# OpenHands v1.16.0 - Product: OpenHands (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openhands) - Vendor: OpenHands - Date: 2026-08-27 - Version: v1.16.0 - Original notes: https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.16.0 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openhands/releases/v1.16.0 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** — Select supported LLM providers in settings - **added** — Linux desktop installer build - **added** — Show a run's live phase in automations - **added** — Expose the LLM-switching toggle in Agent settings - **added** — Replace the all-on skill catalog with an explicit allow-list - **added** — Link chat file paths to the Files drawer - **added** — Pin a favorite sidebar page as the home route - **added** — Skip onboarding when a user-added Local backend has a usable LLM - **added** — Land the Canvas Extensions frontend with load pages, sidebar, and customize features - **fixed** — Render the VSCode button on self-hosted local backends - **fixed** — Correlate local conversation telemetry with Canvas identity - **fixed** — Forward disabled_skills into agent_context so backend excludes them - **fixed** — Surface a credentials configured banner state on Docker and cloud - **fixed** — Follow next_page_id so cloud picks surface past the default page size - **fixed** — Ship the bundled Node's npm on Windows - **fixed** — Scope baked working_dir to the default-local backend - **fixed** — Clean up dev:extra-backend agent-server on SIGHUP - **fixed** — Clean up dev:minimal services on SIGHUP - **fixed** — Hide API key for OpenHands provider on cloud - **fixed** — Remember local workspace mode selection on home ##### 1.16.0 (2026-08-27) ##### What's Changed ###### Features * feat(settings): select supported LLM providers by @keeltrace in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16772 * feat: add linux desktop installer build (CI + deb maintainer fix) by @georgeglarson in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16656 * feat(automations): show a run's live phase by @aartem1 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16740 * feat(settings): expose the LLM-switching toggle in Agent settings by @georgeglarson in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16441 * feat(skills): replace the all-on skill catalog with an explicit allow-list by @VascoSch92 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16860 * feat: link chat file paths to the Files drawer by @ShashwatXD in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16181 * feat: pin a favorite sidebar page as the home route by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16868 * feat: skip onboarding when a user-added Local backend has a usable LLM by @VascoSch92 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16931 * feat: fix default and free models by @neubig in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16922 * feat: land the Canvas Extensions frontend (load pages, sidebar, customize) by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16895 ###### Bug Fixes * fix: render the VSCode button on self-hosted (local) backends by @harish-chandramowli in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16106 * fix: correlate local conversation telemetry with Canvas identity by @neubig in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16796 * fix(ci): ignore fenced headings in readiness checks by @ump45nose in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16595 * fix: forward disabled_skills into agent_context so backend excludes them by @jdlake in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16812 * fix(ci): prevent issue readiness workflow from failing on not-ready issues by @KHARSHAVARDHAN-eng in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16514 * fix(ci): use reproduction steps for ready-for-dev checks by @neubig in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16828 * fix(acp): surface a 'credentials configured' banner state on Docker/cloud (#15643) by @georgeglarson in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16145 * fix(ci): edit the mock-LLM E2E PR comment in place by @VascoSch92 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16591 * fix(providers): follow next_page_id so cloud picks surface past the default page size by @georgeglarson in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16758 * fix(ci): refresh readiness comment when label is added by @neubig in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16830 * fix(desktop): ship the bundled Node's npm on Windows by @Telov in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16381 * fix(agent-canvas): scope baked working_dir to the default-local backend by @enyst in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16759 * fix: clean up dev:extra-backend agent-server on SIGHUP by @georgeglarson in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16280 * fix: clean up dev:minimal services on SIGHUP by @georgeglarson in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16279 * fix: hide API key for OpenHands provider on cloud by @tofarr in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16863 * fix(home): remember local workspace mode selection by @tofarr in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16881 * fix: bound automation run-history fan-out and pause sidebar polling by @hieptl in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16867 * fix: validate api key before advancing backend connection step by @JatinJain703 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16840 * fix: rename conversation title on cloud backends by @jpelletier1 in https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/16966 ###### Documentation * docs: fix broken reference to new-conversation-button.tsx _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.16.0]_