Grok Build v1.0.16 Changelog

This update is all about making the app tougher when you're doing heavy work. If you're a student or developer running long, complex tasks—or an admin managing a big group of users—this release stops annoying crashes and lost work from getting in your way.

What's new

• Custom tools at startup: You can now link up specific "MCP servers" (external programs that give the AI extra abilities, like searching special databases) right when you begin a new chat session.
• Admin model restrictions: Administrators can now use secure rule files to control exactly which AI models people are allowed to pick.

Improvements

• Longer time limits for heavy tasks: When the AI is thinking or working on a long task in the background, the system used to give up after 10 minutes. It now waits up to an hour, so you don't have to babysit it.

Fixes

• Saved from internet drops: If your internet glitches and your login times out while you're in the middle of a long session, your hard work isn't lost anymore.
• Fixed invisible text: When using slash commands (like /help) that have really long names, the menu used to show totally blank spaces instead of the text. Now it displays correctly.
• No more startup clashes: If you tried to send a message right after telling a background AI helper to start a task, your message used to fail. Now it just waits nicely and goes through.
• Spinning icons fixed: The little loading animations inside the settings menus (like the /mcps tab) used to freeze. Now they spin properly.
• No more login freezes: If you tried to log into an external tool server using a secure method called OAuth from the /mcps menu, the whole app used to freeze up. That deadlock is fixed.

Breaking changes

• Enterprise policies can now restrict which models users may select via signed requirements.toml (a secure settings file). If you're using a company or school account, your admins might have updated the rules on which AI models you're allowed to use.