v0.9.6

Changelog

All notable changes to MandoCode will be documented in this file.

[0.9.6] - 2026-04-06

Added

• Unit test project with 65 tests covering InputStateMachine and DiffService
  • Text input, cursor movement, backspace/delete, submit
  • Command autocomplete filtering, dropdown navigation, accept/dismiss
  • Command history navigation with saved input restoration
  • Paste handling with newline-to-space conversion
  • Static helper tests (IsCommand, GetCommandName) using parameterized [Theory] tests
  • Diff computation for new files, modifications, deletions, identical content
  • Line ending normalization (Windows \r\n, old Mac \r)
  • Large file fallback with sampled diffs
  • Context collapse with configurable context lines
• Empty response recovery — when the model returns blank (context overflow), MandoCode now shows a helpful message instead of freezing with a blank screen
• Rendering timeout guard — markdown rendering runs with a 30-second timeout and a "Rendering..." spinner after 1 second, preventing permanent freezes on large responses. Falls back to raw text if rendering exceeds the limit.

Fixed

• Timeout retry deadlock — when a request timed out (5-minute limit), RetryPolicy was treating the timeout as a transient error and retrying the entire request including all file reads. With 2 retries, this could silently hang for up to 15 minutes. Now the cancellation token is properly passed to RetryPolicy so timeouts fail fast.
• Silent exception suppression — replaced 6 bare catch { } blocks with catch (Exception ex) logging to Debug.WriteLine across TerminalThemeService, App.razor, FileSystemPlugin, FunctionInvocationFilter, and ShellCommandHandler
• Shell command injection surface — ShellCommandHandler and FileSystemPlugin now use ProcessStartInfo.ArgumentList for proper argument escaping instead of manual string concatenation with cmd.Replace("\"", "\\\"")
• Inconsistent config validation — Program.cs accepted any maxTokens > 0 while ValidateAndClamp() enforced [256, 131072]. All validation now uses centralized constants and helpers on MandoCodeConfig

Changed

• Config validation constants (MinTemperature, MaxTemperature, MinMaxTokens, MaxMaxTokens) and helpers (IsValidTemperature, IsValidMaxTokens) are now defined once on MandoCodeConfig and referenced by Program.cs, ConfigurationWizard.cs, and ValidateAndClamp()

MandoCode v0.9.5 – Unified Input, Smarter Onboarding, Slicker UX

Highlights

• Unified input state machine – Both the VDOM prompt and the imperative console loop now share the same InputStateMachine, so autocomplete,
  history, and paste behave identically everywhere.
• Seamless autocomplete – / and @ dropdowns no longer glitch; selecting a file or command instantly snaps back to the VDOM prompt with your
  text intact.
• Robust paste handling – Windows’ “large paste” confirmation no longer injects stray Enter keystrokes; pasted text is normalized and
  inserted safely.

VDOM & input pipeline

• Async PromptInput bridge – PromptInput now awaits the autocomplete hand-off, drains buffered keystrokes, and feeds them back into the
  shared state machine, eliminating the “typing on an empty console” flash.
• @ browsing polish – Accepting directories/files keeps the dropdown state and immediately repopulates the VDOM prompt, so you can chain
  references without retyping.

Smarter onboarding

• Connection lifecycle – Clear “🔄 Connecting…” → “✅ MandoCode is ready!” flow with /retry at any time.
• Offline guidance – A yellow panel explains exactly how to start Ollama (install, ollama serve, pull a model) and keeps /config + /learn
  accessible.
• /retry command – Rechecks the endpoint, re-validates the model, and updates the UI without restarting the CLI.

UX & personality

• Modern banner – Clean gradient “MANDOCODE” figlet replaces the wolf animation for a sharper first impression.
• Help tweaks – /exit is the only exit command; /retry and an @file tip are surfaced in the help table.
• Spinner upgrades – Loading messages pull from a new hip-hop / 90s tech / Matrix / CS 1.6 list, and every Spectre spinner style auto-loads
  so animations never break.

Token & output polish

• Session totals still print above the prompt for quick reference.
• Per-response summaries remain right-aligned ([~in, out: tok/s]) without cluttering the scrollback.

Docs

• Added VDOMArchitecture.md, RazorConsoleComponents.md, AutocompleteSkill.md, and TaskPlanner.md explaining the new state machine + VDOM
  bridge and how the CLI renders messages.

dotnet tool update -g MandoCode 

Update with and enjoy the smoother experience!
Thanks to everyone who tried v0.9.2 , it had quite a bit of major breaking bugs, I hope this version serves you better.

THANK YOU!

v0.9.2

What's New

• Arrow key navigation — move cursor left/right within your input with arrow keys, Home/End to jump to start/end, Delete key
  support
• Fixed paste detection — fast typing no longer falsely triggers paste mode
• Fixed cursor after paste — pasting long text no longer freezes input or breaks Enter submission
• Pasted text shown inline — no more [pasted N characters] summary, actual text is displayed

Install / Update

dotnet tool update -g MandoCode