Cline Desktop v0.0.13: web search, font sizing, Hub stability fixes
Cline Desktop adds a font size slider, web search capability for supported models, fixes Hub shutdown conflicts between multiple Cline installs, and reclaims idle plugin sandbox processes.
PUBLISHED2026-08-14
OBSERVED2026-08-21
AGE11d
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- Font size setting: Slider in Settings scales the interface; applied before window paints so launch no longer flashes at the old size.
- Web search: Models that support it can search the web during a task. Toggle in Settings. Searches and results appear in transcript and persist on session reload.
- Extended thinking budget fix: Cline Pass extended thinking budgets now reach the provider again — they silently stopped applying when the gateway moved off the generic OpenAI-compatible path.
- Hub shutdown conflict fixed: Two Cline installs on different builds no longer shut each other's Hub down in a loop, which was killing live sessions with an abnormal disconnect.
- Hub replacement fixed: The app no longer replaces a Hub that is still serving sessions. It attaches instead; swap happens once the Hub goes idle.
- "Update required" dialog fix: No longer interrupts when the Hub is only finishing its own update — this app is already the newer build, and the Hub replaces itself once its sessions end.
- Idle plugin sandbox processes reclaimed instead of lingering for the session's lifetime.
- Model catalog refreshed: Adds Crusoe as a provider; updates model lists and per-provider default models.
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