# Kiro IDE: Cloud Configuration, Synced Powers, and Agent Focus Reliability

- Product: Kiro (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro)
- Vendor: Amazon Web Services
- Date: 2026-09-01
- Original notes: https://kiro.dev/changelog/ide/1-0-437
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro/releases/2026-09-01-ide-cloud-configuration-synced-powers-and-agent-f
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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With Cloud configuration enabled, your supported personal configuration appears across the IDE and Agent Focus, and cloud-synced Powers are ready to try from the installed list. This version also keep…

- **added** — Enable cloud configuration to sync personal configuration across the IDE and Agent Focus
- **added** — Cloud-synced Powers are available to use from the installed list
- **changed** — In-progress cloud-session drafts are now preserved across navigation
- **changed** — Welcome view is preserved until you send your first prompt

With Cloud configuration enabled, your supported personal configuration appears across the IDE and Agent Focus, and cloud-synced Powers are ready to try from the installed list. This version also keeps in-progress cloud-session drafts available across navigation and preserves the welcome view until you send your first prompt.