# Kimi Code 0.16.0

- Product: Kimi Code (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code)
- Vendor: Moonshot AI
- Date: 2026-06-16
- Version: 0.16.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%400.16.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code/releases/0.16.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add a built-in `kimi vis` command that launches the session visualizer in your browser, pointed at your local sessions, with support for `--port`/`--host`, `--no-open`, and `kimi vis <sessionId>` deep-links
- **security** — Stop Anthropic-compatible providers from reading ambient Anthropic shell credentials and custom headers
- **added** — Add configurable banner display frequencies with local display state
- **fixed** — Close wrapped output streams when buffered readers are destroyed
- **fixed** — Fix repeated compaction handling when context remains over the blocking threshold
- **changed** — Polish queue pane styling
- **changed** — Reduce the maximum height of the /btw side panel from half to one-third of the terminal
- **changed** — Project session replay ranges over rendered replay records instead of raw persisted records
- **fixed** — Prevent session shutdown from resuming the agent when stopping background tasks
- **removed** — Remove redundant LLM request logging context plumbing

###### Minor Changes

- [#788](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/788) [`efdf8a1`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/efdf8a1b2d4e906fbb35620083c3e7b490e0e88a) - Add a built-in `kimi vis` command that launches the session visualizer in your browser, pointed at your local sessions. Supports `--port`/`--host`, `--no-open`, and `kimi vis <sessionId>` deep-links.

###### Patch Changes

- [#790](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/790) [`d0d5821`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/d0d58219007cd9d7355f1ea8900e9777b66abda2) - Stop Anthropic-compatible providers from reading ambient Anthropic shell credentials and custom headers.

- [#809](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/809) [`6f442bd`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/6f442bd8cde29e21526fa36c9836e2d4c282b4bf) - Add configurable banner display frequencies with local display state.

- [#807](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/807) [`b45672c`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/b45672cdaac9959024c3ae36bf35b16a423aa1dc) - Close wrapped output streams when buffered readers are destroyed.

- [#813](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/813) [`7b5b818`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/7b5b8188157ec902e5cd4e73545bc5ca6c52bb76) - Fix repeated compaction handling when context remains over the blocking threshold.

- [#801](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/801) [`ff332be`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/ff332be6d364ce3d5974133deb7c76220684181a) - Polish queue pane styling

- [#802](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/802) [`aa1896c`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/aa1896ca749e41a67d7c4b655dcc8be830cbec82) - Reduce the maximum height of the /btw side panel from half to one-third of the terminal.

- [#805](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/805) [`3e6196e`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/3e6196e6b227c66860651f4335e06973865b2714) - Project session replay ranges over rendered replay records instead of raw persisted records.

- [#804](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/804) [`299b9fc`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/299b9fcad4c9c4b755fae4dfae01a1dbf60aec3c) - Prevent session shutdown from resuming the agent when stopping background tasks.

- [#823](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/823) [`90fc04b`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/90fc04b7072ec20055022c50583d35286ca715a6) - Remove redundant LLM request logging context plumbing.