Codex asks before MCP tools
Orca’s Codex chat asks before running an MCP tool that needs approval
Allow, Allow for this session, or Deny. Always allow isn’t offered yet.
When Codex wanted to run an MCP tool that needs your permission, Orca's Codex chat quietly answered no for you, and the tool call failed. Now an approval card asks you first.
Claude chats catch up
A Claude chat in Orca now shows the turns you continued in a terminal
The next time that chat starts Claude, Orca adds the missing prompts, replies and tool results once, in order.
Continue a saved Claude conversation in a terminal, and Claude remembered the new turns while Orca's chat left them out. Now the chat adds those turns, in order, the next time it starts Claude.
orca ports
orca ports lists the ports a workspace’s dev servers are listening on
$ orca ports
47931 pid=… Python 127.0.0.1 unknown match=cwdDirect SSH hosts don’t support port detection yet. Move the project to an Orca server on that host to see its ports.
Vite picks a random port when its default is taken, and writes it nowhere. The new orca ports command lists each workspace's ports, so an agent opens the right dev site. Plain SSH hosts aren't supported yet.
Browser history
Orca’s browser gets a history view and Chrome-style Escape
Cmd+Y on macOS, Ctrl+H on Linux and Windows. Search it, remove a page from suggestions, or clear the last hour, today or all time.
Orca's built-in browser now has a history view, on Command Y on a Mac and Control H elsewhere. Search it, drop a page you don't want suggested, or clear the last hour.
One reconnect notice
A remote Orca server hiccup now shows one notice, not a banner in every pane
- Waits
- 5 seconds before announcing a reconnect that fixes itself
- Says
- which server, the cause, and how long it has been down
- Tailscale
- endpoints get a
tailscale pinghint
When the link to a remote Orca server dropped, every terminal flashed a reconnect banner after one second. Now Orca waits five seconds, then shows one notice naming the server, the cause and the downtime.
Also in this release
Also new in Orca
- Zig and Lean
- syntax highlighting in the editor
- GitLab, Bitbucket
- SSH-over-443 and ssh.bitbucket.org remotes are recognized
- Early typing
- keys typed before a pane’s terminal exists are kept
Codex with MCP servers? Update first.
Orca release notes on GitHub
The editor now highlights Zig and Lean, and Orca recognizes more GitLab and Bitbucket remotes. Keys typed before a terminal opens are kept. If you run Codex with MCP servers, I'd update today: Orca finally asks before a tool runs.
