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Factory Droid v0.190.0: Opus 5 in Auto model, HTTPS proxy support

Factory Droid's Auto model now upgrades to Claude Opus 5 when a task requires more capability. Adds HTTPS proxy support for corporate environments, GitLab CI QA setup, and several fixes for empty response recovery, per-host GitLab authentication, and disconnected session state.

PUBLISHED2026-08-07
OBSERVED2026-08-21
AGE19d
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  • Opus 5 in Auto model: Auto model escalates to Claude Opus 5 for harder tasks.
  • HTTPS proxy support: respects HTTPS_PROXY for corporate proxy environments.
  • GitLab CI QA setup: install-qa skill can set up automated QA on GitLab CI with video evidence.
  • Empty response recovery: model returning empty response no longer ends with error.
  • GitLab authentication per host: GitLab commands authenticate against the working host, not a single default.
  • Disconnected session state: sessions keep state on connection loss instead of resetting.
  • Archiving running session: app offers to stop the session first.
  • Usage dashboard: filter bar wraps to keep all filters visible.

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