Watcher releases

Product updates, breaking changes, and required upgrade steps for Watcher. Read the update guide for the upgrade procedure.

Required upgrade steps

Before every upgrade, read every release page and its full changelog for versions newer than your installed version and no newer than your target, including versions you skip. Read them even when no required steps are listed, to understand behavior and compatibility changes. Complete applicable steps oldest first. Each guide identifies what applies to self-hosted deployments and Watcher Cloud.

• Watcher 0.15.0: self-hosted deployments.

• Watcher 0.15.1: self-hosted deployments, Watcher Cloud.

• Watcher 0.30.0: self-hosted deployments, Watcher Cloud.

All releases

• 2026-09-11, Watcher 0.32.3: Watcher Live client stays responsive when a worker stalls. Full changelog.

• 2026-09-03, Watcher 0.30.1: Fix Watcher permission review escalation failures. Full changelog.

• 2026-09-03, Watcher 0.30.0: Server-managed security monitors for coding agents. Full changelog.

• 2026-09-03, Watcher 0.29.0: Monitor Claude Code sessions in CI and cloud. Full changelog.

• 2026-08-25, Watcher 0.27.0: Sign in to Watcher on headless machines. Full changelog.

• 2026-08-21, Watcher 0.26.1: Codex sessions now start reliably with Watcher Live. Full changelog.

• 2026-08-20, Watcher 0.26.0: Manage session data retention in Watcher Analyzer. Full changelog.

• 2026-08-19, Watcher 0.25.0: Filter coding-agent sessions by security severity. Full changelog.

• 2026-08-19, Watcher 0.24.0: Set retention policies for coding-agent session data. Full changelog.

• 2026-08-12, Watcher 0.20.0: Upgrade Watcher Live from older client versions. Full changelog.

• 2026-08-04, Watcher 0.15.1: Monitor Codex Code Mode permission decisions. Full changelog.

• 2026-07-30, Watcher 0.15.0: Automatically review high-risk coding-agent sessions. Full changelog.