Cline CLI v3.0.61 Changelog

What's new

• Safer background updates: If you try to update Cline while an older version is still running, Cline won't just overwrite it. It asks if you want to replace it and tells you how many active tasks will be interrupted. If you say yes, it lets your current tasks finish safely before swapping in the new version.
• Global rules on more setups: If you use Cline through a terminal-only setup (like WSL on Windows), it now correctly reads your global rule files from the standard ~/Cline/Rules folder.
• Live model catalog: Cline now pulls its list of supported AI models directly from the internet. This means when a company releases a new AI model, you'll see it in Cline without needing to download a new version of the app itself.
• Massive list of new providers and models: Ten new AI providers were added. Because of this, the default AI model for 57 existing providers has changed. If you haven't specifically locked your app to one exact model, your default has probably switched to a newer model called Claude Fable 5.1.

Improvements

• Windows security checks: The Windows version of the app is now officially digitally signed. This means your computer's security software is less likely to accidentally block it from opening.
• Clearer rejections: When you tell the AI not to use a specific tool, the app now tells the AI that you made that choice on purpose, instead of making it look like a computer error.
• Better scheduling: Background tasks scheduled by the AI now save to a central folder (~/.cline/schedules) instead of getting lost in whatever project folder you happened to be in.
• Smarter tool messages: The notes sent to the AI when you reject a tool call are clearer, helping the AI understand it was a user choice, not a system crash.
• Better line endings: When the AI edits an existing file on Windows, it correctly keeps the original line-ending format instead of messing it up.

Fixes

• Fixed crashes from offline servers: Before, if an external tool (an MCP server) was down or unreachable, Cline would just crash. Now, it only waits 10 seconds before giving up on the missing server, letting your session start normally.
• Fixed tools getting disabled: Some AI models (like Dify, SAP AI Core, opencode, and Codex CLI) had a bug where their tools were secretly turning off. The app thought "no tools listed" meant "no tools allowed," but now it understands that just means "use the defaults."
• Fixed images vanishing: Pictures were accidentally being deleted when reading files on those same models with missing capability lists.
• Fixed AI tracking in published apps: A feature that tracks how the AI behaves (called tracing) was broken in the final downloaded app because code compression scrambled a name. It now works normally.
• Safer save restores: Reverting to an old "save point" now stops you from doing it if you have made new saves since then. Previously, doing this would silently delete your newer saves, making them very hard to get back.
• Fixed Codex login errors: Trying to log in to OpenAI Codex when a specific internet port (1455) was already busy used to open a broken web page. Now it gives you a clear error message.
• Fixed random logouts: A quick internet hiccup while refreshing your login password no longer logs you out completely.
• Cleaner cancellations: Hitting cancel on a task now actually stops the helper AI bots it spawned, instead of letting them keep running in the background.
• Fixed schedules vanishing: Scheduled background tasks no longer disappear when you restart the app.
• Fixed screen flicker: Markdown text no longer flashes weirdly on the screen right as the AI finishes a response.

Breaking changes

• If you use an AI provider without picking a specific model, your default model has almost certainly changed to Claude Fable 5.1. If you want your old model back, you will need to manually select it in your settings.