# Cline SDK 0.0.68: real provider error messages, getShellArgs deprecated

> Provider errors forwarded through the Vercel AI Gateway now surface the actual upstream message instead of a Zod dump, and Windows PowerShell commands travel over UTF-8 stdin. SDK consumers should note `getShellArgs()` is deprecated in favour of `getShellInvocation()`.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Cline |
| **Version** | sdk/sdk/v0.0.68 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-08-01 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | fix, api-change, deprecation |

## What changed


- Gateway-forwarded provider errors show the real upstream message (e.g. "This model's maximum context length is 40960 tokens..."); opaque object errors no longer render as `[object Object]`
- `fetchClineRecommendedModels` returns display-ready names resolved through the model catalog (including Vercel and OpenRouter id aliases) under one shared timeout budget, so hosts no longer map ids to names
- Cline free models resolve their OpenRouter display names; live catalog no longer drops the video input capability
- Windows: PowerShell commands sent over UTF-8 stdin instead of the command line, so non-ASCII survives the active code page and long commands escape the command-line length cap. `getShellInvocation()` replaces the now-deprecated `getShellArgs()`; stdin write failure surfaces as a command error instead of hanging
- Sessions rooted at `/` failed every command because `basename("/")` produced an empty workspace hint that schema validation rejected — fixed
- Exported the finish-reason and auth-error helpers used to describe agent errors


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/sdk/sdk/v0.0.68) — retrieved 2026-08-11

## Community

_No curated reactions recorded. Facts and community takes are kept in separate layers
and never blended._

---
Canonical: https://changelogs.info/cline/sdk-sdk-v0-0-68
Entity: https://changelogs.info/cline
Event ID: `evt_2026-08-01_cline_sdk-sdk-v0-0-68`
Licence: event synthesis © changelogs.info, CC BY 4.0. Linked sources belong to their vendors.