Buda v1.8.0 Release Notes

A better small-screen workbench, Archive for sessions and Projects, and steadier automations, panels, and long chats.

Released: June 01, 2026

✨ New Features

Mobile workbench is now built for small screens: Chat, side panels, and bottom panels switch into a single-pane mobile flow. Your active chat, tabs, scroll position, and composer stay mounted while you move between panels.
Agent sessions and Projects now support Archive: Removing a session or Project no longer has to be destructive. Archived items disappear from the default sidebar and can be restored from Agent Settings when you need them again.

Automations are easier to test and inspect: Run Now lets you trigger a scheduled automation immediately, and execution history now loads as you scroll. The drawer also links directly to the session created by each run.
Automation prompts are clearer to Agents and users: Scheduled runs now include structured <buda:delivery> context even when no channel push target is configured, while the chat UI collapses that system context into a compact delivery badge.
Workbench panels feel more predictable: File cards open the right preview tab, Drive tabs keep their own file state, local browser preview tabs are reused, and fullscreen browser mode no longer hides controls when you only maximize the panel.

Long chats and sidebars re-render less: Hot paths in the chat message list, streaming rows, pending queues, and Agent sidebar now use more stable references and cheaper memoized calculations.
Chat switching recovers active work faster: Buda preloads target session data, restores in-progress stream state manually after DB messages are ready, and keeps recent user messages visible immediately when switching back.

Unavailable Agents cannot keep chatting through old channels: Shared chat execution now blocks deleted, missing, inactive, or disabled Agents before credits or runtime work are used.
Mobile edge gestures no longer block taps: The invisible swipe zone is now a narrow edge target, so mobile back buttons and content-tab controls remain clickable.