Release notes

Local Hoist v0.2.0

July 3, 2026

Adds one-click commit and push with instant drafted commit messages and per-file diff review, support for running OpenAI models on your ChatGPT/Codex subscription, Claude Sonnet 5 availability, and fixes for OpenRouter reasoning retries and text-to-speech error feedback.

New

Added a commit button to the Changes view that stages your conversation's file changes and drafts a commit message instantly — no agent round-trip — so you can review, edit the message, and commit or commit-and-push in one step.
Added per-file diff review to the commit flow, including change counts for each file, so you can inspect exactly what will be committed before confirming.
Added ChatGPT/Codex subscription support: connect your existing Codex CLI login and Local Hoist runs OpenAI models on your subscription instead of API credits, with a subscription-connected badge in the model selector and automatic fallback for models your subscription doesn't cover.

Improved

Claude Sonnet 5 is now available, with a 1M-token context window, adaptive thinking, and Anthropic's introductory API pricing.
Claude Fable 5 is back in the model picker, re-enabled both natively and through OpenRouter.
Usage dashboards now include a dedicated OpenAI OAuth view showing the equivalent API cost of your subscription usage alongside credits and BYOK.
Text-to-speech playback failures now show a compact inline error with a readable details dialog instead of failing silently, and the audio player stays in place so you can retry.

Reliability

OpenRouter conversations no longer fail after switching between routed providers mid-conversation — Local Hoist now detects invalid thinking-signature errors and automatically retries without stale reasoning details.
Fixed managed OpenAI and Groq requests that could fail with transfer-encoding errors when routed through Local Hoist's managed proxy.