v2.8October 16, 2026

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This update is about speed. File Search returns results up to 6× faster and handles typos much better, Root Search and other lists scroll smoother than ever, and extensions install and update about 4× faster on average. Raycast also starts with about 20% less memory.

✨ New

  • AI Skills: Browse installed extension skills in AI settings
  • Emoji & Symbols: Added Greek letters
  • Notes: Cmd+click on a parent todo now toggles all nested todos

💎 Improvements

  • AI Chat: Added a primary action setting to Send Window and Send Element to AI
  • AI Chat: Added the New Project keyboard shortcut to button tooltips and made project creation action names consistent
  • AI Chat: Clarified when you’ve reached the weekly Claude Fable usage limit
  • AI Chat: Images you attach when using local models now stay on your device when Cloud Sync or AI Chat History sync is turned off
  • AI Chat: Made mention labels clearer by distinguishing skills and MCP tools
  • AI Chat: Reduced the data sent at the start of a chat by loading extension tools more selectively
  • Clipboard History: Improved image & file icons
  • Core: Improved performance all over the application, which should fix issues such as when Raycast is slow to show up after being idle for a while
  • Core: Raycast now recovers on its own when the WebView2 browser process crashes or is killed
  • Custom Providers: Numeric provider API keys are now kept exactly as written, and authentication failures are explained better when they occur
  • Dictation: Settings are now organised better, making it easier to find exactly what you’re looking for
  • Extensions: Installs and updates are about 4× faster on average, and up to 30× faster
  • File Search: Results show up to 6× faster, slow searches are gone, and typos are handled much better
  • Lighter at startup: Raycast uses about 20% less memory at launch and starts faster
  • Proxy: Raycast now honors HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY for all its traffic.
  • Smoother scrolling: Root Search and other lists scroll up to 2× faster
  • Root Search: Commands are grouped by extension when search field is empty

🐞 Fixes

  • AI Chat: Agents you turn off in Settings no longer appear in the composer
  • AI Chat: Fixed archived chats also appearing in their project’s sidebar section
  • AI Chat: Fixed Claude subscription models compacting too early
  • AI Chat: Fixed image generation being unavailable with Ollama and extension models
  • AI Chat: Fixed mention pills getting lost when you copy and paste them inside the composer
  • AI Chat: Fixed missing skill names when restoring chat history
  • AI Chat: Fixed new chats sending the wrong model when the saved model is unavailable
  • AI Chat: Fixed pasting into the composer not working when it isn’t focused
  • AI Chat: Fixed pressing Return not sending messages containing paths starting with /
  • AI Chat: Fixed sidebar actions not responding while peeking at the sidebar
  • AI Chat: Fixed the window freezing during streaming of very long lists
  • AI Chat: Pasting a link copied from Edge's address bar into the composer now inserts the URL rather than the page title
  • AI Chat: Removed a misplaced loading indicator from the sidebar
  • AI Chat: Show a subscription prompt when sending a message while signed out, instead of showing a send error
  • Apps: Fixed apps launched from Raycast showing up under Raycast in Task Manager and running inside Raycast's package sandbox
  • Billing: Fixed a "Subtotal" typo on the billing interval update page
  • Calendar: Fixed the menu bar item disappearing when an event title was cut off mid-emoji.
  • Capture Window: Fixed custom wallpaper accepting non-image files
  • Clipboard History: Fixed Paste Sequentially repeating multi-category clipboard entries
  • Extensions: Fixed ghost hotkeys for removed extension commands
  • Extensions: Fixed unnecessary scroll jumps while navigating lists and grids
  • File Index: Fixed changes made while Raycast was closed sometimes not being picked up on launch
  • File Search: Fixed the “Indexing Files…” row sometimes spinning forever after launch
  • General: Fixed Show in File Explorer sometimes doing nothing
  • General: Fixed the missing Raycast version in database error alerts
  • Manage Bluetooth Devices: Fixed Bluetooth commands showing on PCs without a Bluetooth adapter, and turning Bluetooth on or off sometimes failing
  • Manage Wi-Fi Connections: Fixed Wi-Fi commands showing on PCs without a Wi-Fi adapter, and show what to do when Windows' WLAN AutoConfig service is stopped instead of a generic error
  • Menu Bar: Items that hide themselves stay hidden after a restart.
  • Open Camera: Fixed Open Camera popping back to root while the preview is visible
  • Quick AI: Fixed an issue where the action bar would sometimes appear too high in authentication views
  • Quick AI: Fixed the missing Regenerate with Model action
  • Quicklinks: Fixed "Invalid URL" being shown when {selection} could not be resolved
  • Root Search: Fixed an issue affecting compact mode users where alias would sometimes not activate after pressing space
  • Script Commands: Fixed inline scripts showing stale output after an error
  • Script Commands: Fixed optional argument prompts being skipped when launching from a hotkey
  • Settings: Fixed signed-in accounts without a display name incorrectly showing “Not Signed In”
  • Translator: Fixed an issue where swapping language when the translation is loading would clear the input
  • UI: Fixed an issue in the toast action panel where too much space was left below the description when no actions are present
  • Window Management: Fixed Save Current Layout, Switch Windows and other window commands missing Chrome windows from profiles that have no desktop shortcut
  • Window Management: Fixed window commands failing with "Focused window is not on a valid desktop" on windows pinned to all desktops. These windows now stay pinned after a command moves them
  • Window Management: Ignored hotkeys for missing layouts and custom commands