# Kimi Code 0.6.0

- Product: Kimi Code (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code)
- Vendor: Moonshot AI
- Date: 2026-05-29
- Version: 0.6.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%400.6.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code/releases/0.6.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add a KIMI_MODEL_* environment-variable channel that lets you run Kimi Code against a specific model without editing config.toml
- **added** — Install plugins directly from GitHub repository URLs, and surface each install's origin and trust level in the plugin manager
- **added** — Support querying sessions by sessionId or workDir in listSessions, and show a helpful cd command when resuming a session from a different working directory
- **removed** — Remove the default per-turn step limit of 1000
- **fixed** — Show the real terminal status of background agents in the transcript so lost, failed, and killed ones no longer appear as completed, and include the resume agent id and recovery instructions in the failure notification
- **fixed** — Back off failed compaction retries by a fixed slice of the model context window
- **changed** — Introduce ModelProvider interface and SingleModelProvider to decouple Agent from ProviderManager
- **fixed** — Handle context overflow errors consistently across provider responses
- **fixed** — Fix the native self-updater reporting a successful update when the install command actually failed
- **fixed** — Fix footer leaking onto the terminal when resuming a non-existent session
- **fixed** — Fix automatic ripgrep installation when temporary files are on another filesystem
- **changed** — Expand the footer's rotating tips to surface more commands and shortcuts, featuring newer and important ones more prominently
- **changed** — Improve the usage information display in the TUI
- **changed** — Project persisted hook and blocked prompt messages into model context
- **changed** — Restrict plugin trust badges to Kimi-hosted plugin CDN URL patterns
- **fixed** — Recover from provider model token limit errors during long conversations
- **fixed** — Automatically retry when a model response stream is dropped mid-flight instead of failing the turn
- **changed** — Slim the LLM diagnostic logs with fewer, more compact fields
- **changed** — Split RuntimeConfig into Kaos and ToolServices and update all references accordingly
- **changed** — Clarify subagent and background task stop messages as user-initiated

###### Minor Changes

-   [#212](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/212) [`2bbea75`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/2bbea75ee4c0b11f12d2921061774426df40479a) - Add a `KIMI_MODEL_*` environment-variable channel that lets you run Kimi Code against a specific model (provider type, base URL, API key, context size, capabilities, and thinking settings) without editing `config.toml`.

-   [#221](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/221) [`bab2da7`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/bab2da7b1c785d6deba25decb1411f8f5a70de8c) - Install plugins directly from GitHub repository URLs, and surface each install's origin and trust level (kimi-official, curated, third-party) in the plugin manager.

-   [#118](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/118) [`8913440`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/891344054111a05171963cfa524ef749c2855321) - Support querying sessions by sessionId or workDir in listSessions, and show a helpful cd command when resuming a session from a different working directory.

-   [#186](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/186) [`537cf20`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/537cf20d18b26d4238f963f793f8a8ef085ac97e) - Remove the default per-turn step limit of 1000. Users can still set `max_steps_per_turn` in config to enforce a custom limit.

###### Patch Changes

-   [#197](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/197) [`f3269ea`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/f3269eacb9da9a6b66f578a864d0b9bdfb1d6d81) - Show the real terminal status of background agents in the transcript so lost, failed, and killed ones no longer appear as completed, and include the resume agent id and recovery instructions in the failure notification so the model can resume reliably.

-   [#211](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/211) [`54590d3`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/54590d3d464b05eed0837a725b37f3aa491c09af) - Back off failed compaction retries by a fixed slice of the model context window.

-   [#167](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/167) [`b5981a5`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/b5981a523b66ff2fd5f09a7e66075628b94683c8) - Introduce `ModelProvider` interface and `SingleModelProvider` to decouple `Agent` from `ProviderManager`.

-   [#213](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/213) [`2388f20`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/2388f20bb3d039e89caefca159801059b90dc64a) - Handle context overflow errors consistently across provider responses.

-   [#214](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/214) [`caaa6d8`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/caaa6d83ee262ba4c954386458ee13aacdb26e1a) - Fix the native self-updater reporting a successful update when the install command actually failed.

-   [#202](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/202) [`14a0348`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/14a03488555682dde4bcd74aadf79f60a9827304) - Fix footer leaking onto the terminal when resuming a non-existent session.

-   [#198](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/198) [`8c77cfa`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/8c77cfab62617e07b38f8514a8ef7cddfd9f1069) - Fix automatic ripgrep installation when temporary files are on another filesystem.

-   [#199](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/199) [`588145d`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/588145dc9b266456bdb1d739975a5b9cf33d70ae) - Expand the footer's rotating tips to surface more commands and shortcuts, featuring newer and important ones more prominently.

-   [#192](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/192) [`64964a0`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/64964a0dda98fc2db5e15ba923ea9414c78e0009) - Improve the usage information display in the TUI.

-   [#195](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/195) [`3a0e060`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/3a0e06031ac6dfde148f64906a06cfe820ad9c63) - Project persisted hook and blocke

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