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🗂 Multiple Workspaces

The Agent is no longer tied to a single directory — you can set up several project workspaces and give each session its own. Available in both the Web console and the desktop client:
  • Multiple workspaces: create or open any directory as a project workspace; the documents, web pages, and code the Agent produces are created and managed there.
  • Per-session workspace: each session is bound to its own project workspace, so tasks running side by side stay out of each other’s way.
  • Per-session model: switch the model for a single session; new sessions start from the global default.
  • Grouped sessions: the session list is grouped by workspace, with pinning, reordering, renaming, and deleting.
  • Shared system resources: memory, skills, and the knowledge base still live in the system workspace (~/cow by default).
Docs: Workspace

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🔐 Permission Modes

Sessions now carry their own permission mode, which works together with workspaces to control how far the Agent can reach:
  • Three levels: read-only, workspace-write, and full-access, set independently for each session.
  • Default mode: pick a default permission mode, and new sessions start with it.
  • Actionable denials: when a tool call is blocked, the hint is clickable so you can adjust the permission on the spot.

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🖥 Desktop Client

  • Voice input: a voice button in the chat input transcribes what you say straight into the box; speech recognition and synthesis also work with custom providers and models. Thanks @chimyves (#3052, #3050)
  • Drafts kept: leaving the chat page and coming back no longer loses unsent text and attachments. Thanks @chimyves (#3040)
  • Launch at login: a new toggle in system settings, off by default.
  • Startup diagnostics: when the backend fails to start, the client reports what actually went wrong instead of a generic error.
  • Log download: the run-log page can download the log file, and local uploads gained retries and clearer errors.
Download: CowAgent Desktop Docs: Desktop Client

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🔔 Task Notifications

The Web console and the desktop client both raise a notification (with a sound) when an Agent run finishes or fails, so you can walk away from a long task:
  • Both clients: OS notifications on the desktop, browser notifications on the Web — only while the window isn’t focused. Clicking one takes you back to the session.
  • Unread badge: the Web tab shows an unread count while it’s hidden, cleared once you switch back.
  • Separate toggles: notifications and the sound are two independent switches, both on by default. Cancelling a task yourself no longer triggers a failure notification.
Thanks @chimyves (#3056, #3055)

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🤖 Model Updates

  • New models: glm-5.3, qwen3.8-max, gemini-3.7-flash, and gemini-3.6-flash, each set as its provider’s default.
  • Merged config page: the Web console folds the Models page into Config, split into a Basic and a Models tab, so there’s less jumping around.
  • Call fixes: fixed GLM-5.3’s forced thinking, plus routing and base-URL handling for some DashScope models; custom models now show up in the session model picker.

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🛠 Improvements & Fixes

  • Image display: fixed local-path images and relative-path images inside knowledge docs not rendering; on the desktop, clicking an image in a chat or a document zooms it in place. Thanks @chimyves (#3046)
  • Windows drives: fixed the folder picker not listing drives on Windows. Thanks @CNXudiandian (#3048)
  • Windows shell guidance: better recovery guidance when a shell command fails on Windows. Thanks @dajiaohuang (#3065)
  • Cleaner IM replies: Agent replies on IM channels no longer carry thinking content. Thanks @LHMQ878 (#3044)
  • Scheduled tasks: fixed a task that failed across midnight never getting back on schedule (Thanks @chimyves #3054), and scheduled tasks being acknowledged instead of run.
  • Context trimming: fixed the AI reply not being saved when the context was trimmed.
  • Feishu channel: the streaming card now accumulates text across turns.
  • Docker: config.json survives container upgrades through the COW_DATA_DIR mount.

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📦 How to Upgrade

  • Source deployment: run cow update for a one-click upgrade, or pull the latest code and restart. See the upgrade guide.
  • Desktop client: check for updates and update with one click inside the client, or get the latest version from the download page.
Release date: 2026.08.20 | Full Changelog