Gemini CLI Important Updates 2025-07-05

This document summarizes the major feature updates and important fixes for Gemini CLI over the past 5 days.

Core Features & CLI

Audio and Video File Support: The read_file tool now supports reading audio and video files.
Infinite Loop Prevention: Added infinite loop protection mechanisms in the client to improve stability.
Markdown Table Rendering: Added support for rendering Markdown tables.
Session ID Support: Added support for session_id in API calls for better session tracking.
Tool Exclusion Feature: Extensions can now specify tools to exclude.

Command Auto-completion: Improved auto-completion logic for slash commands (/).
History Compression: Lowered the threshold for compressing history records to optimize performance.
Authentication Flow: Renamed authentication types and fixed OAuth credential caching issues.
Debug Console: Fixed the Ctrl+S shortcut, which now properly expands the Debug console.
UI/UX:
- Refactored the statistics display on exit.
- Used standard names for colors in ANSI themes instead of hardcoded color values.
- Added Shift+Tab usage tips in help hints.

Text Buffer: Fixed character loss issues in text-buffer.
Model Fallback: Fixed model configuration retrieval issues in flashFallbackHandler.
MIME Types: Added special MIME type handling for .ts files.

Release Automation: Refactored the release process, utilizing GitHub Actions and tags for automated release, signing, and version management.
PR & Issue Classification:
- Added automatic and periodic PR classification workflows.
- Improved existing Issue auto-classification workflows and split them into two independent workflows.
Community Reports: Added weekly community report workflows.

Node.js Version Requirements: Clearly specified Node.js 20+ version requirement in README.md.
Quota & Costs: Added new documentation page with detailed quota and pricing information.
Authentication Instructions: Clarified environment variable file discovery mechanisms and provided related recommendations.
JSDoc: Added and improved JSDoc comments for core tool methods.
Other: Fixed some spelling errors and formatting issues in documentation.

Cross-platform Scripts: Fixed the clean script to make it cross-platform compatible.
Dependency Versions: Upgraded project dependency versions.