# rtk changelog

> rtk release notes.

- Vendor: rtk
- Category: AI
- Official site: https://www.rtk-ai.app/
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk)
- Harvested from: GitHub (rtk-ai/rtk)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

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.

## Releases

### dev-0.44.2-rc.344

- Date: 2026-07-28
- Version: dev-0.44.2-rc.344
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.2-rc.344
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.2-rc.344
- Labels: Pre-release

### v0.44.1

- Date: 2026-07-28
- Version: v0.44.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/v0.44.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/v0.44.1

- **fixed** — detect Copilot CLI shell tool on Windows
- **fixed** — display nb line only if requested

##### [0.44.1](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/compare/v0.44.0...v0.44.1) (2026-07-28)


###### Bug Fixes

* **cicd:** git app token for next release ([cdfb14c](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/cdfb14c0f036bc5c6d36a9dc794e536b4f8eca5f))
* **hook:** detect Copilot CLI shell tool on Windows ([10ca886](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/10ca886c92f8423f60c3fcbfd7a75e26f396845f)), closes [#3178](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/issues/3178)
* **search:** display nb line only if requested ([a8b9eb3](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/a8b9eb39011cd64aa715861c2d11820ee55fb221))

### dev-0.44.1-rc.341

- Date: 2026-07-28
- Version: dev-0.44.1-rc.341
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.1-rc.341
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.1-rc.341
- Labels: Pre-release

### dev-0.44.1-rc.340

- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: dev-0.44.1-rc.340
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.1-rc.340
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.1-rc.340
- Labels: Pre-release

### dev-0.44.1-rc.339

- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: dev-0.44.1-rc.339
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.1-rc.339
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.1-rc.339
- Labels: Pre-release

### dev-0.44.1-rc.337

- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: dev-0.44.1-rc.337
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.1-rc.337
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.1-rc.337
- Labels: Pre-release

### dev-0.44.1-rc.336

- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: dev-0.44.1-rc.336
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.1-rc.336
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.1-rc.336
- Labels: Pre-release

### v0.44.0

- Date: 2026-07-26
- Version: v0.44.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/v0.44.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/v0.44.0

- **added** — Add git checkout support
- **added** — Add uv run support
- **added** — Route --message-format=json builds through explicit arg detection for cargo
- **added** — Add Cargo.lock to hook
- **added** — Add support for Kimi AI agent in hook
- **added** — Add Factory Droid integration for hooks
- **added** — Wire TOML filters and improve tee tail hint in hook
- **added** — Wire TOML filters into the rewrite path with reversible truncation in hook
- **added** — Consolidate PHP tooling (php, artisan, phpunit, phpstan, pest, paratest, ecs, pint)
- **added** — Expose PHP tool filters as stdin pipe filters
- **added** — Add SBT (Scala Build Tool) support
- **added** — Gate custom filters (project and user-global) with init opt-in flags for trust
- **changed** — Use the same opt-in prompt for rtk trust as init
- **fixed** — Floor prefix slices to char boundary instead of full-string fallback in analytics
- **fixed** — Truncate display strings on UTF-8 char boundaries in analytics
- **fixed** — Use deterministic curl and wget responses in benchmark
- **fixed** — Use stable indexed MockHTTP responses in benchmark
- **fixed** — Give the json batch filter the exit code in cargo
- **fixed** — Honor last --message-format when the flag is repeated in cargo
- **fixed** — Keep "No issues found" wording for clean clippy json runs in cargo

##### [0.44.0](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/compare/v0.43.0...v0.44.0) (2026-07-26)


###### Features

* add git checkout support ([be1844c](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/be1844c7c5bdcdbdad8698c7fb38f6670fdad494))
* add uv run support ([a5f0774](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/a5f0774d0ede5071f4d9231efc722e4ad04cded4))
* **cargo:** route --message-format=json builds through explicit arg detection ([5ea03f3](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/5ea03f3d1bd30803a333ead8082ee716e25256fc))
* **hook:** add Cargo.lock ([531bc93](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/531bc9380cd43e10914f1449315201aff15b9153))
* **hook:** add support for Kimi AI agent ([7624c43](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/7624c434882bf8781a0c7281b059397371341525))
* **hooks:** add Factory Droid integration ([8a8b356](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/8a8b356915c62e3a0c505fde76f8871239888e03))
* **hook:** wire TOML filters + better tee tail hint ([31f9d43](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/31f9d43d81f90d29e89142f3306473e786e59f6c))
* **hook:** wire TOML filters into the rewrite path + reversible truncation ([73b8cb3](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/73b8cb3069297374a3de58552b9fe4aa2cda3a41))
* **php:** consolidated PHP tooling (php, artisan, phpunit, phpstan, pest, paratest, ecs, pint) ([1052c1c](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/1052c1c7027d5a720e3a416a5afb7c1c4c3f5bfc))
* **pipe:** expose PHP tool filters as stdin pipe filters ([214a79a](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/214a79a9ff0a5991ae7dc86badb72f3275333498))
* **sbt:** add SBT (Scala Build Tool) support ([4f86523](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/4f865233db81d9075d237bc8fea82f15013baedc))
* **trust:** gate custom filters (project + user-global) + init opt-in flags ([1130a7c](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/1130a7cafd4df9ca111525dc704a68898594d4ae))
* **trust:** rtk trust uses the same opt-in prompt as init ([e0a83ac](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/e0a83ac824a44450b014838e7bbcb2cfcb872c8f))


###### Bug Fixes

* **analytics:** floor prefix slices to char boundary instead of full-string fallback ([c9468ee](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/c9468ee178083aeecbaafb2afdd00887f2eca193))
* **analytics:** truncate display strings on UTF-8 char boundaries ([47b22e0](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/47b22e03a4759972c11032e642710a473b9706ce)), closes [#2787](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/issues/2787)
* **benchmark:** use deterministic curl and wget responses ([6c57836](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/6c57836bfbfc09bddbafeee171dabe737d009c9b))
* **benchmark:** use stable indexed MockHTTP responses ([8dd5a34](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/8dd5a3476d2a81f1612fbc0be9cac07d09b19e89))
* **cargo:** give the json batch filter the exit code ([a3e65e9](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/a3e65e99e9eb7e1151b726b836b372ab5d857893))
* **cargo:** honor last --message-format when the flag is repeated ([25d6a09](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/25d6a09c01a6d906da49ba8c51f61ce4ee2d7785))
* **cargo:** keep "No issues found" wording for clean clippy json runs ([1f74614](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/1f74614ea8c148fbfe6886b445519e58d32af3ec))
* **cargo:** label check output as "check" instead of "build" ([90b4f5f](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/90b4f5f40fc561bad3616c3aefc3cb21c22c0088))
* **cargo:** match the human path when skipping the json warning summary ([59ed885](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/59ed885752a9ba3e77ee2dd02a75000cc6c1aba9))
* **cargo:** restore failure check before trusting reused build filter ([e4bfe35](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/e4bfe3593c04a497770f6f6492599ac77b3c948d))
* **cargo:** skip "N warnings generated" record in json diagnostics ([9ae0872](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/9ae0872aeebc777f7850d5b4f16b0943fe7bc765))
* **cargo:** strip ansi from json rendered diagnostics ([b47653a](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/commit/b47653a9ec2d5a3fcc1df28b36d23156bb92112a))
* **cargo:** surface --message-format=json test co

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/v0.44.0]_

### dev-0.44.0-rc.333

- Date: 2026-07-26
- Version: dev-0.44.0-rc.333
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.0-rc.333
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.0-rc.333
- Labels: Pre-release

### dev-0.44.0-rc.332

- Date: 2026-07-26
- Version: dev-0.44.0-rc.332
- Original notes: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/releases/tag/dev-0.44.0-rc.332
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rtk/releases/dev-0.44.0-rc.332
- Labels: Pre-release