Anthropic can keep a conversation on the server (message threads beta).
A request can then continue from the previous reply and send only the
new messages, instead of the whole history every turn.
pi uses this when a session id is set and caching is on. It still builds
the full request, compares it with the previous one, and only sends the
new part if nothing earlier changed.
- Default: on only for the anthropic provider on api.anthropic.com.
Gateways that drop unknown fields would lose the conversation.
Override with compat.supportsMessageThreads.
- If the server rejects a continuation, pi resends the full request
as a new thread. Other errors turn threads off for the session.
- New option StreamOptions.disableContinuation. The cache warmer sets
it so warm requests don't replace the session's thread.
- cleanupSessionResources(sessionId) frees a session's thread state.
pi-schema: opt-in coercion, compile(schema, { coerce: true }) with coerce() and
parse(), the superset of TypeBox's Value.Convert rules and pi-ai's old coercion;
unresolvedRefs option; url and json-pointer-uri-fragment formats.
pi-ai: Tool takes any JSON Schema; validation through pi-schema; Type, Static
and TSchema are no longer exported (breaking). pi-agent-core and pi-durable:
tools on pi-schema, no TypeBox dependency. Coding agent: extensions keep Type,
Static, TSchema and StringEnum through an extension view of pi-ai; built-in
tools stay on TypeBox.
Refs #7756, #5607.
Problem: when a wrapper or another package manager provides Pi (mise, a
`PNPM_HOME` wrapper such as nub, Nix), `pi update` cannot update it and
prints "pi cannot self-update this installation." Users with several
machines have to remember which tool updates Pi on which machine.
Example:
```sh
export PI_SELF_UPDATE_COMMAND="mise use -g npm:{packageName}@{version}"
pi update
# Updating pi with mise use -g npm:@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent@1.4.0...
# Updated pi from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0
```
or in `~/.pi/agent/settings.json`:
```json
{ "selfUpdateCommand": ["nix", "profile", "upgrade", "pi"] }
```
Behavior:
- `pi update` still checks pi.dev first. The command runs only when a
newer release exists, or with `--force`, and the release note prints
first.
- Placeholders come from that release: `{packageName}`, `{version}`,
`{installSpec}` (`<packageName>@<version>`). A package rename announced
by pi.dev flows into them.
- `PI_SELF_UPDATE_COMMAND` takes precedence and is split on whitespace
(no quoting). The setting is argv, for arguments with spaces, and is
read only from global settings, so a project's `.pi/settings.json`
cannot inject a command.
- The configured command replaces Pi's own update logic for every
install method, including installer-managed installs: it is explicit
user intent.
- Exit code 0 does not prove an update. Pi reports "Updated pi from X to
Y" when its own `package.json` now shows Y (in-place updates) or when
`pi --version` from PATH reports Y (wrappers such as mise or Nix that
install each version into a new directory). Otherwise it warns: ``Ran
<cmd>, but `pi --version` reports X, not Y.``
- "cannot self-update this installation" now mentions the env var and
setting.
Docs: `docs/cli.md` (new "Custom update command" section),
`docs/settings.md`, `docs/environment-variables.md`, `--help` env list,
regenerated `schemas/settings.schema.json`.
Tests: unit tests for argv resolution and placeholders in
`test/config.test.ts`; CLI tests in `test/package-command-paths.test.ts`
for env precedence over the setting and the managed install, global-only
setting gated by the version check, and command failure. `npm run check`
passes.
Manual end-to-end check with real mise 2026.10.23 in a sandboxed HOME,
running this branch as the mise-installed 1.3.0 (`PI_PACKAGE_DIR`
pointing at mise's install):
| Scenario | Result |
|---|---|
| `mise use -g npm:{packageName}@{version}` | mise installs 1.4.0;
`Updated pi from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0` |
| Already 1.4.0 | `pi is already up to date (v1.4.0)`, mise not run |
| In-place `npm install -g --prefix <dir> {installSpec}` via the setting
| `Updated pi from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0` |
| Command `true` (exit 0, installs nothing) | ``Ran true, but `pi
--version` reports 1.3.0, not 1.4.0.`` |
This PR is AI-generated.
Addresses #5958.
Adds `changelogPath` to `PiManifest`. Safe package-relative changelog
resolution, with `CHANGELOG.md` fallback, and carries it through
`PathMetadata`/`SourceInfo`.
Added extension changelog handling like Pi’s own changelog.
If the package exposes `pi.changelogPath` or has `CHANGELOG.md`, Pi
stores the last seen package version in settings. On each fresh
interactive launch, we compare the stored version to the installed
package version. Then parses the changelog entries in between, shows an
Extension Updates section, then marks the current version as seen. The
first time an extension is seen, its version is recorded without showing
a changelog, same as Pi's own on a fresh install. `collapseChangelog`
condenses this to one line per package.
Any update that bumps the extension's version shows this on the next
launch, e.g.:
```bash
pi update --extensions
pi update --all
pi update <extension-source>
pi update --extension <extension-source>
pi update --self --extensions
pi update pi --extensions
pi update self --extensions
```
<img width="798" height="626" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-28 at 16 34 15"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c882f01c-94b9-4857-b9b7-243d88c0d437"
/>
Jev (TypeSafe, Workers AI), Clef (Workers AI), and OpenRouter decision
models now accept ClassifierContext.images. Each service takes its own
wire form: TypeSafe assets with the opt-in header, Clef images data URLs,
or OpenRouter image_url parts in the state. A new SystemOneCompat
(imageInput, sendImageOptInHeader) selects the form; catalog entries set
it explicitly and models.json provider compat now applies to classifiers.
Adds Clef Omni and Jev 1.14 on Workers AI and fixes Clef Flash and
Workers AI Jev catalog pricing.
* docs(ai,coding-agent): generate models.json reference from schemas
Add npm run generate:references, which renders docs/models-configuration.md
from the models.json TypeBox schemas, and describe provider and model fields
in those schemas. Overrides get their own descriptions without defaults, and
compat sections cover the Responses API aliases.
closes#10790
* Modify changelog
* docs(ai,coding-agent): use shared thinkingLevelMap and promptCache schemas
Replace the per-use schema helpers with fixed schemas whose descriptions
hold for both models and modelOverrides entries.
With an API key, GPT-6 models on the openai provider now keep reasoning.effort
fixed and send the thinking level as configuration_update input items. Each
reply records its level, so earlier items are rebuilt unchanged on every request.
Controlled by compat.supportsMidConvoEffort; skipped for Sign in with ChatGPT
and thinking off.
closes#10853
* feat(coding-agent): use pi.dev configuration schemas
* refactor(coding-agent): separate schema URL from output path
* docs(coding-agent): document published schema URLs
