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Desktop Commander MCP v0.2.40

Edit markdown visually without the autosave corruption reported in v0.2.39.

Before you upgrade to v0.2.40

1 to fix

Upgrade v0.2.39 to v0.2.40 before using markdown autosave; v0.2.39 could rewrite tables, wikilinks, YAML frontmatter and escapes.

Action requiredEdit markdown in the preview pane and copy formatted content into rich-text applications.Affects: Users of the v0.2.39 markdown editor
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The local history file is capped at 5 MiB and trimmed to roughly the newest 4 MiB, preventing unbounded growth and related crashes.

Behavior changedReview recent tool calls and their arguments and results to recover context.Affects: Users retaining recent tool history
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Excel and DOCX searches fall back to literal matching for regexes detected as prone to catastrophic backtracking.

Behavior changedSearch filenames and file contents with streamed, paginated results.Affects: Users searching structured documents with unsafe regular expressions
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What changed in v0.2.40

The new markdown editor and directory browser from v0.2.39 are paired with v0.2.40's autosave safeguards.

Also: Browse directories visually and use the Gemini CLI extension.

Install @wonderwhy-er/[email protected] with Node.js 18+ and an MCP-compatible client.

New things you can do

Fixed and improved

Directory paths open an expandable tree in the preview pane; files can be opened from the tree instead of returning `EISDIR`.

ImprovedPreview rendered markdown and images inside Claude Desktop and expand partial file reads.
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Boolean configuration values stored as strings are normalized, so string `false` no longer prevents telemetry opt-out.

Now worksSet allowed folders, blocked commands, the default shell, file limits and telemetry preferences.
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Seeded by @iluxav with Codex, from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.