Release v0.1.9-nightly.250708.137ffec3

What's Changed

• make tag required for /chat by @sethtroisi in #2904
• Reduce the threshold for when we compress history. by @vachan-shetty in #2898
• help: add shift+tab tip by @abhipatel12 in #2892
• Update notification template by @eddie-santos in #3035
• Fix typo in README by @mpcarolin in #3061
• feat(workflows): add automated and scheduled PR triage by @jerop in #3062
• refactor(ci): improve pr triage by @jerop in #3082
• docs: fix typos in CONTRIBUTING.md by @acktsap in #2722
• fix: remove unnecessary whitespace by @joshmoon827 in #2781
• Use AccentBlue: 'blue' in ANSI theme instead of hard-coded #0000FF by @fnune in #3100
• fix: show ctrl+s shortcut to expand debug console #2002 by @devpool007 in #2491
• feat(cli): update ascii art for smaller screens by @rmedranollamas in #3117
• fix(client): get model from config in flashFallbackHandler by @SunskyXH in #2118
• Fixed Google User Id pass to Clearcut by @bdmorgan in #3147
• Add and improve JSDoc comments for core tool methods by @joshmoon827 in #3128
• Refactor text-buffer to use reducer by @SandyTao520 in #2652
• Releasing: Utilizing Github Actions and Tagging for release. by @mattKorwel in #2852
• fix tagging for nightly by @mattKorwel in #3202
• Mk nightly relase tag formatting by @mattKorwel in #3204
• chore: typo fixes by @kumar-mithlesh in #3203
• ci: update issue templates to use GitHub alert by @jackwotherspoon in #3167
• Mk nightly relase tag formatting by @mattKorwel in #3206
• Signing tags by @mattKorwel in #3254
• Mk sign nightly release commits by @mattKorwel in #3264
• fix a command usage issue in deployment.md
  by @doggy8088 in #2862
• Doc: update gemini-cli README.md to require Node.js version 20+ by @nedn in #3247
• feat: Update minimum Node.js version to 20 by @mattKorwel in #3277
• fix typos in diverse files by @didier-durand in #3284
• Mk nohup by @mattKorwel in #3285
• fix: small typo by @0ldh in #3183
• fix(cli): Group cancelled tool call responses to prevent API errors by @NTaylorMullen in #3333
• Relase: Clean up and condensing by @mattKorwel in #3321
• cleaning up prompts for release by @mattKorwel in #3335
• fix(core): Sanitize tool parameters to fix 400 API errors by @BigUncle in #3300
• Fix #2922: Prevent @ concatenation to valid paths in shellmode. by @siba2893 in #2932
• feat: Handle inline content modification in tool scheduler by @adamfweidman in #2883
• Update @google/genai -> 1.8.0 by @NTaylorMullen in #3339
• feat: add user startup warnings, add home directory check by @psinha40898 in #3056
• feat: YOLO mode shorctut displayed inside /help by @devpool007 in #3367
• Release misc by @mattKorwel in #3418
• feat(core): improve error messages in isCommandAllowed by @y-okt in #3349
• fix: respect env variables in .env for settings.json variable substitution by @jackwotherspoon in #3416
• Fix nested markdown Rendering for table headers and rows #3331 by @zfflxx in #3362
• @file don't respect config respectGitIgnore=false (#3382) by @zfflxx in #3387
• feat: add .svg support by @PugazhendhiDev in #3229
• Migrate Gemini CLI Action workflows to Direct WIF authentication by @jerop in #3456
• Re-enable backticks in shell tool usage. by @NTaylorMullen in #3360
• Add excludeTools and includeTools to mcpServers config by @jdemeulenaere in #2976
• Add new test to verify that when an Authorization header is provided by @gennadiycivil in #3023
• Add --allowed_mcp_server_names flag by @teeler in #3464
• fix: EditTool can clobber human edits to the same file. by @mainroach in #3043
• Update README.md to show API key usage for Vertex by @chrisheecho in #3060
• Remove unneeded code. by @scidomino in #3467
• fix(cli): Prevent Tab from auto-executing incomplete slash commands by @sambhavKhanna in #2919
• refactor: rename allowed_mcp_server_names to allowed-mcp-server-names by @teeler in #3469
• feature(commands) - Refactor Slash Command + Vision For the Future by @abhipatel12 in #3175
• Enable Gemini CLI to reuse user's auth in Cloud Shell by @mboshernitsan in #3070
• Initialize MCP tools once at start up instead of every time we auth. by @scidomino in #3483
• Fix typo and add tests for auth validation. by @scidomino in #3491
• Fix double "esc" bug in Auth dialog by @scidomino in #3493
• Release and Packaging: Clean up by @mattKorwel in #3489
• chore: add general usage message to --help message by @jackwotherspoon in #3500
• ci: disable scheduled jobs in forked repo by @warjiang in #3093
• Fix infinite loop in start.js on Windows by @SandyTao520 in #3506
• style: Format execution time as minutes, seconds by @Aisha630 in #2707
• Preserve recent history when compressing. by @scidomino in #3049
• Fix nightly Release by @mattKorwel in #3511

New Contributors

• @mpcarolin made their first contribution in #3061
• @acktsap made their first contribution in #2722
• @joshmoon827 made their first contribution in #2781
• @fnune made their first contribution in #3100
• @rmedranollamas made their first contribution in #3117
• @SunskyXH made their first contribution in #2118
• @kumar-mithlesh made their first contribution in #3203
• @jackwotherspoon made their first contribution in #3167
• @nedn made their first contribution in #3247
• @didier-durand made their first contribution in #3284
• @0ldh made their first contribution in #3183
• @BigUncle made their first contribution in #3300
• @siba2893 made their first contribution in #2932
• @adamfweidman made their first contribution in #2883
• @y-okt made their first contribution in #3349
• @zfflxx made their first contribution in #3362
• @PugazhendhiDev made their first contribution in #3229
• @gennadiycivil made their first contribution in #3023
• @mainroach made their first contribution in #3043
• @chrisheecho made their first contribution in #3060
• @sambhavKhanna made their first contribution in #2919
• @warjiang made their first contribution in #3093
• @Aisha630 made their first contribution in #2707

Full Changelog: v0.1.9...v0.1.9-nightly.250708.137ffec3