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Windsurf: Devin Desktop Opens Devin Settings in an Editor Tab in IDE Mode

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Windsurf's Devin Desktop (v3.12.28) now opens Devin settings in an editor tab when the app is in IDE mode. The release notes state that it does this instead of switching modes, which is what happened before.

Key Takeaways

  • Devin settings now open as an editor tab when Devin Desktop is in IDE mode.
  • The release notes say this happens instead of switching modes, which is what the app did before.
  • The change ships in Devin Desktop v3.12.28, dated November 7, 2026.
  • It is listed under Changed in the release notes, not as a new feature.
  • The changelog describes no new settings, only where the settings open.
  • The same release added a session MCP servers menu to the Agent Command Center.

Devin Settings Open in an Editor Tab

Windsurf's Devin Desktop v3.12.28 changed what happens when a user opens Devin settings while the app is in IDE mode. The release notes state that opening Devin settings now "opens an editor tab instead of switching modes".

What changes

Before this release, opening Devin settings in IDE mode switched the app out of that mode. Now the settings arrive as a tab in the editor. The changelog lists the change under Changed rather than as a new feature, and it describes no new settings or controls, only where the settings open.

Also in this release

The same release added a session header menu in the Agent Command Center for viewing, toggling and re-authenticating a session's MCP servers, and made a rejected first prompt from a local agent return to the composer with the reason shown. Chat diffs and transcript code now use the editor theme's diff and syntax colors. The editor and Electron versions were updated, including Chromium security fixes.