orca

Fix Chinese automation translations

Corrected 11 Chinese translation entries in the interface from '跑步' (jogging) to '执行' (execute) to use the proper technical terminology for automation and scripting contexts. This affects labels across automation run pages, scripts settings, and quick commands.

Release candidate version bump

Version updated from 1.4.138-rc.6 to 1.4.138-rc.7 for the next release candidate.

Improve WSL startup synchronization

Enhanced Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) registration reconciliation to better handle timing constraints during server startup. The system now exposes the reconciliation status ('pending', 'settled', or 'failed') to headless clients and adds a bounded wait mechanism so that slow WSL repairs don't block remote access initialization, while still giving launchers a chance to migrate before PTY connections become available.

Speed up worktree status checks

Optimized Git repository status monitoring to skip unnecessary HEAD identity reads when only file index changes occur. The system now separately tracks index changes from HEAD/log changes, preventing wasteful file scans across multiple worktrees during quiet local Git operations.

Fix WSL orchestration CLI preambles

Updated WSL terminal environment configuration to properly set and pass through the ORCA_CLI_COMMAND variable, ensuring managed WSL shells use the correct CLI command identifier ('orca-ide' for packaged or 'orca-dev' for dev mode). Also added a new parameter to track whether to skip certain environment configurations for Windows shells.

Improved relay process stability

Fixed an issue where relay watcher processes weren't properly bounded, which could cause instability. The system now better manages and limits healthy relay processes to prevent resource exhaustion.

Keep active agent sessions visible

Fixed the "Hide sleeping" sidebar filter to properly recognize workspaces with running agent sessions, even when their live terminal connection is temporarily absent (like during SSH reconnects). The filter now checks for active agent status in addition to live PTY connections, matching the behavior of the smart sort feature.

Fixed e2e test suite failures

Repaired 20 failing end-to-end tests across multiple areas, including a real product bug where pressing Escape while editing a link in the markdown editor dismissed the entire link bubble instead of just canceling the edit. Also fixed the profile switcher button visibility in e2e builds and hardened various timing and layout assertions to reduce flakiness.

Release candidate version bump

Version updated to 1.4.138-rc.6, a new release candidate build of the Orca IDE.

Fix Windows PTY shutdown crashes

Fixed crashes on Windows when terminating terminal sessions by removing unsupported signal arguments from PTY kill calls. Windows terminal emulation doesn't support signals like Linux does, so a new helper function now drops the signal on Windows while preserving graceful vs. force-kill behavior on other platforms.

Fix agent hook script stdin handling

Agent hook scripts now properly consume stdin data before exiting, preventing broken pipe errors when the system tries to send data to agents. This fix applies across all script types (POSIX, batch, PowerShell, Git Bash) and includes new tests to verify the behavior works correctly.

Downloads badge updated to 4.9m

The README downloads badge has been refreshed to reflect the latest download count, updating from 4.8 million to 4.9 million downloads.

Redesign Agents sidebar cards

Updated how Agent task cards appear in the sidebar to better show project and workspace identity, keep task titles consistent across interactions, and prevent user replies from overwriting agent status information. Also fixed the Activity sidebar to properly respect auto-title settings and follow the most recent active task.

Add SSH watcher isolation tests

Added end-to-end tests to verify that SSH relay watchers automatically respawn after crashes without losing terminal or file explorer state, and that missing relay artifacts are repaired on reconnect. Extracted shared connection logic into reusable test helpers and set up a dedicated CI job to run these tests.

Optimize worktree index refreshing

Improved how the app tracks changes across multiple Git worktrees by reducing unnecessary file system checks and adding security validation for Git references. The app now detects actual head moves more efficiently and prevents potential security issues from crafted file paths.

Reverted localization decoupling

Undid a previous change that separated feature copy from translated locale catalogs. This restores the original localization architecture, removing specialized localization extraction scripts, state management files, and configuration allowlists while consolidating locale files back to their simpler form.

Restructure localization system architecture

Decoupled feature copy from translated locale catalogs by introducing a new localization extraction and state management system. This includes new configuration files, verification scripts, and workflow updates to ensure deterministic cross-platform localization extraction and maintain separate tracking of translations across multiple languages.

Stop console windows stealing focus

Fixed a Windows issue where the agent's process detection scans repeatedly opened and closed console windows that interrupted users by stealing keyboard focus. The fix hides these temporary windows during the scans, along with tests to prevent regression.

Release candidate version bump

Updated to version 1.4.138-rc.5, a new release candidate for the Orca IDE.

Improve WSL launcher installation reliability

Fixed race conditions and improved robustness in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) launcher registration by adding filesystem locks, atomic file operations, and better error handling. This prevents installation conflicts when multiple Orca instances run simultaneously and eliminates unnecessary re-probing on startup.

Open/Start button styling refreshed

The Open and Start buttons in the task list now use the consistent Button component instead of a raw HTML button element. Open shows as a solid primary button (for resuming existing work) while Start appears as an outline button (for new workspaces), with improved hover and focus states.

Fix worker done pane identity

Fixed identity verification for worker_done and heartbeat messages to ensure they can only be sent from the correct dispatched pane. The system now properly rejects messages with mismatched sender identities and reconstructs lifecycle payload fields to prevent identity spoofing. Worker processes without a resolvable sender identity will now fail with a clear error instead of silently succeeding.