Change log

Amp launches an Android app

Amp's mobile app, previously on iOS and macOS, becomes available on Android, with threads, portals and changes views.

Amp orbs can run on self-hosted infrastructure

Teams can run an orb provider inside their own infrastructure (Docker, E2B, Kubernetes and others) so Amp spawns, pauses and deletes orbs on compute they control.

Amp becomes an agent in Linear

Assigning or mentioning Amp on a Linear issue starts a Linear Agent Session and spawns an orb; the session also appears in Amp's sidebar.

Ona Cloud will shut down on October 31, 2026

Following Ona's move to OpenAI, Ona Cloud winds down on October 31, 2026; new sign-ups have closed, October payments and unused credits will be refunded, and users are pointed to Codex Cloud.

OpenHands agents can run on DigitalOcean from Agent Canvas

With OpenHands 1.27.0, developers can create and manage DigitalOcean-hosted agents in isolated microVM sandboxes directly from Agent Canvas.

Augment Code sells Cosmos, Auggie CLI and its Context Engine to Harness

Augment Code agrees to sell select assets, including Cosmos, the Auggie CLI and the Code Context Engine, to Harness, and the team behind them moves to Harness.

Amp runners can be shared with a whole workspace

Start a runner with --share and everyone in the workspace can start threads on that machine from ampcode.com.

OpenHands 1.23 ships a universal macOS desktop build

The desktop app ships as a universal macOS DMG with per-architecture bundled runtimes.

Factory adds Factory Private for VPC, on-premises and air-gapped deployment

Factory introduces two deployment models, Factory Managed and Factory Private, the latter for VPCs, on-premises and air-gapped networks.

Augment's IntelliJ plugin asks before reading sensitive files

IntelliJ plugin v0.491.0: the agent asks for approval before reading .env files, private keys, certificates, and credential-named files, and MCP over HTTP now uses the configured proxy.

Amp adds a free Hobby tier for bring-your-own compute and models

Amp becomes free to use with your own compute and model subscriptions or keys, introducing a free Hobby tier and removing BYOK token fees outside Enterprise; it charges for remote orbs.

Factory Pro plan adds managed computers with five compute hours a month

Factory's Pro plan now includes managed computers with five compute hours each month.

Codex in Ona follows the organization's configured model access

Inherited Codex access tokens no longer override the model access configured for the organization.

Codex in Ona gives clearer error messages

When a run cannot continue, messages focus on what happened and what to do next, with a reference ID tied to the support bundle.

OpenAI completes its acquisition of Ona

An update to Ona's announcement states the transaction closed on August 10, 2026 and Ona is now part of OpenAI.

Ona Cloud drops the Anthropic harness on Ona-managed model access

Ona says the Anthropic harness is no longer available with Ona-managed model access, effective immediately, and migrates existing automations to equivalent OpenAI models; enterprise BYOK customers can keep their own Anthropic keys for now.

Amp launches monthly subscriptions in beta

Amp introduces monthly subscriptions in beta alongside its existing pay-as-you-go token pricing, with included usage of its remote 'orbs' compute.

Factory announces Factory 2.0, moving from coding agents to software factories

Factory announces Factory 2.0, describing a shift from individual coding agents to organization-wide, agent-native systems covering the development lifecycle.

Ona agrees to join OpenAI as part of the Codex team

Ona announces an agreement to join OpenAI's Codex team, with both companies remaining independent until close.

Factory renames its Pro Plus plan to Plus

Factory's changelog records that the Pro Plus individual plan is renamed Plus throughout the product.

Amp removes ads from Amp Free and pauses free grants for some users

Amp stops showing ads in Amp Free; most users keep the daily free grant without ads, while it is paused for some less-active users.

Gemini 3.1 Pro becomes available in Jules

Jules adds Gemini 3.1 Pro as an available model.

Amp offers up to $10/day in ad-supported free credits for all modes

Every Amp user can receive ad-supported free credits replenishing hourly, up to $10 per day, usable with the full smart agent.

OpenHands 1.0.0 ships on the new software-agent-sdk

OpenHands releases version 1.0.0, rebuilt on its new software-agent-sdk, and moves the OpenHands CLI to its own repository.

Amp spins out of Sourcegraph as Amp Frontier Corporation

Amp becomes a separate company, spinning out of Sourcegraph as an independent research lab.

OpenHands Cloud adds a free bring-your-own-LLM tier

OpenHands opens bring-your-own-key to all Cloud users through a free BYOK tier limited to one user, with daily and parallel conversation limits.

Augment Code switches all plans to credit-based pricing

Augment Code's credit-based pricing goes live, replacing user-message plans; new sign-ups move first and existing paid users migrate between October 21 and 31 at the same dollar value.

Amp launches Amp Free, an ad-supported free mode

Amp adds a free mode funded by advertising from developer and infrastructure companies, using a mix of open-source and frontier models.

Jules launches Jules Tools, a command-line interface

Google launches Jules Tools, a CLI for controlling the Jules agent from the terminal; the Jules API follows on October 3, 2025.

OpenHands Cloud adds a $20/month subscription and drops model markup

OpenHands Cloud introduces a $20 per month subscription that unlocks model choice at API cost without markup and bring-your-own-key; previously it charged 2x API costs for Claude Sonnet.

Augment Code introduces a $20/month Indie plan

Augment Code adds an Indie plan at $20 per user per month with 125 user messages.

Gitpod Classic pay-as-you-go is set to sunset on October 15, 2025

Ona announces that Gitpod Classic pay-as-you-go users cannot log in or start environments after October 15, 2025 and must migrate to Ona; Enterprise customers are excluded.

Gitpod re-founds as Ona, an agent platform

Gitpod announces it is re-founding the company as Ona, positioned as mission control for a personal team of software engineering agents.

Jules exits beta and launches publicly

Google takes Jules out of public beta and launches it publicly, powered by Gemini 2.5.

Jules adds Google AI Pro and Ultra tiers with 5x and 20x limits

With the public launch, Jules introduces structured tiers: Google AI Pro subscribers get 5x higher limits and Ultra subscribers 20x higher limits.

Jules raises beta limits to 60 tasks per day and 5 concurrent

Google raises Jules usage limits during the beta to 60 tasks per day with 5 concurrent tasks.

Factory makes Droids generally available

Factory announces general availability of its Droids across the software development lifecycle, with team pricing of $40 per team plus $10 per active user per month.

Augment Code moves to per-user-message pricing

Augment Code replaces request and tool-call based charging with pricing per user message sent to its agent; the Developer plan is set at $50 for 600 user messages.