OpenSquilla 0.5.6

Overview

Core bug fixes, improved long-session compaction, and Browser Use (Beta).

✨ What's Improved

• Compaction and long sessions: manual and automatic compaction now share model-aware budgets that account for instructions, tools, and attachments. Bounded history recovery can keep work moving when a summary fails, without replacing the saved history; active input and pending tool work stay protected.
• Task and connection reliability: fixes for Gateway reconnects, durable delivery recovery, Stop/Queue/Steer, Goal continuation, and provider streams. Bounded database work and history reads reduce blocking during recovery.
• Local files: fixes file selections that appeared to do nothing. Selected local references show short filenames before and after sending, including after reload or editing; full paths remain available to the Agent and copying. Large text pastes become text attachments instead of overwhelming the composer.
• Browser Use (Beta): browse and interact with pages through Desktop's built-in browser tools and Workbench. This is an early Beta, not a replacement for your system browser; standalone WebUI does not provide the Desktop browser.
• Models and thinking: scoped thinking controls in model settings, more responsive model-catalog refreshes, and better handling of compatible provider stream endings and interrupted responses.
• Chat and previews: newly created chats and their first messages stay visible in the sidebar, with clearer conversation and activity presentation. Workbench previews no longer stop at eight open items and survive temporary preview renewal failures.
• Desktop: more resilient Gateway startup and second-instance activation, clearer first-run setup, consolidated Gateway diagnostics in Settings, and fixes for Windows Safe setup prompts and macOS terminal cleanup.

See the full [changelog](https://github.com/TokenRhythm/opensquilla/blob/v0.5.6/CHANGELOG.md#056.

Downloads

Checksums: SHA256SUMS. Updater files: latest-mac.yml, latest.yml, *.blockmap. The Windows desktop installer is Authenticode signed; see the signing policy. No Windows Portable assets are published for 0.5.6; there is no 0.5.6 Portable zip.

Mainland China installer mirrors: macOS · Windows. These aliases advance after publication and verification.

Containers: docker pull ghcr.io/tokenrhythm/opensquilla:v0.5.6 (linux/amd64, linux/arm64). The latest tag follows the most recently verified release tag.

Upgrading from 0.5.5

Quit Desktop and the Gateway, back up the active profile, and install over the existing installation. Configuration, chats, Agents, memory, and schedules stay in that profile; no manual data transfer is required. Supported database migrations run automatically. Upgrade clients and Gateway together.

The retired background-music player and experimental router self-learning are removed. Personal music and historical training files remain on disk. Existing Router configuration and Dream memory consolidation keep their normal roles. Local-path display changes do not upload files or grant additional file access.

Compaction now derives its capacity from the active model and request. Legacy context_budget_tokens and separate compaction model/provider overrides no longer control it; explicit total-time budgets remain honored. See the compaction guide.

On macOS, replace the app in Applications, eject the DMG, and open that copy. Published artifacts include the Web UI; source builds require Node.js 22.12+.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to @angri450, @lihongguang-0014, @openvictory, and the maintainers and community. See the contributor ledger.