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Moonshot AI/Kimi CLI/v1.42.0

v1.42.0

May 11, 2026Kimi CLIView original ↗
  • Shell: Switch the Windows shell backend from PowerShell to Git Bash, so the Shell tool now runs commands through bash.exe (POSIX semantics) instead of powershell.exe. Windows users get the same Unix-style command syntax (&&, ||, |, /dev/null, grep, sed, etc.) as Linux/macOS. Requires Git for Windows installed: kimi-cli locates bash.exe via the KIMI_CLI_GIT_BASH_PATH env override → where.exe git → standard install paths (C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe); if none resolve, kimi-cli prints an install hint and exits at startup
  • Shell: Defend against hallucinated CMD-style 2>nul redirects on Windows by rewriting them to 2>/dev/null before reaching git-bash — without this defense git-bash would create a file literally named nul (a Windows reserved device name) that breaks git add . and git clone; on Linux/macOS, >nul is a legitimate redirect to a file named nul and is left untouched
  • File: Accept POSIX-form paths on Windows in ReadFile, WriteFile, StrReplaceFile, Glob, and Grep — these tools now recognize /c/Users/foo (Git Bash style), /cygdrive/c/Users/foo (Cygwin style), and \\server\share (UNC) in addition to native Windows paths, automatically converting to native form for filesystem operations
  • Shell: Clear partial streamed output when an LLM step is retried — previously, if a step failed mid-stream (e.g. rate limit or server error), the incomplete text and unfinished tool-call blocks from the aborted attempt would remain on screen and be mixed with the new attempt's output. The shell UI now discards the partial state and prints a retry banner showing the reason, attempt count, and wait time; print mode also discards buffered assistant messages on retry
  • Wire: Bump protocol version to 1.10 — add StepRetry event emitted when a step attempt fails and will be retried, carrying attempt count, wait time, and error details
  • Core: Stop plan-mode and afk-mode workflow prompts from being injected into subagents — subagents share session-level mode state for persistence, but their YAMLs typically exclude root workflow tools such as EnterPlanMode, ExitPlanMode, and AskUserQuestion. These prompt injections are now root-only. Tool-level read-only checks under plan mode are unchanged, so behavior compatibility is preserved

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