# Kiro CLI: Cloud Sessions Preview and Smarter Command Menus

- Product: Kiro (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro)
- Vendor: Amazon Web Services
- Date: 2026-08-11
- Original notes: https://kiro.dev/changelog/cli/2-17
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro/releases/2026-08-11-cli-cloud-sessions-preview-and-smarter-command-me
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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This release introduces cloud sessions in preview: run your session in a managed cloud sandbox with --cloud, disconnect while the agent keeps working, and resume from any machine. The slash command me…

- **added** — Cloud sessions in preview mode with --cloud flag to run sessions in managed cloud sandbox
- **added** — Ability to disconnect from a cloud session while the agent continues working
- **added** — Ability to resume cloud sessions from any machine
- **added** — Substring matching for slash command menu
- **fixed** — Typing in the TUI stays smoother during rapid input

This release introduces cloud sessions in preview: run your session in a managed cloud sandbox with --cloud, disconnect while the agent keeps working, and resume from any machine. The slash command menu also gains substring matching, and typing in the TUI stays smoother during rapid input.