AI Employees Available to All Users
AI employees are now available to all signed-in users, and administrators can create them with a name, responsibilities, execution computer, default project, Agent, and model when a compatible Runner is online and the Agent is installed and configured. Employees can dispatch subtasks while users follow progress and open subtask conversations, with creation, editing, and deletion limited to administrators and members limited to their own employee conversations and subtasks.
Exact Conversation ID Search
Sidebar search now supports exact matching for a complete OpenTandem conversation or task ID and a complete original Agent session ID, showing the matching ID or Agent above title matches with separate group labels when both occur. Results remain limited to accessible unarchived conversations and the selected computer where applicable, and the search does not search every local native session or archived session.
CHANGELOG
OpenTandem updates for November 2026
New features are organized by release date.
OpenTandem for Windows
The official download page now offers the Windows 64-bit version 0.4.4 ZIP for Windows 10 or later, with the Runner included. Extract it, open OpenTandem.exe, sign in through your browser, and confirm Connect; the package is unsigned and may trigger Microsoft Defender SmartScreen on first launch, as explained on the download page.
OpenTandem on Android
The official website now offers the Android app APK, version 0.1.6, so you can follow task progress and reply to Agents from your phone. Sign in with the same email you use on your computer, then scan the computer’s pairing QR code in the app to connect.
Bring completed local turns into OpenTandem
Linked Codex, Claude Code, and OpenCode conversations can bring new completed turns written directly on your connected computer back into OpenTandem, with Runner 0.113.0 or later and an accessible linked original session on your own online computer. The OpenTandem task waits until it finishes before bringing turns back, and older sessions that cannot be aligned may start tracking from the current end rather than fill in earlier history.
Import projects and conversations
During onboarding, you can select installed and configured Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, and dsh Agents on your connected computer to create projects only in a space with no projects yet and import eligible recent conversations. This requires an online compatible Runner, and accounts that have not selected Agents are not automatically opted in.
Continue local sessions
With Runner version 0.109.0 or later on your own connected computer, eligible imported Codex, Claude Code, and OpenCode conversations can continue their original local session, making it easier to continue where you left off. When the original session is occupied, a notice is shown and you can wait until it is available before sending. New turns written outside OpenTandem are not yet synced back.
DeepSeek Harness session import
You can import an existing DeepSeek Harness (dsh) session from a connected computer that has dsh configured and is running a compatible version of Runner, and continue that same original session in OpenTandem rather than a copy. Newly added turns on the computer can then be brought into the imported conversation.
File previews in question cards
When an option references an accessible file on the connected computer, a question card can now show a preview of supported images, video, audio, and other files before you choose. Supported images can be opened in the conversation's large-image viewer and browsed between the images in the card, on both desktop and mobile web.
Edit eligible queued messages in place
You can now edit an eligible waiting message directly from the queued message or tray on desktop and mobile web, then save or cancel without changing the main composer draft. Original attachments and selected skills remain preserved for supported messages, but editing is unavailable once execution has started.
Choose duplicate projects more easily
When projects share the same name on one connected computer, the desktop and mobile sidebars and directory picker show distinguishing directory paths, with mobile also showing a number. Shared beginning and ending path sections are shortened first to help show the difference when space is limited.