensive bot audit
  * **CLI Polish**: Minor UX improvements to CLI-related pages and documentation flows

  ***

  ## [Bots v1.1.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/bots-v1.1.0)

  ### Features

  * **Discord Bot**: Full-featured Discord bot with slash commands, DM support, context menu commands, rotating presence status, and a welcome message for new DM conversations
  * **Slack Bot**: Slack integration with threaded conversations, streaming responses, and workspace-level authentication
  * **Telegram Bot**: Telegram bot with serialized message updates, Markdown parsing, and streaming message break handling
  * **Streaming Responses**: Real-time streamed replies across all three platforms with dynamic message editing and new-message-break logic for long responses
  * **Platform Linking**: Secure account linking from any bot to a GAIA account using one-time link tokens and SSO
  * **Help and Settings Commands**: `/help` and `/settings` slash commands displaying available actions and current configuration per platform
  * **Stop and Unlink Commands**: `/stop` to end the current conversation and `/unlink` to disconnect a bot account from GAIA
  * **New Command**: `/new` command to start a fresh conversation without carrying prior context
  * **Centralized Bot Configuration**: Unified configuration with Infisical secret injection across all three bots
  * **Nx and CI Integration**: All bots integrated into the Nx workspace, CI pipeline, and release system with per-bot Docker builds
  * **E2E Test Package**: Dedicated end-to-end test package for cross-bot integration testing

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Public Context Restriction**: Bots now restrict context to public information only, stripping mentions and enforcing rate limit feedback
  * **Security and Deployment Audit**: Comprehensive fixes for deployment scripts, authentication flows, and functional regressions across all three bots
  * **Discord Timeout Fix**: Resolved timeout issues in Discord bot responses by deferring long-running interactions
  * **Streaming Thinking Removal**: Removed visible "thinking..." indicator from Discord streaming responses
  * **Docker Image Tags**: Fixed missing image tags and corrected Docker build commands for all three bot images

  ***

  ## [CLI v0.2.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/cli-v0.2.0)

  ### Features

  * **Init Command**: Guided initialization flow that clones the repo, installs dependencies, configures environment variables, and starts services
  * **Status Command**: Real-time dashboard showing running services, ports, and health status
  * **Stop Command**: Graceful shutdown of all GAIA services with cleanup
  * **Branch Selection**: `--branch` flag on `init` to clone a specific Git branch for development or testing
  * **Docker Support**: Full Docker Compose integration with prerequisite checks, detailed error messages, and service management
  * **Port Conflict Detection**: Automatic port availability checks during init with clear conflict resolution guidance
  * **Logging Dashboard**: Live log streaming UI during service startup with per-service filtering
  * **Post-Start Health Verification**: Automatic health checks after startup to confirm all services are responding
  * **npm Distribution**: Migrated packaging from Bun to npm for broader compatibility and simpler installation

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Graceful Shutdown**: Added SIGINT and SIGTERM handlers across all commands to prevent orphaned processes
  * **Input Timeout**: Optional timeout on interactive prompts to prevent infinite hangs in CI or unattended runs
  * **Port Validation**: Port numbers are now validated to the 1-65535 range before use
  * **Windows PATH Detection**: Multi-package-manager PATH detection and Windows support for cross-platform compatibility
  * **Log Buffer Memory**: Extracted log buffer sizes to shared constants, reducing memory pressure in long-running sessions
  * **React Key Stability**: Improved LogWindow component key stability to reduce unnecessary re-renders during streaming
</Update>

<Update label="Feb 20, 2026" description="Bots, CLI">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gaia-a3e7b78f/kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI/images/changelog/release-feb-20-2026.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=kfw5V08lyFSkYUGI&q=85&s=2bcaf534647787dcb674f129c6d8bb7f" alt="GAIA CLI setup" width="3024" height="1870" data-path="images/changelog/release-feb-20-2026.webp" />

  # Initial Bots & CLI Release

  ## [Bots v1.0.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/compare/bots-v1.0.0...bots-v1.1.0)

  ### Foundation

  * **Shared Adapter Pattern**: `BaseBotAdapter` in `@gaia/shared` establishing the unified command dispatch system, GAIA API client, and platform-agnostic `RichMessageTarget` interface used by all three bots
  * **Bot API Key Authentication**: Dedicated middleware for authenticating bot-to-API requests independently from user session auth
  * **Nx Monorepo Integration**: All three bot packages integrated into the Nx workspace with build, lint, type-check, and release targets
  * **Docker Support**: Dockerfiles for each bot for containerized deployment alongside the rest of the GAIA stack
  * **E2E Test Package**: Dedicated `bots-e2e` test package with Vitest infrastructure for cross-bot integration testing

  ***

  ## [CLI v0.1.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/compare/cli-v0.1.15...cli-v0.2.0)

  ### Features

  * **Core Commands**: `init`, `setup`, `start`, `stop`, `status`, and `logs` commands covering the full self-hosting lifecycle
  * **Interactive Terminal UI**: Built with Ink (React-in-terminal) for a rich, step-by-step setup experience with live progress display
  * **Docker Compose Integration**: Full service orchestration via Docker Compose with prerequisite validation and detailed error messages
  * **Self-Host and Developer Modes**: `start` supports both a full self-hosted stack and a developer mode that runs only infrastructure services locally
  * **`--branch` Flag**: Clone a specific Git branch during `init` for development or testing against unreleased code
  * **npm Distribution**: Published to npm as `@heygaia/cli`, installable via `npx` or a `curl` install script
</Update>

<Update label="Feb 16, 2026" description="API, Web, Mobile, Desktop">
  # Workflow History, Analytics & Automated Creation

  ## [API v0.14.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.14.0)

  ### Features

  * **PostHog analytics** unified across frontend and backend for end-to-end event tracking
  * **Automatic workflow creation** lets GAIA generate workflows from natural language descriptions
  * **Execution history** tracking and storage for all workflow runs
  * **MCP orchestration overhaul** with improved tool indexing, namespace normalization, and integration cleanup
  * **Pricing update** reflecting the new \$30/month tier with adjusted usage limits

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Webhook idempotency** for DodoPayments, preventing duplicate processing of already-handled events
  * **Timezone-aware scheduled tasks** that reschedule past-due jobs instead of triggering Redis PSETEX errors
  * **MCP namespace normalization** resolving schema breakage and connection failures with PostHog and Twitter integrations
  * **Integration sidebar** fixes for display names and MCP-related rendering issues

  ***

  ## [Web v0.15.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.15.0)

  ### Features

  * **Interactive demo sections** on the landing page showcasing chat and workflow capabilities with live animations
  * **Deep linking** via query parameters, enabling direct navigation to specific views from external links
  * **FAQ structured data** and SEO enhancements for improved search discoverability
  * **Execution history UI** displaying workflow run status, timing, and output details
  * **Blog and manifesto updates** for the "Tool Calling Works" post with minor landing page improvements

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Sidebar layout** adjusted for improved responsiveness across screen sizes
  * **User reference** resolution fix preventing broken profile lookups

  ***

  ## [Mobile v0.3.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/mobile-v0.3.0)

  ### Features

  * **Automatic workflow creation** mirroring the web experience for on-the-go automation
  * **MCP tooling and execution history** support aligned with backend orchestration improvements

  ***

  ## [Desktop v0.1.1](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/desktop-v0.1.1)

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Release workflow** updated to correctly handle desktop-v tags and extract version numbers during CI builds
</Update>

<Update label="Feb 1, 2026" description="API, Web">
  # Background Tasks & Streaming Tool Outputs

  ## [API v0.13.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.13.0)

  ### Features

  * **Background Task Management**: Overhauled background task lifecycle with improved scheduling, status tracking, and message persistence handling
  * **MCP Bearer Token Authentication**: Integrations that require bearer tokens can now be connected directly, bypassing the OAuth flow entirely
  * **Integration Suggestion Search**: Smarter word-based matching when suggesting integrations, filtering stopwords and searching across name, description, and category
  * **Optional Bot Configuration**: Bot platform keys \[Discord, Slack, Telegram] are now optional in production settings, so the API starts cleanly without all bot tokens present

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Subagent Stream Cancellation**: Users can now cancel long-running subagent and executor streams mid-flight instead of waiting for completion
  * **Integration Auth Data Sync**: Mismatches between stored integration documents and MCP config for auth requirements are detected and auto-corrected
  * **Build Workflow Project Detection**: Fixed affected-project checks in CI and added missing project type to the API configuration

  ***

  ## [Web v0.14.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.14.0)

  ### Features

  * **Animated Loading Indicator**: New chat loading component with Framer Motion transitions and a polished shine animation for better perceived responsiveness
  * **Tool Output Persistence**: Tool call outputs now stream to the frontend in real time and persist across page reloads

  ### Bug Fixes

  * **Chat Message Ordering**: Assistant messages are timestamped 1 ms after the user message, guaranteeing correct chronological order in history
  * **Integration Connection Rollback**: Failed OAuth connections now roll back stored credentials and invalidate the cache instead of leaving stale state
  * **Model Picker Error Handling**: Selecting an unavailable model returns a structured upgrade-required error and reverts the picker to the previous selection
</Update>

<Update label="Jan 29, 2026" description="API, Web, Mobile">
  # Push Notifications, Voice Mode & MCP Marketplace

  ## [API v0.12.1](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/api-v0.12.1)

  ### Features

  * **Voice Agent** added as a new monorepo app with shared Python and TypeScript libraries for real-time voice processing
  * **Discord, Slack, and Telegram bots** introduced with initial implementations and supporting API endpoints
  * **MCP Marketplace** with public integrations page for discovering and connecting third-party tools
  * **Push notifications** backend with device token registration, deregistration, validation, and per-device limit enforcement
  * **WebSocket notifications** with secure authentication via subprotocols for real-time event delivery
  * **Bearer token authentication** for mobile clients with configurable WorkOS redirect URIs
  * **Memory prompt optimization** for improved agent recall and context management
  * **System prompt management node** replacing message deletion, preserving memory messages across agent graph hooks

  ### Bug Fixes

  * Fixed streaming issues causing dropped or duplicated messages
  * Resolved "no tool results" error when agent tools returned empty responses
  * Fixed mobile redirect URI to use settings configuration instead of hardcoded values
  * Temporarily disabled auto-loading of tools in production to prevent startup failures

  ***

  ## [Web v0.13.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/web-v0.13.0)

  ### Features

  * **Real-time notifications** via WebSocket with notification provider, permission prompts, and in-app notification center
  * **MCP Marketplace page** for browsing and enabling public integrations directly from the dashboard
  * **Retry message** action allowing users to regenerate a failed or unsatisfactory assistant response
  * **Voice mode improvements** including chat description auto-generated in the sidebar when a conversation starts in voice mode
  * **WaveSpinnerSquare** animation component for richer loading states during voice interactions
  * **Memory prompt optimization** for more accurate and relevant agent recall in conversations

  ### Bug Fixes

  * Fixed duplicate voice messages caused by race condition on call end
  * Resolved audio bar visualizer sensitivity bug producing erratic waveform rendering
  * Fixed streaming issues causing incomplete or stalled message delivery

  ***

  ## [Mobile v0.2.0](https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/releases/tag/mobile-v0.2.0)

  ### Features

  * **Chat streaming** with SSE client integration for real-time message delivery on mobile
  * **Push notifications** with Firebase Cloud Messaging, custom notification sound, and device token lifecycle management
  * **Real-time WebSocket notifications** with secure subprotocol-based authentication
  * **Tool data cards** and interactive follow-up actions rendered inline within chat messages
  * **Bearer token authentication** replacing cookie-based auth for native mobile sessions
  * **Zustand state management** integrated across the app for consistent global state
  * **Settings sheet** with redesigned chat UI components and styling utilities
  * **Connect drawer** for quick access to integrations from the chat input
  * **Chat history** with dynamic loading, multi-part message support, and progress indicators
  * **Playful AI thinking messages** with animated loading states in chat bubbles
  * **App logo and splash screen** updated to new branding

  ### Bug Fixes

  * Fixed page stacking when selecting chats by using navigation replacement instead of push
  * Improved push notification token management and error handling
  * Resolved audio bar visualizer sensitivity bug
</Update>
