Summary
Cline 4.1.19 warns when images are attached to text-only models and improves model capability reporting. It bases compaction on provider-reported token counts, blocks workspace executables from shadowing trusted Windows commands, retries transient failures and prevents several command and credential-handling errors.
Why it matters
The release addresses both agent reliability and a practical workspace-level execution risk, two failure modes that become more important as coding agents gain broader repository and shell access.
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