# OpenHands v1.15.0 - Product: OpenHands (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openhands) - Vendor: OpenHands - Date: 2026-08-21 - Version: v1.15.0 - Original notes: https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.15.0 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openhands/releases/v1.15.0 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Add getting started checklist with settings toggle in sidebar - **added** — Show workspace path in Files view - **added** — Install a catalog entry that ships a script bundle for automations - **added** — Add LLM provider-connections UI for local agent-server - **added** — Add overview panel and unified commits drawer in conversation - **added** — Instrument onboarding checklist link clicks - **changed** — Polish automations dashboard, recommended rail, and Add/Import flow - **changed** — Send template provenance for versioned setup entries - **changed** — Batch StreamingDeltaEvents so the UI keeps up with fast models - **changed** — Refactor automation interface to be served from the manifest alone - **fixed** — Prevent silent agent profile downgrade - **fixed** — Always show all workspace folders in grouped view regardless of pagination - **fixed** — Honor the home LLM dropdown selection over an agent profile's pinned LLM - **fixed** — Restore onboarding modal bottom padding and stop leftover scrollbars - **fixed** — Clear stale urlSearchResults for non-matching HTTPS URLs in useUrlSearch - **fixed** — Normalize trailing slash in git remote URLs - **fixed** — Use 127.0.0.1 for remaining localhost service URLs in scripts - **fixed** — Preserve URL fragments in withBackendSelectionParams - **fixed** — Combine stats.usage_to_metrics into AppConversation.metrics when metrics is unset - **fixed** — Reconcile non-native tool-call streamed function XML delta ##### 1.15.0 (2026-08-21) ##### What's Changed ###### Features * feat(sidebar): add getting started checklist with settings toggle by @FraterCCCLXIII in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16182 * feat: show workspace path in Files view by @HurrairaBaloch in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16362 * feat(automations): install a catalog entry that ships a script bundle by @VascoSch92 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16680 * feat: add LLM provider-connections UI (local agent-server) by @juanmichelini in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16616 * feat: polish automations dashboard, recommended rail, and Add/Import flow by @FraterCCCLXIII in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16688 * feat(conversation): add overview panel and unified commits drawer by @FraterCCCLXIII in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16230 * feat: send template provenance for versioned setup entries by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16458 * feat: instrument onboarding checklist link clicks by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16777 ###### Bug Fixes * fix: prevent silent agent profile downgrade by @neubig in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16523 * fix: always show all workspace folders in grouped view regardless of pagination by @mohitdebian in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16444 * fix: honor the home LLM dropdown selection over an agent profile's pinned LLM by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16671 * fix: restore onboarding modal bottom padding and stop leftover scrollbars by @FraterCCCLXIII in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16684 * fix(ci): stop treating markdown as frontend evidence-bearing code by @marmar9615-cloud in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16693 * fix: clear stale urlSearchResults for non-matching HTTPS URLs in useUrlSearch by @xxiaoxiong in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16700 * fix: normalize trailing slash in git remote URLs by @mikemikimike in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16536 * fix(scripts): use 127.0.0.1 for remaining localhost service URLs by @marmar9615-cloud in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16409 * fix(backend-registry): preserve URL fragments in withBackendSelectionParams by @chrislazar25 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16619 * fix: combine stats.usage_to_metrics into AppConversation.metrics when metrics is unset by @VascoSch92 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16510 * fix: reconcile non-native tool-call streamed XML delta by @sideeffffect in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16220 * fix(chat): scope Cmd+Enter build shortcut to plan mode by @VascoSch92 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16703 * fix(skills): keep modal actions visible for long descriptions by @KXHXK in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16115 * fix: unsandbox the PDF preview iframe so the built-in viewer renders by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16702 * fix: do not silently persist ACP model picks to agent_settings when profile discovery fails by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16701 * fix: support mouse drag-to-scroll on recommended rails by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16742 * fix(git): stop reading a remote URL's port as part of the repository path by @marmar9615-cloud in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16723 * fix: keep the events socket alive across refetches and bound hung handshakes by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16732 ###### Performance * perf: batch StreamingDeltaEvents so the UI keeps up with fast models by @VascoSch92 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16164 ###### Documentation * docs: fix broken internal links by @karan-963 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.15.0]_