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Kilo Code 7.4.2 (pre-release): image generation, project memory in VS Code, hot config reload

Pre-release adding an experimental text-to-image and image-editing tool behind a config flag, inline rendering of images the agent reads, project memory surfaced throughout the VS Code extension, and a reload action that re-reads config, skills, agents, commands and MCP prompts from disk without losing sessions. Rest is fixes across the Agent Manager, indexing, and bidirectional-text input.

PUBLISHED2026-07-08
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE1mo
SOURCES1

Features

  • Experimental AI image generation and image editing, enabled via experimental.image_generation; runs through the Kilo Gateway or a BYO OpenRouter key (#11826)
  • Images read by the agent render inline under the read tool card, clickable for full-size preview (#12010)
  • Project memory wired into the VS Code extension: Context settings controls, task-header and assistant-message affordances, /memory prompt command, command-palette entries (#11954)
  • Autocomplete enabled across supported languages in Jupyter notebooks (#11631)
  • Reload action reboots the per-directory instance to pick up on-disk changes to config, skills, agents, commands and MCP prompts while preserving sessions and history; exposed as /reload, a task-header and settings button, the Kilo Code: Reload Config and Skills command, and POST /instance/reload (returns 409 during an active session) (#12004)
  • Task timeline bars are clickable/keyboard-activatable to jump the transcript (#12025)

Fixes

  • Custom provider models can be marked image-capable in VS Code settings (#11825)
  • Agent Manager branch auto-naming deferred until a task looks durable; read-only questions no longer claim a branch name (#12002)
  • Nested .gitignore and .kilocodeignore respected during codebase indexing (#12042)
  • Model usage panel shows the routed model id instead of collapsing to :free (#12000)
  • Typed 422 with a real message when there is nothing to generate a commit message for (#12033)
  • Dropdown clipping in the New Worktree dialog; bidirectional text in prompt input and worktree prompt; Shift+Arrow selection across file mentions; truncated localized settings labels (#12007, #12015, #12006, #11936, #12032)

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