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# July 2026

> Read about the changes to feedback, agent questions, errors, writing rules, and the review process.

## New features

* **Critique passes.** Choose a reviewer under **Settings → Critique
  pass** when you want focused feedback on the active file. You can use
  the PhD Advisor, Copy Editor, Skeptic, or Fresh Eyes. You can also
  create a reviewer with your own prompt. See [Steering the
  agent](/agent/steering-the-agent#running-a-critique-pass).
* **Highlight AI-written text.** Click the button in the top right of
  the editor to see which words came from accepted agent edits. When
  you type over a marked word, the word is no longer marked.
  See [Reviewing edits](/agent/reviewing-edits#seeing-which-text-the-agent-wrote).
* **Plan first feedback.** Choose **Direct edit** when you want an edit
  immediately. Choose **Plan first** when you want an explanation before
  the edit. When you click **AI smell**, the agent always explains its
  reasoning first. See
  [The feedback popup](/agent/feedback-popup).
* **Pause the agent.** Double-click the Agent pill to stop the current
  turn and prevent the agent from waking while you are idle. You also
  cannot send a new message until you resume the agent. See
  [Steering the agent](/agent/steering-the-agent#pausing-the-agent).
* **Accept or reject all edits.** You can accept or reject every pending
  edit in a tab with one click. See
  [Reviewing edits](/agent/reviewing-edits#multiple-pending-rounds).
* **Freeze a passage.** Select text and click **Freeze for agent** to
  prevent the agent from editing it until you unlock it. See
  [Writing rules](/customize/rules#freezing-a-passage).
* **Save examples with rules.** You can add a passage that breaks a
  rule as an example for the agent. You can add the example yourself,
  or accept one that the agent proposes after you reject an edit. See
  [Writing rules](/customize/rules#violation-examples).

## Updates

* **Read an explanation before every edit.** The agent now starts a
  comment thread before it proposes an edit. On the thread, the agent
  explains what it will change and why. See [Comments](/agent/comments).
* **Copy proposed text.** You can select and copy green text without
  accepting the edit. You can also use a copy button on a proposed line
  or an edit row. See
  [Reviewing edits](/agent/reviewing-edits#copying-proposed-text).
* **The agent writes plainer prose.** By default, the agent now uses
  long explanatory sentences instead of short punchy ones. The agent
  also uses plain wording and matches the voice of your document.
* **More room on smaller screens.** You can now use a 14 inch display
  without the agent pill covering the margin cards.

## Bug fixes

* **Answer several agent questions.** You can now answer every question
  on a card before you submit it. Previously, every answer failed, and
  you could answer only the first question. See
  [Steering the agent](/agent/steering-the-agent#questions-from-the-agent).
* **See failed runs.** You now see a toast when a run fails, even when
  the history pane is collapsed. When authentication fails, you also
  see instructions for signing in again. See
  [Observability](/agent/observability#when-a-run-fails).
* **Keep old feedback hidden.** After you remove a passage, you do not
  see its comment thread when you type the same words elsewhere. If you
  undo the edit, you see the passage and its thread again. See
  [Comments](/agent/comments#when-the-anchored-text-changes).
* **Use the keyboard to select feedback.** When you select text with
  Shift and the arrow keys, you can type feedback without another click.
  You now get the same behavior when you select text with a mouse. See
  [The feedback popup](/agent/feedback-popup).
* **Scroll while writing a rule.** You can now scroll and click in the
  document while you write a rule. You can also close the rule editor
  without losing your unfinished draft.