# Kimi Code 0.12.0

- Product: Kimi Code (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code)
- Vendor: Moonshot AI
- Date: 2026-06-09
- Version: 0.12.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%400.12.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code/releases/0.12.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'.

---

- **changed** — Enable micro compaction by default while keeping its opt-out flag
- **changed** — Detect Homebrew installations and use `brew upgrade kimi-code` for updates instead of falling back to npm
- **added** — Honor the standard `HTTP_PROXY` / `HTTPS_PROXY` / `ALL_PROXY` / `NO_PROXY` environment variables, including SOCKS proxies, for all outbound traffic
- **changed** — Make goals, background questions, and sub-skill discovery available without experimental opt-ins
- **added** — Add the `/swarm` command for running agent swarms with live progress and rate-limit-aware retries
- **fixed** — Fix ACP slash skill routing, bootstrap context reads, file and permission edge cases, subagent event handling, and stale-file edit messaging
- **fixed** — Detect Git Bash installed through Scoop and other Git shims on Windows
- **changed** — Rework file reference completion in the TUI
- **changed** — Wrap long single-line shell commands in approval prompts so the full command remains visible
- **fixed** — Fix goal resume behavior by restoring goal state from agent records
- **fixed** — Fix the `/mcp` status panel border being broken by multi-line MCP server errors, which are now folded onto a single row
- **fixed** — Fix session workdir mismatch on Windows caused by inconsistent path separators
- **changed** — Load Kimi-specific user Skills and global agent instructions from `KIMI_CODE_HOME` when it is set
- **changed** — Show full plan cards directly and remove the Plan card keyboard shortcut
- **changed** — Improve goal mode outcome handling with follow-up messages, safer error pauses, and clearer TUI transcript display
- **removed** — Remove the per-turn auto-compaction limit so long conversations can keep compacting instead of failing early
- **fixed** — Allow the startup session picker to exit with repeated Ctrl-C or Ctrl-D
- **fixed** — Show the underlying error when migration fails
- **fixed** — Fix thinking text and tool output display for subagents

###### Minor Changes

- [#569](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/569) [`d7407b0`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/d7407b0ecfc87a3840e26ddaddb69e7f52383699) - Enable micro compaction by default while keeping its opt-out flag.

- [#531](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/531) [`b47734c`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/b47734ca0bac84e0b2c4ff50cd3d5eedb9e0c7c1) - Detect Homebrew installations and use `brew upgrade kimi-code` for updates instead of falling back to npm.

- [#487](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/487) [`4d11394`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/4d113949c8e906c20c7188817926f44786653923) - Honor the standard `HTTP_PROXY` / `HTTPS_PROXY` / `ALL_PROXY` / `NO_PROXY` environment variables, including SOCKS proxies, for all outbound traffic.

- [#569](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/569) [`d7407b0`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/d7407b0ecfc87a3840e26ddaddb69e7f52383699) - Make goals, background questions, and sub-skill discovery available without experimental opt-ins.

- [#424](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/424) [`72c4b0a`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/72c4b0adaa6ae0466875cd8e4066c42456195f21) - Add the `/swarm` command for running agent swarms with live progress and rate-limit-aware retries.

###### Patch Changes

- [#395](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/395) [`879a7ee`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/879a7eeb33a8bedf18779d74a00d78369dae3db5) - Fix ACP slash skill routing, bootstrap context reads, file and permission edge cases, subagent event handling, and stale-file edit messaging.

- [#529](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/529) [`3b62b12`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/3b62b123e68cc4543bfa8fa376c7e8a24fee0afb) - Detect Git Bash installed through Scoop and other Git shims on Windows.

- [#547](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/547) [`3765a49`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/3765a491636a57c0f84ba409c325df10f7613a49) - Rework file reference completion in the TUI.

- [#537](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/537) [`8d0c91f`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/8d0c91faa1c878e395bffe9bafa89e10736c2384) - Wrap long single-line shell commands in approval prompts so the full command remains visible.

- [#552](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/552) [`db82e33`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/db82e33a20fd1ec204672df4ba5bc38800ce8dea) - Fix goal resume behavior by restoring goal state from agent records.

- [#521](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/521) [`9aba465`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/9aba465fd8689be998fa8581d04792b3c7c54359) - Fix the `/mcp` status panel border being broken by multi-line MCP server errors, which are now folded onto a single row.

- [#543](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/543) [`0c3d556`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/0c3d556778f969b3c99e69e07ecba27af8bd6c29) - Fix session workdir mismatch on Windows caused by inconsistent path separators.

- [#544](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/544) [`5cff6d6`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/5cff6d60273a6145ee38539b9c1306adddc66510) - Load Kimi-specific user Skills and global agent instructions from `KIMI_CODE_HOME` when it is set.

- [#536](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/536) [`b785e26`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/b785e2698a2da7adc9ef10251a2aed9b243e3b5f) - Show full plan cards directly and remove the Plan card keyboard shortcut.

- [#555](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/555) [`41ebe9f`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/41ebe9fb9f403e2ee6a8721640a79faa64e9210a) - Improve goal mode outcome handling with follow-up messages, safer error pauses, and clearer TUI transcript display.

- [#506](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/506) [`f09ec7b`](https://

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%400.12.0]_