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Grok Bot Desktop Stable

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Grok Bot Desktop Stable

August 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM UTC

Stable desktop 0.29.0 — multiplayer, marketplace, Slack connect, and channels land across macOS and Windows.

Changelog

0.29.0

  • [new] Multiplayer support for Grok Bot sessions
  • [new] Channels (sand_channels) for organizing bot activity
  • [new] Grok Bot marketplace — create, update, list, and manage listing status, including image upload for bot and creator assets
  • [new] Slack app lifecycle — install, reinstall, uninstall, and connect flows, with clearer install/connect outcomes and status handling
  • [new] Agent visibility controls (owner and team)
  • [new] Voice dictation path oriented around streaming-only capture
  • [new] Code tours — custom prompt support
  • [new] Browser responsive design mode for Glass
  • [new] Project and run-pool refinements: prefer-interrupt behavior, recent team pool picker, and focus-aware background composer polling
  • [new] Client presence reporting and origin-agent approval resolution
  • [new] Local tool permission updates for Sand machines
  • [new] Jira installation listing support
  • [changed] Onboarding completion can be attributed to dashboard settings, portal onboarding, or unspecified sources
  • [changed] Model-open nudge can run in a pre-render-only mode
  • [changed] Cookie sync can be prompted by the agent; Connect streaming can use raw bytes
  • [removed] Glass local-to-cloud git transfer fallback
  • [removed] Glass “new repo” project entrypoint
  • [removed] review.cursor.com host/endpoint wiring

Availability

0.29.0 is on sand / stable for:

  • macOS (darwin-arm64, darwin-x64)
  • Windows (win32-x64-user, win32-arm64-user)

All of the above moved together from 0.27.0 to 0.29.0. Dogfood is a separate pre-release channel and is not covered by this stable notes set.

Upgrade notes

The app self-updates. No manual download is required for normal desktop installs; restart or relaunch if the update prompt does not appear promptly.

Newer release→ Aug 27, 23:16 UTC
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