{"slug": "conductor-0-79-0-cloud-polish-1", "title": "Conductor 0.79.0: Cloud Polish #1", "summary": "Conductor 0.79.0, a cloud-focused update to the AI coding agent, introduces simplified onboarding, Vercel AI Gateway API key support, and an experimental Pierre editor for direct file editing in diffs, alongside fixes for message loss, session state, and cloud workspace connectivity. The update also adds an API endpoint to put workspaces to sleep and an experimental setting to disable automatic Conductor API access in new cloud workspaces.", "body_md": "Improvements\nSimplified and improved onboarding\nYou can now add a Vercel AI Gateway API key in cloud agent settings\nCloud computers can now use your personal access token for repositories without a linked GitHub App\nConnecting a GitHub organization now asks for confirmation\nShared workspace and chat links now appear as compact pills in messages\nMoving between workspaces in the sidebar now shows the next hover preview instantly\nCloud workspaces now open faster\nThe Conductor API now has an endpoint for putting a workspace to sleep\nAdded an experimental Pierre editor for editing files directly in diffs\nAdded an experimental setting to disable automatic Conductor API access in new cloud workspaces\nFixes\nFixed several issues causing message replies to be lost\nFixed several issues related to session state\nFixed Codex failing to start when agents.enabled is configured\nFixed an issue where keyboard shortcuts in split view could affect the wrong chat\nFixed an issue where cloud chats could stall while reconnecting\nFixed an issue where cloud chats could open duplicate connections\nFixed cloud workspaces sometimes remaining asleep after opening them\nFailed cloud workspaces now show the real setup error instead of a stale \"Workspace not found\" message\nThe target branch dropdown for cloud workspaces now correctly lists branches from your repo on GitHub\nFixed an issue where cloud repos could take a few seconds to appear in the Dispatcher\nNew cloud workspace chats now show the first message immediately\nImages in PR descriptions now load in cloud workspaces without a personal GitHub connection\nFixed several issues with file sync and improved error messages\nFixed GitHub setup not returning to Conductor\nFixed new workspaces sometimes starting from a previously selected target branch\nFixed an issue where archiving every workspace hid the Show archived option in Home\nExpanded diff context now stays open when switching files or when files update\nFixed deleted images appearing as raw text in the diff viewer\nFixed edit previews showing relative instead of file line numbers\nFixed the Setup tab showing \"Add setup script\" after a relaunch or app update even though a setup script was configured\nFixed an issue where the composer focus shortcut could cover attachment pills\nStopping a terminal or run script now reliably cleans up child processes", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-79-0-cloud-polish-1", "canonical_source": "https://www.conductor.build/changelog/0.79.0-cloud-polish-1", "published_at": "2026-08-04 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 21:44:46.682022+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Conductor", "Vercel AI Gateway", "GitHub", "Pierre"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-79-0-cloud-polish-1", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-79-0-cloud-polish-1.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-79-0-cloud-polish-1.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-79-0-cloud-polish-1.jsonld"}}