Neil a57e027cb3 fix(orcad): one update decision for SSH and WSL, with connect, Update and Force intents (#31682)
* fix(wsl-host): apply the SSH update rules to a WSL connect

A WSL connect deployed this app's orcad whenever the active build differed,
so a distro another, newer Orca had activated ended in an unconnectable
deferral, and a build the host had rolled back from was re-activated on
every connect. It now runs the same planManagedOrcadAutoUpdate decision SSH
uses and serves the active build when that plan skips.

* fix(wsl-host): serve the skipped-update incumbent only if it is still active

* fix(orcad): one update decision for SSH and WSL, applied again under the fence

The connect's update plan moves to its own module, and the fenced admission
every first deploy and WSL connect uses now applies it, so a transient
readiness failure or a race cannot reactivate a rolled-back build.

* refactor(wsl-host): adopt the serving build through the SSH first-deploy adoption

* fix(wsl-host): do not retry a candidate rejected earlier this launch

A rejected candidate is restored without recording rolledBackFrom, so WSL
retried it on every connect. SSH's launch-scoped failure memory moves to a
shared helper keyed per host, and WSL feeds it to the shared update decision.
A null adoption now re-reads the record before the deploy, as SSH does.

* fix(wsl-host): keep Force offered when a connect skips this app's build

The WSL connect's update admission moves to its own module, which returns a
forceable hint when it serves the incumbent over a rolled-back or failed build.

* fix(orcad): connect, Update and Force are the three update intents on SSH and WSL

Only a connect applies the skips; an explicit Update retries a skipped or failed
build (clearing the failure memory) behind the terminal census; only Force passes
the census. WSL's Update button now sends the update intent instead of a plain
connect. A connect that records a rejection serves the restored incumbent at once.

* fix(orcad): an explicit Update keeps the newer-host skip on SSH and WSL

Update lifts only a host's own skips (rolled back, failed before); Force lifts
all. SSH's explicit update now applies the same fenced admission, so stable
cannot replace a host a newer Orca activated without Force. A rejection retries
adoption only once the incumbent is back and no journal awaits recovery.

* fix(wsl-host): keep Update and Force offered on a deferred cold connect

A connect the host deferred with nothing serving now publishes its deferral, so
a host stopped after a rollback can still be retried from the UI. SSH's explicit
Update forgets a remembered failure only once it lands, and a restore that could
not be read keeps the rejection as reported.

* fix(wsl-host): offer only Force over a host a newer Orca runs, and keep failure memory until an Update lands

A host-newer refusal gets its own deferral code so the WSL row hides Update,
which can never pass it. An explicit Update no longer clears the launch failure
memory up front; only a landed deploy does, as on SSH.

* refactor(wsl-host): merge the intent type into the existing shared imports
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The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Codex, ClaudeCode, OpenCode or Pi side-by-side — each in its own worktree, tracked in one place.

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Orca desktop app running agents in parallel worktrees, with the Orca mobile companion app in the corner

Features

Mobile Companion

Monitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere.

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Orca desktop with the mobile companion app

Parallel Worktrees

Fan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner.

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Parallel worktree orchestration

Terminal Splits

Ghostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts.

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Terminal splits

Design Mode

Click any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt.

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Embedded browser and Design Mode

GitHub & Linear, Native

Browse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch.

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GitHub and Linear task workflows in Orca

SSH Worktrees

Run agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included.

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Remote worktrees over SSH

Annotate AI Diffs

Drop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca.

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Annotate AI-generated diffs

Drag Files to Agents

VS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt.

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Drag files and images into an agent prompt

Orca CLI

Agents drive Orca too — script every workflow with orca worktree create, snapshot, click, and fill.

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Script Orca from the CLI

Also in the box:

  • Quick open — Search across worktrees, files, agents, commands, and repo context without leaving your flow.
  • Account switcher & usage tracking — See Claude and Codex usage and rate-limit resets, and hot-swap accounts without re-logging in.
  • Rich repo previews — Preview Markdown, images, PDFs, and repo docs in the workspace.
  • Computer Use — Let agents operate desktop apps and visible UI when a workflow needs real interaction.
  • Notifications and unread state — Know when an agent finishes or needs attention, then mark threads unread to come back later.
  • And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.

Supported Agents

Works with any CLI agent — if it runs in a terminal, it runs in Orca.

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Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux

Or via a package manager:

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca

# Arch Linux (AUR) — or stably-orca-git to build from source
yay -S stably-orca-bin

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Developing

Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

The relay that pairs the mobile app with a desktop host is also in this repository under cloud/, with a separate pnpm workspace and setup guide.

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Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.

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