# Kimi Code 0.9.0

- Product: Kimi Code (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code)
- Vendor: Moonshot AI
- Date: 2026-06-03
- Version: 0.9.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%400.9.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kimi-code/releases/0.9.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add @moonshot-ai/acp-adapter and the kimi acp subcommand to speak Agent Client Protocol 0.23 over stdio for IDEs and custom clients to drive sessions directly
- **added** — Add /btw command for side-channel conversations without steering the active main turn
- **added** — Log enabled experimental flags at startup
- **changed** — Allow /btw to open the side-channel panel before entering a question
- **fixed** — Fix external editor (Ctrl+G) on Windows by removing /bin/sh dependency and using platform-aware shell quoting for temp file paths
- **fixed** — Fix goal budget tool schemas for OpenAI-compatible providers
- **changed** — Use the OpenAI completion token field required by newer Chat Completions models
- **changed** — Resume saved subagents lazily when they are accessed
- **changed** — Allow SDK runtime creation to use a separate RPC client while preserving local CLI startup
- **changed** — Unify the interaction and visuals across TUI dialogs and selectors
- **changed** — Use configured model output limits for completion token caps

###### Minor Changes

- [#368](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/368) [`3eafa79`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/3eafa79f39c06b67d18bd2c1fd5321d2d889ed90) - Add `@moonshot-ai/acp-adapter` and the `kimi acp` subcommand: kimi-code now speaks [Agent Client Protocol 0.23](https://agentclientprotocol.com/) over stdio so IDEs (Zed, JetBrains AI Chat, custom clients) can drive sessions directly — coverage matrix, Zed configuration and breaking pre-release notes are in [kimi acp Subcommand Page](https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/reference/kimi-acp.html).

- [#338](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/338) [`ba7dd73`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/ba7dd736a3b295b2a29c229a944208c232d51458) - Add `/btw` for side-channel conversations without steering the active main turn.

- [#357](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/357) [`179aecf`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/179aecf42379e8ef4091f5351c91cd460ba11bdd) - Log enabled experimental flags at startup.

- [#378](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/378) [`e0d28b4`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/e0d28b4941ad6f16e69bdf56a4185655feec5320) - Allow `/btw` to open the side-channel panel before entering a question.

###### Patch Changes

- [#246](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/246) [`7d1f889`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/7d1f889d3dc123f44a8d14543e5aaf8aeef2c752) - Fix external editor (Ctrl+G) on Windows by removing `/bin/sh` dependency and using platform-aware shell quoting for temp file paths.

- [#365](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/365) [`6a22523`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/6a2252343a0d624b326b2d369ec908bc8d60092d) - Fix goal budget tool schemas for OpenAI-compatible providers.

- [#365](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/365) [`6a22523`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/6a2252343a0d624b326b2d369ec908bc8d60092d) - Use the OpenAI completion token field required by newer Chat Completions models.

- [#380](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/380) [`8639105`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/86391053139ad4ea437afe79f472412fb1b106a1) - Resume saved subagents lazily when they are accessed.

- [#339](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/339) [`a6b16ce`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/a6b16ce6b4bdc20ed33888975c7da7ff1919e22f) - Allow SDK runtime creation to use a separate RPC client while preserving local CLI startup.

- [#363](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/363) [`90879f3`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/90879f37af2ddb941223d293a67615f8f557e3af) - Unify the interaction and visuals across TUI dialogs and selectors.

- [#365](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/pull/365) [`6a22523`](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/commit/6a2252343a0d624b326b2d369ec908bc8d60092d) - Use configured model output limits for completion token caps.