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Grok Bot Desktop Extra

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Grok Bot Desktop Extra

September 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC

Dogfood pre-release: Grok Bot desktop 0.31.0-pre.16 → 0.31.0-pre.18 across macOS and Windows.

Changelog

0.31.0-pre.18 (sand-dogfood)

  • [new] Setup checklist for Grok Bot / Sand onboarding, including team checklist updates and explicit checked / cleared / skipped states
  • [new] Onboarding bot flow and role selection during setup
  • [new] Links list surface for Grok Bot
  • [new] Bot publish tool and richer message tooling
  • [new] Code tour walkthrough support, including marking PR code-tour sections as reviewed
  • [new] Origin external sharing, plus a repo collaborators tab
  • [new] Projects can open apps when a project is created
  • [new] Private inference hosting option for agents
  • [new] Local agent event subscriptions and machine messages enablement controls
  • [new] User form vault APIs (list / upsert / delete entries)
  • [new] Stripe Link payment method listing (cards and bank accounts, with auth / unavailable outcomes)
  • [fix] Remote SSH checkpoint handling
  • [changed] Live-call and identity prompt wording for the in-product agent persona
  • [removed] Multitask mode, PR menu, and teach-by-demonstration
  • [removed] Auto-continue for interrupted agents and subagents
  • [removed] Glass file-tree row density and sticky surface experiments, chats section reset, and follow-up prompt editor retention
  • [removed] Agent store conflict notices and related legacy agent API / cache-write paths

Availability

sand-dogfood is updated to 0.31.0-pre.18.patch.0 on:

  • darwin-arm64
  • darwin-x64
  • win32-x64-user
  • win32-arm64-user

No stable-channel bump is included in this release set. Dogfood remains the pre-release channel.

Upgrade notes

The app self-updates on the dogfood channel. Restart Grok Bot if it does not pick up 0.31.0-pre.18 on its own.

Older release← Aug 31, 05:18 UTCNewer release→ Sep 1, 01:18 UTC
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