# Factory Droid: MCP connect timeouts, SSH theme detection, app fixes

> Bug-fix release: stdio MCP servers now time out on connect instead of hanging, theme auto-detection works over SSH, and a batch of mission/model/notification fixes in the desktop app. Routine.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Factory Droid |
| **Version** | v0.171.0 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-07-13 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-21 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | fix |

## What changed


- **Context usage on resume**: displays immediately on session resume
- **Windows installer**: detects native architecture
- **MCP connection timeout**: stdio MCP servers time out on connect instead of hanging
- **Grep/Glob timeouts**: surface as actionable errors
- **Theme detection over SSH**: remote terminal sessions fixed
- **Todo status colors**: render correctly
- **Completion notification**: fires before CLI exits
- **Subagent reports**: no longer swallowed by end-of-turn todo reminder
- **(app)** Mission settings editable; mission audio/badge notifications; model defaults persist; reasoning tooltip dismisses on typing; app no longer breaks when local storage unavailable


## Sources

- [page_diff](https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes#v0.171.0) — retrieved 2026-08-21


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