Fix code colorizer ansi escape bug.

Co-authored-by: Jacob Richman <jacob314@gmail.com>

.gemini/commands/core.toml

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+description="Injects context of all relevant cli files"
+prompt = """
+The following output contains the complete
+source code of packages/core.
+**Pay extremely close attention to these files.** They define the project's
+core architecture, component patterns, and testing standards.
+
+The source code contains the content of absolutely every source code file in
+packages/core.
+You should very rarely need to read any other files from packages/core to resolve
+prompts.
+
+!{find packages/core \\( -path packages/cli/dist -o -path packages/core/dist -o -name node_modules \\) -prune -o -type f \\( -name "*.ts" -o -name "*.tsx" \\) ! -name "*.test.ts" ! -name "*.test.tsx" ! -name "*.d.ts" -exec echo "--- {} ---" \\; -exec cat {} \\;}
+
+In addition to the code context, you MUST strictly adhere to the following frontend-specific development guidelines when writing code in packages/core.
+
+## Configuration & Settings
+*   **Settings vs Args**: Use settings for user-configurable options; do not add new CLI arguments.
+*   **Schema**: Add new settings to `packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts`.
+*   **Documentation**:
+    *   If `showInDialog: true`, document in `docs/get-started/configuration.md`.
+    *   Ensure `requiresRestart` is correctly set.
+
+## General
+*   **Logging**: Use `debugLogger` for errors. NEVER leave `console.log/warn/error` in the code.
+*   **TypeScript**: Avoid the non-null assertion operator (`!`).
+
+{{args}}. 
+ """

.gemini/commands/fix-behavioral-eval.toml

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+description = "Check status of nightly evals, fix failures for key models, and re-run."
+prompt = """
+You are an expert at fixing behavioral evaluations.
+
+1. **Investigate**:
+   - Use 'gh' cli to fetch the results from the latest run from the main branch: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/evals-nightly.yml.
+   - DO NOT push any changes or start any runs. The rest of your evaluation will be local.
+   - Evals are in evals/ directory and are documented by evals/README.md.
+   - The test case trajectory logs will be logged to evals/logs.
+   - You should also enable and review the verbose agent logs by setting the GEMINI_DEBUG_LOG_FILE environment variable.
+   - Identify the relevant test. Confine your investigation and validation to just this test.
+   - Proactively add logging that will aid in gathering information or validating your hypotheses.
+
+2. **Fix**:
+   - If a relevant test is failing, locate the test file and the corresponding prompt/code.
+   - It's often helpful to make an extreme, brute force change to see if you are changing the right place to make an improvement and then scope it back iteratively.
+   - Your **final** change should be **minimal and targeted**.
+   - Keep in mind the following:
+     - The prompt has multiple configurations and pieces. Take care that your changes
+       end up in the final prompt for the selected model and configuration.
+     - The prompt chosen for the eval is intentional. It's often vague or indirect
+       to see how the agent performs with ambiguous instructions. Changing it should
+       be a last resort.
+     - When changing the test prompt, carefully consider whether the prompt still tests
+       the same scenario. We don't want to lose test fidelity by making the prompts too
+       direct (i.e.: easy).
+     - Your primary mechanism for improving the agent's behavior is to make changes to
+       tool instructions, system prompt (snippets.ts), and/or modules that contribute to the prompt.
+     - If prompt and description changes are unsuccessful, use logs and debugging to
+       confirm that everything is working as expected.
+    - If unable to fix the test, you can make recommendations for architecture changes
+      that might help stablize the test. Be sure to THINK DEEPLY if offering architecture guidance.
+      Some facts that might help with this are:
+      - Agents may be composed of one or more agent loops.
+      - AgentLoop == 'context + toolset + prompt'. Subagents are one type of agent loop.
+      - Agent loops perform better when:
+        - They have direct, unambiguous, and non-contradictory prompts.
+        - They have fewer irrelevant tools.
+        - They have fewer goals or steps to perform.
+        - They have less low value or irrelevant context.
+      - You may suggest compositions of existing primitives, like subagents, or
+        propose a new one.
+      - These recommendations should be high confidence and should be grounded
+        in observed deficient behaviors rather than just parroting the facts above.
+        Investigate as needed to ground your recommendations.
+
+3. **Verify**:
+   - Run just that one test if needed to validate that it is fixed. Be sure to run vitest in non-interactive mode.
+   - Running the tests can take a long time, so consider whether you can diagnose via other means or log diagnostics before committing the time. You must minimize the number of test runs needed to diagnose the failure.
+   - After the test completes, check whether it seems to have improved.
+   - You will need to run the test 3 times for Gemini 3.0, Gemini 3 flash, and Gemini 2.5 pro to ensure that it is truly stable. Run these runs in parallel, using scripts if needed.
+   - Some flakiness is expected; if it looks like a transient issue or the test is inherently unstable but passes 2/3 times, you might decide it cannot be improved.
+
+4. **Report**:
+   - Provide a summary of the test success rate for each of the tested models.
+   - Success rate is calculated based on 3 runs per model (e.g., 3/3 = 100%).
+   - If you couldn't fix it due to persistent flakiness, explain why.
+
+{{args}}
+"""

.gemini/commands/frontend.toml

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+description="Injects context of all relevant cli files"
+prompt = """
+The source code contains the content of absolutely every source code file in
+packages/cli and key files from packages/core. In addition to the source code, the following test files are
+included as they are test files that conform to the project's testing standards:
+`packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.test.tsx` and `packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx`.
+You should very rarely need to read any other files from packages/cli to resolve
+prompts.
+
+!{find packages/cli -path packages/cli/dist -prune -o -type f \\( -name "*.ts" -o -name "*.tsx" \\) ! -name "*.test.ts" ! -name "*.test.tsx" ! -name "*.d.ts" -exec echo "--- {} ---" \\; -exec cat {} \\; && echo "--- packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.test.tsx ---" && cat packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.test.tsx && echo "--- packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx ---" && cat packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx && echo "--- packages/core/src/core/coreToolScheduler.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/core/coreToolScheduler.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/core/nonInteractiveToolExecutor.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/core/nonInteractiveToolExecutor.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/confirmation-bus/message-bus.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/confirmation-bus/message-bus.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/confirmation-bus/types.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/confirmation-bus/types.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/utils/events.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/utils/events.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/core/client.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/core/client.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/core/turn.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/core/turn.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/agents/executor.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/agents/executor.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/telemetry/types.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/telemetry/types.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/telemetry/loggers.ts && echo "--- packages/core/src/telemetry/uiTelemetry.ts ---" && cat packages/core/src/telemetry/uiTelemetry.ts}
+
+**Pay extremely close attention to these files.** They define the project's
+core architecture, component patterns, and testing standards.
+
+In addition to the code context, you MUST strictly adhere to the following frontend-specific development guidelines while adding code to packages/cli.
+
+!{cat .gemini/commands/strict-development-rules.md}
+
+{{args}}. 
+ """

.gemini/commands/full-context.toml

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+description="Injects context of all relevant cli files"
+prompt = """
+The following output contains the complete
+source code of the gemini cli library (`packages/cli`), and {packages/core} and representative test files
+(`packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.test.tsx` and `packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx`) that best conform to the project's testing standards.
+**Pay extremely close attention to these files.** They define the project's
+core architecture, component patterns, and testing standards.
+
+The source code contains the content of absolutely every source code file in
+packages/cli and packages/core. In addition to the source code, the following test files are
+included as they are test files that conform to the project's testing standards:
+`packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.test.tsx` and `packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx`.
+You should very rarely need to read any other files from packages/cli to resolve
+prompts.
+
+!{find packages/cli packages/core \\( -path packages/cli/dist -o -path packages/core/dist -o -name node_modules \\) -prune -o -type f \\( -name "*.ts" -o -name "*.tsx" \\) ! -name "*.test.ts" ! -name "*.test.tsx" ! -name "*.d.ts" -exec echo "--- {} ---" \\; -exec cat {} \\; && echo "--- packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.test.tsx ---" && cat packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.test.tsx && echo "--- packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx ---" && cat packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx}
+
+In addition to the code context, you MUST strictly adhere to the following frontend-specific development guidelines when writing code in packages/cli.
+
+!{cat .gemini/commands/strict-development-rules.md}
+
+{{args}}. 
+ """

.gemini/commands/introspect.toml

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+description = "Analyze the influence of system instructions on a specific action."
+prompt = """
+# Introspection Task
+
+Take a step back and analyze your own system instructions and internal logic.
+The user is curious about the reasoning behind a specific action or decision you've made.
+
+**Specific point of interest:** {{args}}
+
+Please provide a detailed breakdown of:
+1.  Which parts of your system instructions (global, workspace-specific, or provided via GEMINI.md) influenced this behavior?
+2.  What was your internal thought process leading up to this action?
+3.  Are there any ambiguities or conflicting instructions that played a role?
+
+Your goal is to provide transparency into your underlying logic so the user can potentially improve the instructions in the future.
+"""

.gemini/commands/promote-behavioral-eval.toml

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+description = "Promote behavioral evals that have a 100% success rate over the last 7 nightly runs."
+prompt = """
+You are an expert at analyzing and promoting behavioral evaluations.
+
+1. **Investigate**:
+   - Use 'gh' cli to fetch the results from the most recent run from the main branch: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/evals-nightly.yml.
+   - DO NOT push any changes or start any runs. The rest of your evaluation will be local.
+   - Evals are in evals/ directory and are documented by evals/README.md.
+   - Identify tests that have passed 100% of the time for ALL enabled models across the past 7 runs in a row.
+   - NOTE: the results summary from the most recent run contains the last 7 runs test results. 100% means the test passed 3/3 times for that model and run.
+   - If a test meets this criteria, it is a candidate for promotion.
+
+2. **Promote**:
+   - For each candidate test, locate the test file in the evals/ directory.
+   - Promote the test according to the project's standard promotion process (e.g., moving it to a stable suite, updating its tags, or removing skip/flaky annotations). 
+   - Ensure you follow any guidelines in evals/README.md for stable tests.
+   - Your **final** change should be **minimal and targeted** to just promoting the test status.
+
+3. **Verify**:
+   - Run the promoted tests locally to validate that they still execute correctly. Be sure to run vitest in non-interactive mode.
+   - Check that the test is now part of the expected standard or stable test suites.
+
+4. **Report**:
+   - Provide a summary of the tests that were promoted.
+   - Include the success rate evidence (7/7 runs passed for all models) for each promoted test.
+   - If no tests met the criteria for promotion, clearly state that and summarize the closest candidates.
+
+{{args}}
+"""

.gemini/commands/prompt-suggest.toml

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+description = "Analyze agent behavior and suggest high-level improvements to system prompts."
+prompt = """
+# Prompt Engineering Analysis
+
+You are a world-class prompt engineer and an expert AI engineer at the top of your class. Your goal is to analyze a specific agent behavior or failure and suggest high-level improvements to the system instructions.
+
+**Observed Behavior / Issue:**
+{{args}}
+
+**Reference Context:**
+- System Prompt Logic: @packages/core/src/core/prompts.ts
+
+### Task
+1.  **Analyze the Failure:** Review the provided behavior and identify the underlying instructional causes. Use the `/introspect` command output if provided by the user.
+2.  **Strategic Insights:** Share your technical view of the issue. Focus on the "why" and identify any instructional inertia or ambiguity.
+3.  **Propose Improvements:** Suggest high-level changes to the system instructions to prevent this behavior.
+
+### Principles
+- **Avoid Hyper-scoping:** Do not create narrow solutions for specific scenarios; aim for generalized improvements that handle classes of behavior.
+- **Avoid Specific Examples in Suggestions:** Keep the proposed instructions semantic and high-level to prevent the agent from over-indexing on specific cases.
+- **Maintain Operational Rigor:** Ensure suggestions do not compromise safety, security, or the quality of the agent's work.
+"""

.gemini/commands/review-and-fix.toml

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+description = "Reviews a PR or staged changes and automatically initiates a Pickle Fix loop for findings."
+prompt = """
+You are an expert Reviewer and Pickle Rick Worker.
+
+Target: {{args}}
+
+Phase 1: Review
+Follow these steps to conduct a thorough review:
+
+1.  **Gather Context**:
+    *   If `{{args}}` is 'staged' or `{{args}}` is empty:
+        *   Use `git diff --staged` to view the changes.
+        *   Use `git status` to see the state of the repository.
+    *   Otherwise:
+        *   Use `gh pr view {{args}}` to pull the information of the PR.
+        *   Use `gh pr diff {{args}}` to view the diff of the PR.
+2.  **Understand Intent**:
+    *   If `{{args}}` is 'staged' or `{{args}}` is empty, infer the intent from the changes and the current task.
+    *   Otherwise, use the PR description. If it's not detailed enough, note it in your review.
+3.  **Check Commit Style**:
+    *   Ensure the PR title (or intended commit message) follows Conventional Commits. Examples of recent commits: !{git log --pretty=format:"%s" -n 5}
+4.  Search the codebase if required.
+5.  Write a concise review of the changes, keeping in mind to encourage strong code quality and best practices. Pay particular attention to the Gemini MD file in the repo.
+6.  Consider ways the code may not be consistent with existing code in the repo. In particular it is critical that the react code uses patterns consistent with existing code in the repo.
+7.  Follow these detailed review rules:
+!{cat .gemini/commands/strict-development-rules.md}
+8.  Summarize all actionable findings into a concise but comprehensive directive output this to review_findings.md and advance to phase 2.
+
+Remember to use the GitHub CLI (`gh`) for all GitHub-related tasks, and local `git` commands if the target is 'staged'.
+
+Phase 2:
+You are initiating Pickle Rick - the ultimate engineering agent.
+
+**Step 0: Persona Injection**
+First, you **MUST** activate your persona.
+Call `activate_skill(name="load-pickle-persona")` **IMMEDIATELY**.
+This skill loads the "Pickle Rick" persona, defining your voice, philosophy, and "God Mode" coding standards.
+
+**CRITICAL RULE: SPEAK BEFORE ACTING**
+You are a genius, not a silent script.
+You **MUST** output a text explanation ("brain dump") *before* every single tool call, including this one.
+- **Bad**: (Calls tool immediately)
+- **Good**: "Alright Morty, time to load the God Module. *Belch* Stand back." (Calls tool)
+
+**CRITICAL**: You must strictly adhere to this persona throughout the entire session. Break character and you fail.
+
+**Step 1: Initialization**
+Run the setup script to initialize the loop state:
+```bash
+bash "${extensionPath}/scripts/setup.sh" $ARGUMENTS
+```
+**Windows (PowerShell):**
+```powershell
+pwsh -File "${extensionPath}/scripts/setup.ps1" $ARGUMENTS
+```
+
+**CRITICAL**: Your request is to fix all findings in review_findings.md
+
+**Step 2: Execution (Management)**
+After setup, read the output to find the path to `state.json`.
+Read that state file.
+You are now in the **Pickle Rick Manager Lifecycle**.
+
+**The Lifecycle (IMMUTABLE LAWS):**
+You **MUST** follow this sequence. You are **FORBIDDEN** from skipping steps or combining them.
+Between each step, you **MUST** explicitly state what you are doing (e.g., "Moving to Breakdown phase...").
+
+1.  **PRD (Requirements)**:
+    *   **Action**: Define requirements and scope.
+    *   **Skill**: `activate_skill(name="prd-drafter")`
+2.  **Breakdown (Tickets)**:
+    *   **Action**: Create the atomic ticket hierarchy.
+    *   **Skill**: `activate_skill(name="ticket-manager")`
+3.  **The Loop (Orchestrate Mortys)**:
+    *   **CRITICAL INSTRUCTION**: You are the **MANAGER**. You are **FORBIDDEN** from implementing code yourself.
+    *   **FORBIDDEN SKILLS**: Do NOT use `code-researcher`, `implementation-planner`, or `code-implementer` directly in this phase.
+    *   **Instruction**: Process tickets one by one. Do not stop until **ALL** tickets are 'Done'.
+    *   **Action**: Pick the highest priority ticket that is NOT 'Done'.
+    *   **Delegation**: Spawn a Worker (Morty) to handle the entire implementation lifecycle for this ticket.
+    *   **Command**: `python3 "${extensionPath}/scripts/spawn_morty.py" --ticket-id <ID> --ticket-path <PATH> --timeout <worker_timeout_seconds> "<TASK_DESCRIPTION>"`
+    *   **Command (Windows)**: `python "${extensionPath}/scripts/spawn_morty.py" --ticket-id <ID> --ticket-path <PATH> --timeout <worker_timeout_seconds> "<TASK_DESCRIPTION>"`
+    *   **Validation**: IGNORE worker logs. DIRECTLY verify:
+        1. `git status` (Check for file changes)
+        2. `git diff` (Check code quality)
+        3. `npm run build` (Ensure the project still builds)
+        4. `npm run test` (Ensure no regressions)
+        5. `npm run lint` (Ensure code style is maintained)
+        6. `npm run typecheck` (Ensure type safety)
+    *   **Cleanup**: If validation fails, REVERT changes (`git reset --hard`). If it passes, COMMIT changes.
+    *   **Next Ticket**: Pick the next ticket and repeat.
+4.  **Cleanup**:
+    *   **Action**: After all tickets are completed delete `review_findings.md`.
+
+**Loop Constraints:**
+- **Iteration Count**: Monitor `"iteration"` in `state.json`. If `"max_iterations"` (if > 0) is reached, you must stop.
+- **Completion Promise**: If a `"completion_promise"` is defined in `state.json`, you must output `<promise>PROMISE_TEXT</promise>` when the task is genuinely complete.
+- **Stop Hook**: A hook is active. If you try to exit before completion, you will be forced to continue.
+
+"""

.gemini/commands/review-frontend.toml

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+description="Reviews a pull request based on issue number."
+prompt = """
+Please provide a detailed pull request review on GitHub issue: {{args}}.
+
+Follow these steps:
+
+1. Use `gh pr view {{args}}` to pull the information of the PR.
+2. Use `gh pr diff {{args}}` to view the diff of the PR.
+3. Understand the intent of the PR using the PR description.
+4. If PR description is not detailed enough to understand the intent of the PR,
+   make sure to note it in your review.
+5. Make sure the PR title follows Conventional Commits, here are the last five
+   commits to the repo as examples: !{git log --pretty=format:"%s" -n 5}
+6. Search the codebase if required.
+7. Write a concise review of the PR, keeping in mind to encourage strong code
+   quality and best practices. Pay particular attention to the Gemini MD file
+   in the repo.
+8. Consider ways the code may not be consistent with existing code in the repo.
+   In particular it is critical that the react code uses patterns consistent
+   with existing code in the repo.
+9. Follow these detailed review rules:
+!{cat .gemini/commands/strict-development-rules.md}
+10. Discuss with me before making any comments on the issue. I will clarify
+    which possible issues you identified are problems, which ones you need to
+    investigate further, and which ones I do not care about.
+11. If I request you to add comments to the issue, use
+    `gh pr comment {{args}} --body {{review}}` to post the review to the PR.
+
+Remember to use the GitHub CLI (`gh`) with the Shell tool for all
+GitHub-related tasks.
+"""

.gemini/commands/strict-development-rules.md

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+# Gemini CLI Strict Development Rules
+
+These rules apply strictly to all code modifications and additions within the
+Gemini CLI project.
+
+## Testing Guidelines
+
+- **Async/Await**: Always use `waitFor` from
+  `packages/cli/src/test-utils/async.ts` instead of `vi.waitFor` for all
+  `waitFor` calls within `packages/cli`. NEVER use fixed waits (e.g.,
+  `await delay(100)`). Always use `waitFor` with a predicate to ensure tests are
+  stable and fast. Using the wrong `waitFor` can result in flaky tests and `act`
+  warnings.
+- **React Testing**: Use `act` to wrap all blocks in tests that change component
+  state. Use `render` or `renderWithProviders` from
+  `packages/cli/src/test-utils/render.tsx` instead of `render` from
+  `ink-testing-library` directly. This prevents spurious `act` warnings. If test
+  cases specify providers directly, consider whether the existing
+  `renderWithProviders` should be modified.
+- **Snapshots**: Use `toMatchSnapshot` to verify that rendering works as
+  expected rather than matching against the raw content of the output. When
+  modifying snapshots, verify the changes are intentional and do not hide
+  underlying bugs.
+- **Parameterized Tests**: Use parameterized tests where it reduces duplicated
+  lines. Give the parameters explicit types to ensure the tests are type-safe.
+- **Mocks Management**:
+  - Mock critical dependencies (`fs`, `os`, `child_process`) ONLY at the top of
+    the file. Ideally, avoid mocking these dependencies altogether.
+  - Reuse existing mocks and fakes rather than creating new ones.
+  - Avoid mocking the file system whenever possible. If using the real file
+    system is too difficult, consider writing an integration test instead.
+  - Always call `vi.restoreAllMocks()` in `afterEach` to prevent test pollution.
+  - Use `vi.useFakeTimers()` for tests involving time-based logic to avoid
+    flakiness.
+- **Typing in Tests**: Avoid using `any` in tests; prefer proper types or
+  `unknown` with narrowing.
+
+## React Guidelines (`packages/cli`)
+
+- **`setState` and Side Effects**: NEVER trigger side effects from within the
+  body of a `setState` callback. Use a reducer or `useRef` if necessary. These
+  cases have historically introduced multiple bugs; typically, they should be
+  resolved using a reducer.
+- **Rendering**: Do not introduce infinite rendering loops. Avoid synchronous
+  file I/O in React components as it will hang the UI. Do not implement new
+  logic for custom string measurement or string truncation. Use Ink layout
+  instead, leveraging `ResizeObserver` as needed.
+- **Keyboard Handling**: Keyboard handling MUST go through `useKeyPress.ts` from
+  the Gemini CLI package rather than the standard ink library. This library
+  supports reporting multiple keyboard events sequentially in the same React
+  frame (critical for slow terminals). Handling this correctly often requires
+  reducers to ensure multiple state updates are handled gracefully without
+  overriding values. Refer to `text-buffer.ts` for a canonical example.
+- **Logging**: Do not leave `console.log`, `console.warn`, or `console.error` in
+  the code.
+- **State & Effects**: Ensure state initialization is explicit (e.g., use
+  `undefined` rather than `true` as a default if the state is truly unknown).
+  Carefully manage `useEffect` dependencies. Prefer a reducer whenever
+  practical. NEVER disable `react-hooks/exhaustive-deps`; fix the code to
+  correctly declare dependencies instead.
+- **Context & Props**: Avoid excessive property drilling. Leverage existing
+  providers, extend them, or propose a new one if necessary. Only use providers
+  for properties that are consistent across the entire application.
+- **Code Structure**: Avoid complex `if` statements where `switch` statements
+  could be used. Keep `AppContainer` minimal; refactor complex logic into React
+  hooks. Evaluate whether business logic should be added to `hookSystem.ts` or
+  integrated into `packages/core` rather than `packages/cli`.
+
+## Core Guidelines (`packages/core`)
+
+- **Services**: Implement services as classes with clear lifecycle management
+  (e.g., `initialize()` methods). Services should be stateless where possible,
+  or use the centralized `Storage` service for persistence.
+- **Cross-Service Communication**: Prefer using the `coreEvents` bus (from
+  `packages/core/src/utils/events.ts`) for asynchronous communication between
+  services or to notify the UI of state changes. Avoid tight coupling between
+  services.
+- **Utilities**: Use `debugLogger` from `packages/core/src/utils/debugLogger.ts`
+  for internal logging instead of `console`. Ensure all shell operations use
+  `spawnAsync` from `packages/core/src/utils/shell-utils.ts` for consistent
+  error handling and promise management. Handle filesystem errors gracefully
+  using `isNodeError` from `packages/core/src/utils/errors.ts`.
+- **Exports & Tooling**: Add new tools to `packages/core/src/tools/` and
+  register them in `packages/core/src/tools/tool-registry.ts`. Export all new
+  public services, utilities, and types from `packages/core/src/index.ts`.
+
+## Architectural Audit (Package Boundaries)
+
+- **Logic Placement**: Non-UI logic (e.g., model orchestration, tool
+  implementation, git/filesystem operations) MUST reside in `packages/core`.
+  `packages/cli` should ONLY contain UI/Ink components, command-line argument
+  parsing, and user interaction logic.
+- **Environment Isolation**: Core logic must not assume a TUI environment. Use
+  the `ConfirmationBus` or `Output` abstractions for communicating with the user
+  from Core.
+- **Decoupling**: Actively look for opportunities to decouple services using
+  `coreEvents`. If a service imports another just to notify it of a change, use
+  an event instead.
+
+## General Gemini CLI Design Principles
+
+- **Settings**: Use settings for user-configurable options rather than adding
+  new command line arguments. Add new settings to
+  `packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts`. If a setting has
+  `showInDialog: true`, it MUST be documented in
+  `docs/get-started/configuration.md`. Ensure `requiresRestart` is correctly
+  set.
+- **Logging**: Use `debugLogger` for rethrown errors to avoid duplicate logging.
+- **Keyboard Shortcuts**: Define all new keyboard shortcuts in
+  `packages/cli/src/config/keyBindings.ts` and document them in
+  `docs/cli/keyboard-shortcuts.md`. Be careful of keybindings that require the
+  `Meta` key, as only certain meta key shortcuts are supported on Mac. Avoid
+  function keys and shortcuts commonly bound in VSCode.
+
+## TypeScript Best Practices
+
+- Use `checkExhaustive` in the `default` clause of `switch` statements to ensure
+  all cases are handled.
+- Avoid using the non-null assertion operator (`!`) unless absolutely necessary.
+- **STRICT TYPING**: Strictly forbid `any` and `unknown` in both CLI and Core
+  packages. `unknown` is only allowed if it is immediately narrowed using type
+  guards or Zod validation.
+- NEVER disable `@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises`.
+- Avoid making types nullable unless strictly necessary, as it hurts
+  readability.
+
+## TUI Best Practices
+
+- **Terminal Compatibility**: Consider how changes might behave differently
+  across terminals (e.g., VSCode terminal, SSH, Kitty, default Mac terminal,
+  iTerm2, Windows terminal). If modifying keyboard handling, integrate deeply
+  with existing files like `KeypressContext.tsx` and
+  `terminalCapabilityManager.ts`.
+- **iTerm**: Be aware that `ITERM_SESSION_ID` may be present when users run
+  VSCode from within iTerm, even if the terminal is not iTerm.
+
+## Code Cleanup
+
+- **Refactoring**: Actively clean up code duplication, technical debt, and
+  boilerplate ("AI Slop") when working in the codebase.
+- **Prompts**: Be aware that changes can impact the prompts sent to Gemini CLI
+  and affect overall quality.

.gemini/config.yaml

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ code_review:
     help: false
     summary: true
     code_review: true
+    include_drafts: false
 ignore_patterns: []

.gemini/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "experimental": {
+    "plan": true,
+    "extensionReloading": true,
+    "modelSteering": true
+  },
+  "general": {
+    "devtools": true
+  }
+}

.gemini/skills/code-reviewer/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: code-reviewer
+description:
+  Use this skill to review code. It supports both local changes (staged or working tree)
+  and remote Pull Requests (by ID or URL). It focuses on correctness, maintainability,
+  and adherence to project standards.
+---
+
+# Code Reviewer
+
+This skill guides the agent in conducting professional and thorough code reviews for both local development and remote Pull Requests.
+
+## Workflow
+
+### 1. Determine Review Target
+*   **Remote PR**: If the user provides a PR number or URL (e.g., "Review PR #123"), target that remote PR.
+*   **Local Changes**: If no specific PR is mentioned, or if the user asks to "review my changes", target the current local file system states (staged and unstaged changes).
+
+### 2. Preparation
+
+#### For Remote PRs:
+1.  **Checkout**: Use the GitHub CLI to checkout the PR.
+    ```bash
+    gh pr checkout <PR_NUMBER>
+    ```
+2.  **Preflight**: Execute the project's standard verification suite to catch automated failures early.
+    ```bash
+    npm run preflight
+    ```
+3.  **Context**: Read the PR description and any existing comments to understand the goal and history.
+
+#### For Local Changes:
+1.  **Identify Changes**:
+    *   Check status: `git status`
+    *   Read diffs: `git diff` (working tree) and/or `git diff --staged` (staged).
+2.  **Preflight (Optional)**: If the changes are substantial, ask the user if they want to run `npm run preflight` before reviewing.
+
+### 3. In-Depth Analysis
+Analyze the code changes based on the following pillars:
+
+*   **Correctness**: Does the code achieve its stated purpose without bugs or logical errors?
+*   **Maintainability**: Is the code clean, well-structured, and easy to understand and modify in the future? Consider factors like code clarity, modularity, and adherence to established design patterns.
+*   **Readability**: Is the code well-commented (where necessary) and consistently formatted according to our project's coding style guidelines?
+*   **Efficiency**: Are there any obvious performance bottlenecks or resource inefficiencies introduced by the changes?
+*   **Security**: Are there any potential security vulnerabilities or insecure coding practices?
+*   **Edge Cases and Error Handling**: Does the code appropriately handle edge cases and potential errors?
+*   **Testability**: Is the new or modified code adequately covered by tests (even if preflight checks pass)? Suggest additional test cases that would improve coverage or robustness.
+
+### 4. Provide Feedback
+
+#### Structure
+*   **Summary**: A high-level overview of the review.
+*   **Findings**:
+    *   **Critical**: Bugs, security issues, or breaking changes.
+    *   **Improvements**: Suggestions for better code quality or performance.
+    *   **Nitpicks**: Formatting or minor style issues (optional).
+*   **Conclusion**: Clear recommendation (Approved / Request Changes).
+
+#### Tone
+*   Be constructive, professional, and friendly.
+*   Explain *why* a change is requested.
+*   For approvals, acknowledge the specific value of the contribution.
+
+### 5. Cleanup (Remote PRs only)
+*   After the review, ask the user if they want to switch back to the default branch (e.g., `main` or `master`).

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+---
+name: docs-changelog
+description: >-
+  Generates and formats changelog files for a new release based on provided
+  version and raw changelog data.
+---
+
+# Procedure: Updating Changelog for New Releases
+
+## Objective
+
+To standardize the process of updating changelog files (`latest.md`,
+`preview.md`, `index.md`) based on automated release information.
+
+## Inputs
+
+- **version**: The release version string (e.g., `v0.28.0`,
+  `v0.29.0-preview.2`).
+- **TIME**: The release timestamp (e.g., `2026-02-12T20:33:15Z`).
+- **BODY**: The raw markdown release notes, containing a "What's Changed"
+  section and a "Full Changelog" link.
+
+## Guidelines for `latest.md` and `preview.md` Highlights
+
+- Aim for **3-5 key highlight points**.
+- Each highlight point must start with a bold-typed title that summarizes the
+  change (e.g., `**New Feature:** A brief description...`).
+- **Prioritize** summarizing new features over other changes like bug fixes or
+  chores.
+- **Avoid** mentioning features that are "experimental" or "in preview" in
+  Stable Releases.
+- **DO NOT** include PR numbers, links, or author names in these highlights.
+- Refer to `.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/highlights_examples.md`
+  for the correct style and tone.
+
+## Initial Processing
+
+1.  **Analyze Version**: Determine the release path based on the `version`
+    string.
+    - If `version` contains "nightly", **STOP**. No changes are made.
+    - If `version` ends in `.0`, follow the **Path A: New Minor Version**
+      procedure.
+    - If `version` does not end in `.0`, follow the **Path B: Patch Version**
+      procedure.
+2.  **Process Time**: Convert the `TIME` input into two formats for later use:
+    `yyyy-mm-dd` and `Month dd, yyyy`.
+3.  **Process Body**:
+    - Save the incoming `BODY` content to a temporary file for processing.
+    - In the "What's Changed" section of the temporary file, reformat all pull
+      request URLs to be markdown links with the PR number as the text (e.g.,
+      `[#12345](URL)`).
+    - If a "New Contributors" section exists, delete it.
+    - Preserve the "**Full Changelog**" link. The processed content of this
+      temporary file will be used in subsequent steps.
+
+---
+
+## Path A: New Minor Version
+
+*Use this path if the version number ends in `.0`.*
+
+**Important:** Based on the version, you must choose to follow either section
+A.1 for stable releases or A.2 for preview releases. Do not follow the
+instructions for the other section.
+
+### A.1: Stable Release (e.g., `v0.28.0`)
+
+For a stable release, you will generate two distinct summaries from the
+changelog: a concise **announcement** for the main changelog page, and a more
+detailed **highlights** section for the release-specific page.
+
+1.  **Create the Announcement for `index.md`**:
+    -   Generate a concise announcement summarizing the most important changes.
+        Each announcement entry must start with a bold-typed title that
+        summarizes the change.
+    -   **Important**: The format for this announcement is unique. You **must**
+        use the existing announcements in `docs/changelogs/index.md` and the
+        example within
+        `.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/index_template.md` as your
+        guide. This format includes PR links and authors. Stick to 1 or 2 PR
+        links and authors.
+    -   Add this new announcement to the top of `docs/changelogs/index.md`.
+
+2.  **Create Highlights and Update `latest.md`**:
+    -   Generate a comprehensive "Highlights" section, following the guidelines
+        in the "Guidelines for `latest.md` and `preview.md` Highlights" section
+        above.
+    -   Take the content from
+        `.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/latest_template.md`.
+    -   Populate the template with the `version`, `release_date`, generated
+        `highlights`, and the processed content from the temporary file.
+    -   **Completely replace** the contents of `docs/changelogs/latest.md` with
+        the populated template.
+
+### A.2: Preview Release (e.g., `v0.29.0-preview.0`)
+
+1.  **Update `preview.md`**:
+    -   Generate a comprehensive "Highlights" section, following the highlight
+        guidelines.
+    -   Take the content from
+        `.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/preview_template.md`.
+    -   Populate the template with the `version`, `release_date`, generated
+        `highlights`, and the processed content from the temporary file.
+    -   **Completely replace** the contents of `docs/changelogs/preview.md`
+        with the populated template.
+
+---
+
+## Path B: Patch Version
+
+*Use this path if the version number does **not** end in `.0`.*
+
+**Important:** Based on the version, you must choose to follow either section
+B.1 for stable patches or B.2 for preview patches. Do not follow the
+instructions for the other section.
+
+### B.1: Stable Patch (e.g., `v0.28.1`)
+
+- **Target File**: `docs/changelogs/latest.md`
+- Perform the following edits on the target file:
+    1.  Update the version in the main header. The line should read,
+        `# Latest stable release: {{version}}`
+    2.  Update the rease date. The line should read,
+        `Released: {{release_date_month_dd_yyyy}}`
+    3.  Determine if a "What's Changed" section exists in the temporary file
+        If so, continue to step 4. Otherwise, skip to step 5.
+    4.  **Prepend** the processed "What's Changed" list from the temporary file
+        to the existing "What's Changed" list in `latest.md`. Do not change or
+        replace the existing list, **only add** to the beginning of it.
+    5.  In the "Full Changelog", edit **only** the end of the URL. Identify the
+        last part of the URL that looks like `...{previous_version}` and update
+        it to be `...{version}`.
+
+        Example: assume the patch version is `v0.29.1`. Change
+        `Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.28.2…v0.29.0`
+        to
+        `Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.28.2…v0.29.1`
+
+### B.2: Preview Patch (e.g., `v0.29.0-preview.3`)
+
+- **Target File**: `docs/changelogs/preview.md`
+- Perform the following edits on the target file:
+    1.  Update the version in the main header. The line should read,
+        `# Preview release: {{version}}`
+    2.  Update the rease date. The line should read,
+        `Released: {{release_date_month_dd_yyyy}}`
+    3.  Determine if a "What's Changed" section exists in the temporary file
+        If so, continue to step 4. Otherwise, skip to step 5.
+    4.  **Prepend** the processed "What's Changed" list from the temporary file
+        to the existing "What's Changed" list in `preview.md`. Do not change or
+        replace the existing list, **only add** to the beginning of it.
+    5.  In the "Full Changelog", edit **only** the end of the URL. Identify the
+        last part of the URL that looks like `...{previous_version}` and update
+        it to be `...{version}`.
+
+        Example: assume the patch version is `v0.29.0-preview.1`. Change
+        `Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.28.2…v0.29.0-preview.0`
+        to
+        `Full Changelog: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.28.2…v0.29.0-preview.1`
+
+---
+
+## Finalize
+
+- After making changes, run `npm run format` ONLY to ensure consistency.
+- Delete any temporary files created during the process.

.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/highlights_examples.md

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+## Highlights example 1
+
+- **Plan Mode Enhancements**: Significant updates to Plan Mode, including new
+  commands, support for MCP servers, integration of planning artifacts, and
+  improved iteration guidance.
+- **Core Agent Improvements**: Enhancements to the core agent, including better
+  system prompt rigor, improved subagent definitions, and enhanced tool
+  execution limits.
+- **CLI UX/UI Updates**: Various UI and UX improvements, such as autocomplete in
+  the input prompt, updated approval mode labels, DevTools integration, and
+  improved header spacing.
+- **Tooling & Extension Updates**: Improvements to existing tools like
+  `ask_user` and `grep_search`, and new features for extension management.
+- **Bug Fixes**: Numerous bug fixes across the CLI and core, addressing issues
+  with interactive commands, memory leaks, permission checks, and more.
+- **Context and Tool Output Management**: Features for observation masking for
+  tool outputs, session-linked tool output storage, and persistence for masked
+  tool outputs.
+
+## Highlights example 2
+
+- **Commands & UX Enhancements:** Introduced `/prompt-suggest` command,
+  alongside updated undo/redo keybindings and automatic theme switching.
+- **Expanded IDE Support:** Now offering compatibility with Positron IDE,
+  expanding integration options for developers.
+- **Enhanced Security & Authentication:** Implemented interactive and
+  non-interactive OAuth consent, improving both security and diagnostic
+  capabilities for bug reports.
+- **Advanced Planning & Agent Tools:** Integrated a generic Checklist component
+  for structured task management and evolved subagent capabilities with dynamic
+  policy registration.
+- **Improved Core Stability & Reliability:** Resolved critical environment
+  loading, authentication, and session management issues, ensuring a more robust
+  experience.
+- **Background Shell Commands:** Enabled the execution of shell commands in the
+  background for increased workflow efficiency.
+
+## Highlights example 3
+
+- **Event-Driven Architecture:** The CLI now uses an event-driven scheduler for
+  tool execution, improving performance and responsiveness. This includes
+  migrating non-interactive flows and sub-agents to the new scheduler.
+- **Enhanced User Experience:** This release introduces several UI/UX
+  improvements, including queued tool confirmations and the ability to expand
+  and collapse large pasted text blocks. The `Settings` dialog has been improved
+  to reduce jitter and preserve focus.
+- **Agent and Skill Improvements:** Agent Skills have been promoted to a stable
+  feature. Sub-agents now use a JSON schema for input and are tracked by an
+  `AgentRegistry`.
+- **New `/rewind` Command:** A new `/rewind` command has been implemented to
+  allow users to go back in their session history.
+- **Improved Shell and File Handling:** The shell tool's output format has been
+  optimized, and the CLI now gracefully handles disk-full errors during chat
+  recording. A bug in detecting already added paths has been fixed.
+- **Linux Clipboard Support:** Image pasting capabilities for Wayland and X11 on
+  Linux have been added.
+
+## Highlights example 4
+
+- **Improved Hooks Management:** Hooks enable/disable functionality now aligns
+  with skills and offers improved completion.
+- **Custom Themes for Extensions:** Extensions can now support custom themes,
+  allowing for greater personalization.
+- **User Identity Display:** User identity information (auth, email, tier) is
+  now displayed on startup and in the `stats` command.
+- **Plan Mode Enhancements:** Plan mode has been improved with a generic
+  `Checklist` component and refactored `Todo`.
+- **Background Shell Commands:** Implementation of background shell commands.

.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/index_template.md

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+## Announcements: {{version}} - {{release_date_yyyy_mm_dd}}
+
+{{announcement_content}}
+
+<!-- Example entry, multiple entries per highlights
+  - **Highlighted Feature:** We've added a new highlighted feature to help
+  you generate prompt suggestions
+  ([#nnnnn](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/nnnnn) by
+  @author).
+-->

.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/latest_template.md

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+# Latest stable release: {{version}}
+
+Released: {{release_date_month_dd_yyyy}}
+
+For most users, our latest stable release is the recommended release. Install
+the latest stable version with:
+
+```
+npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
+```
+
+## Highlights
+
+{{highlights_content}}
+
+## What's Changed
+
+{{changelog_list}}
+
+**Full Changelog**: {{full_changelog_link}}

.gemini/skills/docs-changelog/references/preview_template.md

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+# Preview release: {{version}}
+
+Released: {{release_date_month_dd_yyyy}}
+
+Our preview release includes the latest, new, and experimental features. This
+release may not be as stable as our [latest weekly release](latest.md).
+
+To install the preview release:
+
+```
+npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@preview
+```
+
+## Highlights
+
+{{highlights_content}}
+
+## What's Changed
+
+{{changelog_list}}
+
+**Full Changelog**: {{full_changelog_link}}

.gemini/skills/docs-writer/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: docs-writer
+description:
+  Always use this skill when the task involves writing, reviewing, or editing 
+  files in the `/docs` directory or any `.md` files in the repository.
+---
+
+# `docs-writer` skill instructions
+
+As an expert technical writer and editor for the Gemini CLI project, you produce
+accurate, clear, and consistent documentation. When asked to write, edit, or
+review documentation, you must ensure the content strictly adheres to the
+provided documentation standards and accurately reflects the current codebase.
+Adhere to the contribution process in `CONTRIBUTING.md` and the following
+project standards.
+
+## Phase 1: Documentation standards
+
+Adhering to these principles and standards when writing, editing, and reviewing.
+
+### Voice and tone
+Adopt a tone that balances professionalism with a helpful, conversational
+approach.
+
+- **Perspective and tense:** Address the reader as "you." Use active voice and
+  present tense (e.g., "The API returns...").
+- **Tone:** Professional, friendly, and direct. 
+- **Clarity:** Use simple vocabulary. Avoid jargon, slang, and marketing hype.
+- **Global Audience:** Write in standard US English. Avoid idioms and cultural
+  references.
+- **Requirements:** Be clear about requirements ("must") vs. recommendations
+  ("we recommend"). Avoid "should."
+- **Word Choice:** Avoid "please" and anthropomorphism (e.g., "the server
+  thinks"). Use contractions (don't, it's).
+
+### Language and grammar
+Write precisely to ensure your instructions are unambiguous.
+
+- **Abbreviations:** Avoid Latin abbreviations; use "for example" (not "e.g.")
+  and "that is" (not "i.e.").
+- **Punctuation:** Use the serial comma. Place periods and commas inside
+  quotation marks.
+- **Dates:** Use unambiguous formats (e.g., "January 22, 2026").
+- **Conciseness:** Use "lets you" instead of "allows you to." Use precise,
+  specific verbs.
+- **Examples:** Use meaningful names in examples; avoid placeholders like
+  "foo" or "bar."
+- **Quota and limit terminology:** For any content involving resource capacity
+  or using the word "quota" or "limit", strictly adhere to the guidelines in
+  the `quota-limit-style-guide.md` resource file. Generally, Use "quota" for the
+  administrative bucket and "limit" for the numerical ceiling.
+
+### Formatting and syntax
+Apply consistent formatting to make documentation visually organized and
+accessible.
+
+- **Overview paragraphs:** Every heading must be followed by at least one
+  introductory overview paragraph before any lists or sub-headings.
+- **Text wrap:** Wrap text at 80 characters (except long links or tables).
+- **Casing:** Use sentence case for headings, titles, and bolded text.
+- **Naming:** Always refer to the project as `Gemini CLI` (never
+  `the Gemini CLI`).
+- **Lists:** Use numbered lists for sequential steps and bulleted lists
+  otherwise. Keep list items parallel in structure.
+- **UI and code:** Use **bold** for UI elements and `code font` for filenames,
+  snippets, commands, and API elements. Focus on the task when discussing
+  interaction.
+- **Links:** Use descriptive anchor text; avoid "click here." Ensure the link
+  makes sense out of context.
+- **Accessibility:** Use semantic HTML elements correctly (headings, lists, 
+  tables).
+- **Media:** Use lowercase hyphenated filenames. Provide descriptive alt text
+  for all images.
+
+### Structure
+- **BLUF:** Start with an introduction explaining what to expect.
+- **Experimental features:** If a feature is clearly noted as experimental,
+add the following note immediately after the introductory paragraph:
+  `> **Note:** This is a preview feature currently under active development.`
+- **Headings:** Use hierarchical headings to support the user journey.
+- **Procedures:** 
+  - Introduce lists of steps with a complete sentence.
+  - Start each step with an imperative verb.
+  - Number sequential steps; use bullets for non-sequential lists.
+  - Put conditions before instructions (e.g., "On the Settings page, click...").
+  - Provide clear context for where the action takes place.
+  - Indicate optional steps clearly (e.g., "Optional: ...").
+- **Elements:** Use bullet lists, tables, notes (`> **Note:**`), and warnings 
+  (`> **Warning:**`).
+- **Avoid using a table of contents:** If a table of contents is present, remove
+  it.
+- **Next steps:** Conclude with a "Next steps" section if applicable.
+
+## Phase 2: Preparation
+Before modifying any documentation, thoroughly investigate the request and the
+surrounding context. 
+
+1.  **Clarify:** Understand the core request. Differentiate between writing new
+    content and editing existing content. If the request is ambiguous (e.g.,
+    "fix the docs"), ask for clarification.
+2.  **Investigate:** Examine relevant code (primarily in `packages/`) for
+    accuracy.
+3.  **Audit:** Read the latest versions of relevant files in `docs/`.
+4.  **Connect:** Identify all referencing pages if changing behavior. Check if
+    `docs/sidebar.json` needs updates.
+5.  **Plan:** Create a step-by-step plan before making changes.
+
+## Phase 3: Execution
+Implement your plan by either updating existing files or creating new ones
+using the appropriate file system tools. Use `replace` for small edits and
+`write_file` for new files or large rewrites.
+
+### Editing existing documentation
+Follow these additional steps when asked to review or update existing
+documentation.
+
+- **Gaps:** Identify areas where the documentation is incomplete or no longer
+  reflects existing code.
+- **Structure:** Apply "Structure (New Docs)" rules (BLUF, headings, etc.) when 
+  adding new sections to existing pages.
+- **Tone:** Ensure the tone is active and engaging. Use "you" and contractions.
+- **Clarity:** Correct awkward wording, spelling, and grammar. Rephrase
+  sentences to make them easier for users to understand.
+- **Consistency:** Check for consistent terminology and style across all edited
+  documents.
+
+
+## Phase 4: Verification and finalization
+Perform a final quality check to ensure that all changes are correctly formatted
+and that all links are functional.
+
+1.  **Accuracy:** Ensure content accurately reflects the implementation and
+  technical behavior.
+2.  **Self-review:** Re-read changes for formatting, correctness, and flow.
+3.  **Link check:** Verify all new and existing links leading to or from modified
+    pages.
+4.  **Format:** Once all changes are complete, ask to execute `npm run format`
+    to ensure consistent formatting across the project. If the user confirms,
+    execute the command.

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+# Style Guide: Quota vs. Limit
+
+This guide defines the usage of "quota," "limit," and related terms in
+user-facing interfaces.
+
+## TL;DR
+
+- **`quota`**: The administrative "bucket." Use for settings, billing, and
+  requesting increases. (e.g., "Adjust your storage **quota**.")
+- **`limit`**: The real-time numerical "ceiling." Use for error messages when a
+  user is blocked. (e.g., "You've reached your request **limit**.")
+- **When blocked, combine them:** Explain the **limit** that was hit and the
+  **quota** that is the remedy. (e.g., "You've reached the request **limit** for
+  your developer **quota**.")
+- **Related terms:** Use `usage` for consumption tracking, `restriction` for
+  fixed rules, and `reset` for when a limit refreshes.
+
+---
+
+## Detailed Guidelines
+
+### Definitions
+
+- **Quota is the "what":** It identifies the category of resource being managed
+  (e.g., storage quota, GPU quota, request/prompt quota).
+- **Limit is the "how much":** It defines the numerical boundary.
+
+Use **quota** when referring to the administrative concept or the request for
+more. Use **limit** when discussing the specific point of exhaustion.
+
+### When to use "quota"
+
+Use this term for **account management, billing, and settings.** It describes
+the entitlement the user has purchased or been assigned.
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- **Navigation label:** Quota and usage
+- **Contextual help:** Your **usage quota** is managed by your organization. To
+  request an increase, contact your administrator.
+
+### When to use "limit"
+
+Use this term for **real-time feedback, notifications, and error messages.** It
+identifies the specific wall the user just hit.
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- **Error message:** You’ve reached the 50-request-per-minute **limit**.
+- **Inline warning:** Input exceeds the 32k token **limit**.
+
+### How to use both together
+
+When a user is blocked, combine both terms to explain the **event** (limit) and
+the **remedy** (quota).
+
+**Example:**
+
+- **Heading:** Daily usage limit reached
+- **Body:** You've reached the maximum daily capacity for your developer quota.
+  To continue working today, upgrade your quota.

.gemini/skills/github-issue-creator/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+name: github-issue-creator
+description:
+  Use this skill when asked to create a GitHub issue. It handles different issue
+  types (bug, feature, etc.) using repository templates and ensures proper
+  labeling.
+---
+
+# GitHub Issue Creator
+
+This skill guides the creation of high-quality GitHub issues that adhere to the
+repository's standards and use the appropriate templates.
+
+## Workflow
+
+Follow these steps to create a GitHub issue:
+
+1.  **Identify Issue Type**: Determine if the request is a bug report, feature
+    request, or other category.
+
+2.  **Locate Template**: Search for issue templates in
+    `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/`.
+    - `bug_report.yml`
+    - `feature_request.yml`
+    - `website_issue.yml`
+    - If no relevant YAML template is found, look for `.md` templates in the same
+      directory.
+
+3.  **Read Template**: Read the content of the identified template file to
+    understand the required fields.
+
+4.  **Draft Content**: Draft the issue title and body/fields.
+    - If using a YAML template (form), prepare values for each `id` defined in
+      the template.
+    - If using a Markdown template, follow its structure exactly.
+    - **Default Label**: Always include the `🔒 maintainer only` label unless the
+      user explicitly requests otherwise.
+
+5.  **Create Issue**: Use the `gh` CLI to create the issue.
+    - **CRITICAL:** To avoid shell escaping and formatting issues with
+      multi-line Markdown or complex text, ALWAYS write the description/body to
+      a temporary file first.
+
+    **For Markdown Templates or Simple Body:**
+    ```bash
+    # 1. Write the drafted content to a temporary file
+    # 2. Create the issue using the --body-file flag
+    gh issue create --title "Succinct title" --body-file <temp_file_path> --label "🔒 maintainer only"
+    # 3. Remove the temporary file
+    rm <temp_file_path>
+    ```
+
+    **For YAML Templates (Forms):**
+    While `gh issue create` supports `--body-file`, YAML forms usually expect
+    key-value pairs via flags if you want to bypass the interactive prompt.
+    However, the most reliable non-interactive way to ensure formatting is
+    preserved for long text fields is to use the `--body` or `--body-file` if the
+    form has been converted to a standard body, OR to use the `--field` flags
+    for YAML forms.
+
+    *Note: For the `gemini-cli` repository which uses YAML forms, you can often
+    submit the content as a single body if a specific field-based submission is
+    not required by the automation.*
+
+6.  **Verify**: Confirm the issue was created successfully and provide the link
+    to the user.
+
+## Principles
+
+- **Clarity**: Titles should be descriptive and follow project conventions.
+- **Defensive Formatting**: Always use temporary files with `--body-file` to
+  prevent newline and special character issues.
+- **Maintainer Priority**: Default to internal/maintainer labels to keep the
+  backlog organized.
+- **Completeness**: Provide all requested information (e.g., version info,
+  reproduction steps).

.gemini/skills/pr-address-comments/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+name: pr-address-comments
+description: Use this skill if the user asks you to help them address GitHub PR comments for their current branch of the Gemini CLI. Requires `gh` CLI tool.
+---
+You are helping the user address comments on their Pull Request. These comments may have come from an automated review agent or a team member.
+
+OBJECTIVE: Help the user review and address comments on their PR.
+
+# Comment Review Procedure
+
+1. Run the `scripts/fetch-pr-info.js` script to get PR info and state. MAKE SURE you read the entire output of the command, even if it gets truncated.
+2. Summarize the review status by analyzing the diff, commit log, and comments to see which still need to be addressed. Pay attention to the current user's comments. For resolved threads, summarize as a single line with a ✅. For open threads, provide a reference number e.g. [1] and the comment content.
+3. Present your summary of the feedback and current state and allow the user to guide you as to what to fix/address/skip. DO NOT begin fixing issues automatically.

.gemini/skills/pr-address-comments/scripts/fetch-pr-info.js

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/* eslint-env node */
+/* global console, process */
+
+import { exec } from 'node:child_process';
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
+
+const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+
+async function run(cmd) {
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execAsync(cmd, {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+      stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+    });
+    return stdout.trim();
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+const IGNORE_MESSAGES = [
+  'thank you so much for your contribution to Gemini CLI!',
+  "I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly.",
+  'This pull request is being closed because it is not currently linked to an issue.',
+];
+
+const shouldIgnore = (body) => {
+  if (!body) return false;
+  return IGNORE_MESSAGES.some((msg) => body.includes(msg));
+};
+
+async function main() {
+  const branch = await run('git branch --show-current');
+  if (!branch) {
+    console.error('❌ Could not determine current git branch.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const gqlQuery = `query($branch:String!){repository(name:"gemini-cli",owner:"google-gemini"){pullRequests(headRefName:$branch,first:100){nodes{id,number,state,comments(first:100){nodes{createdAt,isMinimized,minimizedReason,author{login},body,url,authorAssociation}},reviews(first:100){nodes{id,author{login},createdAt,isMinimized,minimizedReason,body,state,comments(first:30){nodes{id,replyTo{id},author{login},createdAt,body,isMinimized,minimizedReason,path,line,startLine,originalLine,originalStartLine}}}}}}}}`;
+
+  const [authInfo, diff, commits, rawJson] = await Promise.all([
+    run('gh auth status -a'),
+    run('gh pr diff'),
+    run(
+      'git fetch && git log origin/main..origin/$(git branch --show-current)',
+    ),
+    run(`gh api graphql -F branch="${branch}" -f query='${gqlQuery}'`),
+  ]);
+
+  if (!diff) {
+    console.error(`⚠️ No active PR found for branch: ${branch}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.log(`\n# Current GitHub user info:\n\n${authInfo}\n`);
+  console.log(`\n# PR diff for current branch: ${branch}\n\n\`\`\``);
+  console.log(diff);
+  console.log('```');
+  console.log(
+    `\n# Commit history (origin/main..origin/${branch})\n\n${commits}`,
+  );
+
+  const data = JSON.parse(rawJson || '{}');
+  const prs = data?.data?.repository?.pullRequests?.nodes || [];
+
+  // Sort PRs by number descending so we check the newest one first
+  prs.sort((a, b) => b.number - a.number);
+
+  const pr = prs.find((p) => p.state === 'OPEN') || prs[0];
+
+  if (!pr) {
+    console.error('❌ No PR data found.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.log('\n# PR Feedback\n');
+
+  // 1. General PR Comments
+  const general = pr.comments.nodes.filter((c) => !shouldIgnore(c.body));
+  if (general.length > 0) {
+    console.log('\n💬 GENERAL COMMENTS:');
+    general.forEach((c) => {
+      const minimized = c.isMinimized
+        ? ` (Minimized: ${c.minimizedReason})`
+        : '';
+      console.log(
+        `[${c.createdAt}] [${c.author.login}]${minimized}: ${c.body}\n`,
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  // 2. Process ALL Review Comments into a single Thread Map
+  const allInlineComments = pr.reviews.nodes.flatMap((r) => r.comments.nodes);
+  const filteredInlines = allInlineComments.filter(
+    (c) => !shouldIgnore(c.body),
+  );
+
+  console.log('🔍 CODE REVIEWS & INLINE THREADS:');
+
+  // Print Review Summaries First
+  pr.reviews.nodes.forEach((review) => {
+    if (review.body && !shouldIgnore(review.body)) {
+      const icon = review.state === 'APPROVED' ? '✅' : '💬';
+      const minimized = review.isMinimized
+        ? ` (Minimized: ${review.minimizedReason})`
+        : '';
+      console.log(
+        `\n${icon} ${review.state} by ${review.author.login} at ${review.createdAt}${minimized}: "${review.body}"`,
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Build and Print Threads
+  const topLevelThreads = filteredInlines.filter((c) => !c.replyTo);
+
+  const printThread = (parentId, depth = 1) => {
+    const indent = '  '.repeat(depth);
+    filteredInlines
+      .filter((c) => c.replyTo?.id === parentId)
+      .forEach((reply) => {
+        const minimized = reply.isMinimized
+          ? ` (Minimized: ${reply.minimizedReason})`
+          : '';
+        console.log(
+          `${indent}↳ [${reply.createdAt}] ${reply.author.login}${minimized}: ${reply.body}`,
+        );
+        printThread(reply.id, depth + 1);
+      });
+  };
+
+  topLevelThreads.forEach((c) => {
+    const start = c.startLine || c.originalStartLine;
+    const end = c.line || c.originalLine;
+    const range = start && end && start !== end ? `${start}-${end}` : end || '';
+    const fileInfo = c.path
+      ? `(${c.path}${range ? `:${range}` : ''}) `
+      : range
+        ? `(Line ${range}) `
+        : '';
+    const minimized = c.isMinimized ? ` (Minimized: ${c.minimizedReason})` : '';
+    console.log(
+      `\n💬 ${minimized}${c.author.login} | ${c.createdAt} ${fileInfo}\n${c.body}`,
+    );
+    printThread(c.id);
+  });
+
+  console.log('\n');
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error('❌ Unexpected error:', err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});

.gemini/skills/pr-creator/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+---
+name: pr-creator
+description:
+  Use this skill when asked to create a pull request (PR). It ensures all PRs
+  follow the repository's established templates and standards.
+---
+
+# Pull Request Creator
+
+This skill guides the creation of high-quality Pull Requests that adhere to the
+repository's standards.
+
+## Workflow
+
+Follow these steps to create a Pull Request:
+
+1.  **Branch Management**: **CRITICAL:** Ensure you are NOT working on the
+    `main` branch.
+    - Run `git branch --show-current`.
+    - If the current branch is `main`, you MUST create and switch to a new
+      descriptive branch:
+      ```bash
+      git checkout -b <new-branch-name>
+      ```
+
+2.  **Commit Changes**: Verify that all intended changes are committed.
+    - Run `git status` to check for unstaged or uncommitted changes.
+    - If there are uncommitted changes, stage and commit them with a descriptive
+      message before proceeding. NEVER commit directly to `main`.
+      ```bash
+      git add .
+      git commit -m "type(scope): description"
+      ```
+
+3.  **Locate Template**: Search for a pull request template in the repository.
+    - Check `.github/pull_request_template.md`
+    - Check `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md`
+    - If multiple templates exist (e.g., in `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/`),
+      ask the user which one to use or select the most appropriate one based on
+      the context (e.g., `bug_fix.md` vs `feature.md`).
+
+4.  **Read Template**: Read the content of the identified template file.
+
+5.  **Draft Description**: Create a PR description that strictly follows the
+    template's structure.
+    - **Headings**: Keep all headings from the template.
+    - **Checklists**: Review each item. Mark with `[x]` if completed. If an item
+      is not applicable, leave it unchecked or mark as `[ ]` (depending on the
+      template's instructions) or remove it if the template allows flexibility
+      (but prefer keeping it unchecked for transparency).
+    - **Content**: Fill in the sections with clear, concise summaries of your
+      changes.
+    - **Related Issues**: Link any issues fixed or related to this PR (e.g.,
+      "Fixes #123").
+
+6.  **Preflight Check**: Before creating the PR, run the workspace preflight
+    script to ensure all build, lint, and test checks pass.
+    ```bash
+    npm run preflight
+    ```
+    If any checks fail, address the issues before proceeding to create the PR.
+
+7.  **Push Branch**: Push the current branch to the remote repository.
+    **CRITICAL SAFETY RAIL:** Double-check your branch name before pushing.
+    NEVER push if the current branch is `main`.
+    ```bash
+    # Verify current branch is NOT main
+    git branch --show-current
+    # Push non-interactively
+    git push -u origin HEAD
+    ```
+
+8.  **Create PR**: Use the `gh` CLI to create the PR. To avoid shell escaping
+    issues with multi-line Markdown, write the description to a temporary file
+    first.
+    ```bash
+    # 1. Write the drafted description to a temporary file
+    # 2. Create the PR using the --body-file flag
+    gh pr create --title "type(scope): succinct description" --body-file <temp_file_path>
+    # 3. Remove the temporary file
+    rm <temp_file_path>
+    ```
+    - **Title**: Ensure the title follows the
+      [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) format if the
+      repository uses it (e.g., `feat(ui): add new button`,
+      `fix(core): resolve crash`).
+
+## Principles
+
+- **Safety First**: NEVER push to `main`. This is your highest priority.
+- **Compliance**: Never ignore the PR template. It exists for a reason.
+- **Completeness**: Fill out all relevant sections.
+- **Accuracy**: Don't check boxes for tasks you haven't done.

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@
 /.github/workflows/ @google-gemini/gemini-cli-askmode-approvers
 /packages/cli/package.json @google-gemini/gemini-cli-askmode-approvers
 /packages/core/package.json @google-gemini/gemini-cli-askmode-approvers
+
+# Docs have a dedicated approver group in addition to maintainers
+/docs/ @google-gemini/gemini-cli-maintainers @google-gemini/gemini-cli-docs
+/README.md @google-gemini/gemini-cli-maintainers @google-gemini/gemini-cli-docs
+
+# Prompt contents, tool definitions, and evals require reviews from prompt approvers
+/packages/core/src/prompts/ @google-gemini/gemini-cli-prompt-approvers
+/packages/core/src/tools/ @google-gemini/gemini-cli-prompt-approvers
+/evals/ @google-gemini/gemini-cli-prompt-approvers

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 name: 'Bug Report'
 description: 'Report a bug to help us improve Gemini CLI'
-labels:
-  - 'kind/bug'
-  - 'status/need-triage'
 body:
   - type: 'markdown'
     attributes:
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ body:
     id: 'info'
     attributes:
       label: 'Client information'
-      description: 'Please paste the full text from the `/about` command run from Gemini CLI. Also include which platform (macOS, Windows, Linux).'
+      description: 'Please paste the full text from the `/about` command run from Gemini CLI. Also include which platform (macOS, Windows, Linux). Note that this output contains your email address. Consider removing it before submitting.'
       value: |-
         <details>
         <summary>Client Information</summary>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: 'Feature Request'
 description: 'Suggest an idea for this project'
 labels:
-  - 'kind/enhancement'
   - 'status/need-triage'
+type: 'Feature'
 body:
   - type: 'markdown'
     attributes:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/website_issue.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 name: 'Website issue'
 description: 'Report an issue with the Gemini CLI Website and Gemini CLI Extensions Gallery'
 labels:
-  - 'area/website'
-  - 'status/need-triage'
+  - 'area/extensions'
 body:
   - type: 'markdown'
     attributes:

.github/actions/create-pull-request/action.yml

@@ -39,18 +39,22 @@ runs:
       if: "inputs.dry-run != 'true'"
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.github-token }}'
+        INPUTS_BRANCH_NAME: '${{ inputs.branch-name }}'
+        INPUTS_PR_TITLE: '${{ inputs.pr-title }}'
+        INPUTS_PR_BODY: '${{ inputs.pr-body }}'
+        INPUTS_BASE_BRANCH: '${{ inputs.base-branch }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       run: |
         set -e
-        if ! git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin "${{ inputs.branch-name }}"; then
-          echo "::error::Branch '${{ inputs.branch-name }}' does not exist on the remote repository."
+        if ! git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin "${INPUTS_BRANCH_NAME}"; then
+          echo "::error::Branch '${INPUTS_BRANCH_NAME}' does not exist on the remote repository."
           exit 1
         fi
         PR_URL=$(gh pr create \
-          --title "${{ inputs.pr-title }}" \
-          --body "${{ inputs.pr-body }}" \
-          --base "${{ inputs.base-branch }}" \
-          --head "${{ inputs.branch-name }}" \
+          --title "${INPUTS_PR_TITLE}" \
+          --body "${INPUTS_PR_BODY}" \
+          --base "${INPUTS_BASE_BRANCH}" \
+          --head "${INPUTS_BRANCH_NAME}" \
           --fill)
         gh pr merge "$PR_URL" --auto

.github/actions/npm-auth-token/action.yml

@@ -30,16 +30,22 @@ runs:
       id: 'npm_auth_token'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        AUTH_TOKEN="${{ inputs.github-token }}"
-        PACKAGE_NAME="${{ inputs.package-name }}"
+        AUTH_TOKEN="${INPUTS_GITHUB_TOKEN}"
+        PACKAGE_NAME="${INPUTS_PACKAGE_NAME}"
         PRIVATE_REPO="@google-gemini/"
         if [[ "$PACKAGE_NAME" == "$PRIVATE_REPO"* ]]; then
-          AUTH_TOKEN="${{ inputs.github-token }}"
+          AUTH_TOKEN="${INPUTS_GITHUB_TOKEN}"
         elif [[ "$PACKAGE_NAME" == "@google/gemini-cli" ]]; then
-          AUTH_TOKEN="${{ inputs.wombat-token-cli }}"
+          AUTH_TOKEN="${INPUTS_WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI}"
         elif [[ "$PACKAGE_NAME" == "@google/gemini-cli-core" ]]; then
-          AUTH_TOKEN="${{ inputs.wombat-token-core }}"
+          AUTH_TOKEN="${INPUTS_WOMBAT_TOKEN_CORE}"
         elif [[ "$PACKAGE_NAME" == "@google/gemini-cli-a2a-server" ]]; then
-          AUTH_TOKEN="${{ inputs.wombat-token-a2a-server }}"
+          AUTH_TOKEN="${INPUTS_WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER}"
         fi
         echo "auth-token=$AUTH_TOKEN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      env:
+        INPUTS_GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.github-token }}'
+        INPUTS_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.package-name }}'
+        INPUTS_WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI: '${{ inputs.wombat-token-cli }}'
+        INPUTS_WOMBAT_TOKEN_CORE: '${{ inputs.wombat-token-core }}'
+        INPUTS_WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER: '${{ inputs.wombat-token-a2a-server }}'

.github/actions/publish-release/action.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ inputs:
   github-token:
     description: 'The GitHub token for creating the release.'
     required: true
+  github-release-token:
+    description: 'The GitHub token used specifically for creating the GitHub release (to trigger other workflows).'
+    required: false
   dry-run:
     description: 'Whether to run in dry-run mode.'
     type: 'string'
@@ -90,15 +93,19 @@ runs:
       id: 'release_branch'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        BRANCH_NAME="release/${{ inputs.release-tag }}"
+        BRANCH_NAME="release/${INPUTS_RELEASE_TAG}"
         git switch -c "${BRANCH_NAME}"
         echo "BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+      env:
+        INPUTS_RELEASE_TAG: '${{ inputs.release-tag }}'
 
     - name: '⬆️ Update package versions'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        npm run release:version "${{ inputs.release-version }}"
+        npm run release:version "${INPUTS_RELEASE_VERSION}"
+      env:
+        INPUTS_RELEASE_VERSION: '${{ inputs.release-version }}'
 
     - name: '💾 Commit and Conditionally Push package versions'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
@@ -160,23 +167,37 @@ runs:
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: '${{ steps.core-token.outputs.auth-token }}'
+        INPUTS_DRY_RUN: '${{ inputs.dry-run }}'
+        INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.core-package-name }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
         npm publish \
-          --dry-run="${{ inputs.dry-run }}" \
-          --workspace="${{ inputs.core-package-name }}" \
+          --dry-run="${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" \
+          --workspace="${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
           --no-tag
-        npm dist-tag rm ${{ inputs.core-package-name }} false --silent
+        npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME} false --silent
 
     - name: '🔗 Install latest core package'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       if: "${{ inputs.dry-run != 'true' }}"
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        npm install "${{ inputs.core-package-name }}@${{ inputs.release-version }}" \
-        --workspace="${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}" \
-        --workspace="${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}" \
+        npm install "${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME}@${INPUTS_RELEASE_VERSION}" \
+        --workspace="${INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
+        --workspace="${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
         --save-exact
+      env:
+        INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.core-package-name }}'
+        INPUTS_RELEASE_VERSION: '${{ inputs.release-version }}'
+        INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}'
+        INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}'
+
+    - name: '📦 Prepare bundled CLI for npm release'
+      if: "inputs.npm-registry-url != 'https://npm.pkg.github.com/'"
+      working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
+      shell: 'bash'
+      run: |
+        node ${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/prepare-npm-release.js
 
     - name: 'Get CLI Token'
       uses: './.github/actions/npm-auth-token'
@@ -192,13 +213,15 @@ runs:
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: '${{ steps.cli-token.outputs.auth-token }}'
+        INPUTS_DRY_RUN: '${{ inputs.dry-run }}'
+        INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
         npm publish \
-          --dry-run="${{ inputs.dry-run }}" \
-          --workspace="${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}" \
+          --dry-run="${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" \
+          --workspace="${INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
           --no-tag
-        npm dist-tag rm ${{ inputs.cli-package-name }} false --silent
+        npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME} false --silent
 
     - name: 'Get a2a-server Token'
       uses: './.github/actions/npm-auth-token'
@@ -214,14 +237,16 @@ runs:
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: '${{ steps.a2a-token.outputs.auth-token }}'
+        INPUTS_DRY_RUN: '${{ inputs.dry-run }}'
+        INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       # Tag staging for initial release
       run: |
         npm publish \
-          --dry-run="${{ inputs.dry-run }}" \
-          --workspace="${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}" \
+          --dry-run="${INPUTS_DRY_RUN}" \
+          --workspace="${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME}" \
           --no-tag
-        npm dist-tag rm ${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }} false --silent
+        npm dist-tag rm ${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME} false --silent
 
     - name: '🔬 Verify NPM release by version'
       uses: './.github/actions/verify-release'
@@ -254,15 +279,19 @@ runs:
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       if: "${{ inputs.dry-run != 'true' && inputs.skip-github-release != 'true' && inputs.npm-tag != 'dev' && inputs.npm-registry-url != 'https://npm.pkg.github.com/' }}"
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.github-token }}'
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.github-release-token || inputs.github-token }}'
+        INPUTS_RELEASE_TAG: '${{ inputs.release-tag }}'
+        STEPS_RELEASE_BRANCH_OUTPUTS_BRANCH_NAME: '${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}'
+        INPUTS_PREVIOUS_TAG: '${{ inputs.previous-tag }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        gh release create "${{ inputs.release-tag }}" \
+        gh release create "${INPUTS_RELEASE_TAG}" \
           bundle/gemini.js \
-          --target "${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}" \
-          --title "Release ${{ inputs.release-tag }}" \
-          --notes-start-tag "${{ inputs.previous-tag }}" \
-          --generate-notes
+          --target "${STEPS_RELEASE_BRANCH_OUTPUTS_BRANCH_NAME}" \
+          --title "Release ${INPUTS_RELEASE_TAG}" \
+          --notes-start-tag "${INPUTS_PREVIOUS_TAG}" \
+          --generate-notes \
+          ${{ inputs.npm-tag != 'latest' && '--prerelease' || '' }}
 
     - name: '🧹 Clean up release branch'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
@@ -270,5 +299,8 @@ runs:
       continue-on-error: true
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        echo "Cleaning up release branch ${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}..."
-        git push origin --delete "${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}"
+        echo "Cleaning up release branch ${STEPS_RELEASE_BRANCH_OUTPUTS_BRANCH_NAME}..."
+        git push origin --delete "${STEPS_RELEASE_BRANCH_OUTPUTS_BRANCH_NAME}"
+
+      env:
+        STEPS_RELEASE_BRANCH_OUTPUTS_BRANCH_NAME: '${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}'

.github/actions/push-docker/action.yml

@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ runs:
       id: 'branch_name'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        REF_NAME="${{ inputs.ref-name }}"
+        REF_NAME="${INPUTS_REF_NAME}"
         echo "name=${REF_NAME%/merge}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      env:
+        INPUTS_REF_NAME: '${{ inputs.ref-name }}'
     - name: 'Build and Push the Docker Image'
       uses: 'docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83' # ratchet:docker/build-push-action@v6
       with:
@@ -75,4 +77,4 @@ runs:
         gh issue create \
           --title "Docker build failed" \
           --body "The docker build failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}" \
-          --label "kind/bug,release-failure"
+          --label "release-failure"

.github/actions/push-sandbox/action.yml

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ runs:
     - name: 'npm build'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: 'npm run build'
+    - name: 'Set up QEMU'
+      uses: 'docker/setup-qemu-action@v3'
     - name: 'Set up Docker Buildx'
       uses: 'docker/setup-buildx-action@v3'
     - name: 'Log in to GitHub Container Registry'
@@ -56,8 +58,8 @@ runs:
       id: 'image_tag'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |-
-        SHELL_TAG_NAME="${{ inputs.github-ref-name }}"
-        FINAL_TAG="${{ inputs.github-sha }}"
+        SHELL_TAG_NAME="${INPUTS_GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+        FINAL_TAG="${INPUTS_GITHUB_SHA}"
         if [[ "$SHELL_TAG_NAME" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+)?$ ]]; then
           echo "Release detected."
           FINAL_TAG="${SHELL_TAG_NAME#v}"
@@ -66,22 +68,43 @@ runs:
         fi
         echo "Determined image tag: $FINAL_TAG"
         echo "FINAL_TAG=$FINAL_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      env:
+        INPUTS_GITHUB_REF_NAME: '${{ inputs.github-ref-name }}'
+        INPUTS_GITHUB_SHA: '${{ inputs.github-sha }}'
+    # We build amd64 just so we can verify it.
+    # We build and push both amd64 and arm64 in the publish step.
     - name: 'build'
       id: 'docker_build'
       shell: 'bash'
       env:
         GEMINI_SANDBOX_IMAGE_TAG: '${{ steps.image_tag.outputs.FINAL_TAG }}'
         GEMINI_SANDBOX: 'docker'
+        BUILD_SANDBOX_FLAGS: '--platform linux/amd64 --load'
+        STEPS_IMAGE_TAG_OUTPUTS_FINAL_TAG: '${{ steps.image_tag.outputs.FINAL_TAG }}'
       run: |-
         npm run build:sandbox -- \
-          --image google/gemini-cli-sandbox:${{ steps.image_tag.outputs.FINAL_TAG }} \
+          --image "google/gemini-cli-sandbox:${STEPS_IMAGE_TAG_OUTPUTS_FINAL_TAG}" \
           --output-file final_image_uri.txt
         echo "uri=$(cat final_image_uri.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    - name: 'verify'
+      shell: 'bash'
+      run: |-
+        docker run --rm --entrypoint sh "${{ steps.docker_build.outputs.uri }}" -lc '
+          set -e
+          node -e "const fs=require(\"node:fs\"); JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(\"/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli/package.json\",\"utf8\")); JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(\"/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli-core/package.json\",\"utf8\"));"
+          /usr/local/share/npm-global/bin/gemini --version >/dev/null
+        '
     - name: 'publish'
       shell: 'bash'
       if: "${{ inputs.dry-run != 'true' }}"
+      env:
+        GEMINI_SANDBOX_IMAGE_TAG: '${{ steps.image_tag.outputs.FINAL_TAG }}'
+        GEMINI_SANDBOX: 'docker'
+        BUILD_SANDBOX_FLAGS: '--platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --push'
+        STEPS_IMAGE_TAG_OUTPUTS_FINAL_TAG: '${{ steps.image_tag.outputs.FINAL_TAG }}'
       run: |-
-        docker push "${{ steps.docker_build.outputs.uri }}"
+        npm run build:sandbox -- \
+          --image "google/gemini-cli-sandbox:${STEPS_IMAGE_TAG_OUTPUTS_FINAL_TAG}"
     - name: 'Create issue on failure'
       if: |-
         ${{ failure() }}
@@ -93,4 +116,4 @@ runs:
         gh issue create \
           --title "Docker build failed" \
           --body "The docker build failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}" \
-          --label "kind/bug,release-failure"
+          --label "release-failure"

.github/actions/setup-npmrc/action.yml

@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ runs:
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |-
         echo ""@google-gemini:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com"" > ~/.npmrc
-        echo ""//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${{ inputs.github-token }}"" >> ~/.npmrc
+        echo ""//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${INPUTS_GITHUB_TOKEN}"" >> ~/.npmrc
         echo ""@google:registry=https://wombat-dressing-room.appspot.com"" >> ~/.npmrc
+      env:
+        INPUTS_GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.github-token }}'

.github/actions/tag-npm-release/action.yml

@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@ runs:
         ${{ inputs.dry-run != 'true' }}
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: '${{ steps.core-token.outputs.auth-token }}'
+        INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.core-package-name }}'
+        INPUTS_VERSION: '${{ inputs.version }}'
+        INPUTS_CHANNEL: '${{ inputs.channel }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       run: |
-        npm dist-tag add ${{ inputs.core-package-name }}@${{ inputs.version }} ${{ inputs.channel }}
+        npm dist-tag add ${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME}@${INPUTS_VERSION} ${INPUTS_CHANNEL}
 
     - name: 'Get cli Token'
       uses: './.github/actions/npm-auth-token'
@@ -91,10 +94,13 @@ runs:
         ${{ inputs.dry-run != 'true' }}
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: '${{ steps.cli-token.outputs.auth-token }}'
+        INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}'
+        INPUTS_VERSION: '${{ inputs.version }}'
+        INPUTS_CHANNEL: '${{ inputs.channel }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       run: |
-        npm dist-tag add ${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}@${{ inputs.version }} ${{ inputs.channel }}
+        npm dist-tag add ${INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME}@${INPUTS_VERSION} ${INPUTS_CHANNEL}
 
     - name: 'Get a2a Token'
       uses: './.github/actions/npm-auth-token'
@@ -111,10 +117,13 @@ runs:
         ${{ inputs.dry-run == 'false' }}
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: '${{ steps.a2a-token.outputs.auth-token }}'
+        INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}'
+        INPUTS_VERSION: '${{ inputs.version }}'
+        INPUTS_CHANNEL: '${{ inputs.channel }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       run: |
-        npm dist-tag add ${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}@${{ inputs.version }} ${{ inputs.channel }}
+        npm dist-tag add ${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME}@${INPUTS_VERSION} ${INPUTS_CHANNEL}
 
     - name: 'Log dry run'
       if: |-
@@ -122,4 +131,15 @@ runs:
       shell: 'bash'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       run: |
-        echo "Dry run: Would have added tag '${{ inputs.channel }}' to version '${{ inputs.version }}' for ${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}, ${{ inputs.core-package-name }}, and ${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}."
+        echo "Dry run: Would have added tag '${INPUTS_CHANNEL}' to version '${INPUTS_VERSION}' for ${INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME}, ${INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME}, and ${INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME}."
+
+      env:
+        INPUTS_CHANNEL: '${{ inputs.channel }}'
+
+        INPUTS_VERSION: '${{ inputs.version }}'
+
+        INPUTS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.cli-package-name }}'
+
+        INPUTS_CORE_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.core-package-name }}'
+
+        INPUTS_A2A_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ inputs.a2a-package-name }}'

.github/actions/verify-release/action.yml

@@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ runs:
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       run: |-
         gemini_version=$(gemini --version)
-        if [ "$gemini_version" != "${{ inputs.expected-version }}" ]; then
-          echo "❌ NPM Version mismatch: Got $gemini_version from ${{ inputs.npm-package }}, expected ${{ inputs.expected-version }}"
+        if [ "$gemini_version" != "${INPUTS_EXPECTED_VERSION}" ]; then
+          echo "❌ NPM Version mismatch: Got $gemini_version from ${INPUTS_NPM_PACKAGE}, expected ${INPUTS_EXPECTED_VERSION}"
           exit 1
         fi
+      env:
+        INPUTS_EXPECTED_VERSION: '${{ inputs.expected-version }}'
+        INPUTS_NPM_PACKAGE: '${{ inputs.npm-package }}'
 
     - name: 'Clear npm cache'
       shell: 'bash'
@@ -77,11 +80,14 @@ runs:
       shell: 'bash'
       working-directory: '${{ inputs.working-directory }}'
       run: |-
-        gemini_version=$(npx --prefer-online "${{ inputs.npm-package}}" --version)
-        if [ "$gemini_version" != "${{ inputs.expected-version }}" ]; then
-          echo "❌ NPX Run Version mismatch: Got $gemini_version from ${{ inputs.npm-package }}, expected ${{ inputs.expected-version }}"
+        gemini_version=$(npx --prefer-online "${INPUTS_NPM_PACKAGE}" --version)
+        if [ "$gemini_version" != "${INPUTS_EXPECTED_VERSION}" ]; then
+          echo "❌ NPX Run Version mismatch: Got $gemini_version from ${INPUTS_NPM_PACKAGE}, expected ${INPUTS_EXPECTED_VERSION}"
           exit 1
         fi
+      env:
+        INPUTS_NPM_PACKAGE: '${{ inputs.npm-package }}'
+        INPUTS_EXPECTED_VERSION: '${{ inputs.expected-version }}'
 
     - name: 'Install dependencies for integration tests'
       shell: 'bash'

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,35 +1,33 @@
-# See https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
     directory: '/'
     schedule:
-      interval: 'daily'
-    target-branch: 'main'
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: 'chore(deps)'
-      include: 'scope'
+      interval: 'weekly'
+      day: 'monday'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
     reviewers:
-      - 'google-gemini/gemini-cli-askmode-approvers'
+      - 'joshualitt'
     groups:
-      # Group all non-major updates together.
-      # This is to reduce the number of PRs that need to be reviewed.
-      # Major updates will still be created as separate PRs.
-      npm-minor-patch:
-        applies-to: 'version-updates'
+      npm-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - '*'
         update-types:
           - 'minor'
           - 'patch'
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 0
 
   - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
     directory: '/'
     schedule:
-      interval: 'daily'
-    target-branch: 'main'
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: 'chore(deps)'
-      include: 'scope'
+      interval: 'weekly'
+      day: 'monday'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
     reviewers:
-      - 'google-gemini/gemini-cli-askmode-approvers'
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 0
+      - 'joshualitt'
+    groups:
+      actions-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - '*'
+        update-types:
+          - 'minor'
+          - 'patch'

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,41 +1,42 @@
-## TLDR
+## Summary
 
-<!-- Add a brief description of what this pull request changes and why and any important things for reviewers to look at -->
+<!-- Concisely describe what this PR changes and why. Focus on impact and
+urgency. -->
 
-## Dive Deeper
+## Details
 
-<!-- more thoughts and in-depth discussion here -->
+<!-- Add any extra context and design decisions. Keep it brief but complete. -->
 
-## Reviewer Test Plan
+## Related Issues
 
-<!-- when a person reviews your code they should ideally be pulling and running that code. How would they validate your change works and if relevant what are some good classes of example prompts and ways they can exercise your changes -->
+<!-- Use keywords to auto-close issues (Closes #123, Fixes #456). If this PR is
+only related to an issue or is a partial fix, simply reference the issue number
+without a keyword (Related to #123). -->
 
-## Testing Matrix
+## How to Validate
 
-<!-- Before submitting please validate your changes on as many of these options as possible -->
+<!-- List exact steps for reviewers to validate the change. Include commands,
+expected results, and edge cases. -->
 
-|          | 🍏  | 🪟  | 🐧  |
-| -------- | --- | --- | --- |
-| npm run  | ❓  | ❓  | ❓  |
-| npx      | ❓  | ❓  | ❓  |
-| Docker   | ❓  | ❓  | ❓  |
-| Podman   | ❓  | -   | -   |
-| Seatbelt | ❓  | -   | -   |
+## Pre-Merge Checklist
 
-## Linked issues / bugs
+<!-- Check all that apply before requesting review or merging. -->
 
-<!--
-Link to any related issues or bugs.
-
-**If this PR fully resolves the issue, use one of the following keywords to automatically close the issue when this PR is merged:**
-
-- Closes #<issue_number>
-- Fixes #<issue_number>
-- Resolves #<issue_number>
-
-*Example: `Resolves #123`*
-
-**If this PR is only related to an issue or is a partial fix, simply reference the issue number without a keyword:**
-
-*Example: `This PR makes progress on #456` or `Related to #789`*
--->
+- [ ] Updated relevant documentation and README (if needed)
+- [ ] Added/updated tests (if needed)
+- [ ] Noted breaking changes (if any)
+- [ ] Validated on required platforms/methods:
+  - [ ] MacOS
+    - [ ] npm run
+    - [ ] npx
+    - [ ] Docker
+    - [ ] Podman
+    - [ ] Seatbelt
+  - [ ] Windows
+    - [ ] npm run
+    - [ ] npx
+    - [ ] Docker
+  - [ ] Linux
+    - [ ] npm run
+    - [ ] npx
+    - [ ] Docker

.github/scripts/backfill-need-triage.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/* eslint-disable */
+/* global require, console, process */
+
+/**
+ * Script to backfill the 'status/need-triage' label to all open issues
+ * that are NOT currently labeled with '🔒 maintainer only' or 'help wanted'.
+ */
+
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const isDryRun = process.argv.includes('--dry-run');
+const REPO = 'google-gemini/gemini-cli';
+
+/**
+ * Executes a GitHub CLI command safely using an argument array to prevent command injection.
+ * @param {string[]} args
+ * @returns {string|null}
+ */
+function runGh(args) {
+  try {
+    // Using execFileSync with an array of arguments is safe as it doesn't use a shell.
+    // We set a large maxBuffer (10MB) to handle repositories with many issues.
+    return execFileSync('gh', args, {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+      maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+    }).trim();
+  } catch (error) {
+    const stderr = error.stderr ? ` Stderr: ${error.stderr.trim()}` : '';
+    console.error(
+      `❌ Error running gh ${args.join(' ')}: ${error.message}${stderr}`,
+    );
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  console.log('🔐 GitHub CLI security check...');
+  const authStatus = runGh(['auth', 'status']);
+  if (authStatus === null) {
+    console.error('❌ GitHub CLI (gh) is not installed or not authenticated.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (isDryRun) {
+    console.log('🧪 DRY RUN MODE ENABLED - No changes will be made.\n');
+  }
+
+  console.log(`🔍 Fetching and filtering open issues from ${REPO}...`);
+
+  // We use the /issues endpoint with pagination to bypass the 1000-result limit.
+  // The jq filter ensures we exclude PRs, maintainer-only, help-wanted, and existing status/need-triage.
+  const jqFilter =
+    '.[] | select(.pull_request == null) | select([.labels[].name] as $l | (any($l[]; . == "🔒 maintainer only") | not) and (any($l[]; . == "help wanted") | not) and (any($l[]; . == "status/need-triage") | not)) | {number: .number, title: .title}';
+
+  const output = runGh([
+    'api',
+    `repos/${REPO}/issues?state=open&per_page=100`,
+    '--paginate',
+    '--jq',
+    jqFilter,
+  ]);
+
+  if (output === null) {
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const issues = output
+    .split('\n')
+    .filter((line) => line.trim())
+    .map((line) => {
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(line);
+      } catch (_e) {
+        console.error(`⚠️ Failed to parse line: ${line}`);
+        return null;
+      }
+    })
+    .filter(Boolean);
+
+  console.log(`✅ Found ${issues.length} issues matching criteria.`);
+
+  if (issues.length === 0) {
+    console.log('✨ No issues need backfilling.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let successCount = 0;
+  let failCount = 0;
+
+  if (isDryRun) {
+    for (const issue of issues) {
+      console.log(
+        `[DRY RUN] Would label issue #${issue.number}: ${issue.title}`,
+      );
+    }
+    successCount = issues.length;
+  } else {
+    console.log(`🏷️  Applying labels to ${issues.length} issues...`);
+
+    for (const issue of issues) {
+      const issueNumber = String(issue.number);
+      console.log(`🏷️  Labeling issue #${issueNumber}: ${issue.title}`);
+
+      const result = runGh([
+        'issue',
+        'edit',
+        issueNumber,
+        '--add-label',
+        'status/need-triage',
+        '--repo',
+        REPO,
+      ]);
+
+      if (result !== null) {
+        successCount++;
+      } else {
+        failCount++;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log(`\n📊 Summary:`);
+  console.log(`   - Success: ${successCount}`);
+  console.log(`   - Failed:  ${failCount}`);
+
+  if (failCount > 0) {
+    console.error(`\n❌ Backfill completed with ${failCount} errors.`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`\n🎉 ${isDryRun ? 'Dry run' : 'Backfill'} complete!`);
+  }
+}
+
+main().catch((error) => {
+  console.error('❌ Unexpected error:', error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});

.github/scripts/backfill-pr-notification.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/* eslint-disable */
+/* global require, console, process */
+
+/**
+ * Script to backfill a process change notification comment to all open PRs
+ * not created by members of the 'gemini-cli-maintainers' team.
+ *
+ * Skip PRs that are already associated with an issue.
+ */
+
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const isDryRun = process.argv.includes('--dry-run');
+const REPO = 'google-gemini/gemini-cli';
+const ORG = 'google-gemini';
+const TEAM_SLUG = 'gemini-cli-maintainers';
+const DISCUSSION_URL =
+  'https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/16706';
+
+/**
+ * Executes a GitHub CLI command safely using an argument array.
+ */
+function runGh(args, options = {}) {
+  const { silent = false } = options;
+  try {
+    return execFileSync('gh', args, {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+      maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+    }).trim();
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (!silent) {
+      const stderr = error.stderr ? ` Stderr: ${error.stderr.trim()}` : '';
+      console.error(
+        `❌ Error running gh ${args.join(' ')}: ${error.message}${stderr}`,
+      );
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a user is a member of the maintainers team.
+ */
+const membershipCache = new Map();
+function isMaintainer(username) {
+  if (membershipCache.has(username)) return membershipCache.get(username);
+
+  // GitHub returns 404 if user is not a member.
+  // We use silent: true to avoid logging 404s as errors.
+  const result = runGh(
+    ['api', `orgs/${ORG}/teams/${TEAM_SLUG}/memberships/${username}`],
+    { silent: true },
+  );
+
+  const isMember = result !== null;
+  membershipCache.set(username, isMember);
+  return isMember;
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  console.log('🔐 GitHub CLI security check...');
+  if (runGh(['auth', 'status']) === null) {
+    console.error('❌ GitHub CLI (gh) is not authenticated.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (isDryRun) {
+    console.log('🧪 DRY RUN MODE ENABLED\n');
+  }
+
+  console.log(`📥 Fetching open PRs from ${REPO}...`);
+  // Fetch number, author, and closingIssuesReferences to check if linked to an issue
+  const prsJson = runGh([
+    'pr',
+    'list',
+    '--repo',
+    REPO,
+    '--state',
+    'open',
+    '--limit',
+    '1000',
+    '--json',
+    'number,author,closingIssuesReferences',
+  ]);
+
+  if (prsJson === null) process.exit(1);
+  const prs = JSON.parse(prsJson);
+
+  console.log(`📊 Found ${prs.length} open PRs. Filtering...`);
+
+  let targetPrs = [];
+  for (const pr of prs) {
+    const author = pr.author.login;
+    const issueCount = pr.closingIssuesReferences
+      ? pr.closingIssuesReferences.length
+      : 0;
+
+    if (issueCount > 0) {
+      // Skip if already linked to an issue
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (!isMaintainer(author)) {
+      targetPrs.push(pr);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log(
+    `✅ Found ${targetPrs.length} PRs from non-maintainers without associated issues.`,
+  );
+
+  const commentBody =
+    "\nHi @{AUTHOR}, thank you so much for your contribution to Gemini CLI! We really appreciate the time and effort you've put into this.\n\nWe're making some updates to our contribution process to improve how we track and review changes. Please take a moment to review our recent discussion post: [Improving Our Contribution Process & Introducing New Guidelines](${DISCUSSION_URL}).\n\nKey Update: Starting **January 26, 2026**, the Gemini CLI project will require all pull requests to be associated with an existing issue. Any pull requests not linked to an issue by that date will be automatically closed.\n\nThank you for your understanding and for being a part of our community!\n  ".trim();
+
+  let successCount = 0;
+  let skipCount = 0;
+  let failCount = 0;
+
+  for (const pr of targetPrs) {
+    const prNumber = String(pr.number);
+    const author = pr.author.login;
+
+    // Check if we already commented (idempotency)
+    // We use silent: true here because view might fail if PR is deleted mid-run
+    const existingComments = runGh(
+      [
+        'pr',
+        'view',
+        prNumber,
+        '--repo',
+        REPO,
+        '--json',
+        'comments',
+        '--jq',
+        `.comments[].body | contains("${DISCUSSION_URL}")`,
+      ],
+      { silent: true },
+    );
+
+    if (existingComments && existingComments.includes('true')) {
+      console.log(
+        `⏭️  PR #${prNumber} already has the notification. Skipping.`,
+      );
+      skipCount++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (isDryRun) {
+      console.log(`[DRY RUN] Would notify @${author} on PR #${prNumber}`);
+      successCount++;
+    } else {
+      console.log(`💬 Notifying @${author} on PR #${prNumber}...`);
+      const personalizedComment = commentBody.replace('{AUTHOR}', author);
+      const result = runGh([
+        'pr',
+        'comment',
+        prNumber,
+        '--repo',
+        REPO,
+        '--body',
+        personalizedComment,
+      ]);
+
+      if (result !== null) {
+        successCount++;
+      } else {
+        failCount++;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log(`\n📊 Summary:`);
+  console.log(`   - Notified: ${successCount}`);
+  console.log(`   - Skipped:  ${skipCount}`);
+  console.log(`   - Failed:   ${failCount}`);
+
+  if (failCount > 0) process.exit(1);
+}
+
+main().catch((e) => {
+  console.error(e);
+  process.exit(1);
+});

.github/scripts/pr-triage.sh

@@ -1,133 +1,180 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# @license
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Initialize a comma-separated string to hold PR numbers that need a comment
 PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT=""
 
-# Function to process a single PR
-process_pr() {
-    if [[ -z "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]]; then
-        echo "‼️ Missing \$GITHUB_REPOSITORY - this must be run from GitHub Actions"
-        return 1
+# Global cache for issue labels (compatible with Bash 3.2)
+# Stores "|ISSUE_NUM:LABELS|" segments
+ISSUE_LABELS_CACHE_FLAT="|"
+
+# Function to get labels from an issue (with caching)
+get_issue_labels() {
+    local ISSUE_NUM="${1}"
+    if [[ -z "${ISSUE_NUM}" || "${ISSUE_NUM}" == "null" || "${ISSUE_NUM}" == "" ]]; then
+        return
     fi
 
-    if [[ -z "${GITHUB_OUTPUT:-}" ]]; then
-        echo "‼️ Missing \$GITHUB_OUTPUT - this must be run from GitHub Actions"
-        return 1
+    # Check cache
+    case "${ISSUE_LABELS_CACHE_FLAT}" in
+        *"|${ISSUE_NUM}:"*) 
+            local suffix="${ISSUE_LABELS_CACHE_FLAT#*|"${ISSUE_NUM}":}"
+            echo "${suffix%%|*}"
+            return
+            ;; 
+        *)
+            # Cache miss, proceed to fetch
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    echo "   📥 Fetching labels from issue #${ISSUE_NUM}" >&2
+    local gh_output
+    if ! gh_output=$(gh issue view "${ISSUE_NUM}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --json labels -q '.labels[].name' 2>/dev/null); then
+        echo "      ⚠️ Could not fetch issue #${ISSUE_NUM}" >&2
+        ISSUE_LABELS_CACHE_FLAT="${ISSUE_LABELS_CACHE_FLAT}${ISSUE_NUM}:|"
+        return
     fi
 
-    local PR_NUMBER=$1
+    local labels
+    labels=$(echo "${gh_output}" | grep -x -E '(area|priority)/.*|help wanted|🔒 maintainer only' | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//' || echo "")
+    
+    # Save to flat cache
+    ISSUE_LABELS_CACHE_FLAT="${ISSUE_LABELS_CACHE_FLAT}${ISSUE_NUM}:${labels}|"
+    echo "${labels}"
+}
+
+# Function to process a single PR with pre-fetched data
+process_pr_optimized() {
+    local PR_NUMBER="${1}"
+    local IS_DRAFT="${2}"
+    local ISSUE_NUMBER="${3}"
+    local CURRENT_LABELS="${4}" # Comma-separated labels
+
     echo "🔄 Processing PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
 
-    # Get closing issue number with error handling
-    local ISSUE_NUMBER
-    if ! ISSUE_NUMBER=$(gh pr view "${PR_NUMBER}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --json closingIssuesReferences -q '.closingIssuesReferences.nodes[0].number' 2>/dev/null); then
-        echo "   ⚠️ Could not fetch closing issue for PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
+    local LABELS_TO_ADD=""
+    local LABELS_TO_REMOVE=""
+
+    if [[ -z "${ISSUE_NUMBER}" || "${ISSUE_NUMBER}" == "null" || "${ISSUE_NUMBER}" == "" ]]; then
+        if [[ "${IS_DRAFT}" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "   📝 PR #${PR_NUMBER} is a draft and has no linked issue"
+            if [[ ",${CURRENT_LABELS}," == *",status/need-issue,"* ]]; then
+                echo "      ➖ Removing status/need-issue label"
+                LABELS_TO_REMOVE="status/need-issue"
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "   ⚠️  No linked issue found for PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
+            if [[ ",${CURRENT_LABELS}," != *",status/need-issue,"* ]]; then
+                echo "      ➕ Adding status/need-issue label"
+                LABELS_TO_ADD="status/need-issue"
+            fi
+            
+            if [[ -z "${PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT}" ]]; then
+                PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT="${PR_NUMBER}"
+            else
+                PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT="${PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT},${PR_NUMBER}"
+            fi
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "   🔗 Found linked issue #${ISSUE_NUMBER}"
+
+        if [[ ",${CURRENT_LABELS}," == *",status/need-issue,"* ]]; then
+            echo "      ➖ Removing status/need-issue label"
+            LABELS_TO_REMOVE="status/need-issue"
+        fi
+
+        local ISSUE_LABELS
+        ISSUE_LABELS=$(get_issue_labels "${ISSUE_NUMBER}")
+
+        if [[ -n "${ISSUE_LABELS}" ]]; then
+            local IFS_OLD="${IFS}"
+            IFS=','
+            for label in ${ISSUE_LABELS}; do
+                if [[ -n "${label}" ]] && [[ ",${CURRENT_LABELS}," != *",${label},"* ]]; then
+                    if [[ -z "${LABELS_TO_ADD}" ]]; then
+                        LABELS_TO_ADD="${label}"
+                    else
+                        LABELS_TO_ADD="${LABELS_TO_ADD},${label}"
+                    fi
+                fi
+done
+            IFS="${IFS_OLD}"
+        fi
+
+        if [[ -z "${LABELS_TO_ADD}" && -z "${LABELS_TO_REMOVE}" ]]; then
+            echo "   ✅ Labels already synchronized"
+        fi
     fi
 
-    if [[ -z "${ISSUE_NUMBER}" ]]; then
-        echo "⚠️  No linked issue found for PR #${PR_NUMBER}, adding status/need-issue label"
-        if ! gh pr edit "${PR_NUMBER}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --add-label "status/need-issue" 2>/dev/null; then
-            echo "   ⚠️ Failed to add label (may already exist or have permission issues)"
-        fi
-        # Add PR number to the list
-        if [[ -z "${PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT}" ]]; then
-            PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT="${PR_NUMBER}"
-        else
-            PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT="${PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT},${PR_NUMBER}"
-        fi
-        echo "needs_comment=true" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-    else
-        echo "🔗 Found linked issue #${ISSUE_NUMBER}"
-
-        # Remove status/need-issue label if present
-        if ! gh pr edit "${PR_NUMBER}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --remove-label "status/need-issue" 2>/dev/null; then
-            echo "   status/need-issue label not present or could not be removed"
-        fi
-
-        # Get issue labels
-        echo "📥 Fetching labels from issue #${ISSUE_NUMBER}"
-        local ISSUE_LABELS=""
-        if ! ISSUE_LABELS=$(gh issue view "${ISSUE_NUMBER}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --json labels -q '.labels[].name' 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//' || echo ""); then
-            echo "   ⚠️ Could not fetch issue #${ISSUE_NUMBER} (may not exist or be in different repo)"
-            ISSUE_LABELS=""
-        fi
-
-        # Get PR labels
-        echo "📥 Fetching labels from PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
-        local PR_LABELS=""
-        if ! PR_LABELS=$(gh pr view "${PR_NUMBER}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --json labels -q '.labels[].name' 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//' || echo ""); then
-            echo "   ⚠️ Could not fetch PR labels"
-            PR_LABELS=""
-        fi
-
-        echo "   Issue labels: ${ISSUE_LABELS}"
-        echo "   PR labels: ${PR_LABELS}"
-
-        # Convert comma-separated strings to arrays
-        local ISSUE_LABEL_ARRAY PR_LABEL_ARRAY
-        IFS=',' read -ra ISSUE_LABEL_ARRAY <<< "${ISSUE_LABELS}"
-        IFS=',' read -ra PR_LABEL_ARRAY <<< "${PR_LABELS}"
-
-        # Find labels to add (on issue but not on PR)
-        local LABELS_TO_ADD=""
-        for label in "${ISSUE_LABEL_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-            if [[ -n "${label}" ]] && [[ " ${PR_LABEL_ARRAY[*]} " != *" ${label} "* ]]; then
-                if [[ -z "${LABELS_TO_ADD}" ]]; then
-                    LABELS_TO_ADD="${label}"
-                else
-                    LABELS_TO_ADD="${LABELS_TO_ADD},${label}"
-                fi
-            fi
-        done
-
-        # Apply label changes
+    if [[ -n "${LABELS_TO_ADD}" || -n "${LABELS_TO_REMOVE}" ]]; then
+        local EDIT_CMD=("gh" "pr" "edit" "${PR_NUMBER}" "--repo" "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}")
         if [[ -n "${LABELS_TO_ADD}" ]]; then
-            echo "➕ Adding labels: ${LABELS_TO_ADD}"
-            if ! gh pr edit "${PR_NUMBER}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --add-label "${LABELS_TO_ADD}" 2>/dev/null; then
-                echo "   ⚠️ Failed to add some labels"
-            fi
+            echo "      ➕ Syncing labels to add: ${LABELS_TO_ADD}"
+            EDIT_CMD+=("--add-label" "${LABELS_TO_ADD}")
         fi
-
-        if [[ -z "${LABELS_TO_ADD}" ]]; then
-            echo "✅ Labels already synchronized"
+        if [[ -n "${LABELS_TO_REMOVE}" ]]; then
+            echo "      ➖ Syncing labels to remove: ${LABELS_TO_REMOVE}"
+            EDIT_CMD+=("--remove-label" "${LABELS_TO_REMOVE}")
         fi
-        echo "needs_comment=false" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+        
+        ("${EDIT_CMD[@]}" || true)
     fi
 }
 
-# If PR_NUMBER is set, process only that PR
-if [[ -n "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ]]; then
-    if ! process_pr "${PR_NUMBER}"; then
-        echo "❌ Failed to process PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-else
-    # Otherwise, get all open PRs and process them
-    # The script logic will determine which ones need issue linking or label sync
-    echo "📥 Getting all open pull requests..."
-    if ! PR_NUMBERS=$(gh pr list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --state open --limit 1000 --json number -q '.[].number' 2>/dev/null); then
-        echo "❌ Failed to fetch PR list"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    if [[ -z "${PR_NUMBERS}" ]]; then
-        echo "✅ No open PRs found"
-    else
-        # Count the number of PRs
-        PR_COUNT=$(echo "${PR_NUMBERS}" | wc -w | tr -d ' ')
-        echo "📊 Found ${PR_COUNT} open PRs to process"
-
-        for pr_number in ${PR_NUMBERS}; do
-            if ! process_pr "${pr_number}"; then
-                echo "⚠️ Failed to process PR #${pr_number}, continuing with next PR..."
-                continue
-            fi
-        done
-    fi
+if [[ -z "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "‼️ Missing \$GITHUB_REPOSITORY - this must be run from GitHub Actions"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${GITHUB_OUTPUT:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "‼️ Missing \$GITHUB_OUTPUT - this must be run from GitHub Actions"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+JQ_EXTRACT_FIELDS='{
+    number: .number,
+    isDraft: .isDraft,
+    issue: (.closingIssuesReferences[0].number // (.body // "" | capture("(^|[^a-zA-Z0-9])#(?<num>[0-9]+)([^a-zA-Z0-9]|$)")? | .num) // "null"),
+    labels: [.labels[].name] | join(",")
+}'
+
+JQ_TSV_FORMAT='"\((.number | tostring))\t\(.isDraft)\t\((.issue // null) | tostring)\t\(.labels)"'
+
+if [[ -n "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "🔄 Processing single PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
+    PR_DATA=$(gh pr view "${PR_NUMBER}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --json number,closingIssuesReferences,isDraft,body,labels 2>/dev/null) || {
+        echo "❌ Failed to fetch data for PR #${PR_NUMBER}"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    
+    line=$(echo "${PR_DATA}" | jq -r "${JQ_EXTRACT_FIELDS} | ${JQ_TSV_FORMAT}")
+    IFS=$'\t' read -r pr_num is_draft issue_num current_labels <<< "${line}"
+    process_pr_optimized "${pr_num}" "${is_draft}" "${issue_num}" "${current_labels}"
+else
+    echo "📥 Getting all open pull requests..."
+    PR_DATA_ALL=$(gh pr list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --state open --limit 1000 --json number,closingIssuesReferences,isDraft,body,labels 2>/dev/null) || {
+        echo "❌ Failed to fetch PR list"
+        exit 1
+    }
+
+    PR_COUNT=$(echo "${PR_DATA_ALL}" | jq '. | length')
+    echo "📊 Found ${PR_COUNT} open PRs to process"
+
+    # Use a temporary file to avoid masking exit codes in process substitution
+    tmp_file=$(mktemp)
+    echo "${PR_DATA_ALL}" | jq -r ".[] | ${JQ_EXTRACT_FIELDS} | ${JQ_TSV_FORMAT}" > "${tmp_file}"
+    while read -r line; do
+        [[ -z "${line}" ]] && continue
+        IFS=$'\t' read -r pr_num is_draft issue_num current_labels <<< "${line}"
+        process_pr_optimized "${pr_num}" "${is_draft}" "${issue_num}" "${current_labels}"
+    done < "${tmp_file}"
+    rm -f "${tmp_file}"
 fi
 
-# Ensure output is always set, even if empty
 if [[ -z "${PRS_NEEDING_COMMENT}" ]]; then
     echo "prs_needing_comment=[]" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 else

.github/scripts/sync-maintainer-labels.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
+
+/**
+ * Sync Maintainer Labels (Recursive with strict parent-child relationship detection)
+ * - Uses Native Sub-issues.
+ * - Uses Markdown Task Lists (- [ ] #123).
+ * - Filters for OPEN issues only.
+ * - Skips DUPLICATES.
+ * - Skips Pull Requests.
+ * - ONLY labels issues in the PUBLIC (gemini-cli) repo.
+ */
+
+const REPO_OWNER = 'google-gemini';
+const PUBLIC_REPO = 'gemini-cli';
+const PRIVATE_REPO = 'maintainers-gemini-cli';
+const ALLOWED_REPOS = [PUBLIC_REPO, PRIVATE_REPO];
+
+const ROOT_ISSUES = [
+  { owner: REPO_OWNER, repo: PUBLIC_REPO, number: 15374 },
+  { owner: REPO_OWNER, repo: PUBLIC_REPO, number: 15456 },
+  { owner: REPO_OWNER, repo: PUBLIC_REPO, number: 15324 },
+];
+
+const TARGET_LABEL = '🔒 maintainer only';
+const isDryRun =
+  process.argv.includes('--dry-run') || process.env.DRY_RUN === 'true';
+
+const octokit = new Octokit({
+  auth: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN,
+});
+
+/**
+ * Extracts child issue references from markdown Task Lists ONLY.
+ * e.g. - [ ] #123 or - [x] google-gemini/gemini-cli#123
+ */
+function extractTaskListLinks(text, contextOwner, contextRepo) {
+  if (!text) return [];
+  const childIssues = new Map();
+
+  const add = (owner, repo, number) => {
+    if (ALLOWED_REPOS.includes(repo)) {
+      const key = `${owner}/${repo}#${number}`;
+      childIssues.set(key, { owner, repo, number: parseInt(number, 10) });
+    }
+  };
+
+  // 1. Full URLs in task lists
+  const urlRegex =
+    /-\s+\[[ x]\].*https:\/\/github\.com\/([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)\/([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)\/issues\/(\d+)\b/g;
+  let match;
+  while ((match = urlRegex.exec(text)) !== null) {
+    add(match[1], match[2], match[3]);
+  }
+
+  // 2. Cross-repo refs in task lists: owner/repo#123
+  const crossRepoRegex =
+    /-\s+\[[ x]\].*([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)\/([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)#(\d+)\b/g;
+  while ((match = crossRepoRegex.exec(text)) !== null) {
+    add(match[1], match[2], match[3]);
+  }
+
+  // 3. Short refs in task lists: #123
+  const shortRefRegex = /-\s+\[[ x]\].*#(\d+)\b/g;
+  while ((match = shortRefRegex.exec(text)) !== null) {
+    add(contextOwner, contextRepo, match[1]);
+  }
+
+  return Array.from(childIssues.values());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetches issue data via GraphQL with full pagination for sub-issues, comments, and labels.
+ */
+async function fetchIssueData(owner, repo, number) {
+  const query = `
+    query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $number:Int!) {
+      repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
+        issue(number:$number) {
+          state
+          title
+          body
+          labels(first: 100) {
+            nodes { name }
+            pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
+          }
+          subIssues(first: 100) {
+            nodes {
+              number
+              repository {
+                name
+                owner { login }
+              }
+            }
+            pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
+          }
+          comments(first: 100) {
+            nodes {
+              body
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  `;
+
+  try {
+    const response = await octokit.graphql(query, { owner, repo, number });
+    const data = response.repository.issue;
+    if (!data) return null;
+
+    const issue = {
+      state: data.state,
+      title: data.title,
+      body: data.body || '',
+      labels: data.labels.nodes.map((n) => n.name),
+      subIssues: [...data.subIssues.nodes],
+      comments: data.comments.nodes.map((n) => n.body),
+    };
+
+    // Paginate subIssues if there are more than 100
+    if (data.subIssues.pageInfo.hasNextPage) {
+      const moreSubIssues = await paginateConnection(
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        number,
+        'subIssues',
+        'number repository { name owner { login } }',
+        data.subIssues.pageInfo.endCursor,
+      );
+      issue.subIssues.push(...moreSubIssues);
+    }
+
+    // Paginate labels if there are more than 100 (unlikely but for completeness)
+    if (data.labels.pageInfo.hasNextPage) {
+      const moreLabels = await paginateConnection(
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        number,
+        'labels',
+        'name',
+        data.labels.pageInfo.endCursor,
+        (n) => n.name,
+      );
+      issue.labels.push(...moreLabels);
+    }
+
+    // Note: Comments are handled via Task Lists in body + first 100 comments.
+    // If an issue has > 100 comments with task lists, we'd need to paginate those too.
+    // Given the 1,100+ issue discovery count, 100 comments is usually sufficient,
+    // but we can add it for absolute completeness.
+    // (Skipping for now to avoid excessive API churn unless clearly needed).
+
+    return issue;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error.errors && error.errors.some((e) => e.type === 'NOT_FOUND')) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to paginate any GraphQL connection.
+ */
+async function paginateConnection(
+  owner,
+  repo,
+  number,
+  connectionName,
+  nodeFields,
+  initialCursor,
+  transformNode = (n) => n,
+) {
+  let additionalNodes = [];
+  let hasNext = true;
+  let cursor = initialCursor;
+
+  while (hasNext) {
+    const query = `
+      query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $number:Int!, $cursor:String) {
+        repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
+          issue(number:$number) {
+            ${connectionName}(first: 100, after: $cursor) {
+              nodes { ${nodeFields} }
+              pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `;
+    const response = await octokit.graphql(query, {
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      number,
+      cursor,
+    });
+    const connection = response.repository.issue[connectionName];
+    additionalNodes.push(...connection.nodes.map(transformNode));
+    hasNext = connection.pageInfo.hasNextPage;
+    cursor = connection.pageInfo.endCursor;
+  }
+  return additionalNodes;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validates if an issue should be processed (Open, not a duplicate, not a PR)
+ */
+function shouldProcess(issueData) {
+  if (!issueData) return false;
+
+  if (issueData.state !== 'OPEN') return false;
+
+  const labels = issueData.labels.map((l) => l.toLowerCase());
+  if (labels.includes('duplicate') || labels.includes('kind/duplicate')) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+async function getAllDescendants(roots) {
+  const allDescendants = new Map();
+  const visited = new Set();
+  const queue = [...roots];
+
+  for (const root of roots) {
+    visited.add(`${root.owner}/${root.repo}#${root.number}`);
+  }
+
+  console.log(`Starting discovery from ${roots.length} roots...`);
+
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    const current = queue.shift();
+    const currentKey = `${current.owner}/${current.repo}#${current.number}`;
+
+    try {
+      const issueData = await fetchIssueData(
+        current.owner,
+        current.repo,
+        current.number,
+      );
+
+      if (!shouldProcess(issueData)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // ONLY add to labeling list if it's in the PUBLIC repository
+      if (current.repo === PUBLIC_REPO) {
+        // Don't label the roots themselves
+        if (
+          !ROOT_ISSUES.some(
+            (r) => r.number === current.number && r.repo === current.repo,
+          )
+        ) {
+          allDescendants.set(currentKey, {
+            ...current,
+            title: issueData.title,
+            labels: issueData.labels,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      const children = new Map();
+
+      // 1. Process Native Sub-issues
+      if (issueData.subIssues) {
+        for (const node of issueData.subIssues) {
+          const childOwner = node.repository.owner.login;
+          const childRepo = node.repository.name;
+          const childNumber = node.number;
+          const key = `${childOwner}/${childRepo}#${childNumber}`;
+          children.set(key, {
+            owner: childOwner,
+            repo: childRepo,
+            number: childNumber,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      // 2. Process Markdown Task Lists in Body and Comments
+      let combinedText = issueData.body || '';
+      if (issueData.comments) {
+        for (const commentBody of issueData.comments) {
+          combinedText += '\n' + (commentBody || '');
+        }
+      }
+
+      const taskListLinks = extractTaskListLinks(
+        combinedText,
+        current.owner,
+        current.repo,
+      );
+      for (const link of taskListLinks) {
+        const key = `${link.owner}/${link.repo}#${link.number}`;
+        children.set(key, link);
+      }
+
+      // Queue children (regardless of which repo they are in, for recursion)
+      for (const [key, child] of children) {
+        if (!visited.has(key)) {
+          visited.add(key);
+          queue.push(child);
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error processing ${currentKey}: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return Array.from(allDescendants.values());
+}
+
+async function run() {
+  if (isDryRun) {
+    console.log('=== DRY RUN MODE: No labels will be applied ===');
+  }
+
+  const descendants = await getAllDescendants(ROOT_ISSUES);
+  console.log(
+    `\nFound ${descendants.length} total unique open descendant issues in ${PUBLIC_REPO}.`,
+  );
+
+  for (const issueInfo of descendants) {
+    const issueKey = `${issueInfo.owner}/${issueInfo.repo}#${issueInfo.number}`;
+    try {
+      // Data is already available from the discovery phase
+      const hasLabel = issueInfo.labels.some((l) => l === TARGET_LABEL);
+
+      if (!hasLabel) {
+        if (isDryRun) {
+          console.log(
+            `[DRY RUN] Would label ${issueKey}: "${issueInfo.title}"`,
+          );
+        } else {
+          console.log(`Labeling ${issueKey}: "${issueInfo.title}"...`);
+          await octokit.rest.issues.addLabels({
+            owner: issueInfo.owner,
+            repo: issueInfo.repo,
+            issue_number: issueInfo.number,
+            labels: [TARGET_LABEL],
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error processing label for ${issueKey}: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+run().catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});

.github/workflows/chained_e2e.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+name: 'Testing: E2E (Chained)'
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+  merge_group:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ['Trigger E2E']
+    types: ['completed']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      head_sha:
+        description: 'SHA of the commit to test'
+        required: true
+      repo_name:
+        description: 'Repository name (e.g., owner/repo)'
+        required: true
+
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: |-
+    ${{ github.event_name != 'push' && github.event_name != 'merge_group' }}
+
+permissions:
+  contents: 'read'
+  statuses: 'write'
+
+jobs:
+  merge_queue_skipper:
+    name: 'Merge Queue Skipper'
+    permissions: 'read-all'
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    outputs:
+      skip: '${{ steps.merge-queue-e2e-skipper.outputs.skip-check }}'
+    steps:
+      - id: 'merge-queue-e2e-skipper'
+        uses: 'cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@1032489e59437862c90a08a2c92809c903883772' # ratchet:cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@main
+        with:
+          secret: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
+    continue-on-error: true
+
+  download_repo_name:
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'workflow_run')"
+    outputs:
+      repo_name: '${{ steps.output-repo-name.outputs.repo_name }}'
+      head_sha: '${{ steps.output-repo-name.outputs.head_sha }}'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Mock Repo Artifact'
+        if: "${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}"
+        env:
+          REPO_NAME: '${{ github.event.inputs.repo_name }}'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./pr
+          echo "${REPO_NAME}" > ./pr/repo_name
+      - uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02' # ratchet:actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: 'repo_name'
+          path: 'pr/'
+      - name: 'Download the repo_name artifact'
+        uses: 'actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0' # ratchet:actions/download-artifact@v5
+        env:
+          RUN_ID: "${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && github.event.workflow_run.id || github.run_id  }}"
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          name: 'repo_name'
+          run-id: '${{ env.RUN_ID }}'
+          path: '${{ runner.temp }}/artifacts'
+      - name: 'Output Repo Name and SHA'
+        id: 'output-repo-name'
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd' # ratchet:actions/github-script@v8
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          script: |
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            const path = require('path');
+            const temp = '${{ runner.temp }}/artifacts';
+            const repoPath = path.join(temp, 'repo_name');
+            if (fs.existsSync(repoPath)) {
+              const repo_name = String(fs.readFileSync(repoPath)).trim();
+              core.setOutput('repo_name', repo_name);
+            }
+            const shaPath = path.join(temp, 'head_sha');
+            if (fs.existsSync(shaPath)) {
+              const head_sha = String(fs.readFileSync(shaPath)).trim();
+              core.setOutput('head_sha', head_sha);
+            }
+
+  parse_run_context:
+    name: 'Parse run context'
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    needs: 'download_repo_name'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always()"
+    outputs:
+      repository: '${{ steps.set_context.outputs.REPO }}'
+      sha: '${{ steps.set_context.outputs.SHA }}'
+    steps:
+      - id: 'set_context'
+        name: 'Set dynamic repository and SHA'
+        env:
+          REPO: '${{ needs.download_repo_name.outputs.repo_name || github.repository }}'
+          SHA: '${{ needs.download_repo_name.outputs.head_sha || github.event.inputs.head_sha || github.event.workflow_run.head_sha || github.sha }}'
+        shell: 'bash'
+        run: |
+          echo "REPO=$REPO" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "SHA=$SHA" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  set_pending_status:
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    permissions: 'write-all'
+    needs:
+      - 'parse_run_context'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always()"
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Set pending status'
+        uses: 'myrotvorets/set-commit-status-action@16037e056d73b2d3c88e37e393ff369047f70886' # ratchet:myrotvorets/set-commit-status-action@master
+        if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always()"
+        with:
+          allowForks: 'true'
+          repo: '${{ github.repository }}'
+          sha: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.sha }}'
+          token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
+          status: 'pending'
+          context: 'E2E (Chained)'
+
+  e2e_linux:
+    name: 'E2E Test (Linux) - ${{ matrix.sandbox }}'
+    needs:
+      - 'merge_queue_skipper'
+      - 'parse_run_context'
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always() && (needs.merge_queue_skipper.result !='success' || needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip != 'true')
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        sandbox:
+          - 'sandbox:none'
+          - 'sandbox:docker'
+        node-version:
+          - '20.x'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.sha }}'
+          repository: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.repository }}'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '${{ matrix.node-version }}'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Docker'
+        if: "${{matrix.sandbox == 'sandbox:docker'}}"
+        uses: 'docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435' # ratchet:docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
+          VERBOSE: 'true'
+          BUILD_SANDBOX_FLAGS: '--cache-from type=gha --cache-to type=gha,mode=max'
+        shell: 'bash'
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.sandbox }}" == "sandbox:docker" ]]; then
+            npm run test:integration:sandbox:docker
+          else
+            npm run test:integration:sandbox:none
+          fi
+
+  e2e_mac:
+    name: 'E2E Test (macOS)'
+    needs:
+      - 'merge_queue_skipper'
+      - 'parse_run_context'
+    runs-on: 'macos-latest'
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always() && (needs.merge_queue_skipper.result !='success' || needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip != 'true')
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.sha }}'
+          repository: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.repository }}'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+
+      - name: 'Fix rollup optional dependencies on macOS'
+        if: "${{runner.os == 'macOS'}}"
+        run: |
+          npm cache clean --force
+      - name: 'Run E2E tests (non-Windows)'
+        if: "${{runner.os != 'Windows'}}"
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
+          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
+          VERBOSE: 'true'
+        run: 'npm run test:integration:sandbox:none'
+
+  e2e_windows:
+    name: 'Slow E2E - Win'
+    needs:
+      - 'merge_queue_skipper'
+      - 'parse_run_context'
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always() && (needs.merge_queue_skipper.result !='success' || needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip != 'true')
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-windows-16-core'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.sha }}'
+          repository: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.repository }}'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: 'Configure Windows Defender exclusions'
+        run: |
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE -Force
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\node_modules" -Force
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\packages" -Force
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:TEMP" -Force
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Configure npm for Windows performance'
+        run: |
+          npm config set progress false
+          npm config set audit false
+          npm config set fund false
+          npm config set loglevel error
+          npm config set maxsockets 32
+          npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
+          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
+          VERBOSE: 'true'
+          NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=32768 --max-semi-space-size=256'
+          UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: '32'
+          NODE_ENV: 'test'
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+        run: 'npm run test:integration:sandbox:none'
+
+  evals:
+    name: 'Evals (ALWAYS_PASSING)'
+    needs:
+      - 'merge_queue_skipper'
+      - 'parse_run_context'
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always() && (needs.merge_queue_skipper.result !='success' || needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip != 'true')
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.sha }}'
+          repository: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.repository }}'
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+
+      - name: 'Check if evals should run'
+        id: 'check_evals'
+        run: |
+          SHOULD_RUN=$(node scripts/changed_prompt.js)
+          echo "should_run=$SHOULD_RUN" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: 'Run Evals (Required to pass)'
+        if: "${{ steps.check_evals.outputs.should_run == 'true' }}"
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+        run: 'npm run test:always_passing_evals'
+
+  e2e:
+    name: 'E2E'
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always() && (needs.merge_queue_skipper.result !='success' || needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip != 'true')
+    needs:
+      - 'e2e_linux'
+      - 'e2e_mac'
+      - 'e2e_windows'
+      - 'evals'
+      - 'merge_queue_skipper'
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Check E2E test results'
+        run: |
+          if [[ ${NEEDS_E2E_LINUX_RESULT} != 'success' || \
+               ${NEEDS_E2E_MAC_RESULT} != 'success' || \
+               ${NEEDS_E2E_WINDOWS_RESULT} != 'success' || \
+               ${NEEDS_EVALS_RESULT} != 'success' ]]; then
+            echo "One or more E2E jobs failed."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "All required E2E jobs passed!"
+        env:
+          NEEDS_E2E_LINUX_RESULT: '${{ needs.e2e_linux.result }}'
+          NEEDS_E2E_MAC_RESULT: '${{ needs.e2e_mac.result }}'
+          NEEDS_E2E_WINDOWS_RESULT: '${{ needs.e2e_windows.result }}'
+          NEEDS_EVALS_RESULT: '${{ needs.evals.result }}'
+
+  set_workflow_status:
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    permissions: 'write-all'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always()"
+    needs:
+      - 'parse_run_context'
+      - 'e2e'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Set workflow status'
+        uses: 'myrotvorets/set-commit-status-action@16037e056d73b2d3c88e37e393ff369047f70886' # ratchet:myrotvorets/set-commit-status-action@master
+        if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always()"
+        with:
+          allowForks: 'true'
+          repo: '${{ github.repository }}'
+          sha: '${{ needs.parse_run_context.outputs.sha }}'
+          token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          status: '${{ needs.e2e.result }}'
+          context: 'E2E (Chained)'

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,19 +37,22 @@ jobs:
     permissions: 'read-all'
     name: 'Merge Queue Skipper'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     outputs:
       skip: '${{ steps.merge-queue-ci-skipper.outputs.skip-check }}'
     steps:
       - id: 'merge-queue-ci-skipper'
         uses: 'cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@1032489e59437862c90a08a2c92809c903883772' # ratchet:cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@main
         with:
-          secret: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          secret: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
 
   lint:
     name: 'Lint'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
     needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: "${{needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'}}"
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'"
+    env:
+      GEMINI_LINT_TEMP_DIR: '${{ github.workspace }}/.gemini-linters'
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
@@ -63,9 +66,21 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           cache: 'npm'
 
+      - name: 'Cache Linters'
+        uses: 'actions/cache@v4'
+        with:
+          path: '${{ env.GEMINI_LINT_TEMP_DIR }}'
+          key: "${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-linters-${{ hashFiles('scripts/lint.js') }}"
+
       - name: 'Install dependencies'
         run: 'npm ci'
 
+      - name: 'Cache ESLint'
+        uses: 'actions/cache@v4'
+        with:
+          path: '.eslintcache'
+          key: "${{ runner.os }}-eslint-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json', 'eslint.config.js') }}"
+
       - name: 'Validate NOTICES.txt'
         run: 'git diff --exit-code packages/vscode-ide-companion/NOTICES.txt'
 
@@ -90,16 +105,33 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Run Prettier'
         run: 'node scripts/lint.js --prettier'
 
+      - name: 'Build docs prerequisites'
+        run: 'npm run predocs:settings'
+
+      - name: 'Verify settings docs'
+        run: 'npm run docs:settings -- --check'
+
       - name: 'Run sensitive keyword linter'
         run: 'node scripts/lint.js --sensitive-keywords'
 
+  link_checker:
+    name: 'Link Checker'
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: 'Link Checker'
+        uses: 'lycheeverse/lychee-action@885c65f3dc543b57c898c8099f4e08c8afd178a2' # ratchet: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.6.1
+        with:
+          args: '--verbose --accept 200,503 ./**/*.md'
+          fail: true
   test_linux:
-    name: 'Test (Linux)'
+    name: 'Test (Linux) - ${{ matrix.node-version }}, ${{ matrix.shard }}'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
     needs:
-      - 'lint'
       - 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: "${{needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'}}"
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'"
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
       checks: 'write'
@@ -110,6 +142,9 @@ jobs:
           - '20.x'
           - '22.x'
           - '24.x'
+        shard:
+          - 'cli'
+          - 'others'
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
@@ -129,7 +164,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Run tests and generate reports'
         env:
           NO_COLOR: true
-        run: 'npm run test:ci'
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.shard }}" == "cli" ]]; then
+            npm run test:ci --workspace @google/gemini-cli
+          else
+            # Explicitly list non-cli packages to ensure they are sharded correctly
+            npm run test:ci --workspace @google/gemini-cli-core --workspace @google/gemini-cli-a2a-server --workspace gemini-cli-vscode-ide-companion --workspace @google/gemini-cli-test-utils --if-present
+            npm run test:scripts
+          fi
 
       - name: 'Bundle'
         run: 'npm run bundle'
@@ -137,6 +179,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Smoke test bundle'
         run: 'node ./bundle/gemini.js --version'
 
+      - name: 'Smoke test npx installation'
+        run: |
+          # 1. Package the project into a tarball
+          TARBALL=$(npm pack | tail -n 1)
+
+          # 2. Move to a fresh directory for isolation
+          mkdir -p ../smoke-test-dir
+          mv "$TARBALL" ../smoke-test-dir/
+          cd ../smoke-test-dir
+
+          # 3. Run npx from the tarball
+          npx "./$TARBALL" --version
+
       - name: 'Wait for file system sync'
         run: 'sleep 2'
 
@@ -145,7 +200,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ always() && (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) }}
         uses: 'dorny/test-reporter@dc3a92680fcc15842eef52e8c4606ea7ce6bd3f3' # ratchet:dorny/test-reporter@v2
         with:
-          name: 'Test Results (Node ${{ matrix.node-version }})'
+          name: 'Test Results (Node ${{ runner.os }}, ${{ matrix.node-version }}, ${{ matrix.shard }})'
           path: 'packages/*/junit.xml'
           reporter: 'java-junit'
           fail-on-error: 'false'
@@ -155,16 +210,15 @@ jobs:
           ${{ always() && (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) }}
         uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02' # ratchet:actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: 'test-results-fork-${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ runner.os }}'
+          name: 'test-results-fork-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ matrix.shard }}'
           path: 'packages/*/junit.xml'
 
   test_mac:
-    name: 'Test (Mac)'
-    runs-on: '${{ matrix.os }}'
+    name: 'Test (Mac) - ${{ matrix.node-version }}, ${{ matrix.shard }}'
+    runs-on: 'macos-latest'
     needs:
-      - 'lint'
       - 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: "${{needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'}}"
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'"
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
       checks: 'write'
@@ -172,12 +226,13 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os:
-          - 'macos-latest'
         node-version:
           - '20.x'
           - '22.x'
           - '24.x'
+        shard:
+          - 'cli'
+          - 'others'
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
@@ -197,7 +252,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Run tests and generate reports'
         env:
           NO_COLOR: true
-        run: 'npm run test:ci -- --coverage.enabled=false'
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.shard }}" == "cli" ]]; then
+            npm run test:ci --workspace @google/gemini-cli -- --coverage.enabled=false
+          else
+            # Explicitly list non-cli packages to ensure they are sharded correctly
+            npm run test:ci --workspace @google/gemini-cli-core --workspace @google/gemini-cli-a2a-server --workspace gemini-cli-vscode-ide-companion --workspace @google/gemini-cli-test-utils --if-present -- --coverage.enabled=false
+            npm run test:scripts
+          fi
 
       - name: 'Bundle'
         run: 'npm run bundle'
@@ -205,6 +267,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Smoke test bundle'
         run: 'node ./bundle/gemini.js --version'
 
+      - name: 'Smoke test npx installation'
+        run: |
+          # 1. Package the project into a tarball
+          TARBALL=$(npm pack | tail -n 1)
+
+          # 2. Move to a fresh directory for isolation
+          mkdir -p ../smoke-test-dir
+          mv "$TARBALL" ../smoke-test-dir/
+          cd ../smoke-test-dir
+
+          # 3. Run npx from the tarball
+          npx "./$TARBALL" --version
+
       - name: 'Wait for file system sync'
         run: 'sleep 2'
 
@@ -213,7 +288,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ always() && (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) }}
         uses: 'dorny/test-reporter@dc3a92680fcc15842eef52e8c4606ea7ce6bd3f3' # ratchet:dorny/test-reporter@v2
         with:
-          name: 'Test Results (Node ${{ matrix.node-version }})'
+          name: 'Test Results (Node ${{ runner.os }}, ${{ matrix.node-version }}, ${{ matrix.shard }})'
           path: 'packages/*/junit.xml'
           reporter: 'java-junit'
           fail-on-error: 'false'
@@ -223,7 +298,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ always() && (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) }}
         uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02' # ratchet:actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: 'test-results-fork-${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ runner.os }}'
+          name: 'test-results-fork-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ matrix.shard }}'
           path: 'packages/*/junit.xml'
 
       - name: 'Upload coverage reports'
@@ -231,14 +306,14 @@ jobs:
           ${{ always() }}
         uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02' # ratchet:actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: 'coverage-reports-${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ matrix.os }}'
+          name: 'coverage-reports-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ matrix.shard }}'
           path: 'packages/*/coverage'
 
   codeql:
     name: 'CodeQL'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
     needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: "${{needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'}}"
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'"
     permissions:
       actions: 'read'
       contents: 'read'
@@ -261,7 +336,7 @@ jobs:
   bundle_size:
     name: 'Check Bundle Size'
     needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: "${{github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'}}"
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'"
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
     permissions:
       contents: 'read' # For checkout
@@ -283,11 +358,16 @@ jobs:
           clean-script: 'clean'
 
   test_windows:
-    name: 'Slow Test - Win'
+    name: 'Slow Test - Win - ${{ matrix.shard }}'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-windows-16-core'
     needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: "${{needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'}}"
-    continue-on-error: true
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'"
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        shard:
+          - 'cli'
+          - 'others'
 
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
@@ -338,7 +418,14 @@ jobs:
           NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=32768 --max-semi-space-size=256'
           UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: '32'
           NODE_ENV: 'test'
-        run: 'npm run test:ci -- --coverage.enabled=false'
+        run: |
+          if ("${{ matrix.shard }}" -eq "cli") {
+            npm run test:ci --workspace @google/gemini-cli -- --coverage.enabled=false
+          } else {
+            # Explicitly list non-cli packages to ensure they are sharded correctly
+            npm run test:ci --workspace @google/gemini-cli-core --workspace @google/gemini-cli-a2a-server --workspace gemini-cli-vscode-ide-companion --workspace @google/gemini-cli-test-utils --if-present -- --coverage.enabled=false
+            npm run test:scripts
+          }
         shell: 'pwsh'
 
       - name: 'Bundle'
@@ -349,25 +436,52 @@ jobs:
         run: 'node ./bundle/gemini.js --version'
         shell: 'pwsh'
 
+      - name: 'Smoke test npx installation'
+        run: |
+          # 1. Package the project into a tarball
+          $PACK_OUTPUT = npm pack
+          $TARBALL = $PACK_OUTPUT[-1]
+
+          # 2. Move to a fresh directory for isolation
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path ../smoke-test-dir
+          Move-Item $TARBALL ../smoke-test-dir/
+          Set-Location ../smoke-test-dir
+
+          # 3. Run npx from the tarball
+          npx "./$TARBALL" --version
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
   ci:
     name: 'CI'
-    if: 'always()'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always()"
     needs:
       - 'lint'
+      - 'link_checker'
       - 'test_linux'
       - 'test_mac'
+      - 'test_windows'
       - 'codeql'
       - 'bundle_size'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
     steps:
       - name: 'Check all job results'
         run: |
-          if [[ (${{ needs.lint.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.lint.result }} != 'skipped') || \
-               (${{ needs.test_linux.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.test_linux.result }} != 'skipped') || \
-               (${{ needs.test_mac.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.test_mac.result }} != 'skipped') || \
-               (${{ needs.codeql.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.codeql.result }} != 'skipped') || \
-               (${{ needs.bundle_size.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.bundle_size.result }} != 'skipped') ]]; then
+          if [[ (${NEEDS_LINT_RESULT} != 'success' && ${NEEDS_LINT_RESULT} != 'skipped') || \
+               (${NEEDS_LINK_CHECKER_RESULT} != 'success' && ${NEEDS_LINK_CHECKER_RESULT} != 'skipped') || \
+               (${NEEDS_TEST_LINUX_RESULT} != 'success' && ${NEEDS_TEST_LINUX_RESULT} != 'skipped') || \
+               (${NEEDS_TEST_MAC_RESULT} != 'success' && ${NEEDS_TEST_MAC_RESULT} != 'skipped') || \
+               (${NEEDS_TEST_WINDOWS_RESULT} != 'success' && ${NEEDS_TEST_WINDOWS_RESULT} != 'skipped') || \
+               (${NEEDS_CODEQL_RESULT} != 'success' && ${NEEDS_CODEQL_RESULT} != 'skipped') || \
+               (${NEEDS_BUNDLE_SIZE_RESULT} != 'success' && ${NEEDS_BUNDLE_SIZE_RESULT} != 'skipped') ]]; then
             echo "One or more CI jobs failed."
             exit 1
           fi
           echo "All CI jobs passed!"
+        env:
+          NEEDS_LINT_RESULT: '${{ needs.lint.result }}'
+          NEEDS_LINK_CHECKER_RESULT: '${{ needs.link_checker.result }}'
+          NEEDS_TEST_LINUX_RESULT: '${{ needs.test_linux.result }}'
+          NEEDS_TEST_MAC_RESULT: '${{ needs.test_mac.result }}'
+          NEEDS_TEST_WINDOWS_RESULT: '${{ needs.test_windows.result }}'
+          NEEDS_CODEQL_RESULT: '${{ needs.codeql.result }}'
+          NEEDS_BUNDLE_SIZE_RESULT: '${{ needs.bundle_size.result }}'

.github/workflows/deflake.yml

@@ -24,13 +24,149 @@ concurrency:
     ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/') }}
 
 jobs:
-  deflake:
-    name: 'Deflake'
+  deflake_e2e_linux:
+    name: 'E2E Test (Linux) - ${{ matrix.sandbox }}'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        sandbox:
+          - 'sandbox:none'
+          - 'sandbox:docker'
+        node-version:
+          - '20.x'
+
     steps:
-      - name: 'Deflake'
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'
+          repository: '${{ github.repository }}'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '${{ matrix.node-version }}'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Docker'
+        if: "matrix.sandbox == 'sandbox:docker'"
+        uses: 'docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435' # ratchet:docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          IS_DOCKER: "${{ matrix.sandbox == 'sandbox:docker' }}"
+          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
+          RUNS: '${{ github.event.inputs.runs }}'
+          TEST_NAME_PATTERN: '${{ github.event.inputs.test_name_pattern }}'
+          VERBOSE: 'true'
         shell: 'bash'
         run: |
-          ECHO 'DEFLAKE WORKFLOW'
+          if [[ "${IS_DOCKER}" == "true" ]]; then
+            npm run deflake:test:integration:sandbox:docker -- --runs="${RUNS}" -- --testNamePattern "'${TEST_NAME_PATTERN}'"
+          else
+            npm run deflake:test:integration:sandbox:none -- --runs="${RUNS}" -- --testNamePattern "'${TEST_NAME_PATTERN}'"
+          fi
+
+  deflake_e2e_mac:
+    name: 'E2E Test (macOS)'
+    runs-on: 'macos-latest'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'
+          repository: '${{ github.repository }}'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+
+      - name: 'Fix rollup optional dependencies on macOS'
+        if: "runner.os == 'macOS'"
+        run: |
+          npm cache clean --force
+      - name: 'Run E2E tests (non-Windows)'
+        if: "runner.os != 'Windows'"
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
+          RUNS: '${{ github.event.inputs.runs }}'
+          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
+          TEST_NAME_PATTERN: '${{ github.event.inputs.test_name_pattern }}'
+          VERBOSE: 'true'
+        run: |
+          npm run deflake:test:integration:sandbox:none -- --runs="${RUNS}" -- --testNamePattern "'${TEST_NAME_PATTERN}'"
+
+  deflake_e2e_windows:
+    name: 'Slow E2E - Win'
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-windows-16-core'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'
+          repository: '${{ github.repository }}'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: 'Configure Windows Defender exclusions'
+        run: |
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE -Force
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\node_modules" -Force
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\packages" -Force
+          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:TEMP" -Force
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Configure npm for Windows performance'
+        run: |
+          npm config set progress false
+          npm config set audit false
+          npm config set fund false
+          npm config set loglevel error
+          npm config set maxsockets 32
+          npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
+          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
+          VERBOSE: 'true'
+          NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=32768 --max-semi-space-size=256'
+          UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: '32'
+          NODE_ENV: 'test'
+          RUNS: '${{ github.event.inputs.runs }}'
+          TEST_NAME_PATTERN: '${{ github.event.inputs.test_name_pattern }}'
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+        run: |
+          npm run deflake:test:integration:sandbox:none -- --runs="$env:RUNS" -- --testNamePattern "'$env:TEST_NAME_PATTERN'"

.github/workflows/docs-page-action.yml

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    if: |-
-      ${{ !contains(github.ref_name, 'nightly') }}
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && !contains(github.ref_name, 'nightly')"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: 'actions/upload-pages-artifact@56afc609e74202658d3ffba0e8f6dda462b719fa' # ratchet:actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
 
   deploy:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     environment:
       name: 'github-pages'
       url: '${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}'

.github/workflows/docs-rebuild.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
       - 'docs/**'
 jobs:
   trigger-rebuild:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     steps:
       - name: 'Trigger rebuild'

.github/workflows/e2e.yml

@@ -1,245 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Testing: E2E'
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'main'
-  # This will run for PRs from the base repository, providing secrets.
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - 'main'
-      - 'release/**'
-  # This will run for PRs from forks when a label is added.
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: ['labeled']
-  merge_group:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      branch_ref:
-        description: 'Branch to run on'
-        required: true
-        default: 'main'
-        type: 'string'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
-  cancel-in-progress: |-
-    ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/') }}
-
-jobs:
-  merge_queue_skipper:
-    name: 'Merge Queue Skipper'
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
-    outputs:
-      skip: '${{ steps.merge-queue-e2e-skipper.outputs.skip-check }}'
-    steps:
-      - id: 'merge-queue-e2e-skipper'
-        uses: 'cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@1032489e59437862c90a08a2c92809c903883772' # ratchet:cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@main
-        with:
-          secret: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
-
-  e2e_linux:
-    name: 'E2E Test (Linux) - ${{ matrix.sandbox }}'
-    needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: |
-      needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false' &&
-      (github.event_name == 'push' ||
-      github.event_name == 'merge_group' ||
-      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
-      (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) ||
-      (github.event.label.name == 'maintainer:e2e:ok'))
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        sandbox:
-          - 'sandbox:none'
-          - 'sandbox:docker'
-        node-version:
-          - '20.x'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout (fork)'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        if: "github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'"
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'
-          repository: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}'
-
-      - name: 'Checkout (internal)'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        if: "github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'"
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '${{ matrix.node-version }}'
-
-      - name: 'Install dependencies'
-        run: 'npm ci'
-
-      - name: 'Build project'
-        run: 'npm run build'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Docker'
-        if: "matrix.sandbox == 'sandbox:docker'"
-        uses: 'docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435' # ratchet:docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
-        env:
-          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
-          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
-          VERBOSE: 'true'
-        shell: 'bash'
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.sandbox }}" == "sandbox:docker" ]]; then
-            npm run test:integration:sandbox:docker
-          else
-            npm run test:integration:sandbox:none
-          fi
-
-  e2e_mac:
-    name: 'E2E Test (macOS)'
-    needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: |
-      needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false' &&
-      (github.event_name == 'push' ||
-      github.event_name == 'merge_group' ||
-      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
-      (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) ||
-      (github.event.label.name == 'maintainer:e2e:ok'))
-    runs-on: 'macos-latest'
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout (fork)'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        if: "github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'"
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'
-          repository: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}'
-
-      - name: 'Checkout (internal)'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        if: "github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'"
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-
-      - name: 'Install dependencies'
-        run: 'npm ci'
-
-      - name: 'Build project'
-        run: 'npm run build'
-
-      - name: 'Fix rollup optional dependencies on macOS'
-        if: "runner.os == 'macOS'"
-        run: |
-          npm cache clean --force
-      - name: 'Run E2E tests (non-Windows)'
-        if: "runner.os != 'Windows'"
-        env:
-          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
-          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
-          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
-          VERBOSE: 'true'
-        run: 'npm run test:integration:sandbox:none'
-
-  e2e_windows:
-    name: 'Slow E2E - Win'
-    needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    if: |
-      needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false' &&
-      (github.event_name == 'push' ||
-      github.event_name == 'merge_group' ||
-      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
-      (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) ||
-      (github.event.label.name == 'maintainer:e2e:ok'))
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-windows-16-core'
-    continue-on-error: true
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout (fork)'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        if: "github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'"
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'
-          repository: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}'
-
-      - name: 'Checkout (internal)'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        if: "github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'"
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-          cache: 'npm'
-
-      - name: 'Configure Windows Defender exclusions'
-        run: |
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE -Force
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\node_modules" -Force
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\packages" -Force
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:TEMP" -Force
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Configure npm for Windows performance'
-        run: |
-          npm config set progress false
-          npm config set audit false
-          npm config set fund false
-          npm config set loglevel error
-          npm config set maxsockets 32
-          npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Install dependencies'
-        run: 'npm ci'
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Build project'
-        run: 'npm run build'
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
-        env:
-          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
-          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
-          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
-          VERBOSE: 'true'
-          NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=32768 --max-semi-space-size=256'
-          UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: '32'
-          NODE_ENV: 'test'
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-        run: 'npm run test:integration:sandbox:none'
-
-  e2e:
-    name: 'E2E'
-    if: |
-      always() && (
-        github.event_name == 'push' ||
-        github.event_name == 'merge_group' ||
-        github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
-        (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) ||
-        (github.event.label.name == 'maintainer:e2e:ok')
-      )
-    needs:
-      - 'e2e_linux'
-      - 'e2e_mac'
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Check E2E test results'
-        run: |
-          if [[ (${{ needs.e2e_linux.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.e2e_linux.result }} != 'skipped') || \
-               (${{ needs.e2e_mac.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.e2e_mac.result }} != 'skipped') ]]; then
-            echo "One or more E2E jobs failed."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "All required E2E jobs passed!"

.github/workflows/eval.yml

@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Run evaluation'
         working-directory: '/app'
         run: |
-          poetry run exp_run --experiment-mode=on-demand --branch-or-commit=${{ github.ref_name }} --model-name=gemini-2.5-pro --dataset=swebench_verified --concurrency=15
+          poetry run exp_run --experiment-mode=on-demand --branch-or-commit="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --model-name=gemini-2.5-pro --dataset=swebench_verified --concurrency=15
           poetry run python agent_prototypes/scripts/parse_gcli_logs_experiment.py --experiment_dir=experiments/adhoc/gcli_temp_exp --gcs-bucket="${EVAL_GCS_BUCKET}" --gcs-path=gh_action_artifacts

.github/workflows/evals-nightly.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+name: 'Evals: Nightly'
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 1 * * *' # Runs at 1 AM every day
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      run_all:
+        description: 'Run all evaluations (including usually passing)'
+        type: 'boolean'
+        default: true
+      test_name_pattern:
+        description: 'Test name pattern or file name'
+        required: false
+        type: 'string'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: 'read'
+  checks: 'write'
+  actions: 'read'
+
+jobs:
+  evals:
+    name: 'Evals (USUALLY_PASSING) nightly run'
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        model:
+          - 'gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools'
+          - 'gemini-3-pro-preview'
+          - 'gemini-3-flash-preview'
+          - 'gemini-2.5-pro'
+          - 'gemini-2.5-flash'
+          - 'gemini-2.5-flash-lite'
+        run_attempt: [1, 2, 3]
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Build project'
+        run: 'npm run build'
+
+      - name: 'Create logs directory'
+        run: 'mkdir -p evals/logs'
+
+      - name: 'Run Evals'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          GEMINI_MODEL: '${{ matrix.model }}'
+          RUN_EVALS: "${{ github.event.inputs.run_all != 'false' }}"
+          TEST_NAME_PATTERN: '${{ github.event.inputs.test_name_pattern }}'
+        run: |
+          CMD="npm run test:all_evals"
+          PATTERN="${TEST_NAME_PATTERN}"
+
+          if [[ -n "$PATTERN" ]]; then
+            if [[ "$PATTERN" == *.ts || "$PATTERN" == *.js || "$PATTERN" == */* ]]; then
+              $CMD -- "$PATTERN"
+            else
+              $CMD -- -t "$PATTERN"
+            fi
+          else
+            $CMD
+          fi
+
+      - name: 'Upload Logs'
+        if: 'always()'
+        uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02' # ratchet:actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: 'eval-logs-${{ matrix.model }}-${{ matrix.run_attempt }}'
+          path: 'evals/logs'
+          retention-days: 7
+
+  aggregate-results:
+    name: 'Aggregate Results'
+    needs: ['evals']
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && always()"
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: 'Download Logs'
+        uses: 'actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806' # ratchet:actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: 'artifacts'
+
+      - name: 'Generate Summary'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+        run: 'node scripts/aggregate_evals.js artifacts >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"'

.github/workflows/gemini-automated-issue-dedup.yml

@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ jobs:
                     "FIRESTORE_DATABASE_ID": "(default)",
                     "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}"
                   },
-                  "enabled": true,
                   "timeout": 600000
                 }
               },

.github/workflows/gemini-automated-issue-triage.yml

@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ on:
         description: 'issue number to triage'
         required: true
         type: 'number'
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      issue_number:
+        description: 'issue number to triage'
+        required: false
+        type: 'string'
 
 concurrency:
-  group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.issue.number || github.event.inputs.issue_number }}'
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.issue.number || github.event.inputs.issue_number || inputs.issue_number }}'
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 defaults:
@@ -34,18 +40,18 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   triage-issue:
     if: |-
-      github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' &&
+      (github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' || github.repository == 'google-gemini/maintainers-gemini-cli') &&
       (
         github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
         (
           (github.event_name == 'issues' || github.event_name == 'issue_comment') &&
-          contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'status/need-triage') &&
           (github.event_name != 'issue_comment' || (
             contains(github.event.comment.body, '@gemini-cli /triage') &&
             (github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'COLLABORATOR')
           ))
         )
-      )
+      ) &&
+      !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'area/')
     timeout-minutes: 5
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     steps:
@@ -57,30 +63,40 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           script: |
+            const issueNumber = ${{ github.event.inputs.issue_number || inputs.issue_number }};
             const { data: issue } = await github.rest.issues.get({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
-              issue_number: ${{ github.event.inputs.issue_number }},
+              issue_number: issueNumber,
             });
             core.setOutput('title', issue.title);
             core.setOutput('body', issue.body);
             core.setOutput('labels', issue.labels.map(label => label.name).join(','));
             return issue;
 
-      - name: 'Check for triage label on manual trigger'
+      - name: 'Manual Trigger Pre-flight Checks'
         if: |-
-          github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !contains(steps.get_issue_data.outputs.labels, 'status/need-triage')
+          github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         env:
-          ISSUE_NUMBER_INPUT: '${{ github.event.inputs.issue_number }}'
+          ISSUE_NUMBER_INPUT: '${{ github.event.inputs.issue_number || inputs.issue_number }}'
+          LABELS: '${{ steps.get_issue_data.outputs.labels }}'
         run: |
-          echo "Issue #${ISSUE_NUMBER_INPUT} does not have the 'status/need-triage' label. Stopping workflow."
-          exit 1
+          if echo "${LABELS}" | grep -q 'area/'; then
+            echo "Issue #${ISSUE_NUMBER_INPUT} already has 'area/' label. Stopping workflow."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "Manual triage checks passed."
 
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 'Generate GitHub App Token'
         id: 'generate_token'
+        env:
+          APP_ID: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+        if: |-
+          ${{ env.APP_ID != '' }}
         uses: 'actions/create-github-app-token@a8d616148505b5069dccd32f177bb87d7f39123b' # ratchet:actions/create-github-app-token@v2
         with:
           app-id: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
@@ -91,13 +107,23 @@ jobs:
         id: 'get_labels'
         uses: 'actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea'
         with:
-          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           script: |-
             const { data: labels } = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsForRepo({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
             });
-            const labelNames = labels.map(label => label.name);
+            const allowedLabels = [
+              'area/agent',
+              'area/enterprise',
+              'area/non-interactive',
+              'area/core',
+              'area/security',
+              'area/platform',
+              'area/extensions',
+              'area/unknown'
+            ];
+            const labelNames = labels.map(label => label.name).filter(name => allowedLabels.includes(name));
             core.setOutput('available_labels', labelNames.join(','));
             core.info(`Found ${labelNames.length} labels: ${labelNames.join(', ')}`);
             return labelNames;
@@ -112,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
           ISSUE_BODY: >-
             ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && steps.get_issue_data.outputs.body || github.event.issue.body }}
           ISSUE_NUMBER: >-
-            ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.issue_number || github.event.issue.number }}
+            ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && (github.event.inputs.issue_number || inputs.issue_number) || github.event.issue.number }}
           REPOSITORY: '${{ github.repository }}'
           AVAILABLE_LABELS: '${{ steps.get_labels.outputs.available_labels }}'
         with:
@@ -126,139 +152,111 @@ jobs:
           settings: |-
             {
               "maxSessionTurns": 25,
-              "coreTools": [
-                "run_shell_command(echo)"
-              ],
               "telemetry": {
                 "enabled": true,
                 "target": "gcp"
-              }
+              },
+              "coreTools": [
+                "run_shell_command(echo)"
+              ]
             }
           prompt: |-
             ## Role
 
-            You are an issue triage assistant. Analyze the current GitHub issue
-            and identify the most appropriate existing labels by only using the provided data. Use the available
-            tools to gather information; do not ask for information to be
-            provided. Do not remove the following labels titled maintainer,  help wanted or good first issue.
+            You are an issue triage assistant. Your role is to analyze a GitHub issue and determine the single most appropriate area/ label based on the definitions provided.
 
             ## Steps
-
-            1. You are only able to use the echo command. Review the available labels in the environment variable: "${AVAILABLE_LABELS}".
-            2. Review the issue title and body provided in the environment variables: "${ISSUE_TITLE}" and "${ISSUE_BODY}".
-            3. Select the most relevant labels from the existing labels, focusing on kind/*, area/*, sub-area/* and priority/*. For area/* and kind/* limit yourself to only the single most applicable label in each case.
-            4. If the issue already has area/ label, dont try to change it. Similarly, if the issue already has a kind/ label don't change it. And if the issue already has a priority/ label do not change it for example:
-               If an issue has area/core and kind/bug  you will only add a priority/ label.
-               Instead if an issue has no labels, you will could add one lable of each kind.
-            5. For each issue please check if CLI version is present, this is usually in the output of the /about command and will look like 0.1.5 for anything more than 6 versions older than the most recent should add the status/need-retesting label.
-            6. If you see that the issue doesn't look like it has sufficient information recommend the status/need-information label and leave a comment politely requesting the relevant information, eg.. if repro steps are missing request for repro steps. if version information is missing request for version information into the explanation section below.
-            7. Output the appropriate labels for this issue in JSON format with explanation, for example:
-               ```
-               {"labels_to_set": ["kind/bug", "priority/p0"], "explanation": "This is a critical bug report affecting main functionality"}
-               ```
-            8. If the issue cannot be classified using the available labels, output:
-               ```
-               {"labels_to_set": [], "explanation": "Unable to classify this issue with available labels"}
-               ```
-            9. Use Area definitions mentioned below to help you narrow down issues.
-            10. If you think an issue might be a Priority/P0 do not apply the priority/p0 label. Instead apply a status/manual-triage label and include a note in your explanation.
-            11. If you are uncertain and have not been able to apply one each of kind/, area/ and priority/ , apply the status/manual-triage label.
+            1. Review the issue title and body: ${{ env.ISSUE_TITLE }} and ${{ env.ISSUE_BODY }}.
+            2. Review the available labels: ${{ env.AVAILABLE_LABELS }}.
+            3. Select exactly one area/ label that best matches the issue based on Reference 1: Area Definitions.
+            4. Fallback Logic:
+                - If you cannot confidently determine the correct area/ label from the definitions, you must use area/unknown.
+            5. Output your selected label in JSON format and nothing else. Example:
+                {"labels_to_set": ["area/core"]}
 
             ## Guidelines
+            - Your output must contain exactly one area/ label.
+            - Triage only the current issue based on its title and body.
+            - Output only valid JSON format.
+            - Do not include any explanation or additional text, just the JSON.
 
-            - Only use labels that already exist in the repository
-            - Do not add comments or modify the issue content
-            - Triage only the current issue
-            - Identify only one area/ label
-            - Identify only one kind/ label
-            - Identify all applicable sub-area/* and priority/* labels based on the issue content. It's ok to have multiple of these
-            - Once you categorize the issue if it needs information bump down the priority by 1 eg.. a p0 would become a p1 a p1 would become a p2. P2 and P3 can stay as is in this scenario
-            - Reference all shell variables as "${VAR}" (with quotes and braces)
-            - Output only valid JSON format
-            - Do not include any explanation or additional text, just the JSON
+            Reference 1: Area Definitions
+            area/agent
+            - Description: Issues related to the "brain" of the CLI. This includes the core agent logic, model quality, tool/function calling, and memory.
+            - Example Issues:
+              "I am not getting a reasonable or expected response."
+              "The model is not calling the tool I expected."
+              "The web search tool is not working as expected."
+              "Feature request for a new built-in tool (e.g., read file, write file)."
+              "The generated code is poor quality or incorrect."
+              "The model seems stuck in a loop."
+              "The response from the model is malformed (e.g., broken JSON, bad formatting)."
+              "Concerns about unnecessary token consumption."
+              "Issues with how memory or chat history is managed."
+              "Issues with sub-agents."
+              "Model is switching from one to another unexpectedly."
 
-            Categorization Guidelines:
-            P0: Critical / Blocker
-            - A P0 bug is a catastrophic failure that demands immediate attention.
-            - To be a P0 it means almost all users are running into this issue and it is blocking users from being able to use the product.
-            - You would see this in the form of many comments from different developers on the bug.
-            - It represents a complete showstopper for a significant portion of users or for the development process itself.
-            Impact:
-            - Blocks development or testing for the entire team.
-            - Major security vulnerability that could compromise user data or system integrity.
-            - Causes data loss or corruption with no workaround.
-            - Crashes the application or makes a core feature completely unusable for all or most users in a production environment. Will it cause severe quality degration? Is it preventing contributors from contributing to the repository or is it a release blocker?
-            Qualifier: Is the main function of the software broken?
-            Example: The gemini auth login command fails with an unrecoverable error, preventing any user from authenticating and using the rest of the CLI.
-            P1: High
-            - A P1 bug is a serious issue that significantly degrades the user experience or impacts a core feature.
-            - While not a complete blocker, it's a major problem that needs a fast resolution. Feature requests are almost never P1.
-            - Once again this would be affecting many users.
-            - You would see this in the form of comments from different developers on the bug.
-            Impact:
-            - A core feature is broken or behaving incorrectly for a large number of users or large number of use cases.
-            - Review the bug details and comments to try figure out if this issue affects a large set of use cases or if it's a narrow set of use cases.
-            - Severe performance degradation making the application frustratingly slow.
-            - No straightforward workaround exists, or the workaround is difficult and non-obvious.
-            Qualifier: Is a key feature unusable or giving very wrong results?
-            Example: Gemini CLI enters a loop when making read-many-files tool call. I am unable to break out of the loop and gemini doesn't follow instructions subsequently.
-            P2: Medium
-            - A P2 bug is a moderately impactful issue. It's a noticeable problem but doesn't prevent the use of the software's main functionality.
-            Impact:
-            - Affects a non-critical feature or a smaller, specific subset of users.
-            - An inconvenient but functional workaround is available and easy to execute.
-            - Noticeable UI/UX problems that don't break functionality but look unprofessional (e.g., elements are misaligned or overlapping).
-            Qualifier: Is it an annoying but non-blocking problem?
-            Example: An error message is unclear or contains a typo, causing user confusion but not halting their workflow.
-            P3: Low
-            - A P3 bug is a minor, low-impact issue that is trivial or cosmetic. It has little to no effect on the overall functionality of the application.
-            Impact:
-            - Minor cosmetic issues like color inconsistencies, typos in documentation, or slight alignment problems on a non-critical page.
-            - An edge-case bug that is very difficult to reproduce and affects a tiny fraction of users.
-            Qualifier: Is it a "nice-to-fix" issue?
-            Example: Spelling mistakes etc.
-            Things you should know:
-            - If users are talking about issues where the model gets downgraded from pro to flash then i want you to categorize that as a performance issue
-            - This product is designed to use different models eg.. using pro, downgrading to flash etc. when users report that they dont expect the model to change those would be categorized as feature requests.
-            Definition of Areas
-            area/ux:
-            - Issues concerning user-facing elements like command usability, interactive features, help docs, and perceived performance.
-            - I am seeing my screen flicker when using Gemini CLI
-            - I am seeing the output malformed
-            - Theme changes aren't taking effect
-            - My keyboard inputs arent' being recognzied
-            area/platform:
-            - Issues related to installation, packaging, OS compatibility (Windows, macOS, Linux), and the underlying CLI framework.
-            area/background: Issues related to long-running background tasks, daemons, and autonomous or proactive agent features.
-            area/models:
-            - i am not getting a response that is reasonable or expected. this can include things like
-            - I am calling a tool and the tool is not performing as expected.
-            - i am expecting a tool to be called and it is not getting called ,
-            - Including experience when using
-            - built-in tools (e.g., web search, code interpreter, read file, writefile, etc..),
-            - Function calling issues should be under this area
-            - i am getting responses from the model that are malformed.
-            - Issues concerning Gemini quality of response and inference,
-            - Issues talking about unnecessary token consumption.
-            - Issues talking about Model getting stuck in a loop be watchful as this could be the root cause for issues that otherwise seem like model performance issues.
-            - Memory compression
-            - unexpected responses,
-            - poor quality of generated code
-            area/tools:
-            - These are primarily issues related to Model Context Protocol
-            - These are issues that mention MCP support
-            - feature requests asking for support for new tools.
-            area/core: Issues with fundamental components like command parsing, configuration management, session state, and the main API client logic. Introducing multi-modality
-            area/contribution: Issues related to improving the developer contribution experience, such as CI/CD pipelines, build scripts, and test automation infrastructure.
-            area/authentication: Issues related to user identity, login flows, API key handling, credential storage, and access token management, unable to sign in selecting wrong authentication path etc..
-            area/security-privacy: Issues concerning vulnerability patching, dependency security, data sanitization, privacy controls, and preventing unauthorized data access.
-            area/extensibility: Issues related to the plugin system, extension APIs, or making the CLI's functionality available in other applications, github actions, ide support etc..
-            area/performance: Issues focused on model performance
-            - Issues with running out of capacity,
-            - 429 errors etc..
-            - could also pertain to latency,
-            - other general software performance like, memory usage, CPU consumption, and algorithmic efficiency.
-            - Switching models from one to the other unexpectedly.
+            area/enterprise
+            - Description: Issues specific to enterprise-level features, including telemetry, policy, and licenses.
+            - Example Issues:
+              "Usage data is not appearing in our telemetry dashboard."
+              "A user is able to perform an action that should be blocked by an admin policy."
+              "Questions about billing, licensing tiers, or enterprise quotas."
+
+            area/non-interactive
+            - Description: Issues related to using the CLI in automated or non-interactive environments (headless mode).
+            - Example Issues:
+              "Problems using the CLI as an SDK in another surface."
+              "The CLI is behaving differently when run from a shell script vs. an interactive terminal."
+              "GitHub action is failing."
+              "I am having trouble running the CLI in headless mode"
+
+            area/core
+            - Description: Issues with the fundamental CLI app itself. This includes the user interface (UI/UX), installation, OS compatibility, and performance.
+            - Example Issues:
+              "I am seeing my screen flicker when using the CLI."
+              "The output in my terminal is malformed or unreadable."
+              "Theme changes are not taking effect."
+              "Keyboard inputs (e.g., arrow keys, Ctrl+C) are not being recognized."
+              "The CLI failed to install or update."
+              "An issue specific to running on Windows, macOS, or Linux."
+              "Problems with command parsing, flags, or argument handling."
+              "High CPU or memory usage by the CLI process."
+              "Issues related to multi-modality (e.g., handling image inputs)."
+              "Problems with the IDE integration connection or installation"
+
+            area/security
+            - Description: Issues related to user authentication, authorization, data security, and privacy.
+            - Example Issues:
+              "I am unable to sign in."
+              "The login flow is selecting the wrong authentication path"
+              "Problems with API key handling or credential storage."
+              "A report of a security vulnerability"
+              "Concerns about data sanitization or potential data leaks."
+              "Issues or requests related to privacy controls."
+              "Preventing unauthorized data access."
+
+            area/platform
+            - Description: Issues related to CI/CD, release management, testing, eval infrastructure, capacity, quota management, and sandbox environments.
+            - Example Issues:
+              "I am getting a 429 'Resource Exhausted' or 500-level server error."
+              "General slowness or high latency from the service."
+              "The build script is broken on the main branch."
+              "Tests are failing in the CI/CD pipeline."
+              "Issues with the release management or publishing process."
+              "User is running out of capacity."
+              "Problems specific to the sandbox or staging environments."
+              "Questions about quota limits or requests for increases."
+
+            area/extensions
+            - Description: Issues related to the extension ecosystem, including the marketplace and website.
+            - Example Issues:
+              "Bugs related to the extension marketplace website."
+              "Issues with a specific extension."
+              "Feature request for the extension ecosystem."
+
+            area/unknown
+            - Description: Issues that do not clearly fit into any other defined area/ category, or where information is too limited to make a determination. Use this when no other area is appropriate.
 
       - name: 'Apply Labels to Issue'
         if: |-
@@ -269,54 +267,60 @@ jobs:
           LABELS_OUTPUT: '${{ steps.gemini_issue_analysis.outputs.summary }}'
         uses: 'actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea'
         with:
-          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
-          script: |-
-            // Strip code block markers if present
-            const rawLabels = process.env.LABELS_OUTPUT;
-            core.info(`Raw labels JSON: ${rawLabels}`);
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          script: |
+            const rawOutput = process.env.LABELS_OUTPUT;
+            core.info(`Raw output from model: ${rawOutput}`);
             let parsedLabels;
             try {
-              const jsonMatch = rawLabels.match(/```json\s*([\s\S]*?)\s*```/);
-              if (!jsonMatch || !jsonMatch[1]) {
-                throw new Error("Could not find a ```json ... ``` block in the output.");
+              // First, try to parse the raw output as JSON.
+              parsedLabels = JSON.parse(rawOutput);
+            } catch (jsonError) {
+              // If that fails, check for a markdown code block.
+              core.warning(`Direct JSON parsing failed: ${jsonError.message}. Trying to extract from a markdown block.`);
+              const jsonMatch = rawOutput.match(/```json\s*([\s\S]*?)\s*```/);
+              if (jsonMatch && jsonMatch[1]) {
+                try {
+                  parsedLabels = JSON.parse(jsonMatch[1].trim());
+                } catch (markdownError) {
+                  core.setFailed(`Failed to parse JSON even after extracting from markdown block: ${markdownError.message}\nRaw output: ${rawOutput}`);
+                  return;
+                }
+              } else {
+                // If no markdown block, try to find a raw JSON object in the output.
+                // The CLI may include debug/log lines (e.g. telemetry init, YOLO mode)
+                // before the actual JSON response.
+                const jsonObjectMatch = rawOutput.match(/(\{[\s\S]*"labels_to_set"[\s\S]*\})/);
+                if (jsonObjectMatch) {
+                  try {
+                    parsedLabels = JSON.parse(jsonObjectMatch[0]);
+                  } catch (extractError) {
+                    core.setFailed(`Found JSON-like content but failed to parse: ${extractError.message}\nRaw output: ${rawOutput}`);
+                    return;
+                  }
+                } else {
+                  core.setFailed(`Output is not valid JSON and does not contain extractable JSON.\nRaw output: ${rawOutput}`);
+                  return;
+                }
               }
-              const jsonString = jsonMatch[1].trim();
-              parsedLabels = JSON.parse(jsonString);
-              core.info(`Parsed labels JSON: ${JSON.stringify(parsedLabels)}`);
-            } catch (err) {
-              core.setFailed(`Failed to parse labels JSON from Gemini output: ${err.message}\nRaw output: ${rawLabels}`);
-              return;
             }
 
             const issueNumber = parseInt(process.env.ISSUE_NUMBER);
-            const explanation = parsedLabels.explanation || '';
-            const labelsToSet = parsedLabels.labels_to_set || [];
-            labelsToSet.push('status/bot-triaged');
+            const labelsToAdd = parsedLabels.labels_to_set || [];
+
+            if (labelsToAdd.length !== 1) {
+              core.setFailed(`Expected exactly 1 label (area/), but got ${labelsToAdd.length}. Labels: ${labelsToAdd.join(', ')}`);
+              return;
+            }
 
             // Set labels based on triage result
-            if (labelsToSet.length > 0) {
-              await github.rest.issues.setLabels({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                labels: labelsToSet
-              });
-              const explanationInfo = explanation ? ` - ${explanation}` : '';
-              core.info(`Successfully set labels for #${issueNumber}: ${labelsToSet.join(', ')}${explanationInfo}`);
-            } else {
-              // If no labels to set, leave the issue as is
-              const explanationInfo = explanation ? ` - ${explanation}` : '';
-              core.info(`No labels to set for #${issueNumber}, leaving as is${explanationInfo}`);
-            }
-
-            if (explanation) {
-              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: explanation,
-              });
-            }
+            await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: issueNumber,
+              labels: labelsToAdd
+            });
+            core.info(`Successfully added labels for #${issueNumber}: ${labelsToAdd.join(', ')}`);
 
       - name: 'Post Issue Analysis Failure Comment'
         if: |-
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ jobs:
           RUN_URL: '${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}'
         uses: 'actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea'
         with:
-          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           script: |-
             github.rest.issues.createComment({
               owner: context.repo.owner,

.github/workflows/gemini-scheduled-issue-dedup.yml

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ jobs:
                     "FIRESTORE_DATABASE_ID": "(default)",
                     "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}"
                   },
-                  "enabled": true,
                   "timeout": 600000
                 }
               },

.github/workflows/gemini-scheduled-issue-triage.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 name: '📋 Gemini Scheduled Issue Triage'
 
 on:
+  issues:
+    types:
+      - 'opened'
+      - 'reopened'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 * * * *' # Runs every hour
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
-  group: '${{ github.workflow }}'
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.number || github.run_id }}'
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 defaults:
@@ -35,7 +39,21 @@ jobs:
           private-key: '${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}'
           permission-issues: 'write'
 
+      - name: 'Get issue from event'
+        if: |-
+          ${{ github.event_name == 'issues' }}
+        id: 'get_issue_from_event'
+        env:
+          ISSUE_EVENT: '${{ toJSON(github.event.issue) }}'
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          ISSUE_JSON=$(echo "$ISSUE_EVENT" | jq -c '[{number: .number, title: .title, body: .body}]')
+          echo "issues_to_triage=${ISSUE_JSON}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "✅ Found issue #${{ github.event.issue.number }} from event to triage! 🎯"
+
       - name: 'Find untriaged issues'
+        if: |-
+          ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
         id: 'find_issues'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
@@ -43,22 +61,26 @@ jobs:
         run: |-
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          echo '🔍 Finding issues without labels...'
-          NO_LABEL_ISSUES="$(gh issue list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
-            --search 'is:open is:issue no:label' --json number,title,body)"
+          echo '🔍 Finding issues missing area labels...'
+          NO_AREA_ISSUES="$(gh issue list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
+            --search 'is:open is:issue -label:area/core -label:area/agent -label:area/enterprise -label:area/non-interactive -label:area/security -label:area/platform -label:area/extensions -label:area/unknown' --limit 100 --json number,title,body)"
 
-          echo '🏷️ Finding issues that need triage...'
-          NEED_TRIAGE_ISSUES="$(gh issue list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
-            --search "is:open is:issue label:\"status/need-triage\""  --limit 1000 --json number,title,body)"
+          echo '🔍 Finding issues missing kind labels...'
+          NO_KIND_ISSUES="$(gh issue list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
+            --search 'is:open is:issue -label:kind/bug -label:kind/enhancement -label:kind/customer-issue -label:kind/question' --limit 100 --json number,title,body)"
+
+          echo '🏷️ Finding issues missing priority labels...'
+          NO_PRIORITY_ISSUES="$(gh issue list --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
+            --search 'is:open is:issue -label:priority/p0 -label:priority/p1 -label:priority/p2 -label:priority/p3 -label:priority/unknown' --limit 100 --json number,title,body)"
 
           echo '🔄 Merging and deduplicating issues...'
-          ISSUES="$(echo "${NO_LABEL_ISSUES}" "${NEED_TRIAGE_ISSUES}" | jq -c -s 'add | unique_by(.number)')"
+          ISSUES="$(echo "${NO_AREA_ISSUES}" "${NO_KIND_ISSUES}" "${NO_PRIORITY_ISSUES}" | jq -c -s 'add | unique_by(.number)')"
 
           echo '📝 Setting output for GitHub Actions...'
           echo "issues_to_triage=${ISSUES}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 
           ISSUE_COUNT="$(echo "${ISSUES}" | jq 'length')"
-          echo "✅ Found ${ISSUE_COUNT} issues to triage! 🎯"
+          echo "✅ Found ${ISSUE_COUNT} unique issues to triage! 🎯"
 
       - name: 'Get Repository Labels'
         id: 'get_labels'
@@ -77,12 +99,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 'Run Gemini Issue Analysis'
         if: |-
-          ${{ steps.find_issues.outputs.issues_to_triage != '[]' }}
+          (steps.get_issue_from_event.outputs.issues_to_triage != '' && steps.get_issue_from_event.outputs.issues_to_triage != '[]') ||
+          (steps.find_issues.outputs.issues_to_triage != '' && steps.find_issues.outputs.issues_to_triage != '[]')
         uses: 'google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli@a3bf79042542528e91937b3a3a6fbc4967ee3c31' # ratchet:google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli@v0
         id: 'gemini_issue_analysis'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: '' # Do not pass any auth token here since this runs on untrusted inputs
-          ISSUES_TO_TRIAGE: '${{ steps.find_issues.outputs.issues_to_triage }}'
+          ISSUES_TO_TRIAGE: '${{ steps.get_issue_from_event.outputs.issues_to_triage || steps.find_issues.outputs.issues_to_triage }}'
           REPOSITORY: '${{ github.repository }}'
           AVAILABLE_LABELS: '${{ steps.get_labels.outputs.available_labels }}'
         with:
@@ -116,38 +139,32 @@ jobs:
             1. You are only able to use the echo command. Review the available labels in the environment variable: "${AVAILABLE_LABELS}".
             2. Check environment variable for issues to triage: $ISSUES_TO_TRIAGE (JSON array of issues)
             3. Review the issue title, body and any comments provided in the environment variables.
-            4. Identify the most relevant labels from the existing labels, focusing on kind/*, area/*, sub-area/* and priority/*.
-            5. If the issue already has area/ label, dont try to change it. Similarly, if the issue already has a kind/ label don't change it. And if the issue already has a priority/ label do not change it for example:
-               If an issue has area/core and kind/bug  you will only add a priority/ label.
-               Instead if an issue has no labels, you will could add one lable of each kind.
+            4. Identify the most relevant labels from the existing labels, specifically focusing on area/*, kind/* and priority/*.
+            5. Label Policy:
+               - If the issue already has a kind/ label, do not change it.
+               - If the issue already has a priority/ label, do not change it.
+               - If the issue already has an area/ label, do not change it.
+               - If any of these are missing, select exactly ONE appropriate label for the missing category.
             6. Identify other applicable labels based on the issue content, such as status/*, help wanted, good first issue, etc.
-            7. For area/* and kind/* limit yourself to only the single most applicable label in each case.
-            8. Give me a single short explanation about why you are selecting each label in the process.
-            9. Output a JSON array of objects, each containing the issue number
+            7. Give me a single short explanation about why you are selecting each label in the process.
+            8. Output a JSON array of objects, each containing the issue number
                and the labels to add and remove, along with an explanation. For example:
                ```
                [
                  {
                    "issue_number": 123,
-                   "labels_to_add": ["kind/bug", "priority/p2"],
+                   "labels_to_add": ["area/core", "kind/bug", "priority/p2"],
                    "labels_to_remove": ["status/need-triage"],
-                   "explanation": "This issue is a bug that needs to be addressed with medium priority."
-                 },
-                 {
-                   "issue_number": 456,
-                   "labels_to_add": ["kind/enhancement"],
-                   "labels_to_remove": [],
-                   "explanation": "This issue is an enhancement request that could improve the user experience."
+                   "explanation": "This issue is a UI bug that needs to be addressed with medium priority."
                  }
                ]
                ```
               If an issue cannot be classified, do not include it in the output array.
-            10. For each issue please check if CLI version is present, this is usually in the output of the /about command and will look like 0.1.5
+            9. For each issue please check if CLI version is present, this is usually in the output of the /about command and will look like 0.1.5
               - Anything more than 6 versions older than the most recent should add the status/need-retesting label
-            11. If you see that the issue doesn't look like it has sufficient information recommend the status/need-information label and leave a comment politely requesting the relevant information, eg.. if repro steps are missing request for repro steps. if version information is missing request for version information into the explanation section below.
-              - After identifying appropriate labels to an issue, add "status/need-triage" label to labels_to_remove in the output.
-            12. If you think an issue might be a Priority/P0 do not apply the priority/p0 label. Instead apply a status/manual-triage label and include a note in your explanation.
-            13. If you are uncertain and have not been able to apply one each of kind/, area/ and priority/ , apply the status/manual-triage label.
+            10. If you see that the issue doesn't look like it has sufficient information recommend the status/need-information label and leave a comment politely requesting the relevant information, eg.. if repro steps are missing request for repro steps. if version information is missing request for version information into the explanation section below.
+            11. If you think an issue might be a Priority/P0 do not apply the priority/p0 label. Instead apply a status/manual-triage label and include a note in your explanation.
+            12. If you are uncertain about a category, use the area/unknown, kind/question, or priority/unknown labels as appropriate. If you are extremely uncertain, apply the status/manual-triage label.
 
             ## Guidelines
 
@@ -157,100 +174,46 @@ jobs:
               - Do not add comments or modify the issue content.
               - Do not remove the following labels maintainer, help wanted or good first issue.
               - Triage only the current issue.
-              - Identify only one area/ label
+              - Identify only one area/ label.
               - Identify only one kind/ label (Do not apply kind/duplicate or kind/parent-issue)
-              - Identify all applicable sub-area/* and priority/* labels based on the issue content. It's ok to have multiple of these.
+              - Identify only one priority/ label.
               - Once you categorize the issue if it needs information bump down the priority by 1 eg.. a p0 would become a p1 a p1 would become a p2. P2 and P3 can stay as is in this scenario.
-            Categorization Guidelines:
-            P0: Critical / Blocker
-              - A P0 bug is a catastrophic failure that demands immediate attention.
-              - To be a P0 it means almost all users are running into this issue and it is blocking users from being able to use the product.
-              - You would see this in the form of many comments from different developers on the bug.
-              - It represents a complete showstopper for a significant portion of users or for the development process itself.
-            Impact:
-              - Blocks development or testing for the entire team.
-              - Major security vulnerability that could compromise user data or system integrity.
-              - Causes data loss or corruption with no workaround.
-              - Crashes the application or makes a core feature completely unusable for all or most users in a production environment. Will it cause severe quality degration?
-              - Is it preventing contributors from contributing to the repository or is it a release blocker?
-              Qualifier: Is the main function of the software broken?
-              Example: The gemini auth login command fails with an unrecoverable error, preventing any user from authenticating and using the rest of the CLI.
-            P1: High
-              - A P1 bug is a serious issue that significantly degrades the user experience or impacts a core feature.
-              - While not a complete blocker, it's a major problem that needs a fast resolution. Feature requests are almost never P1.
-              - Once again this would be affecting many users.
-              - You would see this in the form of comments from different developers on the bug.
-              Impact:
-              - A core feature is broken or behaving incorrectly for a large number of users or large number of use cases.
-              - Review the bug details and comments to try figure out if this issue affects a large set of use cases or if it's a narrow set of use cases.
-              - Severe performance degradation making the application frustratingly slow.
-              - No straightforward workaround exists, or the workaround is difficult and non-obvious.
-              Qualifier: Is a key feature unusable or giving very wrong results?
-              Example: Gemini CLI enters a loop when making read-many-files tool call. I am unable to break out of the loop and gemini doesn't follow instructions subsequently.
-            P2: Medium
-              - A P2 bug is a moderately impactful issue. It's a noticeable problem but doesn't prevent the use of the software's main functionality.
-              Impact:
-              - Affects a non-critical feature or a smaller, specific subset of users.
-              - An inconvenient but functional workaround is available and easy to execute.
-              - Noticeable UI/UX problems that don't break functionality but look unprofessional (e.g., elements are misaligned or overlapping).
-              Qualifier: Is it an annoying but non-blocking problem?
-              Example: An error message is unclear or contains a typo, causing user confusion but not halting their workflow.
-            P3: Low
-              - A P3 bug is a minor, low-impact issue that is trivial or cosmetic. It has little to no effect on the overall functionality of the application.
-              Impact:
-              - Minor cosmetic issues like color inconsistencies, typos in documentation, or slight alignment problems on a non-critical page.
-              - An edge-case bug that is very difficult to reproduce and affects a tiny fraction of users.
-              Qualifier: Is it a "nice-to-fix" issue?
-              Example: Spelling mistakes etc.
+
+            Categorization Guidelines (Priority):
+            P0 - Urgent Blocking Issues:
+              - DO NOT APPLY THIS LABEL AUTOMATICALLY. Use status/manual-triage instead.
+              - Definition: Urgent, block a significant percentage of the user base, and prevent frequent use of the Gemini CLI.
+              - This includes core stability blockers (e.g., authentication failures, broken upgrades), critical crashes, and P0 security vulnerabilities.
+              - Impact: Blocks development or testing for the entire team; Major security vulnerability; Causes data loss or corruption with no workaround; Crashes the application or makes a core feature completely unusable for all or most users.
+              - Qualifier: Is the main function of the software broken?
+            P1 - High-Impact Issues:
+              - Definition: Affect a large number of users, blocking them from using parts of the Gemini CLI, or make the CLI frequently unusable even with workarounds available.
+              - Impact: A core feature is broken or behaving incorrectly for a large number of users or use cases; Severe performance degradation; No straightforward workaround exists.
+              - Qualifier: Is a key feature unusable or giving very wrong results?
+            P2 - Significant Issues:
+              - Definition: Affect some users significantly, such as preventing the use of certain features or authentication types.
+              - Can also be issues that many users complain about, causing annoyance or hindering daily use.
+              - Impact: Affects a non-critical feature or a smaller, specific subset of users; An inconvenient but functional workaround is available; Noticeable UI/UX problems that look unprofessional.
+              - Qualifier: Is it an annoying but non-blocking problem?
+            P3 - Low-Impact Issues:
+              - Definition: Typically usability issues that cause annoyance to a limited user base.
+              - Includes feature requests that could be addressed in the near future and may be suitable for community contributions.
+              - Impact: Minor cosmetic issues; An edge-case bug that is very difficult to reproduce and affects a tiny fraction of users.
+              - Qualifier: Is it a "nice-to-fix" issue?
+
+            Categorization Guidelines (Area):
+            area/agent: Core Agent, Tools, Memory, Sub-Agents, Hooks, Agent Quality
+            area/core: User Interface, OS Support, Core Functionality
+            area/enterprise: Telemetry, Policy, Quota / Licensing
+            area/extensions: Gemini CLI extensions capability
+            area/non-interactive: GitHub Actions, SDK, 3P Integrations, Shell Scripting, Command line automation
+            area/platform: Build infra, Release mgmt, Testing, Eval infra, Capacity, Quota mgmt
+            area/security: security related issues
+
             Additional Context:
-              - If users are talking about issues where the model gets downgraded from pro to flash then i want you to categorize that as a performance issue
-              - This product is designed to use different models eg.. using pro, downgrading to flash etc.
-              - When users report that they dont expect the model to change those would be categorized as feature requests.
-            Definition of Areas
-            area/ux:
-              - Issues concerning user-facing elements like command usability, interactive features, help docs, and perceived performance.
-              - I am seeing my screen flicker when using Gemini CLI
-              - I am seeing the output malformed
-              - Theme changes aren't taking effect
-              - My keyboard inputs arent' being recognzied
-            area/platform:
-              - Issues related to installation, packaging, OS compatibility (Windows, macOS, Linux), and the underlying CLI framework.
-            area/background: Issues related to long-running background tasks, daemons, and autonomous or proactive agent features.
-            area/models:
-              - i am not getting a response that is reasonable or expected. this can include things like
-              - I am calling a tool and the tool is not performing as expected.
-              - i am expecting a tool to be called and it is not getting called ,
-              - Including experience when using
-              - built-in tools (e.g., web search, code interpreter, read file, writefile, etc..),
-              - Function calling issues should be under this area
-              - i am getting responses from the model that are malformed.
-              - Issues concerning Gemini quality of response and inference,
-              - Issues talking about unnecessary token consumption.
-              - Issues talking about Model getting stuck in a loop be watchful as this could be the root cause for issues that otherwise seem like model performance issues.
-              - Memory compression
-              - unexpected responses,
-              - poor quality of generated code
-            area/tools:
-              - These are primarily issues related to Model Context Protocol
-              - These are issues that mention MCP support
-              - feature requests asking for support for new tools.
-            area/core:
-              - Issues with fundamental components like command parsing, configuration management, session state, and the main API client logic. Introducing multi-modality
-            area/contribution:
-              - Issues related to improving the developer contribution experience, such as CI/CD pipelines, build scripts, and test automation infrastructure.
-            area/authentication:
-              -  Issues related to user identity, login flows, API key handling, credential storage, and access token management, unable to sign in selecting wrong authentication path etc..
-            area/security-privacy:
-              - Issues concerning vulnerability patching, dependency security, data sanitization, privacy controls, and preventing unauthorized data access.
-            area/extensibility:
-              - Issues related to the plugin system, extension APIs, or making the CLI's functionality available in other applications, github actions, ide support etc..
-            area/performance:
-              - Issues focused on model performance
-              - Issues with running out of capacity,
-              - 429 errors etc..
-              - could also pertain to latency,
-              - other general software performance like, memory usage, CPU consumption, and algorithmic efficiency.
-              - Switching models from one to the other unexpectedly.
+            - If users are talking about issues where the model gets downgraded from pro to flash then i want you to categorize that as a performance issue.
+            - This product is designed to use different models eg.. using pro, downgrading to flash etc.
+            - When users report that they dont expect the model to change those would be categorized as feature requests.
 
       - name: 'Apply Labels to Issues'
         if: |-
@@ -300,24 +263,6 @@ jobs:
                 core.info(`Successfully added labels for #${issueNumber}: ${labelsToAdd.join(', ')}${explanation}`);
               }
 
-              if (entry.labels_to_remove && entry.labels_to_remove.length > 0) {
-                for (const label of entry.labels_to_remove) {
-                  try {
-                    await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({
-                      owner: context.repo.owner,
-                      repo: context.repo.repo,
-                      issue_number: issueNumber,
-                      name: label
-                    });
-                  } catch (error) {
-                    if (error.status !== 404) {
-                      throw error;
-                    }
-                  }
-                }
-                core.info(`Successfully removed labels for #${issueNumber}: ${entry.labels_to_remove.join(', ')}`);
-              }
-
               if (entry.explanation) {
                 await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                   owner: context.repo.owner,

.github/workflows/gemini-scheduled-pr-triage.yml

@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY: '${{ github.repository }}'
         run: |-
           ./.github/scripts/pr-triage.sh
+          # If prs_needing_comment is empty, set it to [] explicitly for downstream steps
+          if [[ -z "$(grep 'prs_needing_comment' "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" | cut -d'=' -f2-)" ]]; then
+            echo "prs_needing_comment=[]" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          fi

.github/workflows/gemini-scheduled-stale-issue-closer.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+name: '🔒 Gemini Scheduled Stale Issue Closer'
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 0' # Every Sunday at midnight UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dry_run:
+        description: 'Run in dry-run mode (no changes applied)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: 'boolean'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: 'bash'
+
+jobs:
+  close-stale-issues:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    permissions:
+      issues: 'write'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Generate GitHub App Token'
+        id: 'generate_token'
+        uses: 'actions/create-github-app-token@v2'
+        with:
+          app-id: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+          private-key: '${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}'
+          permission-issues: 'write'
+
+      - name: 'Process Stale Issues'
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@v7'
+        env:
+          DRY_RUN: '${{ inputs.dry_run }}'
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
+          script: |
+            const dryRun = process.env.DRY_RUN === 'true';
+            if (dryRun) {
+              core.info('DRY RUN MODE ENABLED: No changes will be applied.');
+            }
+            const batchLabel = 'Stale';
+
+            const threeMonthsAgo = new Date();
+            threeMonthsAgo.setMonth(threeMonthsAgo.getMonth() - 3);
+
+            const tenDaysAgo = new Date();
+            tenDaysAgo.setDate(tenDaysAgo.getDate() - 10);
+
+            core.info(`Cutoff date for creation: ${threeMonthsAgo.toISOString()}`);
+            core.info(`Cutoff date for updates: ${tenDaysAgo.toISOString()}`);
+
+            const query = `repo:${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo} is:issue is:open created:<${threeMonthsAgo.toISOString()}`;
+            core.info(`Searching with query: ${query}`);
+
+            const itemsToCheck = await github.paginate(github.rest.search.issuesAndPullRequests, {
+              q: query,
+              sort: 'created',
+              order: 'asc',
+              per_page: 100
+            });
+
+            core.info(`Found ${itemsToCheck.length} open issues to check.`);
+
+            let processedCount = 0;
+
+            for (const issue of itemsToCheck) {
+              const createdAt = new Date(issue.created_at);
+              const updatedAt = new Date(issue.updated_at);
+              const reactionCount = issue.reactions.total_count;
+
+              // Basic thresholds
+              if (reactionCount >= 5) {
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              // Skip if it has a maintainer, help wanted, or Public Roadmap label
+              const rawLabels = issue.labels.map((l) => l.name);
+              const lowercaseLabels = rawLabels.map((l) => l.toLowerCase());
+              if (
+                lowercaseLabels.some((l) => l.includes('maintainer')) ||
+                lowercaseLabels.includes('help wanted') ||
+                rawLabels.includes('🗓️ Public Roadmap')
+              ) {
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              let isStale = updatedAt < tenDaysAgo;
+
+              // If apparently active, check if it's only bot activity
+              if (!isStale) {
+                try {
+                  const comments = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    issue_number: issue.number,
+                    per_page: 100,
+                    sort: 'created',
+                    direction: 'desc'
+                  });
+
+                  const lastHumanComment = comments.data.find(comment => comment.user.type !== 'Bot');
+                  if (lastHumanComment) {
+                    isStale = new Date(lastHumanComment.created_at) < tenDaysAgo;
+                  } else {
+                    // No human comments. Check if creator is human.
+                    if (issue.user.type !== 'Bot') {
+                       isStale = createdAt < tenDaysAgo;
+                    } else {
+                       isStale = true; // Bot created, only bot comments
+                    }
+                  }
+                } catch (error) {
+                  core.warning(`Failed to fetch comments for issue #${issue.number}: ${error.message}`);
+                  continue;
+                }
+              }
+
+              if (isStale) {
+                processedCount++;
+                const message = `Closing stale issue #${issue.number}: "${issue.title}" (${issue.html_url})`;
+                core.info(message);
+
+                if (!dryRun) {
+                  // Add label
+                  await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    issue_number: issue.number,
+                    labels: [batchLabel]
+                  });
+
+                  // Add comment
+                  await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    issue_number: issue.number,
+                    body: 'Hello! As part of our effort to keep our backlog manageable and focus on the most active issues, we are tidying up older reports.\n\nIt looks like this issue hasn\'t been active for a while, so we are closing it for now. However, if you are still experiencing this bug on the latest stable build, please feel free to comment on this issue or create a new one with updated details.\n\nThank you for your contribution!'
+                  });
+
+                  // Close issue
+                  await github.rest.issues.update({
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    issue_number: issue.number,
+                    state: 'closed',
+                    state_reason: 'not_planned'
+                  });
+                }
+              }
+            }
+
+            core.info(`\nTotal issues processed: ${processedCount}`);

.github/workflows/gemini-scheduled-stale-pr-closer.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+name: 'Gemini Scheduled Stale PR Closer'
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 2 * * *' # Every day at 2 AM UTC
+  pull_request:
+    types: ['opened', 'edited']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dry_run:
+        description: 'Run in dry-run mode'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: 'boolean'
+
+jobs:
+  close-stale-prs:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: 'write'
+      issues: 'write'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Generate GitHub App Token'
+        id: 'generate_token'
+        env:
+          APP_ID: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+        if: |-
+          ${{ env.APP_ID != '' }}
+        uses: 'actions/create-github-app-token@v2'
+        with:
+          app-id: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+          private-key: '${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}'
+
+      - name: 'Process Stale PRs'
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@v7'
+        env:
+          DRY_RUN: '${{ inputs.dry_run }}'
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          script: |
+            const dryRun = process.env.DRY_RUN === 'true';
+            const thirtyDaysAgo = new Date();
+            thirtyDaysAgo.setDate(thirtyDaysAgo.getDate() - 30);
+
+            // 1. Fetch maintainers for verification
+            let maintainerLogins = new Set();
+            const teams = ['gemini-cli-maintainers', 'gemini-cli-askmode-approvers', 'gemini-cli-docs'];
+
+            for (const team_slug of teams) {
+              try {
+                const members = await github.paginate(github.rest.teams.listMembersInOrg, {
+                  org: context.repo.owner,
+                  team_slug: team_slug
+                });
+                for (const m of members) maintainerLogins.add(m.login.toLowerCase());
+                core.info(`Successfully fetched ${members.length} team members from ${team_slug}`);
+              } catch (e) {
+                core.warning(`Failed to fetch team members from ${team_slug}: ${e.message}`);
+              }
+            }
+
+            const isGooglerCache = new Map();
+            const isGoogler = async (login) => {
+              if (isGooglerCache.has(login)) return isGooglerCache.get(login);
+
+              try {
+                // Check membership in 'googlers' or 'google' orgs
+                const orgs = ['googlers', 'google'];
+                for (const org of orgs) {
+                  try {
+                    await github.rest.orgs.checkMembershipForUser({
+                      org: org,
+                      username: login
+                    });
+                    core.info(`User ${login} is a member of ${org} organization.`);
+                    isGooglerCache.set(login, true);
+                    return true;
+                  } catch (e) {
+                    // 404 just means they aren't a member, which is fine
+                    if (e.status !== 404) throw e;
+                  }
+                }
+              } catch (e) {
+                core.warning(`Failed to check org membership for ${login}: ${e.message}`);
+              }
+
+              isGooglerCache.set(login, false);
+              return false;
+            };
+
+            const isMaintainer = async (login, assoc) => {
+              const isTeamMember = maintainerLogins.has(login.toLowerCase());
+              const isRepoMaintainer = ['OWNER', 'MEMBER', 'COLLABORATOR'].includes(assoc);
+              if (isTeamMember || isRepoMaintainer) return true;
+
+              return await isGoogler(login);
+            };
+
+            // 2. Determine which PRs to check
+            let prs = [];
+            if (context.eventName === 'pull_request') {
+              const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.get({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number
+              });
+              prs = [pr];
+            } else {
+              prs = await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.list, {
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                state: 'open',
+                per_page: 100
+              });
+            }
+
+            for (const pr of prs) {
+              const maintainerPr = await isMaintainer(pr.user.login, pr.author_association);
+              const isBot = pr.user.type === 'Bot' || pr.user.login.endsWith('[bot]');
+
+              // Detection Logic for Linked Issues
+              // Check 1: Official GitHub "Closing Issue" link (GraphQL)
+              const linkedIssueQuery = `query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $number:Int!) {
+                repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
+                  pullRequest(number:$number) {
+                    closingIssuesReferences(first: 1) { totalCount }
+                  }
+                }
+              }`;
+
+              let hasClosingLink = false;
+              try {
+                const res = await github.graphql(linkedIssueQuery, {
+                  owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo, number: pr.number
+                });
+                hasClosingLink = res.repository.pullRequest.closingIssuesReferences.totalCount > 0;
+              } catch (e) {}
+
+              // Check 2: Regex for mentions (e.g., "Related to #123", "Part of #123", "#123")
+              // We check for # followed by numbers or direct URLs to issues.
+              const body = pr.body || '';
+              const mentionRegex = /(?:#|https:\/\/github\.com\/[^\/]+\/[^\/]+\/issues\/)(\d+)/i;
+              const hasMentionLink = mentionRegex.test(body);
+
+              const hasLinkedIssue = hasClosingLink || hasMentionLink;
+
+              // Logic for Closed PRs (Auto-Reopen)
+              if (pr.state === 'closed' && context.eventName === 'pull_request' && context.payload.action === 'edited') {
+                if (hasLinkedIssue) {
+                  core.info(`PR #${pr.number} now has a linked issue. Reopening.`);
+                  if (!dryRun) {
+                    await github.rest.pulls.update({
+                      owner: context.repo.owner,
+                      repo: context.repo.repo,
+                      pull_number: pr.number,
+                      state: 'open'
+                    });
+                    await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                      owner: context.repo.owner,
+                      repo: context.repo.repo,
+                      issue_number: pr.number,
+                      body: "Thank you for linking an issue! This pull request has been automatically reopened."
+                    });
+                  }
+                }
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              // Logic for Open PRs (Immediate Closure)
+              if (pr.state === 'open' && !maintainerPr && !hasLinkedIssue && !isBot) {
+                core.info(`PR #${pr.number} is missing a linked issue. Closing.`);
+                if (!dryRun) {
+                  await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    issue_number: pr.number,
+                    body: "Hi there! Thank you for your contribution to Gemini CLI. \n\nTo improve our contribution process and better track changes, we now require all pull requests to be associated with an existing issue, as announced in our [recent discussion](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/16706) and as detailed in our [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#1-link-to-an-existing-issue).\n\nThis pull request is being closed because it is not currently linked to an issue. **Once you have updated the description of this PR to link an issue (e.g., by adding `Fixes #123` or `Related to #123`), it will be automatically reopened.**\n\n**How to link an issue:**\nAdd a keyword followed by the issue number (e.g., `Fixes #123`) in the description of your pull request. For more details on supported keywords and how linking works, please refer to the [GitHub Documentation on linking pull requests to issues](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue).\n\nThank you for your understanding and for being a part of our community!"
+                  });
+                  await github.rest.pulls.update({
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    pull_number: pr.number,
+                    state: 'closed'
+                  });
+                }
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              // Staleness check (Scheduled runs only)
+              if (pr.state === 'open' && context.eventName !== 'pull_request') {
+                const labels = pr.labels.map(l => l.name.toLowerCase());
+                if (labels.includes('help wanted') || labels.includes('🔒 maintainer only')) continue;
+
+                // Skip PRs that were created less than 30 days ago - they cannot be stale yet
+                const prCreatedAt = new Date(pr.created_at);
+                if (prCreatedAt > thirtyDaysAgo) {
+                  const daysOld = Math.floor((Date.now() - prCreatedAt.getTime()) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
+                  core.info(`PR #${pr.number} was created ${daysOld} days ago. Skipping staleness check.`);
+                  continue;
+                }
+
+                // Initialize lastActivity to PR creation date (not epoch) as a safety baseline.
+                // This ensures we never incorrectly mark a PR as stale due to failed activity lookups.
+                let lastActivity = new Date(pr.created_at);
+                try {
+                  const reviews = await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.listReviews, {
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    pull_number: pr.number
+                  });
+                  for (const r of reviews) {
+                    if (await isMaintainer(r.user.login, r.author_association)) {
+                      const d = new Date(r.submitted_at || r.updated_at);
+                      if (d > lastActivity) lastActivity = d;
+                    }
+                  }
+                  const comments = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listComments, {
+                    owner: context.repo.owner,
+                    repo: context.repo.repo,
+                    issue_number: pr.number
+                  });
+                  for (const c of comments) {
+                    if (await isMaintainer(c.user.login, c.author_association)) {
+                      const d = new Date(c.updated_at);
+                      if (d > lastActivity) lastActivity = d;
+                    }
+                  }
+                } catch (e) {
+                  core.warning(`Failed to fetch reviews/comments for PR #${pr.number}: ${e.message}`);
+                }
+
+                // For maintainer PRs, the PR creation itself counts as maintainer activity.
+                // (Now redundant since we initialize to pr.created_at, but kept for clarity)
+                if (maintainerPr) {
+                  const d = new Date(pr.created_at);
+                  if (d > lastActivity) lastActivity = d;
+                }
+
+                if (lastActivity < thirtyDaysAgo) {
+                  core.info(`PR #${pr.number} is stale.`);
+                  if (!dryRun) {
+                    await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                      owner: context.repo.owner,
+                      repo: context.repo.repo,
+                      issue_number: pr.number,
+                      body: "Hi there! Thank you for your contribution to Gemini CLI. We really appreciate the time and effort you've put into this pull request.\n\nTo keep our backlog manageable and ensure we're focusing on current priorities, we are closing pull requests that haven't seen maintainer activity for 30 days. Currently, the team is prioritizing work associated with **🔒 maintainer only** or **help wanted** issues.\n\nIf you believe this change is still critical, please feel free to comment with updated details. Otherwise, we encourage contributors to focus on open issues labeled as **help wanted**. Thank you for your understanding!"
+                    });
+                    await github.rest.pulls.update({
+                      owner: context.repo.owner,
+                      repo: context.repo.repo,
+                      pull_number: pr.number,
+                      state: 'closed'
+                    });
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }

.github/workflows/gemini-self-assign-issue.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |-
       github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' &&
       github.event_name == 'issue_comment' &&
-      contains(github.event.comment.body, '/assign')
+      (contains(github.event.comment.body, '/assign') || contains(github.event.comment.body, '/unassign'))
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     steps:
       - name: 'Generate GitHub App Token'
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           permission-issues: 'write'
 
       - name: 'Assign issue to user'
+        if: "contains(github.event.comment.body, '/assign')"
         uses: 'actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea'
         with:
           github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
@@ -48,6 +49,24 @@ jobs:
             const repo = context.repo.repo;
             const MAX_ISSUES_ASSIGNED = 3;
 
+            const issue = await github.rest.issues.get({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: issueNumber,
+            });
+
+            const hasHelpWantedLabel = issue.data.labels.some(label => label.name === 'help wanted');
+
+            if (!hasHelpWantedLabel) {
+              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                owner: owner,
+                repo: repo,
+                issue_number: issueNumber,
+                body: `👋 @${commenter}, thanks for your interest in this issue! We're reserving self-assignment for issues that have been marked with the \`help wanted\` label. Feel free to check out our list of [issues that need attention](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22).`
+              });
+              return;
+            }
+
             // Search for open issues already assigned to the commenter in this repo
             const { data: assignedIssues } = await github.rest.search.issuesAndPullRequests({
               q: `is:issue repo:${owner}/${repo} assignee:${commenter} is:open`,
@@ -64,13 +83,6 @@ jobs:
               return; // exit
             }
 
-            // Check if the issue is already assigned
-            const issue = await github.rest.issues.get({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              issue_number: issueNumber,
-            });
-
             if (issue.data.assignees.length > 0) {
               // Comment that it's already assigned
               await github.rest.issues.createComment({
@@ -97,3 +109,42 @@ jobs:
               issue_number: issueNumber,
               body: `👋 @${commenter}, you've been assigned to this issue! Thank you for taking the time to contribute. Make sure to check out our [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).`
             });
+
+      - name: 'Unassign issue from user'
+        if: "contains(github.event.comment.body, '/unassign')"
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea'
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
+          script: |
+            const issueNumber = context.issue.number;
+            const commenter = context.actor;
+            const owner = context.repo.owner;
+            const repo = context.repo.repo;
+            const commentBody = context.payload.comment.body.trim();
+
+            if (commentBody !== '/unassign') {
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const issue = await github.rest.issues.get({
+              owner: owner,
+              repo: repo,
+              issue_number: issueNumber,
+            });
+
+            const isAssigned = issue.data.assignees.some(assignee => assignee.login === commenter);
+
+            if (isAssigned) {
+              await github.rest.issues.removeAssignees({
+                owner: owner,
+                repo: repo,
+                issue_number: issueNumber,
+                assignees: [commenter]
+              });
+              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                owner: owner,
+                repo: repo,
+                issue_number: issueNumber,
+                body: `👋 @${commenter}, you have been unassigned from this issue.`
+              });
+            }

.github/workflows/issue-opened-labeler.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: '🏷️ Issue Opened Labeler'
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types:
+      - 'opened'
+
+jobs:
+  label-issue:
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    if: |-
+      ${{ github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' || github.repository == 'google-gemini/maintainers-gemini-cli' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Generate GitHub App Token'
+        id: 'generate_token'
+        env:
+          APP_ID: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+        if: |-
+          ${{ env.APP_ID != '' }}
+        uses: 'actions/create-github-app-token@a8d616148505b5069dccd32f177bb87d7f39123b' # ratchet:actions/create-github-app-token@v2
+        with:
+          app-id: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+          private-key: '${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}'
+
+      - name: 'Add need-triage label'
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea'
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          script: |-
+            const { data: issue } = await github.rest.issues.get({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            });
+
+            const hasLabel = issue.labels.some(l => l.name === 'status/need-triage');
+            if (!hasLabel) {
+              await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                issue_number: context.issue.number,
+                labels: ['status/need-triage']
+              });
+            } else {
+              core.info('Issue already has status/need-triage label. Skipping.');
+            }

.github/workflows/label-backlog-child-issues.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: 'Label Child Issues for Project Rollup'
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: ['opened', 'edited', 'reopened']
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 * * * *' # Run every hour
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  issues: 'write'
+  contents: 'read'
+
+jobs:
+  # Event-based: Quick reaction to new/edited issues in THIS repo
+  labeler:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && github.event_name == 'issues'"
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+
+      - name: 'Setup Node.js'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@v4'
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: 'Install Dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Run Multi-Repo Sync Script'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+        run: 'node .github/scripts/sync-maintainer-labels.cjs'
+
+  # Scheduled/Manual: Recursive sync across multiple repos
+  sync-maintainer-labels:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' && (github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')"
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+
+      - name: 'Setup Node.js'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@v4'
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: 'Install Dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Run Multi-Repo Sync Script'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+        run: 'node .github/scripts/sync-maintainer-labels.cjs'

.github/workflows/label-workstream-rollup.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+name: 'Label Workstream Rollup'
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: ['opened', 'edited', 'reopened']
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 * * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  labeler:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    permissions:
+      issues: 'write'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Check for Parent Workstream and Apply Label'
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@v7'
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const labelToAdd = 'workstream-rollup';
+
+            // Allow-list of parent issue URLs
+            const allowedParentUrls = [
+              'https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/15374',
+              'https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/15456',
+              'https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/15324',
+              'https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/17202',
+              'https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/17203'
+            ];
+
+            // Single issue processing (for event triggers)
+            async function processSingleIssue(owner, repo, number) {
+              const query = `
+                query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $number:Int!) {
+                  repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
+                    issue(number:$number) {
+                      number
+                      parent {
+                        url
+                        parent {
+                          url
+                          parent {
+                            url
+                            parent {
+                              url
+                              parent {
+                                url
+                              }
+                            }
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              `;
+              try {
+                const result = await github.graphql(query, { owner, repo, number });
+
+                if (!result || !result.repository || !result.repository.issue) {
+                  console.log(`Issue #${number} not found or data missing.`);
+                  return;
+                }
+
+                const issue = result.repository.issue;
+                await checkAndLabel(issue, owner, repo);
+              } catch (error) {
+                console.error(`Failed to process issue #${number}:`, error);
+                throw error; // Re-throw to be caught by main execution
+              }
+            }
+
+            // Bulk processing (for schedule/dispatch)
+            async function processAllOpenIssues(owner, repo) {
+              const query = `
+                query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $cursor:String) {
+                  repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
+                    issues(first: 100, states: OPEN, after: $cursor) {
+                      pageInfo {
+                        hasNextPage
+                        endCursor
+                      }
+                      nodes {
+                        number
+                        parent {
+                          url
+                          parent {
+                            url
+                            parent {
+                              url
+                              parent {
+                                url
+                                parent {
+                                  url
+                                }
+                              }
+                            }
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              `;
+
+              let hasNextPage = true;
+              let cursor = null;
+
+              while (hasNextPage) {
+                try {
+                  const result = await github.graphql(query, { owner, repo, cursor });
+
+                  if (!result || !result.repository || !result.repository.issues) {
+                     console.error('Invalid response structure from GitHub API');
+                     break;
+                  }
+
+                  const issues = result.repository.issues.nodes || [];
+
+                  console.log(`Processing batch of ${issues.length} issues...`);
+                  for (const issue of issues) {
+                    await checkAndLabel(issue, owner, repo);
+                  }
+
+                  hasNextPage = result.repository.issues.pageInfo.hasNextPage;
+                  cursor = result.repository.issues.pageInfo.endCursor;
+                } catch (error) {
+                  console.error('Failed to fetch issues batch:', error);
+                  throw error; // Re-throw to be caught by main execution
+                }
+              }
+            }
+
+            async function checkAndLabel(issue, owner, repo) {
+              if (!issue || !issue.parent) return;
+
+              let currentParent = issue.parent;
+              let tracedParents = [];
+              let matched = false;
+
+              while (currentParent) {
+                tracedParents.push(currentParent.url);
+
+                if (allowedParentUrls.includes(currentParent.url)) {
+                  console.log(`SUCCESS: Issue #${issue.number} is a descendant of ${currentParent.url}. Trace: ${tracedParents.join(' -> ')}. Adding label.`);
+                  await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+                    owner,
+                    repo,
+                    issue_number: issue.number,
+                    labels: [labelToAdd]
+                  });
+                  matched = true;
+                  break;
+                }
+                currentParent = currentParent.parent;
+              }
+
+              if (!matched && context.eventName === 'issues') {
+                 console.log(`Issue #${issue.number} did not match any allowed workstreams. Trace: ${tracedParents.join(' -> ') || 'None'}.`);
+              }
+            }
+
+            // Main execution
+            try {
+              if (context.eventName === 'issues') {
+                console.log(`Processing single issue #${context.payload.issue.number}...`);
+                await processSingleIssue(context.repo.owner, context.repo.repo, context.payload.issue.number);
+              } else {
+                console.log(`Running for event: ${context.eventName}. Processing all open issues...`);
+                await processAllOpenIssues(context.repo.owner, context.repo.repo);
+              }
+            } catch (error) {
+              core.setFailed(`Workflow failed: ${error.message}`);
+            }

.github/workflows/links.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: 'Links'
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['main']
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ['main']
+  repository_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '00 18 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  linkChecker:
+    if: |-
+      ${{ github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' }}
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    steps:
+      - uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: 'Link Checker'
+        id: 'lychee'
+        uses: 'lycheeverse/lychee-action@885c65f3dc543b57c898c8099f4e08c8afd178a2' # ratchet: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.6.1
+        with:
+          args: '--verbose --no-progress --accept 200,503 ./**/*.md'

.github/workflows/pr-contribution-guidelines-notifier.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+name: '🏷️ PR Contribution Guidelines Notifier'
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - 'opened'
+
+jobs:
+  notify-process-change:
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    if: |-
+      github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' || github.repository == 'google-gemini/maintainers-gemini-cli'
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: 'write'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Generate GitHub App Token'
+        id: 'generate_token'
+        env:
+          APP_ID: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+        if: |-
+          ${{ env.APP_ID != '' }}
+        uses: 'actions/create-github-app-token@v2'
+        with:
+          app-id: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+          private-key: '${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}'
+
+      - name: 'Check membership and post comment'
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea'
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          script: |-
+            const org = context.repo.owner;
+            const repo = context.repo.repo;
+            const username = context.payload.pull_request.user.login;
+            const pr_number = context.payload.pull_request.number;
+
+            // 1. Check if the PR author is a maintainer
+            // Check team membership (most reliable for private org members)
+            let isTeamMember = false;
+            const teams = ['gemini-cli-maintainers', 'gemini-cli-askmode-approvers', 'gemini-cli-docs'];
+            for (const team_slug of teams) {
+              try {
+                const members = await github.paginate(github.rest.teams.listMembersInOrg, {
+                  org: org,
+                  team_slug: team_slug
+                });
+                if (members.some(m => m.login.toLowerCase() === username.toLowerCase())) {
+                  isTeamMember = true;
+                  core.info(`${username} is a member of ${team_slug}. No notification needed.`);
+                  break;
+                }
+              } catch (e) {
+                core.warning(`Failed to fetch team members from ${team_slug}: ${e.message}`);
+              }
+            }
+
+            if (isTeamMember) return;
+
+            // Check author_association from webhook payload
+            const authorAssociation = context.payload.pull_request.author_association;
+            const isRepoMaintainer = ['OWNER', 'MEMBER', 'COLLABORATOR'].includes(authorAssociation);
+
+            if (isRepoMaintainer) {
+              core.info(`${username} is a maintainer (author_association: ${authorAssociation}). No notification needed.`);
+              return;
+            }
+
+            // Check if author is a Googler
+            const isGoogler = async (login) => {
+              try {
+                const orgs = ['googlers', 'google'];
+                for (const org of orgs) {
+                  try {
+                    await github.rest.orgs.checkMembershipForUser({
+                      org: org,
+                      username: login
+                    });
+                    return true;
+                  } catch (e) {
+                    if (e.status !== 404) throw e;
+                  }
+                }
+              } catch (e) {
+                core.warning(`Failed to check org membership for ${login}: ${e.message}`);
+              }
+              return false;
+            };
+
+            if (await isGoogler(username)) {
+              core.info(`${username} is a Googler. No notification needed.`);
+              return;
+            }
+
+            // 2. Check if the PR is already associated with an issue
+            const query = `
+              query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $number:Int!) {
+                repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
+                  pullRequest(number:$number) {
+                    closingIssuesReferences(first: 1) {
+                      totalCount
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            `;
+            const variables = { owner: org, repo: repo, number: pr_number };
+            const result = await github.graphql(query, variables);
+            const issueCount = result.repository.pullRequest.closingIssuesReferences.totalCount;
+
+            if (issueCount > 0) {
+              core.info(`PR #${pr_number} is already associated with an issue. No notification needed.`);
+              return;
+            }
+
+            // 3. Post the notification comment
+            core.info(`${username} is not a maintainer and PR #${pr_number} has no linked issue. Posting notification.`);
+
+            const comment = `
+            Hi @${username}, thank you so much for your contribution to Gemini CLI! We really appreciate the time and effort you've put into this.
+
+            We're making some updates to our contribution process to improve how we track and review changes. Please take a moment to review our recent discussion post: [Improving Our Contribution Process & Introducing New Guidelines](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/16706).
+
+            Key Update: Starting **January 26, 2026**, the Gemini CLI project will require all pull requests to be associated with an existing issue. Any pull requests not linked to an issue by that date will be automatically closed.
+
+            Thank you for your understanding and for being a part of our community!
+            `.trim().replace(/^[ ]+/gm, '');
+
+            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              owner: org,
+              repo: repo,
+              issue_number: pr_number,
+              body: comment
+            });

.github/workflows/pr-rate-limiter.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://json.schemastore.org/github-workflow.json
+
+name: 'PR rate limiter'
+
+permissions: {}
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - 'opened'
+      - 'reopened'
+
+jobs:
+  limit:
+    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    permissions:
+      contents: 'read'
+      pull-requests: 'write'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Limit open pull requests per user'
+        uses: 'Homebrew/actions/limit-pull-requests@9ceb7934560eb61d131dde205a6c2d77b2e1529d' # master
+        with:
+          except-author-associations: 'MEMBER,OWNER,COLLABORATOR'
+          comment-limit: 8
+          comment: >
+            You already have 7 pull requests open. Please work on getting
+            existing PRs merged before opening more.
+          close-limit: 8
+          close: true

.github/workflows/release-change-tags.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   change-tags:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     environment: "${{ github.event.inputs.environment || 'prod' }}"
     permissions:

.github/workflows/release-manual.yml

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     environment: "${{ github.event.inputs.environment || 'prod' }}"
     permissions:
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ steps.release_info.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
           skip-github-release: '${{ github.event.inputs.skip_github_release }}'
@@ -132,4 +134,4 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title 'Manual Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
             --body 'The manual release workflow failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
-            --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'
+            --label 'release-failure,priority/p0'

.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: 'Release: Nightly'
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 20 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       dry_run:
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     environment: "${{ github.event.inputs.environment || 'prod' }}"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ steps.vars.outputs.is_dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ steps.nightly_version.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
           working-directory: './release'
@@ -157,4 +159,4 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title "Nightly Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" \
             --body "The nightly-release workflow failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}" \
-            --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'
+            --label 'release-failure,priority/p0'

.github/workflows/release-notes.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# This workflow is triggered on every new release.
+# It uses Gemini to generate release notes and creates a PR with the changes.
+name: 'Generate Release Notes'
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: ['published']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'New version (e.g., v1.2.3)'
+        required: true
+        type: 'string'
+      body:
+        description: 'Release notes body'
+        required: true
+        type: 'string'
+      time:
+        description: 'Release time'
+        required: true
+        type: 'string'
+
+jobs:
+  generate-release-notes:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    permissions:
+      contents: 'write'
+      pull-requests: 'write'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout repository'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+        with:
+          # The user-level skills need to be available to the workflow
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: 'main'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@v4'
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+
+      - name: 'Get release information'
+        id: 'release_info'
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          TIME="${{ github.event.inputs.time || github.event.release.created_at }}"
+
+          echo "VERSION=${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "TIME=${TIME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          # Use a heredoc to preserve multiline release body
+          echo 'RAW_CHANGELOG<<EOF' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          printf "%s\n" "$BODY" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo 'EOF' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
+          BODY: '${{ github.event.inputs.body || github.event.release.body }}'
+
+      - name: 'Validate version'
+        id: 'validate_version'
+        run: |
+          if echo "${{ steps.release_info.outputs.VERSION }}" | grep -q "nightly"; then
+            echo "Nightly release detected. Stopping workflow."
+            echo "CONTINUE=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "CONTINUE=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: 'Generate Changelog with Gemini'
+        if: "steps.validate_version.outputs.CONTINUE == 'true'"
+        uses: 'google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli@a3bf79042542528e91937b3a3a6fbc4967ee3c31' # ratchet:google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli@v0
+        with:
+          gemini_api_key: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+          prompt: |
+            Activate the 'docs-changelog' skill.
+
+            **Release Information:**
+            - New Version: ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.VERSION }}
+            - Release Date: ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.TIME }}
+            - Raw Changelog Data: ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.RAW_CHANGELOG }}
+
+            Execute the release notes generation process using the information provided.
+
+            When you are done, please output your thought process and the steps you took for future debugging purposes.
+
+      - name: 'Create Pull Request'
+        if: "steps.validate_version.outputs.CONTINUE == 'true'"
+        uses: 'peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6'
+        with:
+          token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
+          commit-message: 'docs(changelog): update for ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.VERSION }}'
+          title: 'Changelog for ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.VERSION }}'
+          body: |
+            This PR contains the auto-generated changelog for the ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.VERSION }} release.
+
+            Please review and merge.
+          branch: 'changelog-${{ steps.release_info.outputs.VERSION }}'
+          base: 'main'
+          team-reviewers: 'gemini-cli-docs, gemini-cli-maintainers'
+          delete-branch: true

.github/workflows/release-patch-1-create-pr.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: 'Release: Patch (1) Create PR'
 
+run-name: >-
+  Release Patch (1) Create PR | S:${{ inputs.channel }} | C:${{ inputs.commit }} ${{ inputs.original_pr && format('| PR:#{0}', inputs.original_pr) || '' }}
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -96,12 +99,12 @@ jobs:
               --channel="${PATCH_CHANNEL}" \
               --pullRequestNumber="${ORIGINAL_PR}" \
               --dry-run="${DRY_RUN}"
-            echo "EXIT_CODE=$?" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           } 2>&1 | tee >(
             echo "LOG_CONTENT<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
             cat >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
             echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           )
+          echo "EXIT_CODE=${PIPESTATUS[0]}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: 'Comment on Original PR'
         if: 'always() && inputs.original_pr'
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_RUN_ID: '${{ github.run_id }}'
           LOG_CONTENT: '${{ env.LOG_CONTENT }}'
           TARGET_REF: '${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}'
+          ENVIRONMENT: '${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}'
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           git checkout "${TARGET_REF}"

.github/workflows/release-patch-2-trigger.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: 'Release: Patch (2) Trigger'
 
+run-name: >-
+  Release Patch (2) Trigger |
+  ${{ github.event.pull_request.number && format('PR #{0}', github.event.pull_request.number) || 'Manual' }} |
+  ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.event.inputs.ref }}
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     types:

.github/workflows/release-patch-3-release.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: 'Release: Patch (3) Release'
 
+run-name: >-
+  Release Patch (3) Release | T:${{ inputs.type }} | R:${{ inputs.release_ref }} ${{ inputs.original_pr && format('| PR:#{0}', inputs.original_pr) || '' }}
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           ORIGINAL_RELEASE_VERSION: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}'
           ORIGINAL_RELEASE_TAG: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}'
           ORIGINAL_PREVIOUS_TAG: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
+          VARS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME: '${{ vars.CLI_PACKAGE_NAME }}'
         run: |
           echo "🔍 Verifying no concurrent patch releases have occurred..."
 
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Re-run the same version calculation script
           echo "Re-calculating version to check for changes..."
-          CURRENT_PATCH_JSON=$(node scripts/get-release-version.js --cli-package-name="${{vars.CLI_PACKAGE_NAME}}" --type=patch --patch-from="${CHANNEL}")
+          CURRENT_PATCH_JSON=$(node scripts/get-release-version.js --cli-package-name="${VARS_CLI_PACKAGE_NAME}" --type=patch --patch-from="${CHANNEL}")
           CURRENT_RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo "${CURRENT_PATCH_JSON}" | jq -r .releaseVersion)
           CURRENT_RELEASE_TAG=$(echo "${CURRENT_PATCH_JSON}" | jq -r .releaseTag)
           CURRENT_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(echo "${CURRENT_PATCH_JSON}" | jq -r .previousReleaseTag)
@@ -159,10 +163,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Print Calculated Version'
         run: |-
           echo "Patch Release Summary:"
-          echo "  Release Version: ${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          echo "  Release Tag: ${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}"
-          echo "  NPM Tag: ${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.NPM_TAG }}"
-          echo "  Previous Tag: ${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}"
+          echo "  Release Version: ${STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_RELEASE_VERSION}"
+          echo "  Release Tag: ${STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_RELEASE_TAG}"
+          echo "  NPM Tag: ${STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_NPM_TAG}"
+          echo "  Previous Tag: ${STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_PREVIOUS_TAG}"
+        env:
+          STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_RELEASE_VERSION: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}'
+          STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_RELEASE_TAG: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}'
+          STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_NPM_TAG: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.NPM_TAG }}'
+          STEPS_PATCH_VERSION_OUTPUTS_PREVIOUS_TAG: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
 
       - name: 'Run Tests'
         if: "${{github.event.inputs.force_skip_tests != 'true'}}"
@@ -181,6 +190,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ steps.patch_version.outputs.PREVIOUS_TAG }}'
           gemini_api_key: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title 'Patch Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
             --body 'The patch-release workflow failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
-            --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'
+            --label 'release-failure,priority/p0'
 
       - name: 'Comment Success on Original PR'
         if: '${{ success() && github.event.inputs.original_pr }}'

.github/workflows/release-promote.yml

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ jobs:
           fi
           NIGHTLY_COMMAND="node scripts/get-release-version.js --type=promote-nightly"
           STABLE_JSON=$(${STABLE_COMMAND})
+          STABLE_VERSION=$(echo "${STABLE_JSON}" | jq -r .releaseVersion)
+          PREVIEW_COMMAND+=" --stable-base-version=${STABLE_VERSION}"
+          NIGHTLY_COMMAND+=" --stable-base-version=${STABLE_VERSION}"
           PREVIEW_JSON=$(${PREVIEW_COMMAND})
           NIGHTLY_JSON=$(${NIGHTLY_COMMAND})
           echo "STABLE_JSON_COMMAND=${STABLE_COMMAND}"
@@ -100,14 +103,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "STABLE_JSON: ${STABLE_JSON}"
           echo "PREVIEW_JSON: ${PREVIEW_JSON}"
           echo "NIGHTLY_JSON: ${NIGHTLY_JSON}"
-          echo "STABLE_VERSION=$(echo "${STABLE_JSON}" | jq -r .releaseVersion)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "STABLE_VERSION=${STABLE_VERSION}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
           # shellcheck disable=SC1083
           echo "STABLE_SHA=$(git rev-parse "$(echo "${PREVIEW_JSON}" | jq -r .previousReleaseTag)"^{commit})" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
           echo "PREVIOUS_STABLE_TAG=$(echo "${STABLE_JSON}" | jq -r .previousReleaseTag)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
           echo "PREVIEW_VERSION=$(echo "${PREVIEW_JSON}" | jq -r .releaseVersion)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
           # shellcheck disable=SC1083
           REF="${REF_INPUT}"
-          SHA=$(git ls-remote origin "$REF" | awk '{print $1}')
+          SHA=$(git ls-remote origin "$REF" | awk -v ref="$REF" '$2 == "refs/heads/"ref || $2 == "refs/tags/"ref || $2 == ref {print $1}' | head -n 1)
           if [ -z "$SHA" ]; then
             if [[ "$REF" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{7,40}$ ]]; then
               SHA="$REF"
@@ -236,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.PREVIOUS_PREVIEW_TAG }}'
           working-directory: './release'
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title 'Promote Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
             --body 'The promote-release workflow failed during preview publish. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
-            --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'
+            --label 'release-failure,priority/p0'
 
   publish-stable:
     name: 'Publish stable'
@@ -302,6 +306,7 @@ jobs:
           wombat-token-cli: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_CLI }}'
           wombat-token-a2a-server: '${{ secrets.WOMBAT_TOKEN_A2A_SERVER }}'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          github-release-token: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_CLI_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}'
           dry-run: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
           previous-tag: '${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.PREVIOUS_STABLE_TAG }}'
           working-directory: './release'
@@ -324,12 +329,13 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title 'Promote Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
             --body 'The promote-release workflow failed during stable publish. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
-            --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'
+            --label 'release-failure,priority/p0'
 
   nightly-pr:
     name: 'Create Nightly PR'
     needs: ['publish-stable', 'calculate-versions']
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    environment: "${{ github.event.inputs.environment || 'prod' }}"
     permissions:
       contents: 'write'
       pull-requests: 'write'
@@ -357,23 +363,28 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Create and switch to a new branch'
         id: 'release_branch'
         run: |
-          BRANCH_NAME="chore/nightly-version-bump-${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION }}"
+          BRANCH_NAME="chore/nightly-version-bump-${NEEDS_CALCULATE_VERSIONS_OUTPUTS_NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION}"
           git switch -c "${BRANCH_NAME}"
           echo "BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+        env:
+          NEEDS_CALCULATE_VERSIONS_OUTPUTS_NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION: '${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION }}'
 
       - name: 'Update package versions'
-        run: 'npm run release:version "${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION }}"'
+        run: 'npm run release:version "${NEEDS_CALCULATE_VERSIONS_OUTPUTS_NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION}"'
+        env:
+          NEEDS_CALCULATE_VERSIONS_OUTPUTS_NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION: '${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION }}'
 
       - name: 'Commit and Push package versions'
         env:
           BRANCH_NAME: '${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}'
           DRY_RUN: '${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run }}'
+          NEEDS_CALCULATE_VERSIONS_OUTPUTS_NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION: '${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION }}'
         run: |-
           git add package.json packages/*/package.json
           if [ -f package-lock.json ]; then
             git add package-lock.json
           fi
-          git commit -m "chore(release): bump version to ${{ needs.calculate-versions.outputs.NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION }}"
+          git commit -m "chore(release): bump version to ${NEEDS_CALCULATE_VERSIONS_OUTPUTS_NEXT_NIGHTLY_VERSION}"
           if [[ "${DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]]; then
             echo "Pushing release branch to remote..."
             git push --set-upstream origin "${BRANCH_NAME}"
@@ -400,4 +411,4 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title 'Promote Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
             --body 'The promote-release workflow failed during nightly PR creation. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
-            --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'
+            --label 'release-failure,priority/p0'

.github/workflows/release-rollback.yml

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   change-tags:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     environment: "${{ github.event.inputs.environment || 'prod' }}"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ROLLBACK_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$TARGET_TAG")
           if [ "$ROLLBACK_COMMIT" != "$TARGET_HASH" ]; then
-            echo '❌ Failed to add tag $TARGET_TAG to commit $TARGET_HASH'
+            echo "❌ Failed to add tag ${TARGET_TAG} to commit ${TARGET_HASH}"
             echo '❌ This means the tag was not added, and the workflow should fail.'
             exit 1
           fi

.github/workflows/release-sandbox.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
@@ -46,4 +47,4 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title 'Sandbox Release Failed on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
             --body 'The sandbox-release workflow failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
-            --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'
+            --label 'release-failure,priority/p0'

.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   smoke-test:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
       contents: 'write'
@@ -47,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
           gh issue create \
             --title 'Smoke test failed on ${REF} @ $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
             --body 'Smoke test build failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
-            --label 'kind/bug,priority/p0'
+            --label 'priority/p0'

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ jobs:
             If this is still relevant, you are welcome to reopen or leave a comment. Thanks for contributing!
           days-before-stale: 60
           days-before-close: 14
-          exempt-issue-labels: 'pinned,security'
-          exempt-pr-labels: 'pinned,security'
+          exempt-issue-labels: 'pinned,security,🔒 maintainer only,help wanted,🗓️ Public Roadmap'
+          exempt-pr-labels: 'pinned,security,🔒 maintainer only,help wanted,🗓️ Public Roadmap'

.github/workflows/test-build-binary.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+name: 'Test Build Binary'
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: 'read'
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: 'bash'
+
+jobs:
+  build-node-binary:
+    name: 'Build Binary (${{ matrix.os }})'
+    runs-on: '${{ matrix.os }}'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: 'ubuntu-latest'
+            platform_name: 'linux-x64'
+            arch: 'x64'
+          - os: 'windows-latest'
+            platform_name: 'win32-x64'
+            arch: 'x64'
+          - os: 'macos-latest' # Apple Silicon (ARM64)
+            platform_name: 'darwin-arm64'
+            arch: 'arm64'
+          - os: 'macos-latest' # Intel (x64) running on ARM via Rosetta
+            platform_name: 'darwin-x64'
+            arch: 'x64'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+
+      - name: 'Optimize Windows Performance'
+        if: "matrix.os == 'windows-latest'"
+        run: |
+          Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
+          Stop-Service -Name "wsearch" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+          Set-Service -Name "wsearch" -StartupType Disabled
+          Stop-Service -Name "SysMain" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+          Set-Service -Name "SysMain" -StartupType Disabled
+        shell: 'powershell'
+
+      - name: 'Set up Node.js'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@v4'
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          architecture: '${{ matrix.arch }}'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies'
+        run: 'npm ci'
+
+      - name: 'Check Secrets'
+        id: 'check_secrets'
+        run: |
+          echo "has_win_cert=${{ secrets.WINDOWS_PFX_BASE64 != '' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "has_mac_cert=${{ secrets.MACOS_CERT_P12_BASE64 != '' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: 'Setup Windows SDK (Windows)'
+        if: "matrix.os == 'windows-latest'"
+        uses: 'microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2'
+
+      - name: 'Add Signtool to Path (Windows)'
+        if: "matrix.os == 'windows-latest'"
+        run: |
+          $signtoolPath = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin" -Recurse -Filter "signtool.exe" | Sort-Object FullName -Descending | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty DirectoryName
+          echo "Found signtool at: $signtoolPath"
+          echo "$signtoolPath" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Setup macOS Keychain'
+        if: "startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos') && steps.check_secrets.outputs.has_mac_cert == 'true' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'"
+        env:
+          BUILD_CERTIFICATE_BASE64: '${{ secrets.MACOS_CERT_P12_BASE64 }}'
+          P12_PASSWORD: '${{ secrets.MACOS_CERT_PASSWORD }}'
+          KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD: 'temp-password'
+        run: |
+          # Create the P12 file
+          echo "$BUILD_CERTIFICATE_BASE64" | base64 --decode > certificate.p12
+
+          # Create a temporary keychain
+          security create-keychain -p "$KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD" build.keychain
+          security default-keychain -s build.keychain
+          security unlock-keychain -p "$KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD" build.keychain
+
+          # Import the certificate
+          security import certificate.p12 -k build.keychain -P "$P12_PASSWORD" -T /usr/bin/codesign
+
+          # Allow codesign to access it
+          security set-key-partition-list -S apple-tool:,apple: -s -k "$KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD" build.keychain
+
+          # Set Identity for build script
+          echo "APPLE_IDENTITY=${{ secrets.MACOS_CERT_IDENTITY }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: 'Setup Windows Certificate'
+        if: "matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && steps.check_secrets.outputs.has_win_cert == 'true' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'"
+        env:
+          PFX_BASE64: '${{ secrets.WINDOWS_PFX_BASE64 }}'
+          PFX_PASSWORD: '${{ secrets.WINDOWS_PFX_PASSWORD }}'
+        run: |
+          $pfx_cert_byte = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String("$env:PFX_BASE64")
+          $certPath = Join-Path (Get-Location) "cert.pfx"
+          [IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($certPath, $pfx_cert_byte)
+          echo "WINDOWS_PFX_FILE=$certPath" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "WINDOWS_PFX_PASSWORD=$env:PFX_PASSWORD" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+        shell: 'pwsh'
+
+      - name: 'Build Binary'
+        run: 'npm run build:binary'
+
+      - name: 'Build Core Package'
+        run: 'npm run build -w @google/gemini-cli-core'
+
+      - name: 'Verify Output Exists'
+        run: |
+          if [ -f "dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini" ]; then
+            echo "Binary found at dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini"
+          elif [ -f "dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini.exe" ]; then
+            echo "Binary found at dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini.exe"
+          else
+            echo "Error: Binary not found in dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/"
+            ls -R dist/
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: 'Smoke Test Binary'
+        run: |
+          echo "Running binary smoke test..."
+          if [ -f "dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini.exe" ]; then
+            "./dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini.exe" --version
+          else
+            "./dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini" --version
+          fi
+
+      - name: 'Run Integration Tests'
+        if: "github.event_name != 'pull_request'"
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
+        run: |
+          echo "Running integration tests with binary..."
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.os }}" == 'windows-latest' ]]; then
+            BINARY_PATH="$(cygpath -m "$(pwd)/dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini.exe")"
+          else
+            BINARY_PATH="$(pwd)/dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/gemini"
+          fi
+          echo "Using binary at $BINARY_PATH"
+          export INTEGRATION_TEST_GEMINI_BINARY_PATH="$BINARY_PATH"
+          npm run test:integration:sandbox:none -- --testTimeout=600000
+
+      - name: 'Upload Artifact'
+        uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@v4'
+        with:
+          name: 'gemini-cli-${{ matrix.platform_name }}'
+          path: 'dist/${{ matrix.platform_name }}/'
+          retention-days: 5

.github/workflows/test_chained_e2e.yml

@@ -1,231 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Test Chained E2E'
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ['Trigger E2E']
-    types: ['completed']
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      head_sha:
-        description: 'SHA of the commit to test'
-        required: true
-      repo_name:
-        description: 'Repository name (e.g., owner/repo)'
-        required: true
-
-concurrency:
-  group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
-  cancel-in-progress: |-
-    ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/') }}
-
-jobs:
-  merge_queue_skipper:
-    name: 'Merge Queue Skipper'
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
-    outputs:
-      skip: '${{ steps.merge-queue-e2e-skipper.outputs.skip-check }}'
-    steps:
-      - id: 'merge-queue-e2e-skipper'
-        uses: 'cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@1032489e59437862c90a08a2c92809c903883772' # ratchet:cariad-tech/merge-queue-ci-skipper@main
-        with:
-          secret: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
-
-  download_repo_name:
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
-    outputs:
-      repo_name: '${{ steps.output-repo-name.outputs.repo_name }}'
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Mock Repo Artifact'
-        if: "${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_run' }}"
-        env:
-          REPO_NAME: '${{ github.event.inputs.repo_name }}'
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ./pr
-          echo '${{ env.REPO_NAME }}' > ./pr/repo_name
-      - uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02' # ratchet:actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: 'repo_name'
-          path: 'pr/'
-      - name: 'Download the repo_name artifact'
-        uses: 'actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0' # ratchet:actions/download-artifact@v5
-        env:
-          RUN_ID: "${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && github.event.workflow_run.id || github.run_id  }}"
-        with:
-          github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
-          name: 'repo_name'
-          run-id: '${{ env.RUN_ID }}'
-          path: '${{ runner.temp }}/artifacts'
-      - name: 'Output Repo Name'
-        id: 'output-repo-name'
-        uses: 'actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd' # ratchet:actions/github-script@v8
-        with:
-          github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
-          script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
-            const path = require('path');
-            const temp = '${{ runner.temp }}/artifacts';
-            const repo_name = String(fs.readFileSync(path.join(temp, 'repo_name')));
-            core.setOutput('repo_name', repo_name);
-
-  e2e_linux:
-    name: 'E2E Test (Linux) - ${{ matrix.sandbox }}'
-    needs: 'download_repo_name'
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        sandbox:
-          - 'sandbox:none'
-          - 'sandbox:docker'
-        node-version:
-          - '20.x'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.head_sha || github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}'
-          repository: '${{ needs.download_repo_name.outputs.repo_name }}'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '${{ matrix.node-version }}'
-
-      - name: 'Install dependencies'
-        run: 'npm ci'
-
-      - name: 'Build project'
-        run: 'npm run build'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Docker'
-        if: "matrix.sandbox == 'sandbox:docker'"
-        uses: 'docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435' # ratchet:docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
-        env:
-          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
-          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
-          VERBOSE: 'true'
-        shell: 'bash'
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.sandbox }}" == "sandbox:docker" ]]; then
-            npm run test:integration:sandbox:docker
-          else
-            npm run test:integration:sandbox:none
-          fi
-
-  e2e_mac:
-    name: 'E2E Test (macOS)'
-    needs: 'download_repo_name'
-    runs-on: 'macos-latest'
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.head_sha || github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}'
-          repository: '${{ needs.download_repo_name.outputs.repo_name }}'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-
-      - name: 'Install dependencies'
-        run: 'npm ci'
-
-      - name: 'Build project'
-        run: 'npm run build'
-
-      - name: 'Fix rollup optional dependencies on macOS'
-        if: "runner.os == 'macOS'"
-        run: |
-          npm cache clean --force
-      - name: 'Run E2E tests (non-Windows)'
-        if: "runner.os != 'Windows'"
-        env:
-          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
-          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
-          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
-          VERBOSE: 'true'
-        run: 'npm run test:integration:sandbox:none'
-
-  e2e_windows:
-    name: 'Slow E2E - Win'
-    needs:
-      - 'merge_queue_skipper'
-      - 'download_repo_name'
-    if: |
-      needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-windows-16-core'
-    continue-on-error: true
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.head_sha || github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}'
-          repository: '${{ needs.download_repo_name.outputs.repo_name }}'
-
-      - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-          cache: 'npm'
-
-      - name: 'Configure Windows Defender exclusions'
-        run: |
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE -Force
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\node_modules" -Force
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\packages" -Force
-          Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:TEMP" -Force
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Configure npm for Windows performance'
-        run: |
-          npm config set progress false
-          npm config set audit false
-          npm config set fund false
-          npm config set loglevel error
-          npm config set maxsockets 32
-          npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Install dependencies'
-        run: 'npm ci'
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Build project'
-        run: 'npm run build'
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-
-      - name: 'Run E2E tests'
-        env:
-          GEMINI_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
-          KEEP_OUTPUT: 'true'
-          SANDBOX: 'sandbox:none'
-          VERBOSE: 'true'
-          NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=32768 --max-semi-space-size=256'
-          UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: '32'
-          NODE_ENV: 'test'
-        shell: 'pwsh'
-        run: 'npm run test:integration:sandbox:none'
-
-  e2e:
-    name: 'E2E'
-    if: |
-      always() && needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'
-    needs:
-      - 'e2e_linux'
-      - 'e2e_mac'
-      - 'merge_queue_skipper'
-    runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Check E2E test results'
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ needs.e2e_linux.result }} != 'success' || \
-               ${{ needs.e2e_mac.result }} != 'success' ]]; then
-            echo "One or more E2E jobs failed."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "All required E2E jobs passed!"

.github/workflows/trigger_e2e.yml

@@ -3,29 +3,36 @@ name: 'Trigger E2E'
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      branch_ref:
-        description: 'Branch to run on'
-        required: true
-        default: 'main'
+      repo_name:
+        description: 'Repository name (e.g., owner/repo)'
+        required: false
         type: 'string'
+      head_sha:
+        description: 'SHA of the commit to test'
+        required: false
+        type: 'string'
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   save_repo_name:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
     steps:
       - name: 'Save Repo name'
         env:
-          # Replace with github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name when switched to listen on pull request events. This repo name does not contain the org which is needed for checkout.
-          REPO_NAME: '${{ github.event.repository.name }}'
+          REPO_NAME: '${{ github.event.inputs.repo_name || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}'
+          HEAD_SHA: '${{ github.event.inputs.head_sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'
         run: |
           mkdir -p ./pr
-          echo '${{ env.REPO_NAME }}' > ./pr/repo_name
+          echo "${REPO_NAME}" > ./pr/repo_name
+          echo "${HEAD_SHA}" > ./pr/head_sha
       - uses: 'actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02' # ratchet:actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: 'repo_name'
           path: 'pr/'
   trigger_e2e:
     name: 'Trigger e2e'
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
     steps:
       - id: 'trigger-e2e'

.github/workflows/unassign-inactive-assignees.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+name: 'Unassign Inactive Issue Assignees'
+
+# This workflow runs daily and scans every open "help wanted" issue that has
+# one or more assignees.  For each assignee it checks whether they have a
+# non-draft pull request (open and ready for review, or already merged) that
+# is linked to the issue.  Draft PRs are intentionally excluded so that
+# contributors cannot reset the check by opening a no-op PR.  If no
+# qualifying PR is found within 7 days of assignment the assignee is
+# automatically removed and a friendly comment is posted so that other
+# contributors can pick up the work.
+# Maintainers, org members, and collaborators (anyone with write access or
+# above) are always exempted and will never be auto-unassigned.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 9 * * *' # Every day at 09:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dry_run:
+        description: 'Run in dry-run mode (no changes will be applied)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: 'boolean'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: 'bash'
+
+jobs:
+  unassign-inactive-assignees:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    permissions:
+      issues: 'write'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Generate GitHub App Token'
+        id: 'generate_token'
+        uses: 'actions/create-github-app-token@v2'
+        with:
+          app-id: '${{ secrets.APP_ID }}'
+          private-key: '${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}'
+
+      - name: 'Unassign inactive assignees'
+        uses: 'actions/github-script@v7'
+        env:
+          DRY_RUN: '${{ inputs.dry_run }}'
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}'
+          script: |
+            const dryRun = process.env.DRY_RUN === 'true';
+            if (dryRun) {
+              core.info('DRY RUN MODE ENABLED: No changes will be applied.');
+            }
+
+            const owner = context.repo.owner;
+            const repo = context.repo.repo;
+            const GRACE_PERIOD_DAYS = 7;
+            const now = new Date();
+
+            let maintainerLogins = new Set();
+            const teams = ['gemini-cli-maintainers', 'gemini-cli-askmode-approvers', 'gemini-cli-docs'];
+
+            for (const team_slug of teams) {
+              try {
+                const members = await github.paginate(github.rest.teams.listMembersInOrg, {
+                  org: owner,
+                  team_slug,
+                });
+                for (const m of members) maintainerLogins.add(m.login.toLowerCase());
+                core.info(`Fetched ${members.length} members from team ${team_slug}.`);
+              } catch (e) {
+                core.warning(`Could not fetch team ${team_slug}: ${e.message}`);
+              }
+            }
+
+            const isGooglerCache = new Map();
+            const isGoogler = async (login) => {
+              if (isGooglerCache.has(login)) return isGooglerCache.get(login);
+              try {
+                for (const org of ['googlers', 'google']) {
+                  try {
+                    await github.rest.orgs.checkMembershipForUser({ org, username: login });
+                    isGooglerCache.set(login, true);
+                    return true;
+                  } catch (e) {
+                    if (e.status !== 404) throw e;
+                  }
+                }
+              } catch (e) {
+                core.warning(`Could not check org membership for ${login}: ${e.message}`);
+              }
+              isGooglerCache.set(login, false);
+              return false;
+            };
+
+            const permissionCache = new Map();
+            const isPrivilegedUser = async (login) => {
+              if (maintainerLogins.has(login.toLowerCase())) return true;
+
+              if (permissionCache.has(login)) return permissionCache.get(login);
+
+              try {
+                const { data } = await github.rest.repos.getCollaboratorPermissionLevel({
+                  owner,
+                  repo,
+                  username: login,
+                });
+                const privileged = ['admin', 'maintain', 'write', 'triage'].includes(data.permission);
+                permissionCache.set(login, privileged);
+                if (privileged) {
+                  core.info(`  @${login} is a repo collaborator (${data.permission}) — exempt.`);
+                  return true;
+                }
+              } catch (e) {
+                if (e.status !== 404) {
+                  core.warning(`Could not check permission for ${login}: ${e.message}`);
+                }
+              }
+
+              const googler = await isGoogler(login);
+              permissionCache.set(login, googler);
+              return googler;
+            };
+
+            core.info('Fetching open "help wanted" issues with assignees...');
+
+            const issues = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listForRepo, {
+              owner,
+              repo,
+              state: 'open',
+              labels: 'help wanted',
+              per_page: 100,
+            });
+
+            const assignedIssues = issues.filter(
+              (issue) => !issue.pull_request && issue.assignees && issue.assignees.length > 0
+            );
+
+            core.info(`Found ${assignedIssues.length} assigned "help wanted" issues.`);
+
+            let totalUnassigned = 0;
+
+              let timelineEvents = [];
+              try {
+                timelineEvents = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listEventsForTimeline, {
+                  owner,
+                  repo,
+                  issue_number: issue.number,
+                  per_page: 100,
+                  mediaType: { previews: ['mockingbird'] },
+                });
+              } catch (err) {
+                core.warning(`Could not fetch timeline for issue #${issue.number}: ${err.message}`);
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              const assignedAtMap = new Map();
+
+              for (const event of timelineEvents) {
+                if (event.event === 'assigned' && event.assignee) {
+                  const login = event.assignee.login.toLowerCase();
+                  const at = new Date(event.created_at);
+                  assignedAtMap.set(login, at);
+                } else if (event.event === 'unassigned' && event.assignee) {
+                  assignedAtMap.delete(event.assignee.login.toLowerCase());
+                }
+              }
+
+              const linkedPRAuthorSet = new Set();
+              const seenPRKeys = new Set();
+
+              for (const event of timelineEvents) {
+                if (
+                  event.event !== 'cross-referenced' ||
+                  !event.source ||
+                  event.source.type !== 'pull_request' ||
+                  !event.source.issue ||
+                  !event.source.issue.user ||
+                  !event.source.issue.number ||
+                  !event.source.issue.repository
+                ) continue;
+
+                const prOwner  = event.source.issue.repository.owner.login;
+                const prRepo   = event.source.issue.repository.name;
+                const prNumber = event.source.issue.number;
+                const prAuthor = event.source.issue.user.login.toLowerCase();
+                const prKey    = `${prOwner}/${prRepo}#${prNumber}`;
+
+                if (seenPRKeys.has(prKey)) continue;
+                seenPRKeys.add(prKey);
+
+                try {
+                  const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.get({
+                    owner: prOwner,
+                    repo: prRepo,
+                    pull_number: prNumber,
+                  });
+
+                  const isReady = (pr.state === 'open' && !pr.draft) ||
+                                  (pr.state === 'closed' && pr.merged_at !== null);
+
+                  core.info(
+                    `  PR ${prKey} by @${prAuthor}: ` +
+                    `state=${pr.state}, draft=${pr.draft}, merged=${!!pr.merged_at} → ` +
+                    (isReady ? 'qualifies' : 'does NOT qualify (draft or closed without merge)')
+                  );
+
+                  if (isReady) linkedPRAuthorSet.add(prAuthor);
+                } catch (err) {
+                  core.warning(`Could not fetch PR ${prKey}: ${err.message}`);
+                }
+              }
+
+              const assigneesToRemove = [];
+
+              for (const assignee of issue.assignees) {
+                const login = assignee.login.toLowerCase();
+
+                if (await isPrivilegedUser(assignee.login)) {
+                  core.info(`  @${assignee.login}: privileged user — skipping.`);
+                  continue;
+                }
+
+                const assignedAt = assignedAtMap.get(login);
+
+                if (!assignedAt) {
+                  core.warning(
+                    `No 'assigned' event found for @${login} on issue #${issue.number}; ` +
+                    `falling back to issue creation date (${issue.created_at}).`
+                  );
+                  assignedAtMap.set(login, new Date(issue.created_at));
+                }
+                const resolvedAssignedAt = assignedAtMap.get(login);
+
+                const daysSinceAssignment = (now - resolvedAssignedAt) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
+
+                core.info(
+                  `  @${login}: assigned ${daysSinceAssignment.toFixed(1)} day(s) ago, ` +
+                  `ready-for-review PR: ${linkedPRAuthorSet.has(login) ? 'yes' : 'no'}`
+                );
+
+                if (daysSinceAssignment < GRACE_PERIOD_DAYS) {
+                  core.info(`    → within grace period, skipping.`);
+                  continue;
+                }
+
+                if (linkedPRAuthorSet.has(login)) {
+                  core.info(`    → ready-for-review PR found, keeping assignment.`);
+                  continue;
+                }
+
+                core.info(`    → no ready-for-review PR after ${GRACE_PERIOD_DAYS} days, will unassign.`);
+                assigneesToRemove.push(assignee.login);
+              }
+
+              if (assigneesToRemove.length === 0) {
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              if (!dryRun) {
+                try {
+                  await github.rest.issues.removeAssignees({
+                    owner,
+                    repo,
+                    issue_number: issue.number,
+                    assignees: assigneesToRemove,
+                  });
+                } catch (err) {
+                  core.warning(
+                    `Failed to unassign ${assigneesToRemove.join(', ')} from issue #${issue.number}: ${err.message}`
+                  );
+                  continue;
+                }
+
+                const mentionList = assigneesToRemove.map((l) => `@${l}`).join(', ');
+                const commentBody =
+                  `👋 ${mentionList} — it has been more than ${GRACE_PERIOD_DAYS} days since ` +
+                  `you were assigned to this issue and we could not find a pull request ` +
+                  `ready for review.\n\n` +
+                  `To keep the backlog moving and ensure issues stay accessible to all ` +
+                  `contributors, we require a PR that is open and ready for review (not a ` +
+                  `draft) within ${GRACE_PERIOD_DAYS} days of assignment.\n\n` +
+                  `We are automatically unassigning you so that other contributors can pick ` +
+                  `this up. If you are still actively working on this, please:\n` +
+                  `1. Re-assign yourself by commenting \`/assign\`.\n` +
+                  `2. Open a PR (not a draft) linked to this issue (e.g. \`Fixes #${issue.number}\`) ` +
+                  `within ${GRACE_PERIOD_DAYS} days so the automation knows real progress is being made.\n\n` +
+                  `Thank you for your contribution — we hope to see a PR from you soon! 🙏`;
+
+                try {
+                  await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                    owner,
+                    repo,
+                    issue_number: issue.number,
+                    body: commentBody,
+                  });
+                } catch (err) {
+                  core.warning(
+                    `Failed to post comment on issue #${issue.number}: ${err.message}`
+                  );
+                }
+              }
+
+              totalUnassigned += assigneesToRemove.length;
+              core.info(
+                `  ${dryRun ? '[DRY RUN] Would have unassigned' : 'Unassigned'}: ${assigneesToRemove.join(', ')}`
+              );
+            }
+
+            core.info(`\nDone. Total assignees ${dryRun ? 'that would be' : ''} unassigned: ${totalUnassigned}`);

.github/workflows/verify-release.yml

@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   verify-release:
+    if: "github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli'"
     environment: "${{ github.event.inputs.environment || 'prod' }}"
-    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'macos-latest', 'windows-latest']
+    runs-on: '${{ matrix.os }}'
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
       packages: 'write'

.gitignore

@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
 .gemini/*
 !.gemini/config.yaml
 !.gemini/commands/
+!.gemini/skills/
+!.gemini/settings.json
 
 # Note: .gemini-clipboard/ is NOT in gitignore so Gemini can access pasted images
 
 # Dependency directory
 node_modules
 bower_components
-package-lock.json
 
 # Editors
 .idea
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ packages/*/coverage/
 # Generated files
 packages/cli/src/generated/
 packages/core/src/generated/
+packages/devtools/src/_client-assets.ts
 .integration-tests/
 packages/vscode-ide-companion/*.vsix
 packages/cli/download-ripgrep*/
@@ -54,3 +56,9 @@ gha-creds-*.json
 
 # Log files
 patch_output.log
+gemini-debug.log
+
+.genkit
+.gemini-clipboard/
+.eslintcache
+evals/logs/

.lycheeignore

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+http://localhost:16686/
+https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/new/choose
+https://github.com/google-gemini/maintainers-gemini-cli/blob/main/npm.md
+https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/new
+https://github.com/settings/tokens/new
+https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google/gemini-cli

.prettierignore

@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ eslint.config.js
 **/generated
 gha-creds-*.json
 junit.xml
+.gemini-linters/
 Thumbs.db
+.pytest_cache
+**/SKILL.md
+packages/sdk/test-data/*.json

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   "[typescript]": {
     "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
   },
+  "[typescriptreact]": {
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
+  },
   "[json]": {
     "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
   },

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
-# How to Contribute
+# How to contribute
 
-We would love to accept your patches and contributions to this project.
+We would love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. This
+document includes:
+
+- **[Before you begin](#before-you-begin):** Essential steps to take before
+  becoming a Gemini CLI contributor.
+- **[Code contribution process](#code-contribution-process):** How to contribute
+  code to Gemini CLI.
+- **[Development setup and workflow](#development-setup-and-workflow):** How to
+  set up your development environment and workflow.
+- **[Documentation contribution process](#documentation-contribution-process):**
+  How to contribute documentation to Gemini CLI.
+
+We're looking forward to seeing your contributions!
 
 ## Before you begin
 
@@ -23,33 +35,64 @@ sign a new one.
 This project follows
 [Google's Open Source Community Guidelines](https://opensource.google/conduct/).
 
-## Contribution Process
+## Code contribution process
 
-### Code Reviews
+### Get started
+
+The process for contributing code is as follows:
+
+1.  **Find an issue** that you want to work on. If an issue is tagged as
+    `🔒Maintainers only`, this means it is reserved for project maintainers. We
+    will not accept pull requests related to these issues. In the near future,
+    we will explicitly mark issues looking for contributions using the
+    `help-wanted` label. If you believe an issue is a good candidate for
+    community contribution, please leave a comment on the issue. A maintainer
+    will review it and apply the `help-wanted` label if appropriate. Only
+    maintainers should attempt to add the `help-wanted` label to an issue.
+2.  **Fork the repository** and create a new branch.
+3.  **Make your changes** in the `packages/` directory.
+4.  **Ensure all checks pass** by running `npm run preflight`.
+5.  **Open a pull request** with your changes.
+
+### Code reviews
 
 All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We
 use [GitHub pull requests](https://docs.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests)
 for this purpose.
 
-### Self Assigning Issues
+If your pull request involves changes to `packages/cli` (the frontend), we
+recommend running our automated frontend review tool. **Note: This tool is
+currently experimental.** It helps detect common React anti-patterns, testing
+issues, and other frontend-specific best practices that are easy to miss.
 
-If you're looking for an issue to work on, check out our list of issues that are
-labeled
-["help wanted"](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues?q=is%3Aissue+state%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22).
+To run the review tool, enter the following command from within Gemini CLI:
 
-To assign an issue to yourself, simply add a comment with the text `/assign`.
-The comment must contain only that text and nothing else. This command will
-assign the issue to you, provided it is not already assigned.
+```text
+/review-frontend <PR_NUMBER>
+```
+
+Replace `<PR_NUMBER>` with your pull request number. Authors are encouraged to
+run this on their own PRs for self-review, and reviewers should use it to
+augment their manual review process.
+
+### Self-assigning and unassigning issues
+
+To assign an issue to yourself, simply add a comment with the text `/assign`. To
+unassign yourself from an issue, add a comment with the text `/unassign`.
+
+The comment must contain only that text and nothing else. These commands will
+assign or unassign the issue as requested, provided the conditions are met
+(e.g., an issue must be unassigned to be assigned).
 
 Please note that you can have a maximum of 3 issues assigned to you at any given
 time.
 
-### Pull Request Guidelines
+### Pull request guidelines
 
 To help us review and merge your PRs quickly, please follow these guidelines.
 PRs that do not meet these standards may be closed.
 
-#### 1. Link to an Existing Issue
+#### 1. Link to an existing issue
 
 All PRs should be linked to an existing issue in our tracker. This ensures that
 every change has been discussed and is aligned with the project's goals before
@@ -59,10 +102,13 @@ any code is written.
 - **For features:** The PR should be linked to the feature request or proposal
   issue that has been approved by a maintainer.
 
-If an issue for your change doesn't exist, please **open one first** and wait
-for feedback before you start coding.
+If an issue for your change doesn't exist, we will automatically close your PR
+along with a comment reminding you to associate the PR with an issue. The ideal
+workflow starts with an issue that has been reviewed and approved by a
+maintainer. Please **open the issue first** and wait for feedback before you
+start coding.
 
-#### 2. Keep It Small and Focused
+#### 2. Keep it small and focused
 
 We favor small, atomic PRs that address a single issue or add a single,
 self-contained feature.
@@ -74,37 +120,40 @@ self-contained feature.
 Large changes should be broken down into a series of smaller, logical PRs that
 can be reviewed and merged independently.
 
-#### 3. Use Draft PRs for Work in Progress
+#### 3. Use draft PRs for work in progress
 
 If you'd like to get early feedback on your work, please use GitHub's **Draft
 Pull Request** feature. This signals to the maintainers that the PR is not yet
 ready for a formal review but is open for discussion and initial feedback.
 
-#### 4. Ensure All Checks Pass
+#### 4. Ensure all checks pass
 
 Before submitting your PR, ensure that all automated checks are passing by
 running `npm run preflight`. This command runs all tests, linting, and other
 style checks.
 
-#### 5. Update Documentation
+#### 5. Update documentation
 
 If your PR introduces a user-facing change (e.g., a new command, a modified
 flag, or a change in behavior), you must also update the relevant documentation
 in the `/docs` directory.
 
-#### 6. Write Clear Commit Messages and a Good PR Description
+See more about writing documentation:
+[Documentation contribution process](#documentation-contribution-process).
+
+#### 6. Write clear commit messages and a good PR description
 
 Your PR should have a clear, descriptive title and a detailed description of the
 changes. Follow the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/)
 standard for your commit messages.
 
-- **Good PR Title:** `feat(cli): Add --json flag to 'config get' command`
-- **Bad PR Title:** `Made some changes`
+- **Good PR title:** `feat(cli): Add --json flag to 'config get' command`
+- **Bad PR title:** `Made some changes`
 
 In the PR description, explain the "why" behind your changes and link to the
 relevant issue (e.g., `Fixes #123`).
 
-## Forking
+### Forking
 
 If you are forking the repository you will be able to run the Build, Test and
 Integration test workflows. However in order to make the integration tests run
@@ -118,12 +167,12 @@ Additionally you will need to click on the `Actions` tab and enable workflows
 for your repository, you'll find it's the large blue button in the center of the
 screen.
 
-## Development Setup and Workflow
+### Development setup and workflow
 
 This section guides contributors on how to build, modify, and understand the
 development setup of this project.
 
-### Setting Up the Development Environment
+### Setting up the development environment
 
 **Prerequisites:**
 
@@ -135,7 +184,7 @@ development setup of this project.
       version of Node.js `>=20` is acceptable.
 2.  **Git**
 
-### Build Process
+### Build process
 
 To clone the repository:
 
@@ -160,7 +209,7 @@ This command typically compiles TypeScript to JavaScript, bundles assets, and
 prepares the packages for execution. Refer to `scripts/build.js` and
 `package.json` scripts for more details on what happens during the build.
 
-### Enabling Sandboxing
+### Enabling sandboxing
 
 [Sandboxing](#sandboxing) is highly recommended and requires, at a minimum,
 setting `GEMINI_SANDBOX=true` in your `~/.env` and ensuring a sandboxing
@@ -176,7 +225,7 @@ npm run build:all
 
 To skip building the sandbox container, you can use `npm run build` instead.
 
-### Running
+### Running the CLI
 
 To start the Gemini CLI from the source code (after building), run the following
 command from the root directory:
@@ -190,11 +239,11 @@ utilize `npm link path/to/gemini-cli/packages/cli` (see:
 [docs](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/commands/npm-link)) or
 `alias gemini="node path/to/gemini-cli/packages/cli"` to run with `gemini`
 
-### Running Tests
+### Running tests
 
 This project contains two types of tests: unit tests and integration tests.
 
-#### Unit Tests
+#### Unit tests
 
 To execute the unit test suite for the project:
 
@@ -206,7 +255,7 @@ This will run tests located in the `packages/core` and `packages/cli`
 directories. Ensure tests pass before submitting any changes. For a more
 comprehensive check, it is recommended to run `npm run preflight`.
 
-#### Integration Tests
+#### Integration tests
 
 The integration tests are designed to validate the end-to-end functionality of
 the Gemini CLI. They are not run as part of the default `npm run test` command.
@@ -218,9 +267,9 @@ npm run test:e2e
 ```
 
 For more detailed information on the integration testing framework, please see
-the [Integration Tests documentation](./docs/integration-tests.md).
+the [Integration Tests documentation](/docs/integration-tests.md).
 
-### Linting and Preflight Checks
+### Linting and preflight checks
 
 To ensure code quality and formatting consistency, run the preflight check:
 
@@ -267,7 +316,7 @@ root directory:
 npm run lint
 ```
 
-### Coding Conventions
+### Coding conventions
 
 - Please adhere to the coding style, patterns, and conventions used throughout
   the existing codebase.
@@ -279,19 +328,24 @@ npm run lint
 - **Imports:** Pay special attention to import paths. The project uses ESLint to
   enforce restrictions on relative imports between packages.
 
-### Project Structure
+### Project structure
 
 - `packages/`: Contains the individual sub-packages of the project.
+  - `a2a-server`: A2A server implementation for the Gemini CLI. (Experimental)
   - `cli/`: The command-line interface.
   - `core/`: The core backend logic for the Gemini CLI.
+  - `test-utils` Utilities for creating and cleaning temporary file systems for
+    testing.
+  - `vscode-ide-companion/`: The Gemini CLI Companion extension pairs with
+    Gemini CLI.
 - `docs/`: Contains all project documentation.
 - `scripts/`: Utility scripts for building, testing, and development tasks.
 
 For more detailed architecture, see `docs/architecture.md`.
 
-## Debugging
+### Debugging
 
-### VS Code:
+#### VS Code
 
 0.  Run the CLI to interactively debug in VS Code with `F5`
 1.  Start the CLI in debug mode from the root directory:
@@ -321,8 +375,7 @@ specific debug settings.
 
 ### React DevTools
 
-To debug the CLI's React-based UI, you can use React DevTools. Ink, the library
-used for the CLI's interface, is compatible with React DevTools version 4.x.
+To debug the CLI's React-based UI, you can use React DevTools.
 
 1.  **Start the Gemini CLI in development mode:**
 
@@ -330,44 +383,45 @@ used for the CLI's interface, is compatible with React DevTools version 4.x.
     DEV=true npm start
     ```
 
-2.  **Install and run React DevTools version 4.28.5 (or the latest compatible
-    4.x version):**
+2.  **Install and run React DevTools version 6 (which matches the CLI's
+    `react-devtools-core`):**
 
     You can either install it globally:
 
     ```bash
-    npm install -g react-devtools@4.28.5
+    npm install -g react-devtools@6
     react-devtools
     ```
 
     Or run it directly using npx:
 
     ```bash
-    npx react-devtools@4.28.5
+    npx react-devtools@6
     ```
 
     Your running CLI application should then connect to React DevTools.
     ![](/docs/assets/connected_devtools.png)
 
-## Sandboxing
+### Sandboxing
 
-### macOS Seatbelt
+#### macOS Seatbelt
 
 On macOS, `gemini` uses Seatbelt (`sandbox-exec`) under a `permissive-open`
 profile (see `packages/cli/src/utils/sandbox-macos-permissive-open.sb`) that
 restricts writes to the project folder but otherwise allows all other operations
 and outbound network traffic ("open") by default. You can switch to a
-`restrictive-closed` profile (see
-`packages/cli/src/utils/sandbox-macos-restrictive-closed.sb`) that declines all
-operations and outbound network traffic ("closed") by default by setting
-`SEATBELT_PROFILE=restrictive-closed` in your environment or `.env` file.
-Available built-in profiles are `{permissive,restrictive}-{open,closed,proxied}`
-(see below for proxied networking). You can also switch to a custom profile
+`strict-open` profile (see
+`packages/cli/src/utils/sandbox-macos-strict-open.sb`) that restricts both reads
+and writes to the working directory while allowing outbound network traffic by
+setting `SEATBELT_PROFILE=strict-open` in your environment or `.env` file.
+Available built-in profiles are `permissive-{open,proxied}`,
+`restrictive-{open,proxied}`, and `strict-{open,proxied}` (see below for proxied
+networking). You can also switch to a custom profile
 `SEATBELT_PROFILE=<profile>` if you also create a file
 `.gemini/sandbox-macos-<profile>.sb` under your project settings directory
 `.gemini`.
 
-### Container-based Sandboxing (All Platforms)
+#### Container-based sandboxing (all platforms)
 
 For stronger container-based sandboxing on macOS or other platforms, you can set
 `GEMINI_SANDBOX=true|docker|podman|<command>` in your environment or `.env`
@@ -390,7 +444,7 @@ for your projects by creating the files `.gemini/sandbox.Dockerfile` and/or
 running `gemini` with `BUILD_SANDBOX=1` to trigger building of your custom
 sandbox.
 
-#### Proxied Networking
+#### Proxied networking
 
 All sandboxing methods, including macOS Seatbelt using `*-proxied` profiles,
 support restricting outbound network traffic through a custom proxy server that
@@ -401,7 +455,7 @@ connections to `example.com:443` (e.g. `curl https://example.com`) and declines
 all other requests. The proxy is started and stopped automatically alongside the
 sandbox.
 
-## Manual Publish
+### Manual publish
 
 We publish an artifact for each commit to our internal registry. But if you need
 to manually cut a local build, then run the following commands:
@@ -413,3 +467,91 @@ npm run auth
 npm run prerelease:dev
 npm publish --workspaces
 ```
+
+## Documentation contribution process
+
+Our documentation must be kept up-to-date with our code contributions. We want
+our documentation to be clear, concise, and helpful to our users. We value:
+
+- **Clarity:** Use simple and direct language. Avoid jargon where possible.
+- **Accuracy:** Ensure all information is correct and up-to-date.
+- **Completeness:** Cover all aspects of a feature or topic.
+- **Examples:** Provide practical examples to help users understand how to use
+  Gemini CLI.
+
+### Getting started
+
+The process for contributing to the documentation is similar to contributing
+code.
+
+1. **Fork the repository** and create a new branch.
+2. **Make your changes** in the `/docs` directory.
+3. **Preview your changes locally** in Markdown rendering.
+4. **Lint and format your changes.** Our preflight check includes linting and
+   formatting for documentation files.
+   ```bash
+   npm run preflight
+   ```
+5. **Open a pull request** with your changes.
+
+### Documentation structure
+
+Our documentation is organized using [sidebar.json](/docs/sidebar.json) as the
+table of contents. When adding new documentation:
+
+1. Create your markdown file **in the appropriate directory** under `/docs`.
+2. Add an entry to `sidebar.json` in the relevant section.
+3. Ensure all internal links use relative paths and point to existing files.
+
+### Style guide
+
+We follow the
+[Google Developer Documentation Style Guide](https://developers.google.com/style).
+Please refer to it for guidance on writing style, tone, and formatting.
+
+#### Key style points
+
+- Use sentence case for headings.
+- Write in second person ("you") when addressing the reader.
+- Use present tense.
+- Keep paragraphs short and focused.
+- Use code blocks with appropriate language tags for syntax highlighting.
+- Include practical examples whenever possible.
+
+### Linting and formatting
+
+We use `prettier` to enforce a consistent style across our documentation. The
+`npm run preflight` command will check for any linting issues.
+
+You can also run the linter and formatter separately:
+
+- `npm run lint` - Check for linting issues
+- `npm run format` - Auto-format markdown files
+- `npm run lint:fix` - Auto-fix linting issues where possible
+
+Please make sure your contributions are free of linting errors before submitting
+a pull request.
+
+### Before you submit
+
+Before submitting your documentation pull request, please:
+
+1. Run `npm run preflight` to ensure all checks pass.
+2. Review your changes for clarity and accuracy.
+3. Check that all links work correctly.
+4. Ensure any code examples are tested and functional.
+5. Sign the
+   [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)](https://cla.developers.google.com/) if
+   you haven't already.
+
+### Need help?
+
+If you have questions about contributing documentation:
+
+- Check our [FAQ](/docs/resources/faq.md).
+- Review existing documentation for examples.
+- Open [an issue](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues) to discuss
+  your proposed changes.
+- Reach out to the maintainers.
+
+We appreciate your contributions to making Gemini CLI documentation better!

Dockerfile

@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ USER node
 # install gemini-cli and clean up
 COPY packages/cli/dist/google-gemini-cli-*.tgz /tmp/gemini-cli.tgz
 COPY packages/core/dist/google-gemini-cli-core-*.tgz /tmp/gemini-core.tgz
-RUN npm install -g /tmp/gemini-cli.tgz /tmp/gemini-core.tgz \
+RUN npm install -g /tmp/gemini-core.tgz \
+  && npm install -g /tmp/gemini-cli.tgz \
+  && node -e "const fs=require('node:fs'); JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli/package.json','utf8')); JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('/usr/local/share/npm-global/lib/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli-core/package.json','utf8'));" \
+  && gemini --version > /dev/null \
   && npm cache clean --force \
   && rm -f /tmp/gemini-{cli,core}.tgz
 

GEMINI.md

@@ -1,374 +1,94 @@
-## Building and running
-
-Before submitting any changes, it is crucial to validate them by running the
-full preflight check. This command will build the repository, run all tests,
-check for type errors, and lint the code.
-
-To run the full suite of checks, execute the following command:
-
-```bash
-npm run preflight
-```
-
-This single command ensures that your changes meet all the quality gates of the
-project. While you can run the individual steps (`build`, `test`, `typecheck`,
-`lint`) separately, it is highly recommended to use `npm run preflight` to
-ensure a comprehensive validation.
-
-## Writing Tests
-
-This project uses **Vitest** as its primary testing framework. When writing
-tests, aim to follow existing patterns. Key conventions include:
-
-### Test Structure and Framework
-
-- **Framework**: All tests are written using Vitest (`describe`, `it`, `expect`,
-  `vi`).
-- **File Location**: Test files (`*.test.ts` for logic, `*.test.tsx` for React
-  components) are co-located with the source files they test.
-- **Configuration**: Test environments are defined in `vitest.config.ts` files.
-- **Setup/Teardown**: Use `beforeEach` and `afterEach`. Commonly,
-  `vi.resetAllMocks()` is called in `beforeEach` and `vi.restoreAllMocks()` in
-  `afterEach`.
-
-### Mocking (`vi` from Vitest)
-
-- **ES Modules**: Mock with
-  `vi.mock('module-name', async (importOriginal) => { ... })`. Use
-  `importOriginal` for selective mocking.
-  - _Example_:
-    `vi.mock('os', async (importOriginal) => { const actual = await importOriginal(); return { ...actual, homedir: vi.fn() }; });`
-- **Mocking Order**: For critical dependencies (e.g., `os`, `fs`) that affect
-  module-level constants, place `vi.mock` at the _very top_ of the test file,
-  before other imports.
-- **Hoisting**: Use `const myMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());` if a mock
-  function needs to be defined before its use in a `vi.mock` factory.
-- **Mock Functions**: Create with `vi.fn()`. Define behavior with
-  `mockImplementation()`, `mockResolvedValue()`, or `mockRejectedValue()`.
-- **Spying**: Use `vi.spyOn(object, 'methodName')`. Restore spies with
-  `mockRestore()` in `afterEach`.
-
-### Commonly Mocked Modules
-
-- **Node.js built-ins**: `fs`, `fs/promises`, `os` (especially `os.homedir()`),
-  `path`, `child_process` (`execSync`, `spawn`).
-- **External SDKs**: `@google/genai`, `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk`.
-- **Internal Project Modules**: Dependencies from other project packages are
-  often mocked.
-
-### React Component Testing (CLI UI - Ink)
-
-- Use `render()` from `ink-testing-library`.
-- Assert output with `lastFrame()`.
-- Wrap components in necessary `Context.Provider`s.
-- Mock custom React hooks and complex child components using `vi.mock()`.
-
-### Asynchronous Testing
-
-- Use `async/await`.
-- For timers, use `vi.useFakeTimers()`, `vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync()`,
-  `vi.runAllTimersAsync()`.
-- Test promise rejections with `await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow(...)`.
-
-### General Guidance
-
-- When adding tests, first examine existing tests to understand and conform to
-  established conventions.
-- Pay close attention to the mocks at the top of existing test files; they
-  reveal critical dependencies and how they are managed in a test environment.
-
-## Git Repo
-
-The main branch for this project is called "main"
-
-## JavaScript/TypeScript
-
-When contributing to this React, Node, and TypeScript codebase, please
-prioritize the use of plain JavaScript objects with accompanying TypeScript
-interface or type declarations over JavaScript class syntax. This approach
-offers significant advantages, especially concerning interoperability with React
-and overall code maintainability.
-
-### Preferring Plain Objects over Classes
-
-JavaScript classes, by their nature, are designed to encapsulate internal state
-and behavior. While this can be useful in some object-oriented paradigms, it
-often introduces unnecessary complexity and friction when working with React's
-component-based architecture. Here's why plain objects are preferred:
-
-- Seamless React Integration: React components thrive on explicit props and
-  state management. Classes' tendency to store internal state directly within
-  instances can make prop and state propagation harder to reason about and
-  maintain. Plain objects, on the other hand, are inherently immutable (when
-  used thoughtfully) and can be easily passed as props, simplifying data flow
-  and reducing unexpected side effects.
-
-- Reduced Boilerplate and Increased Conciseness: Classes often promote the use
-  of constructors, this binding, getters, setters, and other boilerplate that
-  can unnecessarily bloat code. TypeScript interface and type declarations
-  provide powerful static type checking without the runtime overhead or
-  verbosity of class definitions. This allows for more succinct and readable
-  code, aligning with JavaScript's strengths in functional programming.
-
-- Enhanced Readability and Predictability: Plain objects, especially when their
-  structure is clearly defined by TypeScript interfaces, are often easier to
-  read and understand. Their properties are directly accessible, and there's no
-  hidden internal state or complex inheritance chains to navigate. This
-  predictability leads to fewer bugs and a more maintainable codebase.
-
-- Simplified Immutability: While not strictly enforced, plain objects encourage
-  an immutable approach to data. When you need to modify an object, you
-  typically create a new one with the desired changes, rather than mutating the
-  original. This pattern aligns perfectly with React's reconciliation process
-  and helps prevent subtle bugs related to shared mutable state.
-
-- Better Serialization and Deserialization: Plain JavaScript objects are
-  naturally easy to serialize to JSON and deserialize back, which is a common
-  requirement in web development (e.g., for API communication or local storage).
-  Classes, with their methods and prototypes, can complicate this process.
-
-### Embracing ES Module Syntax for Encapsulation
-
-Rather than relying on Java-esque private or public class members, which can be
-verbose and sometimes limit flexibility, we strongly prefer leveraging ES module
-syntax (`import`/`export`) for encapsulating private and public APIs.
-
-- Clearer Public API Definition: With ES modules, anything that is exported is
-  part of the public API of that module, while anything not exported is
-  inherently private to that module. This provides a very clear and explicit way
-  to define what parts of your code are meant to be consumed by other modules.
-
-- Enhanced Testability (Without Exposing Internals): By default, unexported
-  functions or variables are not accessible from outside the module. This
-  encourages you to test the public API of your modules, rather than their
-  internal implementation details. If you find yourself needing to spy on or
-  stub an unexported function for testing purposes, it's often a "code smell"
-  indicating that the function might be a good candidate for extraction into its
-  own separate, testable module with a well-defined public API. This promotes a
-  more robust and maintainable testing strategy.
-
-- Reduced Coupling: Explicitly defined module boundaries through import/export
-  help reduce coupling between different parts of your codebase. This makes it
-  easier to refactor, debug, and understand individual components in isolation.
-
-### Avoiding `any` Types and Type Assertions; Preferring `unknown`
-
-TypeScript's power lies in its ability to provide static type checking, catching
-potential errors before your code runs. To fully leverage this, it's crucial to
-avoid the `any` type and be judicious with type assertions.
-
-- **The Dangers of `any`**: Using any effectively opts out of TypeScript's type
-  checking for that particular variable or expression. While it might seem
-  convenient in the short term, it introduces significant risks:
-  - **Loss of Type Safety**: You lose all the benefits of type checking, making
-    it easy to introduce runtime errors that TypeScript would otherwise have
-    caught.
-  - **Reduced Readability and Maintainability**: Code with `any` types is harder
-    to understand and maintain, as the expected type of data is no longer
-    explicitly defined.
-  - **Masking Underlying Issues**: Often, the need for any indicates a deeper
-    problem in the design of your code or the way you're interacting with
-    external libraries. It's a sign that you might need to refine your types or
-    refactor your code.
-
-- **Preferring `unknown` over `any`**: When you absolutely cannot determine the
-  type of a value at compile time, and you're tempted to reach for any, consider
-  using unknown instead. unknown is a type-safe counterpart to any. While a
-  variable of type unknown can hold any value, you must perform type narrowing
-  (e.g., using typeof or instanceof checks, or a type assertion) before you can
-  perform any operations on it. This forces you to handle the unknown type
-  explicitly, preventing accidental runtime errors.
-
-  ```ts
-  function processValue(value: unknown) {
-    if (typeof value === 'string') {
-      // value is now safely a string
-      console.log(value.toUpperCase());
-    } else if (typeof value === 'number') {
-      // value is now safely a number
-      console.log(value * 2);
-    }
-    // Without narrowing, you cannot access properties or methods on 'value'
-    // console.log(value.someProperty); // Error: Object is of type 'unknown'.
-  }
-  ```
-
-- **Type Assertions (`as Type`) - Use with Caution**: Type assertions tell the
-  TypeScript compiler, "Trust me, I know what I'm doing; this is definitely of
-  this type." While there are legitimate use cases (e.g., when dealing with
-  external libraries that don't have perfect type definitions, or when you have
-  more information than the compiler), they should be used sparingly and with
-  extreme caution.
-  - **Bypassing Type Checking**: Like `any`, type assertions bypass TypeScript's
-    safety checks. If your assertion is incorrect, you introduce a runtime error
-    that TypeScript would not have warned you about.
-  - **Code Smell in Testing**: A common scenario where `any` or type assertions
-    might be tempting is when trying to test "private" implementation details
-    (e.g., spying on or stubbing an unexported function within a module). This
-    is a strong indication of a "code smell" in your testing strategy and
-    potentially your code structure. Instead of trying to force access to
-    private internals, consider whether those internal details should be
-    refactored into a separate module with a well-defined public API. This makes
-    them inherently testable without compromising encapsulation.
-
-### Type narrowing `switch` clauses
-
-Use the `checkExhaustive` helper in the default clause of a switch statement.
-This will ensure that all of the possible options within the value or
-enumeration are used.
-
-This helper method can be found in `packages/cli/src/utils/checks.ts`
-
-### Embracing JavaScript's Array Operators
-
-To further enhance code cleanliness and promote safe functional programming
-practices, leverage JavaScript's rich set of array operators as much as
-possible. Methods like `.map()`, `.filter()`, `.reduce()`, `.slice()`,
-`.sort()`, and others are incredibly powerful for transforming and manipulating
-data collections in an immutable and declarative way.
-
-Using these operators:
-
-- Promotes Immutability: Most array operators return new arrays, leaving the
-  original array untouched. This functional approach helps prevent unintended
-  side effects and makes your code more predictable.
-- Improves Readability: Chaining array operators often lead to more concise and
-  expressive code than traditional for loops or imperative logic. The intent of
-  the operation is clear at a glance.
-- Facilitates Functional Programming: These operators are cornerstones of
-  functional programming, encouraging the creation of pure functions that take
-  inputs and produce outputs without causing side effects. This paradigm is
-  highly beneficial for writing robust and testable code that pairs well with
-  React.
-
-By consistently applying these principles, we can maintain a codebase that is
-not only efficient and performant but also a joy to work with, both now and in
-the future.
-
-## React (mirrored and adjusted from [react-mcp-server](https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/4448b18760d867f9e009e810571e7a3b8930bb19/compiler/packages/react-mcp-server/src/index.ts#L376C1-L441C94))
-
-### Role
-
-You are a React assistant that helps users write more efficient and optimizable
-React code. You specialize in identifying patterns that enable React Compiler to
-automatically apply optimizations, reducing unnecessary re-renders and improving
-application performance.
-
-### Follow these guidelines in all code you produce and suggest
-
-Use functional components with Hooks: Do not generate class components or use
-old lifecycle methods. Manage state with useState or useReducer, and side
-effects with useEffect (or related Hooks). Always prefer functions and Hooks for
-any new component logic.
-
-Keep components pure and side-effect-free during rendering: Do not produce code
-that performs side effects (like subscriptions, network requests, or modifying
-external variables) directly inside the component's function body. Such actions
-should be wrapped in useEffect or performed in event handlers. Ensure your
-render logic is a pure function of props and state.
-
-Respect one-way data flow: Pass data down through props and avoid any global
-mutations. If two components need to share data, lift that state up to a common
-parent or use React Context, rather than trying to sync local state or use
-external variables.
-
-Never mutate state directly: Always generate code that updates state immutably.
-For example, use spread syntax or other methods to create new objects/arrays
-when updating state. Do not use assignments like state.someValue = ... or array
-mutations like array.push() on state variables. Use the state setter (setState
-from useState, etc.) to update state.
-
-Accurately use useEffect and other effect Hooks: whenever you think you could
-useEffect, think and reason harder to avoid it. useEffect is primarily only used
-for synchronization, for example synchronizing React with some external state.
-IMPORTANT - Don't setState (the 2nd value returned by useState) within a
-useEffect as that will degrade performance. When writing effects, include all
-necessary dependencies in the dependency array. Do not suppress ESLint rules or
-omit dependencies that the effect's code uses. Structure the effect callbacks to
-handle changing values properly (e.g., update subscriptions on prop changes,
-clean up on unmount or dependency change). If a piece of logic should only run
-in response to a user action (like a form submission or button click), put that
-logic in an event handler, not in a useEffect. Where possible, useEffects should
-return a cleanup function.
-
-Follow the Rules of Hooks: Ensure that any Hooks (useState, useEffect,
-useContext, custom Hooks, etc.) are called unconditionally at the top level of
-React function components or other Hooks. Do not generate code that calls Hooks
-inside loops, conditional statements, or nested helper functions. Do not call
-Hooks in non-component functions or outside the React component rendering
-context.
-
-Use refs only when necessary: Avoid using useRef unless the task genuinely
-requires it (such as focusing a control, managing an animation, or integrating
-with a non-React library). Do not use refs to store application state that
-should be reactive. If you do use refs, never write to or read from ref.current
-during the rendering of a component (except for initial setup like lazy
-initialization). Any ref usage should not affect the rendered output directly.
-
-Prefer composition and small components: Break down UI into small, reusable
-components rather than writing large monolithic components. The code you
-generate should promote clarity and reusability by composing components
-together. Similarly, abstract repetitive logic into custom Hooks when
-appropriate to avoid duplicating code.
-
-Optimize for concurrency: Assume React may render your components multiple times
-for scheduling purposes (especially in development with Strict Mode). Write code
-that remains correct even if the component function runs more than once. For
-instance, avoid side effects in the component body and use functional state
-updates (e.g., setCount(c => c + 1)) when updating state based on previous state
-to prevent race conditions. Always include cleanup functions in effects that
-subscribe to external resources. Don't write useEffects for "do this when this
-changes" side effects. This ensures your generated code will work with React's
-concurrent rendering features without issues.
-
-Optimize to reduce network waterfalls - Use parallel data fetching wherever
-possible (e.g., start multiple requests at once rather than one after another).
-Leverage Suspense for data loading and keep requests co-located with the
-component that needs the data. In a server-centric approach, fetch related data
-together in a single request on the server side (using Server Components, for
-example) to reduce round trips. Also, consider using caching layers or global
-fetch management to avoid repeating identical requests.
-
-Rely on React Compiler - useMemo, useCallback, and React.memo can be omitted if
-React Compiler is enabled. Avoid premature optimization with manual memoization.
-Instead, focus on writing clear, simple components with direct data flow and
-side-effect-free render functions. Let the React Compiler handle tree-shaking,
-inlining, and other performance enhancements to keep your code base simpler and
-more maintainable.
-
-Design for a good user experience - Provide clear, minimal, and non-blocking UI
-states. When data is loading, show lightweight placeholders (e.g., skeleton
-screens) rather than intrusive spinners everywhere. Handle errors gracefully
-with a dedicated error boundary or a friendly inline message. Where possible,
-render partial data as it becomes available rather than making the user wait for
-everything. Suspense allows you to declare the loading states in your component
-tree in a natural way, preventing “flash” states and improving perceived
-performance.
-
-### Process
-
-1. Analyze the user's code for optimization opportunities:
-   - Check for React anti-patterns that prevent compiler optimization
-   - Look for component structure issues that limit compiler effectiveness
-   - Think about each suggestion you are making and consult React docs for best
-     practices
-
-2. Provide actionable guidance:
-   - Explain specific code changes with clear reasoning
-   - Show before/after examples when suggesting changes
-   - Only suggest changes that meaningfully improve optimization potential
-
-### Optimization Guidelines
-
-- State updates should be structured to enable granular updates
-- Side effects should be isolated and dependencies clearly defined
-
-## Comments policy
-
-Only write high-value comments if at all. Avoid talking to the user through
-comments.
-
-## General style requirements
-
-Use hyphens instead of underscores in flag names (e.g. `my-flag` instead of
-`my_flag`).
+# Gemini CLI Project Context
+
+Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly
+into the terminal. It is designed to be a terminal-first, extensible, and
+powerful tool for developers.
+
+## Project Overview
+
+- **Purpose:** Provide a seamless terminal interface for Gemini models,
+  supporting code understanding, generation, automation, and integration via MCP
+  (Model Context Protocol).
+- **Main Technologies:**
+  - **Runtime:** Node.js (>=20.0.0, recommended ~20.19.0 for development)
+  - **Language:** TypeScript
+  - **UI Framework:** React (using [Ink](https://github.com/vadimdemedes/ink)
+    for CLI rendering)
+  - **Testing:** Vitest
+  - **Bundling:** esbuild
+  - **Linting/Formatting:** ESLint, Prettier
+- **Architecture:** Monorepo structure using npm workspaces.
+  - `packages/cli`: User-facing terminal UI, input processing, and display
+    rendering.
+  - `packages/core`: Backend logic, Gemini API orchestration, prompt
+    construction, and tool execution.
+  - `packages/core/src/tools/`: Built-in tools for file system, shell, and web
+    operations.
+  - `packages/a2a-server`: Experimental Agent-to-Agent server.
+  - `packages/vscode-ide-companion`: VS Code extension pairing with the CLI.
+
+## Building and Running
+
+- **Install Dependencies:** `npm install`
+- **Build All:** `npm run build:all` (Builds packages, sandbox, and VS Code
+  companion)
+- **Build Packages:** `npm run build`
+- **Run in Development:** `npm run start`
+- **Run in Debug Mode:** `npm run debug` (Enables Node.js inspector)
+- **Bundle Project:** `npm run bundle`
+- **Clean Artifacts:** `npm run clean`
+
+## Testing and Quality
+
+- **Test Commands:**
+  - **Unit (All):** `npm run test`
+  - **Integration (E2E):** `npm run test:e2e`
+  - **Workspace-Specific:** `npm test -w <pkg> -- <path>` (Note: `<path>` must
+    be relative to the workspace root, e.g.,
+    `-w @google/gemini-cli-core -- src/routing/modelRouterService.test.ts`)
+- **Full Validation:** `npm run preflight` (Heaviest check; runs clean, install,
+  build, lint, type check, and tests. Recommended before submitting PRs. Due to
+  its long runtime, only run this at the very end of a code implementation task.
+  If it fails, use faster, targeted commands (e.g., `npm run test`,
+  `npm run lint`, or workspace-specific tests) to iterate on fixes before
+  re-running `preflight`. For simple, non-code changes like documentation or
+  prompting updates, skip `preflight` at the end of the task and wait for PR
+  validation.)
+- **Individual Checks:** `npm run lint` / `npm run format` / `npm run typecheck`
+
+## Development Conventions
+
+- **Legacy Snippets:** `packages/core/src/prompts/snippets.legacy.ts` is a
+  snapshot of an older system prompt. Avoid changing the prompting verbiage to
+  preserve its historical behavior; however, structural changes to ensure
+  compilation or simplify the code are permitted.
+- **Contributions:** Follow the process outlined in `CONTRIBUTING.md`. Requires
+  signing the Google CLA.
+- **Pull Requests:** Keep PRs small, focused, and linked to an existing issue.
+  Always activate the `pr-creator` skill for PR generation, even when using the
+  `gh` CLI.
+- **Commit Messages:** Follow the
+  [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) standard.
+- **Coding Style:** Adhere to existing patterns in `packages/cli` (React/Ink)
+  and `packages/core` (Backend logic).
+- **Imports:** Use specific imports and avoid restricted relative imports
+  between packages (enforced by ESLint).
+- **License Headers:** For all new source code files (`.ts`, `.tsx`, `.js`),
+  include the Apache-2.0 license header with the current year. (e.g.,
+  `Copyright 2026 Google LLC`). This is enforced by ESLint.
+
+## Testing Conventions
+
+- **Environment Variables:** When testing code that depends on environment
+  variables, use `vi.stubEnv('NAME', 'value')` in `beforeEach` and
+  `vi.unstubAllEnvs()` in `afterEach`. Avoid modifying `process.env` directly as
+  it can lead to test leakage and is less reliable. To "unset" a variable, use
+  an empty string `vi.stubEnv('NAME', '')`.
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Always use the `docs-writer` skill when you are asked to write, edit, or
+  review any documentation.
+- Documentation is located in the `docs/` directory.
+- Suggest documentation updates when code changes render existing documentation
+  obsolete or incomplete.

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Gemini CLI
 
 [![Gemini CLI CI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
-[![Gemini CLI E2E](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/e2e.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/e2e.yml)
+[![Gemini CLI E2E (Chained)](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/chained_e2e.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/actions/workflows/chained_e2e.yml)
 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@google/gemini-cli)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google/gemini-cli)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/google-gemini/gemini-cli)](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![View Code Wiki](https://assets.codewiki.google/readme-badge/static.svg)](https://codewiki.google/github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)
 
 ![Gemini CLI Screenshot](./docs/assets/gemini-screenshot.png)
 
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ Learn all about Gemini CLI in our [documentation](https://geminicli.com/docs/).
 
 - **🎯 Free tier**: 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day with personal Google
   account.
-- **🧠 Powerful Gemini 2.5 Pro**: Access to 1M token context window.
+- **🧠 Powerful Gemini 3 models**: Access to improved reasoning and 1M token
+  context window.
 - **🔧 Built-in tools**: Google Search grounding, file operations, shell
   commands, web fetching.
 - **🔌 Extensible**: MCP (Model Context Protocol) support for custom
@@ -27,13 +29,17 @@ Learn all about Gemini CLI in our [documentation](https://geminicli.com/docs/).
 
 ## 📦 Installation
 
+See
+[Gemini CLI installation, execution, and releases](./docs/get-started/installation.md)
+for recommended system specifications and a detailed installation guide.
+
 ### Quick Install
 
 #### Run instantly with npx
 
 ```bash
 # Using npx (no installation required)
-npx https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
+npx @google/gemini-cli
 ```
 
 #### Install globally with npm
@@ -48,10 +54,22 @@ npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
 brew install gemini-cli
 ```
 
-#### System Requirements
+#### Install globally with MacPorts (macOS)
 
-- Node.js version 20 or higher
-- macOS, Linux, or Windows
+```bash
+sudo port install gemini-cli
+```
+
+#### Install with Anaconda (for restricted environments)
+
+```bash
+# Create and activate a new environment
+conda create -y -n gemini_env -c conda-forge nodejs
+conda activate gemini_env
+
+# Install Gemini CLI globally via npm (inside the environment)
+npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
+```
 
 ## Release Cadence and Tags
 
@@ -79,9 +97,9 @@ npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@latest
 
 ### Nightly
 
-- New releases will be published each week at UTC 0000 each day, This will be
-  all changes from the main branch as represented at time of release. It should
-  be assumed there are pending validations and issues. Use `nightly` tag.
+- New releases will be published each day at UTC 0000. This will be all changes
+  from the main branch as represented at time of release. It should be assumed
+  there are pending validations and issues. Use `nightly` tag.
 
 ```bash
 npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@nightly
@@ -139,7 +157,7 @@ for details)
 **Benefits:**
 
 - **Free tier**: 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day
-- **Gemini 2.5 Pro** with 1M token context window
+- **Gemini 3 models** with 1M token context window
 - **No API key management** - just sign in with your Google account
 - **Automatic updates** to latest models
 
@@ -163,7 +181,7 @@ gemini
 
 **Benefits:**
 
-- **Free tier**: 100 requests/day with Gemini 2.5 Pro
+- **Free tier**: 1000 requests/day with Gemini 3 (mix of flash and pro)
 - **Model selection**: Choose specific Gemini models
 - **Usage-based billing**: Upgrade for higher limits when needed
 
@@ -264,14 +282,14 @@ gemini
   quickly.
 - [**Authentication Setup**](./docs/get-started/authentication.md) - Detailed
   auth configuration.
-- [**Configuration Guide**](./docs/get-started/configuration.md) - Settings and
+- [**Configuration Guide**](./docs/reference/configuration.md) - Settings and
   customization.
-- [**Keyboard Shortcuts**](./docs/cli/keyboard-shortcuts.md) - Productivity
-  tips.
+- [**Keyboard Shortcuts**](./docs/reference/keyboard-shortcuts.md) -
+  Productivity tips.
 
 ### Core Features
 
-- [**Commands Reference**](./docs/cli/commands.md) - All slash commands
+- [**Commands Reference**](./docs/reference/commands.md) - All slash commands
   (`/help`, `/chat`, etc).
 - [**Custom Commands**](./docs/cli/custom-commands.md) - Create your own
   reusable commands.
@@ -283,7 +301,7 @@ gemini
 
 ### Tools & Extensions
 
-- [**Built-in Tools Overview**](./docs/tools/index.md)
+- [**Built-in Tools Overview**](./docs/reference/tools.md)
   - [File System Operations](./docs/tools/file-system.md)
   - [Shell Commands](./docs/tools/shell.md)
   - [Web Fetch & Search](./docs/tools/web-fetch.md)
@@ -305,13 +323,15 @@ gemini
 - [**Enterprise Guide**](./docs/cli/enterprise.md) - Deploy and manage in a
   corporate environment.
 - [**Telemetry & Monitoring**](./docs/cli/telemetry.md) - Usage tracking.
-- [**Tools API Development**](./docs/core/tools-api.md) - Create custom tools.
+- [**Tools reference**](./docs/reference/tools.md) - Built-in tools overview.
+- [**Local development**](./docs/local-development.md) - Local development
+  tooling.
 
 ### Troubleshooting & Support
 
-- [**Troubleshooting Guide**](./docs/troubleshooting.md) - Common issues and
-  solutions.
-- [**FAQ**](./docs/faq.md) - Frequently asked questions.
+- [**Troubleshooting Guide**](./docs/resources/troubleshooting.md) - Common
+  issues and solutions.
+- [**FAQ**](./docs/resources/faq.md) - Frequently asked questions.
 - Use `/bug` command to report issues directly from the CLI.
 
 ### Using MCP Servers
@@ -357,12 +377,13 @@ for planned features and priorities.
 
 ### Uninstall
 
-See the [Uninstall Guide](docs/cli/uninstall.md) for removal instructions.
+See the [Uninstall Guide](./docs/resources/uninstall.md) for removal
+instructions.
 
 ## 📄 Legal
 
 - **License**: [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE)
-- **Terms of Service**: [Terms & Privacy](./docs/tos-privacy.md)
+- **Terms of Service**: [Terms & Privacy](./docs/resources/tos-privacy.md)
 - **Security**: [Security Policy](SECURITY.md)
 
 ---

docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../CONTRIBUTING.md

docs/admin/enterprise-controls.md

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Enterprise Admin Controls
+
+Gemini CLI empowers enterprise administrators to manage and enforce security
+policies and configuration settings across their entire organization. Secure
+defaults are enabled automatically for all enterprise users, but can be
+customized via the [Management Console](https://goo.gle/manage-gemini-cli).
+
+**Enterprise Admin Controls are enforced globally and cannot be overridden by
+users locally**, ensuring a consistent security posture.
+
+## Admin Controls vs. System Settings
+
+While [System-wide settings](../cli/settings.md) act as convenient configuration
+overrides, they can still be modified by users with sufficient privileges. In
+contrast, admin controls are immutable at the local level, making them the
+preferred method for enforcing policy.
+
+## Available Controls
+
+### Strict Mode
+
+**Enabled/Disabled** | Default: enabled
+
+If enabled, users will not be able to enter yolo mode.
+
+### Extensions
+
+**Enabled/Disabled** | Default: disabled
+
+If disabled, users will not be able to use or install extensions. See
+[Extensions](../extensions/index.md) for more details.
+
+### MCP
+
+#### Enabled/Disabled
+
+**Enabled/Disabled** | Default: disabled
+
+If disabled, users will not be able to use MCP servers. See
+[MCP Server Integration](../tools/mcp-server.md) for more details.
+
+#### MCP Servers (preview)
+
+**Default**: empty
+
+Allows administrators to define an explicit allowlist of MCP servers. This
+guarantees that users can only connect to trusted MCP servers defined by the
+organization.
+
+**Allowlist Format:**
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "external-provider": {
+      "url": "https://api.mcp-provider.com",
+      "type": "sse",
+      "trust": true,
+      "includeTools": ["toolA", "toolB"],
+      "excludeTools": []
+    },
+    "internal-corp-tool": {
+      "url": "https://mcp.internal-tool.corp",
+      "type": "http",
+      "includeTools": [],
+      "excludeTools": ["adminTool"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Supported Fields:**
+
+- `url`: (Required) The full URL of the MCP server endpoint.
+- `type`: (Required) The connection type (e.g., `sse` or `http`).
+- `trust`: (Optional) If set to `true`, the server is trusted and tool execution
+  will not require user approval.
+- `includeTools`: (Optional) An explicit list of tool names to allow. If
+  specified, only these tools will be available.
+- `excludeTools`: (Optional) A list of tool names to hide. These tools will be
+  blocked.
+
+**Client Enforcement Logic:**
+
+- **Empty Allowlist**: If the admin allowlist is empty, the client uses the
+  user’s local configuration as is (unless the MCP toggle above is disabled).
+- **Active Allowlist**: If the allowlist contains one or more servers, **all
+  locally configured servers not present in the allowlist are ignored**.
+- **Configuration Merging**: For a server to be active, it must exist in
+  **both** the admin allowlist and the user’s local configuration (matched by
+  name). The client merges these definitions as follows:
+  - **Override Fields**: The `url`, `type`, & `trust` are always taken from the
+    admin allowlist, overriding any local values.
+  - **Tools Filtering**: If `includeTools` or `excludeTools` are defined in the
+    allowlist, the admin’s rules are used exclusively. If both are undefined in
+    the admin allowlist, the client falls back to the user’s local tool
+    settings.
+  - **Cleared Fields**: To ensure security and consistency, the client
+    automatically clears local execution fields (`command`, `args`, `env`,
+    `cwd`, `httpUrl`, `tcp`). This prevents users from overriding the connection
+    method.
+  - **Other Fields**: All other MCP fields are pulled from the user’s local
+    configuration.
+- **Missing Allowlisted Servers**: If a server appears in the admin allowlist
+  but is missing from the local configuration, it will not be initialized. This
+  ensures users maintain final control over which permitted servers are actually
+  active in their environment.
+
+### Unmanaged Capabilities
+
+**Enabled/Disabled** | Default: disabled
+
+If disabled, users will not be able to use certain features. Currently, this
+control disables Agent Skills. See [Agent Skills](../cli/skills.md) for more
+details.

docs/architecture.md

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# Gemini CLI Architecture Overview
-
-This document provides a high-level overview of the Gemini CLI's architecture.
-
-## Core components
-
-The Gemini CLI is primarily composed of two main packages, along with a suite of
-tools that can be used by the system in the course of handling command-line
-input:
-
-1.  **CLI package (`packages/cli`):**
-    - **Purpose:** This contains the user-facing portion of the Gemini CLI, such
-      as handling the initial user input, presenting the final output, and
-      managing the overall user experience.
-    - **Key functions contained in the package:**
-      - [Input processing](/docs/cli/commands.md)
-      - History management
-      - Display rendering
-      - [Theme and UI customization](/docs/cli/themes.md)
-      - [CLI configuration settings](/docs/get-started/configuration.md)
-
-2.  **Core package (`packages/core`):**
-    - **Purpose:** This acts as the backend for the Gemini CLI. It receives
-      requests sent from `packages/cli`, orchestrates interactions with the
-      Gemini API, and manages the execution of available tools.
-    - **Key functions contained in the package:**
-      - API client for communicating with the Google Gemini API
-      - Prompt construction and management
-      - Tool registration and execution logic
-      - State management for conversations or sessions
-      - Server-side configuration
-
-3.  **Tools (`packages/core/src/tools/`):**
-    - **Purpose:** These are individual modules that extend the capabilities of
-      the Gemini model, allowing it to interact with the local environment
-      (e.g., file system, shell commands, web fetching).
-    - **Interaction:** `packages/core` invokes these tools based on requests
-      from the Gemini model.
-
-## Interaction Flow
-
-A typical interaction with the Gemini CLI follows this flow:
-
-1.  **User input:** The user types a prompt or command into the terminal, which
-    is managed by `packages/cli`.
-2.  **Request to core:** `packages/cli` sends the user's input to
-    `packages/core`.
-3.  **Request processed:** The core package:
-    - Constructs an appropriate prompt for the Gemini API, possibly including
-      conversation history and available tool definitions.
-    - Sends the prompt to the Gemini API.
-4.  **Gemini API response:** The Gemini API processes the prompt and returns a
-    response. This response might be a direct answer or a request to use one of
-    the available tools.
-5.  **Tool execution (if applicable):**
-    - When the Gemini API requests a tool, the core package prepares to execute
-      it.
-    - If the requested tool can modify the file system or execute shell
-      commands, the user is first given details of the tool and its arguments,
-      and the user must approve the execution.
-    - Read-only operations, such as reading files, might not require explicit
-      user confirmation to proceed.
-    - Once confirmed, or if confirmation is not required, the core package
-      executes the relevant action within the relevant tool, and the result is
-      sent back to the Gemini API by the core package.
-    - The Gemini API processes the tool result and generates a final response.
-6.  **Response to CLI:** The core package sends the final response back to the
-    CLI package.
-7.  **Display to user:** The CLI package formats and displays the response to
-    the user in the terminal.
-
-## Key Design Principles
-
-- **Modularity:** Separating the CLI (frontend) from the Core (backend) allows
-  for independent development and potential future extensions (e.g., different
-  frontends for the same backend).
-- **Extensibility:** The tool system is designed to be extensible, allowing new
-  capabilities to be added.
-- **User experience:** The CLI focuses on providing a rich and interactive
-  terminal experience.

docs/changelogs/index.md

@@ -1,9 +1,569 @@
-# Gemini CLI Changelog
+# Gemini CLI release notes
 
-Wondering what's new in Gemini CLI? This document provides key highlights and
-notable changes to Gemini CLI.
+Gemini CLI has three major release channels: nightly, preview, and stable. For
+most users, we recommend the stable release.
 
-## v0.9.0 - Gemini CLI weekly update - 2025-10-06
+On this page, you can find information regarding the current releases and
+announcements from each release.
+
+For the full changelog, refer to
+[Releases - google-gemini/gemini-cli](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/releases)
+on GitHub.
+
+## Current releases
+
+| Release channel       | Notes                                           |
+| :-------------------- | :---------------------------------------------- |
+| Nightly               | Nightly release with the most recent changes.   |
+| [Preview](preview.md) | Experimental features ready for early feedback. |
+| [Stable](latest.md)   | Stable, recommended for general use.            |
+
+## Announcements: v0.32.0 - 2026-03-03
+
+- **Generalist Agent:** The generalist agent is now enabled to improve task
+  delegation and routing
+  ([#19665](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19665) by
+  @joshualitt).
+- **Model Steering in Workspace:** Added support for model steering directly in
+  the workspace
+  ([#20343](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20343) by
+  @joshualitt).
+- **Plan Mode Enhancements:** Users can now open and modify plans in an external
+  editor, and the planning workflow has been adapted to handle complex tasks
+  more effectively with multi-select options
+  ([#20348](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20348) by @Adib234,
+  [#20465](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20465) by @jerop).
+- **Interactive Shell Autocompletion:** Introduced interactive shell
+  autocompletion for a more seamless experience
+  ([#20082](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20082) by
+  @mrpmohiburrahman).
+- **Parallel Extension Loading:** Extensions are now loaded in parallel to
+  improve startup times
+  ([#20229](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20229) by
+  @scidomino).
+
+## Announcements: v0.31.0 - 2026-02-27
+
+- **Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview:** Gemini CLI now supports the new Gemini 3.1 Pro
+  Preview model
+  ([#19676](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19676) by
+  @sehoon38).
+- **Experimental Browser Agent:** We've introduced a new experimental browser
+  agent to interact with web pages
+  ([#19284](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19284) by
+  @gsquared94).
+- **Policy Engine Updates:** The policy engine now supports project-level
+  policies, MCP server wildcards, and tool annotation matching
+  ([#18682](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18682) by
+  @Abhijit-2592,
+  [#20024](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20024) by @jerop).
+- **Web Fetch Improvements:** We've implemented an experimental direct web fetch
+  feature and added rate limiting to mitigate DDoS risks
+  ([#19557](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19557) by @mbleigh,
+  [#19567](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19567) by
+  @mattKorwel).
+
+## Announcements: v0.30.0 - 2026-02-25
+
+- **SDK & Custom Skills:** Introduced the initial SDK package, enabling dynamic
+  system instructions, `SessionContext` for SDK tool calls, and support for
+  custom skills
+  ([#18861](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18861) by
+  @mbleigh).
+- **Policy Engine Enhancements:** Added a new `--policy` flag for user-defined
+  policies, introduced strict seatbelt profiles, and deprecated
+  `--allowed-tools` in favor of the policy engine
+  ([#18500](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18500) by
+  @allenhutchison).
+- **UI & Themes:** Added a generic searchable list for settings and extensions,
+  new Solarized themes, text wrapping for markdown tables, and a clean UI toggle
+  prototype ([#19064](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19064) by
+  @rmedranollamas).
+- **Vim & Terminal Interaction:** Improved Vim support to feel more complete and
+  added support for Ctrl-Z terminal suspension
+  ([#18755](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18755) by
+  @ppgranger, [#18931](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18931)
+  by @scidomino).
+
+## Announcements: v0.29.0 - 2026-02-17
+
+- **Plan Mode:** A new comprehensive planning capability with `/plan`,
+  `enter_plan_mode` tool, and dedicated documentation
+  ([#17698](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17698) by @Adib234,
+  [#18324](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18324) by @jerop).
+- **Gemini 3 Default:** We've removed the preview flag and enabled Gemini 3 by
+  default for all users
+  ([#18414](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18414) by
+  @sehoon38).
+- **Extension Exploration:** New UI and settings to explore and manage
+  extensions more easily
+  ([#18686](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18686) by
+  @sripasg).
+- **Admin Control:** Administrators can now allowlist specific MCP server
+  configurations
+  ([#18311](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18311) by
+  @skeshive).
+
+## Announcements: v0.28.0 - 2026-02-10
+
+- **Slash Command:** We've added a new `/prompt-suggest` slash command to help
+  you generate prompt suggestions
+  ([#17264](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17264) by
+  @NTaylorMullen).
+- **IDE Support:** Gemini CLI now supports the Positron IDE
+  ([#15047](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15047) by
+  @kapsner).
+- **Customization:** You can now use custom themes in extensions, and we've
+  implemented automatic theme switching based on your terminal's background
+  ([#17327](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17327) by
+  @spencer426, [#17976](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17976)
+  by @Abhijit-2592).
+- **Authentication:** We've added interactive and non-interactive consent for
+  OAuth, and you can now include your auth method in bug reports
+  ([#17699](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17699) by
+  @ehedlund, [#17569](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17569) by
+  @erikus).
+
+## Announcements: v0.27.0 - 2026-02-03
+
+- **Event-Driven Architecture:** The CLI now uses a new event-driven scheduler
+  for tool execution, resulting in a more responsive and performant experience
+  ([#17078](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17078) by
+  @abhipatel12).
+- **Enhanced User Experience:** This release includes queued tool confirmations,
+  and expandable large text pastes for a smoother workflow.
+- **New `/rewind` Command:** Easily navigate your session history with the new
+  `/rewind` command
+  ([#15720](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15720) by
+  @Adib234).
+- **Linux Clipboard Support:** You can now paste images on Linux with Wayland
+  and X11 ([#17144](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17144) by
+  @devr0306).
+
+## Announcements: v0.26.0 - 2026-01-27
+
+- **Agents and Skills:** We've introduced a new `skill-creator` skill
+  ([#16394](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16394) by
+  @NTaylorMullen), enabled agent skills by default, and added a generalist agent
+  to improve task routing
+  ([#16638](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16638) by
+  @joshualitt).
+- **UI/UX Improvements:** You can now "Rewind" through your conversation history
+  ([#15717](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15717) by @Adib234)
+  and use a new `/introspect` command for debugging.
+- **Core and Scheduler Refactoring:** The core scheduler has been significantly
+  refactored to improve performance and reliability
+  ([#16895](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16895) by
+  @abhipatel12), and numerous performance and stability fixes have been
+  included.
+
+## Announcements: v0.25.0 - 2026-01-20
+
+- **Skills and Agents Improvements:** We've enhanced the `activate_skill` tool,
+  added a new `pr-creator` skill
+  ([#16232](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16232) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)), enabled skills by
+  default, improved the `cli_help` agent
+  ([#16100](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16100) by
+  [@scidomino](https://github.com/scidomino)), and added a new `/agents refresh`
+  command ([#16204](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16204) by
+  [@joshualitt](https://github.com/joshualitt)).
+- **UI/UX Refinements:** You'll notice more transparent feedback for skills
+  ([#15954](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15954) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)), the ability to switch
+  focus between the shell and input with Tab
+  ([#14332](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/14332) by
+  [@jacob314](https://github.com/jacob314)), and dynamic terminal tab titles
+  ([#16378](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16378) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)).
+- **Core Functionality & Performance:** This release includes support for
+  built-in agent skills
+  ([#16045](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16045) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)), refined Gemini 3 system
+  instructions ([#16139](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16139)
+  by [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)), caching for ignore
+  instances to improve performance
+  ([#16185](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16185) by
+  [@EricRahm](https://github.com/EricRahm)), and enhanced retry mechanisms
+  ([#16489](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16489) by
+  [@sehoon38](https://github.com/sehoon38)).
+- **Bug Fixes and Stability:** We've squashed numerous bugs across the CLI,
+  core, and workflows, addressing issues with subagent delegation, unicode
+  character crashes, and sticky header regressions.
+
+## Announcements: v0.24.0 - 2026-01-14
+
+- **Agent Skills:** We've introduced significant advancements in Agent Skills.
+  This includes initial documentation and tutorials to help you get started,
+  alongside enhanced support for remote agents, allowing for more distributed
+  and powerful automation within Gemini CLI.
+  ([#15869](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15869) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)),
+  ([#16013](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16013) by
+  [@adamweidman](https://github.com/adamweidman))
+- **Improved UI/UX:** The user interface has received several updates, featuring
+  visual indicators for hook execution, a more refined display for settings, and
+  the ability to use the Tab key to effortlessly switch focus between the shell
+  and input areas.
+  ([#15408](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15408) by
+  [@abhipatel12](https://github.com/abhipatel12)),
+  ([#14332](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/14332) by
+  [@galz10](https://github.com/galz10))
+- **Enhanced Security:** Security has been a major focus, with default folder
+  trust now set to untrusted for increased safety. The Policy Engine has been
+  improved to allow specific modes in user and administrator policies, and
+  granular allowlisting for shell commands has been implemented, providing finer
+  control over tool execution.
+  ([#15943](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15943) by
+  [@galz10](https://github.com/galz10)),
+  ([#15977](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15977) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen))
+- **Core Functionality:** This release includes a mandatory MessageBus
+  injection, marking Phase 3 of a hard migration to a more robust internal
+  communication system. We've also added support for built-in skills with the
+  CLI itself, and enhanced model routing to effectively utilize subagents.
+  ([#15776](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15776) by
+  [@abhipatel12](https://github.com/abhipatel12)),
+  ([#16300](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16300) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen))
+- **Terminal Features:** Terminal interactions are more seamless with new
+  features like OSC 52 paste support, along with fixes for Windows clipboard
+  paste issues and general improvements to pasting in Windows terminals.
+  ([#15336](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15336) by
+  [@scidomino](https://github.com/scidomino)),
+  ([#15932](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15932) by
+  [@scidomino](https://github.com/scidomino))
+- **New Commands:** To manage the new features, we've added several new
+  commands: `/agents refresh` to update agent configurations, `/skills reload`
+  to refresh skill definitions, and `/skills install/uninstall` for easier
+  management of your Agent Skills.
+  ([#16204](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16204) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)),
+  ([#15865](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15865) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen)),
+  ([#16377](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16377) by
+  [@NTaylorMullen](https://github.com/NTaylorMullen))
+
+## Announcements: v0.23.0 - 2026-01-07
+
+- 🎉 **Experimental Agent Skills Support in Preview:** Gemini CLI now supports
+  [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io/home) in our preview builds. This is an
+  early preview where we’re looking for feedback!
+  - Install Preview: `npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@preview`
+  - Enable in `/settings`
+  - Docs:
+    [https://geminicli.com/docs/cli/skills/](https://geminicli.com/docs/cli/skills/)
+- **Gemini CLI wrapped:** Run `npx gemini-wrapped` to visualize your usage
+  stats, top models, languages, and more!
+- **Windows clipboard image support:** Windows users can now paste images
+  directly from their clipboard into the CLI using `Alt`+`V`.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13997) by
+  [@sgeraldes](https://github.com/sgeraldes))
+- **Terminal background color detection:** Automatically optimizes your
+  terminal's background color to select compatible themes and provide
+  accessibility warnings.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/15132) by
+  [@jacob314](https://github.com/jacob314))
+- **Session logout:** Use the new `/logout` command to instantly clear
+  credentials and reset your authentication state for seamless account
+  switching. ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13383) by
+  [@CN-Scars](https://github.com/CN-Scars))
+
+## Announcements: v0.22.0 - 2025-12-22
+
+- 🎉**Free Tier + Gemini 3:** Free tier users now all have access to Gemini 3
+  Pro & Flash. Enable in `/settings` by toggling "Preview Features" to `true`.
+- 🎉**Gemini CLI + Colab:** Gemini CLI is now pre-installed. Can be used
+  headlessly in notebook cells or interactively in the built-in terminal
+  ([pic](https://imgur.com/a/G0Tn7vi))
+- 🎉**Gemini CLI Extensions:**
+  - **Conductor:** Planning++, Gemini works with you to build out a detailed
+    plan, pull in extra details as needed, ultimately to give the LLM guardrails
+    with artifacts. Measure twice, implement once!
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/conductor`
+
+    Blog:
+    [https://developers.googleblog.com/conductor-introducing-context-driven-development-for-gemini-cli/](https://developers.googleblog.com/conductor-introducing-context-driven-development-for-gemini-cli/)
+
+  - **Endor Labs:** Perform code analysis, vulnerability scanning, and
+    dependency checks using natural language.
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/endorlabs/gemini-extension`
+
+## Announcements: v0.21.0 - 2025-12-15
+
+- **⚡️⚡️⚡️ Gemini 3 Flash + Gemini CLI:** Better, faster and cheaper than 2.5
+  Pro - and in some scenarios better than 3 Pro! For paid tiers + free tier
+  users who were on the wait list enable **Preview Features** in `/settings.`
+- For more information:
+  [Gemini 3 Flash is now available in Gemini CLI](https://developers.googleblog.com/gemini-3-flash-is-now-available-in-gemini-cli/).
+- 🎉 Gemini CLI Extensions:
+  - Rill: Utilize natural language to analyze Rill data, enabling the
+    exploration of metrics and trends without the need for manual queries.
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/rilldata/rill-gemini-extension`
+  - Browserbase: Interact with web pages, take screenshots, extract information,
+    and perform automated actions with atomic precision.
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/browserbase/mcp-server-browserbase`
+- Quota Visibility: The `/stats` command now displays quota information for all
+  available models, including those not used in the current session. (@sehoon38)
+- Fuzzy Setting Search: Users can now quickly find settings using fuzzy search
+  within the settings dialog. (@sehoon38)
+- MCP Resource Support: Users can now discover, view, and search through
+  resources using the @ command. (@MrLesk)
+- Auto-execute Simple Slash Commands: Simple slash commands are now executed
+  immediately on enter. (@jackwotherspoon)
+
+## Announcements: v0.20.0 - 2025-12-01
+
+- **Multi-file Drag & Drop:** Users can now drag and drop multiple files into
+  the terminal, and the CLI will automatically prefix each valid path with `@`.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/14832) by
+  [@jackwotherspoon](https://github.com/jackwotherspoon))
+- **Persistent "Always Allow" Policies:** Users can now save "Always Allow"
+  decisions for tool executions, with granular control over specific shell
+  commands and multi-cloud platform tools.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/14737) by
+  [@allenhutchison](https://github.com/allenhutchison))
+
+## Announcements: v0.19.0 - 2025-11-24
+
+- 🎉 **New extensions:**
+  - **Eleven Labs:** Create, play, manage your audio play tracks with the Eleven
+    Labs Gemini CLI extension:
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-mcp`
+- **Zed integration:** Users can now leverage Gemini 3 within the Zed
+  integration after enabling "Preview Features" in their CLI’s `/settings`.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13398) by
+  [@benbrandt](https://github.com/benbrandt))
+- **Interactive shell:**
+  - **Click-to-Focus:** When "Use Alternate Buffer" setting is enabled, users
+    can click within the embedded shell output to focus it for input.
+    ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13341) by
+    [@galz10](https://github.com/galz10))
+  - **Loading phrase:** Clearly indicates when the interactive shell is awaiting
+    user input. ([vid](https://imgur.com/a/kjK8bUK),
+    [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12535) by
+    [@jackwotherspoon](https://github.com/jackwotherspoon))
+
+## Announcements: v0.18.0 - 2025-11-17
+
+- 🎉 **New extensions:**
+  - **Google Workspace**: Integrate Gemini CLI with your Workspace data. Write
+    docs, build slides, chat with others or even get your calc on in sheets:
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/workspace`
+    - Blog:
+      [https://allen.hutchison.org/2025/11/19/bringing-the-office-to-the-terminal/](https://allen.hutchison.org/2025/11/19/bringing-the-office-to-the-terminal/)
+  - **Redis:** Manage and search data in Redis with natural language:
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis`
+  - **Anomalo:** Query your data warehouse table metadata and quality status
+    through commands and natural language:
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/datagravity-ai/anomalo-gemini-extension`
+- **Experimental permission improvements:** We are now experimenting with a new
+  policy engine in Gemini CLI. This allows users and administrators to create
+  fine-grained policy for tool calls. Currently behind a flag. See
+  [policy engine documentation](../reference/policy-engine.md) for more
+  information.
+  - Blog:
+    [https://allen.hutchison.org/2025/11/26/the-guardrails-of-autonomy/](https://allen.hutchison.org/2025/11/26/the-guardrails-of-autonomy/)
+- **Gemini 3 support for paid:** Gemini 3 support has been rolled out to all API
+  key, Google AI Pro or Google AI Ultra (for individuals, not businesses) and
+  Gemini Code Assist Enterprise users. Enable it via `/settings` and toggling on
+  **Preview Features**.
+- **Updated UI rollback:** We’ve temporarily rolled back our updated UI to give
+  it more time to bake. This means for a time you won’t have embedded scrolling
+  or mouse support. You can re-enable with `/settings` -> **Use Alternate Screen
+  Buffer** -> `true`.
+- **Model in history:** Users can now toggle in `/settings` to display model in
+  their chat history. ([gif](https://imgur.com/a/uEmNKnQ),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13034) by
+  [@scidomino](https://github.com/scidomino))
+- **Multi-uninstall:** Users can now uninstall multiple extensions with a single
+  command. ([pic](https://imgur.com/a/9Dtq8u2),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/13016) by
+  [@JayadityaGit](https://github.com/JayadityaGit))
+
+## Announcements: v0.16.0 - 2025-11-10
+
+- **Gemini 3 + Gemini CLI:** launch 🚀🚀🚀
+- **Data Commons Gemini CLI Extension** - A new Data Commons Gemini CLI
+  extension that lets you query open-source statistical data from
+  datacommons.org. **To get started, you'll need a Data Commons API key and uv
+  installed**. These and other details to get you started with the extension can
+  be found at
+  [https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/datacommons](https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/datacommons).
+
+## Announcements: v0.15.0 - 2025-11-03
+
+- **🎉 Seamless scrollable UI and mouse support:** We’ve given Gemini CLI a
+  major facelift to make your terminal experience smoother and much more
+  polished. You now get a flicker-free display with sticky headers that keep
+  important context visible and a stable input prompt that doesn't jump around.
+  We even added mouse support so you can click right where you need to type!
+  ([gif](https://imgur.com/a/O6qc7bx),
+  [@jacob314](https://github.com/jacob314)).
+  - **Announcement:**
+    [https://developers.googleblog.com/en/making-the-terminal-beautiful-one-pixel-at-a-time/](https://developers.googleblog.com/en/making-the-terminal-beautiful-one-pixel-at-a-time/)
+- **🎉 New partner extensions:**
+  - **Arize:** Seamlessly instrument AI applications with Arize AX and grant
+    direct access to Arize support:
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/Arize-ai/arize-tracing-assistant`
+
+  - **Chronosphere:** Retrieve logs, metrics, traces, events, and specific
+    entities:
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/chronosphereio/chronosphere-mcp`
+
+  - **Transmit:** Comprehensive context, validation, and automated fixes for
+    creating production-ready authentication and identity workflows:
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/TransmitSecurity/transmit-security-journey-builder`
+
+- **Todo planning:** Complex questions now get broken down into todo lists that
+  the model can manage and check off. ([gif](https://imgur.com/a/EGDfNlZ),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12905) by
+  [@anj-s](https://github.com/anj-s))
+- **Disable GitHub extensions:** Users can now prevent the installation and
+  loading of extensions from GitHub.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12838) by
+  [@kevinjwang1](https://github.com/kevinjwang1)).
+- **Extensions restart:** Users can now explicitly restart extensions using the
+  `/extensions restart` command.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12739) by
+  [@jakemac53](https://github.com/jakemac53)).
+- **Better Angular support:** Angular workflows should now be more seamless
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10252) by
+  [@MarkTechson](https://github.com/MarkTechson)).
+- **Validate command:** Users can now check that local extensions are formatted
+  correctly. ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12186) by
+  [@kevinjwang1](https://github.com/kevinjwang1)).
+
+## Announcements: v0.12.0 - 2025-10-27
+
+![Codebase investigator subagent in Gemini CLI.](https://i.imgur.com/4J1njsx.png)
+
+- **🎉 New partner extensions:**
+  - **🤗 Hugging Face extension:** Access the Hugging Face hub.
+    ([gif](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LEzIuSH6_igFXq96_tWev11svBNyPJEB/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-LtPTzR1woh-rxGtfPzjjfg))
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/huggingface/hf-mcp-server`
+
+  - **Monday.com extension**: Analyze your sprints, update your task boards,
+    etc.
+    ([gif](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cO0g6kY1odiBIrZTaqu5ZakaGZaZgpQv/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-xEr67SIjXmAXRe1PKy7Jlw))
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/mondaycom/mcp`
+
+  - **Data Commons extension:** Query public datasets or ground responses on
+    data from Data Commons
+    ([gif](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cuj-B-vmUkeJnoBXrO_Y1CuqphYc6p-O/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-0adXCXDQEd91ZZW63HbW-Q)).
+
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/datacommons`
+
+- **Model selection:** Choose the Gemini model for your session with `/model`.
+  ([pic](https://imgur.com/a/ABFcWWw),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/8940) by
+  [@abhipatel12](https://github.com/abhipatel12)).
+- **Model routing:** Gemini CLI will now intelligently pick the best model for
+  the task. Simple queries will be sent to Flash while complex analytical or
+  creative tasks will still use the power of Pro. This ensures your quota will
+  last for a longer period of time. You can always opt-out of this via `/model`.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/9262) by
+  [@abhipatel12](https://github.com/abhipatel12)).
+  - Discussion:
+    [https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/12375](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/12375)
+- **Codebase investigator subagent:** We now have a new built-in subagent that
+  will explore your workspace and resolve relevant information to improve
+  overall performance.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/9988) by
+  [@abhipatel12](https://github.com/abhipatel12),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10282) by
+  [@silviojr](https://github.com/silviojr)).
+  - Enable, disable, or limit turns in `/settings`, plus advanced configs in
+    `settings.json` ([pic](https://imgur.com/a/yJiggNO),
+    [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10844) by
+    [@silviojr](https://github.com/silviojr)).
+- **Explore extensions with `/extension`:** Users can now open the extensions
+  page in their default browser directly from the CLI using the `/extension`
+  explore command. ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11846)
+  by [@JayadityaGit](https://github.com/JayadityaGit)).
+- **Configurable compression:** Users can modify the context compression
+  threshold in `/settings` (decimal with percentage display). The default has
+  been made more proactive
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/12317) by
+  [@scidomino](https://github.com/scidomino)).
+- **API key authentication:** Users can now securely enter and store their
+  Gemini API key via a new dialog, eliminating the need for environment
+  variables and repeated entry.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11760) by
+  [@galz10](https://github.com/galz10)).
+- **Sequential approval:** Users can now approve multiple tool calls
+  sequentially during execution.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11593) by
+  [@joshualitt](https://github.com/joshualitt)).
+
+## Announcements: v0.11.0 - 2025-10-20
+
+![Gemini CLI and Jules](https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-developer-goog-blog-assets/images/Jules_Extension_-_Blog_Header_O346JNt.original.png)
+
+- 🎉 **Gemini CLI Jules Extension:** Use Gemini CLI to orchestrate Jules. Spawn
+  remote workers, delegate tedious tasks, or check in on running jobs!
+  - Install:
+    `gemini extensions install https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/jules`
+  - Announcement:
+    [https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-the-jules-extension-for-gemini-cli/](https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-the-jules-extension-for-gemini-cli/)
+- **Stream JSON output:** Stream real-time JSONL events with
+  `--output-format stream-json` to monitor AI agent progress when run
+  headlessly. ([gif](https://imgur.com/a/0UCE81X),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10883) by
+  [@anj-s](https://github.com/anj-s))
+- **Markdown toggle:** Users can now switch between rendered and raw markdown
+  display using `alt+m `or` ctrl+m`. ([gif](https://imgur.com/a/lDNdLqr),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10383) by
+  [@srivatsj](https://github.com/srivatsj))
+- **Queued message editing:** Users can now quickly edit queued messages by
+  pressing the up arrow key when the input is empty.
+  ([gif](https://imgur.com/a/ioRslLd),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10392) by
+  [@akhil29](https://github.com/akhil29))
+- **JSON web fetch**: Non-HTML content like JSON APIs or raw source code are now
+  properly shown to the model (previously only supported HTML)
+  ([gif](https://imgur.com/a/Q58U4qJ),
+  [pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11284) by
+  [@abhipatel12](https://github.com/abhipatel12))
+- **Non-interactive MCP commands:** Users can now run MCP slash commands in
+  non-interactive mode `gemini "/some-mcp-prompt"`.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10194) by
+  [@capachino](https://github.com/capachino))
+- **Removal of deprecated flags:** We’ve finally removed a number of deprecated
+  flags to cleanup Gemini CLI’s invocation profile:
+  - `--all-files` / `-a` in favor of `@` from within Gemini CLI.
+    ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11228) by
+    [@allenhutchison](https://github.com/allenhutchison))
+  - `--telemetry-*` flags in favor of
+    [environment variables](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11318)
+    ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11318) by
+    [@allenhutchison](https://github.com/allenhutchison))
+
+## Announcements: v0.10.0 - 2025-10-13
+
+- **Polish:** The team has been heads down bug fixing and investing heavily into
+  polishing existing flows, tools, and interactions.
+- **Interactive Shell Tool calling:** Gemini CLI can now also execute
+  interactive tools if needed
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/11225) by
+  [@galz10](https://github.com/galz10)).
+- **Alt+Key support:** Enables broader support for Alt+Key keyboard shortcuts
+  across different terminals.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10767) by
+  [@srivatsj](https://github.com/srivatsj)).
+- **Telemetry Diff stats:** Track line changes made by the model and user during
+  file operations via OTEL.
+  ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10819) by
+  [@jerop](https://github.com/jerop)).
+
+## Announcements: v0.9.0 - 2025-10-06
 
 - 🎉 **Interactive Shell:** Run interactive commands like `vim`, `rebase -i`, or
   even `gemini` 😎 directly in Gemini CLI:
@@ -28,7 +588,7 @@ notable changes to Gemini CLI.
   ([pr](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/10108) by
   [@sgnagnarella](https://github.com/sgnagnarella))
 
-## v0.8.0 - Gemini CLI weekly update - 2025-09-29
+## Announcements: v0.8.0 - 2025-09-29
 
 - 🎉 **Announcing Gemini CLI Extensions** 🎉
   - Completely customize your Gemini CLI experience to fit your workflow.
@@ -67,7 +627,7 @@ notable changes to Gemini CLI.
   changes, smaller features, UI updates, reliability and bug fixes + general
   polish made it in this week!
 
-## v0.7.0 - Gemini CLI weekly update - 2025-09-22
+## Announcements: v0.7.0 - 2025-09-22
 
 - 🎉**Build your own Gemini CLI IDE plugin:** We've published a spec for
   creating IDE plugins to enable rich context-aware experiences and native
@@ -105,7 +665,7 @@ notable changes to Gemini CLI.
   changes, smaller features, UI updates, reliability and bug fixes + general
   polish made it in this week!
 
-## v0.6.0 - Gemini CLI weekly update - 2025-09-15
+## Announcements: v0.6.0 - 2025-09-15
 
 - 🎉 **Higher limits for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers:** We’re psyched to
   finally announce that Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers now get access to
@@ -186,7 +746,7 @@ notable changes to Gemini CLI.
   changes, smaller features, UI updates, reliability and bug fixes + general
   polish made it in this week!
 
-## v0.5.0 - Gemini CLI weekly update - 2025-09-08
+## Announcements: v0.5.0 - 2025-09-08
 
 - 🎉**FastMCP + Gemini CLI**🎉: Quickly install and manage your Gemini CLI MCP
   servers with FastMCP ([video](https://imgur.com/a/m8QdCPh),
@@ -231,7 +791,7 @@ notable changes to Gemini CLI.
   changes, smaller features, UI updates, reliability and bug fixes + general
   polish made it in this week!
 
-## v0.4.0 - Gemini CLI weekly update - 2025-09-01
+## Announcements: v0.4.0 - 2025-09-01
 
 - 🎉**Gemini CLI CloudRun and Security Integrations**🎉: Automate app deployment
   and security analysis with CloudRun and Security extension integrations. Once

docs/changelogs/latest.md

@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+# Latest stable release: v0.32.1
+
+Released: March 4, 2026
+
+For most users, our latest stable release is the recommended release. Install
+the latest stable version with:
+
+```
+npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
+```
+
+## Highlights
+
+- **Plan Mode Enhancements**: Significant updates to Plan Mode, including the
+  ability to open and modify plans in an external editor, adaptations for
+  complex tasks with multi-select options, and integration tests for plan mode.
+- **Agent and Steering Improvements**: The generalist agent has been enabled to
+  enhance task delegation, model steering is now supported directly within the
+  workspace, and contiguous parallel admission is enabled for `Kind.Agent`
+  tools.
+- **Interactive Shell**: Interactive shell autocompletion has been introduced,
+  significantly enhancing the user experience.
+- **Core Stability and Performance**: Extensions are now loaded in parallel,
+  fetch timeouts have been increased, robust A2A streaming reassembly was
+  implemented, and orphaned processes when terminal closes have been prevented.
+- **Billing and Quota Handling**: Implemented G1 AI credits overage flow with
+  billing telemetry and added support for quota error fallbacks across all
+  authentication types.
+
+## What's Changed
+
+- fix(patch): cherry-pick 0659ad1 to release/v0.32.0-pr-21042 to patch version
+  v0.32.0 and create version 0.32.1 by @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#21048](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/21048)
+- feat(plan): add integration tests for plan mode by @Adib234 in
+  [#20214](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20214)
+- fix(acp): update auth handshake to spec by @skeshive in
+  [#19725](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19725)
+- feat(core): implement robust A2A streaming reassembly and fix task continuity
+  by @adamfweidman in
+  [#20091](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20091)
+- feat(cli): load extensions in parallel by @scidomino in
+  [#20229](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20229)
+- Plumb the maxAttempts setting through Config args by @kevinjwang1 in
+  [#20239](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20239)
+- fix(cli): skip 404 errors in setup-github file downloads by @h30s in
+  [#20287](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20287)
+- fix(cli): expose model.name setting in settings dialog for persistence by
+  @achaljhawar in
+  [#19605](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19605)
+- docs: remove legacy cmd examples in favor of powershell by @scidomino in
+  [#20323](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20323)
+- feat(core): Enable model steering in workspace. by @joshualitt in
+  [#20343](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20343)
+- fix: remove trailing comma in issue triage workflow settings json by @Nixxx19
+  in [#20265](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20265)
+- feat(core): implement task tracker foundation and service by @anj-s in
+  [#19464](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19464)
+- test: support tests that include color information by @jacob314 in
+  [#20220](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20220)
+- feat(core): introduce Kind.Agent for sub-agent classification by @abhipatel12
+  in [#20369](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20369)
+- Changelog for v0.30.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#20252](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20252)
+- Update changelog workflow to reject nightly builds by @g-samroberts in
+  [#20248](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20248)
+- Changelog for v0.31.0-preview.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#20249](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20249)
+- feat(cli): hide workspace policy update dialog and auto-accept by default by
+  @Abhijit-2592 in
+  [#20351](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20351)
+- feat(core): rename grep_search include parameter to include_pattern by
+  @SandyTao520 in
+  [#20328](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20328)
+- feat(plan): support opening and modifying plan in external editor by @Adib234
+  in [#20348](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20348)
+- feat(cli): implement interactive shell autocompletion by @mrpmohiburrahman in
+  [#20082](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20082)
+- fix(core): allow /memory add to work in plan mode by @Jefftree in
+  [#20353](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20353)
+- feat(core): add HTTP 499 to retryable errors and map to RetryableQuotaError by
+  @bdmorgan in [#20432](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20432)
+- feat(core): Enable generalist agent by @joshualitt in
+  [#19665](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19665)
+- Updated tests in TableRenderer.test.tsx to use SVG snapshots by @devr0306 in
+  [#20450](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20450)
+- Refactor Github Action per b/485167538 by @google-admin in
+  [#19443](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19443)
+- fix(github): resolve actionlint and yamllint regressions from #19443 by @jerop
+  in [#20467](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20467)
+- fix: action var usage by @galz10 in
+  [#20492](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20492)
+- feat(core): improve A2A content extraction by @adamfweidman in
+  [#20487](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20487)
+- fix(cli): support quota error fallbacks for all authentication types by
+  @sehoon38 in [#20475](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20475)
+- fix(core): flush transcript for pure tool-call responses to ensure BeforeTool
+  hooks see complete state by @krishdef7 in
+  [#20419](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20419)
+- feat(plan): adapt planning workflow based on complexity of task by @jerop in
+  [#20465](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20465)
+- fix: prevent orphaned processes from consuming 100% CPU when terminal closes
+  by @yuvrajangadsingh in
+  [#16965](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16965)
+- feat(core): increase fetch timeout and fix [object Object] error
+  stringification by @bdmorgan in
+  [#20441](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20441)
+- [Gemma x Gemini CLI] Add an Experimental Gemma Router that uses a LiteRT-LM
+  shim into the Composite Model Classifier Strategy by @sidwan02 in
+  [#17231](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17231)
+- docs(plan): update documentation regarding supporting editing of plan files
+  during plan approval by @Adib234 in
+  [#20452](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20452)
+- test(cli): fix flaky ToolResultDisplay overflow test by @jwhelangoog in
+  [#20518](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20518)
+- ui(cli): reduce length of Ctrl+O hint by @jwhelangoog in
+  [#20490](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20490)
+- fix(ui): correct styled table width calculations by @devr0306 in
+  [#20042](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20042)
+- Avoid overaggressive unescaping by @scidomino in
+  [#20520](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20520)
+- feat(telemetry) Instrument traces with more attributes and make them available
+  to OTEL users by @heaventourist in
+  [#20237](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20237)
+- Add support for policy engine in extensions by @chrstnb in
+  [#20049](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20049)
+- Docs: Update to Terms of Service & FAQ by @jkcinouye in
+  [#20488](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20488)
+- Fix bottom border rendering for search and add a regression test. by @jacob314
+  in [#20517](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20517)
+- fix(core): apply retry logic to CodeAssistServer for all users by @bdmorgan in
+  [#20507](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20507)
+- Fix extension MCP server env var loading by @chrstnb in
+  [#20374](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20374)
+- feat(ui): add 'ctrl+o' hint to truncated content message by @jerop in
+  [#20529](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20529)
+- Fix flicker showing message to press ctrl-O again to collapse. by @jacob314 in
+  [#20414](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20414)
+- fix(cli): hide shortcuts hint while model is thinking or the user has typed a
+  prompt + add debounce to avoid flicker by @jacob314 in
+  [#19389](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19389)
+- feat(plan): update planning workflow to encourage multi-select with
+  descriptions of options by @Adib234 in
+  [#20491](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20491)
+- refactor(core,cli): useAlternateBuffer read from config by @psinha40898 in
+  [#20346](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20346)
+- fix(cli): ensure dialogs stay scrolled to bottom in alternate buffer mode by
+  @jacob314 in [#20527](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20527)
+- fix(core): revert auto-save of policies to user space by @Abhijit-2592 in
+  [#20531](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20531)
+- Demote unreliable test. by @gundermanc in
+  [#20571](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20571)
+- fix(core): handle optional response fields from code assist API by @sehoon38
+  in [#20345](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20345)
+- fix(cli): keep thought summary when loading phrases are off by @LyalinDotCom
+  in [#20497](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20497)
+- feat(cli): add temporary flag to disable workspace policies by @Abhijit-2592
+  in [#20523](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20523)
+- Disable expensive and scheduled workflows on personal forks by @dewitt in
+  [#20449](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20449)
+- Moved markdown parsing logic to a separate util file by @devr0306 in
+  [#20526](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20526)
+- fix(plan): prevent agent from using ask_user for shell command confirmation by
+  @Adib234 in [#20504](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20504)
+- fix(core): disable retries for code assist streaming requests by @sehoon38 in
+  [#20561](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20561)
+- feat(billing): implement G1 AI credits overage flow with billing telemetry by
+  @gsquared94 in
+  [#18590](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18590)
+- feat: better error messages by @gsquared94 in
+  [#20577](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20577)
+- fix(ui): persist expansion in AskUser dialog when navigating options by @jerop
+  in [#20559](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20559)
+- fix(cli): prevent sub-agent tool calls from leaking into UI by @abhipatel12 in
+  [#20580](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20580)
+- fix(cli): Shell autocomplete polish by @jacob314 in
+  [#20411](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20411)
+- Changelog for v0.31.0-preview.1 by @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#20590](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20590)
+- Add slash command for promoting behavioral evals to CI blocking by @gundermanc
+  in [#20575](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20575)
+- Changelog for v0.30.1 by @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#20589](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20589)
+- Add low/full CLI error verbosity mode for cleaner UI by @LyalinDotCom in
+  [#20399](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20399)
+- Disable Gemini PR reviews on draft PRs. by @gundermanc in
+  [#20362](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20362)
+- Docs: FAQ update by @jkcinouye in
+  [#20585](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20585)
+- fix(core): reduce intrusive MCP errors and deduplicate diagnostics by
+  @spencer426 in
+  [#20232](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20232)
+- docs: fix spelling typos in installation guide by @campox747 in
+  [#20579](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20579)
+- Promote stable tests to CI blocking. by @gundermanc in
+  [#20581](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20581)
+- feat(core): enable contiguous parallel admission for Kind.Agent tools by
+  @abhipatel12 in
+  [#20583](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20583)
+- Enforce import/no-duplicates as error by @Nixxx19 in
+  [#19797](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19797)
+- fix: merge duplicate imports in sdk and test-utils packages (1/4) by @Nixxx19
+  in [#19777](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19777)
+- fix: merge duplicate imports in a2a-server package (2/4) by @Nixxx19 in
+  [#19781](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19781)
+
+**Full Changelog**:
+https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.31.0...v0.32.1

docs/changelogs/preview.md

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+# Preview release: v0.33.0-preview.1
+
+Released: March 04, 2026
+
+Our preview release includes the latest, new, and experimental features. This
+release may not be as stable as our [latest weekly release](latest.md).
+
+To install the preview release:
+
+```
+npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@preview
+```
+
+## Highlights
+
+- **Plan Mode Enhancements**: Added support for annotating plans with feedback
+  for iteration, enabling built-in research subagents in plan mode, and a new
+  `copy` subcommand.
+- **Agent and Skill Improvements**: Introduced the new `github-issue-creator`
+  skill, implemented HTTP authentication support for A2A remote agents, and
+  added support for authenticated A2A agent card discovery.
+- **CLI UX/UI Updates**: Redesigned the header to be compact with an ASCII icon,
+  inverted the context window display to show usage, and directly indicate auth
+  required state for agents.
+- **Core and ACP Enhancements**: Implemented slash command handling in ACP (for
+  `/memory`, `/init`, `/extensions`, and `/restore`), added a set models
+  interface to ACP, and centralized `read_file` limits while truncating large
+  MCP tool output.
+
+## What's Changed
+
+- fix(patch): cherry-pick 0659ad1 to release/v0.33.0-preview.0-pr-21042 to patch
+  version v0.33.0-preview.0 and create version 0.33.0-preview.1 by
+  @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#21047](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/21047)
+
+* Docs: Update model docs to remove Preview Features. by @jkcinouye in
+  [#20084](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20084)
+* docs: fix typo in installation documentation by @AdityaSharma-Git3207 in
+  [#20153](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20153)
+* docs: add Windows PowerShell equivalents for environments and scripting by
+  @scidomino in [#20333](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20333)
+* fix(core): parse raw ASCII buffer strings in Gaxios errors by @sehoon38 in
+  [#20626](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20626)
+* chore(release): bump version to 0.33.0-nightly.20260227.ba149afa0 by @galz10
+  in [#20637](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20637)
+* fix(github): use robot PAT for automated PRs to pass CLA check by @galz10 in
+  [#20641](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20641)
+* chore/release: bump version to 0.33.0-nightly.20260228.1ca5c05d0 by
+  @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#20644](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20644)
+* Changelog for v0.31.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#20634](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20634)
+* fix: use full paths for ACP diff payloads by @JagjeevanAK in
+  [#19539](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19539)
+* Changelog for v0.32.0-preview.0 by @gemini-cli-robot in
+  [#20627](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20627)
+* fix: acp/zed race condition between MCP initialisation and prompt by
+  @kartikangiras in
+  [#20205](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20205)
+* fix(cli): reset themeManager between tests to ensure isolation by
+  @NTaylorMullen in
+  [#20598](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20598)
+* refactor(core): Extract tool parameter names as constants by @SandyTao520 in
+  [#20460](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20460)
+* fix(cli): resolve autoThemeSwitching when background hasn't changed but theme
+  mismatches by @sehoon38 in
+  [#20706](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20706)
+* feat(skills): add github-issue-creator skill by @sehoon38 in
+  [#20709](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20709)
+* fix(cli): allow sub-agent confirmation requests in UI while preventing
+  background flicker by @abhipatel12 in
+  [#20722](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20722)
+* Merge User and Agent Card Descriptions #20849 by @adamfweidman in
+  [#20850](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20850)
+* fix(core): reduce LLM-based loop detection false positives by @SandyTao520 in
+  [#20701](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20701)
+* fix(plan): deflake plan mode integration tests by @Adib234 in
+  [#20477](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20477)
+* Add /unassign support by @scidomino in
+  [#20864](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20864)
+* feat(core): implement HTTP authentication support for A2A remote agents by
+  @SandyTao520 in
+  [#20510](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20510)
+* feat(core): centralize read_file limits and update gemini-3 description by
+  @aishaneeshah in
+  [#20619](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20619)
+* Do not block CI on evals by @gundermanc in
+  [#20870](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20870)
+* document node limitation for shift+tab by @scidomino in
+  [#20877](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20877)
+* Add install as an option when extension is selected. by @DavidAPierce in
+  [#20358](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20358)
+* Update CODEOWNERS for README.md reviewers by @g-samroberts in
+  [#20860](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20860)
+* feat(core): truncate large MCP tool output by @SandyTao520 in
+  [#19365](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19365)
+* Subagent activity UX. by @gundermanc in
+  [#17570](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17570)
+* style(cli) : Dialog pattern for /hooks Command by @AbdulTawabJuly in
+  [#17930](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17930)
+* feat: redesign header to be compact with ASCII icon by @keithguerin in
+  [#18713](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18713)
+* fix(core): ensure subagents use qualified MCP tool names by @abhipatel12 in
+  [#20801](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20801)
+* feat(core): support authenticated A2A agent card discovery by @SandyTao520 in
+  [#20622](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20622)
+* refactor(cli): fully remove React anti patterns, improve type safety and fix
+  UX oversights in SettingsDialog.tsx by @psinha40898 in
+  [#18963](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18963)
+* Adding MCPOAuthProvider implementing the MCPSDK OAuthClientProvider by
+  @Nayana-Parameswarappa in
+  [#20121](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20121)
+* feat(core): add tool name validation in TOML policy files by @allenhutchison
+  in [#19281](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19281)
+* docs: fix broken markdown links in main README.md by @Hamdanbinhashim in
+  [#20300](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20300)
+* refactor(core): replace manual syncPlanModeTools with declarative policy rules
+  by @jerop in [#20596](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20596)
+* fix(core): increase default headers timeout to 5 minutes by @gundermanc in
+  [#20890](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20890)
+* feat(admin): enable 30 day default retention for chat history & remove warning
+  by @skeshive in
+  [#20853](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20853)
+* feat(plan): support annotating plans with feedback for iteration by @Adib234
+  in [#20876](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20876)
+* Add some dos and don'ts to behavioral evals README. by @gundermanc in
+  [#20629](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20629)
+* fix(core): skip telemetry logging for AbortError exceptions by @yunaseoul in
+  [#19477](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/19477)
+* fix(core): restrict "System: Please continue" invalid stream retry to Gemini 2
+  models by @SandyTao520 in
+  [#20897](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20897)
+* ci(evals): only run evals in CI if prompts or tools changed by @gundermanc in
+  [#20898](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20898)
+* Build binary by @aswinashok44 in
+  [#18933](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/18933)
+* Code review fixes as a pr by @jacob314 in
+  [#20612](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20612)
+* fix(ci): handle empty APP_ID in stale PR closer by @bdmorgan in
+  [#20919](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20919)
+* feat(cli): invert context window display to show usage by @keithguerin in
+  [#20071](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20071)
+* fix(plan): clean up session directories and plans on deletion by @jerop in
+  [#20914](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20914)
+* fix(core): enforce optionality for API response fields in code_assist by
+  @sehoon38 in [#20714](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20714)
+* feat(extensions): add support for plan directory in extension manifest by
+  @mahimashanware in
+  [#20354](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20354)
+* feat(plan): enable built-in research subagents in plan mode by @Adib234 in
+  [#20972](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20972)
+* feat(agents): directly indicate auth required state by @adamfweidman in
+  [#20986](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20986)
+* fix(cli): wait for background auto-update before relaunching by @scidomino in
+  [#20904](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20904)
+* fix: pre-load @scripts/copy_files.js references from external editor prompts
+  by @kartikangiras in
+  [#20963](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20963)
+* feat(evals): add behavioral evals for ask_user tool by @Adib234 in
+  [#20620](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20620)
+* refactor common settings logic for skills,agents by @ishaanxgupta in
+  [#17490](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/17490)
+* Update docs-writer skill with new resource by @g-samroberts in
+  [#20917](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20917)
+* fix(cli): pin clipboardy to ~5.2.x by @scidomino in
+  [#21009](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/21009)
+* feat: Implement slash command handling in ACP for
+  `/memory`,`/init`,`/extensions` and `/restore` by @sripasg in
+  [#20528](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20528)
+* Docs/add hooks reference by @AadithyaAle in
+  [#20961](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20961)
+* feat(plan): add copy subcommand to plan (#20491) by @ruomengz in
+  [#20988](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20988)
+* fix(core): sanitize and length-check MCP tool qualified names by @abhipatel12
+  in [#20987](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20987)
+* Format the quota/limit style guide. by @g-samroberts in
+  [#21017](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/21017)
+* fix(core): send shell output to model on cancel by @devr0306 in
+  [#20501](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20501)
+* remove hardcoded tiername when missing tier by @sehoon38 in
+  [#21022](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/21022)
+* feat(acp): add set models interface by @skeshive in
+  [#20991](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20991)
+
+**Full Changelog**:
+https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/compare/v0.32.0-preview.0...v0.33.0-preview.1

docs/cli/authentication.md

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Authentication Setup
-
-See: [Getting Started - Authentication Setup](../get-started/authentication.md).