coding-agents

The open-source Goose agent shipped v1.54.0 on October 8 with HTML session export and a first-time mode prompt, following v1.53.0's MCP Apps window, SSRF guard and Meta Muse Code provider.

Gemini CLI v0.64.0, published October 13, lists fixes for folder-trust reporting in headless mode, serialized and atomic file writes, and recovery of its state file from a backup.

OpenCode v1.19.0 adds opencode upgrade --major to move to OpenCode 2; the project's migration guide lists new plugin, server API and terminal-config contracts.

OpenAI's Codex 0.162.0 adds worktree tools, task pinning and clickable URLs, plus sandbox fixes; 0.161.0 a day earlier made GPT-6.1 Sol the default model.

Cursor's iOS app can now list and message agents running on a paired computer. The agents stay local, so the machine must remain on and online.

An NBER working paper infers investor expectations from stock moves: AI is priced as a permanent 32.6% software engineering productivity gain through 2025, with expectations more than doubling by mid-2026.

GitHub put dynamic workflows in public preview across Copilot CLI, the Copilot app and the Copilot SDK, letting developers define in code when agents run and how results are used.

OpenAI's DevDay update to Codex adds saved cloud environments that persist across devices, a CLI with voice control and an /agents view, and automatic code reviews.

At DevDay, OpenAI added a $500-a-month Pro 500 plan with an Ultrafast Codex speed tier and will cut the $200 Pro plan's Codex usage from 20x to 10x the Plus allowance from October 30.

LinkedIn detailed a Kubernetes-based multi-agent AI code review platform that completes 79,000+ reviews weekly, with a 63.9% developer acceptance rate.

A new empirical study finds 248,641 AI-authored GitHub pull requests have already received an AI-generated review, with distinct patterns by agent pairing.

Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash posts sharp coding and web-dev benchmark gains at half its predecessor's launch price, and lands in GitHub Copilot immediately.