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Codex CLI 0.160.1 fixes Windows remote-MCP environment handlingThe release preserves SYSTEMROOT, TEMP and TMP when remote MCP servers run with explicitly configured environment variables. The change allows Unix hosts to retain the Windows executor’s startup environment instead of losing required variables.→GitHub Actions makes its Windows 11 Arm64 Visual Studio 2026 image generally availableGitHub Actions published the Windows 11 Arm64 image with Visual Studio 2026 as generally available, using image version 20260920.164.1. The image updates Pulumi, AWS CLI, GitHub CLI, Chrome and Edge drivers, Firefox, PowerShell, Nginx and Visual Studio components.→Cline 4.1.19 blocks planted executables and fixes context exhaustionCline 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.→Cline Desktop expands to Windows and improves long-running agent workflowsThe release ships a code-signed x64 Windows installer with auto-updates and adds full indexed session search, inline rendering for tool images, and a GitHub integration step. It also improves scheduled-task persistence, checkpoint restoration, background processes, and remote MCP handling.→Aspire 13.5.2 removes an unused Windows CLI binary blocking WinGet publicationAspire 13.5.2 removes the unused `hex1bpty.exe` from Windows CLI archives because Aspire never executes it. The patch lets the release pass WinGet’s executable and malware validation while leaving Unix native assets unchanged.→