Raycast v2.9stable Released Oct 22, 2026
Impact Score: 5/10

Raycast: ⚡ Improvements

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Raycast v2.9. Source highlight: This update brings new commands, useful improvements, and plenty of fixes across Raycast. Send Notes directly to AI Chat, restart the frontmost app with a new command, and enjoy a more polished AI Chat experience. Search performance is improved by 50% in Root Search and menus, while Search Screensho

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This update brings new commands, useful improvements, and plenty of fixes across Raycast. Send Notes directly to AI Chat, restart the frontmost app with a new command, and enjoy a more polished AI Chat experience. Search performance is improved by 50% in Root Search and menus, while Search Screenshots is 3× faster and uses 80% less memory. ✨ New AI Commands : Added a Default option to the model picker, so commands follow your default AI Command model. They also show the default reasoning effort Notes : Added a Send to AI Chat action to Search Notes and the Notes window. Press ⌘ + J to attach the note to AI Chat Restart Frontmost App : New command that quits and reopens the app you're currently using 💎 Improvements Action Panel : Improved search ranking by prioritizing complete word matches AI Chat : Wide tables can now go past the usual text width to show more columns, while staying lined up with the text and keeping each column readable AI Chat : Long responses render more smoothly while they're streaming in AI Chat : Improved Mermaid diagram loading and added error details when a diagram couldn’t be rendered AI Chat : Improved readability and markdown rendering AI Chat : Commands sent to AI Chat (such as Send to AI Chat or Dictation) now respect the Start New Chat setting AI : Newly installed Extension-provided models are now searchable in model pickers MCP : Added connection error details to Manage MCP Servers Restart / Shut Down : The confirmation now has a "Reopen windows when logging back in" checkbox that follows your macOS setting, so windows only reopen when you want them to Search : Improved performance (50% faster) and reduced memory overhead in Root Search and menu searches Search Screenshots : Reduced memory usage when browsing images (3x faster and 80% less memory usage) Settings : Improved command settings, including descriptions, hotkeys, and aliases Settings : Moved Screen Awareness into a submenu of the AI settings tab UI : Improved handling of toast/hud dismissal, fixing recurring issue of toast/hud reappearing after dismissal UI : Added support for pending + progress display in HUDs UI : HUDs and in-window toasts can now be dismissed Window Management : Reduced visible flickering 🐞 Fixes AI Chat : Fixed deleting the open chat leaving nothing selected. The selection now moves to a nearby chat, like it did in the old window Extensions : Fixed tinted images failing to load from some websites Extensions : Fixed an issue where number hotkeys was taking priority over command action hotkeys Extensions: Fixed grid images appearing off-centre or clipped at larger interface sizes Extensions: Fixed grid item sizes being ignored in extensions using the legacy sizing option Extensions: Fixed an issue where dropdown items in an extension's search bar ignored their keywords when you typed to filter them Extensions: Fixed an issue where the blinking text cursor showed up in screenshots taken with Window Capture MCP : Fixed Microsoft 365 sign-in failures MCP : Fixed sign-in after initially connecting to a server without authentication MCP : Fixed connections to older servers when connection discovery timed out MCP : Fixed repeated reconnects during Cloud Sync Notes : Fixed >> and << turning into » and « , which broke snippets using those keywords Store : Fixed commands of disabled extensions still showing up and running from the Store UI : Fixed an issue where some toasts could remain visibly stale UI : Fixed an issue where picking the Raycast glyph for some custom commands (ai, dictation, etc) would result in an empty tile icon without glyph