May 10, 2026
Native Windows support and programmable pipelines
AO became a first-class Windows application and added staged, parallel agent pipelines from the CLI.
Native AO workflows on Windows #1025
Windows users can install and run the same AO dashboard, agents, and session workflows natively without WSL.
Build and control staged agent pipelines #1645
The CLI can define, start, inspect, cancel, and resume staged agent pipelines, including parallel work and saved artifacts.
Rename worker sessions from the sidebar #1748
Worker sessions can be renamed directly from the dashboard sidebar.
Improvements
Product
- V0.1 — core types, state machine, flat-file store #1636
- V1.1 — DAG, parallel scheduling, Stage.routes #1664
Agents
- V0.2 — agent executor (fresh session per stage, talk-to-able) #1638
Pull requests
- Enable worker→orchestrator dialogue via
ao sendwith auto-sender prefix #1787 - Add per-project env block to ProjectConfig #1679
Bug fixes
Product
- Restore re-attaches existing branch instead of recreating with -b #1742
- Adopt orphaned orchestrator worktrees #1643
Agents
- Keep tmux session alive after agent exit #1758
- Reset stale worktree session branches #1652
- Disable tmux status bar at session creation #1683
Terminal
- Disable xterm scrollback to prevent terminal right-side clipping #1678
- Render empty-state in sidebar when no projects configured #1549
Pull requests
- Reliable post-launch prompt delivery with readiness polling #1583
- Reload dashboard config after adding project from already-running menu #1706
Updates
- Make update checks install-method aware #1595