Cline: CLI v3.0.74: model requests retry at most 3 times instead of 5

What changed

5 points

1. 1

   Opening a task that is already running in another Cline app now attaches to that run instead of starting a second one that could not be stopped, and the cline hub status and cline doctor commands no longer hang on a Hub that has frozen.

   Official wording · c1 c2

   Opening a task that's already running in another Cline app now attaches to that run instead of starting a second one that couldn't be stopped.

   `cline hub status` and `cline doctor` no longer hang on a Hub that has frozen

2. 2

   Model requests retry at most 3 times instead of 5, and a turn whose connection drops after the model has streamed only reasoning is now retried instead of ending the run.

   Official wording · c3 c4

   Model requests retry at most 3 times instead of 5

   A turn whose connection drops after the model has streamed only reasoning (for example, "The socket connection was closed unexpectedly") is now retried instead of ending the run

3. 3

   Kimi K3 now gets max reasoning for Extra High and Max, instead of an xhigh setting it rejects, and Gemini API keys, meaning the gemini provider, no longer send native Google Search.

   Official wording · c5 c6

   Kimi K3 now gets `max` reasoning for Extra High and Max, instead of an `xhigh` setting it rejects

   Gemini API keys (the `gemini` provider) no longer send native Google Search

4. 4

   Auto-compaction no longer runs for models with an unknown context limit, and the run_commands tool with an empty command list now returns an error instead of a silent success.

   Official wording · c7 c8

   Auto-compaction no longer runs for models with an unknown context limit

   `run_commands` with an empty command list now returns an error instead of a silent success

5. 5

   The model catalog refresh adds the Liquid Inference and Munito AI providers and drops CrofAI, iFlow and Llama.

   Official wording · c9

   Adds the Liquid Inference and Munito AI providers and drops CrofAI, iFlow and Llama

Change details

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Version timeline

Published updates for this tool on this site, newest official date first.

1. 2026-10-26Cline v4.1.26 adds Local | Cloud toggle when cloud sessions are on
2. 2026-10-26CurrentCLI v3.0.74: model requests retry at most 3 times instead of 5
3. 2026-10-16Cline v4.1.25 adds Cloud sessions, rolling out gradually

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Cline

A coding agent for reading and changing files and using tools in editors and terminals, with configurable model access.

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