The Goose v1.40.0 update introduces extensive localization support for the desktop application, adding locales for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Hindi.
- New CLI slash commands include /status, /model for session switching, and /goal for agent self-evaluation.
- The release adds support for GLM-5.2 and introduces declarative providers for Together AI, EmpirioLabs, OrcaRouter, NEAR AI Cloud, Perplexity, Alibaba (Qwen via DashScope), Databricks AI Gateway, Scaleway, Vercel AI Gateway, xAI SuperGrok, OpenAI GPT models via AWS Bedrock, and Hugging Face.
- Local inference now supports MLX models, while authentication options include Azure Entra ID bearer tokens and Hugging Face OAuth.
- The hooks system allows for extensibility with PreToolUse denial and blocking Stop decisions, alongside unified thinking effort control and canonical thinking modes.
- Additional features include global hints from ~/.agents/AGENTS.md, cache token tracking for cost reporting, configurable tool output limits, chat history search, session import, image reading tools, deep links, MCP extensions, Nushell support, TUI improvements, encrypted Nostr session sharing, and Linux musl CLI builds.
This update significantly expands the platform's internationalization capabilities and provider ecosystem, offering users greater flexibility in language preferences, model selection, and integration with various cloud and local inference services.