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docs/reference/configuration.md

@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Default:** `[]`
   - **Requires restart:** Yes
 
+#### `adminPolicyPaths`
+
+- **`adminPolicyPaths`** (array):
+  - **Description:** Additional admin policy files or directories to load.
+  - **Default:** `[]`
+  - **Requires restart:** Yes
+
 #### `general`
 
 - **`general.preferredEditor`** (string):
@@ -105,7 +112,8 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
 - **`general.defaultApprovalMode`** (enum):
   - **Description:** The default approval mode for tool execution. 'default'
     prompts for approval, 'auto_edit' auto-approves edit tools, and 'plan' is
-    read-only mode. 'yolo' is not supported yet.
+    read-only mode. YOLO mode (auto-approve all actions) can only be enabled via
+    command line (--yolo or --approval-mode=yolo).
   - **Default:** `"default"`
   - **Values:** `"default"`, `"auto_edit"`, `"plan"`
 
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
 - **`general.retryFetchErrors`** (boolean):
   - **Description:** Retry on "exception TypeError: fetch failed sending
     request" errors.
-  - **Default:** `false`
+  - **Default:** `true`
 
 - **`general.maxAttempts`** (number):
   - **Description:** Maximum number of attempts for requests to the main chat
@@ -159,12 +167,12 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
 
 - **`general.sessionRetention.enabled`** (boolean):
   - **Description:** Enable automatic session cleanup
-  - **Default:** `false`
+  - **Default:** `true`
 
 - **`general.sessionRetention.maxAge`** (string):
   - **Description:** Automatically delete chats older than this time period
     (e.g., "30d", "7d", "24h", "1w")
-  - **Default:** `undefined`
+  - **Default:** `"30d"`
 
 - **`general.sessionRetention.maxCount`** (number):
   - **Description:** Alternative: Maximum number of sessions to keep (most
@@ -175,11 +183,6 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Description:** Minimum retention period (safety limit, defaults to "1d")
   - **Default:** `"1d"`
 
-- **`general.sessionRetention.warningAcknowledged`** (boolean):
-  - **Description:** INTERNAL: Whether the user has acknowledged the session
-    retention warning
-  - **Default:** `false`
-
 #### `output`
 
 - **`output.format`** (enum):
@@ -255,8 +258,18 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
     input.
   - **Default:** `false`
 
+- **`ui.footer.items`** (array):
+  - **Description:** List of item IDs to display in the footer. Rendered in
+    order
+  - **Default:** `undefined`
+
+- **`ui.footer.showLabels`** (boolean):
+  - **Description:** Display a second line above the footer items with
+    descriptive headers (e.g., /model).
+  - **Default:** `true`
+
 - **`ui.footer.hideCWD`** (boolean):
-  - **Description:** Hide the current working directory path in the footer.
+  - **Description:** Hide the current working directory in the footer.
   - **Default:** `false`
 
 - **`ui.footer.hideSandboxStatus`** (boolean):
@@ -268,7 +281,7 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Default:** `false`
 
 - **`ui.footer.hideContextPercentage`** (boolean):
-  - **Description:** Hides the context window remaining percentage.
+  - **Description:** Hides the context window usage percentage.
   - **Default:** `true`
 
 - **`ui.hideFooter`** (boolean):
@@ -292,7 +305,7 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Default:** `false`
 
 - **`ui.showUserIdentity`** (boolean):
-  - **Description:** Show the logged-in user's identity (e.g. email) in the UI.
+  - **Description:** Show the signed-in user's identity (e.g. email) in the UI.
   - **Default:** `true`
 
 - **`ui.useAlternateBuffer`** (boolean):
@@ -714,7 +727,7 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Default:** `[]`
 
 - **`context.loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories`** (boolean):
-  - **Description:** Controls how /memory refresh loads GEMINI.md files. When
+  - **Description:** Controls how /memory reload loads GEMINI.md files. When
     true, include directories are scanned; when false, only the current
     directory is used.
   - **Default:** `false`
@@ -750,9 +763,10 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
 
 #### `tools`
 
-- **`tools.sandbox`** (boolean | string):
+- **`tools.sandbox`** (string):
   - **Description:** Sandbox execution environment. Set to a boolean to enable
-    or disable the sandbox, or provide a string path to a sandbox profile.
+    or disable the sandbox, provide a string path to a sandbox profile, or
+    specify an explicit sandbox command (e.g., "docker", "podman", "lxc").
   - **Default:** `undefined`
   - **Requires restart:** Yes
 
@@ -866,6 +880,11 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
     confirmation dialogs.
   - **Default:** `false`
 
+- **`security.autoAddToPolicyByDefault`** (boolean):
+  - **Description:** When enabled, the "Allow for all future sessions" option
+    becomes the default choice for low-risk tools in trusted workspaces.
+  - **Default:** `false`
+
 - **`security.blockGitExtensions`** (boolean):
   - **Description:** Blocks installing and loading extensions from Git.
   - **Default:** `false`
@@ -992,6 +1011,12 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Default:** `false`
   - **Requires restart:** Yes
 
+- **`experimental.extensionRegistryURI`** (string):
+  - **Description:** The URI (web URL or local file path) of the extension
+    registry.
+  - **Default:** `"https://geminicli.com/extensions.json"`
+  - **Requires restart:** Yes
+
 - **`experimental.extensionReloading`** (boolean):
   - **Description:** Enables extension loading/unloading within the CLI session.
   - **Default:** `false`
@@ -1015,7 +1040,12 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Default:** `false`
 
 - **`experimental.plan`** (boolean):
-  - **Description:** Enable planning features (Plan Mode and tools).
+  - **Description:** Enable Plan Mode.
+  - **Default:** `true`
+  - **Requires restart:** Yes
+
+- **`experimental.taskTracker`** (boolean):
+  - **Description:** Enable task tracker tools.
   - **Default:** `false`
   - **Requires restart:** Yes
 
@@ -1035,8 +1065,8 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
   - **Requires restart:** Yes
 
 - **`experimental.gemmaModelRouter.enabled`** (boolean):
-  - **Description:** Enable the Gemma Model Router. Requires a local endpoint
-    serving Gemma via the Gemini API using LiteRT-LM shim.
+  - **Description:** Enable the Gemma Model Router (experimental). Requires a
+    local endpoint serving Gemma via the Gemini API using LiteRT-LM shim.
   - **Default:** `false`
   - **Requires restart:** Yes
 
@@ -1165,13 +1195,20 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
 
 Configures connections to one or more Model-Context Protocol (MCP) servers for
 discovering and using custom tools. Gemini CLI attempts to connect to each
-configured MCP server to discover available tools. If multiple MCP servers
-expose a tool with the same name, the tool names will be prefixed with the
-server alias you defined in the configuration (e.g.,
-`serverAlias__actualToolName`) to avoid conflicts. Note that the system might
-strip certain schema properties from MCP tool definitions for compatibility. At
-least one of `command`, `url`, or `httpUrl` must be provided. If multiple are
-specified, the order of precedence is `httpUrl`, then `url`, then `command`.
+configured MCP server to discover available tools. Every discovered tool is
+prepended with the `mcp_` prefix and its server alias to form a fully qualified
+name (FQN) (e.g., `mcp_serverAlias_actualToolName`) to avoid conflicts. Note
+that the system might strip certain schema properties from MCP tool definitions
+for compatibility. At least one of `command`, `url`, or `httpUrl` must be
+provided. If multiple are specified, the order of precedence is `httpUrl`, then
+`url`, then `command`.
+
+> **Warning:** Avoid using underscores (`_`) in your server aliases (e.g., use
+> `my-server` instead of `my_server`). The underlying policy engine parses Fully
+> Qualified Names (`mcp_server_tool`) using the first underscore after the
+> `mcp_` prefix. An underscore in your server alias will cause the parser to
+> misidentify the server name, which can cause security policies to fail
+> silently.
 
 - **`mcpServers.<SERVER_NAME>`** (object): The server parameters for the named
   server.
@@ -1352,6 +1389,13 @@ the `advanced.excludedEnvVars` setting in your `settings.json` file.
   - Useful for shared compute environments or keeping CLI state isolated.
   - Example: `export GEMINI_CLI_HOME="/path/to/user/config"` (Windows
     PowerShell: `$env:GEMINI_CLI_HOME="C:\path\to\user\config"`)
+- **`GEMINI_CLI_SURFACE`**:
+  - Specifies a custom label to include in the `User-Agent` header for API
+    traffic reporting.
+  - This is useful for tracking specific internal tools or distribution
+    channels.
+  - Example: `export GEMINI_CLI_SURFACE="my-custom-tool"` (Windows PowerShell:
+    `$env:GEMINI_CLI_SURFACE="my-custom-tool"`)
 - **`GOOGLE_API_KEY`**:
   - Your Google Cloud API key.
   - Required for using Vertex AI in express mode.
@@ -1699,7 +1743,7 @@ conventions and context.
     loaded, allowing you to verify the hierarchy and content being used by the
     AI.
   - See the [Commands documentation](./commands.md#memory) for full details on
-    the `/memory` command and its sub-commands (`show` and `refresh`).
+    the `/memory` command and its sub-commands (`show` and `reload`).
 
 By understanding and utilizing these configuration layers and the hierarchical
 nature of context files, you can effectively manage the AI's memory and tailor