Changelog. Every release of Orrin, newest first. The longer stories behind some of them are in the research log.

Research

3.0Oct 14, 2026
Runs that explain themselves
- NewEvery run ends with an account: what changed, why, what was tested and what was not.
- NewAccounts appear on the pull request, in Slack and in the run's history.
- ImprovedThe run rail folds to a one-line summary once a run asks for approval.
- FixedRuns on monorepos no longer stop when a test path has a space in it.
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2.9Sep 30, 2026
Approvals from Slack
- NewHold to approve or deny a pull request from the run's Slack thread.
- NewApprovals from Slack follow the same rule as the web: only people with write access can approve.
- ImprovedRun threads update in place instead of posting each step.
- FixedA Sentry spike no longer opens a second thread for the same run.
2.8Sep 16, 2026
GitLab
- NewMerge requests and pipelines on gitlab.com and self-managed GitLab 16.0 or later.
- ImprovedRun history links each check to its pipeline.
- FixedLong test names no longer cut off in the run rail.
2.7Aug 11, 2026
Sandboxes in your own cloud
- NewEnterprise runners for AWS and Google Cloud.
- NewModel calls through your own Bedrock or Vertex endpoint.
- ImprovedCold starts in Orrin's cloud down from 9 seconds to 6.
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2.6Jul 29, 2026
Limits per project
- NewEach project lists the folders, commands and secrets Orrin may use. Anything else asks first.
- ImprovedApproval cards say which limit a request crosses.
2.5Jul 8, 2026
The audit log
- NewAn audit log of every command, file read and approval, exportable as JSON.
- NewRun history kept for 90 days on Team, and as long as you choose on Enterprise.
- FixedRetries inside a run no longer count as new runs.
2.4Jun 30, 2026
Go and Ruby
- NewGo 1.21 and later, with go test.
- NewRuby 3.1 and later, with RSpec or Minitest.
- ImprovedOrrin finds your test command in your CI config instead of asking for it.
2.3Jun 10, 2026
Linear and Jira
- NewStart a run by labelling a Linear or Jira issue.
- NewOrrin writes what it found back to the issue.

Runs that explain themselves

NewEvery run ends with an account: what changed, why, what was tested and what was not.

NewAccounts appear on the pull request, in Slack and in the run's history.

ImprovedThe run rail folds to a one-line summary once a run asks for approval.

FixedRuns on monorepos no longer stop when a test path has a space in it.

Read the post

Approvals from Slack

NewHold to approve or deny a pull request from the run's Slack thread.

NewApprovals from Slack follow the same rule as the web: only people with write access can approve.

ImprovedRun threads update in place instead of posting each step.

FixedA Sentry spike no longer opens a second thread for the same run.

Changelog. Every release of Orrin, newest first. The longer stories behind some of them are in the research log.

Runs that explain themselves

Approvals from Slack

GitLab

Sandboxes in your own cloud

Limits per project

The audit log

Go and Ruby

Linear and Jira

Changelog. Every release of Orrin, newest first. The longer stories behind some of them are in the research log.

Runs that explain themselves

Approvals from Slack

GitLab

Sandboxes in your own cloud

Limits per project

The audit log

Go and Ruby

Linear and Jira