Cline v3.81.0 adds GPT-5.5 support and memory diagnostics
Cline `v3.81.0` adds GPT-5.5 model support for OpenAI Codex subscription users, fixes hardcoded welcome banner fallbacks, and improves memory diagnostics in the extension runtime.
Score breakdown
Developers using Cline with an OpenAI Codex subscription gain access to GPT-5.5, while improved OOM diagnostics make it easier to investigate memory-related crashes in the extension runtime.
- 01GPT-5.5 model support added for OpenAI Codex subscription users.
- 02Hardcoded 'What's New' fallback items removed from the webview; only remote-configured welcome banners are shown.
- 03Near-heap-limit heap snapshots enabled in cline-core memory diagnostics.
Cline `v3.81.0` introduces GPT-5.5 model support, making the model accessible to OpenAI Codex subscription users within the extension. On the fix side, hardcoded fallback items in the "What's New" webview section have been removed, meaning the welcome banner now exclusively displays remotely configured content rather than static defaults.
The release also brings a set of improvements to `cline-core` memory diagnostics used by the extension runtime.
The release also brings a set of improvements to `cline-core` memory diagnostics used by the extension runtime. These include enabling near-heap-limit heap snapshots, adding periodic memory usage logging, and logging discovered heap snapshots on abnormal exits — changes aimed at making out-of-memory (OOM) issues easier to diagnose and debug.
Key facts
- 01GPT-5.5 model support added for OpenAI Codex subscription users.
- 02Hardcoded 'What's New' fallback items removed from the webview; only remote-configured welcome banners are shown.
- 03Near-heap-limit heap snapshots enabled in cline-core memory diagnostics.
- 04Periodic memory usage logging added to the extension runtime.
- 05Heap snapshots are now logged on abnormal exits to assist OOM debugging.
Topics
Summary and scoring are generated automatically from the original article. We always link back to the publisher and never republish images or paywalled content. Last processed Apr 25, 2026 · 21:38 UTC. How this works →