Release v0.41.0-preview.0

What's Changed

• chore(release): bump version to 0.41.0-nightly.20260423.gaa05b4583 by @gemini-cli-robot in #25847


• fix(core): only show list suggestion if the partial input is empty by @cynthialong0-0 in #25821


• feat(cli): secure .env loading and enforce workspace trust in headless mode by @ehedlund in #25814


• fix: fatal hard-crash on loop detection via unhandled AbortError by @hsm207 in #20108


• update package-lock.json by @ehedlund in #25876


• feat(core): enhance shell command validation and add core tools allowlist by @galz10 in #25720


• fix(ui): corrected background color check in user message components by @devr0306 in #25880


• perf(core): fix slow boot by fetching experiments and quota asynchronously by @spencer426 in #25758


• feat(core,cli): add support for Gemma 4 models (experimental) by @Abhijit-2592 in #25604


• update FatalUntrustedWorkspaceError message to include doc link by @ehedlund in #25874


• docs: add Gemini CLI course link to README by @JayadityaGit in #25925


• feat(repo): add gemini-cli-bot metrics and workflows by @gundermanc in #25888


• fix(cli): allow output redirection for cli commands by @spencer426 in #25894


• fix(core): fail closed in YOLO mode when shell parsing fails for restricted rules by @ehedlund in #25935


• fix(cli-ui): revert backspace handling to fix Windows regression by @scidomino in #25941


• feat(voice): implement real-time voice mode with cloud and local backends by @Abhijit-2592 in #24174


• Changelog for v0.39.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in #25848


• feat(memory): persist auto-memory scratchpad for skill extraction by @SandyTao520 in #25873


• fix(cli): add missing response key to custom theme text schema by @gaurav0107 in #25822


• fix(cli): provide manual update command when automatic update fails by @cocosheng-g in #26052


• test(cli): add unit tests for restore ACP command (#23402) by @cocosheng-g in #26053


• fix(ui): better error messages for ECONNRESET and ETIMEDOUT by @devr0306 in #26059


• feat(core): wire up the new ContextManager and AgentChatHistory by @joshualitt in #25409


• fix(cli): ensure sandbox proxy cleanup and remove handler leaks by @ehedlund in #26065


• fix(cli): correct alternate buffer warning logic for JetBrains by @Adib234 in #26067


• fix(cli): make MCP ping optional in list command and use configured timeout by @cocosheng-g in #26068


• fix(core): better error message for failed cloudshell-gca auth by @devr0306 in #26079


• feat(cli): provide manual session UUID via command line arg by @cocosheng-g in #26060


• Changelog for v0.40.0-preview.2 by @gemini-cli-robot in #25846


• (docs) update sandboxing documentation by @g-samroberts in #25930


• fix(core): enforce parallel task tracker updates by @anj-s in #24477


• Update policy so transient errors are not marked terminal by @DavidAPierce in #26066


• Implement bot that performs time-series metric analysis and suggests repo management improvements by @gundermanc in #25945


• fix(core): handle non-string model flags in resolution by @Adib234 in #26069


• fix(ux): added error message for ENOTDIR by @devr0306 in #26128


• Changelog for v0.40.0-preview.3 by @gemini-cli-robot in #25904


• fix(cli): prevent ACP stdout pollution from SessionEnd hooks by @cocosheng-g in #26125


• feat(cli): support boolean and number casting for env vars in settings.json by @cocosheng-g in #26118


• fix(cli): preserve Request headers in DevTools activity logger by @Adib234 in #26078

New Contributors

• @hsm207 made their first contribution in #20108


• @gaurav0107 made their first contribution in #25822

Full Changelog: v0.40.0-preview.5...v0.41.0-preview.0