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version: 1.6.1
date: 2026-01-30
title: Stop button to cancel generation mid-response
---

## App

### New
- UI: update dialog now includes the changelog.
- Terminal: added optional on-screen key bar (Esc/Ctrl/arrows/Enter) for easier terminal navigation.
- Notifications: added "Notify for subtasks" toggle to silence child-session notifications during multi-run (thanks to @Jovines).
- Worktrees: starting new worktree sessions now defaults to HEAD when no start point is provided.
- Git: commit message generation now includes untracked files and handles `git diff --no-index` comparisons reliably (thanks to @MrLYC).

### Improvements
- Mobile: revamped chat controls on small screens with a unified controls drawer (thanks to @nelsonPires5).
- Reliability: improved event-stream reconnection when the app becomes visible again.
- Desktop: improved macOS window chrome and header spacing, including steady traffic lights on older macOS versions (thanks to @yulia-ivashko).

### Fixes
- Chat: added Stop button to cancel generation mid-response.

## VS Code

### New
- Chat: added Apply Patch tool support for opening files in editor.

### Improvements
- Chat: improved compact controls on narrow panels with a unified drawer for model and tool options.
- Reliability: improved event stream reconnection when the panel is hidden/shown or VS Code regains focus.

### Fixes
- Chat: added Stop button to cancel generation mid-response.