Orca v1.4.255 puts every agent from every desktop on your phone

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Orca v1.4.255: a phone Agents tab that lists every agent across your desktops, Session History search that no longer slows the app, Codex chats that follow an account switch, and commit actions in Git Graph. Release notes: https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases/tag/v1.4.255 Compare: https://github.com/stablyai/orca/compare/v1.4.254...v1.4.255

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  1. 0:00Agents tab on the phone
  2. 0:13Session History search
  3. 0:25Codex chats follow your account
  4. 0:37Git Graph commit actions
  5. 0:47Three smaller changes
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  1. Orca's phone app has a new Agents tab. It lists every agent across your connected desktops, grouped by what needs you. You can mark agents read or clear them from the list.

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    Orca’s phone app now lists every agent in one Agents tab

    Desktops
    agents from every connected desktop in one list
    Status
    needs you, working and done, as the desktop reports it
    Clear
    mark agents read or clear them from the list

    Saved task lists and host labels also appear sooner when you reopen the app.

    Orca's phone Agents tab: an All desktops filter, then agents grouped under Needs you, Working and Done, each with its workspace and desktop
    Orca release notes, Nov 9 · PR #39244, #39245
  2. Searching a big Session History no longer slows Orca down, because the search runs off the main thread. Results stay visible while you type, and search works on SSH hosts too.

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    Searching Session History no longer slows Orca down

    Worker
    searches run off the app’s main thread
    Typing
    results stay on screen while you type
    Restart
    your last list shows at once, then refreshes

    Search also works on SSH and remote-server hosts.

    Orca release notes, Nov 9 · PR #38945, #39325, #40133
  3. Switch Codex accounts, and your open Codex chats now move to the account you picked. A forked chat keeps its history, and messages you queued resume after a restart.

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    Switch Codex accounts and your open chats come along

    Codex
    open Codex chats move to the account you choose
    Forks
    a forked chat keeps the chat’s history
    Queue
    queued messages resume after a restart

    Pasted rich text keeps its links.

    Orca release notes, Nov 9 · PR #40148, #39168
  4. Git Graph can now act on a commit: check it out, cherry-pick it, or revert it. And clicking the branch name under your chat composer opens the branch picker.

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    Git Graph can now check out, cherry-pick and revert

    Git Graph
    check out, cherry-pick or revert a commit
    Branch
    click the branch name under the chat composer to open the branch picker
    Split pane
    an empty split pane offers one list of next actions
    Orca release notes, Nov 9 · PR #39069, #39692, #40113
  5. Agent speed is now a single button, and searching for Codex finds the Codex agent first. If you check on your agents from your phone, I'd update for the Agents tab alone.

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    Agent speed is now one button

    Speed
    one button instead of a Standard and Fast switcher
    Search
    “codex” lists the Codex agent before other agents’ Codex models
    Worktrees
    an empty folder workspace makes one for each repository

    Check agents from your phone? Update for the Agents tab.

    Orca v1.4.255 release notes on GitHub

    Orca release notes, Nov 9 · PR #40052, #39806, #39575

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