# cherry-studio v2.0.3

- Product: cherry-studio (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cherry-studio)
- Vendor: cherry-studio
- Date: 2026-08-10
- Version: v2.0.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/releases/tag/v2.0.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cherry-studio/releases/v2.0.3

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- **added** — Add smooth wheel control for reasoning effort in composer
- **added** — Show assistant context usage in chat composer
- **added** — Add Firecrawl as a URL fetch provider for web search
- **added** — Write a new note straight into the knowledge base
- **added** — Support scoped AGENTS.md instructions in agent runtime
- **added** — Add Pi coding agent to Code Tools
- **added** — Save edited user messages without resending in chat composer
- **added** — Add Windows Terminal (wt.exe) support for external apps
- **fixed** — Add sidebar management menu entry
- **fixed** — Strip citation markers from IM replies in agent channels
- **fixed** — Limit automatic naming to initial turn in agent session
- **fixed** — Make the configured system prompt authoritative in agent
- **fixed** — Preserve managed files for session history in agent attachments
- **fixed** — Respect Linux default terminal in code CLI
- **fixed** — Keep input compact in maximized panels in composer
- **fixed** — Ship GLIBC-compatible better-sqlite3 for Linux packaging
- **fixed** — Always echo reasoning_content on assistant turns for OpenAI-compatible
- **fixed** — Dismiss loading overlay on dom-ready in mini app
- **fixed** — Skip EBUSY locked files during automatic backup
- **fixed** — Recover duplicate tool use ID failures in agent runtime
- **changed** — Eliminate tab-switch IPC and re-render churn under Activity keep-alive in chat tabs

##### What's Changed
* feat(composer): add smooth wheel control for reasoning effort by @ousugo in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/17829
* fix(sidebar): add sidebar management menu entry by @ousugo in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18031
* fix(agent-channels): strip citation markers from IM replies by @Pleasurecruise in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18064
* feat(chat-composer): show assistant context usage by @zhangjiadi225 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18006
* fix(agent-session): limit automatic naming to initial turn by @zhangjiadi225 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/17987
* feat(web-search): add Firecrawl as a URL fetch provider by @DeJeune in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18089
* perf(chat-tabs): eliminate tab-switch IPC and re-render churn under Activity keep-alive by @zhangjiadi225 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18035
* feat(knowledge-data-source): write a new note straight into the knowledge base by @eeee0717 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18022
* fix(agent): make the configured system prompt authoritative by @AtomsH4 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18100
* fix(agent-attachments): preserve managed files for session history by @vaayne in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18027
* fix(code-cli): respect Linux default terminal by @Pleasurecruise in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18103
* fix(composer): keep input compact in maximized panels by @zhangjiadi225 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18125
* docs(design-system): streamline global UI guidance by @zhangjiadi225 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18110
* fix(linux-packaging): ship GLIBC-compatible better-sqlite3 by @kangfenmao in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/17778
* fix(openai-compatible): always echo reasoning_content on assistant turns by @DeJeune in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18121
* fix(mini-app): dismiss loading overlay on dom-ready by @Pleasurecruise in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18079
* feat(agent-runtime): support scoped AGENTS.md instructions by @vaayne in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18126
* fix(backup): skip EBUSY locked files (LevelDB LOCK) during automatic backup by @xxiaoxiong in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18117
* fix(agent-runtime): recover duplicate tool use ID failures by @AtomsH4 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18119
* fix(mcp): resolve stdio MCP servers to full paths on Windows by @LWWZH in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/16472
* fix(notes): align sidebar note icons by @ousugo in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18143
* fix(mcp): close stale clients so ping failures stop orphaning child processes by @DeJeune in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18146
* fix(chat-migration): bound message block indexing memory by @kangfenmao in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18127
* ci: reduce pre-merge test runtime by @Pleasurecruise in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18165
* fix(lifecycle): bound each service's teardown during shutdown by @0xfullex in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18136
* feat(code-cli): add Pi coding agent to Code Tools by @vaayne in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/16928
* fix(mcp-tools): prevent non-ASCII tool identity collisions by @AtomsH4 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18128
* fix(builtin-tools): stop sending strict so knowledge bases work on Anthropic by @eeee0717 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18179
* fix(backup): skip LevelDB locks in streamed backups by @AtomsH4 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18173
* fix(resource-list): unify cross-panel list styling by @zhangjiadi225 in https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/pull/18046
* fi

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