# Factory Droid v0.177.0: open artifacts in default app, transcript fixes

> Factory Droid artifact preview cards can now open in your default app, code blocks render in Geist Mono, attachment-only messages are supported, and several bugs are fixed around approval toggles, transcript repainting, computer removal, mission interrupts, and agent browser cleanup.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Factory Droid |
| **Version** | v0.177.0 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-07-21 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-21 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, fix |

## What changed


- **Open artifacts externally**: artifact preview cards can now open in your default app (app)
- **Code block font**: code blocks now render in Geist Mono for clearer monospaced text (app)
- **Attachment-only messages**: chat messages can now contain only attachments (app)
- **Fix**: Option+E dead-key accents no longer interfere with toggling approval details
- **Fix**: transcript repaints correctly after viewing plan details
- **Fix**: removing a computer no longer shows a spurious session-archiving warning
- **Fix**: missions pause correctly when orchestrator is interrupted
- **Fix**: orphaned browser automation processes cleaned up reliably
- **Fix**: sessions that can't be loaded show a clear unavailable state (app)
- **Fix**: loaded skills display with correct colors (app)


## Sources

- [page_diff](https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes#v0.177.0) — retrieved 2026-08-21


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