GitKraken Desktop Release Notes

Last updated: November 2026

Requirements and limits

• This page covers the current major version of GitKraken Desktop. For earlier releases, see the archived version pages (Version 11, Version 10, Version 9, and earlier).
• Each entry applies only to the specific release listed under its version heading.
• Use the current feature documentation for step-by-step guidance and the release notes to confirm version timing.

Check out our GitKraken Roadmap to see what we’re working on.

Version 12.6.2

Wednesday, November 4th, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• GitFlow improvements:
  • Finishing a feature now signs its commits with an SSH key if that is how commit signing is set up in Preferences. Previously, only OpenPGP keys were used. This covers the merge commit, and the rebased commits when Rebase on develop is turned on.
  • When you finish a feature without Rebase on develop:
    • A file renamed on one branch and edited on the other now shows as a single conflict, which you can resolve in the 3-way merge editor.
    • Merge drivers set up in your git config now run, just as they do with git merge.
  • When you finish a feature with Rebase on develop:
    • A feature commit with no changes no longer stops the finish.
    • If the finish stops on a conflict and you then continue it, Undo now undoes the rebase.
• Bitbucket’s new SSH host: Remotes that use Bitbucket Cloud’s new SSH host, ssh.bitbucket.org, are now recognized as Bitbucket, so GitKraken uses your Bitbucket integration’s SSH key for them. Bitbucket stops accepting SSH connections to bitbucket.org on November 12, 2026. After that date, if a remote action fails on a remote that still uses bitbucket.org, GitKraken shows a message with an Update remote button that switches the remote to ssh.bitbucket.org.
• Updated Monaco Editor to 0.57.0.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where starting or finishing a GitFlow feature, release, or hotfix left submodules at their old commits even with “Keep submodules up to date” turned on.
• Fixed an issue where discarding a line or selection in the diff of a Git LFS file could corrupt the file, and where discarding in a file that uses a custom git filter or a working tree encoding saved it in the wrong format. The file is now saved exactly as git would check it out.
• Fixed an issue where a system crash or power loss while GitKraken was saving settings could corrupt the settings file. This signed you out and reset your profile settings, integrations, and preferences to their defaults. Settings and sign-ins are now saved so that an interruption always leaves either the previous or the updated version intact.
• Fixed an issue on macOS where the Open in Zed action did nothing when Zed was already running.
• Fixed an issue on macOS where Visual Studio Code was missing from the list of external editors.
• Fixed an issue where GitKraken Desktop still trusted the eMudhra root certificates that Mozilla removed after some of eMudhra’s certificate authorities were compromised. GitKraken Desktop no longer trusts emSign ECC Root CA – G3, emSign Root CA – C1 or emSign ECC Root CA – C3, so connections to sites using certificates from them are refused.

Version 12.6.1

Tuesday, October 20th, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• Terminal tab navigation:
  • You can now use the keyboard to switch, open, close, and jump between terminal tabs, even while you are typing in a terminal:
    • On macOS, use Cmd+Option+Left / Right to move between tabs, Cmd+Option+1–9 to jump to a specific tab, Cmd+Option+N to open a new tab, and Cmd+Option+W to close the current one.
    • On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl+PageUp / PageDown to move between tabs, Ctrl+Shift+1–9 to jump to a specific tab, Ctrl+Shift+N to open a new tab, and Ctrl+Shift+W to close the current one. On keyboard layouts where / requires Shift, Ctrl+Shift+7 jumps to tab 7 instead of opening the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog.
    • These shortcuts are listed in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog and in a new Terminal Tabs submenu.
  • The tab bar now scrolls to keep the selected tab in view.
  • You can now drag terminal tabs to reorder them. Each repository and worktree keeps its own tab order until you close GitKraken.
• Worktrees:
  • When a worktree’s folder name differs from its checked-out branch, the folder name now appears under the branch in the Left Panel worktree list and on the Agents panel worktree cards. Searching these lists matches either name.
  • Worktree WIP rows in the Commit Graph now show which branch each worktree is on, such as on feat/230-test-issue, or the commit if the worktree is on a detached HEAD. When a row is selected, the Open Worktree button stays fully visible, and long branch names are shortened to fit, with the full name shown on hover.
  • You can now start another coding agent in a worktree that already has one running. The new agent opens in its own terminal tab and leaves the running agent undisturbed.
• Renamed files are now handled more reliably in the commit panel. Staging a rename no longer splits it into a separate deletion and addition, and renames are now detected in large changes, where they were previously missed.
• Jira integrations now load up to 10,000 projects, up from 1,000.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where Generate SSH key and add to GitHub failed with a “Validation Failed” error, because GitHub no longer accepts the 2048-bit keys GitKraken generated. GitKraken now generates 4096-bit keys, and when GitHub rejects a key, the error message now says why.
• Fixed an issue where closing the active terminal tab moved the selection to the first tab. The neighboring tab is now selected instead: the next tab, or the previous one if you closed the last tab.
• Fixed an issue where clicking a terminal tab kept focus on the tab itself, so you had to click inside the terminal before typing. Selecting a tab now focuses its terminal right away.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where terminal tabs running Git Bash were always labeled bash instead of showing the running process, such as node or a coding agent.
• Fixed an issue on macOS where keyboard shortcuts in the file and diff views responded to Ctrl instead of Cmd, so shortcuts such as Cmd+A (select all) and Cmd+F (search) did nothing.
• Fixed an issue where the tree view in the right panel cut off long file paths in your uncommitted changes, with no way to scroll to see the rest.
• Fixed an issue where resolving a merge conflict could take much longer than usual when the merge also added and deleted many files.
• Fixed an issue where undoing a reset or rebase with a detached HEAD removed that action from the undo history, so Redo wasn’t offered and Undo offered the same action again.
• Fixed an issue where an AI provider API key configured by your organization’s admin could be revealed in Preferences > GitKraken AI. The key now stays hidden, and hovering the field explains that your admin configured it.
• Fixed an issue where Compose commits with AI failed with an “Unsupported parameter: ‘max_tokens'” error when using your own OpenAI or Azure OpenAI key with newer models.

Version 12.6.0

New ✨

• Multiple terminal tabs: Open, switch between, and close terminal tabs in the terminal panel. Each repository or worktree keeps its own terminals.
• Agent status plugin controls: The Agents panel shows a plug icon. Hover over it to see how many detected agents can report live status, or open the menu to see each agent’s status, install its plugin, or go to Preferences > External Tools. GitKraken no longer installs status plugins automatically at startup.
• Stacked pull requests on GitHub.com: When the target branch already has an open pull request, GitKraken can add the new pull request to a stack. The Create Pull Request panel identifies the pull requests that the new one will stack on.

Improvements 🙌

• Worktree lists show the folder name under the branch when the names differ. Search in the Left Panel and Agents panel matches both names.
• Starting an agent session from the Agents panel opens the Start an Agent Session modal. Set the branch name, base branch, and coding agent before GitKraken creates the worktree. The branch name updates when you change the base branch and is checked against existing branches and worktrees. Use the lightning-bolt button to start a session with the generated defaults.
• Selecting consecutive commits shows their combined changes in the right panel. You can include uncommitted changes if your selection reaches the latest commit. Selecting more than two nonconsecutive items displays an explanation instead of a combined diff.
• Creating a patch from selected commits now includes the same changes shown in the right panel. GitKraken excludes files whose changes cancel out across the selected commits. The patch action is unavailable when the right panel cannot show a combined diff for the selection.
• GitKraken AI model lists for your own OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google API keys now reflect models offered by those providers. New options include Claude Sonnet 5, Opus 5, and Fable 5.1; GPT-6 Astra and the GPT-5.6 family; and Gemini 3.x Flash models. Retired models no longer appear. If you have not selected a model, GitKraken updates the provider default to Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 Terra, or Gemini 3.8 Flash. Anthropic models also use their full supported context and output limits.
• GitKraken detects renames more consistently in the commit panel, including when you stage a renamed file and when a change contains many files.
• Compose commits with AI no longer displays Git hook output, hook failures, or warnings about non-executable hooks from background Git operations.
• GitKraken installs or updates an agent status plugin only when you request it from the Agents panel or Preferences > External Tools. GitKraken keeps installed plugins up to date when you update the app.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where GitKraken AI still offered Claude 4.1 Opus after Anthropic retired it.
• Fixed AI conflict resolution with Claude 4.7 Opus and newer models.
• Fixed an issue where Pull Request View loaded only the first page of GitHub users, labels, and milestones.
• Fixed perpetual loading spinners in reviewer and assignee dropdowns when no options were available.
• Fixed an issue where some terminal tabs could appear blank after hardware-accelerated rendering stopped. GitKraken now falls back to standard rendering.
• Fixed an issue where Pull Request View reviewer and assignee dropdowns lost or hid options.
• Fixed an issue where quickly adding or removing Git hooks could cause GitKraken to skip a hook during the next Git operation.
• Fixed staging and unstaging when a deleted file and a new folder have the same name.
• Fixed .gitignore entries for files with backslashes in their names on macOS and Linux.
• Fixed fast-forward and merge actions that were incorrectly offered for remote branches behind the checked-out branch.
• Fixed undoing the discard of selected staged files so it no longer stashes changes staged in other files.
• Improved merge conflict resolution performance when a merge adds and deletes many files.
• Fixed undo and redo behavior for reset and rebase operations when HEAD is detached.

Version 12.5.0

Tuesday, September 15th, 2026

New ✨

• Live agent status support for GitHub Copilot CLI:
  • GitKraken Desktop can now track Copilot CLI agent sessions and display their status across worktrees in the Agent Sessions panel.
  • GitKraken will also display pending permission requests from Copilot CLI in associated worktree cards, with allow and deny actions to directly respond without switching into the worktree. Dismissing a request hands the decision back to Copilot’s own prompt.
  • You can install or uninstall the Copilot CLI Plugin that enables live status reporting from Preferences > External Tools.
• Support for Cursor CLI as your Coding Agent:
  • Cursor CLI can now be selected as your Coding Agent. If cursor-agent is installed on your machine it appears in Preferences > External Tools > Coding Agent and in the agent picker on the New Agent Session form, and starting a session launches it in the terminal ready for input.

Improvements 🙌

• Improved Commit Composer: “Compose commits with AI” and “Recompose commits with AI” actions now run on a faster, more reliable engine.
  • More reliable grouping — AI output is validated and retried automatically instead of failing outright
  • Faster on large diffs, and generated files like lockfiles no longer eat into your token budget
  • Accurate authorship — recomposed commits keep their original authors, adding co-authors when a commit combines work from multiple people (previously all attributed to whoever ran compose)
  • Real progress updates — the toast now shows the actual stage, plus file/hunk counts, instead of generic timed messages
• Branch dropdowns now show the full branch name in a hover tooltip, so you can tell apart similarly named branches that are cut off by the width of the panel. This covers the branch inputs in the Create Pull Request panel, the base branch inputs in the Start an Agent Session modal and the New Agent Session form, and the reference input in the Create Worktree panel.
• Cloud integrations will initialize slightly faster on launch.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where connecting a self-hosted integration (such as Jira Data Center or GitHub Enterprise) failed with “Could not reach the specified Host Domain” when the instance was configured to deny unauthenticated requests; GitKraken now attempts authentication with the provided token before reporting the host as unreachable.
• Fixed an issue where undoing or redoing the drop of the HEAD commit silently discarded your uncommitted changes; GitKraken now asks whether to stash them first.
• Fixed an issue where staging a file whose name contains a character such as [ or * also staged other files whose names it happened to match.
• Fixed an issue where checking out a pull request whose branch lives on a hidden remote could fail with a “Cannot find the ref” error; the checkout now succeeds without having to unhide the remote first.
• Fixed an issue where Serverless and On-Premise clients were shown the option to review pull requests on gitkraken.dev.

Version 12.4.1

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026

New ✨

• Worktree tab groups:
  • Worktrees of the same repository are now automatically grouped together in the tab bar, making it easier to see which tabs belong to the same project. This can be disabled in Preferences > UI Customization.
• Live agent status support for Codex:
  • GitKraken Desktop can now track Codex agent sessions and display their status across worktrees in the Agent Sessions panel, in addition to Claude Code and OpenCode sessions.
  • GitKraken will also display pending permission requests from Codex in associated worktree cards, with allow and deny actions to directly respond without switching into the worktree.
  • You can install or uninstall the Codex Plugin that enables live status reporting from Preferences > External Tools.

Improvements 🙌

• You can now view GitHub pull request diffs directly from the Left Panel and Commit Graph. Right-click a pull request in the Left Panel, or a branch with an associated pull request in the Commit Graph, and choose “View changes in PR” to automatically select the base and head commits and show the full diff. If either branch’s remote is missing, GitKraken prompts you to add it first.
• Left Panel search now finds remote branches when you include the remote name, such as origin/master or origin:master. Every result the search returned before is still returned.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where GitKraken could hang on startup, never showing its window, when a profile on disk was missing its name; the app now falls back to a profile that loaded successfully.
• Fixed several issues where integrations with an expired or stale sign-in could fail to load, show authentication errors, or (for Azure DevOps) not display the organization picker; GitKraken now refreshes the token automatically and prompts you to reconnect only when it can’t.
• Fixed an issue where Launchpad’s My Pull Requests view showed no Bitbucket pull requests when the Bitbucket integration was selected without a workspace; these pull requests now load, and a failure to load them now shows an error instead of a silently empty list.
• Fixed an issue where fetching repositories for a connected integration with no repositories to fetch logged a provider error instead of returning no results.
• Fixed an issue in the New Agent Session form where clearing an invalid or duplicate branch name and quickly retyping the same value could briefly re-enable the Start button before validation reran.
• Fixed an issue in the Agent Sessions panel where the worktree sort and filter selection was cleared when opening a file diff; your selection is now preserved.
• Fixed an issue where the bottom status bar overlapped the “Commit Changes” button after generating a commit message with AI.
• Fixed an issue where opening History or Blame on a file renamed in the working directory showed an empty commit list and a spinner that never finished loading; GitKraken now shows the file’s history under its previous path.
• Fixed an issue where a worktree card’s agent “Running” indicator could stay visible after the agent exited if you quickly selected a different worktree card; it now clears on its own without needing to reselect the card.
• Fixed an issue where the unstaged diff of a modified file could show every line as changed when the file is stored with CRLF line endings in the repository; the diff now shows only the lines you actually changed, matching what Git reports.
• Fixed an issue where “Ignore and Stop Tracking” silently did nothing when the selection mixed tracked files with files that were never staged; the selection is now ignored and the tracked files stop being tracked. A failure while ignoring files now shows an error instead of nothing at all.
• Fixed an issue where pressing Enter while entering a GitKraken account sign-in code did nothing; it now submits the code just like clicking Save, both in the sign-in dialog and during onboarding.
• Fixed an issue where Ctrl+click inside the integrated terminal cleared a user’s text selection on macOS.

Version 12.4.0

Wednesday, August 5th, 2026

“Counterspell any agent action.”

New ✨

• Start Agent Sessions from an Issue:
  • You can now start an agent session directly from an issue in Launchpad and from issues in the Left Panel. GitKraken will create a new branch for that issue, open it in a worktree, and launch your selected coding agent with the issue’s context so it can start working right away.
    • In Launchpad, select “Start an Agent Session” in the ACTION column on any issue without an associated branch yet to have an agent start working on it. You’ll be prompted with a setup modal to confirm the branch name, coding agent, and other settings before launching the agent.
    • In the Left Panel, right-click on any issue and select “Start an Agent Session”, which opens the same setup modal. The option appears only for issues that don’t already have an associated branch.
• Address Claude permission requests without switching worktrees:
  • The Agent Sessions panel now shows pending permission requests from Claude Code with allow and deny actions so you can keep Claude working without switching into the worktree.
  • If relevant, you can also preview the command Claude is asking permission to run by clicking the caret inline with the allow/deny actions to reveal the command.

Improvements 🙌

• When you sign in with a single profile, GitKraken now automatically connects all the Git providers linked to your gitkraken.dev account, so they’re ready to use right away.
• Added a Ctrl+Alt+F (Cmd+Option+F on Mac) shortcut to focus the search input on the New Tab.
• When a branch is checked out in a worktree, right-clicking it in the commit graph now offers to remove the worktree — optionally deleting the local branch, or the local and remote branches together — instead of a “Delete branch” action that Git could never complete while the branch was checked out. The same worktree-removal options are also available from the worktree menu in the Agent Sessions panel.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where signed-out users saw an endless loading state on the Launchpad Pull Requests and Issues tabs; they now see a prompt to sign in.
• Fixed an issue where uncommitted files tracked by Git LFS through a subfolder’s own .gitattributes were not recognized as LFS files in the WIP, so they showed no LFS tag and could be edited as plain text.
• Fixed an issue where re-entering the same expired GitKraken account sign-in code left the form stuck, with the Save button disabled and spinning; it now shows the expired-code message again so you can try a new code.
• Fixed an issue where the Azure DevOps organization picker did not appear when signing back in to your GitKraken account within the app; accounts with multiple organizations can now pick which one to use on re-login.
• The agent workflow panel now preserves its scroll position when you switch workspaces, instead of resetting to the top.
• Fixed an issue where selecting a commit together with the working directory showed an unstaged file rename as a separate delete and add instead of a single renamed entry.
• Fixed an issue where the “Hide all tags” and “Show all tags” options in the left panel Tags section menu were greyed out when a repository contained only annotated tags.
• Fixed an issue where opening a worktree in a new tab could block switching to another tab for a long time while the Jira issue tracker was still loading its issues; tab switches now happen right away.
• Fixed an issue where the currently active worktree’s card in the left panel could show a stale ahead/behind count and uncommitted-changes dot that only refreshed after switching worktrees or restarting.
• Fixed an issue where GitKraken Desktop would spam GitLab API calls.

Version 12.3.1

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

“Now keeping an eye on all your agents.”

New ✨

• Added a pin icon to the Graph column header when a branch is pinned to the left. Clicking the pin icon jumps to and selects the pinned branch row.
• The Agent Sessions view in the Left Panel can now bring an external agent session’s window to the foreground. Hover over an agent’s status and click on the eye icon to focus the external agent session. When focusing an external application isn’t possible, a toast offers to relaunch the session in the GitKraken Desktop terminal.

Improvements 🙌

• Updated the bundled Git to 2.54.0.
• The Agents toggle in the left panel now shows the highest-priority status across the open repository’s related agent sessions, with a tooltip showing how many sessions are in that state, so you can spot activity that needs attention without leaving the List view.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where “Create branch here” and “Create tag here” did nothing when the target commit was not shown in the graph (the Branch/Tag column was hidden, or the ref itself was hidden); they now open a prompt to name the new branch or tag.
• Fixed an issue where the branch or tag name input disappeared when its target commit scrolled out of view in the graph; it now stays usable, floating at the top or bottom edge of the graph.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where removing a worktree could leave its folder behind (for example, when it contained symlinks to node_modules, or an agent session’s files were still in use) while showing a misleading error, even though the worktree had been removed. GitKraken now cleans up the leftover folder and, if it still can’t be removed, reports that the worktree was removed but its folder must be deleted manually.
• Fixed an issue where typing in the Jira project filter dropdown did not match projects by name.
• Fixed a sign-in error “code is invalid or expired” that could appear when a GitKraken account sign-in code was processed more than once.
• The GitKraken account sign-in now shows a clear message when the sign-in code has expired, prompting you to sign in again for a new code.

Version 12.3.0

Tuesday, July 7th, 2026

New ✨

• Unified GitKraken login and integration management:
  • Sign in and sign up now happen through your browser at gitkraken.dev, replacing the in-app email/password form.
  • New integration connections will now be connected through your GitKraken account and synced across all your devices. You can manage integrations for your GitKraken account at gitkraken.dev as well as from Preferences > Integrations.
  • Note: Integrations and login for On-premise clients (both Self-Hosted and Serverless) have not been modified and will continue to be managed locally.
• Multiple WIP nodes in the Commit Graph:
  • A WIP node now appears in the Commit Graph for every worktree with uncommitted changes or an active agent session. Each WIP row shows the summary of changes, and — for any worktree other than the one you’re currently in — an agent’s status when a session is active there. Toggle visibility in Preferences > Agents.
  • Selecting the WIP row for another worktree will expose an inline “Open Worktree” action so you can easily switch to that worktree.
• Review PRs with GitKraken Code Review:
  • The in-app pull request review mode has been replaced with links to a more full-featured review experience on gitkraken.dev. GitKraken Code Review hosts a powerful diff viewer that visualizes moved code, AI-powered overviews and suggestions, and a chat interface to ask questions. Access it from the Launchpad, Pull Requests in the Left Panel, or the Graph.

Improvements 🙌

• When checking out a branch or commit, any WIP (if present) will be automatically selected, so you can prepare your first commit immediately.
• Added text search to filter the worktree list in the Agent Sessions view by branch or directory name.
• Hardened HTML sanitization in the markdown file preview so embedded scripts and iframes in repository content are no longer rendered.
• GitKraken Desktop now shows an error when the file watcher stops receiving file change events from the operating system, instead of silently missing external changes until the app regains focus.
• Added zoom controls (Increase Zoom, Decrease Zoom, Reset Zoom) to the View menu, with the zoom range extended to include 250% and 300%.
• Cloud-connected clients can now sign out of their GitKraken account from the profile menu or the OS menu bar.
• GitKraken AI:
  • The usage details now shows your organization’s shared credit pool, with a breakdown of your usage, the rest of the org’s usage, and remaining credits — plus a notice when you’ve hit your personal weekly limit.
  • Removed retired Claude 4 models (Claude 4 Sonnet, Claude 4 Opus) as options in Preferences > GitKraken AI. Users previously using these models will be automatically migrated to Claude 4.6 Sonnet.
  • Added new Claude model options in Preferences > GitKraken AI when using your own API key: Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Claude 4.5 Haiku, and Claude 4.8, 4.7, 4.5, and 4.1 Opus.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where the Sign In link in the top-right corner of the onboarding flow did not work on macOS.
• Fixed an issue where a “create another profile” message appeared inside the SSH settings during onboarding after connecting an integration.
• Fixed an issue where the diff view’s navigation and display controls (Inline/Split/Hunk, ignore whitespace, and word wrap) were disabled for UTF-16 encoded files.
• Fixed an issue where the file tree collapsed when comparing the WIP commit with another commit and the app refreshed.
• Fixed an issue where the Agents view worktree list briefly flickered (emptied and then repopulated) when switching to another worktree.
• Fixed an issue where the “Open this worktree” and “Open worktree in new tab” context menu options were missing for locked worktrees in the Worktrees section of the left panel.
• Fixed an issue where adding a pre-existing SSH key to an integration could display the wrong key name, which risked removing the wrong key from the provider.
• Fixed an issue where a valid SSH key could be shown as invalid when a GitHub integration account has more than 100 SSH keys.
• Fixed an issue where wide markdown content (long lines, large images, or code blocks) in the file preview was centered and could not be scrolled horizontally to view the full content.
• Fixed an issue where starting an agent session from the Agents view worktree menu left the terminal unfocused, so typing did not reach the agent until you clicked into the terminal.

Version 12.2.1

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• The embedded terminal now dims slightly when focus is elsewhere in the app, making it clearer where keystrokes will land.
• Merged PR pills now also appear for GitLab merge requests in the Toolbar, Commit Details panel, and worktree cards, so you know when a branch’s work has shipped.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where multi-selecting the WIP and a commit in the graph showed the wrong diff for a specific modified file.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where comparing the WIP with a commit could show an entire file as changed because of line-ending differences.
• Fixed an issue where multi-selecting the WIP and a commit in the graph prevented the navigation of files with the keyboard from working correctly.
• Fixed an issue where GitKraken could spawn background processes uncontrollably while a terminal was open on macOS.
• Fixed an issue where committing inside a submodule outside of GitKraken Desktop did not refresh the parent repository’s WIP view.
• Fixed an issue where the Diff View of a selected WIP file kept showing stale content after the file changed externally, showing outdated commit information for submodules.

Version 12.2.0

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• Agent Sessions view:
  • Added live status support for OpenCode agent sessions.
    • Navigate to Preferences > External Tools to install or uninstall the OpenCode plugin for reporting live agent status.
  • The New Agent Session button now starts a session immediately with generated defaults, while customization options remain available from the split button menu.
• Added a “Rebase onto this commit” option when right-clicking a commit that has no branches.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where switching between Inline, Split, and Hunk views in the File History panel had no effect when File History was opened from a file’s context menu.

Version 12.1.2

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• Agent Sessions view:
  • Added sort and filter controls to the worktree list so you can quickly focus on the sessions that matter. Narrow down by status or branch to keep large groups of parallel agent sessions manageable at a glance.
• GitHub Pull Requests:
  • Merged PRs now surface as a pill on the Toolbar, Commit Details panel, and worktree cards for their associated branches, giving you instant confirmation that a branch’s work has shipped, so you know when it’s safe to clean up local branches and worktrees.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where extensionless image files were not correctly identified in commit diffs, showing them as editable.
• Fixed repeated “Staging paths failed” errors when rebasing across a file/directory name collision.
• Fixed an issue where profile and repository management row menus could be visually cut off.

Version 12.1.1

Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• Worktrees:
  • You can now remove the active worktree directly; GitKraken will switch back to the main worktree before removing it.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where GitKraken Desktop could get trapped on the splash screen and fail to start.

Version 12.1.0

Tuesday, May 5th, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• Worktrees:
  • New worktrees and agent sessions now inherit view settings (hidden refs, hidden remotes, soloed refs/remotes, and collapsed folders/remotes) from the source repository, so you no longer need to re-hide branches and remotes after creating a worktree.
  • Added a “Remove worktree and delete branch” action to the worktree context menu for one-step cleanup of worktrees and their associated branches.
• Agent Sessions view:
  • Added a three-dot action menu to worktree cards in the Agents Left Panel view.
  • You can now start an agent session directly from an existing worktree’s context menu.
  • Refined the New Agent Session form so options are always visible and the branch, coding agent, and Start Session controls are easier to use.
  • The base branch selector in the New Agent Session form is now searchable.
  • A new “Running” status appears when an agent session starts (Claude Code may show a different status if hooks are enabled).
  • Added visual feedback on worktrees in the Agents view to show a worktree deletion is in progress.
• Command Line:
  • You can now open a repository by passing its path directly as an argument (e.g. gitkraken . or gitkraken /path/to/repo) without needing the --path flag.
• Review GitHub Pull Requests on GitKraken.dev:
  • Added a “Review on GitKraken.dev” button in the GitHub Pull Request view to open a PR with GitKraken Code Review. Review PRs faster with cleaner diffs, AI-generated suggestions, and integrated chat — approve and comment just like on GitHub.
• Terminal:
  • The embedded terminal now resizes smoothly when adjusting surrounding panels.
  • You can now minimize the integrated terminal, keeping the terminal panel header visible.
  • You can now kill terminal sessions directly from the trash icon in the terminal panel header.
• Added zoom levels 140%, 150%, 175%, and 200% to the standard zoom options in the status bar.
• Upgraded Electron to v41.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed an issue where Bitbucket Cloud repositories were not listed in the clone dialog due to a deprecated API endpoint removal.
• Fixed an issue where active agent sessions could stop showing the “Needs response” status while waiting for user input.
• Fixed an issue when selecting an old commit in the file history view that made the application crash.
• Fixed an issue where the interactive rebase editor did not show a scrollbar when needed.
• Fixed an issue where diffs were rendered with all lines shown as additions when diff.noprefix = true was set in the git config.

Version 12.0.1

Saturday, April 18th, 2026

Improvements 🙌

• You can now uninstall and reinstall Claude Code hooks used to display live agent status in the Agents Session View from Preferences > External Tools.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• GitKraken will no longer attempt to automatically install Claude Code hooks after they are removed.
• Fixed an issue in 12.0.0 where GitKraken On-Premise and Standalone clients were attempting to send telemetry via the GitKraken CLI.

Version 12.0.0

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026

“A special agent with a license to commit.”

New ✨

• Agent Sessions View – Manage, create, and monitor parallel AI agent sessions from a single panel:
  • The new Agent Sessions View in the Left Panel gives you a unified dashboard for your worktrees and active agent sessions. Each worktree is represented as a card showing its branch, uncommited changes, ahead/behind state, and associated PRs so you can monitor multiple agents at a glance.
    • If using Claude Code, the associated agent’s status will show in the card so you know when it’s working, waiting for input, or errors.
  • The “New Agent Session” action creates a worktree, runs your configured setup commands, and launches your coding agent in one step — making it easy to start a parallel task in a new, isolated environment.
    • Add setup commands in Preferences > Agents to configure per-worktree setup commands (dependency installs, build steps, env file copies) so new agent environments are ready to go automatically.
    • Configure your preferred coding agent in the inline options menu when creating a new agent session, or go to Preferences > External Tools to set your agent and pass custom CLI arguments when starting agent sessions. This setting currently supports Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI (auto-detected based on installation).
  • Added a setting in Preferences > UI Customization to hide the Agent view toggle in the Left Panel.
• Terminal – An upgraded terminal that keeps your entire workflow in one window:
  • Added multi-session support to the embedded terminal, allowing independent terminal sessions per worktree in a single tab. Switching worktrees will switch to the relevant terminal session automatically.
  • Added drag-and-drop support for files and text into the terminal.
  • Updated default terminal color theme for improved readability and contrast.
  • Upgraded the terminal engine (xterm.js) from v4 to v6, bringing a handful of major improvements:
    • Significantly faster rendering with optimized WebGL and DOM renderers, reducing main-thread blocking during buffer resizing.
    • Improved glyph rendering with multi-page texture atlas support, removing the previous hard cap on glyph storage.
    • Better Unicode and emoji rendering, including fixes for clipped italic emoji and wide character handling.
    • Added support for ligatures, additional Powerline glyphs, and new underline styles (dashed, dotted, overline).
    • Synchronized output to prevent flicker during rapid terminal updates.

Improvements 🙌

• GitKraken AI:
  • Added support for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.6 when using your own API key.
  • Added support for Google Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) when using your own API key.
  • Removed deprecated Claude 3.x models (Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3.5 Haiku, Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Opus) from AI preferences. Users previously on these models will be automatically migrated to Claude 4.6 Sonnet.
• Shallow Clone Settings:
  • You can now set shallow clone options when adding a remote to a repository which is shallow-cloned.
• Repository Management Tab:
  • Added resizable columns for repo name, remote, and branch in the Repo Management tab. Column widths persist across app restarts.
• Command Palette:
  • Added all detected IDEs as “Open in…” options in the Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl + P).
• Worktrees:
  • Added an option to open a worktree in a new tab from the worktree context menu and the post-creation prompt.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixed visual issues with the terminal panel not properly resizing to fill the available space.
• Fixed an issue where the content of stashes created from the command line with unstaged changes were not displayed in the right panel.
• Fixed an issue where LFS file tags were not shown for files located in subdirectories.
• Bitbucket users can once again assign multiple reviewers when creating a pull request.
• Fixed an issue where commit diffs appeared empty when the commit contained only whitespace changes and “Ignore Leading/Trailing Whitespace” was enabled.
• Fixed an issue where typechanged files were missing their diff icon and not appearing in the staged/unstaged area.
• Fixed an issue where the terminal panel would jump to the top of the viewport when switching repositories or worktrees.
• Added visual feedback and prevented duplicate actions when deleting a worktree from the left panel.
• Fixed an issue where columns in the ‘All Repositories’ group on Repo Management were horizontally misaligned with other groups.
• Fixed visual issues with the terminal panel styling and padding.
• Fixed an issue where committed file diffs showed all lines as additions when color.ui = always was set in the git config.

Known Issues

• Users running GitKraken Desktop in WSL may experience issues when starting agent sessions. Windows-installed coding agents can take precedence over WSL-installed ones, causing the agent to fail to run.
• When cloning Bitbucket repositories, the repository list may not appear in the Clone modal due to a Bitbucket API deprecation. As a workaround, you can clone the repository by pasting its URL directly, or browse and clone repositories from the Repository Management tab.