GPT 5.1 Codex Max, Improved Diff Viewer

OpenAI's latest agentic coding model is now available in Conductor.

We've also given the diff viewer a face lift!

Improvements

• Make cancellation more obvious in the Composer
• Show when third-party services (Anthropic, GitHub) are having outages in Conductor.

Fixes

• Fix parts of the Composer being unclickable

Expand Terminal, Env Vars, and GitHub Enterprise

You can now expand the terminal to full height. Try Gemini 3 via the gemini cli:

You can also now set env variables in Claude Code's environment in Settings → Env. This is useful for configuring third-party providers or providing Claude with specific env values.

If you've previously set a provider in the Settings → Provider tab, we automatically migrate your env variables to the new Env section.

We've also added incremental expansion to our diff viewer:

Improvements

• Support for GitHub enterprise login
• Expand terminal to full screen
• Add more PR template locations (./pull_request_template.md, .github/pull_request_template.md, docs/pull_request_template.md)

Fixes

• Sidebar background color fix

Codex Cancellation

You can now cancel Codex while it's working (ESC) and we've reduced bundle size from 225MB to ~124MB.

Improvements

• Claude Code now comes bundled with Conductor
• Reduced bundle size to ~124MB

Fixes

• Fixed the loading indicator disappearing while the AI was still responding
• Improved logging

GPT-5.1

OpenAI's latest model is now available in Conductor.

Sub-agent tool calls will now be neatly nested in the chat.

Improvements

• Close tabs with middle mouse click

Code Review and Historical Diffs

Click the "Review" button in the right sidebar to get the AI to review changes.

You can now view turn-by-turn diffs for each message in the chat.

Improvements

• Add ⌘. shortcut to activate Zen mode
• Show when chat compaction starts

Fixes

• Fix a git timestamp parsing error that would crash Conductor
• Fix buttons in the Composer sending the message draft on click
• Fix vertical scrolling in the dispatcher

Plan mode

We've also added GPT-5-Codex Mini, and brought back Opus 4.1.

Improvements

• Add animation for chat titles
• Add archive on merge setting
• Add a copy path button and ⌘⇧C shortcut

Fixes

• Fix Linear attachments being sent to the wrong chat
• Fix file paths with slugs not rendering properly
• Recent files in the file picker are now scoped to the repository

File picker and chat titles

We've added a new file opener. Use ⌘P to search files across your workspace!

We now automatically generate chat titles for your tabs:

We've also removed some unnecessary GitHub API usage (to avoid hitting rate limits) and improved autoscrolling in chats.

Improvements

• We now use Gemini to generate a chat title based on your first message. To disable, pick "Strict data privacy" in Settings → General.
• Add toggle buttons for the left sidebar
• Add Codex thinking levels
• Chains of empty directories are now squashed together in the file tree
• Show when PRs are awaiting manual review
• Improved TODO tool rendering
• Revamped command palette UI

Fixes

• Fixed unclear Claude Code installation UX
• Fixed incorrect Unable to merge statuses in the UI
• Fixed terminal text wrapping being lossy
• Improved turn rendering logic

Checkpoints

Revert your chat to a previous turn, wiping the conversation history and changes.

Also, view at a glance changes in Claude's most recent turn.

Learn more about checkpointing in our docs.

You can now also close the left sidebar. Press ⌘B to toggle the left sidebar, and ⌥⌘B to toggle right.

Or, turn on Zen Mode with CTRL+Z to hide both at once.

Improvements

• Clicking file badges will now show you the file in Conductor
• Selecting a model now closes the model picker and focuses the composer

Fixes

• Fix model not found error in older chats
• Improve resource teardown logic on app close
• Fix hover mask for tabs with long file names
• Fix not_found_error when setting gpt-5-codex as the default model in Settings

Better Create PR Prompt

Claude is faster and aware of the current git status when creating PRs.

Also, copy a workspace's branch in one click.

Fixes

• Fix tab titles not always being in sync with Codex models
• Only highlight file in git panel when viewing diffs
• Fix markdown text wrapping in diffs

Bug Fixes

Improvements

• Added a default thinking level preference in Settings → General
• Show PR number and URL for merged PRs
• Sort grouped Linear issues by their created time

Fixes

• Don't attach thinking mode in /compact messages
• Fix open-in behavior for file badges
• Fix oversized tool header hit areas