Cline shipped v4.1.22 on 2026-09-30 (59 commits ahead of v4.1.21): refreshed catalog makes GPT-6.1 Sol the default for OpenAI, OpenRouter, GitHub Copilot, Requesty and more when unpinned; direct Anthropic uses server-side refusal fallback with OpenRouter/Cline failover; adds Bee (HEOSSI) and Pareto Inference (PARETO_API_KEY); fixes cancel races, double-counted reasoning tokens, and Bedrock inference-profile routing. SDK @cline/[email protected] ships the same day.

Key Takeaways

  • ✓Release v4.1.22; 59 commits ahead of v4.1.21
  • ✓Unpinned defaults: GPT-6.1 Sol on OpenAI/OpenRouter/Copilot/Requesty and more; Vercel AI Gateway→Ling 3.1 Flash; CrossModel/Ofox→Sonnet 5.5
  • ✓Anthropic server-side refusal fallback + OpenRouter/Cline allow_fallovers; content-filter finish reason instead of empty response
  • ✓New providers: Bee (HEOSSI), Pareto Inference (PARETO_API_KEY)
  • ✓SDK @cline/[email protected]; docs https://docs.cline.bot/
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In-Depth Technical Analysis

Background Unpinned gateway defaults and hard Anthropic refusals were failing coding-agent turns as empty responses. v4.1.22 realigns defaults to GPT-6.1 Sol on major gateways and wires Anthropic server-side refusal fallback plus OpenRouter/Cline allow_fallbacks. ### What shipped v4.1.22: GPT-6.1 Sol default on OpenAI/OpenRouter/Copilot/Requesty and more; Bee + Pareto providers; content-filter messaging; cancel/checkpoint/Bedrock fixes. 59 commits ahead of v4.1.21. SDK @cline/[email protected]. ### Benchmarks No SWE-bench numbers in the notes. Engineering anchors: publish time 2026-09-30T04:10:12Z; compare ahead_by 59. Measure your own latency/success after default model changes. ### Get started Upgrade the extension/Desktop to v4.1.22; pin model IDs in production; set PARETO_API_KEY if needed. Docs: https://docs.cline.bot/