# Factory Droid 0.170.0: legacy file encodings preserved, browser suggestions deduped

> A routine maintenance release for Factory Droid. File tools now preserve legacy text encodings instead of converting them, browser-panel local suggestions are deduplicated and better ranked, and composer prompt-history recall is refined.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Factory Droid |
| **Version** | v0.170.0 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-07-10 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-21 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | fix, feature |

## What changed


- File tools preserve legacy text encodings (ISO-8859-2, CP1250) instead of converting them.
- Browser panel: local suggestions are deduplicated and better ranked.
- Composer: refined recall of previous prompts.


## Sources

- [page_diff](https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes#v0.170.0) — retrieved 2026-08-21


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