# Insomnia: what changed from 12 to 13

- Product: Insomnia (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/insomnia)
- Vendor: Kong
- Range: changelog entries numbered after 12.6.0 up to and including 13.2.0, stable releases only
- Entries below: 5 releases (newest first)
- Resolved: 12 is 12.6.0 and 13 is 13.2.0, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 0 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 0 · Removing or deprecating something: 0
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/insomnia/compare/12...13

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## What changed (21 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### 13.2.0 (2026-08-25)

- Capability-aware sandbox context construction for templating
- Add request_url_length to Request Created analytics event
- Surface profiles and ceiling with migration warning for templating
- Basic components
- Broaden undo-history persistence via a stable historyKey
- Add a tooltip for show/hide secret on auth tab
- Vetted npm libraries in the sandbox including uuid and ajv
- Show number of matches when filtering a JSON response

### Changed

#### 13.2.0 (2026-08-25)

- Rewrite command palette search to eliminate UI freezes and stale results

### Fixed

#### 13.2.0 (2026-08-25)

- Previous response will show after a request is sent successfully
- Let empty-input request creation and re-focus the first-request input on project switch
- Button size
- Don't count auto-derived file name as a changed field in new workspace modal
- Handle lint process error by terminating it and resetting the reference
- Cloud sync test flaky
- Always show collection picker on import
- Stop reusing blank-row ids in key-value editors
- Restore visible keyboard focus indicators across the app
- Route v3 spaces SDK through proxy-aware fetch
- Polish input UI and fix cURL method detection in first-request
- Deep-link mcp workspace matching

_4 releases carry no categorized changes yet: 13.1.0, 13.0.2, 13.0.1, 13.0.0._

## Release notes

### 13.2.0 — 13.2.0 📦

- Date: 2026-08-25
- Version: 13.2.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases/tag/core%4013.2.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/insomnia/releases/13.2.0

- **fixed** — Previous response will show after a request is sent successfully
- **fixed** — Let empty-input request creation and re-focus the first-request input on project switch
- **fixed** — Button size
- **added** — Capability-aware sandbox context construction for templating
- **added** — Add request_url_length to Request Created analytics event
- **fixed** — Don't count auto-derived file name as a changed field in new workspace modal
- **fixed** — Handle lint process error by terminating it and resetting the reference
- **added** — Surface profiles and ceiling with migration warning for templating
- **fixed** — Cloud sync test flaky
- **added** — Basic components
- **fixed** — Always show collection picker on import
- **added** — Broaden undo-history persistence via a stable historyKey
- **added** — Add a tooltip for show/hide secret on auth tab
- **added** — Vetted npm libraries in the sandbox including uuid and ajv
- **fixed** — Stop reusing blank-row ids in key-value editors
- **fixed** — Restore visible keyboard focus indicators across the app
- **fixed** — Route v3 spaces SDK through proxy-aware fetch
- **fixed** — Polish input UI and fix cURL method detection in first-request
- **added** — Show number of matches when filtering a JSON response
- **fixed** — Deep-link mcp workspace matching
- **changed** — Rewrite command palette search to eliminate UI freezes and stale results

##### What's Changed
* fix: Previous response will show after a request is sent successfully by @cwangsmv in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10239
* fix(INS-2933): let empty-input request creation and re-focus the first-request input on project switch by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10240
* fix: button size by @notjaywu in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10241
* feat(templating): capability-aware sandbox context construction (C2) by @jackkav in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10226
* feat(INS-2933): add request_url_length to Request Created analytics event by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10243
* chore: enable retries for playwright smoke tests by @fiosman in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10234
* fix: don't count auto-derived file name as a changed field in new workspace modal by @fiosman in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10246
* fix: handle lint process error by terminating it and resetting the reference by @ZxBing0066 in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/9871
* feat(templating): surface profiles + ceiling + migration warning (P1) by @jackkav in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10242
* fix: cloud sync test flaky by @CurryYangxx in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10238
* Feat/basic components m0 by @CurryYangxx in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10230
* chore: emit and upload junit test results per shard by @fiosman in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10253
* fix(import): always show collection picker by @ryan-willis in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10262
* feat(undo): broaden undo-history persistence via a stable historyKey by @jackkav in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10233
* feat: add a tooltip for show/hide secret on auth tab by @shelby-moore in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10263
* feat(templating): vetted npm libraries in the sandbox — uuid + ajv (M3) by @jackkav in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10244
* fix: stop reusing blank-row ids in key-value editors [INS-2598] by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10260
* fix: restore visible keyboard focus indicators across the app by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10268
* fix: route v3 spaces SDK through proxy-aware fetch by @Ali-Sab in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10265
* fix(first-request): polish input UI and fix cURL method detection [INS-3055] by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10267
* feat: show number of matches when filtering a JSON response by @fiosman in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10261
* fix: deep-link mcp workspace matching by @ryan-willis in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10269
* perf: rewrite command palette search to eliminate UI freezes and stale results by @ZxBing0066 in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10257
* feat(templating): multi-file plugins via in-sandbox module map (M4) by @jackkav in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10256
* fix: collection runner ux by @ryan-willis in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10271
* fix(sidebar): deduplicate repeated request IDs by @ryan-willis in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10179
* fix: support prompt tag in main process by @CurryYangxx in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10251
* fix: guard against infinite loops by @ryan-willis in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10281
* fix: prevent blur-flush from persisting empty rows or re-enabling disabled rows in EnvironmentKVEditor by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10278
* fix(first-request): remove double focus outline and stop cURL method sync while typing by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10287
* fix(first-request): add spacing below quick actions/examples row (treatment A) by @pavkout in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10288
* feat(templating): (L1) discover user-plugin exports in the sandbox instead of nodeRequire (PR 9) by @jackkav in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10276
* feat(templating):

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### 13.1.0 — 13.1.0 📦

- Date: 2026-07-24
- Version: 13.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases/tag/core%4013.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/insomnia/releases/13.1.0

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/compare/core@13.1.0-beta.1...core@13.1.0

### 13.0.2 — 13.0.2 📦

- Date: 2026-06-24
- Version: 13.0.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases/tag/core%4013.0.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/insomnia/releases/13.0.2

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/compare/core@13.0.1...core@13.0.2

### 13.0.1 — 13.0.1 📦

- Date: 2026-06-18
- Version: 13.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases/tag/core%4013.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/insomnia/releases/13.0.1

##### What's Changed
* backport #10114 to release/13.0 by @insomnia-infra in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10115
* backport #10102 to release/13.0 by @insomnia-infra in https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/10116


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/compare/core@13.0.0...core@13.0.1

### 13.0.0 — 13.0.0 📦

- Date: 2026-06-16
- Version: 13.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases/tag/core%4013.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/insomnia/releases/13.0.0

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/compare/core@13.0.0-beta.1...core@13.0.0