Live on cloud You can now queue messages in Chat tab of the app builder. While the agent is working, you can send up to five messages, which will be automatically sent in a batch once the agent responds. You can edit or remove messages from the queue before they are sent, or clear the queue of all messages.
Self-hosted Retool 4.34.0 is now available on the Stable release channel. Retool releases a version on the stable channel each quarter. A stable release is generally four versions behind the cloud-hosted version at the time. Preparation and testing of a stable version occurs approximately four weeks prior to its release.
Retool made signficant improvements to the efficiency and performance of the app building agent. Builders will notice faster agent responses and lower AI credit consumption, especially on long-running building sessions. These improvements can result in up to 50% fewer credits consumed.
Retool is deprecating the dedicated BigID resource type. Retool will remove the resource type in Q1 2027, after two quarterly Stable releases. After removal, BigID resources will stop working. Queries in apps and workflows that still point at those resources will fail.
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta The app builder now includes a debug console to help you inspect your app, surface issues, and resolve them with the agent. Open it from the status bar at the bottom of the app builder. The console has three tabs: Errors : Function, build, and frontend errors.
Live on cloud • Enterprise 4.34.4 Stable • Enterprise Multi-instance releases are now supported for apps built in the new app builder , in addition to classic apps and workflows. To enable multi-instance releases, navigate to Settings > Source control > Edit settings and turn on Enable multi-instance releases .
On September 30, 2026, Retool will conclude the public beta period for Assist and remove Assist from the classic app builder. All cloud and self-hosted instances will no longer be able to use Assist in the product. The drag-and-drop experience for building and maintaining classic apps is still available.
Live on cloud • Enterprise Beta 4.44.0 Edge • Enterprise Beta Enterprise organizations can use access policies to define which data each group of users can read or write on a resource. Retool enforces access policies on every query that runs against the resource. A policy can grant access to whole tables, specific columns, or specific rows.
Retool is deprecating the dedicated Vertica resource type. Retool will remove the resource type in Q1 2027, after two quarterly Stable releases. After removal, Vertica resources will stop working. Queries in apps and workflows that still point at those resources will fail. Retool will no longer ship the Vertica JDBC driver.
The following patches are now available on the Stable release channel: Retool 4.0.10 Retool 3.334.28 Update your Retool instance to apply the latest bug fixes and security patches.
Live on cloud Gemini 3.6 Flash is now available to cloud organizations through Google. It can be used with AI resource queries when you connect Google with your own API key . Support for self-hosted Retool is coming in an upcoming release.
Retool 4.35 is now available on the Edge release channel for self-hosted organizations.
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta Organization admins can now add shared building context that applies to all apps built with the new app builder . Building context is applied as custom instructions in the system prompt when the user makes any changes via prompting in the Chat tab, similar to the way AGENTS.md files work.
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