Cline v0.1.56: Context Overflow & Credit Errors

Cline v0.1.56 adds automatic context overflow recovery, immediate credit error handling, and bumps the SDK with LiteLLM support and loop detection.

Cline v0.1.56: Context Overflow & Credit Errors

TL;DR

  • Automatic context overflow recovery — Cline now compacts old messages instead of failing when hitting context limits
  • Credit limit errors surface immediately without confusing retries
  • Cline SDK bumped to 0.0.23 with LiteLLM private model support and loop detection

New

  • Automatic context overflow recovery — When conversation history exceeds the model's context window, Cline compacts old messages and retries instead of failing outright.
  • Report issue and feature request links — Settings dialog now includes direct links for bug reports and feature requests.
  • Cline icon in browser notifications — Notifications now display the Cline icon for better visual identification.

Fixed

  • Credit limit errors (402) — Insufficient balance errors now surface immediately without unnecessary retries or confusing system messages.

SDK Updates

  • Cline SDK 0.0.22 → 0.0.23 — LiteLLM private model support, provider-specific setting configs, built-in loop detection as an agent policy, provider ID normalization for model resolution, and OAuth token refresh fix for spawned agents.

Update: npm install cline@0.1.56 or check the full release.

Source: Cline