Devin Desktop · Continuity · Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2025
2 releases · updated
Devin Desktop: UX fixes and Netlify deploy
Two releases of Devin Desktop shipped this week, bringing minor UX fixes and a new way to deploy applications to Netlify. These changes help users who want to improve their workflow and deploy their applications easily. The updates are available to all users, with some features limited to paid plans.
v1.6.2 · April 4, 2025
This release includes fixes to the Remote - WSL extension and minor UX fixes. It is primarily a patch release with no new features. The most notable fix is to the Remote - WSL extension.
Official release notes
Patch Fixes
- Fixes to “Remote - WSL” extension
- Minor UX fixes
v1.6.1 · April 2, 2025
Release v1.6.1 brings several new features, including the ability to deploy applications to Netlify, generate commit messages, and improvements to Memories and Long Conversations. It also includes new Mac icons, Jupyter Notebook Support for Windsurf Tab, and a refreshed terminal UI. Additionally, it fixes issues with the Remote - SSH extension and merges changes from VS Code 1.97.0.
Official release notes
Deploys
1.6.1 changelog banner
Deploys (Beta)
- Deploy your application with one prompt to Netlify under a windsurf.build domain
- Claim your application’s URL via Netlify
- Once claimed, continue deploying to the same project as you make updates
- To deploy a new site or change your subdomain, just ask Cascade to deploy to a new subdomain
- Available to all users for all tiers, with more for paid plans
Commit Message Generation (Beta)
- Generate commit messages with a click in the Source Control Panel
- Available to users on paid plans with no additional credit cost per use
Improvements to Memories
- New memories tab in Cascade
- New ability to edit Cascade’s generated memories, including the memory’s title, content and tags
- New ability to search Cascade’s generated memories
- User setting toggle for Auto-Generate Memories
- When enabled, Cascade will autonomously generate memories to remember important context
- When disabled, Cascade will only create memories when you explicitly ask in your prompt
Improvements to Long Conversations
- Introduced Cascade table of contents of all past user messages, which appears on conversation scroll
- Table of contents enables the ability to revert or scroll to any past message
- Improved performance when interacting with long conversations
Improvements to Windsurf Tab
- Jupyter Notebook Support for Windsurf Tab
- Additional context signals for Windsurf Tab, including in-IDE search
New Mac Icons
- Two new application icons (Retro and Pixel Surf) are available for users on paid plans
Misc
- Cascade new conversation screen now has a new toolbar for tools like MCP, Preview and Deployments.
- Cascade now supports SSE MCP servers in the JSON configuration
- Fixed “Open Cascade on Reload” setting so Cascade will be closed upon opening a new window when setting is disabled
- Cascade input is persisted across new conversation screen and an active conversation
- Refreshed terminal UI in Cascade, with increased visibility for the “Open terminal” button, which opens Cascade’s terminal instance directly
- Underlined links are now clickable in Cascade and user messages
- New user setting to enable sound when Cascade is done running (beta)
- Fixes to “Remote - SSH” extension, including custom SSH binary path setting
- Merged changes from VS Code 1.97.0
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