This release brings key improvements to accessibility, account management, and overall platform reliability.

🎟️ Waitlist Code Support

Kiro is now accessible to more developers through waitlist codes. If you have an waitlist code, you can register and start building with AI-powered development workflows alongside our growing community.

💳 Paid Plans Now Available

Paid plans are now live, giving you access to higher usage limits. Choose the plan that fits your development needs and scale your AI-powered workflows.

📊 Usage Tracking & Billing Dashboard

Introducing comprehensive usage tracking to help you monitor your Kiro consumption. The new billing dashboard displays real-time spec and vibe request usage, plan management options, and overage controls for paid plans.

Additional Improvements

Security & Trust

• Enhanced Command Trust: Improved handling of piped commands (ls -la | grep ".js") with clearer trust requirements for command chains.

• Workspace Protection: Improved file system tool restrictions to better prevent accidental external modifications

• Command Boundary: Commands with potentially dangerous patterns now require manual approval unless explicitly trusted.

Performance & Reliability

• Automatic Retries: Failed backend requests are automatically retried for improved reliability

• Optimized Model Efficiency: Improvements to optimize frontier model usage with Sonnet

User Experience

• Light Mode Improvements: Resolved theming issues for better visual consistency

• Clearer Login Errors: More helpful error messages when authentication fails