# strix v1.6.1

- Product: strix (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/strix)
- Vendor: usestrix
- Date: 2026-09-02
- Version: v1.6.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/usestrix/strix/releases/tag/v1.6.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/strix/releases/v1.6.1
- Labels: Platforms: Android

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- **changed** — Skills now reference new cloud CLI
- **fixed** — MCP call errors no longer quarantine the connection
- **fixed** — Run environment and model checks on the no-target start screen
- **fixed** — Make the pre-commit mypy hook and the test suite pass on a fresh checkout
- **fixed** — Merge env into cli-config.json and invalidate the linked LLM connection on change
- **added** — Add GLM-5.3, Fable 5.1, and Gemini 3.7 Flash to the recommended models list

##### What's Changed
* skills: reference new cloud cli by @bearsyankees in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1227
* MCP call errors no longer quarantine the connection by @yoni-at-strix in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1228
* fix(tui): run environment and model checks on the no-target start screen by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1232
* fix(ci): make the pre-commit mypy hook and the test suite pass on a fresh checkout by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1234
* fix(config): merge env into cli-config.json and invalidate the linked LLM connection on change by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1236
* feat(models): add GLM-5.3, Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.7 Flash to the recommended list and make openrouter/z-ai/glm-5.3 the top pick by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1235
* docs(readme): trim the strix cloud section to the essentials by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1237
* docs: trim crammed README sections and add cloud CLI and viewer docs pages by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1238
* docs(readme): shorten the coding-agent skills paragraph by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1239
* chore: release v1.6.1 by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/usestrix/strix/pull/1240


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/usestrix/strix/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1