Goose v1.22.0 Release Notes

Released: January 29, 2026

✨ New Features

• Session Forking - Fork existing sessions to create new branches of conversation (#5882) by @wpfleger96

• Collapsible Chat Navigation - Chat nav is now collapsible for a cleaner UI (#6649) by @zanesq

• Goose Documentation Skill - Built-in skill for referencing goose documentation (#6534) by @lifeizhou-ap

• Codex Subscription Support - Added support for Codex subscriptions (#6600) by @michaelneale

• External Editor Support - Use external editors like vim, helix, etc. (#5823) by @peterwilli

• Diagnostics Viewer - New diagnostics viewer for debugging (#6770) by @DOsinga

• OVHcloud AI Provider - Added OVHcloud AI as a new provider option (#6527) by @rbeuque74

• Recipe Max Turns - Add max_turns setting to recipes and subagents (#6687) by @jhult

• Container Extensions - Option to run extensions in a container (#6590) by @jamadeo

• Custom Provider Auth Flag - requires_auth flag for custom providers without authentication (#6705) by @rabi

• AWS Bearer Token for Bedrock - Support for AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK environment variable (#6739) by @andreswebs

• Anthropic Custom Headers - Support for custom headers with Anthropic provider (#6774) by @DOsinga

• Skills in Codemode - Skills are now available in codemode (#6763) by @michaelneale

• OSS Skills Marketplace - New open source skills marketplace (#6752) by @EbonyLouis

• Vibe MCP Apps - New MCP apps functionality (#6569) by @DOsinga

• PR Code Review - Code review functionality (#6043) by @valeriikot

🐛 Bug Fixes

• macOS Keychain Loop - Fixed infinite prompt loop for macOS keychain (#6620) by @sheikhlimon

• MCP Elicitation Deadlock - Fixed deadlock and improved UX (#6650) by @blackgirlbytes

• Manual Compaction - Fixed context window not updating after manual compaction (#6682) by @katzdave

• Gemini Context Limits - Updated Gemini context limits (#6536) by @rabi

• Empty Message Error - Return error on empty messages for OpenAI format (#6511) by @Yorisoft

• Slash/@ Keyboard Navigation - Fixed popover background color (#6550) by @zanesq

• Unsaved Changes Indicator - Fixed false "unsaved changes" showing in extensions (#6743) by @zanesq

• Chat Input Width - Fixed text going under action buttons at certain widths (#6751) by @zanesq

• Recipe Extensions Loading - Fixed recipe extensions not loading in Desktop (#6777) by @zanesq

• GitHub Copilot Error Handling - Improved error handling (#6771) by @DOsinga

• OpenRouter Custom Models - Enable custom model entry for OpenRouter (#6761) by @rabi

• Gemini Subagents - Re-enabled subagents for Gemini models (#6513) by @rabi

• Google Thought Signatures - Preserve thought signatures in streaming responses (#6708) by @rabi

• read_resource_tool Deadlock - Fixed deadlock causing test_compaction to hang (#6737) by @lifeizhou-ap

• Codex Reasoning Effort - Corrected reasoning effort conversion (#6523) by @fgsch

• GCP Vertex AI Global Endpoint - Fixed global endpoint support for Gemini 3 models (#6187) by @clouatre

• ADD_ACTIVE_SESSION Event - Dispatch event before navigating from "View All" (#6679) by @jhult

• ElevenLabs API Key - Fixed API key not persisting (#6557) by @Abhijay007

• Flatpak Release - Fixed release workflow not finding flatpak file (#6696) by @The-Best-Codes

• MCP App Width - Respect width parameter in MCP app size-changed notifications (#6376) by @Abhijay007

• Extension Name Normalization - Normalize extension names consistently in ExtensionManager (#6529) by @rabi

• Shell Streaming Output - Respect GOOSE_CLI_MIN_PRIORITY for shell streaming output (#6558) by @rabi

• Google JSON Schema - Use parametersJsonSchema for full JSON Schema support (#6555) by @rabi

• Compilation Issue - Address compilation issue in main (#6776) by @alexhancock

• Error Message Line Numbers - Removed line number in error messages (#6736) by @lifeizhou-ap

🔧 Improvements

• Native Images - Improved native image handling (#6619) by @DOsinga

• Better Image Compression - Optimized image compression (#6746) by @DOsinga

• Summarize Old Tool Calls - Tool calls are now summarized for cleaner context (#6119) by @DOsinga

• Audience Filtering - Strip audience for compacting (#6646) by @DOsinga

• Config Loading Optimization - Optimized config loading in UI (#6662) by @lifeizhou-ap

• Tool Call UI - Removed background from tool call containers, added clean labels (#5879) by @spencrmartin

• Reduced Motion Support - Added support for reduced motion preferences (#6551) by @zanesq

• Upgraded to Electron 39.3.0 (#6779) by @zanesq

• Upgraded to rmcp 0.14.0 (#6674) by @alexhancock

• Keyboard Shortcuts - New keyboard shortcuts (#6711) by @DOsinga

• Show Provider Failures - Better visibility of provider failures (#6744) by @DOsinga

• Upgraded Error Handling - Improved error handling throughout (#6747) by @DOsinga

• BERT Command Injection Detection - ML-based command injection detection in tool calls (#6599) by @dorien-koelemeijer

• Databricks Provider Speed - Faster initialization by removing fetch of supported models (#6616) by @jh-block

• Prompt Injection Confidence - Different approach to determining final confidence level of prompt injection evaluation outcomes (#6729) by @dorien-koelemeijer

• Logging Uplift - Logging uplift for model training purposes (#6330) by @dorien-koelemeijer

• Default Gooseignore - Create default gooseignore file when missing (#6498) by @mattjoyce

• Improved MCP Tests (#6671) by @DOsinga

• Test Against FastMCP (#6666) by @jamadeo

• Timeout Handling (#6772) by @DOsinga

• Codex Reasoning Effort Validation - Refine reasoning effort validation (#6522) by @YusukeShimizu

• Recipe Error Consolidation - Refactor to consolidate recipeError (#6758) by @lifeizhou-ap

• Extension Check Optimization - Removed redundant extension check when resuming a session (#6759) by @lifeizhou-ap

• Use errorMessage (#6749) by @DOsinga

• Audience Filtering Local (#6773) by @DOsinga

• ACP Working Dir - Get working dir from args.cwd (#6653) by @zanesq

📚 Documentation

• Tab completion documentation (#6635) by @emma-squared

• ML-based prompt injection detection docs (#6627) by @dianed-square

• Mid-session changes docs (#6672) by @dianed-square

• Export recipe and copy YAML docs (#6680) by @dianed-square

• Remotion video creation tutorial (#6675) by @blackgirlbytes

• MCP Apps frameDomains and baseUriDomains docs (#6684) by @dianed-square

• Spellcheck toggle documentation (#6721) by @emma-squared

• /r slash command documentation (#6724) by @emma-squared

• Subagents tutorial (#6756) by @angiejones

• Beads MCP extension tutorial (#6792) by @blackgirlbytes

• File bug directly docs (#6718) by @emma-squared

• Multi-chat support and misc updates (#6753) by @dianed-square

• MCP-UI added to MCP Apps blog (#6664) by @EbonyJLouis

• Capitalize Rust in CONTRIBUTING.md (#6640) by @bodhisilberling

• Correct typos in documentation and Justfile (#6686) by @bodhisilberling

• Add Hermit to CONTRIBUTING.md instructions (#6518) by @Yorisoft

🔒 Security

• Bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 in /documentation (#6624) by @dependabot

• Bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 in /ui/desktop (#6623) by @dependabot

• Bump hono from 4.11.4 to 4.11.7 in /ui/desktop (#6750) by @dependabot

🗑️ Removed

• Removed Acceptable Usage Policy (#6204) by @alejandro5042

• Removed codex skills flag support (#6775) by @DOsinga

🏗️ Infrastructure

• Reduce duplicate or unused cargo deps (#6630) by @codefromthecrypt

• Smoke test allow pass for flaky providers (#6638) by @zanesq

• Docs workflow cleanup and prevent cancellations (#6713) by @blackgirlbytes

• Upgrade GitHub Actions to latest versions (#6700) by @salmanmkc

• Upgrade GitHub Actions for Node 24 compatibility (#6699) by @zanesq

• Allow skipping providers in test_providers.sh (#6778) by @jamadeo

• Re-sync package-lock.json (#6783) by @alexhancock

• Only send agent-session-id when a session exists (#6657) by @codefromthecrypt

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Full Changelog: v1.21.0...v1.22.0