Gemini CLI nightly hardens macOS agent sandbox boundaries

A pre-release Gemini CLI build isolates container-runtime access more tightly inside macOS Seatbelt.

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Summary

The v0.56.0 nightly 20260822 build isolates Docker and container-runtime sockets and binaries in macOS Seatbelt. The change is a pre-release sandbox fix rather than a stable-channel feature.

Why it matters

Coding agents that can reach local container infrastructure need the boundary to cover both sockets and executable binaries, narrowing host integration risk on macOS.

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https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/releases/tag/v0.56.0-nightly.20260822.g5411f113c

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