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Agents2026-07-29 · source-backed
The release adds a readOnly option to LocalFilesystem and NativeSandboxConfig, mounting an agent's working directory read-only on macOS via Seatbelt or Linux via Bubblewrap. It also stops auto-injecting reaction tools into channel-bearing agents, a breaking change that trims implicit tool surface, and replaces distributed advisory locks in Factory work-item processing with atomic claims and idempotent replay.
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