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Kilo Code 7.4.3: experimental image generation, project memory in VS Code, on-disk config reload

Adds an opt-in image generation tool, wires project memory into the VS Code extension, and introduces a reload action that picks up config, skills, agents, commands and MCP prompts changed on disk without losing sessions. Note: the published notes are headed 7.4.2 and the changelog text is truncated mid-entry, so this list may be incomplete.

PUBLISHED2026-07-09
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE1mo
SOURCES1

Minor

  • Experimental image generation (text-to-image and image editing) behind experimental.image_generation, via the Kilo Gateway or a user-supplied OpenRouter key.
  • Images read by the agent render inline in chat, clickable for a full-size preview.
  • Project memory surfaced in the VS Code extension: Context settings controls, task-header and assistant-message affordances, /memory command, command-palette entries.
  • Autocomplete in Jupyter notebooks for supported languages.
  • Reload action reboots the per-directory instance and re-reads config, skills, agents, commands and MCP prompts from disk; sessions and history survive. Exposed as /reload, a task-header and settings button, a Kilo Code: Reload Config and Skills command, and POST /instance/reload (returns 409 while a session is running).
  • Task timeline bars are keyboard/click activatable to jump the transcript.

Patch

  • Custom provider models can be marked image-capable in VS Code settings.
  • Agent Manager delays automatic branch naming until a task looks durable; read-only questions no longer claim a branch name.
  • Codebase indexing now respects nested .gitignore and .kilocodeignore.
  • Commit-message endpoint returns a typed 422 with a clear "no changes" message instead of a generic server error.
  • Model usage panel shows the full routed model id instead of collapsing it to :free.
  • Fixes for dropdown clipping in the New Worktree dialog, bidirectional text input, Shift+Arrow selection across file mentions, and truncated localized settings labels.
featurefixcapability

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