Orca v1.4.259 clears out the workspaces your agents leave behind

Orca 1.4.259 clears out finished workspaces for you: merged, unchanged or inactive ones. Rules start off, so check the preview first. A match can be deleted seconds after you confirm.

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Orca v1.4.259 clears out finished workspaces for you

Rules

delete merged, unchanged or inactive workspaces

Kept

running agents, unsaved edits, unpushed commits

Per project

give any project its own rules

Opt-in

rules start off; a match can go seconds after you confirm

Open any subagent in its own view, with its task, live steps and final answer, then go back to the main chat where you left off. The roster shows each one's model and result.

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Follow one subagent at a time

Open

its task, live steps and final answer in its own view

Return

to the main chat where you left off

Roster

each subagent's model, current work and result

Kimi Code now runs in Orca's Chat, with its own model picker, permission controls and questions, and /compact works too. You need Kimi Code 2.5.0 or later, signed in.

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Kimi Code now runs in Chat

In Chat

Kimi's model picker, permission controls and questions

Compact

/compact works in the conversation

Needs

Kimi Code 2.5.0+ and sign-in

Dictation now shows your words as you speak, with Nemotron 3.5 or the new English-only Parakeet model. Optional AI cleanup fixes punctuation. It starts off, and asks before sending your words to an agent.

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Dictation shows your words as you speak

Nemotron 3.5

now streams live text

Parakeet Unified EN

English-only and live; download it in Voice settings

AI cleanup

punctuation and spoken corrections; off by default

Fallback

on failure or timeout, your original words go in

Agents stop taking your keyboard. When one splits a terminal, your focus stays where it was. Popups and links it opens in the browser stay in the background, behind your tab.

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Agents stop taking your keyboard

Terminal

an agent's new split leaves your focus where it was

Browser

popups and new-tab links an agent opens stay in the background

Server agents

a new browser tab opens on your paired desktop

Hide a project from the sidebar and its agents keep running. On your phone, tap the tab count to find the tab waiting on your answer. And long tool runs draw only what's on screen.

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Hide a project and its agents keep running

Hidden projects

out of the sidebar, still running; on a shared server, hidden for everyone

Phone tabs

tap the count to see every tab, including those waiting on you

Tool runs

expanded runs draw only the rows on screen

If your agents leave stale workspaces behind, I'd update for Cleanup alone. Turn on one rule, read the preview, and keep the protections on. Archiving isn't available, so cleanup deletes.

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Stale workspaces? Update for Cleanup alone.

Archive controls are not available: cleanup deletes.

Orca v1.4.259 release notes

https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases/tag/v1.4.259