Cortex Code Desktop v1.21.5 release notes¶

v1.21.5 is a small quality release on top of v1.21.4. It focuses on error messages that tell you what to do next: a local dbt run that can’t find dbt now explains how to recover, a skill or plugin that can’t be installed points at the real cause, and the agent is clearer about when it needs to look up a stored memory.

What’s new¶

• Recovery guidance when a local dbt executable is missing: When you Run or Build from the Project Action Bar or the editor title bar and dbt isn’t found in the selected local environment, the Current Project Output panel now explains your options: install dbt in that environment, select a Python environment that already has dbt, or switch the project to Snowflake-managed execution. Previously, the run settled with only a failed marker, so there was nothing to act on. The shell diagnostic is still shown above the guidance.

• Clearer errors when a shared skill or plugin can’t be installed: If a catalog object is missing or you don’t have access to it, the installation error now tells you to check the current account and role, instead of suggesting a version suffix that wouldn’t have helped. Genuine unpublished-version errors still get the version guidance.

• More accurate memory guidance for the agent: The agent’s instructions now distinguish memory that’s already supplied in its context from records it has to look up explicitly with cortex memory recall, and they set a tighter bar for what’s worth saving as a durable memory. In practice, the agent is less likely to assume it has no memory of earlier work, and less likely to save notes that don’t apply to future sessions.