# Devin: playbook modes, auto-reload threshold, Jira recovery, and UX polish

> A batch of Devin updates including playbook-configured Devin mode (Fast/Normal), configurable auto-reload threshold, Jira webhook failure recovery with one-click reconnect, and default action-required flags on Devin Review PRs. Several UX improvements land across Slack messages, session drafts, sidebar navigation, and automations.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Devin |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-06-05 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-21 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature |

## What changed


- **Start a New Session with This Prompt**: button on the first message replaces the "Start duplicate session" menu action
- **Playbook Devin Mode**: playbooks can specify Fast or Normal mode; the agent picker reflects the configured mode
- **Configurable Auto-Reload Threshold**: customise the balance threshold for auto-reload in billing usage modal
- **Jira Webhook Failure Recovery**: banner with one-click reconnect in Jira integration settings on failure
- **Devin Review: Action-Required Flags on PRs by Default**: orange action-required flags posted to GitHub PRs when issues need investigation
- **Webhook URL in Automation Editor**: displayed directly under the webhook trigger for easy copying
- **Improved Slack Message Formatting**: full markdown rendering for all users
- **Send Messages While Session Is Queued**: messages delivered when the session starts
- **Persist Chat Draft Across Panel Close**: draft messages preserved when the session composer panel is closed and reopened
- **Session Counts on Collapsed Sidebar**: counts visible on collapsed section headers
- **Devin Review: Connect Personal Account from Blocked Controls**: link GitHub/GitLab account directly from blocked Review/Merge/Comment controls
- **Active Todo in Slack Plan Header**: collapsed plan header shows the currently active todo item
- **Detect @Devin Mentions After Inviting the Bot**: responds to original mention when invited after a tag
- **Lower Minimum Per-Session Limit for Automations**: lowered from 3 to 1
- **Scratchpad Moved Under MCPs in Automations**: moved to top level under MCPs for discoverability
- **Prompt to Reconnect Linear**: prompted when creating a Linear automation with an expired personal token


## Sources

- [page_diff](https://docs.devin.ai/release-notes/overview#june-5-2026) — retrieved 2026-08-21


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