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Grok Bot Desktop Extra

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Grok Bot Desktop Extra

September 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM UTC

Dogfood pre-release: Grok Bot desktop 0.45.0-pre.4.patch.0 → 0.45.0-pre.5.patch.0.

Changelog

  • [changed] sand-dogfood bumped to 0.45.0-pre.5.patch.0 on macOS and Windows.
  • [new] Origin backend support (api.origin.cursor.com), including origin backend URL configuration.
  • [new] Box namespace header support for sandboxed/namespaced requests.
  • [new] Model experiment name wiring for experiment-targeted model runs.
  • [removed] Legacy dev capability environment hook (SAND_DEV_CAPABILITY_ENV).

Availability

Rolling out now on the sand-dogfood channel (pre-release):

  • macOS: darwin-arm64, darwin-x64
  • Windows: win32-arm64-user, win32-x64-user

Stable (sand) is unchanged in this release.

Upgrade notes

The app self-updates on the dogfood channel. No manual install steps are required for this build.

Older release← Sep 7, 09:18 UTCNewer release→ Sep 7, 17:18 UTC
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