# Kimi Code 0.20.2

- Product: Kimi Code (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code)
- Vendor: Moonshot AI
- Date: 2026-06-29
- Version: 0.20.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%400.20.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code/releases/0.20.2
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add an optional exclude_empty parameter to the session list API to omit sessions that have no messages
- **added** — Add KIMI_CODE_CUSTOM_HEADERS for custom outbound LLM request headers and send the User-Agent header to non-Kimi providers
- **added** — Add a completion sound and question notifications to the web UI with separate Settings toggles for completion notifications, question notifications, and sound
- **changed** — Cap compaction output at 128k tokens by default to avoid provider max_tokens errors
- **changed** — Route managed Kimi Code models on the Anthropic-compatible protocol through the beta Messages API
- **changed** — Support the Anthropic-compatible protocol for managed Kimi Code, including video input
- **changed** — Upgrade web markdown renderer dependencies (katex, markstream-vue, shiki) for bug fixes and performance improvements
- **changed** — Rework the web ask-user-question card into a step-by-step wizard so multi-question navigation and the final Submit action are easier to see
- **changed** — Replace the web composer attach button's plus icon with an image icon
- **changed** — In the bundled web UI, a new session is now created only when the first message is sent, so + New without a workspace opens the composer instead of making an empty session
- **changed** — Hide unused New Session entries from the web session list by default
- **changed** — In the bundled web UI, /new and /clear are now aliases that open the session onboarding composer and focus the input
- **changed** — Add provider type and protocol attributes to turn and API error telemetry
- **fixed** — Fix compaction ignoring the configured max output size
- **fixed** — Fix unnecessary full-screen redraws when typing in the input box or toggling the slash panel
- **fixed** — Fix debug timing output lingering after undoing a turn
- **fixed** — Fix the web composer occasionally keeping typed text after sending the first message of a new session
- **fixed** — Fix working tips getting squeezed against the agent swarm progress bar
- **fixed** — Recover from provider 413 context overflows by compacting before retrying
- **fixed** — Restore each session's scroll position when switching back to it in the web UI

###### Patch Changes

- [#1166](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1166) [`dfcfdfd`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/dfcfdfd9ddbe14fb6e358694394e1ddcc21b8911) - Add an optional exclude_empty parameter to the session list API to omit sessions that have no messages.

- [#1156](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1156) [`794db55`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/794db55538e01b4bf0c008c493de5d8b8bf67c5d) - Cap compaction output at 128k tokens by default to avoid provider max_tokens errors.

- [#1129](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1129) [`d02b5c4`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/d02b5c49844d65e005632fafcb1c172a7d32bfbe) - Fix compaction ignoring the configured max output size.

- [#1188](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1188) [`db5fbc5`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/db5fbc53c00c9945fc1fa98c69c4e5c7efb8077e) - Fix unnecessary full-screen redraws when typing in the input box or toggling the slash panel.

- [#1187](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1187) [`97f9263`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/97f9263c6f13ead5edc051f96993f8d1d7d5ec6f) - Fix debug timing output lingering after undoing a turn.

- [#1163](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1163) [`ff6e8bb`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/ff6e8bbd7c328dcc6575902cfd0cb3e522f20948) - Fix the web composer occasionally keeping typed text after sending the first message of a new session.

- [#1189](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1189) [`04b3492`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/04b3492e740dad5fca2af9f66eca98da3e14058a) - Fix working tips getting squeezed against the agent swarm progress bar.

- [#1159](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1159) [`23a553b`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/23a553bb91e9ee794aaf769f78f5acec739aec85) - In the bundled web UI, `/new` and `/clear` are now aliases that open the session onboarding composer and focus the input. iOS auto-zoom is prevented by keeping text inputs at 16px instead of disabling viewport scaling.

- [#1186](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1186) [`821847c`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/821847cb4b88d9128014609aad307ab8d9e9a5f3) - Add `KIMI_CODE_CUSTOM_HEADERS` for custom outbound LLM request headers and send the `User-Agent` header to non-Kimi providers. Set `KIMI_CODE_CUSTOM_HEADERS` to newline-separated `Name: Value` lines.

- [#1186](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1186) [`821847c`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/821847cb4b88d9128014609aad307ab8d9e9a5f3) - Route managed Kimi Code models on the Anthropic-compatible protocol through the beta Messages API.

- [#1170](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1170) [`cf558cd`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/cf558cd74267393d6497ddedf25e192eaac4f94b) - Recover from provider 413 context overflows by compacting before retrying.

- [#1170](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1170) [`cf558cd`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/cf558cd74267393d6497ddedf25e192eaac4f94b) - Support the Anthropic-compatible protocol for managed Kimi Code, including video input.

- [#1186](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1186) [`821847c`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/821847cb4b88d9128014609aad307ab8d9e9a5f3) - Add provider type and protocol attributes to turn and API error telemetry.

- [#1155](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1155) [`54baf5d`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/54baf5d07fe718b70b8840e509a905ac48b1ccac) - Upgrade web markdown renderer dependencies (katex, markstream-vue, shiki) for bug fixes and performance improvements.

- [#1162](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1162) [`b070846`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/b0708464f4160f7b73f25a520e493bf87e92149f) - Rework the web ask-user-question card into a step-by-step wi

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