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Jul 27, 2026Claude Code July 27: Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at $5/$25 per Mtok as the New Default, v2.1.219 Adds 1M Context and Fast Mode, Claude Security Plugin Enters BetaJul 20, 2026Claude Code July 20: Fable 5 Included in Max Plans at 50% Limits, v2.1.214 Hardens Bash Permission Checks, /verify No Longer Auto-RunsJul 13, 2026Claude Code July 13: v2.1.207 Defaults to Opus 4.8 with Auto Mode GA, Fable 5 Free Access Extended to July 19, China Flags a BackdoorJul 6, 2026Claude Code July 6: Sonnet 5 Is the New Default at $2/$10 per Mtok, Fable 5 Is Back (Free Access Ends July 7), v2.1.201 LatestJun 29, 2026Claude Code June 29: Fable 5 Returning Soon, Claude Tag Live in Slack, Alibaba Distillation Lawsuit, v2.1.195 LatestJun 22, 2026Fable 5 Frozen by Export Order, v2.1.183 Blocks Destructive Commands, TypeScript SDK Gets code_execution Tool
Jul 27, 2026OpenAI Codex July 27: Fourth Outage in Four Days Throws 503 biscuit_baker_service_me_circuit_open, Codex CLI 0.145.0 /import Migrates Cursor and Claude Code Settings, ChatGPT Voice Now Drives Codex AgentsJul 20, 2026OpenAI Codex July 20: CLI 0.144.6 Refreshes GPT-5.6 Sol Instructions With Corrected 272,000-Token Context, 8 Million Active Users, Usage Limits Reset AgainJul 13, 2026OpenAI Codex July 13: CLI 0.144.x Adds Usage-Limit Reset Credits and a writes Approval Mode, GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna Land, Codex Folds Into the ChatGPT Desktop AppJul 6, 2026OpenAI Codex July 6: CLI 0.142.5 Stops Leaking WebSocket Payloads to Trace Logs, Codex Hardware Shortcut Device Teased for July 15Jun 29, 2026OpenAI Codex June 29: Codex Remote Now Generally Available, ChatGPT Mobile QR Pairing, CLI v0.142.0 Ships Plugin Marketplace and Multi-Agent DelegationJun 22, 2026Codex v0.141.0 Ships Record & Replay and Noise Relay Remote Execution; v0.142.0 Alphas Roll Daily
Jul 27, 2026Cursor AI July 27: Cursor Router Now Powers Auto Mode With Intelligence, Balance and Cost Modes at 60% Lower Cost, SpaceX $60 Billion Acquisition Adds a CFO Council for Agentic ROIJul 20, 2026Cursor AI July 20: Unpatched Windows 0-Day Auto-Runs Malicious git.exe From Cloned Repos, Cursor in Slack Adds Plan-First Responses and Multi-Repo EnvironmentsJul 13, 2026Cursor AI July 13: Cursor 3.11 Ships Side Chats (/side, /btw), GPT-5.6 Sol Hits 67.2% on CursorBench, Cursor Trains SpaceXAI's Grok 4.5Jul 6, 2026Cursor AI July 6: Cursor for iOS Launches With Always-On Cloud Agents, Composer 2.5 Is 75% Off Through July 5, Team Marketplaces Add Team MCPsJun 29, 2026Cursor AI June 29: Origin Agent-First Git Platform and 1.5-Trillion-Parameter Frontier Model Confirmed, Continue Acquisition, Code Custody Stakes RiseJun 22, 2026SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60B; Compile 2026 Launches Origin, Frontier Model, and Mobile; v3.8 Ships /automate
Jul 20, 2026Grok Build July 20: xAI Open-Sources the Full CLI - 844,530 Lines of Rust Under Apache 2.0 - After Repo-Upload Privacy Backlash, Grok Automations Launches Free Scheduled TasksJul 13, 2026Grok Build July 13: Grok 4.5 Ships as the New Default at $2/$6 per 1M Tokens, CLI 0.2.96-0.2.98 Add Token Cost in /context and Queued PromptsJun 29, 2026Grok Build June 29: /goal Mode Ships for Autonomous Task Execution, API Now Open with Agent Client Protocol, SuperGrok Inside T3code IDEJun 22, 2026Grok V9-Medium 1.5T Coding Model, Grok 4.3 on Bedrock with 1M Context, Agent Dashboard and Databricks Integration