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# OpenCode 2.0 adds background subagents and an SDK, and 1.0 plugins won't work
- URL: https://www.thenewway.ai/opencode-2-0-adds-background-subagents/
- Published: 2026-10-15T15:06:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T15:06:35.000Z
- Description: OpenCode's 2.0 overhaul runs subagents and shell commands in the background on your machine, adds an SDK, and won't run 1.0 plugins. Three more stories inside.
- Author: The New Way

OpenCode, the open-source coding agent with more than 213,000 GitHub stars, is now at 2.0, which its maker Anomaly calls "a major overhaul." It leads because a tool that says it draws on millions of daily users changed shape under them this week. Also today: a builder of Meta's Mononoke says Anthropic's Scion, yesterday's lead, copied Mononoke's design without credit; Noma Labs published a since-patched Claude Code Desktop flaw that let a poisoned file in a public repo steal API keys; and GitHub Copilot adds HydraFusion Max, a deeper-reasoning option, in research preview.

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**In this issue**  
• [OpenCode 2.0 adds background subagents and an SDK, and 1.0 plugins won't work](https://www.thenewway.ai/opencode-2-0-adds-background-subagents/#opencode-20-adds-background-subagents-and-an-sdk-and-10-plugins-wont-work)  
• [A builder of Meta's Mononoke says Anthropic's git replacement, Scion, copied Mononoke's design uncredited](https://www.thenewway.ai/opencode-2-0-adds-background-subagents/#a-builder-of-metas-mononoke-says-anthropics-git-replacement-scion-copied-mononokes-design-uncredited)  
• [A newly disclosed Claude Code Desktop flaw let pages steal API keys](https://www.thenewway.ai/opencode-2-0-adds-background-subagents/#a-newly-disclosed-claude-code-desktop-flaw-let-pages-steal-api-keys)  
• [GitHub Copilot adds HydraFusion Max, a deeper-reasoning multi-model option, in preview](https://www.thenewway.ai/opencode-2-0-adds-background-subagents/#github-copilot-adds-hydrafusion-max-a-deeper-reasoning-multi-model-option-in-preview)

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## What changed this week

### OpenCode 2.0 adds background subagents and an SDK, and 1.0 plugins won't work

OpenCode, the open-source coding agent with more than 213,000 GitHub stars, is at 2.0, which Anomaly, the company behind it, calls "a major overhaul." The server behind OpenCode's client/server design now runs as "a single background process on your machine," shared by every session. On top of it: background subagents and background shell commands that keep working without blocking the session you're typing in, an SDK package so OpenCode can be embedded as a library, and a default where every connected MCP server runs in what the note calls "[codemode](https://anoma.ly/notes/opencode-2-0/?ref=thenewway.ai)," which it says lets you "add a thousand of them with minimal context bloat." Upgrading is one command from the latest 1.x, with breaking changes: "1.0 plugins will not work in 2.0" and the server API "is completely different." The note names no person and gives no benchmark numbers; it says 2.0 draws on "millions of daily users' experience."

[OpenCode 2.0OpenCode 2.0.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/icon/favicon-c5cc55cd-ce63-47f6-be0a-cd978be236fc.png)opencode notes![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/thumbnail/opencode-2-0-d3bcca56-38ea-4dff-aa0e-4239b8c1a0b3.png)](https://anoma.ly/notes/opencode-2-0/?ref=thenewway.ai)

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### A builder of Meta's Mononoke says Anthropic's git replacement, Scion, copied Mononoke's design uncredited

Rain, who writes as "sunshowers" and helped build Meta's Mononoke source-control backend, argues Anthropic's Scion (its in-house version-control system, built after outgrowing git, yesterday's lead) goes beyond sharing design instincts: "the level of imitation goes well beyond having similar insights," and not crediting Mononoke anywhere "[borders on plagiarism](https://sunshowers.io/posts/anthropic-mononoke/?ref=thenewway.ai)," especially since Anthropic's post credits a different Meta tool, Sapling, for "hard-won lessons." Rain says copying itself isn't the problem: "I do not have a problem with Anthropic copying Mononoke's design." The complaint is the framing: "as Anthropic claiming that Claude designed all this."

[Anthropic's Scion is heavily inspired by Mononoke · sunshowersIt is important to provide credit.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/icon/favicon-761872cd-dbc8-4e5d-bfca-66b2662de132.png)Anthropic's Scion is heavily inspired by Mononoke![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/thumbnail/og-image-e3483c0b-ad31-4034-b43e-869f8bf3f0ba.png)](https://sunshowers.io/posts/anthropic-mononoke/?ref=thenewway.ai)

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### A newly disclosed Claude Code Desktop flaw let pages steal API keys

Noma Security's newly public writeup details a Claude Code Desktop flaw, scored CVSS 8.7 (High), that Anthropic has fixed. A poisoned HTML file in a public repo bypassed the preview pane's sandbox: large files loaded as file:// URLs skipped browser security, running unrestricted JavaScript that [exfiltrated API keys](https://noma.security/noma-labs/sneakpeek-how-the-preview-pane-in-claude-code-desktop-can-exfiltrate-your-data?ref=thenewway.ai), SSH keys, cloud credentials, and Claude's own OAuth tokens. Anthropic's first patch missed a bypass; the fix shipped in Claude Desktop 1.30096.1 in August. A GitHub Advisory and CVE are pending.

[Claude Code Desktop Vulnerability: Preview Pane Data Exfiltration | Noma Labs | Noma SecurityNoma Labs discovered a CVSS 8.7 exploit in Claude Code Desktop where poisoned preview files bypass sandboxing to achieve arbitrary file read and steal local credentials.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/icon/6a2bfd4b2159f0390304d046_favicon-153174ca-a2ad-4e8a-ad4a-6e07b6cc7caa.png)Privacy PolicyEli AinhornOct 14, 2026![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/thumbnail/6acb5b2b5f514da625afb97e_SneakPeek-20-1--4e317740-3eb3-4f97-a86c-0aa40fffd4ae.jpg)](https://noma.security/noma-labs/sneakpeek-how-the-preview-pane-in-claude-code-desktop-can-exfiltrate-your-data?ref=thenewway.ai)

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### GitHub Copilot adds HydraFusion Max, a deeper-reasoning multi-model option, in preview

GitHub added HydraFusion Max, a more capable tier of its existing HydraFusion, which orchestrates multiple models into one response so you don't pick one per task. Max "is tuned for frontier capability on more demanding tasks," applying "higher reasoning efforts where depth and thoroughness matter most." Both stay in [research preview](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-14-hydrafusion-updates-and-new-max-option?ref=thenewway.ai), not general availability, in VS Code, the Copilot app, and Copilot CLI, on Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plans. Unlike yesterday's Gemini 4 Argon rollout, neither reaches the Copilot coding agent, JetBrains, Xcode, or Eclipse.

[HydraFusion updates and new Max option - GitHub ChangelogHydraFusion has an updated model pool, improved orchestration workflows, and introduces HydraFusion Max. Both HydraFusion and HydraFusion Max are available across VS Code, the GitHub Copilot app, and GitHub Copilot…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/icon/cropped-github-favicon-512-800fa76c-3915-484c-9c46-71393d436b98.png)The GitHub BlogAllison![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/1f/9c1ff71c-2859-44c2-a962-1337982a6484/content/images/thumbnail/social-v3-new-releases-04d032ea-164c-494a-94fb-247a0e08ecb0.jpg)](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-14-hydrafusion-updates-and-new-max-option?ref=thenewway.ai)

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## Also worth your time

- [Anthropic shipped OpenTelemetry tracing on two fronts the same day](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview?ref=thenewway.ai#october-14-2026)
- [OpenAI retired GPT-5.5 from Codex for ChatGPT sign-ins](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/changelog?ref=thenewway.ai#codex-2026-10-14-gpt-55-retirement)

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