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Gemini CLI changelog

Gemini CLI has three major release channels: nightly, preview, and stable. For most users, we recommend the stable release.

On this page, you can find information regarding the current releases and highlights from each release.

For the full changelog, including nightly releases, refer to Releases - google-gemini/gemini-cli on GitHub.

Current Releases

Release channelNotes
NightlyNightly release with the most recent changes.
PreviewExperimental features ready for early feedback.
LatestStable, recommended for general use.

Release v0.19.0 - v0.19.4 (Latest)

Highlights

  • Zed integration: Users can now leverage Gemini 3 within the Zed integration after enabling "Preview Features" in their CLI’s /settings.
  • Interactive shell:
    • Click-to-Focus: Go to /settings and enable Use Alternate Buffer WhenUse Alternate Buffer" setting is enabled users can click within the embedded shell output to focus it for input.
    • Loading phrase: Clearly indicates when the interactive shell is awaiting user input. (vid, pr by @jackwotherspoon)

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.18.4...v0.19.0

Release v0.19.0-preview.0 (Preview)

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.18.0-preview.4...v0.19.0-preview.0

Release v0.18.0 - v0.18.4

Highlights

  • Experimental permission improvements: We're experimenting with a new policy engine in Gemini CLI, letting users and administrators create fine-grained policies for tool calls. This setting is currently behind a flag. See our policy engine documentation to learn how to use this feature.
  • Gemini 3 support rolled out for some users: Some users can now enable Gemini 3 by using the /settings flag and toggling Preview Features. See our Gemini 3 on Gemini CLI documentation to find out more about using Gemini 3.
  • Updated UI rollback: We've temporarily rolled back a previous UI update, which enabled embedded scrolling and mouse support. This can be re-enabled by using the /settings command and setting Use Alternate Screen Buffer to true.
  • Display your model in your chat history: You can now go use /settings and turn on Show Model in Chat to display the model in your chat history.
  • Uninstall multiple extensions: You can uninstall multiple extensions with a single command: gemini extensions uninstall.

Uninstalling Gemini extensions with a single command

What's changed