# Kiro IDE: Cloud Sessions and Agent Focus Mode Upgrades

- Product: Kiro (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro)
- Vendor: Amazon Web Services
- Date: 2026-08-11
- Original notes: https://kiro.dev/changelog/ide/1-0-293
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro/releases/2026-08-11-ide-cloud-sessions-and-agent-focus-mode-upgrades
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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This version brings Cloud Sessions to Agent Focus Mode as a preview and gives the sessions rail a collapsible icon-only view, attention cards you can answer in place, and back/forward navigation. It a…

- **added** — Cloud Sessions now available in Agent Focus Mode as a preview
- **added** — Sessions rail now has a collapsible icon-only view
- **added** — Attention cards that can be answered in place
- **added** — Back and forward navigation in sessions
- **changed** — Agent's Windows terminal now pins to PowerShell
- **fixed** — Restored Always Allow for commands that was being forgotten
- **fixed** — Fixed macOS updater downloading every update twice

This version brings Cloud Sessions to Agent Focus Mode as a preview and gives the sessions rail a collapsible icon-only view, attention cards you can answer in place, and back/forward navigation. It also pins the agent's Windows terminal to PowerShell, restores Always Allow for commands it was quietly forgetting, and fixes the macOS updater downloading every update twice.