# Kimi Code 0.23.0

- Product: Kimi Code (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code)
- Vendor: Moonshot AI
- Date: 2026-07-06
- Version: 0.23.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%400.23.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code/releases/0.23.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **changed** — Enable Preserved Thinking by default for Kimi models when Thinking is on, keeping prior reasoning across turns, configurable via [thinking] keep setting in config.toml or KIMI_MODEL_THINKING_KEEP environment variable
- **added** — Add server APIs to restore archived sessions and list only archived sessions
- **added** — Add experimental progressive tool disclosure (select_tools) that keeps MCP tool schemas out of the request's top-level tools[] and allows the model to load tools on demand by exact name via a built-in select_tools tool
- **added** — Add an Archived sessions page in Settings to browse and restore archived sessions
- **changed** — Replace the swarm footer with a single inline tool card that shows live subagent progress and the aggregated result, and keep swarm badges stable after refresh
- **changed** — AskUserQuestion now feeds answers back to the model as question text and option labels instead of synthesized ids, so the model no longer has to map positional ids back to the original options
- **fixed** — Fix @ file completion missing deeply nested files in large projects after adding extra workspace directories
- **added** — Show compaction summaries in the TUI after compaction, toggleable with Ctrl-O
- **fixed** — Fix the Bash tool card collapsing in height when a multi-line command finishes with short output, and visually separate the command from its output
- **fixed** — Fix the edit approval preview shown by ctrl+e to include surrounding context lines, matching the summary panel
- **fixed** — Fix the Edit tool card jumping in height and flickering while its result streams in
- **fixed** — Fix tool calling with Google Gemini models, including Gemini 3 thinking-signature round-trips across turns
- **fixed** — Show the correct session search shortcut on Windows
- **fixed** — Fix the collapsed sidebar not hiding and squeezing the conversation layout
- **fixed** — Fix the input box shifting upward after the slash command menu closes

###### Minor Changes

- [#1417](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1417) [`79b360c`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/79b360c96ad5d0af6a8c1d3a8df73adc65254d7c) Thanks [@RealKai42](https://github.com/RealKai42)! - Enable Preserved Thinking by default for Kimi models when Thinking is on, keeping prior reasoning across turns. Set `[thinking] keep = "off"` in config.toml (or `KIMI_MODEL_THINKING_KEEP=off`) to disable it.

- [#1073](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1073) [`6c0ce09`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/6c0ce09414bbfd42d8991c88c89b82c088ff2099) Thanks [@sailist](https://github.com/sailist)! - Add server APIs to restore archived sessions and list only archived sessions.

- [#1369](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1369) [`f0896a5`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/f0896a53b01f7e5b9bf5b8f93d2cd7387d765f07) Thanks [@starquakee](https://github.com/starquakee)! - Add experimental progressive tool disclosure (`select_tools`). When the `tool-select` experimental flag is on and the active model declares the `select_tools` capability, MCP tool schemas stay out of the request's top-level `tools[]` (preserving the provider prompt cache); the model loads tools on demand by exact name via the new built-in `select_tools` tool, guided by `<tools_added>/<tools_removed>` announcements. Off by default and inert on models without the capability — behavior is unchanged until a supporting model is catalogued. The SDK additionally maps the `select_tools` capability when building model aliases from a catalog and reports the new flag through `getExperimentalFeatures()`.

- [#1073](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1073) [`6c0ce09`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/6c0ce09414bbfd42d8991c88c89b82c088ff2099) Thanks [@sailist](https://github.com/sailist)! - web: Add an Archived sessions page in Settings to browse and restore archived sessions. Open Settings → Archived to find it.

- [#1425](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1425) [`c5e3e80`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/c5e3e80041a763143934c271d2524ac555d48d2a) Thanks [@wbxl2000](https://github.com/wbxl2000)! - web: Replace the swarm footer with a single inline tool card that shows live subagent progress and the aggregated result, and keep swarm badges stable after refresh.

###### Patch Changes

- [#1414](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1414) [`c12f309`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/c12f30951f2c278bebb42d0f61d67946c42b9577) Thanks [@RealKai42](https://github.com/RealKai42)! - AskUserQuestion now feeds answers back to the model as question text and option labels (e.g. `{"answers":{"Which database?":"Postgres"}}`) instead of synthesized ids like `q_0`/`opt_0_1`, so the model no longer has to map positional ids back to the original options — the wire protocol is unchanged, clients still answer with option ids. Question texts must now be unique per call and option labels unique per question; the web transcript card resolves both the new label form and legacy id transcripts.

- [#1408](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1408) [`fc259ab`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/fc259abdb415fe9ac10132a142bdb5ce507ccda2) Thanks [@liruifengv](https://github.com/liruifengv)! - Fix `@` file completion missing deeply nested files in large projects after adding extra workspace directories.

- [#1346](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1346) [`b9258ee`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/b9258ee07d32ff63afe9a2eb40fce6d136548fb2) Thanks [@liruifengv](https://github.com/liruifengv)! - Show compaction summaries in the TUI after compaction. Press Ctrl-O to show or hide the summary.

- [#1419](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/1419) [`5ea3ec4`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/5ea3ec489e0a7d66b844c39ee65162fd6a8ed8b1) Thanks [@liruifengv](https://github.com/liruifengv)! - Fix the Bash tool card

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