Grok Build v0.2.97 Changelog

This update is all about making Grok Build smarter, smoother, and easier to control. Whether you are a developer building apps with it or just using it to write code, this release helps you track your AI costs, fixes annoying screen glitches, and stops background tasks from hogging your computer's memory.

What's new

• Edit Past Messages: If you make a mistake, you don't have to retype everything. Just double-click or press Enter on any message you previously sent to edit and run it again.
• Cost and Token Tracking: When running the app "headless" (in the background without a visual window), it now outputs data showing exactly how many tokens you used and what they cost. If you are a developer, you can also access this data directly in your code.
• Voice Mode for API Keys: You can now use voice features even when you are logged in using an API key (a secret code used to link software together).

Improvements

• Better Text Selection: Selecting text in your chat history is much smoother now, even if you click on the window borders, empty spaces, or try to select text while scrolling.
• Fewer Interruptions: The app can now use rg (ripgrep, a super-fast tool for searching text in files) without constantly stopping to ask you for permission.
• High-Refresh Screen Support: New settings let you adjust how the app scrolls and draws on your screen, making it look incredibly smooth on high-refresh-rate (like 120Hz or 144Hz) monitors.

Fixes

• No More Ghost Processes: Fixed a bug where background tasks started by the AI would keep running and wasting your computer's memory even after you closed the program.
• No More Freezes on Devboxes: Stopped the system from constantly reloading its tools and skills, which used to freeze the app on developer setups.
• Local Reset Times: When you type /usage to see when your limits reset, it will now show the time in your own local timezone instead of defaulting to Pacific Time.
• Narrow Screen Crash: Fixed a crash that happened when the AI tried to ask you a question while your terminal window was resized to be very narrow.
• SSH Copying: Copying text to your clipboard now works perfectly when you are using a terminal app (like iTerm2) to control a remote computer over SSH (a secure network connection).
• Auto-Reconnect for Tools: If a tool server connected over the internet (an HTTP MCP server) drops its connection, it will now automatically reconnect instead of giving up.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.