{"slug": "conductor-0-83-0-auto-port-forwarding", "title": "Conductor 0.83.0: Auto port forwarding", "summary": "Conductor 0.83.0 introduces auto port forwarding for cloud workspaces, controlled via a new ports popover, and includes one-click PR approval, adjustable zoom, and low-contrast dark mode. The update also adds MCP server import from local agent configs, Slack connection, and various fixes for cloud workspace messaging and file watchers.", "body_md": "The ports popover with auto-forwarded ports\nCloud workspaces can now auto-forward detected ports, controlled from a new ports popover in the top bar. Page loads and hot reloads over forwarded ports are faster.\nImprovements\nAdded one-click PR approval: when a pull request is ready, approve it straight from the git panel, which now surfaces more accurate information about the state of the PR\nAdjust the app-wide zoom level and switch on low-contrast dark mode, both in Settings → Appearance\nYou can now @-mention workspace files in review comments\nAdded slash command and file suggestions when creating workspaces\nIn cloud workspaces, import MCP servers from your local agent configs. You can now also connect Slack from the MCP servers settings page\nAdded Claude plan usage to the context usage hover card\n\"Reset chat\" now rewinds only the chat by default, with an \"Also reset files\" checkbox that shows how many files would change\nRight-click a chat tab to mark it as unread, and close every other tab with the new \"Close others\" action\nChat responses now show a completed-at timestamp\nAdded a Codex setting that automatically approves tool requests\nCloud organization settings can now customize instructions for code reviews, pull request creation, and conflict resolution\nIn cloud organizations, choose whether Conductor adds workspace links to your PRs in Settings → Preferences\nZoom and pan images in the file viewer and in Changes\nOpen cloud workspaces in local or SSH-enabled apps from the app switcher\nConductor can now display text files up to 1 MB\nA new View deployment(s) button replaces the Preview button with support for selecting a preview URL from multiple deployments\nUnarchive workspaces in one click from the Home list, and Home keeps search and filters visible before your first workspace\nPasted workspace and chat links now appear as pills in chat inputs\nYou can now create cloud workspaces from repositories that have no commits yet\nFile views show a consistent \"Waiting for workspace\" state while cloud workspaces wake up\nUpdated keyboard shortcuts to avoid Option-only key combinations\nLegacy cloud workspaces now remain available as read-only chat transcripts\nFixes\nMessages sent to a sleeping cloud workspace now wake it and deliver instead of failing, and status labels say what the workspace is actually doing\nFixed the first message in a new cloud workspace sometimes getting stuck without a response\nFixed cloud agents sometimes not receiving their environment context on a chat's first message\nFixed queued and steered messages appearing late or out of order\nFixed cloud attachment uploads that could fail without a way to recover, and failed attachments that could not be removed from the composer\nPasted images and attached files in the new-workspace composer now appear at your cursor instead of the end of the prompt\nFixed requested reviewers incorrectly showing a PR as requiring review\nFixed port forwards from archived workspaces keeping local ports claimed\nFixed file watchers (bun --hot, Vite, watchexec, nodemon) restart-looping every few seconds in local workspaces with untracked files\nFixed updates not installing when the app becomes unresponsive\nFixed reopening a cloud chat showing a stale transcript\nFixed missing cloud responses after cache write errors, and messages remaining unsent after a local cache database lock\nFixed SSH access to cloud workspaces created through the API or by a teammate\nCloud workspaces now use current environment variable settings after restarting\nFixed local Codex sessions not having access to Conductor tools\nFixed Codex approval prompts when managed settings restrict approval policies\nFixed chats using the wrong coding agent after a model change\nFixed the steering message for Cursor sessions using non-Composer models\nFixed voice input sometimes getting stuck after recording\nFixed composer suggestions briefly jumping or resetting their selection\nClicking a file link in chat while the workspace is asleep now opens the file view and waits for the workspace, and file links explain when the workspace is starting up or stopped\nFixed API-created cloud workspaces remaining hidden until Conductor restarted\nFixed notifications for workspaces in another organization opening the dashboard instead of the chat\nFixed settings search missing organization preferences, and the search highlight sitting lopsided around rows\nMenus, tooltips, and context menus now animate smoothly when they close instead of visibly jumping\nFixed split tabs preventing additional tabs from opening, and copying a split-tab link switching to that tab\nFixed run script menus getting clipped or extending beyond the window\nFixed long chat history menus extending off screen\nFixed the edit caret appearing one character behind on wrapped lines\nFixed a delay when saving diff comment edits in cloud workspaces, and sent diff comments remaining visible in local workspaces\nFixed chat messages showing a broken image or an empty video player for some and snippets, and screenshots saved in Claude Code's scratchpad rendering as broken images\nFixed the first terminal in a cloud workspace showing \"Failed to start\" after reopening the app\nFixed garbled input in remote full-screen terminals\nFixed retired Cloud Beta workspaces losing their linked chat when opened from a non-chat tab, and no longer syncing files to your Mac\nFixed an error shown when archiving a cloud workspace with an active agent\nFixed RunLocalCommand missing from eligible cloud workspaces\nFixed the working timer overlaying the agent's reply after steering a chat\nFixed local command approval timeouts being reported as user denials\nCode theme changes now update open diffs and files immediately\nSelecting an archived workspace in the command palette now opens it instead of silently unarchiving it\nMisc\nAdded Fahhhh and Odysseus's Pluck completion sounds\nUpdated the NYC MTA Chime 2 completion sound to omit the closing door\nUpdated the bundled OpenCode version to 1.18.23", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-83-0-auto-port-forwarding", "canonical_source": "https://www.conductor.build/changelog/0.83.0-auto-port-forwarding", "published_at": "2026-08-27 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 19:50:58.249770+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["Conductor", "Claude", "Codex", "Slack", "MCP"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-83-0-auto-port-forwarding", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/conductor-0-83-0-auto-port-forwarding.md", "text": 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