This release brings spec task management, intelligent code diagnostics, AI-powered commit messages, and refined agent interactions to streamline your development process.

New Features

• Spec MVP tasks: During spec creation, you can now mark tasks (including unit tests) as optional to prioritize core features while keeping comprehensive task lists

• Diagnostics Tool: Added diagnostics tool to provide agent with syntax, type, and semantic errors, improving agent accuracy and reducing lint errors

• Git Commit Message Generation: Draft commit messages using the agent directly from the source control pane with a single click

• Repetitive Tool Use Detection: Agent now detects repetitive tool usage patterns and prompts users to continue or stop, optimizing credit consumption

• Unified Credits System improvements: Unified credits system with Auto agent capabilities enhancements and bug fixes. This feature provides users a single credit pool and streamlined usage tracking. Learn more →

User Experience Improvements

• Long Running Commands: Enhanced executeBash tool to detect and avoid commands like dev servers, test runners, interactive commands etc.

• Usage Meter: Usage meter now properly refreshes when switching between accounts within the same session

• Credit Usage Persistence: Improved credit usage tracking across account switches and session management

• Context Popup Positioning: Improved positioning of the context popup triggered by # in chat - now consistently appears at the top-left of the input container

• Theme Compatibility: Enhanced visibility of the overage toggle and improved account dashboard access in Light High Contrast, Kiro Light, Light+, and Quiet Light themes

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Remote Workspace Reliability: Fixed issues with extension loading in untrusted workspaces when connecting to remote hosts

• Updated Model Selection Setting: Introduced new kiroAgent.modelSelection setting, replacing the deprecated kiroAgent.agentModelSelection for model management