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Retool workflows can now run as service users, allowing them to execute against resources with data access enforcement enabled. This feature is available on Business and Enterprise plans and does not count toward user seats.
Retool removed versions 1.0 and 2.0 of its Microsoft SQL integration across cloud and self-hosted instances, requiring migration to version 3.0.
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta You can now use the Build with tests setting to validate that your app is functioning as expected and catch unintended changes before you publish your app to end users. Toggle this setting on from the chat settings or from the debug console . note App testing is currently rolling out to cloud organizations.
Retool released stable patches 4.34.15 and 4.0.27 containing bug fixes and security patches.
GPT 6.1 Terra is now available in Retool via OpenAI, enabling its use in AI resource queries and application building.
Retool now allows admins on all paid plans to purchase additional AI credit packs via card. These credits are available immediately upon payment and expire at the end of the following calendar month.
Retool has addressed a security risk involving compromised eMudhra/emSign intermediate certificate authorities. Cloud instances are patched, and self-hosted customers are advised to upgrade to the latest versions to ensure secure communication.
Retool patched a remote code execution vulnerability in Node.js (CVE-2026-111497) affecting its platform. Cloud customers are patched, while self-hosted users must upgrade.
Patches for self-hosted Retool 4.34.10 and 4.0.23 are available, providing bug fixes and security updates.
Summary PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) is an upstream PHP vulnerability. Retool is not affected. PHP does not run on anything internet-facing, nor does it run in our production environments. No action required. What Happened PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) is a set of vulnerabilities in PHP.
Live on cloud Enterprise organizations can now implement multi-instance releases for apps using any supported SCM provider: AWS CodeCommit, Azure Repos, BitBucket, GitHub, and GitLab. To enable multi-instance releases, navigate to Settings > Source control > Edit settings and turn on Enable multi-instance releases .
Live on cloud • Team • Business • Enterprise Public beta Organizations on paid plans can prompt the app building agent to use resource environments in published apps.
Live on cloud Organizations on the Business plan now have access to Retool-provided AI models for app building. These models, prefixed with Retool , have been tuned by Retool for enhanced performance and speed for app building. The following Retool-provided models are supported: Retool Mini Retool Power
The following patches are now available on the Stable release channel: Retool 4.34.8 Retool 4.0.21 Update your Retool instance to apply the latest bug fixes and security patches.
Retool 4.70 is now available on the Edge release channel for self-hosted organizations.
Live on cloud • Business • Enterprise Business and Enterprise organizations can now use the Retool API to authenticate apps that are embedded in an app or website external to Retool. Once configured, the custom authentication flow exchanges an API token for an embed URL.
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta You can now prompt the app building agent to create REST API or PostgreSQL resources directly from the app builder. Describe the resource that you want to create, and the agent initiates the resource creation process. You'll be asked to provide credentials or more details where applicable.
Live on cloud Claude Opus 5.5 is now available in Retool through Anthropic for all paid plans and through Amazon Bedrock for Enterprise plans. It can be used in the following ways: For AI resource queries with your own key . For app building with a Retool-managed key or with your own key .
Retool has concluded the public beta period for Assist, and Assist is no longer available in the classic app builder for most cloud or self-hosted instances. Certain customers retained access until December 31, 2026, in order to migrate off the tool. If your organization retained access, see Assist for supported models and setup instructions.
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta Retool now supports using external MCPs as resources in the app builder . The app building agent creates function calls to utilize tools from your connected MCP servers, which can be used while building or at app runtime.
Live on cloud • Team • Business • Enterprise Public beta 4.62 Edge • Team • Business • Enterprise Public beta 4.34.4 Stable • Team • Business • Enterprise Public beta The Retool CLI is now available in public beta.
The following patches are now available on the Stable release channel: Retool 4.34.4 Retool 4.0.17 Update your Retool instance to apply the latest bug fixes and security patches.
Live on cloud • All plans You can now embed apps in other apps, in classic apps, and in apps or websites outside Retool using an iframe. To enable app embedding, an organization admin adds Content Security Policy directive rules that name the pages that are allowed to frame your app. Refer to the Embed apps guide to learn how.
The following patches are now available on the Stable release channel: Retool 4.34.3 Retool 4.0.16 Update your Retool instance to apply the latest bug fixes and security patches.
Live on cloud Retool now supports the following new AI models: GPT 5.4 Mini through OpenAI for AI resource queries . GPT 5.4 Nano through OpenAI for AI resource queries . GPT 6 Astra through OpenAI for AI resource queries . Claude Fable 5.1 through Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock for AI resource queries .
Version 3.0 of the Microsoft SQL integration accepts array values in query parameters. Retool converts an array to a comma-separated string before passing it to SQL Server, which matches the behavior of version 1.0.
Live on cloud Retool introduced several features to help Enterprise organizations manage AI usage. Use the new centralized settings page, AI visibility , to view AI credit usage and BYOK AI token usage. Navigate to Settings , and select Retool managed keys or Bring your own key from the dropdown at the top of the page.
Live on cloud Retool now supports manual file management of apps from the Code tab of the app builder . This enables builders to exercise finer-grained control over code files without needing to prompt the agent and consume credits. Builders can manually add: Folder : A new empty folder inside the frontend or backend directory of your app.
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.
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.
Live on cloud • Enterprise 4.27.0 Edge • Enterprise Admins on the Enterprise plan can now complete each step in the Get started section of the Overview page using guided step-by-step wizards instead of navigating through separate Settings pages to complete configuration.
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta 4.35.0 Edge • All plans Public beta The app builder now supports multiple chat conversations (threads) working on the same branch rather than a single thread per branch. A thread is a single chat conversation with the agent in the Chat tab. Threads are intended to help you keep your work organized by task or theme.
Retool is deprecating versions 1.0 and 2.0 of the Microsoft SQL integration. Organizations with Microsoft SQL resources still using these versions must update their resource configuration to use version 3.0. This deprecation will first take effect on cloud instances on August 24, 2026.
Live on cloud Self-hosted version 4.35.0 and later When prompting in the Chat tab of the app builder, the agent asks clarifying questions to better understand your intent and create your desired outcome. The agent can ask multiple-choice or open-ended questions.
Retool 4.27 is now available on the Edge release channel for self-hosted organizations.
Live on cloud Self-hosted version 4.23.0 and later You can now upload files to be used as assets in your app through the Chat tab in the app builder. Previously, uploaded files could only be used as context for the agent. Common use cases for uploaded files as assets include: Embedding PDFs. Adding a company logo to the app header.
Retool 4.23 is now available on the Edge release channel for self-hosted organizations.
Live on cloud • Business • Enterprise note The object permissions feature is currently rolling out to cloud instances. It is not yet available on self-hosted instances. Retool now supports object roles , a new role type that grants groups Use , Edit , or Own access to specific apps, workflows, resources, and agents.
Live on cloud Self-hosted version 4.23.0 and later Claude Sonnet 5 is now available on paid plans through Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock. It can be used with AI resource queries and Retool Agents .
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta 4.23.0 Edge • All plans Public beta You can now trigger workflows from functions in the new app builder . Converting classic apps that trigger workflows is now supported as a result. To trigger a workflow from your app, open the Chat tab and prompt your agent with the workflow's name.
Live on cloud Self-hosted version 4.19.0 and later Claude Fable 5 is now available through Anthropic. It can be used with AI resource queries when you connect Anthropic with your own API key .
Retool now blocks Microsoft SQL Server resources that use Windows Authentication with custom ODBC connection parameters outside an approved allowlist. Previously, unsupported parameters were logged as warnings but still applied. They now cause resource setup to fail.
Live on cloud • All plans Beta 4.16.0 Edge • All plans Beta Retool now provides a native integration for Microsoft Graph , the unified API for Microsoft 365 services.
Live on cloud • All plans Retool now supports publishing apps on custom domains. If you self-host Retool (which inherently uses a custom domain ) or use a custom domain on a cloud instance , your apps are published to the domain you define in the following format: https://example.retool.com/rr/app/ .
Live on cloud • All plans Admins can now customize the Content Security Policy (CSP) that Retool enforces on apps. Retool applies a strict default policy that restricts which origins an app can load scripts, fonts, images, and other resources from.
Live on cloud Organization admins on Team and Business plans can now purchase additional AI credit packs directly by clicking on Buy credits from Settings > Plans & Billing > under the new AI Credits tab. AI Credits tab with Buy credits button Credit packs are sold in increments of 1,000 credits at $100 per pack.
Live on cloud Self-hosted version 4.19.0 and later Retool now supports audio and visual browser notifications for app building. If you prompt Retool to build an app and navigate away from the tab, a ping sounds and a red dot appears on the favicon of the tab when you need to return to it.
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta 4.0 Edge • All plans Public beta 4.0.17 Stable • All plans Public beta You can now use Retool's MCP server to import React apps directly from your agentic coding environment. Open a React app, and ask Retool to import the app.
Self-hosted admins now see an Update available banner on the Retool home page when a newer release or patch update is available for their instance. The banner shows the available version and links directly to the relevant release notes. Admins can dismiss each notification individually , dismissals are remembered per version.
Live on cloud • Enterprise 4.1.0 Edge • Enterprise 4.0.17 Stable • Enterprise Available on cloud instances. Admins can now use the Overview page in Settings to set up their Retool organization and respond to pending user requests.
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