# 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.

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|---|---|
| **Tool** | Factory Droid |
| **Version** | v0.190.0 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-08-07 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-21 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, fix, model-support |

## What changed


- **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.


## Sources

- [page_diff](https://docs.factory.ai/changelog/release-notes#v0.190.0) — retrieved 2026-08-21


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