1.14.2

CrewAI Releases / 4/17/2026

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Key Points

  • The v1.14.2 release adds checkpoint resume/diff/prune commands, including improved CLI discoverability for checkpoint management.
  • It expands checkpoint functionality by introducing `from_checkpoint` support in `Agent.kickoff` (and related methods) and enabling checkpoint forking with lineage tracking.
  • LLM and developer tooling updates include enriched token tracking (reasoning tokens and cache creation tokens), better LLM initialization ergonomics, resume hints on failure, and deploy validation tooling.
  • Several robustness and correctness fixes were shipped, such as handling stale branch conflicts in devtools release, scoping streaming handlers to prevent cross-run contamination, and improved checkpoint dispatch via Flow APIs.
  • Security and dependency hygiene improvements were included by patching known vulnerabilities in libraries like `authlib`, `langchain-text-splitters`, `pypdf`, `requests`, and `cryptography`, plus fixes around Bedrock API behavior and MCP tool resolution edge cases.

What's Changed

Features

  • Add checkpoint resume, diff, and prune commands with improved discoverability.
  • Add from_checkpoint parameter to Agent.kickoff and related methods.
  • Add template management commands for project templates.
  • Add resume hints to devtools release on failure.
  • Add deploy validation CLI and enhance LLM initialization ergonomics.
  • Add checkpoint forking with lineage tracking.
  • Enrich LLM token tracking with reasoning tokens and cache creation tokens.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix prompt on stale branch conflicts in devtools release.
  • Patch vulnerabilities in authlib, langchain-text-splitters, and pypdf.
  • Scope streaming handlers to prevent cross-run chunk contamination.
  • Dispatch Flow checkpoints through Flow APIs in TUI.
  • Use recursive glob for JSON checkpoint discovery.
  • Handle cyclic JSON schemas in MCP tool resolution.
  • Preserve Bedrock tool call arguments by removing truthy default.
  • Emit flow_finished event after HITL resume.
  • Fix various vulnerabilities by updating dependencies, including requests, cryptography, and pytest.
  • Fix to stop forwarding strict mode to Bedrock Converse API.

Documentation

  • Document missing parameters and add Checkpointing section.
  • Update changelog and version for v1.14.2 and previous release candidates.
  • Add enterprise A2A feature documentation and update OSS A2A docs.

Contributors

@Yanhu007, @alex-clawd, @github-actions[bot], @greysonlalonde, @iris-clawd, @lorenzejay, @lucasgomide