Grok Build v1.0.13 Changelog

This update is all about making the app tougher and faster. It matters to anyone who pushes the AI to do complex tasks, because the system now handles hiccups smoothly instead of crashing your workflow.

What's new

• Smarter tool permissions: "Hooks" are custom background rules. Now, instead of just blindly allowing or blocking an action, the app can pause and ask you, "Hey, do you want to let the AI do this?"
• Better post-action notes: After the AI finishes a tool action, those same hooks can now feed extra context back to the AI so it knows exactly what just happened.
• Live image previews: If you paste a picture into the chat box using iTerm2 (a popular Mac terminal), you'll instantly see a preview of it right there.
• Easier retry buttons: If you hit your usage limit, the pop-up message now gives you a handy "Try Again" button to resend your prompt once your credits reset.
• Performance tracking: When you close a session, the app now logs detailed timing data behind the scenes, which helps the developers figure out how to make it even faster.
• Task reminders: If you set up recurring scheduled tasks, the AI will now remind you to shut down the background monitor once the work is done.
• Better task IDs: Scheduled tasks now use "UUIDs" (super unique ID codes). This fixes a bug where two tasks created at the exact same millisecond got mixed up with each other.

Improvements

• Faster background workers: When the app spins up "subagents" (mini-AIs that help with heavy lifting), it now does it much faster, even if your internet connection drops during a busy moment.
• Speedier startup: The app connects to "MCP servers" (outside tools the AI uses) way faster now, especially if you've already logged in. It also stopped artificially holding back the startup process.
• Smaller downloads: The files you download for the app are now compressed, meaning fresh installs and updates take a lot less time.

Fixes

• No more crashing on long answers: If an AI's answer was too long and got cut off, it used to just crash your turn. Now, it automatically picks up where it left off. If it gets cut off right as it's about to run a tool, it will just run the tool instead of failing.
• Auto-retry for glitches: If the AI servers hiccup or drop your connection, the app automatically retries instead of giving up and ending your conversation.
• Windows folder fixes: Windows users can now properly open their ~/.grok folder and worktree sessions (saved project states).
• Saved data: Your chat history is now saved much more reliably right after you type, so if your computer crashes or loses power, you won't lose your work.
• Honest error messages: When the app tries to compress memory and fails, it now shows you the actual error instead of a confusing generic message. Same with truncation errors—they now give you real advice instead of telling you to just try again.
• Giant image fix: Previously, trying to send images larger than 2000 pixels could completely freeze the session. That no longer happens.
• Clickable links on Windows: In the Windows Terminal, if a clickable link wrapped across two lines, only the first line worked. Now the whole thing is clickable.
• Stop button reminders: Recurring scheduled tasks now remind you to stop the background monitor when you're done.